Empire Total War Best Ship - April 2024

Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage

Discover the secret history of America's submarine warfare in this fast-paced and deeply researched chronicle of adventure and intrigue during the Cold War that reads like a spy thriller. Blind Man's Bluff is an exciting, epic story of adventure, ingenuity, courage, and disaster beneath the sea. This New York Times bestseller reveals previously unknown dramas, such as:The mission to send submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables.How the Navy's own negligence may have been responsible for the loss of the USS Scorpion, a ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1610393589
• ASIN: 1610393589
• ISBN: 1610393589
• Brand: Sontag Sherry
• Manufacturer: PublicAffairs

Common Sense (Dover Thrift Editions)

• ASIN: 0486296024
• UPC: 800759296026
• ASIN: 0486296024
• ISBN: 9780486296029
• Brand: Paine, Thomas
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

Call to Arms (Blood on the Stars Book 2)

War. The word spreads like wildfire. The long-expected invasion is here. The Union force is even stronger than feared, their fleets larger and more powerful than intelligence reports had predicted. They have broken through the forward defenses, and sent the Confederation’s proud fleets into an ignominious retreat. Captain Tyler Barron and the crew of the battleship Dauntless are lightyears from the front, waiting for their damaged battleship to be repaired. But there is no time to wait. The Confederation forces need every ship they can get, so Barron and his survivors board their vessel…an... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MCZHA6T
• ASIN: B01MCZHA6T
• Manufacturer: System 7 Publishing

Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire

The definitive history of the Ottoman EmpireThe Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and most influential empires in world history. Its reach extended to three continents and it survived for more than six centuries, but its history is too often colored by the memory of its bloody final throes on the battlefields of World War I. In this magisterial work-the first definitive account written for the general reader-renowned scholar and journalist Caroline Finkel lucidly recounts the epic story of the Ottoman Empire from its origins in the thirteenth century through its destruction in the twentiet... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0465023975
• ASIN: 0465023975
• ISBN: 0465023975
• Brand: Basic Books AZ
• Manufacturer: Basic Books

Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

In the fifth century B.C., a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it regarded as two terrorist states. The superpower was Persia, incomparably rich in ambition, gold, and men. The terrorist states were Athens and Sparta, eccentric cities in a poor and mountainous backwater: Greece. The story of how their citizens took on the Great King of Persia, and thereby saved not only themselves but Western civilization as well, is as heart-stopping and fateful as any episode in history. Tom Holland’s brilliant study of these critical Persian Wars skillfully examines a confl... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307279480
• ASIN: 0307279480
• ISBN: 0307279480
• Brand: Anchor Books
• Manufacturer: Anchor

The Battle for Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

A fresh and acclaimed account of the Spanish Civil War by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Battle of Arnhem To mark the 70th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War's outbreak, Antony Beevor has written a completely updated and revised account of one of the most bitter and hard-fought wars of the twentieth century. With new material gleaned from the Russian archives and numerous other sources, this brisk and accessible book (Spain's #1 bestseller for twelve weeks), provides a balanced and penetrating perspective, explaining the tensions that led to this terrible overture to World War ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 014303765X
• ASIN: 014303765X
• ISBN: 014303765X
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

New Canaan: A Military Science Fiction Space Opera Epic (Aeon 14: The Orion War Book 2)

"Just once, I’d like to fly into a system where everyone doesn’t want to kill us."Tanis Richards has spent half her life on the Intrepid, guiding the great colony ship, and its two million passengers, across hundreds of light-years. She has risked life, limb and those dearest to her to get this far.Now she’s within reach of her goal; the New Canaan System, and a normal, stable life. The kind she's only dreamed about. The only remaining hurdle is to strike a deal with the Transcend Interstellar Alliance and trade the Intrepid’s advanced technology for the star system.If only things were... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01NASP5AR
• ASIN: B01NASP5AR
• Manufacturer: The Wooden Pen Press

The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt

• ASIN: B01A3IQTSK
• ASIN: B01A3IQTSK
• Brand: Teresa Dymek Home Net Games
• Manufacturer: Teresa Dymek Home Net Games

Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations

A marvelous tale of an adventurous life of great historical importShe has been called the female Lawrence of Arabia, which, while not inaccurate, fails to give Gertrude Bell her due. She was at one time the most powerful woman in the British Empire: a nation builder, the driving force behind the creation of modern-day Iraq. Born in 1868 into a world of privilege, Bell turned her back on Victorian society, choosing to read history at Oxford and going on to become an archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author (of Persian Pictures, The Desert and the Sown, and many other collections), poet, ph... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0374531358
• ASIN: 0374531358
• ISBN: 0374531358
• Brand: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Manufacturer: Sarah Crichton Books

The Transformation of War: The Most Radical Reinterpretation of Armed Conflict Since Clausewitz

At a time when unprecedented change in international affairs is forcing governments, citizens, and armed forces everywhere to re-assess the question of whether military solutions to political problems are possible any longer, Martin van Creveld has written an audacious searching examination of the nature of war and of its radical transformation in our own time.For 200 years, military theory and strategy have been guided by the Clausewitzian assumption that war is rational—a reflection of national interest and an extension of politics by other means. However, van Creveld argues, the overwhelm... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0029331552
• ASIN: 0029331552
• ISBN: 0029331552
• Brand: Free Press
• Manufacturer: Free Press

