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The Last Armada

Author : Des Ekin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681770962
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book The Last Armada written by Des Ekin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the last great naval battle between England and Spain, evoking a number of colorful and dangerous personalities who fought in the climactic conclusion to these two countries’ great rivalry on the sea. Ireland: Christmas Eve, 1601. As thunder crashes and lightning rakes the sky, three very different commanders line up for a battle that will decide the fate of a nation. General Juan del Águila has been sprung from a prison cell to command the last great Spanish armada. His mission: to seize a bridgehead in Queen Elizabeth's England and hold it. Facing him is Charles Blount, a brilliant English strategist whose career is also under a cloud. His affair with a married woman edged him into a treasonous conspiracy—and brought him to within a hair’s breadth of the gallows. Meanwhile, Irish insurgent Hugh O’Neill knows that this is his final chance to drive the English out of Ireland. For each man, this is the last throw of the dice. Tomorrow they will be either heroes or failures. These colorful commanders come alive in this true story of courage and endurance, of bitterness and betrayal, and of drama and intrigue at the highest levels in the courts of England and Spain.

The Tsar's Last Armada

Author : Constantine Pleshakov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0465057926
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Tsar's Last Armada written by Constantine Pleshakov and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-24 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively account of one of the greatest naval battles in history retraces the fateful journey of the Tsar's armada from the Suez Canal to the Korea Straight, where it was destroyed by the Japanese Navy in 1905. Reprint.

The Last Spanish Armada

Author : Jonathan Oates
Publisher : Century of the Soldier
ISBN 13 : 9781912866618
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book The Last Spanish Armada written by Jonathan Oates and published by Century of the Soldier. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of Cape Passaro -- The war widens -- The Spanish invasion of Britain -- The campaign in Scotland -- The armies -- The battle of Glenshiel -- The invasion of Spain -- Sicily and the end of the war.

Armada

Author : Ernest Cline
Publisher : Broadway Books
ISBN 13 : 1984823159
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Armada written by Ernest Cline and published by Broadway Books. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of "Ready Player One." After sighting a UFO, high-school student Zack and his new comrades must scramble to prepare for an alien onslaught, in this rollicking, surprising thriller and coming-of-age adventure.

The Tsar's Last Armada

Author : Constantine V Pleshakov
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786725494
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book The Tsar's Last Armada written by Constantine V Pleshakov and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 14-15, 1905, in the Tsushima Straits near Japan, an entire Russian fleet was annihilated, its ships sunk, scattered, or captured by the Japanese. In the deciding battle of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese lost only three destroyers but the Russians lost twenty-two ships and thousands of sailors. It was the first modern naval battle, employing all the new technology of destruction. The old imperial navy was woefully unprepared. The defeat at Tsushima was the last and greatest of many indignities suffered by the Russian fleet, which had traveled halfway around the world to reach the battle, dogged every mile by bad luck and misadventure. Their legendary admiral, dubbed "Mad Dog," led them on an extraordinary eighteen-thousand-mile journey from the Baltic Sea, around Europe, Africa, and Asia, to the Sea of Japan. They were burdened by the Tsar's incompetent leadership and the old, slow ships that he insisted be included to bulk up the fleet. Moreover, they were under constant fear of attack, and there were no friendly ports to supply coal, food, and fresh water. The level of self-sufficiency attained by this navy was not seen again until the Second World War. The battle of Tsushima is among the top five naval battles in history, equal in scope and drama to those of Lepanto, Trafalgar, Jutland, and Midway, yet despite its importance it has been long neglected in the West. With a novelist's eye and a historian's authority, Constantine Pleshakov tells of the Russian squadron's long, difficult journey and fast, horrible defeat.

Armada 1588

Author : John Barratt
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1781597030
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Armada 1588 written by John Barratt and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2006-03-19 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The political machinations, the strategies, and the hour-by-hour accounts of the war that locked Elizabeth I and Philip II in a battle for naval supremacy. The defeat of the Spanish Armada is one of the turning points in English history, and it was perhaps the defining episode in the long reigns of Elizabeth I of England and Philip II of Spain. The running battle along the Channel between the nimble English ships and the lumbering Spanish galleons has achieved almost legendary status. In this compelling new account John Barratt reconstructs the battle against the Armada in the concise, clear Campaign Chronicles format, which records the action in vivid detail, day by day, hour by hour. He questions common assumptions about the battle and looks again at aspects of the action that have been debated or misunderstood. Included are full orders of battle showing the chains of command and the effective strengths and fighting capabilities of the opposing fleets.There is also an in-depth analysis of the far-reaching consequences of the wreck of Philip II’s great enterprise.

