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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Venice, a long time ago. Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the erstwhile envoy from the Queen of Britain: the rascal-Fool Pocket.This trio of cunning plotters--the merchant, Antonio; the senator, Montressor Brabantio; and the naval officer, Iago--have lured Pocket to a dark dungeon, promising him an evening of spirits and debauchery with a rare Amontillado sherry and Brabantio's beautiful daughter, Portia....
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, the HMS Surprise, and the larger French warship, Acheron, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. The ship's surgeon balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Captain Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer has being given command of the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the Cold War in 1961. The vessel's executive officer Captain Polenin asserts that the flagship is not yet ready for deployment. But, political pressure forces Vostrikov to sail his crew into the North Atlantic anyway, for a missile fire test that serves as a warning to the U.S. The test is a success, but a leak in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Longer than a football field and with enough space to house 5,000 soldiers at one time, aircraft carriers are amazing mega machines! Complete with a long runway where jets can take off and land, aircraft carriers can store 70 jets on board at one time. Young readers will love learning about this floating city at sea and discovering what makes this ship a true mega machine. With informative, approachable text and vivid photographs, young readers will...
Author
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
You can't keep a good woman down-Kris Longknife returns. Once again Kris finds herself caught in the crosshairs of unknown enemies who want her dead. Factions, both legitimate and underground, vie for control of the planet New Eden. And someone is taking advantage of the chaos to unleash a personal vendetta against Kris.
11) U.S. Navy
Author
Series
Publisher
Black Rabbit Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Engage young readers with information about the U.S. Navy. From the group's fleet of ships to the people who use them, readers will learn all about how the U.S. Navy protects the United States"--Publisher's website.
14) Bitter Creek
Author
Series
Publisher
Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Lieutenant John Patchen has come to Montana to persuade Chappie Plaquemines, his former gunnery sergeant in Iraq and the son of Gabriel Du Pré's girlfriend, to accept the Navy Cross. First, however, Du Pré and Patchen must find the wounded marine, who was last seen drinking heavily in the Toussaint Saloon. They locate him soon enough, disheveled and stinking of stale booze, but a sobering visit to a medicine man's sweat lodge reveals a much greater...
Author
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Naval officer Mila Blackwood is determined to keep her country's most powerful secret - shrouding, the ability to traverse their planet in seconds through an alternate realm - out of enemy hands. But spies are everywhere: her submarine has been infiltrated by a Dhavnak agent, and her teenage brother has been seduced by an enemy soldier. When Blackwood's submarine is attacked by a monster, she and fellow sailor, Holland, are marked with special abilities,...
17) Ion curtain
Author
Publisher
Solaris, an imprint of Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
For decades there has been a tense interstellar Cold War between the UN and the Russian military. When scavenger and pirate Solitaire Yeung and his salvage crew discover top secret artificial intelligence in a destroyed Russian battleship, they steal the AI and run. Now the UN is after it. The Russians are after it. And, worst of all, an even more powerful foe in the darkness of space is after it. Will humanity itself be able to survive?
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