The Crimean War: A History

From "the great storyteller of modern Russian historians" (Financial Times) comes the definitive account of the forgotten war that shaped the modern age.The Charge of the Light Brigade, Florence Nightingale--these are the enduring icons of the Crimean War. Less well-known is that this savage war (1853-1856) killed almost a million soldiers and countless civilians; that it enmeshed four great empires--the British, French, Turkish, and Russian--in a battle over religion as well as territory; that it fixed the fault lines between Russia and the West; that it set in motion the conflicts that would... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250002524
• ASIN: 1250002524
• ISBN: 1250002524
• Brand: Picador USA
• Manufacturer: Picador

Into the Fire Part I: Requiem of Souls (Universe in Flames Book 9)

Worlds Collide. Enemies Unite. Heroes Fall.As the last battle draws near, Chase’s confidence is shaken from losing Zeus and Olympus. As tensions arise between Chase and those in his group on how to proceed next, he cautions against rushing to Erevos against everyone else’s wishes.Meanwhile, the Emperor is tasked to reclaim the Gorgar home world with the help of Ryonna, Tar’Lock, and Keera. But they soon discover many things have changed since their last visit.Arakan returns to his home world, overconfident that he can take on anyone that’s standing in his way. But something dark is loo... [Read More]

• ASIN: B076HC5C93
• ASIN: B076HC5C93

Battleships at War

• ASIN: B01AS9QAII
• ASIN: B01AS9QAII

The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners

The Bhagavad Gita has been called India’s greatest contribution to the world. For more than five thousand years, this great scripture has shown millions in the East how to fill their lives with serenity and love. In these pages, Jack Hawley brings these ancient secrets to Western seekers in a beautiful prose version that makes the story of the Gita clear and exciting, and makes its truths understandable and easy to apply to our busy lives.The Gita is a universal love song sung by God to His friend man. It can’t be confined by any creed. It is a statement of the truths at the core of what w... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1608680142
• ASIN: 1608680142
• ISBN: 1608680142
• Brand: New World Library
• Manufacturer: New World Library

The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: An Untold Story of the American Revolution

The most horrific struggle of the American Revolution occurred just 100 yards off New York, where more men died aboard a rotting prison ship than were lost to combat during the entirety of the war.Moored off the coast of Brooklyn until the end of the war, the derelict ship, the HMS Jersey, was a living hell for thousands of Americans either captured by the British or accused of disloyalty. Crammed below deck--a shocking one thousand at a time--without light or fresh air, the prisoners were scarcely fed food and water. Disease ran rampant and human waste fouled the air as prisoners suffered mig... [Read More]

• ASIN: 030682552X
• ASIN: 030682552X
• ISBN: 030682552X
• Brand: DA CAPO
• Manufacturer: Da Capo Press

Heir to the Empire: Star Wars Legends (The Thrawn Trilogy)

Five years after they defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting children, and Luke is a Jedi knight, unaware that the last of the Emperor's warlords plan

• UPC: 405004
• Rating: 3.944

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Read-Along Storybook and CD

"The Rebellion faces its darkest hour"--Page 4 of

• UPC: 40792920

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back So You Want to Be a Jedi?

Reimagines the second Star Wars film in which Luke Skywalker trains with Yoda to become a Jedi after a rebel defeat on the ice planet Hoth and battles Darth Vader, who reveals a startling secret

• UPC: 44370855
• Rating: 3.333

Hero of the Empire : The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill

A thrilling narrative of Winston Churchill's extraordinary and little-known exploits during the Boer War. Churchill arrived in South Africa in 1899, valet and crates of vintage wine in tow, there to cover the brutal colonial

• UPC: 55425829
• Rating: 4.55

The Empire Strikes Back: Star Wars: Episode V

Although the infamous Death Star has been destroyed and a Rebel base established on the frozen planet of Hoth, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo again find themselves pursued by Darth

• UPC: 470507
• Rating: 3.5

Tales from the Empire: Star Wars Legends

Gathers thirteen Star Wars stories by Timothy Zahn, Kathy Tyers, Patricia A. Jackson, Michael A. Stackpole, Laurie Burns, Charlene Newcomb, Tony Russo, Angela Phillips, and Erin

• UPC: 402722
• Rating: 4.333

Age of War: Book Three of the Legends of the First Empire

"The battle between humankind and the cruel, god-like beings who once ruled them finally ignites. And it will be up to Persephone--the first woman to lead her tribe--to become the hero that the world

• UPC: 726702147
• Rating: 4.333

William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back : Star Wars Part the Fifth

A retelling of The Empire strikes back in iambic pentameter, the style of Shakespeare. Many a fortnight have passed since the destruction of the Death Star, and the evil Darth Vader has hatched a plan

• UPC: 27818148
• Rating: 4.621

Age of War : Book Three of The Legends of the First Empire

The alliance of humans and renegade Fhrey is fragile-and about to be tested as never before. Persephone keeps the human clans from turning on one another through her iron will and a compassionate heart. The

• UPC: 323942386
• Rating: 4.333

Embers of War : The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE Written with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work that will forever change your understanding of

• UPC: 23963729
• Rating: 4.5