One of Town & Country’s Best Books of the FallOn a hazy July night in 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren vanished over the waters off Martha’s Vineyard—triggering a national vigil and one of the most ambitious search operations in American history. For days, the world watched and waited.But the full story of what happened after the crash has never been told—until now.In The Last Flight, Capta...

«Classic Authors Super Set Series: 3», by Victor Hugo, Suffering During Sleep, ARRESTING THE VICTIMS, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Wilkie Collins, First View. This digital edition brings together the text and its chapter structure for continuous reading. Contents include: Victor Hugo ; Bug-Jargal ; Chapter One ; Chapter Two ; Chapter Three.

This carefully curated anthology brings together a broad selection of timeless works in one digital edition. Readers can discover essential voices, memorable stories and enduring ideas across a rich variety of literary styles. Prepared for comfortable continuous reading, this collection is ideal for exploring classic literature or returning to lasting favorites.

This ebook bundle brings together four fascinating books about Great Lakes vessels, tall ships, the rewarding hobby of ship watching, and maritime disasters.The collection includes:A Beginner’s Guide to Ship Watching on the Great Lakes—Learn where to watch vessels and what to look for.Sea Stories—Read 26 compelling tales from a longtime Great Lakes captain, including memories of wild weather and close calls.Sh...

Includes the First World War Illustrations Pack – 73 battle plans and diagrams and 198 photosThe classic account of sniping on the Western Front."Herbert Wesley McBride was a Captain in the Twenty-first Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, during the First World War. He was a sniper and commander of a machine gun unit known as the "Emma Gees." He was also the author of two books on the war: "A Rifleman Went To War" (1933) and "The Emma Gees" (1918)...When the war started,...

This is the classic book on war as we know it. During his long life, Basil H. Liddell Hart was considered one of the world's foremost military thinkers—a man generally regarded as the "Clausewitz of the 20th century." Strategy is a seminal work of military history and theory, a perfect companion to Sun-tzu's The Art of War and Carl von Clausewitz's On War.Liddell Hart stressed movement, flexibility, and surprise. He saw that in most military campaigns dislocation of the enemy's psyc...

In January 1863 the Union War Department authorized the creation of "a special corps" composed of "persons of African descent"—the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Col. Robert Gould Shaw.Hundreds of free blacks enlisted. When the 54th Massachusetts spearheaded the suicidal charge against Fort Wagner on July 18, 1863, the regiment was showered with acclaim, but that defining event was not its only illustrious moment.After the devastating repulse at Fort Wagn...

This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight (Le Gallienne) Gold-Bug (Edgar A. Poe) The Dark Frigate (C. B. Hawes) Hearts of Three (Jack London) Captain Singleton (Defoe) Swords of Red Brotherhood (Howard) Queen of Black Coast (Howard) Afloat and Ashore (James F. Cooper) Pirate Gow (Defoe) The King of Pirates (Defoe) Barbarossa—Kin...

Four friends. One buried mystery. And a history their hometown almost forgot.Charles, Irene, Grace, and Ravi are thirteen-year-olds trying to survive middle school in Sugar Land, Texas: detention, demanding parents, friendship drama, and one spectacularly disastrous band concert.Then they stumble onto something far bigger than themselves.A forgotten grave. A Civil War-era button. Old blues songs that seem to point toward the past. And beneath the neighborhoods, scho...

Embark on an enchanting journey into our country's past hundred years through the remarkable life of Captain Sir Tom MooreTHE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A wonderful life story with lessons for us all . . . beautifully written' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Gloriously enthralling' DAILY MAIL__________Captain Sir Tom Moore's story is all our stories . . ....

The Real Pirates of the Caribbean (Complete Edition: Volume 1&2) gathers the notorious lives of early eighteenth-century sea rovers into a vivid documentary romance of the Atlantic world. Blending courtroom testimony, sailors' lore, moral anecdote, and sensational narrative, the work helped establish the enduring literary grammar of piracy: the black flag, the mutinous crew, the charismatic captain, and the unstable boundary between outlawry and empire. Captain Charles Johnson remains an e...

Dive into the tumultuous and thrilling world of PIRATE TALES: 80+ Novels, Stories, Legends & History of the True Buccaneers, where the boundless seas flow with adventure, intrigue, and the reckless courage of swashbuckling buccaneers. Spanning the genres of historical fiction, adventure tales, and richly imagined legends, this anthology captures the timeless allure of piracy. The collection showcases a tapestry of narratives, each a vibrant tribute to the complex persona of the pirate, off...