Captain: 378 books

Captain Mervyn Wingfield was one of the last of his generation of submariners who made their reputation in the Second World War. Pre-war he had served on the China station and lived the riotous life of a young officer; in the war he commanded three submarines, Umpire, Sturgeon and Taurus, survived...

From an apprentice aircraft engineer, into a flying career. A commercial pilot flying Beaver's, DC3 Dakota, Vicker's Viscount and finally as a Training Captain on the Boeing B707. All with one airline although the airline's name changed with the changing political circumstances. Add an interest in...

I finally have a day off from chartering, so we decide to take out two of our grandsons, Cody and Brady, both fourteen. Cody was a big strapping boy, five ten and two hundred pounds and a size 12 shoe size. Brady was also five ten, but only one hundred and forty pounds and a size 9 shoe size. Cody...

Journal of Voyages contains an account of the author Captain Jacob Dunham (born 27 April 1779 in Connecticut,USA) being twice captured by the English and once by Gibbs the Pirate; his narrow escape when chased by an English War schooner; as well as his being cast away and residing with Indians. To...

TRAVELS IN INDIA Including SINDE AND THE PUNJAB. BY CAPTAIN LEOPOLD VON ORLICH. TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, BY H. EVANS LLOYD, ESO. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. NOTWITHSTANDING the numerous works of every description which treat of India, notwithstanding the marvellous phenomenon presented by the rise,...

According to Wikipedia: "Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 October 22, 1883), was an Irish-American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a great admirer of Lord Byron. These novels contain action that takes...

Captain Mayne Reid herein takes a look at and sets out to describe people from in different places of the world. It is typical of it's time with exoticist descriptions of Bushmen and The Amazonian Indians among others.

INTRODUCTORY. Again I have been called on to entertain my wide circle of young friends, by relating another story of detective life. Before plunging into my story, I have thought it best to address a few words to you personally, and about myself. It is held as a rule that an author should never introduce...

According to Wikipedia: "Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 October 22, 1883), was an Irish-American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a great admirer of Lord Byron. These novels contain action that takes...

I KNOW not any thing that more enlarges the mind of man than voyages. They are not only of absolute use in opening a commerce with our fellow inhabitants of the globe, but by exhibiting a stupendous variety of heavens and earth, men and beasts, birds and fishes, they shew the Deity in the most awful...

[Includes 4 maps and 3 figures] This latest Leavenworth Paper is a case study in the wartime evolution of tactical doctrine. Previous publications of the Combat Studies Institute have examined the peacetime development of doctrine and have increased our knowledge of how doctrine has been applied....

Captain Woodfield made 20 seasonal voyages to the Antarctic on three research ships between 1955 and 1974. Starting as a Junior Deck Officer he worked for The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey which in 1964 became the British Antarctic Survey. He played a paramount role in the gradual change from...

Excerpt re him, along with a half-score of his confreres--old Texans of the pure breed--who having taken part in most of the struggles of the young Republic, had strayed back to New Orleans, partly for a spree, and partly to recruit fresh comrades to aid them in propagating that principle which...

The Dreadnought Boys on Aero Service written by Captain Wilbur Lawton who was a North American journalist and author of boys' books. This book was published in 1912. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive...