Final Patrol

作者：  Don Keith　著

出版社：Penguin 2006-10-1

简介：　　The riveting story behind the submarines that wreaked havocduring World War II-from the award-winning author of In the Courseof Duty　　During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service sufferedthe highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces,losing one in five submariners. But despite the odds, theseunderwater warriors accounted for almost 60 percent of Japaneseshipping losses, and were a major factor in winning the war. 16U.S. submarines-and one German U-Boat-that saw action during WWIIare now open to the public. Most have been restored andauthentically equipped. Final Patrol takes a fascinating look atthese subs and the personal stories of the brave sailors who lived,fought, and often died in them. Now, visitors can climb into thesecramped steel cylinders, peer through their torpedo tubes, andimagine diving under the sea-perhaps for the last time-to stalk afanatical enemy who threatened our nation's freedom.

101 Things Need Know 你必须知道的101件事

作者：  Richard Horne 著

出版社：Penguin 2006-10-1

简介：101 of the most fascinating,most disgusting and mostunbelievable facts at your fingertips. Make friends jealous with your genius knowledge and amaze people with　answers to impossible uestions ...　　Why is the sky blue? How do birds stand　on electric wires without being electrocuted? Could I spontaneously　combust at any moment?

Nelson's Trafalgar

作者：  Roy Adkins 　著

出版社：Penguin 2006-10-1

简介：An explosive chronicle of history’s greatest seabattleIn the tradition of Antony Beevor’s Stalingrad, Nelson’sTrafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of theworld’s most famous naval battle, when the British Royal Navy underLord Horatio Nelson dealt a decisive blow to the forces ofNapoleon. The Battle of Trafalgar comes boldly to life in thisdefinitive work that re-creates those five momentous, earsplittinghours with unrivaled detail and intensity.