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Carrie's War: Introduced by Michael Morpurgo - 'A touching, utterly convincing book' Jacqueline Wilson (Virago Modern Classics #52)
by Nina BawdenOne of the most loved and enduring wartime novels, Carrie's War is a modern classic. WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY MICHAEL MORPURGO AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY ALAN MARKS'A touching, utterly convincing book' Jacqueline Wilson'Poignant and realistic . . . Carrie's War captures the true reality of war for a child, and it doesn't sentimentalise war' Shirley Hughes, Guardian'I did a dreadful thing, the worst thing of my life, when I was twelve and a half years old, and nothing can change it'It is wartime and Carrie and her little brother Nick have been evacuated from their London home to the Welsh hills. In an unfamiliar place, among strangers, the children feel alone and find little comfort with the family they are billeted with: Mr Evans, a bullying shopkeeper and Auntie Lou, his kind but timid sister. When Carrie and Nick visit Albert, another evacuee, they are welcomed into Hepzibah Green's warm kitchen. Hepzibah is rumoured to be a witch, but her cooking is delicious, her stories are enthralling and the children cannot keep away. With Albert, Hepzibah and Mister Johnny, they begin to settle into their new surroundings. But before long, their loyalties are tested: will they be persuaded to betray their new friends?This collection of the best children's literature, curated by Virago, will be coveted by children and adults alike. These are timeless tales with beautiful covers, that will be treasured and shared across the generations. Some titles you will already know; some will be new to you, but there are stories for everyone to love, whatever your age. Our list includes Nina Bawden (Carrie's War, The Peppermint Pig), Rumer Godden (The Dark Horse, An Episode of Sparrows), Joan Aiken (The Serial Garden, The Gift Giving) E. Nesbit (The Psammead Trilogy, The Bastable Trilogy, The Railway Children), Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Little Princess,The Secret Garden) and Susan Coolidge (The What Katy Did Trilogy). Discover Virago Children's Classics.
Carrier 02: Viper Strike
by Keith DouglassA renegade Chinese fighter group invades Thai airspace in an attempt to break the SEATO alliance and shatter the fragile balance of world power. Ordered to stop the trouble before it gets started, the men of Battle Group Fourteen must restore peace before the skies blow wide open.
Carrier 1
by Keith DouglassAn American intelligence-gathering ship has been captured by the north Korean military in international waters off the coast of Korea. The vessel's crew is being held hostage and it is up to the members of Carrier Battle Group 14 to rescue them and recover the ship. Violence. 1st novel in the "Carrier" series, 1991.
Carrier 12: Chain of Command
by Keith DouglassIn North Vietnam, the Communist government is hiding something, and they're doing everything possible to protect it. But when the Communists launch a missile at an American plane, Admiral Wayne and the "USS Jefferson" plan a counterattack. And that means that they might be facing a long and bloody new war. Meanwhile, Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder has just set foot in the Vietnam jungle to search for his father who may still be alive. But there's no way to warn him that he might be stepping right into what could be the Vietnam War all over again.
Carrier 13: Brink of War
by Keith DouglassIt's America vs. Russia in an airmanship contest. A friendly mission, all fun and games...until Russia starts playing rough... Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder and the USS Jefferson are sent in to win the post-Cold War by cozying up to Russia. Washington calls the airmanship competition a "cooperative engagement." But to Magruder, it's a fiasco... Still searching for his father-who may be alive somewhere in Russia-Magruder doesn't have time for games. And then Russia launches an all-out surprise attack on the Jefferson- and changes the rules... Written by an experienced Naval officer, this epic novel of international combat captures all the excitement, drama-and reality-of a Carrier Battle Group under fire. 0-515-12470-2
Carrier 15: Enemies
by Keith DouglassWhen tensions rise between Greece and the breakaway republic of Macedonia, "Tombstone" Magruder and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen are sent to maintain the peace-but wind up facing a rogue Greek officer who has decided to end the conflict with open war.
Carrier 16: Joint Operations
by Keith DouglassWhile Vice Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder and his men enjoy a little R&R in Hawaii, China prepares for a surprise attack on U.S. soil. The beach explodes into devastation, and the Carrier team can't handle it alone. As Tombstone and his team take charge of the air, Lieutenant Murdock and his SEALs are called in to work ashore.
Carrier 17: The Art of War
by Keith DouglassWhen an extremist faction of Iranian militants takes the first bloody step towards toppling the decadent West, Admiral "Tombstone" Magruder and Carrier Battle Group Fourteen are the only ones who can stop the madmen cold.
Carrier 18
by Keith DouglassChina launches a full-scale invasion on Taiwan, its tiny capitalist island neighbor. While diplomats wage a battle of words in the United Nations, the real dirty work is to be done by Carrier Battle Group Fourteen--the only fighting force standing between the juggernaut of the Chinese military and the total annihilation of Taiwan.
