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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey and C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower are to fiction. Ruthless, indomitable, clever; he vowed to sail, as he put it, "in harm's way." John Paul Jones is more than a great sea story. Jones is a character for the ages. John Adams called him the "most ambitious and intriguing officer in the American...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
On May 17, 2014, Admiral William H. McRaven addressed the graduating class of the University of Texas at Austin on their Commencement day. Taking inspiration from the university's slogan, "What starts here changes the world," he shared the ten principles he learned during Navy Seal training that helped him overcome challenges not only in his training and long Naval career, but also throughout his life. He then explained how anyone can use these basic...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jeff Shaara recounts in electrifying detail the U.S. Navy's surge to defend its country in what will become known as one of the most definitive and heroic examples of combat ever seen: the Battle of Midway. In this biting new tale, Shaara shares the stories of all ranks and the unique sacrifices each man is compelled to bravely make for the sake of country, freedom, and honour. Author of "To Wake the Giant."
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Admiral William H. McRaven is a part of American military history, having been involved in some of the most famous missions in recent memory, including the capture of Saddam Hussein, the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips, and the raid to kill Osama bin Laden. Sea Stories begins in 1960 at the American Officers' Club in France, where Allied officers and their wives gathered to have drinks and tell stories about their adventures during World War II...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown, and company
Pub. Date
1932.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The captain of the HMS Bounty, William Bligh, was a competent seaman, but a harsh disciplinarian. This prompts his crew to mutiny, setting him adrift in the South Pacific. The crew returns to the tropical paradise of Tahiti, while Bligh survives an astounding journey back to England. This novel is based on the incredible true story.
Author
Series
Jake Grafton novels volume 8
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
This time, for Admiral Jake Grafton, the stakes are chillingly personal... Admiral Jake Grafton takes his wife, Callie, along when the U.S. government sends him to Hong Kong to find out how deeply the American consul-general is embedded in political money raising scandal. And why not? Jake and Callie met and fell in love in Hong Kong during the Vietnam War, and the consul-general is a friend from those days. The Graftons quickly discover, however,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling Juvenile
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A classic biography of John Paul Jones for young readers in a new, illustrated edition.
Called a pirate by the British and a patriot by the Americans, John Paul Jones was a brilliant sea captain, a true American hero, and the father of the U.S. Navy. With this classic biography for young readers by Newbery Medal winner Armstrong Sperry, readers will imagine themselves on deck at the side of the great captain, engaging enemy ships in close combat....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follow the trail of Dominique Dawson, a reluctant spy who is forced to betray England or never see her brother again. As she takes a position as the governess of a Rear Admiral's son, her real mission is to gather intelligence information for Napoleon. Chase Randal, irresistibly drawn to his son's new governess, reluctantly allows the attraction to grow. Is there a future for the spy and the rear admiral? Or will Dominique's deception crush any prospect...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the English seaman and explorer who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for helping to make England a world power by circumnavigating the globe and raiding Spanish ships.
14) In search of a kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the perilous birth of the British Empire
Author
Publisher
Custom House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An exploration narrative of the highest order: the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history-as a pirate raiding Spanish galleons, as the first explorer to successfully circumnavigate the globe, and as a naval hero who defeated the Spanish Armada and reshaped the global order"--...
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the well-known naval leader, John Paul Jones, from his birth in Scotland through his participation in the American Revolution to his death in Paris at the age of forty-five.
Author
Series
Publisher
Barron's Educational Series
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Describes Sir Francis Drake's round-the-world voyage and his battle against the Spanish Armada, places them in the context of their times, and discusses other early English explorers.
Describes Sir Francis Drake's voyages and battles, places them in the context of their times, and discusses other early English explorers
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