The US Navy plans to build a number of new surface ships in the coming decades according to its most recent 30-year shipbuilding plan. This book examines the cost-effectiveness of nuclear power for navy surface ships & the issues & options for Congress. ...

Follow the elite US Navy Seals into action in this two-volume set. The Navy Seals are always ready to spring into action whenever their country calls. In this action collection, based on personal narratives, be with the Seals as they rescue a colleague from behind enemy lines in Vietnam, & as a team of divers sink a dangerous gunboat during the invasion of Panama. Watch also as they sneak into Bosnia to capture a notorious politician & fight Columbia's most-feared drug baron, Pablo Escobar. ...

The Arab-Andalousian music of North Africa was banished from the Iberian peninsular when Grenada fell in 1492. Originally only considered suitable for slaves & slave-singers (under Arabic religious laws music all forms of music was considered immoral), one of the 16 noubas is performed here by the Albacyn Ensemble at the Festival de l' Imaginaire in Montpelier, France. ...