Carrier 18: Island Warriors
by Keith DouglassWhen the Chinese fire a test missile that detonates in Taiwan, they claim that it was all an accident. But the U.S. is less than willing to believe their story, and sure enough, China launches a full-scale invasion on its tiny capitalist island neighbor-and the entire world goes into an uproar. But while the diplomats wage a battle of words in the United Nations, the real dirty work is to b carried out by Carrier Battle Group Fourteen- the only fighting force standing between the juggernaut of the Chinese military and the total annihilation of Taiwan... In the bestselling tradition of Tom Clancy, Larry Bond, and Charles D. Taylor, this electrifying novel captures the vivid reality of international combat. The Carrier Battle Group Fourteen--a force including a supercarrier, amphibious unit, guided missile cruiser, and destroyer--is brought to life with stunning authenticity in a high-tech thriller as explosive as today's headlines.
Carrier 21: Terror at Dawn
by Keith DouglassThe President has decided that now is the time to deal with the Middle East once and for all. The USS United States was on station in the Persian Gulf, and the USS Thomas Jefferson was lurking just outside the Red Sea in the Med, well within weapons range of most targets. Even a casual observer could tell that something was up, that this time the President meant to finish what Desert Storm and Desert Shield had started.
Carrier 22: Final Justice
by Keith DouglassThe United States finds itself besieged on all fronts. In Idaho, Tombstone Magruder learns the vengeful Continental Line militia is planning a bombing at the Super Bowl. In the U.N., America is vilified and blamed for the violent clashes in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Japan. And even as the conflict with Iraq is settled, the greatest threat is yet to come. In North Korea, a deranged Kim Jong II is out for blood. Moving his troops to the 38th parallel, and covertly aided by the Red Chinese in the air, he is prepared to attack at last. But when his fanatical military leaders decide to strike the Americans first in a mad bid for glory, Carrier Battle Group Fourteen must fight not only for its own survival-but to prevent the outbreak of World War III...
Carrier 23: Last Stand
by Keith DouglassWhen a group of modern-day Japanese samurai begins an assault on the high seas, the only force standing between them and total victory is the might of Carrier Battle Group Fourteen.
Carrier Battles
by Douglas V. SmithA longtime professor at the Naval War College who once directed strategic and long-range planning for the Navy and Marine Corps in Europe considers the transformation of the U.S. Navy from a defensive-minded coastal defense force into an offensive risk-taking navy in the very early stages of World War II. Noting that none of the navy's most significant World War II leaders were commissioned before the Spanish-American War and none participated in any important offensive operations in World War I, Douglas Smith examines the premise that education, rather than experience in battle, accounts for that transformation. In this book, Smith evaluates his premise by focusing on the five carrier battles of the second world war to determine the extent to which the inter-war education of the major operational commanders translated into their decision processes, and the extent to which their interaction during their educational experiences transformed them from risk-adverse to risk-accepting in their operational concepts. His book will interest students of the Pacific War, naval aviation, education, and leadership.
Carrier Operations in World War II
by J. D. BrownBetween 1939 and 1945 the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm grew from a small force into a powerful strategic weapon. British carrier-based aircraft fought throughout the world and David Brown here describes their activities in the Home, Mediterranean, Eastern and British Pacific Fleets, together with Forces created for specific operations, listing aircraft and units embarked during the various phases.He goes on to describe carrier operations in the Pacific between 1941 and 1945, the greatest maritime war in history. Both the United States and Imperial Japanese Navies watched the Royal Navy's early carrier operations in the European Theatre and benefited from the lessons. American aircrews and sailors learnt quickly in action until, by March 1945, the United States Fifth Fleet with its associated Marine Corps formations was probably the most efficient and effective instrument of war deployed in the pre-nuclear age.This new work contains material from two volumes, first published in 1968 and 1974, merged with notes for a third which David Brown prepared but never published before his death. They appear for the first time together, providing the most detailed single-volume account currently available of the operation of British, American and Japanese aircraft carriers in World War II.
