Author: Geographers' A-Z Map Company
Genre: Science & Nature
Publisher: Geographers' A-Z Map Co Ltd

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Author: Dr Paul Brown
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

When Argentinian forces invaded the Falklands in April 1982, the British government responded by despatching a task force to the Atlantic to wrest back control of the islands. The resulting war saw modern weapon systems tested in combat for the first time, to tragic effect. In the aftermath, official documents were released, but many were heavily censored, and others withheld altogether, so that a full understanding of those events could not be gained. Drawing from recently declassified and previously unpublished reports from the official inquiry, Dr Paul Brown details the true story behind the dramatic events that led to the loss of six British ships - HMS Antelope, Ardent, Coventry and Sheffield, RFA Sir Galahad and SS Atlantic Conveyor - as well as the controversial sinking of the Argentinian cruiser ARA General Belgrano by HMS Conqueror.

Author: Benji Smith
Genre: Biography
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

On January 13, 2012, the Costa Concordia - a thousand foot long luxury cruise ship, twice the size of the Titanic - ventured into shallow water and smashed into the rocks of a tiny island off the coast of Italy, throwing the four thousand passengers and crew members into a state of chaos. The captain and officers all abandoned ship, leaving the few remaining castaways to fend for themselves as the boat toppled onto its side and water flooded into the passenger decks. In the wee hours of the night, newlyweds Benji Smith and Emily Lau feared for their lives, desparate and terrified after a malfunctioning lifeboat left them stranded on the sinking ship. By this point, the other lifeboats had all gone. They had been left behind. This thoughtful memoir - hailed by The Daily Telegraph as "a compelling, minute-by-minute account of the chaotic evacuation" - tells the remarkable story of the couple's harrowing escape, as they clung to a rope and rapelled down the hull of the doomed vessel. But the astonishing story continues, as they find themselves stranded in Rome and ignored by the United States Embassy. With only the clothes on their backs, they relied upon the kindness of strangers to help them find food and shelter, clothing and medical attention. And finally a ticket home. But even then, in the safety of their own home, they would find their sleep haunted by nightmares and their days crippled by anxiety and insecurity. And even as they struggled to overcome PTSD, they would simultaneously find themselves in a battle with the news media to even have their story told. Praised by Newsweek/The Daily Beast for its "honest reflection and frightening detail," this gripping, triumphant story is ultimately a spiritual tale, the story of a pair of survivors who find hope and meaning in the aftermath of a tragedy.

Author: Brian Lavery
Genre: History
Publisher: Conway

The change from sail to steam in the Royal Navy was underway by 1850 and in the following decades the work and life of ordinary seamen changed radically as new jobs, servicing the engines and operating the sophisticated gunnery and communications systems, replaced the traditional lot of the sailor. This well-researched history chronicles the increasing professionalization and specialization of the lower deck as the Navy rapidly evolved and introduced many of the roles and practices which are familiar today.

Author: New York City Police Department
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Viking Press Inc

190 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

Author: Laura Lee, Martyn Lee
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: Ringpress Books Ltd

Award-winning guide to coping with the death of a treasured pet.

Author: Laura Lee
Genre: Pet Loss Grief
Publisher: Ringpress Books Ltd

Lee, Laura, Lee, Martyn

Author: Joanna Lumley
Genre: Biography
Publisher: W&N

Weidenfeld & Nicolson Edition.

Author: Lord Asa Briggs, Michael Fethney
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: The Book Guild Ltd

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Author: Arne Zuidhoek
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Lanasta

The Italian cruise ship was built between 1939 and 1947 as MS Willem Ruys, a passenger liner for the Rotterdamsche Lloyd. In 1965, she was sold to the Flotta Lauro Line, or Star Lauro, (now MSC Cruises) and renamed the Achille Lauro (after the company owner). The ship became world news when it was hijacked by members of the Palestine Liberation Front in 1985. In 1994, the ship caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

Author: Michael K. Bohn
Genre: History
Publisher: Brassey's Inc.

