Strike from Beneath the Sea

Strike from Beneath the Sea
Author: Terry C. Treadwell
Publisher: History Press (SC)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Airplanes, Military
ISBN: 9780752452432

Illustrated with over 230 photographs and drawings of the submarines, their aircraft and crews, this is the definitive history of the experimental and production craft that have culminated in the nuclear-powered. ICBM-carrying submarines of today. --Book Jacket.

War Beneath the Sea

War Beneath the Sea
Author: Peter Padfield
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2008-05-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0470342803

Praise for War Beneath the Sea "I am truly filled with awe and admiration...fascinating and a great contribution to the entire lore of submarines.... I wish I had written the book." ?Capt. Edward L. Beach, USN (Ret.) author of Run Silent, Run Deep "Peter Padfield is the best British naval historian of his generation now working. [His] book...will now become the standard work on the subject." ?Daily Telegraph (London) "Peter Padfield has produced by far the best and most complete critical history of the submarine operations of all the combatants in the Second World War, at the same time providing vivid narrative accounts of particular actions and events." ?Lloyd?s List (London) "An excellent account of submarine warfare in 1939?45... [it] recreates the tribulations and horrors of that especially brutal form of warfare within a sturdily analytical and often critical framework." ?The Economist "[A] marvelously complete and detailed study of World War II submarine warfare...an interesting, serious, and timely book." ?Houston Chronicle "A brilliant submarine warfare study." ?Military Review

Red Star Rogue

Red Star Rogue
Author: Kenneth Sewell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2006-09-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1416527338

"The Hunt for Red October" meets "Blind Man's Bluff" in this chilling, true story of a rogue Soviet submarine that sank while trying to provoke a war between the U.S. and China.

War Beneath the Sea

War Beneath the Sea
Author: Peter Padfield
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 600
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN:

"Peter Padfield is the best British naval historian of his generation now working. [This] book . . . will now become the standard work on the subject."––John Keegan "A fascinating and great contribution to the entire lore of submarines."––Capt. Edward L. Beach, USN (ret.), author of Run Silent, Run Deep War Beneath the Sea is the definitive account of one of the most turbulent—and crucial—chapters of World War II. This is the first book to cover all the major submarine campaigns of the war: British, American, German, Japanes, and Italian. Padfield′s suspense–filled battle accounts vividly capture the tension and challenge of war beneath the sea. PETER PADFIELD (England) is a leading naval and military historian. He is the author of Guns at Sea, Armada, Tides of Empire , and Donitz: The Last Furher .

The World Beneath

The World Beneath
Author: Janice Warman
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2016-05-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0763680575

At the height of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle, a boy must face life decisions that test what he believes—and call for no turning back. South Africa, 1976. Joshua lives with his mother in the maid’s room, in the backyard of their wealthy white employers’ house in the city by the sea. He doesn’t quite understand the events going on around him. But when he rescues a stranger and riots begin to sweep the country, Joshua has to face the world beneath—the world deep inside him—to make heartbreaking choices that will change his life forever. Genuine and quietly unflinching, this beautifully nuanced novel from a veteran journalist captures a child’s-eye view of the struggle that shaped a nation and riveted the world.

Over Sea, Under Stone

Over Sea, Under Stone
Author: Susan Cooper
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2012-03-06
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 144245895X

Three siblings embark on an epic quest for a mythic grail in this first installment of Susan Cooper’s epic and award-winning The Dark Is Rising Sequence, now with a brand-new look! All through time, the two great forces of Light and Dark have battled for control of the world. Now, after centuries of balance, the Dark is summoning its terrifying forces to rise once more…and three children find themselves caught in the conflict. The Drew siblings—Simon, Jane, and Barney—are on a family holiday in Cornwall when they discover an ancient map in the attic of the house they are sharing with their Great Uncle Merry. They know immediately that the map is special but have no way of knowing how much. For the map leads to a grail: a vital weapon for the Light’s fight against evil. In taking on the quest to find the grail, the Drews will have to race against the sinister human beings who serve the dreadful power of the dark—an adventure that puts their own lives in grave peril.