Carrier War
by Lt. Oliver JensenFirst published in 1945, “Carrier War” is the first-hand account of officers and soldiers who fought during the naval war in the Pacific through the battles of the Philippine Sea.It is the complete story of America’s aircraft carrier Task Force 58, told in stirring narrative form and illustrated with 200 pictures and maps, and features frank discussions of strategy, accounts of personal heroism, and lays bare many new facts of sea war in the Pacific.Primarily an action story, told in terms of people, dialogue and split-second accounts of air and sea battles, “Carrier War” is nevertheless a comprehensive history of the Central Pacific campaign. It begins with the arrival of the first new carriers at Pearl Harbour and describes the growing power and fury of the Navy’s campaign—through Marcus, Wake, Rabaul, the landings at Tarawa and Kwajalein, the great raids on Truk, Saipan and Palau, the landings at Hollandia, the panoramic battles of the Philippine Sea.Throughout, Admiral Mar Mitscher’s Task Force 58 is the protagonist, although large parts of the story are built around the adventures of the redoubtable Yorktown and Essex and their two air groups, Five and Nine, whose full war records were released for the first time.“Carrier War” reveals a great deal about the nature of U.S. naval fliers and their lives. It is a shrewd appraisal of the enemy. It explains in simple, non-technical terms how carriers work and how sea battles are fought. It contains excerpts from ships’ logs, official action reports. Besides the good, it describes the bad, telling how mistakes were made, and corrected. It tells how U.S. ships, as well as the enemy’s, were hit, and contains many exciting stories of how the men were rescued from the sea.
Carrier: A Guided Tour Of An Aircraft Carrier (Tom Clancy's Military Referenc #6)
by Tom ClancyThey are floating cities with crews of thousands. They are the linchpins of any military strategy, for they provide what has become the key to every battle fought since World War I: air superiority. The mere presence of a U.S. naval carrier in a region is an automatic display of strength that sends a message no potential enemy can ignore. Now, Tom Clancy welcomes you aboard for a detailed look at how these floating behemoths function. With his trademark style and eye for detail, Clancy brings you naval combat strategy like no one else can. Carrier includes: * Takeoffs and landings: flying into the danger zone * The aircraft onboard: their range, their power, their weaponry * The role of the carrier in modern naval warfare * Exclusive photographs, illustrations and diagrams Plus: An interview with the U.S. Navy's Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jay Johnson
Carriers at War, 1939–1945: 1939-1945
by Adrian StewartThe author begins this fascinating book by tracing aircraft carrier development between the Wars. Eschewed by the Germans and Italians and with Britain squandering her early lead, the Americans and Japanese became front-runners.The Royal Navy learnt the hard way in the early stages of WW2 with the loss of HMS Courageous and Glorious but, following successes at Taranto and Matapan, the value of carriers was no longer in doubt. The sinking of Bismarck and the cataclysmic Pearl Harbor attack signaled the end of the Battleship era. Stung by such spectacular losses the US Navy threw its weight behind the carrier concept and the naval war in the Pacific (Guadalcanal, East Solomon Islands, Santa Cruz, Midmay and Leyte Gulf) revolved round carrier-borne aircraft.Meanwhile the carrier became pivotal in protecting vital convoys in the Atlantic, Arctic and Mediterranean. The author backs his arguments with copious examples of naval and air action.
Carry Me Home
by John M. Del VecchioIn this powerful and poignant epic, Del Vecchio transports the soldiers of the Vietnam experience to their final battlefield--the home front. High Meadow Farm, in the fertile hill country of central Pennsylvania, would be their salvation. In Vietnam they had fought side by side, brothers in arms. Now in the face of personal tragedy and bureaucratic deception, they would create a more enduring allegiance, an alliance of the spirit and the soil. Carry Me Home is the remarkable story of their struggle to find each other and themselves, a saga spanning fifteen years--fifteen years lost in a wilderness called America. In its scope, breadth, and brilliance, Carry Me Home is much more than a novel about Vietnam and Vietnam veterans. It is a testament to history and hope, to hometowns and homecomings, to love and lost, to faith and family. It is a novel about two decades in our collective lives and the cleansing of our spirit--and inspiring and unforgettable novel about American itself.
Carrying: A Novel
by Theodore WeesnerA young man leaves South Boston for the first Gulf War, in a novel that is “a very great achievement” (The Boston Globe). Growing up in Southie, Jimmy Murphy boxes after school, developing his toughness as he looks forward to enlisting in the army like his father. He navigates the racial politics of the streets, while feeling an intense pull toward a pretty African American classmate. When Murphy starts basic training at Fort Knox, he begins writing to his old English teacher, Herman Roth. Eventually, the letters come from Germany—and finally, from the front lines in the Middle East. As he struggles with rage, prejudice, and unfulfilled desire—fighting to become the top gunner of the elite 2nd Cavalry Tank Division—Murphy continues to write, getting his thoughts down on paper. Even as the situation in Iraq and Kuwait turns chaotic, his mission as a soldier gives him a sense of purpose and order. But his real battle begins when the war ends, and it’s time to go home. In this novel by the author of The Car Thief, “Weesner displays his genius for giving voice to the forgotten and inarticulate. . . . Carrying is a prickly and provocative meditation on racism and the limits of American innocence. . . . Our naive narrator’s anticipation of the war . . . harkens back to Henry Fleming’s in The Red Badge of Courage, while his struggle with race recalls Robert O’Connor’s Buffalo Soldiers” (Stewart O’Nan).
Carson of Venus SF Gateway Omnibus: Pirates of Venus, Lost on Venus, Carson of Venus
by Edgar Rice BurroughsThe son of a Civil War veteran, Edgar Rice Burroughs was a prolific writer for the early pulp magazines. Famous the world over as the creator of Tarzan - and in SF circles for his Martian tales featuring John Carter - Burroughs is a household name. But John Carter wasn't the only Earthman to champion another world. This omnibus collects PIRATES OF VENUS, LOST ON VENUS and CARSON OF VENUS - the first three of Burroughs' classic pulp tales of Carson Napier on the waterworld of Amtor - better known to us as Venus.PIRATES OF VENUS: The shimmering, cloud-covered planet of Venus conceals a wondrous secret: the strikingly beautiful yet deadly world of Amtor. In Amtor, cities of immortal beings flourish in giant trees reaching thousands of feet into the sky; ferocious beasts stalk the wilderness below; rare flashes of sunlight precipitate devastating storms; and the inhabitants believe their world is saucer-shaped with a fiery center and icy rim. Stranded on Amtor after his spaceship crashes, astronaut Carson Napier is swept into a world where revolution is ripe, the love of a princess comes at a dear price, and death can come as easily from the blade of a sword as from the ray of a futuristic gun. LOST ON VENUS: Napier's adventures continue in this pulse-pounding sequel to PIRATES OF VENUS. Here the intrepid and wry explorer takes on a savage world in order to rescue the princess from her sworn enemies. Napier's epic quest for Duare takes him through the streets of the City of the Dead, into the terrifying Room of the Seven Doors, and face to face with fantastic and perilous creatures. LOST ON VENUS brims with the action, suspense and wit unique to the Master of Adventure.CARSON OF VENUS: Carson Napier, first Earthman to reach Venus, had to keep alert every instant of his stay on that world of mist and mystery. For its lands were unmapped, its inhabitants many, varied and strange, and he had taken an obligation to restore a native princess to her lost homeland. On terrible oceans where dreaded sea-monsters dwelled, in deep forests where terror haunted every branch, and behind the walls of eerie cities where power-mad chieftains plotted uncanny schemes, CARSON OF VENUS is fast-paced science fiction adventure.
Carson of Venus: Venus Book 3
by Edgar Rice BurroughsCarson Napier, first Earthman to reach Venus, had to keep alert every instant of his stay on that world of mist and mystery. For its lands were unmapped, its inhabitants many, varied, and strange, and he had taken an obligation to restore a native princess to her lost homeland. On terrible oceans where dreaded sea-monsters dwelled, in deep forests where terror haunted every branch, and behind the walls of eerie cities where power-mad chieftains plotted uncanny schemes, "Carson of Venus" is fast-paced science fiction adventure.
Cartel Clash
by Don PendletonA Mexican drug cartel sends a chilling message to the U. S. by killing an undercover DEA agent. With the border beyond American control, only Mack Bolan can get in to stop the destruction before innocent blood is shed.
Carter Glass A Biography
by Rixey Smith Harry Flood ByrdCarter Glass was one of the more significant Virginia politicians in the early part of the 20th century. A Lynchburg native, he was to represent both houses of Congress, and was the Secretary of the Treasury under Woodrow Wilson. He was instrumental in establishing the Federal Reserve System. A true advocate of "State's Rights", Glass was a consistent opponent of the New Deal and clashed with President Roosevelt many times (though Roosevelt offered to appoint him again as Secretary of the Treasury in 1933, an offer which Glass declined).-Print ed.
Carthage (The Punic Wars #2)
by Ross LeckieThe final, devastating instalment in Ross Leckie’s extraordinary trilogy.After 300 years of acrimony and two bitter wars, the great Mediterranean powers of Rome and Carthage are readying their blades once more.Like their fathers before them, Hanno Barca and Scipio Minor, the sons of the legendary generals Hannibal and Scipio Africanus, must face off to decide the future of an empire.When the ashes settle, once this final, fateful clash has ended... a nation will be no more.An epic, masterful tale of power, love, pain and loss, perfect for fans of Robert Fabbri, Simon Scarrow and I, Claudius.Praise for Ross Leckie‘By turns lucid, enlightening and thrilling, this is the historical novel at its best’ Historical Novel Society‘A fine achievement, a thoughtful and stylish piece of historical fiction’ Daily Telegraph‘Breathtaking. Leckie brings the battle-tactics and manoeuvres almost cinematically alive and the sense of blood and sweat, chaos and horror, linger powerfully on … utterly gripping’ The Scotsman