Publication Date: 4 Nov 2004
While Political speeches and public rhetoric paint the phenomena of terrorism with a black-and-white brush, presenting it as a clear-cut battle between evildoers and heroes. With The Achille Lauro Hijacking", Michael K. Bohn, who watched the incident unfold from the White House Situation Room, uses one of the most infamous terrorist incidents of the past twenty-five years to illuminate the folly of such oversimplified jingoisms. The 1985 hijacking of the Italian cruise ship, the amazing capture of the terrorists, and a previously untold story of American bigotry come together in this book as a case study in the complex forces that shape both terrorism and the responses that it triggers. In October 1985, four Palestinian men hijacked an Italian cruise ship, Achille Lauro, holding hundreds hostage for two days. The hijackers killed a partially disabled, sixty-nine year old Jewish American, Leon Klinghoffer, and threw his body into the sea. Many remember Klinghoffer’s death, but few know of the other murder associated with the hijacking, that of Alex Odeh. Odeh defended on television Yasser Arafat’s apparent role in defusing the hijacking. He was killed the next day by a terrorist’s bomb, which exploded as he opened the door of his Los Angeles office - the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Palestinians killed Klinghoffer because he was Jewish, yet Jewish extremists killed Odeh because he was a Palestinian. The Klinghoffer family’s long crusade to bring the hijacking mastermind, Abu Abbas, to justice was partially satisfied with his April 2003 capture in Iraq. The Odeh family still waits for charges to be brought against Alex’s murderers, a particularly disheartening situation as Israel, America’s friend and ally, refuses to extradite two suspects. These two deaths pale in comparison to the atrocities of September 11, 2001. Yet understanding both the Achille Lauro incident, and the extraordinary sequence of events that followed, will help Americans better understand the threat of terrorism. Terrorism is not an enemy, it is a tactic chosen by some to further political goals. Terrorism is not just about crime and punishment; it is about violence, power politics, prejudice, hatred, land, religion, greed, money, and a host of venal factors that influence human society. All of these forces are present in the Achille Lauro hijacking and its aftermath.

Author: Peter Elverhøi
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Independently published

The TITANIC hit an iceberg on April 14,1912, but that wasn't what sank it. No more lives would have been saved if the TITANIC had had 40 or 50 lifeboats instead of 20. The TITANIC's wireless operator may have sealed his own fate when he didn't send the international distress call. ACQUITTING THE ICEBERG is the result of 50 years of research into the 'facts' everyone knows that aren't facts at all, but myths, legends and, in some notable cases, outright lies.

Author: Morag G. Kerr
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Troubador Publishing, United Kingdom

Adequately Explained by Stupidity?

Tunnel vision or organised cover-up? How the Lockerbie investigation got the wrong man. Twenty-five years after Maid of the Seas crashed on the town of Lockerbie, this groundbreaking book introduces an entirely new perspective on the controversial investigation and subsequent conviction. Concentrating almost entirely on the transfer baggage evidence, it exposes shocking deficiencies in both the police inquiry and the forensic investigation, which led the hunt in entirely the wrong direction. Cleverly constructed to lead the reader through the complexities of the case, the book provides insights which will be new to even the most seasoned Lockerbie pundit, while remaining accessible to those with little or no previous familiarity with the subject. The reader will see all the main aspects of the official account of the Lockerbie disaster comprehensively destroyed. This is the first book about Lockerbie to deal rigorously with the detail of the transfer baggage evidence. Dr. Kerr has been given access to reports, statements and photographs not previously available to the general public, and has analysed the information with forensic rigour. This analysis proves conclusively that the bomb that brought down the plane was introduced at Heathrow airport and not at Malta as claimed. The book is being published on the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie disaster, which happened on 21st December 1988. Morag has been Secretary Depute of 'Justice for Megrahi' since 2010, and is the author of the widely-acclaimed pamphlet Lockerbie: Fact and Fiction. On 23rd December 1988, Morag was driving on the A74. This was the stimulus for her research into the subject.

Author: Tony Booth
Genre: History
Publisher: Pen & Sword Maritime

The importance of marine salvage during armed conflict has been vastly underestimated since becoming a vital Naval arm during the First World War. Between 1915 and 1918 the Admiralty Salvage Section saved nearly 400 merchant vessels, desperately needed to bring food and war materials into Britain.During the Second World War, some two million tons of shipping was successfully recovered. From D-Day onwards Admiralty salvage men cleared many stricken craft from the Normandy beaches alone, often under heavy shellfire. Then, as the Germans retreated back across Europe, salvage teams undertook vital port clearance duties.During the Suez Crisis, Falklands Conflict and even the Gulf War the same story can be told. And their peacetime operations have also been important. Drawing on a wealth of official documents, Admiralty Salvage is the first book to explore in depth the courage, personal sacrifice and invaluable contribution these forgotten heroes have made during both peace and war.

Author: Dave Wooders, James Radford
Genre: Biography
Publisher: James Radford

Take an exciting trip back in time to the Golden Age of Ocean Travel on board the world's favorite liner -- the RMS Queen Mary. Enjoy a visual feast of new and archival photographs, many never before published. At 16 years of age, in 1957, Dave Wooders worked as a bellboy on the Queen Mary!

