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The Anarchy

Mine bedste flådehistorier

The Wager

Pirates

The Age of Fighting Sail: The Story of the Naval War of 1812

Longitude

Wavewalker

In the Heart of the Sea

Once a Scoundrel

Empires of the Sea

A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks

The Edge of the World

Operation Pedestal

Ubådene af Delfinen-klassen 1954 – 1990

Fra kold krig til internationalt engagement. Søværnets korvetter af Niels Juel-klassen 1979-2009

Viceadmiral Hjalmar Rechnitzers beretning om tiden op til den tyske besættelse af Danmark den 9. april 1940

River Kings

Killing Ground

In Search of a Kingdom

Holding the Line

The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club

Bomb Alley

The Pride and the Anguish

Adrift