Illustrated Directory Books

All of the major historical events in this tremendous history are chronicled in this fact-filled directory that covers both military and civil aircraft fighters and airliners, helicopters and space shuttles, and the...

This is a book both for players of all levels, amateur to professional, as well as music enthusiasts, whatever their interest: classical, jazz, flamenco, blues, country, rock and pop. To please fans...

This fact-filled directory describes and illustrates hundreds of weapons used by the U.S. armed forces, from small arms to battle tanks, artillery pieces, fighters and bombers, aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers, submarines,...

Go inside the elite and often-covert world of today's Special Forces. Superbly trained, these special operations commandos are the world's ultimate military (and paramilitary) tacticians. Learn about their stealthy organization, their training,...

This extraordinary story is detailed in this fact-filled and illustration-packed reference featuring specially commissioned photographs of surviving weapons, implements, tools, and equipment, as well as Native American artifacts....

Revered for its tough training regime and "hit-the-beaches" philosophy, the U.S. Marine Corps has fought in every overseas conflict in which America has been involved since George Washington's first amphibious operations during...

Covering every major warship type from the American ironclads of the Civil War through today's super-sophisticated aircraft carriers, this fact-filled directory describes more than 200 fighting vessels, providing technical specifications along with...