Author: Dennis Bailey, Arnold Meisner
Genre: History
Publisher: Motorbooks International

Development, construction, equipment/armament and operations of these huge classes of multi-mission warships.

Author: James Crawford, Katy Whitaker, Allan Williams
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Historic England

Title: Aerofilms( A History of Britain from Above) <>Binding: Hardcover <>Author: JamesCrawford <>Publisher: EnglishHeritage

Author: Ian Mcgeoch
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Imperial War Museum

An autobiographical account of how the author having survived being depth charged in a submarine in the Mediterranean, escapes from a German POW camp and finally makes it back to England to resume his naval career.
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In this candid autobiography the author relates his service on Submarines and as Captain of HMS Splendid in his attacks on Italian merchantmen in the Mediterranean. It later records his experience as a prisoner of war in Italy and subsequent escapes which took him to Switzerland and Spain before returning to Britain.

Author: Ruth Dudley Edwards
Genre: History
Publisher: Harvill Secker

In Omagh, on Saturday, 15 August, 1998, a massive bomb placed by the so-called Real IRA murdered unborn twins, five men, fourteen women and nine children. This title presents an account of how these families became internationally recognised, formidable campaigners and surmounted countless daunting obstacles to win a famous victory.

Author: Ralph Barker
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Macmillan

12 True Stories of Survival and Disaster

Author: Ben Macintyre
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author: No Author
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: The Stationery Office Books

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Author: Stewart, Stanley Newman

Author: Stanley Stewart
Genre: History
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd

Air Disasters is not a comprehensive survey of all air disasters - it looks at 12 of the most significant in the last 65 years: the crash of the airship R101, which led to the demise of the dirigible as a means of air transport in the UK; the remarkable story of the detective work that followed the Comet crashes of 1953-54; the Munich air disaster of 1958 that caused the deaths of so many of Manchester United's 'Busby's Babes'; the Trident tragedy at Staines in 1972; the Paris and Chicago DC-10 crashes in 1974 and 1979; the BEA/Inex-adria midair collision over Zagreb in 1976; the Tenerife disaster - the world's worst ever; the Air New Zealand DC-10 that crashed into Mount Erebus; the Korean 747 shot down over Russia; and the two massive 747 disasters of 1985 - the Japan Air Lines aircraft near Tokyo and the Air-India flight's disappearance off the Irish coast. There is a strange fascination in aviation disasters, partly because of the likelihood of an almost total lack of survivors, partly because of their aftermath. Like the players in a detective story the accident investigators and boards of enquiry try to put together, sometimes literally piece by piece, the reasons for the accident and, therefore, the ways to stop it happening again. This is a significant point: while the stories in this book are filled with past tragedies, they are also about hopes for the future. Although they deal with the disastrous loss of machines, these accounts are also stories of people - often brave people in the face of great danger - and if lessons can be learned to prevent the recurrence of these catastrophies, those who died so tragically will not have done so in vain.

Author: John G. Fuller
Genre: Religion & Spirituality
Publisher: Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers

Fuller investigates the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the historic crash of the great British airship R101, the luxury lighter-than-air behemoth that was to revolutionise travel in the 1930's.

Author: Moynahan, Brian Bonnard
Publisher: Macmillan

Author: Brian Moynahan
Genre: Travel & Holiday
Publisher: Pan Books / Macmillan

Do you know what really happens behind the scenes as you board your jet at a major international airport? . The vital dossier for every air traveller.

Author: John Anderson
Genre: History
Publisher: New Generation Publishing

After the First World War, airships were seen as the only viable means of long range air transport for passengers and freight. In Britain, this gave rise to the Imperial Airship Scheme of 1924 to link the outposts of the Empire by an airship service. Conceived as part of this scheme, the R.100 airship, built by private enterprise, successfully flew to Canada and back in 1930. This is the story of R.100, Britain's most successful passenger airship. It is a tale of schemes and politics, over-optimism and rivalry. It tells the full story of its design and construction under difficult conditions, the setbacks and delays, personal antagonism and financial constraint. Two years late and massively over budget, R.100 flew and flew well, achieving her designer's ambition and fulfilling the contract specification. Her Canadian flight in 1930 was the culminating success, but her ultimate fate was dictated by the tragedy that befell her Government-built sister ship, R.101, and economic expediency at a time of national economic depression.

