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The Ghosts of Iron Bottom Sound

Author : Sandy Nelson
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 0730492745
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Ghosts of Iron Bottom Sound written by Sandy Nelson and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving and exciting insight into war at sea. Why is Savo Sound known as Iron Bottom Sound? Paddy, a young New Zealand schoolboy, becomes so obsessed with a book about the wrecks of warships sunk in World War two battles at Guadalcanal that he's lucky not to be killed in a traffic accident. His parents ban him from reading the book. But Paddy can still hear the voices of men who died during the Battle of Savo Island, one of the battles depicted in the book. He is horrified . . . and fascinated. Whose voices are they? Why are they reaching out to him? Are they dangerous? Gradually he realizes that some of voices are Australian, like his grandfather. His grandfather had served in HMAS Canberra, an Australian ship sunk in the battle. While Paddy's Grandfather survived, others didn't . . . and cannot rest. Age 9+

Ghosts of Makara

Author : Bernard Diederich
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 140106034X
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Ghosts of Makara written by Bernard Diederich and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2002-09-24 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghosts of Makara: Growing up Down-Under in a lost world of yesteryears, is the moving memoir of a son of an Irish-German immigrant family growing up during the 1920s and the Depression-wracked '30s in a wind-blasted, yet picturesque, Pacific corner of colonial New Zealand. Makara Beach could have been Middle-Earth of the Lord of the Rings, the Academy Award-winning movie which 70 years later used Makara as one of its filming locations. In this sepia-tinted, nostalgic, first-person family album, the author evokes a lost era Down Under, one without television, the Internet, or (early on) even radio, when he and his younger brothers and sisters acted out their own stories and dreamed their own dreams. It was truly a different world, where barefoot Bobbits grew up with a deep love of nature and respect for family--a world we can learn much from today.

Explorations

Author : Malcolm McConnell
Publisher : Graymalkin Media
ISBN 13 : 1631684213
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book Explorations written by Malcolm McConnell and published by Graymalkin Media. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this autobiography, the renowned marine geologist and adventurer who discovered the remains of the Titanicrecounts his achievements, from plumbing undersea canyons to rescuing the lost ships of Guadalcanal. Co-author Malcolm McConnell is the author or co-author of many books, including the New York Times number 1 bestseller American Soldier with Gen. Tommy Franks. A former Foreign Service officer, McConnell lives in Queenstown, Maryland, with his wife, Carol.

Encyclopedia of Weird War Stories

Author : Paul Green
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476628742
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Weird War Stories written by Paul Green and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-06-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fictional war narratives often employ haunted battlefields, super-soldiers, time travel, the undead and other imaginative elements of science fiction and fantasy. This encyclopedia catalogs appearances of the strange and the supernatural found in the war stories of film, television, novels, short stories, pulp fiction, comic books and video and role-playing games. Categories explore themes of mythology, science fiction, alternative history, superheroes and "Weird War."

Ghosts in the Valley

Author : Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0578068133
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Ghosts in the Valley written by Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A remarkable collection of "terrible but true" ghost stories. This enduringly popular book, originally written in the 1970s by New York Times Best Selling author, Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey, has recently been revised and edited by the author's daughter. Each page of this fascinating book offers readers authenticated accounts and eye witness reports of psychic phenomena and supernatural encounters that have occurred, and in many cases, are still occurring in the Delaware Valley area. The 40th Anniversary edition of GHOSTS IN THE VALLEY includes introductory comments by the Amazing Kreskin, stunning interior photographs and graphic images, as well as new supplemental material. Everybody loves a good ghost story and no one tells them better than Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey.

Destroyer Captain

Author : James D. Hornfischer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593184688
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Destroyer Captain written by James D. Hornfischer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From James D. Hornfischer, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Soldiers, a riveting account of the life of WWII hero Commander Ernest E. Evans and his heroics and sacrifice during the Leyte Gulf Battle of Samar. For the first time ever, acclaimed naval historian James D. Hornfischer, “the dean of World War II naval history," writing with his son David J. Hornfischer, explores Capt. E. Evans’s incredible story, from his humble upbringing as a child of a Cherokee and Creek family in Pawnee, Oklahoma, and his graduation from the Naval Academy in 1931, to his service on fighting ships during the Pacific War and his selfless bravery and cool command during a valiant faceoff with the pride of the Japanese Navy. Interspersed with impeccable research, interviews with men who fought alongside Capt. E. Evans, and thrilling anecdotes about United States Navy experiences during WWII, Destroyer Captain provides insight into an incredible man who spent his life beating the odds through courage, ability, and sheer determination. Never were these attributes better on display than on the morning of October 25, 1944, when, in the waters off Samar, a small flotilla of US Navy ships encountered a Japanese fleet superior in both vessels and firepower. Aboard the USS Johnston, Capt. Ernest E. Evans seized the moment, ordering his destroyer to steam forward and attack. Heavily outgunned, Evans and his sailors fired torpedo after torpedo, all the while maneuvering to dodge enemy shells, as two other American destroyers joined the fight. It was a valiant last stand for Capt. E. Evans, one of the toughest warriors in the Navy, but thanks to his bravery and steadiness under fire, these dogged Americans routed one of the most powerful naval forces that Tokyo had ever put to sea. A remarkable story of patriotism and courageousness, Destroyer Captain honors a singular American hero whose name shall never be forgotten.

