SOME OF THE "SPECIAL PAGES" ARE OF INTEREST TO MANY NON SPECIALISTS FOR EXAMPLE:
MARITIME LITERATURE: Tales of the Sea of Cosmic Consequence
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You don't have to be a maritime professional or recerational boater, boat builder, diver, or surfer to enjoy MOBY DICK, or CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS. Many of the great works of literature are stories of the sea. Some are classics, some are known for their gritty realism and may be judged classics at some future point, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER comes to mind. Everyone reads these sorts of books, we review, comment, recommend, and facilitate your acquisition whether you buy a library bound volume, commercial paper back, Kindle, or get a library loan. `The Maritime Literature "SPECIAL PAGE" is for everyone. But have you ever considered...........
NAVAL INTERESTS
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Sailors are avid readers, books are simply user friendly, no batteries or head sets required, no flickering screens or noise to disturb your ship mates. More over reading is essential to a modern sailor's career these days when a naval career means a commitment to career long continuing education. You would be surprised at what sailors are reading in terms of non fiction. To get a feel for sailor tastes in non fiction check out a small portion of the suggested reading list of the Chief of Naval Operations reprinted from our "NAVAL INTEREST SECTION below:
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Erich M. Remarque |
| American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 | William Manchester |
| Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes | Stephen M. Hawking |
| Command of the Seas: A Personal Story | John F. Lehman |
| Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Thirty Three American Soldiers Who Fought It | Al Santoli, Ed. |
| Flight of the Intruder | Stephen Coontz |
| Hunt for Red October | Tom Clancy |
| In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years | James B. & Sybil Stockdale |
| In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies | Thomas J. Peters |
| On Watch | Elmo Zumwalt |
| Red Badge of Courage | Stephen Crane |
| Red Storm Rising | Tom Clancy |
| Run Silent, Run Deep | Edward L. Beach |
| The Caine Mutiny | Herman Wouk |
| The Cruel Sea | Nicholas Monsarrat |
| The Killer Angels | Michael Shaara |
As you can see sailors are reading a lot more interesting stuff than just ordinance and gunnery manuals. No where else in the pages of American Admiralty Books would you be likely to find A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME, or THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE. Obviously the Chief of Naval Operations feels these works impart values to his sailors that don't require a nautical setting. But these classics are not the only popular reading that you might find in the NAVAL INTEREST SECTION.Some recent offerings include.
Project Azorian:
Nonfiction that is stranger than fiction, this is the story of the CIA and the secretive raising of the wrecked soviet nuclear submarine K-129.
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Allah's Angels - Chechen Women in War.
A comprehensive portrait of how the women of Chechnya were forced by the circumstances of war to undertake many non traditional roles and in the process advanced their own human rights. Those rights are now being lost to the advancing Islamists movement.
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BIOTERRORISM IN THE 21ST CENTUIRY: Emerging Threats in a Global Environment
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SEAL OF HONOR: Operation Red Wings and the Life of Lt. Michael P. Murphy USN
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WE WERE PIRATES: A Torpedoman's Pacific War.
Based on the WWII diary of Torpedoman Robert Hunt's 12 war patrols in the Pacific
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EYES IN THE SKY: Eisenhower, the CIA, and Cold War Aerial Espionage
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Faithful Warriors: A combat Marine Remembers the Pacific War (WW II)
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FROM STORM TO FREEDOM: America's Long War with Iraq
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Its been a real busy and news worthy Spring and we did a lot of experimenting in our blog space. Some postings brought us some new visitors. But the real work and value of the American Admiralty Books project is in the SPECIAL PAGES where we knuckle down to the hard work of sifting through the World's English language maritime information, review, sort, organize, critique, recommend, link. English is the international official language of maritime navigation, so there is a lot available in English. We have a lot of work ahead of us and some times these pages are in a bit of a mess just as you might expect in a library or book store that just received a truck load of volumes. But come on in, browse try some places that you wouldn't normally expect to find something of personal interest in. You don't have to purchase anything. Don't be intimidated by the titles of the SPECIAL PAGES this is supposed to be a fun place to roam about. Try some of the special features in sections like Oceanography. You don't have to be an Oceanographer to listen to the DEEP: listentothedeep.com
Each special interest page is full of links to fun and informative videos related to the theme of the section. At OCEANOGRAPHY you can not only listen to the sounds of the deep you can also take a virtual dive on a coral reef. You can not only read about boat building in the BOAT BUILDING section or "special interest page", you can see boats being constructed on free videos. Watch stand up paddle boards actually being surfed in the SURFING section, and Diving has some links to incredible underwater photography. At the very end of the scroll for DIVING, SURFING, SAILING, AND FISHING YOU'LL FIND ON LINE SHOPS, COME IN AND BROWSE, NEVER A HIGH PRESSURE SALESPERSON TO DEAL WITH.
