Category: Books

"Das Boot" - surfaced in Wilhelmshaven!

"Das Boot" - surfaced in Wilhelmshaven!

Posted by | 10 Oct 2024 | , , | 0

To be released in October 2024 - pre-order now! U 96 seems indestructible. After the book (1973) and film (1981) "Das Boot" was a hit with millions, its final chapter has now been revealed. The boat on which Lothar-Günther Buchheim collected his material for "Das Boot" as a war correspondent in autumn 1941 still exists, in Wilhelmshaven! Here, on the North Sea, U 96 was bombed shortly before the end of the war and a few years later, in 1948, its remains were used as filling material in the newly built Grodendamm. The journalist duo Gerrit Reichert and Dr Frank Ganseuer have now traced this trail with a wealth of facts. Starting with an aerial photograph taken by the Royal Air Force of the broken U...

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"The Reibert" - now available to order from Mittler!

"The Reibert" - now available to order from Mittler!

Posted by | 27 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

"Der Reibert - Das Handbuch für die Soldatinnen und Soldaten der Bundeswehr" can now be ordered from Mittler! The Reibert has been the standard handbook for the Bundeswehr for decades and offers comprehensive basic knowledge of laws, ordinances, decrees and service regulations. Indispensable for soldiers of all ranks. On 24 September 2024, the new edition of "Der Reibert - Das Handbuch für Soldatinnen und Soldaten der Bundeswehr" was published by Mittler Report Verlag GmbH. The comprehensively revised and updated edition also includes the organisational changes in the branches of the armed forces and in the Ministry of Defence, information on the new organisational area of cyber and information space as well as details on the newly introduced hand weapons...

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Maritime books to browse - Wild Wave

Maritime books to browse - Wild Wave

Posted by | 8. Dec 2014 | , , | 2

Stories about old captains are a dime a dozen. Axel Prahl, who grew up on the Baltic Sea, loves the sea and has selected the best stories for us and summarises the quintessence of the stories in short, apt commentaries. The stories are about storms, dangers, about the gut feeling that saves captains, ships and crews or consigns them to eternal damnation. It's about the lucky hand, about the best captains who are always on the pier; it's about male friendships, agent stories, and generally about everything that only captains and the good Lord can know. If you...

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"Man and the oceans" - an illustrated book

"Man and the oceans" - an illustrated book

Posted by | 8 May 2013 | , , | 2

Yann Arthus-Bertrand is a French photographer and author. He became famous in 1999 with his photo book "The Earth from Above" - impressions of our planet, nature and people, shot from a helicopter. "Now the 67-year-old Frenchman has climbed back into the helicopter with his camera - this time focussing only on the oceans. 200 photographs made it into the large-format volume "Man and the Oceans" (Knesebeck), which is both a picture book and an environmental pamphlet. In a dozen interviews, oceanologists and ecologists comment on topics such as fishing, biodiversity and the impact of shipping on nature. The photos show much more...

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Book tip: Magellan - The man and his deed

Book tip: Magellan - The man and his deed

Posted by | 12 Jul 2012 | , | 2

This is the story of a man who was suspicious of his king because he had no politics at court, no hidden agenda and instead openly said what he meant and wanted. It is the story of a man who, after fighting and being wounded several times for his fatherland Portugal, fell on deaf ears in his homeland for his ideas and offered his services to the Spanish crown. The story of a man who wanted to put the pieces of the puzzle of the explored world together to form a whole and fell in battle against natives in the Philippines. It is...

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