LIBROS DEL AUTOR: captain

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  • Wanderlust around the World
    Captain Surender Mehra
    This book is a collection of those stories, a journey through my eyes, and a glimpse of the world as I experienced it from the cockpit and beyond. It is as much about aviation as it is about travel, culture, and discovery. From the intricacies of transatlantic flight operations to the awe-inspiring sights of Disney World, Niagara Falls, NASA’s Johnson Space Center, and the live...
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    27,97 €

  • An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce
    Captain James Riley
    The incredible true story of an American ship’s crew taken into slavery by the Muslim slave traders of North Western Africa after being wrecked on that continent’s west coast, has riveted, fascinated, and horrified readers since its first publication two hundred years ago.Captain Riley’s ship, the Commerce, was sailing from Gibraltar to the Cape Verde Islands when it was lost i...
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    28,29 €

  • Nimitz Graybook Volume 1
    USN Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz / USN Captain James M. Steele
    Volume 1 of the Nimitz Graybook opens with the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor and chronicles the desperate early months of America’s Pacific War. This facsimile edition preserves the original running estimate and command summary maintained by Captain James M. Steele on Admiral Nimitz’s CINCPAC staff at Pearl Harbor.Covering December 1941 through August 1942, Volume 1 docume...
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    117,59 €

  • Nimitz Graybook Volume 2
    USN Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz / USN Captain James M. Steele
    Volume 2 of the Nimitz Graybook covers the pivotal Guadalcanal Campaign and the fierce naval battles for control of the Solomon Islands. From September through December 1942, these documents reveal the desperate struggle to maintain America’s first major offensive in the Pacific.This facsimile edition preserves Admiral Nimitz’s running estimate during the battles of Savo Island...
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    101,05 €

  • Nimitz Graybook Volume 3
    USN Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz / USN Captain James M. Steele
    Volume 3 of the Nimitz Graybook documents the first half of 1943, when American forces consolidated their hold on Guadalcanal and began planning the Central Pacific offensive. This facsimile edition preserves Admiral Nimitz’s command summary during Operation Cartwheel and the New Georgia Campaign.The documents reveal the strategic debates and operational planning that would sha...
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    72,33 €

  • Nimitz Graybook Volume 4
    USN Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz / USN Captain James M. Steele
    Volume 4 of the Nimitz Graybook covers the latter half of 1943, documenting the acceleration of America’s island-hopping campaign. This facsimile edition preserves Admiral Nimitz’s command summary during the Gilbert Islands Campaign and the Battle of Tarawa.These documents reveal the strategic thinking behind the Central Pacific drive and the hard lessons learned at Tarawa that...
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    54,25 €

  • Nimitz Graybook Volume 5
    USN Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz / USN Captain James M. Steele
    Volume 5 of the Nimitz Graybook documents all of 1944, the year American forces swept across the Central Pacific. This facsimile edition preserves Admiral Nimitz’s command summary during the Marshall Islands Campaign, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the Mariana Islands operations, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf.These documents capture the strategic decisions behind some of the ...
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    112,66 €

  • Nimitz Graybook Volume 6
    USN Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz / USN Captain James M. Steele
    Volume 6 of the Nimitz Graybook covers the first half of 1945, documenting the final push toward Japan. This facsimile edition preserves Admiral Nimitz’s command summary during the bloody battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.These documents reveal the strategic calculations behind the island campaigns that brought American forces within striking distance of the Japanese home islands...
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    127,55 €

  • Nimitz Graybook Volume 7
    USN Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz / USN Captain James M. Steele
    Volume 7 of the Nimitz Graybook covers July and August 1945, documenting the war’s dramatic conclusion. This facsimile edition preserves Admiral Nimitz’s command summary during the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet entry into the Pacific War, and the Japanese surrender.These documents capture the command perspective during the most consequential weeks of the...
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    65,84 €

  • Nimitz Graybook Volume 9
    USN Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz / USN Captain James M. Steele
    Volume 9 of the Nimitz Graybook is the comprehensive Master Guide & Index to the eight-volume facsimile series. This reference volume provides researchers with essential navigation tools for 4,023 pages of Pacific War documentation.Organized in four parts: Part I (Analytical Essays) examines strategic decisions, intelligence operations, and command patterns. Part II (Force Refe...
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    44,24 €

