The true story about twin brothers who are called to serve their country
together in the Korean War. This book is a labor of love from one brother to
another and is filled with photos and documents which record every aspect
of their service and the extraordinary effort to keep the memory of those
who served in Korea alive. 320 pages hardback, autographed on request.

By Vincent A. Krepps

(This book is available by special arrangement with the author for only
$10.00 plus $5.00 shipping inside the U.S.A. The original cover price was
$26.95. Mr. Krepps has a limited number still available.)

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The story one of the greatest naval chases in history. The Germans had
high hopes for her, the British wanted her sunk and the world watched in
anticipation as the drama played out in the north Atlantic. The chase and
destruction of the Bismarck is a gripping true life story filled with brilliant
tactics, colossal mistakes and a terrible end to the most feared ship of the
early years of the war.

By Niklas Zetterling and Michael Tamelander

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A photographic record why the Arizona is still so important to people from
around the world who trek to visit her each year.

By MacKinnon Simpson

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The ultimate photographic book on the German Battleship Tirpitz, sister to the infamous Bismarck. Hunted since she was under construction, this book takes
you from her beginning to the tragic end in a Norwegian Fjord. Over 600 photos
and illustrations.

By John Asmussen and Kjetil Åkra.

(The main text is in Norwegian but the captions are in both Norwegian and
English)

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This unusual book celebrates the 100th anniversary of Cunard Line's Mauretania, one of the most famous liners ever built. A lucky ship, she held the transatlantic Blue Riband record for twenty-two years. Despite being scrapped in 1936, many of her magnificent interiors are still scattered around England. In fact, no other demolished liner of the past has so much material still on view.

Written by Peter Newall.

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Caught in tumultuous seas off the coast of northern California in 1865, the 220-foot sidewheeler S.S. Brother Jonathan skidded down the face of a massive wave and slammed into an uncharted reef. Her nine-story mast crashed through the bottom of the ship and within forty-five minutes she went under, taking with her 225 souls and millions of dollars' worth of newly minted gold bars and coins. Only nineteen people in a battered lifeboat made it to shore, and over the next several weeks, bodies and pieces of the ship washed up along a 125-mile stretch of the coast. For more than a hundred years the ship's treasure would remain one of the Pacific's great secrets.

Written by Dennis M. Powers.

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Miles off the coast of Northern California lies a mariner's nightmare. Concealed by
a roiling sea and thick fog, the jagged edges of a submerged volcanic mountain chain
await approaching vessels like predators in the mist. This is one of the most hazardous
reefs off the West Coast. And for over a century, it has been home to the most remote,
most expensive, and most dangerous lighthouse ever built in America.


Written by Dennis M. Powers.


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Wreckers in the early nineteenth century built the town of Key West . When ships foundered, the first wrecker on the scene—from a flotilla of streaking schooners—was designated the master of that wreck and ran the operation. Later, the salvors received their cut from a share of the auction proceeds or “in kind.” Wrecker abuses led to calls for reform, and this rough-and-tumble world finally became regulated as it eventually matured into a competitive business-for-hire. However, the risks continued unabated by having to work in the same capricious seas that caused the many deaths and destruction in the first place.

This book showcases the heart-beating salvages conducted by the important wreckers. The tales of what happened to these wreck-masters, passengers, and the ships in savage seas match the best fiction of the Sargasso Sea . We see how history and innovation march over the decades and completely change the maritime world—while as Whitelaw observed, “A terrible, always hungry monster, with long white teeth is the sea. It is a smiling witch one day—a terrible monster the next.”

Written by Dennis M. Powers

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Chronicles visits of U.S. Navy ships to Western Australia from 1975-2002.

By Ian Johnson

 

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