Kent Alexander
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The masterful true-crime account of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing that captured the world's attention, and the heroic security guard-turned-suspect at the heart of it all. On July 27, 1996, a hapless former cop turned hypervigilant security guard named Richard Jewell spotted a suspicious bag in Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park, the town square of the 1996 Summer Games. Inside was a bomb, the largest of its kind in FBI and ATF history....
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho stories volume 5
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1977
Language
English
Description
As the American Revolution rages on the mainland, the British Navy prepares for action at sea. Against a growing fleet of American and French privateers, the navy must maintain its blockade of Washington's vital military supplies. Caught up in the turmoil, junior officer Richard Bolitho finds himself having to make momentous decisions in the heat of battle-decisions that could affect the lives of many men and, perhaps, even the fate of nations.
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho stories volume 12
Publisher
Hutchinson
Pub. Date
c1970
Language
English
Description
Aboard the Hyperion, Richard Bolitho sets sail with an untrained crew for blockade duty off France. Unfortunately, his superior, Commodore Mathias Pelham-Martin, is an incompetent egotist whose petty hostilities jeopardize the operation of an entire fleet.
5) Heart of oak
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
After the war with France has ended in 1818, Captain Adam Bolitho is given command of the newly commissioned frigate Onward and sent to North Africa on a diplomatic mission to accompany the French frigate Nautilus in a show of solidarity. He knows he is lucky-the voyage should be easy; but Adam longs for a chance to marry the beautiful Lowenna and settle down on the Bolitho estate in Cornwall. Instead he must deal with the envy and ambition of his...
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho stories volume 4
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1981, c1980
Language
English
Description
In 1774, Richard Bolitho is a newly appointed Third Lieutenant, joining the 28-gun frigate Destiny. Dispatched on a secret mission, Destiny and her company face the hazards of conspiracy, treason, and piracy. It is amidst the broadside battles and clashes of swords that Bolitho learns to accept his new responsibilities as a King's officer.
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho stories volume 14
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1974
Language
English
Description
he year is 1798. Napoleon's naval forces are amassing in the Mediterranean, preparing to annex Egypt, and it is there the newly-promoted Commodore Richard Bolitho is sent with a small squadron of ships under his command.
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho stories volume 9
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
1976
Language
English
Description
October 1789, and war clouds thunder over Europe when Richard Bolitho steers the Tempest into the perilous waters of the Great South Sea. To protect vulnerable English shipping lanes from her seagoing enemies, he must face the hazards of fickle winds, pirates, and savage islanders.
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Richard Jewell is the security guard who reports finding the device at the 1996 Atlanta bombing, which makes him a hero whose swift actions saved countless lives. Within days, the law-enforcement wannabe becomes the FBI's number one suspect, vilified by press and public alike; reaching out to independent, anti-establishment attorney Watson Bryant, Jewell staunchly professes his innocence.
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho novels volume no. 1
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho stories volume 10
Publisher
Chivers Audio Books
Pub. Date
[p2000?]
Language
English
Description
It is 1792, over ten years since Britain's defeat by the American colonies, and the bitter humiliation still sticks in the Admiralty's craw. Now brutal smugglers, many of them naval deserters, occupy the Channel, plying their trade between England and France. Richard Bolitho's mission: to take three speedy topsail cutters and fight the treacherous raiders off the coast of Kent.
12) Band of brothers
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho stories volume 3
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by National Book Network
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
13) Sloop of war
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho novels volume no. 4
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
1998, c1972
Language
English