Conscious Fitness: Strength Training for the Evolution of Body, Mind and Spirit, Tripoli MS Catt L.

Автор: Haley, James L.
Название: Shores Of Tripoli, The
ISBN: 0425278174 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780425278178
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Цена: 9810.00 T
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Описание: The first novel in award-winning historian James L. Haley's brilliant adventure series featuring young midshipman Bliven Putnam as he begins his naval service aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise.

It is 1801 and President Thomas Jefferson has assembled a deep-water navy to fight the growing threat of piracy, as American civilians are regularly kidnapped by Islamist brigands and held for ransom, enslaved, or killed, all at their captors' whim. The Berber States of North Africa, especially Tripoli, claimed their faith gave them the right to pillage anyone who did not submit to their religion.

Young Bliven Putnam, great-nephew of Revolutionary War hero Israel Putnam, is bound for the Mediterranean and a desperate battle with the pirate ship Tripoli. He later returns under legendary Commodore Edward Preble on the Constitution, and marches across the Libyan desert with General Eaton to assault Derna--discovering the lessons he learns about war, and life, are not what he expected.

Rich with historical detail and cracking with high-wire action, The Shores of Tripoli brings this amazing period in American history to life with brilliant clarity.

Автор: Lardas Mark
Название: Decatur`s Bold and Daring Act
ISBN: 1849083746 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781849083744
Издательство: Osprey
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Описание: On a dark night in 1804, Lt Stephen Decatur and a team of hand-picked men, slipped into Tripoli harbor in a small boat. Their target was the USS Philadelphia. Decatur`s mission was to either recapture the ship, or failing that, burn her to the waterline. This book recounts one of the greatest raids in American military history.