Ships & shipping: general interest books

This magnificent documentary history is illustrated by over two hundred and fifty photographs, engravings, posters,...  Read More >>

Meteorology can seem like a black-art with the meteorologist producing forecasts that somehow seem to contradict...  Read More >>

Offers a map of the Grand Union Canal featuring the canal corridor at 1:60,000 showing user facilities with details...  Read More >>

A boyhood in Belfast  Read More >>

A history of PS Waverley  Read More >>

"The official reports of the 1912 American and British inquiries into the Titanic. ""Report of the United States...  Read More >>

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Two centuries ago sail and oar dominated local Irish trade and fisheries. At least 60 traditional boats operated....  Read More >>

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RMS Titanic, the largest, most luxurious ship in the world, wrecked on her maiden voyage after colliding with an...  Read More >>

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This book is unique because it teaches modern navigation - backed up the traditional 'pencil and paper ' approach....  Read More >>

Hall Brothers designed and built some of the finest sailing ships ever constructed on the Pacific coast. Isaac,...  Read More >>

On April 28, 1789. the crew of the HMS Bounty, returning from Tahiti with a cargo of breadfruit plants, mutinied...  Read More >>

Prepared in cooperation with the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office. Provides information...  Read More >>

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Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840-1914) was a United States Navy officer, geostrategist, and educator. His ideas on the...  Read More >>

The extraordinary story of the foundation of what would become the major threat to the West during the Cold War...  Read More >>

A unique keepsake with 20 beautifully printed color photographs of U.S.S. Dwight Eisenhower, CVN-69, a U.S. navy...  Read More >>

A study of Akron's Cascade Locks, canal historian, this book examines story of this lock system, including a look...  Read More >>

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Provides a detailed look into the history and technical development of the sailing vessels from a primitive beginning...  Read More >>

Global Positioning presents an overview of the strengths and weaknesses of various systems with a specific emphasis...  Read More >>

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