An abridged version of the nineteenth-century tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world.

The abridged adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.

How do submarines sink and float? What do submarines do underwater? Looking at features from the top of the periscope to the end of the torpedo tubes, this book uncovers how and why submarines work miles under the surface of the ocean.

Presents a history of the submarine, discusses the different ways they are used, and recounts true-life adventures, in a book with fold out pages.

"Xiang Li Cheng, the President of the People's Republic of China, has both a problem and a plan. The problem is that the limited supply of oil available to China is threatening to derail his country's economic growth and prosperity. But to secure access to those resources, he must contend with powerful U.S. Navy and the Pacific Fleet. After a decades-long largely secret military build up, Cheng sets his plan in motion by suddenly invading Taiwan and...

Captain Nemo and the fantastic submarine Nautilus carry three survivors from a shipwreck who observe the dangers of the underwater world.

Armed with stolen U. S. military technology, the Chinese are producing a frightening new breed of weaponry, led by the ICBM submarine Xia III--a vessel that just might be able to launch a nuclear warhead across the Pacific Ocean and take out an American West Coast city. National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan can't let that happen, and he dispatches the most stealthy hunter-killer submarine in the U. S. fleet, the 9, 000-ton ultrasecret Seawolf,...

Twenty-four hours out of San Francisco, submarine captain Cassidy unseals his top-secret orders and reads two fateful words: Destination Tokyo.