Author: Andrew Hodges
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Vintage

Published In 1992 : New Edition : Vintage Books : Quite A Thick Book At 586 Pages : Overall , A Very Nice Book : Buy With Complete Confidence With Amazon's Excellent Refund & Returns Policies + SAPPHIRE'S Famed 24 HR. UK & International Shipping ( AT NO EXTRA UK CHARGE ) Guarantee :

Author: Andrew Hodges
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Vintage

This is the official book that inspired the film The Imitation Game, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, and which has received eight Oscar nominations, including: Best film; Best Actor in a Leading Role; Best Supporting Actress; Best Adapted Screenplay; and Alan Turing was the mathematician whose cipher-cracking transformed the Second World War. Taken on by British Intelligence in 1938, as a shy young Cambridge don, he combined brilliant logic with a flair for engineering. In 1940 his machines were breaking the Enigma-enciphered messages of Nazi Germany's air force. He then headed the penetration of the super-secure U-boat communications. But his vision went far beyond this achievement. Before the war he had invented the concept of the universal machine, and in 1945 he turned this into the first design for a digital computer. Turing's far-sighted plans for the digital era forged ahead into a vision for Artificial Intelligence. However, in 1952 his homosexuality rendered him a criminal and he was subjected to humiliating treatment. In 1954, aged 41, Alan Turing took his own life.

Author: Dermot Turing
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Pitkin Publishing

Alan Turing was an extraordinary man who crammed into a life of only 42 years the careers of mathematician, codebreaker, computer scientist, and biologist. He is widely regarded as a war hero grossly mistreated by his unappreciative country, and it has become hard to disentangle the real man from the story. Now, Alan Turing’s nephew has taken a fresh look at the influences on Alan Turing’s life and creativity, and the later creation of a legend. For the first time it is possible to disclose the real character behind the cipher-text. In Dermot’s own style, he takes a vibrant and entertaining approach to the life and work of a true genius.

Author: Eugene Fodor
Genre: Travel & Holiday
Publisher: Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.,U.S.

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Author: Alexander, Colonel Sir James E (Editor)
Publisher: Rowe the Printers

Author: W.R. Cockcroft
Genre: Travel & Holiday
Publisher: SB Publications

The history of Liverpool Docks and its Historic Waterfront all aspects including crime policing restoration etc.

Author: Brian Bonnard
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd

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Author: David Icke
Genre: History
Publisher: Bridge of Love

Discrepancies in the official story of destruction of the World Trade centre.

Author: Pierette Domenica Simpson
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Harbor Hill Books

Recollections and Revelations! One-half century later, the catastrophic ramming of the MS Stockholm into the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria in July 1956 is relived in this candid, heartrending account. Author and survivor Pierette Domenica Simpson shares the human and technical aspects of what has become known at the "greatest sea rescue in history" and provides the general public, for the first time, with truth about the error that led to the collision.

Author: Piers Paul Read
Genre: History
Publisher: Mandarin Paperbacks

On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the forty-five original passengers and crew, only sixteen made it off the mountain alive. For ten excruciating weeks they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, they were forced to do what would have once been unthinkable...
This is their story - one of the most astonishing true adventures of the twentieth century.

Author: Harnack, Edwin P. Harnack

Author: Harnack, Edwin P. Harnack

Author: Edwin P. Harnack
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Faber and Faber Limited

An amazing compilation of nautical lore, history, design, data and graphics galore in many color plates and line drawings. Part IV lists the commercial fleets of the world, with thousands of ship names, regestries, and color funnel graphics and house flags. Includes a pullout sectional plan of RMS Aquitania

Small hardback book regarding ships & shipping

Author: Edwin P. Harnack
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Faber and Faber Limited

An amazing compilation of nautical lore, history, design, data and graphics galore in many color plates and line drawings. Part IV lists the commercial fleets of the world, with thousands of ship names, regestries, and color funnel graphics and house flags. Includes a pullout cross section of RMS Queen Mary

Small hardback book regarding ships & shipping

Author: Elspeth Wills
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Open Agency

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Author: Peter Box
Genre: History
Publisher: Rushmere Publishing

Interesting account of the pleasure steamer trade along the east coast.

Author: Rutland, Jonathan Crane

Author: Betty Tootell
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Andre Deutsch

This is the True and Triumphant Story of Flight BA 009 and the Jakarta Incident of June 1982

Author: Warren FitzGerald
Genre: Biography
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd

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Author: Don Brown
Genre: Children's Books
Publisher: Flash Point

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Author: Raymond B. Lech
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Macmillan

1st Pan edition paperback vg+ condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Author: Lech, Raymond B.

Author: Carlton Jackson
Genre: History
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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Author: Paul Atterbury
Genre: Reference
Publisher: David & Charles

Marion bought this for me.