Come on, live a little explore the SPECIAL PAGES!
The music videos of American Admiralty
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Recently while researching for several upcoming posts I had the occasion to really roam around our blog. Having very eclectic tastes in music and very nautical preferences in eye candy, I was really struck by some of the videos set to music that we have linked to or even produced over the months that we have been building the site. I wanted to share with you my favorites. A click on the links below will take you to YouTube and the selected video. Click on the big screen display and crank up the sound! Click on the close button or back arrow to return here for the next selection. Kick back, relax and marvel at the musical selections our staff has made in recent months. Remember this is a staff whose wives maintain that "your taste is in your mouth". But even our wives were amazed at these selections:
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THE MUSIC VIDEOS OF AMERICAN ADMIRALTY:
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| THIS IS NOT OUR MUSIC VIDEO SELECTION BOARD. THESE GUY ARE "THE SHIFTY SAILORS" www.shiftysailors.net Click on the link for their web site. When not sailing or drinking these guys sing songs of the sea better than just about anybody. .Check them out singing while underway on YouTube; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7rRSwX1CX4. CDs available via their web site |
Johnas Presbyter, Editor in Chief
2.jpg) OUR FAVORITE VERSION OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
By Madison Rising:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8C7i9kdEf8
 Every morning right at the station ID we invite readers to tune into a periodically changing version of the National Anthem. Our favorite however is this one by Madison Rising. Let us know which one you favor by leaving a comment at the end of this post. |
THE THEME FROM THE AMERICAN ADMIRALTY BOOKS PROMO . THIS MUSIC VIDEO APPEARS NEAR THE TOP OF OUR STATION ID AND NOTICE BOARD DAILY YET INDICATIONS ARE THAT ONLY ABOUT 160 VIEWERS HAVE EVER SEEN IT MOST SCROLL RIGHT PAST. TAKE A MOMENT , WATCH AND LISTEN, THIS IS OUR PRODUCTION PREPARED BY "CAPT. BEN", EDITOR OF THE OCEANOGRAPHY AND NAVIGATION SECTIONS. NEXT TO SURFING MUSE "CAPT.BEN" IS THE YOUNGEST ON THE STAFF AND STILL AN ACTIVE SEAFARER . HE IS AT SEA AS WE WRITE THIS. Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFw32RRJY98 THE THEME FROM THE SPRING BOAT SHOW
"Strange Boat":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-P_6YBITHE
NAMAZU'S THEME: Nana Oh Land's Ode to the Giant Catfish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nldOhFVh8jY
Namazu or Oh Land fans own your own Namazu theme by clicking on the album cover link OH Land's Music Video "Son of Gun" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWRi7gDYjVYBy the way you can buy any of Nana Oh Land's singles, albums, or videos right here through our Amazon Portal. The Great Catfish Namazu just loves her music and you will too. We receive commissions on music sales and that makes the catfish happy too. Each commission puts us that much closer to being able to afford that cube farm of research assistants he keeps asking for. click on the link below to go to the Amazon OH Land store for all of her music in various media http://www.amazon.com/Oh-Land/e/B0054E2IIE/ref=ac_dtp_sa_link  The Ravager John Charles Dollman, 1909 And don't forget our Vikings of the Longship Company for your next lawn party or concert. Unlike the SHIFTY SAILORS www.shiftysailors.net they don't sing or play instruments but can make a dandy rhythm section
when pounding their oars on the gunwhales, and they can pound tankards of ale and drink in time to music. http://www.longshipco.org/ Put these talented Vikings to work. The Longship Company Vikings, a treasured Maryland Resource.
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