  • In The Eyes of A Fisherman
    Captain Steve K Haasz
    Fishing is more than catching fish as it’s about learning to read the water, understanding the rhythm of tides, and creating memories that last a lifetime.In this book, Steve shares decades of hands-on experience from freshwater lakes to the saltwater shores of New Jersey, offering a practical and personal guide to finding fish by thinking like one.Blending real-life stories wi...
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    25,00 €

  • A Greater than Napoleon
    Captain B.H. Liddell Hart
    A masterful study of genius and character, A Greater than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus reveals how Rome’s greatest commander defeated Hannibal through intellect, restraint, and moral force. Capt. B. H. Liddell Hart presents Scipio as history’s supreme strategist-and a timeless lesson in leadership beyond mere conquest. ...
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    16,18 €

  • The Full Monty
    CAPTAIN MONTGOMERY STARSTALKER
     Behind the Starry Veils is the definitive memoir of captain Montgomery Starstalker - decorated rebel pilot, accidental hero, entrepreneur of fine grooming products, and owner of the galaxy’s most misunderstood moustache. From daring dogfights and classified resistance missions to high-stakes gambling, mysterious Force-adjacent encounters, and repeated confrontations with his n...
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    15,63 €

  • The Full Monty
    CAPTAIN MONTGOMERY STARSTALKER
     Behind the Starry Veils is the definitive memoir of captain Montgomery Starstalker - decorated rebel pilot, accidental hero, entrepreneur of fine grooming products, and owner of the galaxy’s most misunderstood moustache. From daring dogfights and classified resistance missions to high-stakes gambling, mysterious Force-adjacent encounters, and repeated confrontations with his n...
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    18,51 €

  • Unwelcome
    Captain Dawn Ottman
    Captain Dawn Ottman joined the Canadian military in 1978 when she was 18. Canada was for the underdog - and Ottman, having spent her childhood in poverty and protecting her sister from bullies - was both an underdog and a champion of them herself. She happily put her life on the line for her country.From the beginning, Ottman endured harassment and insults for being a woman. Af...
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    20,77 €

  • Looking for Love
    Captain J.D Evanston
    At first glance, one is teasingly drawn into its deceptively simple appearance. Once inside, it’s playful and sexy, amusing, intriguing, intellectually stimulating, and yet idealistically serious, all at the same time. It teases the imagination as it reveals the woman this old Pirate truly needs; and if found, what she receives in life as a result.NOTE: Memories are magically t...
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    27,74 €

  • Boating Emergencies
    Captain Rami Geffner MD
    Your Lifeline on the Water: The Ultimate Boating Emergency HandbookEmergencies on the water can strike without warning. Boating Emergencies: Rapid Response Handbook by Captain Rami Geffner, MD, is your indispensable, quick-access guide for handling every crisis-mechanical, medical, or environmental-when every second counts.This compact handbook is the perfect companion to the c...
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    23,38 €

  • Where is the Emergency?
    (Ret) Captain Scott A. Holst
    The chronicles of the Waterville Fire Department refer to the detailed, ongoing records and stories that capture its long and proud history. These chronicles are more than just dates and facts; they reflect the people, places, equipment, and pivotal events that shaped the department since its early beginnings in 1809.In realizing that a large wealth of material related to the c...
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    62,30 €

  • The Adventures of Wiliford
    The Captain of Deep Springs
    The Adventures of Wiliford is a story that begins like millions of others. A young boy grows up in a household of alcohol and drug abuse. His future seems destined for heartache and tragedy. But refusing to cower to the evil that surrounded him, Wiliford, at the tender age of eight, made a courageous choice that forever changed his destiny. He ran away from home, into the woods...
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    13,74 €

  • R & R Rape & Rage
    Captain Harris
    Set in the gritty heart of 1970s Pennsylvania, 'R & R: Rape & Rage' pulls no punches as it dives headfirst into a time and place shaken by brutal crimes, missed chances, and buried truths. When a wave of violent attacks rocks Washington County, local police scramble to catch a predator hiding in plain sight. But the more they dig, the more they find a community already drowning...
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    18,19 €