Author: William H. Miller
Genre: History
Publisher: Amberley Publishing

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Author: Berry Steve
Genre: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Rachel Cutler loves her job and her kids, and remains civil to her ex-husband, Paul. But everything changes when her father dies under suspicious circumstances, leaving behind clues to a treasure called the Amber Room, one of the most intriguing mysteries of the last century.

Desperate for the truth, Rachel takes off for Germany, with Paul close behind. Before long, they're in over their heads. Locked into a treacherous game with professional killers, Rachel and Paul find themselves on a collision course with the forces of greed, power and history itself...

Author: Jackie Waldman, Brenda Welchlin, Karen Frost
Genre: History
Publisher: Conari Press,U.S.

America, September 11th Every tragedy has its heroes, and there were many in the attacks on New York and Washington, D.C. Jackie Waldman has collected the stories of some of the firefighters, rescue workers, police, medics, relatives of missing loved ones, and strangers who, in the face of horror, sprung into action to save lives and help their communities. Full description

Author: William Langewiesche
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Scribner

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Author: William Henry Flayhart
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new; 403 pages; Description: 404 p. : ill. (some col. ) ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-379) and index. Very impressively (color) photo illustrated and complete with a comprehensive bibliography. Subjects: American Steamship Company. Steamboat lines --United States. Shipping (United States) - History

Author: American Neptune, Salem, Mass. (Publishers)

Author: Frederick Emmons
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: University of Delaware Press (An Associated University Press Publisher)

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Author: Kolltveit, Bard

Author: Michael Clapp, Ewen Southby-Tailyour
Genre: History
Publisher: Pen & Sword Maritime

Amphibious Assault Falklands Since he was in charge of the amphibious operations in the Falklands War, it goes without saying that there is no one better qualified to tell the story of that aspect of the campaign than Commodore Michael Clapp. He tells of why San Carlos Water was chosen for the assault and the subsequent inshore operations. Full description

Author: Jill S. Haldane
Genre: History
Publisher: The Grimsay Press

The Lockerbie Stories tell of the absolute incomprehension of something as alien as hunks of aeroplane and associated detritus falling through the roof of the home from aerospace above, penetrating the security of the family and exposing the self to chaos and despair, inverting life's experience from relatively familiar to discrete. The grief and trauma that followed, dealing with veil of death and destruction as victims and their belongings rained on homes, gardens and streets, together with the shock and upset involved in evacuation from your home and disruption of your routine. The frustrating inability to communicate with family and friends out with the community; the violation of all pre-conceived representations of Christmas and the descending swarm of strangers. To see your wee space on the planet, on the screen and beamed to innumerable other homes across the world. The silence then the noise: the sound of people and busyness was deafening to the quietude of the town and the echo reverberated for a few years. This is not a comparative study of how the Lockerbie bombing compares to any other disaster, natural or premeditated. By nature, disasters are variously horrific for the people directly and indirectly involved.

Author: Irwin, Alan Maurice
Publisher: The Macmillan Company of Canada Limited

Author: Christopher Ward
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

On 14th April 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank. Fifteen hundred passengers and crew lost their lives. As the order to abandon ship was given, the orchestra took their instruments on deck and continued to play. They were still playing when the ship went down.
The Titanic violinist and the glovemaker: a true story of love, loss and betrayal.

Author: Andrea Bocelli
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Virgin Books

Andrea Bocelli is one of the world's most successful male singers, selling 20 million recordings world-wide. He has become the popular face of classical music, best known for his smash hit duet "Time to Say Goodbye" with Sarah Brightman, and "Canto Della Terra", the official song of Euro 2000. Yet behind his extraordinary success lies a story of personal triumph. Andrea Bocelli was blinded at the age of twelve. Undeterred, he continued to pursue his childhood dream to sing, using Braille musical scores and lyric sheets. Bocelli's first CD, "Romanza", rocketed him to international stardom. This is Bocelli's true story, told in his own words for the first time. He talks frankly about his blindness, the importance of his family, his stage fright, and the pressures of international stardom. Bocelli wrote these memoirs himself on a special Braille computer, without using a ghostwriter or aid.

Author: William H. Miller
Genre: History
Publisher: Amberley Publishing

Disaster at sea has been a part of maritime life for as long as man has sailed the seas. Whether it be the tragic real-life tale of the Titanic or the fictional wreck of the Hesperus, we have long been captivated and enthralled by the mysteries and perils of the ocean.

In this fascinating book, William H. Miller looks at some of the more recent disasters to have befallen the ocean liners of the world. Particular attention is paid to the Andrea Doria, which ignited fierce debate and gained international infamy as it sunk in 1956 at a cost of more than fifty lives – still, today, the worst maritime disaster in American waters for over a century. Others featured include the Normandie, said to be the most magnificent Atlantic liner of all time, former Blue Riband-holder SS Rex and many others.