The Spanish Armada

Author : Robert Hutchinson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466847484
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Spanish Armada written by Robert Hutchinson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, Protestant England was beset by the hostile Catholic powers of Europe, including Spain. In October 1585, King Philip II of Spain declared his intention to destroy Protestant England and began preparing invasion plans, leading to an intense intelligence war between the two countries and culminating in the dramatic sea battles of 1588. Popular history dictates that the defeat of the Spanish Armada was a David versus Goliath victory, snatched by plucky and outnumbered English forces. In this tightly written and fascinating new history, Robert Hutchinson explodes this myth, revealing the true destroyers of the Spanish Armada—inclement weather and bad luck. Of the 125 Spanish ships that set sail against England, only 60 limped home, the rest wrecked or sank with barely a shot fired from their main armament. In this dramatic hour-by-hour, blow-by-blow account of the Spanish Armada's attempt to destroy Elizabeth's England, Hutchinson spins a compelling and unbelievable narrative. Using everything from contemporary eyewitness accounts to papers held by the national archives in Spain and the United Kingdom, Robert Hutchinson re-creates one of history's most famous episodes in an entirely new way.

The English Armada

Author : Luis Gorrochategui Santos
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350016985
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The English Armada written by Luis Gorrochategui Santos and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the year between July 1588, when the Spanish Armada set sail from Spain and July 1589, when the survivors of the English counterpart of this fleet, the little-known English Armada, reached port in England, two of history's worst naval catastrophes took place. A great deal of attention has been dedicated to the former and precious little to the latter. This book presents a full-scale account of an event which has been neglected for more than four centuries. It reconstructs the military operations day by day for the first time, taking apart the established notion that, with the defeat of the Spanish Armada, England achieved maritime supremacy and the decay of Spain began. This book clearly and in a rigorously documented fashion shows how the defeat of the English Armada counterbalanced that of the Spanish, frustrating England's intention of seizing Philip II's American empire and changing the tide of the war.

Transformers Armada

Author : Andrew Donkin
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 : 9780789497420
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (974 download)

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Download or read book Transformers Armada written by Andrew Donkin and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 2003 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the history of the Autobots, Decepticons amd Mini-Cons and the story of their battle for control of the universe.

Ready Player One

Author : Ernest Cline
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307887456
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Ready Player One written by Ernest Cline and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-08-16 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. “Enchanting . . . Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.”—USA Today • “As one adventure leads expertly to the next, time simply evaporates.”—Entertainment Weekly A world at stake. A quest for the ultimate prize. Are you ready? In the year 2045, reality is an ugly place. The only time Wade Watts really feels alive is when he’s jacked into the OASIS, a vast virtual world where most of humanity spends their days. When the eccentric creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves behind a series of fiendish puzzles, based on his obsession with the pop culture of decades past. Whoever is first to solve them will inherit his vast fortune—and control of the OASIS itself. Then Wade cracks the first clue. Suddenly he’s beset by rivals who’ll kill to take this prize. The race is on—and the only way to survive is to win. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • San Francisco Chronicle • Village Voice • Chicago Sun-Times • iO9 • The AV Club “Delightful . . . the grown-up’s Harry Potter.”—HuffPost “An addictive read . . . part intergalactic scavenger hunt, part romance, and all heart.”—CNN “A most excellent ride . . . Cline stuffs his novel with a cornucopia of pop culture, as if to wink to the reader.”—Boston Globe “Ridiculously fun and large-hearted . . . Cline is that rare writer who can translate his own dorky enthusiasms into prose that’s both hilarious and compassionate.”—NPR “[A] fantastic page-turner . . . starts out like a simple bit of fun and winds up feeling like a rich and plausible picture of future friendships in a world not too distant from our own.”—iO9

Transformers Armada

Author : Andrew Donkin
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 : 9780789498038
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Transformers Armada written by Andrew Donkin and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three children find a spaceship deep inside a cave and unwittingly trigger an ancient conflict between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons.