  • R & R Rape & Rage
    Captain Harris
    Set in the gritty heart of 1970s Pennsylvania, 'R & R: Rape & Rage' pulls no punches as it dives headfirst into a time and place shaken by brutal crimes, missed chances, and buried truths. When a wave of violent attacks rocks Washington County, local police scramble to catch a predator hiding in plain sight. But the more they dig, the more they find a community already drowning...
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    15,32 €

  • R & R Rape & Rage
    Captain Harris
    Set in the gritty heart of 1970s Pennsylvania, 'R & R: Rape & Rage' pulls no punches as it dives headfirst into a time and place shaken by brutal crimes, missed chances, and buried truths. When a wave of violent attacks rocks Washington County, local police scramble to catch a predator hiding in plain sight. But the more they dig, the more they find a community already drowning...
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    21,47 €

  • Unwelcome
    Captain Dawn Ottman
    Captain Dawn Ottman joined the Canadian military in 1978 when she was 18. Canada was for the underdog - and Ottman, having spent her childhood in poverty and protecting her sister from bullies - was both an underdog and a champion of them herself. She happily put her life on the line for her country.From the beginning, Ottman endured harassment and insults for being a woman. Af...
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    15,20 €

  • Vagabond Chronicles
    Captain Eddie Gantner
    Step into the cockpit and journey beyond the clouds in Vagabond Chronicles: Legacy of the Blue-a riveting memoir that captures the untamed spirit of aviation, adventure, and resilience.Told with raw honesty and vivid detail, this book takes you through the extraordinary life of Captain Eddie Gantner, a pilot whose experiences span daring flights, near-impossible challenges, and...
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    29,73 €

  • Symzonia
    Captain Adam Seaborn
    Originally published in 1820, Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery, penned under the pseudonym Captain Adam Seaborn, is the first American science fiction novel. (Seaborn’s real name wasNathaniel Ames.) The story blends adventure with speculative philosophy, following an expedition to the Earth’s hollow interior. It explores utopian societies while critiquing human folly, ambition,...
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    13,86 €

  • From Icebergs to Crocodiles
    Captain Peter Hay
    As a bachelor Peter worked for six different shipping lines on ships registered on four continents. Highlights included eighteen continuous months in the Antarctic and a year running 500 miles up the, then uncharted, Fly River in PNG. Marriage meant settling down, and he joined the Australian National Line as 4/Officer, the rank he had been fourteen years previously, and starte...
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    24,45 €

  • Full and Down & Outward Bound
    Captain Tom Stapleton
    Experience the transformative era of shipping through the eyes of a seasoned mariner: from WWII cargo ships to the birth of containerization and digital navigation. A tale of sea, service, and survival. Full and Down and Outward Bound is a riveting memoir, chronicling the remarkable journey of a young man who dared to chase his dream of joining the American Merchant Marine. His...
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    12,60 €

  • Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands From 1809 to 1815 (Esprios Classics)
    Captain J. Kincaid / Captain JKincaid
    ''I joined the second battalion rifle brigade, (then the ninety-fifth,) at Hythe-Barracks, in the spring of 1809, and, in a month after, we proceeded to form a part of the expedition to Holland, under the Earl of Chatham.With the usual Quixotic feelings of a youngster, I remember how very desirous I was, on the march to Deal, to impress the minds of the natives with a suitable ...
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    22,95 €

  • Adventures of a Despatch Rider (Esprios Classics)
    Captain W. H. L. Watson / Captain WHLWatson
    'This book is not a history, a military treatise, an essay, or a scrap of autobiography. It has no more accuracy or literary merit than letters usually possess. So I hope you will not judge it too harshly. My only object is to try and show as truthfully as I can the part played in this monstrous war by a despatch rider during the months from August 1914 to February 1915. If tha...
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    22,96 €

  • DATE WITH DESTINY
    Captain Christopher Behnam
    On the morning of February 13, 2018, Captain Christopher Behnam was the first officer on United Airlines flight 1175, flying a Boeing 777. He and his crew were on a routine flight from San Francisco to Honolulu when suddenly a loud noise, accompanied by several warning signals and severe shaking of the aircraft, was heard. It soon became clear that they were facing a catastroph...
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    22,81 €