Utilising an extensive collection of rare images, Miller sheds light not only on the disasters themselves, but also years of faithful service prior to disaster. Captured both in their pomp and in the aftermath of their darkest hour, this beautiful collection of rare images is essential to anyone with an interest in ocean-liner history or maritime disasters.

Author: Maurizio Eliseo
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Nautica

The volume reconstructs, through archival and photographic documentation (with over 220 images), the story of the Andrea Doria, a symbol of Italian rebirth from the devastation of the conflict to its tragic end, which took place on July 25, 1956, just before it ended his crossing of the Atlantic from Genoa to New York. The ship's furnishings had been designed by Gio Ponti with the help of the best Italian designers and artists of the time. Andrea Doria was the most beautiful ship of its time and the favorite of the celebrities of the time. The book therefore also proposes a selection of images by Anna Magnani, Cary Grant, Giulio Andreotti, Orson Welles, Tennesse Williams and other "great" artists of the time.

Author: Gary Gentile
Genre: Society, Politics & Philosophy
Publisher: Gentile Productions, US

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Author: Erwin Joos
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Exhibitions International

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Author: Robb, Captain E. M.
Publisher: Charles Birchall

Author: Warren, Mark D. Warren - Engineering reprint

Author: Streater L &Amp, R A
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Maritime Publishing Company

Design, development and career. Many photos, some coloured. A4 p/b.

Pulishers blurb at https://marpubs.com/books-an-overview/paperback-version/
We found two boxes of mint copies of this book from 1997! Rarely available even from second-hand bookshops, this is a chance for you to acquire your own copy at less than the original cover price.

This is a paperback book covering the design, construction and service of Cunard’s four-funnelled express liner Aquitania. Published in 1997, this is smaller than our newer offering but still very detailed book about this beautiful liner. In 72 packed pages, every facet of the liner’s construction and service are covered.

Her first three commercial North Atlantic crossings in 1914 were a triumph. Then Aquitania proudly gave four years of service to her country, as an armed merchant cruiser, then a troopship and a hospital ship.
Aquitania’s peacetime service

Aquitania resumed her peacetime service and quickly became popular. Although she never fought for the Blue Riband, she was still one of the fastest liners on the route. Increasing US immigration restrictions, Prohibition, the Great D
World War II

With the advent of yet another war, she was soon requisitioned as a troopship, giving six years of hard work around the world.

Her last few years were spent repatriating American and Canadian troops, German prisoners of war and war brides, before taking emigrants to their new lives in a new world. She was finally scrapped in 1950.

72 pages. £10.00 plus shipping

Author: Blue Star Line

Arandora Star" Cruise Guide. Blue Star Line. Book Description: Blue Star Line / Printed by John Gardner, Ltd., Lancaster, Book Condition: very good. 189 pp. interleaved with alternating blanks. 16mo. Blue cloth (hardback) with map endpapers. Illus. with 1 b/w photo. A description of the ship and a concise gazetteer of the ports of call and places near them including the Mediterranean, Atlantic Islands, Africa, Norway, Iceland, West Indies, the Pacific Islands, California, Mexico, and Central America.

Author: Blue Star Line
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Blue Star Line

Blue Star line. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Small octavo blue cloth, titled in gilt with blue star design, boards slightly soiled and rubbed, 189 pages inc index, frontispiece of liner, map endpapers, unused notes section at rear.

Author: Christine Shaw
Genre: Garden Design (Books)
Publisher: Harpercollins Pub Ltd

Author: Poolman, Kenneth Brown

Author: Kenneth Poolman
Genre: History
Publisher: New English Library

The courageous story of one of the best loved and best fought ships to fly the white ensign, a good history of the ship from go ahead in 1934 to the final battle with the Bismarck.

Author: M. J. Rodriguez-Salgado
Genre: Early Modern 1501-1700 (Tudors, Stuarts, Commonwealth, Restoration, Glorious Revolution)
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

294pp, heavily illustrated in b&w and colour.

Author: Joe Moran
Genre: History
Publisher: Profile Books

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Author: Nigel Hammond
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.

