5 History / Military eBooks

Bonhomme Richard vs Serapis: Flamborough Head 1779 (Osprey Duel 44)
P-38 Lightning Aces of the 82nd Fighter Group (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 108)
Les Coiffures de L’Armee Francaise
William Rex: a Model of a 17th-century Warship
Johnnie M. Clark, "Guns Up!"

Bonhomme Richard vs Serapis: Flamborough Head 1779 (Osprey Duel 44)
Osprey Publishing | 2012 | ISBN: 1849087857 | English | 82 Pages | PDF (e-book) | 5 MB
The clash between the American Bonhomme Richard and the British HMS Serapis during the American Revolutionary War is perhaps the most famous single-ship duel in history. This epic battle between two very similar ships - and crews - off the coast of Britain in September 1779 created two naval heroes: in victory, John Paul Jones became a figure that all future American naval officers would aspire to emulate, while Richard Pearson, in defeat, became a hero to the British for a tenacious defence that allowed the merchant vessels under his protection to escape. Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, this is the story of an epic maritime clash at the height of the Revolutionary War that provided a founding legend for generations of US naval officers and demonstrated the intrepidity and fighting prowess of the fledgling US Navy.

P-38 Lightning Aces of the 82nd Fighter Group (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 108)
2012 | ISBN: 1849087431 | English | 97 Pages | True PDF | 5 MB

Les Coiffures de L’Armee Francaise
2002 | ISBN: 2914288093 | French | 502 Pages | PDF | 118 MB

William Rex: a Model of a 17th-century Warship
2005 | ISBN: 9040089973 | English | 64 Pages | PDF | 35 MB

Johnnie M. Clark, "Guns Up!"
English | ISBN: 0345315073 | 1984 | EPUB/MOBI | 357 pages | 3 MB
THIS GUT-WRENCHING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IS A CLASSIC IN THE ANNALS OF VIETNAM LITERATURE.
"Guns up!" was the battle cry that sent machine gunners racing forward with their M60s to mow down the enemy, hoping that this wasn't the day they would meet their deaths. Marine Johnnie Clark heard that the life expectancy of a machine gunner in Vietnam was seven to ten seconds after a firefight began. Johnnie was only eighteen when he got there, at the height of the bloody Tet Offensive at Hue, and he quickly realized the grim statistic held a chilling truth.
The Marines who fought and bled and died were ordinary men, many still teenagers, but the selfless bravery they showed day after day in a nightmarish jungle war made them true heroes. This new edition of Guns Up!, filled with photographs and updated information about those harrowing battles, also contains the real names of these extraordinary warriors and details of their lives after the war. The book's continuing success is a tribute to the raw courage and sacrifice of the United States Marines.