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1	Guadalcanal Diary more books like this by Richard Tregaskis add to wishlist history U.S.A. $14.95 Canada $22.50 This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles--crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all, and to military history in general. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. An on-location news ... see all copies from £4.15! new only from £66.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex more books like this by Nathaniel Philbrick add to wishlist The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century which was the inspiration for Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick". The author uses a hitherto unknown diary of one of the survivors discovered in an attic in Connecticut in spring 1998 to tell the tale. The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Life of Pi more books like this by Yann Martel add to wishlist Pi, the precocious animal-loving son of an Indian zookeeper, loses his family in a shipwreck en route to North America--and is left alone in a lifeboat with a man-eating Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, with whom he manages (thanks to his zoo background) to strike up an ingenious truce. When they finally reach land and the tiger disappears, Pi ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War more books like this by John W Dower add to wishlist Now in paperback, this monumental history has been hailed by the New York Times as "one of the most important books ever written about World War II in the Pacific". 20 pages of illustrations. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £10.57! \| first editions
5	Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan more books like this by Ronald H Spector add to wishlist Between December 1941 and August 1945 the United States and Japan engaged in a brutal and often dramatic struggle for control of the Pacific Ocean. Drawing on declassified intelligence files, Spector recreates the events of this conflict in spectacular detail, to provide a masterful contribution to the history of World War II. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £9.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror more books like this by Steve Alten add to wishlist Deep below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, the prehistoric predecessor of today's great white shark still thrives: the Megalodon, a 60-foot, 20-ton monster. Professor Jonas Taylor is the only man to have survived an encounter with the beast, and the only person adamant that the Meg is still in existence. But when several deep sea probes are ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £8.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew more books like this by Alex Kershaw add to wishlist This is the adrenaline-soaked story of nine men who fought the Japanese from America's deadliest submarine, survived its sinking and endured months of brutal torture in captivity. By October 1944, the US Navy submarine Tang was legendary - she had sunk more enemy ships, rescued more downed airmen and pulled off more daring surface attacks than any ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	The Raft more books like this by Robert Trumbull add to wishlist A gripping account of three naval airmen adrift in the Pacific for 34 days. see all copies from £3.06! new only from £12.27! \| first editions
9	Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft more books like this by Thor Heyerdahl add to wishlist "Kon-Tiki" is the record of an astonishing adventure - a journey 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by the mythical hero Kon-Tiki. He decided to prove his ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £9.26! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Goodbye Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War more books like this by William Manchester add to wishlist In this war memoir, historian William Manchester recalls his experiences as a soldier in the Pacific during World War II. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £9.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story O more books like this by Doug Stanton add to wishlist This World War II account of survival at sea also raises questions of military justice. The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by the Japanese after it had delivered a top secret cargo that was later revealed to be elements of one of the bombs dropped on Japan. The crew abandoned ship and endured a five-day ordeal in open sea before the survivors were ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	The Pacific War: 1941-1945 more books like this by John Costello add to wishlist John Costello's "The Pacific War" has now established itself as the standard one-volume account of World War II in the Pacific. Never before have the separate stories of fighting in China, Malaya, Burma, the East Indies, the Phillipines, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Aleutians been so brilliantly woven together to provide a clear ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	The Log from the 'Sea of Cortez' more books like this by John Steinbeck add to wishlist In 1940, Steinbeck and his friend, biologist Ed Ricketts, ventured into the Gulf of California to search for marine invertebrates along the beaches. This exciting, day-by-day account of their trip, drawn from the longer work, Sea of Cortez, is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy, and high-speed adventure that provides a fascinating ... see all copies from £1.43! new only from £9.31! \| first editions
14 view cover	Miracle at Midway more books like this by Gordon William Prange add to wishlist The Battle of Midway was perhaps the most significant naval battle since Trafalgar. With the infamy of Pearl Harbor still fresh in minds, the men of the US Pacific Fleet waited for the Japanese Imperial Navy at Miday Island. This time the element of surprise had shifted, and the American forces became victors in the battle that marked the turning ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £10.60! \| first editions
15 view cover	Tales of the South Pacific more books like this by James A Michener add to wishlist Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize, Michener's first book is a collection of short stories, linked both thematically and with recurring characters, which portray a World War II anti-Japanese operation called "Alligator." This book was later the basis for the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "South Pacific". see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Mysterious Island more books like this by Jules Verne add to wishlist Five Union prisoners of war escape in a balloon from Richmond, Virginia, and land on an uninhabited island, where they begin to reconstruct society as they knew it. This is one of the novels is Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires series. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin more books like this by Gray A Brechin add to wishlist This history of the city of San Francisco examines the powerful and wealthy forces that determined its shape and how they affected the environment and the surrounding communities. A study in urban history, architecture, and policy-making, this book is rich with graphics that illustrate the city's growth and special character. see all copies from £6.54! new only from £10.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Kon-Tiki more books like this by Thor Heyerdahl add to wishlist Photographs illustrate the author's account of his voyage from Peru to Tahiti on a balsa raft to test a theory concerning the origins of the Polynesian race. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.07! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Cruise of the Snark more books like this by Jack London add to wishlist Captivating tale of true adventures recounts, with wry good humor, the hardships of a two-year voyage aboard a diminutive and leaky craft. Enhanced with 119 original photographs. see all copies from £4.59! new only from £6.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Graveyards of the Pacific: From Pearl Harbor to Bikini Island more books like this by Robert D Ballard, Ph.D., Michael Hamilton Morgan add to wishlist To be published in the 60th anniversary year of the infamous bombing of Pearl Harbor, Graveyards of the Pacific is Dr. Robert Ballard's compelling survey of the major WWII Pacific battlefields and graveyards including Midway, Guadalcanal, and Truk Lagoon. This authoritative overview of the Pacific war begins with a thrilling account of Ballard's ... see all copies from £3.61! new only from £10.75! \| first editions
21	Racing Through Paradise: A Pacific Passage more books like this by William F Buckley, Jr. add to wishlist William F. Buckley conveys love of sailing in this memoir of a month-long cruise in the Pacific. As with AIRBORNE and ATLANTIC HIGH, the author's previous sailing memoirs, Buckley writes about the joys of navigation, and includes excerpts from journals kept by his mates, including his son, writer Christopher Buckley. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £30.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
22	The Dragon's Triangle more books like this by Charles Berlitz add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! new only from £16.17! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan more books like this by Clay Blair, Jr. add to wishlist Part reference and part thriller, this is a comprehensive chronicle of the U.S. submarine war in the Pacific. see all copies from £8.60! new only from £14.63! \| first editions
24 view cover	MacArthur's Undercover War: Spies, Saboteurs, Guerrillas, and Secret Missions more books like this by William B Breuer add to wishlist The intelligence activities in the Pacific Theater are examined in this book. There are accounts of PT boat raids, commando operations, codebreaking, and guerilla campaigns. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.69! \| first editions
25 view cover	Lords of the rim more books like this by Sterling Seagrave add to wishlist The 'Overseas Chinese' and their history are detailed in this book. The author estimates there to be 55 million people of Chinese ancestry living outside of China, a wealthy and powerful group when taken as a whole. Their history dates back to the eleventh century B.C.E., when merchants were first driven out of northern China by repressive ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £32.40! \| first editions

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