Author: Christine McGee
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Francis Frith Collection

Francis Frith Photographic Memories Of Dorchester

Author: Martin Andrew
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Frith Book Company Ltd

local history book

Author: Dorothy. Treasure
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Frith

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Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Frith Book Company Ltd

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Author: Alfred Armand Montapert & William David Montapert
Publisher: Prentice-Hall

Takes armchair travelers aboard the magnificent luxury liner, the Queen Elizabeth 2, describing the events of the thirty-thousand-mile, three-month-long cruise around the world in 1980

Author: Paul Clemence
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd (US)

Photographer Paul Clemence captures the emblematic forms of Miami Beach's Art Deco architecture in 20 dramatic black-and-white postcards. Mail them or frame and hang as the fine art they are! This book is the perfect souvenir, and a must-have for lovers of South Beach, Art Deco, architecture, and photography.

Author: Elain Harwood
Publisher: Pavilion Books

The perennially popular style of Art Deco influenced architecture and design all over the world in the 1920s and 1930s – from elegant Parisian theatres to glamorous Manhattan skyscrapers. The style was also adopted by British architects, but, until now, there has been little that really explains the what, where and how of Art Deco buildings in Britain. In Art Deco Britain, leading architecture historian and writer Elain Harwood, brings her trademark clarity and enthusiasm to the subject as she explores Britain's Art Deco buildings.

Art Deco Britain, published in association with the Twentieth Century Society, is the definitive guide to the architectural style in Britain. The book begins with an overview of the international Art Deco style, and how this influenced building design in Britain. The buildings covered include Houses and Flats; Churches and Public Buildings; Offices; Hotels and Public Houses; Cinemas, Theatres and Concert Halls; and many more.

The book covers some of the best-loved and some lesser-known buildings around the UK, such as the Midland Hotel in Morecambe, Eltham Palace, Broadcasting House and the Carreras Cigarette Factory in London. Beautifully produced and richly illustrated with architectural photography, this is the definitive guide to a much-loved architecture style.

Author: Michael Robinson, Rosalind Ormiston
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing

Beginning with an exploration of the ideas and influences that contributed to the exuberant new style of the 1920s, this illustrated survey covers the two areas in which Art Deco triumphed: fashion and advertising. It looks at the work of artists such as Tamara de Lempica, Erte, Rene Lalique and Georges Barbier in fashion, and AM Cassandre and Paul Colin in advertising, but also describes the media in which they worked and the social context of their extraordinary graphics.

This beautifully illustrated book is a celebration of Art Deco’s expression through the graphic arts and illustration. Divided into three sections – the movement, its fashion and advertising – the reader gains great insight into the artists and innovators that helped popularize the Art Deco movement, such as Georges Barbier, Erté, Cassandre and Paul Colin. While the main focus for this intriguing book is centred on graphic art, numerous examples of other forms of Art Deco are also featured. Nestled among the posters and paintings, sculpture, objets d'art and jewellery assert their similarity, whether through line, form or theme. These echoes serve to show the creativity fertility of the period as styles and ideas traversed artistic media.

Author: Joan Collins
Genre: Personal Transformation Self-Help
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Joan Collins is quite simply one of the most glamorous women in the world. In The Art of Living Well, she reveals the secrets of how to look amazing whatever your age. Joan shares many of her life experiences and the methods she has learned about how to deal with the bad and the good things in life. She will show you how to feel better about yourself inside and consequently you will look better.

The Art of Living Well includes:
--Glamour and how to achieve it. Joan writes about the women she admires, including Audrey Hepburn, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ava Gardner, Marlene Dietrich and her own mother.
--Exercise. Joan's program is suitable for women of all ages. She is photographed step-by-step as she works out with her daughter, Katy. Looking good takes discipline and organization and Joan does these exercises several times a week wherever she is in the world.
--Joan's make-up secrets. Joan is photographed from bare faced to fully made up. She reveals tricks she learned from leading Hollywood make-up artist Whitey Snyder, who also worked closely with Marilyn Monroe.
--Relationships, love and sex. Joan speaks frankly about "everyone's favorite subject," including her relationship and marriage with Percy Gibson, tips on finding the right man and her views on sexual freedom for women.
--The art of assertiveness. How to speak your mind, how to say no and mean it and how to avoid being manipulated. Also, Joan's views on financial independence and how she handles difficult people and situations.
--Achieving happiness. Joan has seen many highs and lows in her life and she reveals what makes her happy, how she handles conflict and bad times, plus her personal advice for happiness.

Frank, insightful and delightfully entertaining, Joan Collins will show you how as the years go by you can be glamorous and stylish, look stunning, be sexy and have masses of energy--you can be just like Joan!

Author: Andrew Sassoli-Walker, Sharon Poole
Genre: History
Publisher: Amberley Publishing

A beautifully illustrated and detailed account of this much-loved vessel.

