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Nimble Books LLC An idiosyncratic, innovative independent publishing house. Founded 2005 by Fred Zimmerman and Cheryl Anderson Zimmerman.

They have two children Kelsey and Parker.

06/02/2026

Franklin's second expedition produced detailed scientific observations alongside harrowing survival narrative. His descriptions of temperatures cold enough to freeze mercury in the thermometers, of navigating by dead reckoning when instruments failed, of the careful diplomacy required with indigenous groups — all are rendered in Franklin's precise, understated prose. The 810-page text is as much scientific report as adventure story.

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS APOGON (SS-308)APOGON survived the war and was later used as a target ship at the Bikini At...
06/02/2026

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS APOGON (SS-308)

APOGON survived the war and was later used as a target ship at the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests — from fighting the last conventional war to witnessing the dawn of the nuclear age.

Fate: Survived. Sunk as target at Operation Crossroads, Bikini Atoll, 1946.

Tactical highlight: From combat submarine to atomic target: the bridge between two eras of warfare.

Every volume in the Submarine Patrol Logs series contains the complete war patrol reports filed by the submarine's commanding officer, annotated by Captain Ivan Konovalov (ret.), a former Soviet submarine commander who brings Cold War perspective to WWII operations.

44 boats. 44 stories. Primary source submarine warfare documentation.

ISBN: 9781608884698
Publisher: Warships & Navies / Big Five Killer

06/01/2026

By 1945, Admiral Nimitz commanded the largest naval force ever assembled: thousands of ships, tens of thousands of aircraft, and millions of personnel across the Pacific. The Graybook is not his memoir — Nimitz never wrote one. It is the operational record: command summaries, dispatches, battle orders, and intelligence assessments produced by his headquarters as events unfolded. For understanding how the Pacific War was actually conducted, there is no substitute.

06/01/2026

Naval Classics spotlight: John Franklin's Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea. Before his doomed 1845 voyage, Franklin led a successful overland-and-sea expedition that mapped thousands of miles of Arctic coastline. This 810-page account documents scientific observation, indigenous encounters, and the relentless challenge of Arctic survival. ISBN 9781608885558.

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS TILEFISH (SS-307)TILEFISH operated in the Pacific doing the steady work of blockade — cutti...
05/31/2026

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS TILEFISH (SS-307)

TILEFISH operated in the Pacific doing the steady work of blockade — cutting Japan's supply lines one ship at a time.

Fate: Survived. Decommissioned 1946.

Tactical highlight: Blockade operations and the economics of submarine interdiction.

Every volume in the Submarine Patrol Logs series contains the complete war patrol reports filed by the submarine's commanding officer, annotated by Captain Ivan Konovalov (ret.), a former Soviet submarine commander who brings Cold War perspective to WWII operations.

44 boats. 44 stories. Primary source submarine warfare documentation.

ISBN: 9781608884704
Publisher: Warships & Navies / Big Five Killer

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS PLAICE (SS-390)PLAICE ran multiple patrols in the most dangerous waters of the Pacific. Her...
05/31/2026

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS PLAICE (SS-390)

PLAICE ran multiple patrols in the most dangerous waters of the Pacific. Her reports document the routine heroism of submarines that never made headlines but slowly strangled Japan's merchant fleet.

Fate: Survived. Decommissioned 1946.

Tactical highlight: Sustained offensive patrols and the cumulative attrition strategy.

Every volume in the Submarine Patrol Logs series contains the complete war patrol reports filed by the submarine's commanding officer, annotated by Captain Ivan Konovalov (ret.), a former Soviet submarine commander who brings Cold War perspective to WWII operations.

44 boats. 44 stories. Primary source submarine warfare documentation.

ISBN: 9781608884735
Publisher: Warships & Navies (Nimble Books LLC)

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS SKATE (SS-305)SKATE completed 7 war patrols and sank the Japanese light cruiser AGANO — one...
05/30/2026

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS SKATE (SS-305)

SKATE completed 7 war patrols and sank the Japanese light cruiser AGANO — one of the rare cruiser kills by a submarine.

Fate: Survived. Decommissioned 1946.

Tactical highlight: Sinking a warship: the approach and attack on the cruiser AGANO.

Every volume in the Submarine Patrol Logs series contains the complete war patrol reports filed by the submarine's commanding officer, annotated by Captain Ivan Konovalov (ret.), a former Soviet submarine commander who brings Cold War perspective to WWII operations.

44 boats. 44 stories. Primary source submarine warfare documentation.

ISBN: 9781608884599
Publisher: Warships & Navies / Big Five Killer

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS GROUPER (SS-214)GROUPER was one of the early fleet boats to see action. Her patrol reports ...
05/28/2026

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS GROUPER (SS-214)

GROUPER was one of the early fleet boats to see action. Her patrol reports span the entire war — from the desperate early days to the final victory laps.

Fate: Survived. Decommissioned 1946.

Tactical highlight: Full-war service record: the evolution of submarine operations from 1942 to 1945.

Every volume in the Submarine Patrol Logs series contains the complete war patrol reports filed by the submarine's commanding officer, annotated by Captain Ivan Konovalov (ret.), a former Soviet submarine commander who brings Cold War perspective to WWII operations.

44 boats. 44 stories. Primary source submarine warfare documentation.

ISBN: 9781608884803
Publisher: Warships & Navies / Big Five Killer

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS ASPRO (SS-309)ASPRO completed 7 war patrols in the Pacific. Her reports show what it meant ...
05/27/2026

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS ASPRO (SS-309)

ASPRO completed 7 war patrols in the Pacific. Her reports show what it meant to go out again and again — the fatigue, the danger, the slow accumulation of results that broke Japan's supply chain.

Fate: Survived. Decommissioned 1946.

Tactical highlight: Seven patrols of sustained attrition warfare.

Every volume in the Submarine Patrol Logs series contains the complete war patrol reports filed by the submarine's commanding officer, annotated by Captain Ivan Konovalov (ret.), a former Soviet submarine commander who brings Cold War perspective to WWII operations.

44 boats. 44 stories. Primary source submarine warfare documentation.

ISBN: 9781608884728
Publisher: Warships & Navies / Big Five Killer

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS PLAICE (SS-390)PLAICE ran multiple patrols in the most dangerous waters of the Pacific. Her...
05/25/2026

Workhorses of the Fleet: USS PLAICE (SS-390)

PLAICE ran multiple patrols in the most dangerous waters of the Pacific. Her reports document the routine heroism of submarines that never made headlines but slowly strangled Japan's merchant fleet.

Fate: Survived. Decommissioned 1946.

Tactical highlight: Sustained offensive patrols and the cumulative attrition strategy.

Every volume in the Submarine Patrol Logs series contains the complete war patrol reports filed by the submarine's commanding officer, annotated by Captain Ivan Konovalov (ret.), a former Soviet submarine commander who brings Cold War perspective to WWII operations.

44 boats. 44 stories. Primary source submarine warfare documentation.

ISBN: 9781608884735
Publisher: Warships & Navies / Big Five Killer

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