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THE CAPTAIN WHO BURNED HIS SHIPS

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This is the first biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, who was a key figure in the development of the early U.S. Navy.  Having come to America...

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A PLAIN SAILORMAN IN CHINA

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“A Plain Sailorman in China is beautifully written and a pleasure to read; an inspiration.  The companion authors’ appendix, I.V....

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This is the tale of an eleven-year-old Chinese boy, Tsui Chi Hsii--better known by his American name Charlie Tsui, or Charlie Two Shoes. Befriended...

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Watch SANDY GRIMES talk about the Ames Mole Hunt on "Fox Files" Watch SANDY GRIMES presentation at the National Archives, 20...

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FROM OMAHA BEACH TO DAWSON'S RIDGE

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An infantry company commander in the U.S. Army's heralded 1st Infantry Division, Capt. Joseph Turner Dawson led his men through some of the...

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IN THE SHADOW OF GREATNESS

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Named a "Notable Naval Book of 2012" by Proceedings Magazine Added to the Los Angeles Times Bestsellers List in the Nonfiction Category,...

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INTERNATIONAL STARS AT WAR

by James E. Wise, Jr.

The last in a popular series on movie stars in the military, this handsome book provides readers with a guide to film actors of many nations who...

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JOHN PAUL JONES

by Rear Admiral Joseph F. Callo, USNR (Ret.)

Winner of the Samuel Eliot Morrison Award for Excellence in Naval Literature.    "Rash, charmed, passionate, ceaseless–John...

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MASTER OF SEAPOWER

by CDR Thomas B. Buell, USN (Ret.)

This is the first time in paperback for this standard biography of Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, who was the controversial architect of the American...

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These celebrated memoirs are the story of WWII, as told from the perspective of the German Navy’s Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz. Credited with...

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ON BOARD

by Paul R. Ignatius

Insights into significant events of the twentieth century are provided in this memoir by Paul Ignatius, a former secretary of the Navy and past...

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PAPA TOPSIDE

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A pioneer in the field of deep-sea diving, George Bond helped develop the theory of saturation diving and the techniques and dive tables used by...

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After a highly successful career in investment banking, J. William Middendorf became a leader of Senator Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign...

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SAILOR FROM OKLAHOMA

by Floyd Beaver

Floyd Beaver left Oklahoma to enlist in the U.S. Navy on June 6, 1939, and over the course of World War II served in fifteen ships. He saw combat...

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