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  • Carmageddon

    How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It

    A high-octane polemic against cars—which are ruining the world, while making us unhappy and unhealthy—from a talented young writer at the Economist.“Briskly written, well researched, and with a knack for landing the significant statistic right after the crisply summarized argument.” —The New YorkerIn Carmageddon, journalist Daniel Knowles outlines the rise of the automobile and the costs we all ... Read more

    $12.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Yamato

    Flagship of the Japanese Imperial Navy

    The 'Yamato' and her sister ship the 'Musashi' represented the ultimate development in the battleship. Together, the two ships were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed. Named after the Yamato Province, 'Yamato' was designed to counter the numerically superior fleet of the US Navy. Built amongst a shroud of secrecy and deception and commissioned shortly after the ... Read more

    $8.18 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Battle of the Denmark Strait

    An Analysis of the Battle and the Loss of HMS Hood

    Dawn, 24 May 1941, two groups of ships, one British, one German meet in the Denmark Strait. Here two giants of maritime history 'HMS Hood' and the 'Bismarck' meet. Within minutes of the battle beginning 'HMS Hood' blows up with a catastrophic loss of life. Out of a crew of 1,418 only three survive. Coupled with this, the Royal Navy's newest battleship is outfought. While this is a cause of ... Read more

    $9.54 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tirpitz

    The Life and Death of Germany's Last Great Battleship

    Referred to by Winston Churchill as `the Beast', `Tirpitz' was Germany's last great battleship and was one of the largest and heaviest battleships ever constructed by a European navy. Sister ship to the infamous `Bismarck', `Tirpitz' may be referred to as `the Lonely Queen of the North'. Laid down in 1936 and commissioned in 1941, `Tirpitz' spent most of her operational life lurking as a `fleet in ... Read more

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  • King George V-Class Battleships

    The ships that sank the Bismarck and ScharnhorstHMS King George V – the last British battleship to fire her guns in angerThe complete history of Britain’s last classes of battleshipBeautifully illustrated with many rare and unpublished photographsA must-have for military and historians, enthusiasts, modellers, gamers, and those interested in the complexities of naval warfare during the Second ... Read more

    $9.54 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • RAF and USAAF Airfields in the UK During the Second World War

    A Complete Gazetteer

    Shortly after the end of the Second World War, the United Kingdom was described as one vast aircraft carrier anchored off the coast of Europe. During a seven year period 500 airfields were constructed to serve the needs first of the RAF and later the USAAF as they carried the war to German-occupied Europe. The airfields that were constructed took many different forms from training airfields and ... Read more

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  • Empire Cruise

    The Special Service Squadron 1923-24

    - A journey to the heart of the Royal Navy in the immediate aftermath of the First World War- Beautifully illustrated with many rare and unpublished photographs- A must-have for military and historians, enthusiasts, modellers, gamers, and those interested in the complexities of naval warfare during the Second World WarIn November 1923, the Royal Navy dispatched what was named the Special Service ... Read more

    $9.54 USD

  • Disasters, Fires and Rescues

    This Book has stories about Little Bobby and me, along with numerous others and some of the calls that we went on during the period of time of about 13 years with the Squad and also away from it. I first met the Mascot in June of 1955 to about 1963 when our lives took different paths, and we drifted away from each other for the next 47 or so years, except for special occasions when we met up at ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Traveling Across America

    Hundreds of Tourists' Destinations

    Picture this: its 1956 and a group of mice are inside the Grand Canyon. There is a deadly collision overhead between 2 commercial airliners and the mice assist at the site of the crash until human rescuers can reach the scene the following day. The mice religiously patrol the disaster area, keeping wild animals and snakes at bay. As a reward for their service, the mice receive a Presidential ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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    Carmageddon

    How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It

    Narrated by Christian Coulson ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 40 min

    A high-octane polemic against cars—which are ruining the world, while making us unhappy and unhealthy—from a talented young writer at the EconomistThe automobile was one of the most miraculous inventions of the 20th century. It promised freedom, style, and utility. But sometimes, rather than improving our lives technology just makes everything worse. Over the past century cars have filled the air ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

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    1848

    Year of Revolution

    by Mike Rapport ...
    Narrated by Hugh Kermode ...

    Unabridged

    16 hours 13 min

    A "lively, panoramic" history of a revolutionary year (New York Times)In 1848, a violent storm of revolutions ripped through Europe. The torrent all but swept away the conservative order that had kept peace on the continent since Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815—but which in many countries had also suppressed dreams of national freedom. Political events so dramatic had not been seen in Europe ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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    Fulfillment

    Winning and Losing in One-Click America

    Narrated by Danny Gavigan ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 22 min

    An award-winning journalist investigates Amazon’s impact on the wealth and poverty of towns and cities across the United States.In 1937, the famed writer and activist Upton Sinclair published a novel bearing the subtitle A Story of Ford-America. He blasted the callousness of a company worth “a billion dollars” that underpaid its workers while forcing them to engage in repetitive and sometimes ... Read more

    $26.99 USD