Henry Carter Hull

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: • New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars • Biographies of the authors...

Just as a U.S. Navy Captain and his crew are beginning to enjoy their shore leave, they are called back to active duty in order to infiltrate a Nazi U-boat and steal the their top-secret encoding device.

Presents an introduction to submarines, describing the different varieties, their capabilities, and their military history.

Marine architect Hannah Bryson, working with her brother Connor to inspect the decommissioned Soviet submarine "Silent Thunder" and ready it to be used as a maritime museum, sets her sights on revenge when Connor is killed and she learns they have been used as bait by the CIA and former Russian crew member Nicholas Kirov to trap a Soviet crime lord who believes the vessel holds the secret to the whereabouts of a priceless artifact.

Provides information about various underwater vehicles and how they are used by the military and researchers. Includes a time line of submarine progress and a glossary.

A new Soviet sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast. Government experts think it is planning to attack- that is, all the experts but one. He thinks the sub's commander is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find the sub and prove his theory.

Ken Hughes and Kate Ross race against time to prevent a Chinese submarine attack on unprepared and unprotected New York City and free Manhattan, held by the obsessed Admiral Tang Li.

Covers the history of submarines from the earliest proposal in 1465 to the rapid developments during the World Wars. Discusses what will become of submarines in the post cold war era.

In the midst of a global crisis, the USS Alabama receives an unconfirmed order to launch its nuclear missiles. The tension quickly rises as the sub's respected commander and his brilliant executive officer clash over the validity of their orders, battling each other for control of the sub.

In Paris, a young physicist performs an oceanographic experiment-then dies mysteriously after a romantic tryst with a beautiful stranger. In the jungles of Malaysia, powerful hypersonic cavitation technology-capable of toppling mountains with sound-is purchased by a private interest for an unspecified purpose. In Vancouver, a businessman leases a small research submarine for use in the waters of New Guinea. In Tokyo, in Los Angeles, in Antarctica,

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