Proof of Life

Author : Jack R. Sparacino
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 163985536X
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Proof of Life written by Jack R. Sparacino and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proof of Life takes a wide-angle view of a term that is usually limited to kidnapping cases involving potential ransom payments. The author uses that narrow definition as a launching point to explore many other ways in which we all know that we are indeed alive and experiencing life to its fullest. “Cover photo of Samantha Fish performing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by the author.”

Ship of Ghosts

Author : James D. Hornfischer
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0307490882
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Ship of Ghosts written by James D. Hornfischer and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-03-25 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Son, we’re going to Hell." The navigator of the USS Houston confided these prophetic words to a young officer as he and his captain charted a course into U.S. naval legend. Renowned as FDR’s favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of reinforcement, her crew faced a superior Japanese force ruthlessly committed to total conquest. It wasn’t a fair fight, but the men of the Houston would wage it to the death. Hornfischer brings to life the awesome terror of nighttime naval battles that turned decks into strobe-lit slaughterhouses, the deadly rain of fire from Japanese bombers, and the almost superhuman effort of the crew as they miraculously escaped disaster again and again–until their luck ran out during a daring action in Sunda Strait. There, hopelessly outnumbered, the Houston was finally sunk and its survivors taken prisoner. For more than three years their fate would be a mystery to families waiting at home. In the brutal privation of jungle POW camps dubiously immortalized in such films as The Bridge on the River Kwai, the war continued for the men of the Houston—a life-and-death struggle to survive forced labor, starvation, disease, and psychological torture. Here is the gritty, unvarnished story of the infamous Burma–Thailand Death Railway glamorized by Hollywood, but which in reality mercilessly reduced men to little more than animals, who fought back against their dehumanization with dignity, ingenuity, sabotage, will–power—and the undying faith that their country would prevail. Using journals and letters, rare historical documents, including testimony from postwar Japanese war crimes tribunals, and the eyewitness accounts of Houston’s survivors, James Hornfischer has crafted an account of human valor so riveting and awe-inspiring, it’s easy to forget that every single word is true. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from James D. Hornfischer's Neptune's Inferno.

P. T. Deutermann WWII Novels

Author : P. T. Deutermann
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250099870
Total Pages : 1131 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book P. T. Deutermann WWII Novels written by P. T. Deutermann and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 1131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author P. T. Deutermann's twenty-six years of military and government service, including a Pearl Harbor tour of duty, inform each page of his best works of World War II fiction. From one of the greatest writers of military fiction at work today, Deutermann's most beloved books Pacific Glory, Ghosts of Bungo Suido, and Sentinels of Fire, are available for the first time in a discounted eBook bundle: Pacific Glory: A thrilling, multi-layered World War II historical adventure following two men and an unforgettable woman, from Pearl Harbor through the most dramatic air and sea battles of the war. Winner of the W. Y. Boyd Award for Excellence in Military Fiction. Ghosts of Bungo Suido: In late 1944, America's naval forces face what seems an insurmountable threat from Japan: immense Yamato-class battleships, which could change the course of the war. Lieutenant Commander Gar Hammond-an aggressive, attacking leader with a reckless streak-may be the navy's only hope to locate and stop the Japanese super-ship before it launches...if it even exists. Sentinels of Fire: Set against the blazing gun battles and kamikaze attacks created by the last desperate offensive of the Japanese navy, the officers of the USS Malloy grapple with consequences that could cost them the ship itself and the lives of everyone on board.

Morning of the Rising Sun

Author : Kenneth I. Friedman
Publisher : Booksurge Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Morning of the Rising Sun written by Kenneth I. Friedman and published by Booksurge Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Naval history comes alive in this powerful military treatise on the conflict between the U.S. and the Japanese Empire over the strategically vital island of Guadalcanal during the Second World War.

Neptune's Inferno

Author : James D. Hornfischer
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553385127
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book Neptune's Inferno written by James D. Hornfischer and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A literary tour de force that is destined to become one of the . . . definitive works about the battle for Guadalcanal . . . [James D.] Hornfischer deftly captures the essence of the most pivotal naval campaign of the Pacific war.”—San Antonio Express-News The Battle of Guadalcanal has long been heralded as a Marine victory. Now, with his powerful portrait of the Navy’s sacrifice, James D. Hornfischer tells for the first time the full story of the men who fought in destroyers, cruisers, and battleships in the narrow, deadly waters of “Ironbottom Sound.” Here, in stunning cinematic detail, are the seven major naval actions that began in August 1942, a time when the war seemed unwinnable and America fought on a shoestring, with the outcome always in doubt. Working from new interviews with survivors, unpublished eyewitness accounts, and newly available documents, Hornfischer paints a vivid picture of the officers and enlisted men who opposed the Japanese in America’s hour of need. The first major work on this subject in almost two decades, Neptune’s Inferno does what all great battle narratives do: It tells the gripping human stories behind the momentous events and critical decisions that altered the course of history and shaped so many lives. Praise for Neptune’s Inferno “Vivid and engaging . . . extremely readable, comprehensive and thoroughly researched.”—Ronald Spector, The Wall Street Journal “Superlative storytelling . . . the masterwork on the long-neglected topic of World War II’s surface ship combat.”—Richard B. Frank, World War II “The author’s two previous World War II books . . . thrust him into the major leagues of American military history writers. Neptune’s Inferno is solid proof he deserves to be there.”—The Dallas Morning News “Outstanding . . . The author’s narrative gifts and excellent choice of detail give an almost Homeric quality to the men who met on the sea in steel titans.”—Booklist (starred review) “Brilliant . . . a compelling narrative of naval combat . . . simply superb.”—The Washington Times

Robert Ballard's Guadalcanal

Author : Robert Ballard
Publisher : Chartwell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Ballard's Guadalcanal written by Robert Ballard and published by Chartwell. This book was released on 2007 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recreates the night naval action of the struggle for eventual victory in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal and includes scenes of American, Australian, and Japanese ships lying together on the ocean floor.

The Sinking of HMAS Sydney

Author : Doctor Tom Lewis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1923004336
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Sinking of HMAS Sydney written by Doctor Tom Lewis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-01-03 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HMAS Sydney was the pride of the fleet during the Second World War. A light cruiser and one of Australia’s main combat vessels. On the 19th November 1941, off the coast of Western Australia, The Sydney engaged in a fierce and bloody battle with the German raider Kormoran. Following this action, The Sydney failed to return to port. An extensive search and rescue carried out, but the warship had disappeared with all 645 men on board. Whilst the battle lasted little more than an hour, this single ship engagement remains Australia’s greatest naval disaster. More Australian servicemen died in the battle between the German raider Kormoran and the light cruiser HMAS Sydney than perished in the Vietnam War. It was not until 2008 that the wreck was discovered. The passage of time between the sinking and the discovery led to numerous mystery and conspiracy theories, all of which started replacing the truth. Now, with an explanation of how those on board lived, fought, and died, this book tells the full story.

No Bended Knee

Author : Merrill B. Twining
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 : 0307416208
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book No Bended Knee written by Merrill B. Twining and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A VIVID NARRATIVE . . . A splendid first-person account of the costly campaign that enabled Allied forces to wrest Guadalcanal from the Japanese in World War II’s Pacific theater.” —Kirkus Reviews “By reading and studying No Bended Knee, the military professional can gain an appreciation for war at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. Twining writes as he served his corps—boldly and straightforwardly, with impeccable detail and superb understanding of things strategic.” —Airpower Journal “A VIEW FROM THE NERVE CENTER COMPLETE WITH TELLING PERSONAL ANECDOTES.” —Journal Inquirer (Manchester, CT) “Twining adds notably to the literature on Guadalcanal and provides one of the best accounts of war as seen from the perspective of the often maligned yet absolutely indispensable headquarters staff.” —Booklist “CANDID AND REVEALING.” —Publishers Weekly

Ples Blong Iumi

Author : Sam Alasia
Publisher : [email protected]
ISBN 13 : 9789820200272
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Ples Blong Iumi written by Sam Alasia and published by [email protected]. This book was released on 1989 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hairbrush and the Shoe

Author : Jeanne D. Stanton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684630355
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book The Hairbrush and the Shoe written by Jeanne D. Stanton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a workman is pushed and hissed at by something invisible on the stairs of her family’s 150-year-old townhouse, Jeanne Stanton must confront the possibility that a ghost inhabits. She proceeds in the way any former Harvard Business School case writer would: she embarks upon a rigorous search for proof of the ghost’s existence and identity, exploring the literature and lore of ghosts; the practices of mediums, psychics, and “ghost busters;” and the various attempts that have been made over the decades to verify ghostly sounds and sights through scientific methods. After visits to a psychic provide insights but not proof, Stanton enters the equally mysterious realms of physics and neurology, hoping science has answers. Notables encountered during her research efforts include Henry James, Arthur Conan Doyle, Oliver Sacks, and Sigmund Freud, the latter a colleague of her home’s original owner. Wry and witty, Stanton takes time out to laugh at her own futile attempts at ghost detection—spending a sleepless night in an allegedly haunted bedroom, creeping along the edges of rooms in search of cold spots—along the way. Determined to get to the bottom of the ghost business, Stanton wavers between skepticism and belief, searching for definitive evidence—and almost failing to find it. Almost.

Guadalcanal

Author : Carl K. Hixon
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Guadalcanal written by Carl K. Hixon and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vividly rendered, full account of the bloody battle for Guadalcanal follows the U.S. First Marine Division and combined American forces from their landing on this strategic island to their final tide-turning victory six months later.