Transformers Armada

Author : Andrew Donkin
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN 13 : 9780756603137
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Transformers Armada written by Andrew Donkin and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the Transformers battle Unicron together, Megatron still longs to defeat Optimus Prime.

The Armada Boy

Author : Kate Ellis
Publisher : Little, Brown UK
ISBN 13 : 9780749953409
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book The Armada Boy written by Kate Ellis and published by Little, Brown UK. This book was released on 2010-06-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A murder that echoes across the years . . . When archaeologist Neil Watson finds the body of an American veteran of the D-Day landings in the ruins of an old chapel, he turns to his old friend DS Wesley Peterson for help. Both men are researching an invading force: Wesley, a group of American veterans on a sentimental journey to their wartime base; and Neil, a group of Spaniards killed by outraged locals as they limped from the wreckage of the Armada. Four hundred years apart, two strangers in a strange land have died violently. Could the same motives of hatred, jealousy and revenge be at work? Wesley is running out of time to find out . . . The second gripping installment in the Wesley Peterson series by acclaimed crime writer Kate Ellis. Why readers love Kate Ellis: 'I hardly put this novel down from the moment I picked it up. Oh yes, and as with all great crime novels, I would never have guessed 'whodunnit'!' Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars 'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times 'Kate Ellis and Wesley Peterson have done it again. Strong characters, strong plotting, no detail escapes Kate Ellis' Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars 'Haunting' Independent 'Enjoyed the first in the series but through this was even better!' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 'I loved this novel . . . a powerful story of loss, malice and deception' Ann Cleeves 'The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end' Closer 'Unputdownable' Bookseller 'It's fast paced with twists and turns guaranteed to keep you hooked right until the final page' York Evening Press 'A cracking multi-layered mystery with red-herrings a-plenty...an outstanding read. Highly recommended!' In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Bloody Okinawa

Author : Joseph Wheelan
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0306903210
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Bloody Okinawa written by Joseph Wheelan and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring narrative of World War II's final major battle—the Pacific war's largest, bloodiest, most savagely fought campaign—the last of its kind. On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, more than 184,000 US troops began landing on the only Japanese home soil invaded during the Pacific war. Just 350 miles from mainland Japan, Okinawa was to serve as a forward base for Japan's invasion in the fall of 1945. Nearly 140,000 Japanese and auxiliary soldiers fought with suicidal tenacity from hollowed-out, fortified hills and ridges. Under constant fire and in the rain and mud, the Americans battered the defenders with artillery, aerial bombing, naval gunfire, and every infantry tool. Waves of Japanese kamikaze and conventional warplanes sank 36 warships, damaged 368 others, and killed nearly 5,000 US seamen. When the slugfest ended after 82 days, more than 125,000 enemy soldiers lay dead—along with 7,500 US ground troops. Tragically, more than 100,000 Okinawa civilians perished while trapped between the armies. The brutal campaign persuaded US leaders to drop the atomic bomb instead of invading Japan. Utilizing accounts by US combatants and Japanese sources, author Joseph Wheelan endows this riveting story of the war's last great battle with a compelling human dimension.

The Battle Begins

Author : Vivian Porter
Publisher : Star Key Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle Begins written by Vivian Porter and published by Star Key Press. This book was released on 2023-07-21 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the world of Holly Well Springs... where the Christmas spirit lives on. Amid the fierce battle for the future of Holly Well Springs, a new romance is beginning to bloom. Belle, a lively, fun-loving photographer from Texas, has headed back to Holly Well Springs for her best friend Hannah’s wedding. But this time, her reason for showing up out of nowhere has nothing to do with the town that celebrates Christmas all year long. Jesse, the lawyer grandson of Holly Well Springs’s resident Santa Claus, Kris, hasn’t been home in years. But the mysterious Astext Construction Company is threatening the town and is poised to change everything about Holly Well Springs, so he’s back and ready to defend the place he loves. Things are tricky enough with Jesse’s father defending the other side of the lawsuit, but Jesse just can’t get his mind off the spunky brunette from Texas, the first woman to truly catch his eye. Belle and Jesse weren’t looking for romance, but will they find the love of their lifetimes in Holly Well Springs? Or will the secret threat from Texas and the new, terrifying danger from the magic realm destroy their future before it even begins?

The Galleon

Author : Peter Kirsch
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Galleon written by Peter Kirsch and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Armada

Author : Brian Patten
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007333757
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Armada written by Brian Patten and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: