Mike, Aldan, and Cameron were The Three Esses-three childhood friends growing up together in Aurora, Colorado.Their friendship was built through bike rides, Toll Gate Creek, video games, music, girlfriends, Grandma's basement, inside jokes, and countless ordinary afternoons they assumed would continue forever.But childhood ends quietly.As adulthood pulls them in different directions, friendship gives way to distance, change, and one painful goodbye....

"A fascinating geopolitical chronicle . . . A superb survey of the perennial opportunities and risks in what Herman Melville called 'the watery part of the world.'" — The Wall Street JournalIn this volume, one of the most eminent historians of our age investigates the extraordinary success of five small maritime states. Andrew Lambert, author of The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812—winner of the prestigious Anderson Medal...

In February 1813 the British frigate Phoebe set out on a secret mission that would involve sailing halfway around the world to attack American settlements in the Pacific Northwest. The United States, frustrated at the treatment of its shipping by the combatants in the Napoleonic Wars, had finally opened hostilities against the British in the previous June. From the American perspective the War of 1812 began with disasters in its invasion of Canada, but against all expectations the infant U...

What if one of the people who changed your life was someone you never actually got to love?Long before Michael Lambert Jr. understood what devotion meant, there was a girl.She began as little more than a familiar face-his high-school girlfriend's best friend. Years later, their lives crossed again. What followed wasn't a conventional romance but a collection of seemingly ordinary moments that Michael would remember for more than a decade.A greeting ...

What if having access to sex eventually made you want it less?Before celibacy, there was a boy who believed his first sexual experience should be with someone he loved.Then came heartbreak.College.Art school.Music.Attention.Girlfriends.Friends with benefits.One-night stands.Betrayal.And an era in which being wanted became easier than finding the connection he had actually been searching...

He wanted to be an artist and work with computers.He became a truck driver instead.And somehow, that unexpected detour carried him through forty-nine states.In 49 States & 18 Wheels, author, artist, and former professional driver 3ichael 7ambert recounts the unforgettable years he spent seeing America through the windshield of an eighteen-wheeler.It all begins with unemployment, a Craigslist advertisement, and a trucking seminar at a La Quinta hotel. What wa...

'Fascinating . . . Shot through with fresh insights . . . No previous biography has attempted anything so comprehensive.' ObserverNelson is a thrilling new appraisal of Horatio Nelson, the greatest practitioner of naval command the world has ever seen. It explores the professional, personal, intellectual and practical origins of one man's genius, to understand how the greatest warrior that Britain has ever produced transformed the art of conflict, and enabled his ...

He had already written the ending.After Colorado Sunrise told the story of unexpectedly falling in love and Just in Case became a goodbye to the woman he believed he would never see again, 3ichael 7ambert thought the story was finished.Then she came back.Midwest Sunset is the unexpected final chapter of an unconventional love story spanning thousands of miles, second chances, impossible drives, quiet nights, laughter, jealousy, dreams, and...

Taken for granted as the natural order of things, peace at sea is in fact an immense and recent achievement—but also an enormous strategic challenge if it is to be maintained in the future. In Maritime Strategy and Global Order, an international roster of top scholars offers historical perspectives and contemporary analysis to explore the role of naval power and maritime trade in creating the international system.The book begins in the early days of the industrial revoluti...

From an acclaimed naval historian, Crusoe's Island charts the curious relationship between the British and an island on the other side of the world: Robinson Crusoe, in the South Pacific.The tiny island assumed a remarkable position in British culture, most famously in Daniel Defoe's novel. Andrew Lambert reveals the truth behind the legend of this place, bringing to life the voices of the visiting sailors, scientists and artists, as well as the wonders, tragedy and violen...

In the summer of 1812 Britain stood alone, fighting for her very survival against a vast European Empire. Only the Royal Navy stood between Napoleon's legions and ultimate victory. In that dark hour America saw its chance to challenge British dominance: her troops invaded Canada and American frigates attacked British merchant shipping, the lifeblood of British defence.War polarised America. The south and west wanted land, the north wanted peace and trade. But America had to choose ...

The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy, Admirals celebrates the rare talents of the men who shaped the most successful fighting force in world history. Told through the lives and battles of eleven of our most remarkable admirals - men such as James II and Robert Blake - Andrew Lambert's book stretches from the Spanish Armada to the Second World War, culminating with the spirit which led Andrew Browne Cu...