Author: Donald H. Wolfe
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Sphere

The Assassination of Marilyn Monroe This account of the events which led to Marilyn Monroe's death on 4th August 1962 contends that the Los Angeles Police Department have perpetuated a cover-up generated over 30 years ago. The story behind the conspiracy of silence is revealed. Full description

Author: Finney, Jack
Publisher: Pan Books

Author: Gordon W. Prange, Etc.
Genre: History
Publisher: Penguin

Provides an account of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in 1941. Prange spent nearly 37 years preparing this book by a series of interviews with surviving Japanese officers who took part in the operation.

Author: Gordon W. Prange, etc.
Genre: History
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

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Author: Dannion Brinkley
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Author: Dan Van Der Vat
Genre: History
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

An authoritative study of the crucial struggle to control the supply routes across the Atlantic during the Second World War. The first comprehensive reappraisal to be written in English for over a decade, it examines not only the action on and under the sea from the Arctic to the Cape, but also the politicking ashore. Dan van der Vat, formerly "The Times" correspondent in Bonn, is the chief foreign leader writer on "The Guardian". His three previous books, all on First World War naval history, are "The Grand Scuttle" (winner of the "Yorkshire Post" new author award in 1982), "The Ship That Changed The World" and "The Last Corsair" (winner of the King George's Fund for Sailors' best book of the year award for 1983).

Author: Benstead, C.R.
Publisher: Metheun & Co Ltd

The story of transatlantic crossing by ship from the early 1800s to pre-war days. Ships and cruise lines discussed; Queen Mary, Normandie, Great Western, Britania, Great Britain, Russia, Oceanic, Carmania, Cap Trafalgar, Mauretania, Cunard White Star. Also discussed are North Atlantic Lane Routes, Light-Houses and Light-Vessels.

Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed navy-blue cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 256, indexed. Illustrated with 15 sepia b-w halftone plates, 5 maps and a diagrams &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Mr. C. R. Benstead, a graduate of Cambridge University, has been both soldier and sailor. In the First World War he was mentioned in despatches after the controversial Passchendaele battle in 1917, and won the Military Cross in the fighting near Amiens that followed the great German offensive in 1918. His book Retreat, written against the background of the ill-fated British Fifth Army, created world-wide interest. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was Meteorological Officer of the aircraft-carrier Furious, in which he continued to serve for over two years and he finished the war on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet. After retiring from the Navy, he was, at one time, Senior Proctor of the University. Benstead was a prolific English writer.

Author: F. Reid Corson
Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston and Co., Ltd

Bookseller Description: 1st Ed. X, 277 PP with 58 outline sketches of Liners, plus 32 plates with 35 b/w photos, 6 plates with liners in colour and 16 pages with 48 funnels and 48 house flags in colour. Fp (in colour): folded plate with R.M.M.V. Britannic of the White Star Line. Cloth cover worn around edges, sunned spine. Hinges a little weak. Bookplate of previous owner on inside front cover and signature on FFEP. Paper ageing but only occasional light foxing. A very good copy of a scarce title. 22.8 x 14.5. Covers the years before the war, post-war developments on the ferry, the Cunard Line, White Star, Leyland, Anchor and Scandinavian Lines, Dominion, Beaver, Allan & Canadian Pacific Lines, American, Red Star, United States, German Lines, French, Dutch & Italian Lines

Author: Warren Armstrong
Publisher: George G.Harrap, London, 1961

Very interesting history of cross-Atlantic voyages from Samuel Cunard's "Britannia" into the twentieth century. It is the author's opinion that the "jet-plane" will not oust the Big Ship, ships provide amenities that air travel cannot. "The 3,000-mile North Atlantic ocean route was always of great human interest, and it always will be." Illustrated with 20 pages of black & white photos. Includes an Index of Ships. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2"; 239 pages plus photo pages.. First British Edition. Hard Cover.

Author: Neil Mccart
Genre: History
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd

Since its inception the Cunard Line has been one of the foremost passenger shipping companies on the world's most prestigious route - the transatlantic service between Britain and the USA. This detailed account looks at the history of the line through the ships themselves, from the beginning of the steam-ship era to the re-engined Queen Elizabeth 2, with many personal anecdotes from crew and passengers and full technical specifications.

Author: Emmons, Frederick D. Ellis
Publisher: David and Charles

Author: Morton, H.V.
Publisher: Methuen. London

An Account of Mr. Churchill's Voyage in H.M.S. Prince of Wales, in August, 1941, and the Conference with President Roosevelt which resulted in the Atlantic Charter

Author: Cotter, Charles H.
Publisher: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd

This interesting book is a broad study of the physical and human aspects of the Atlantic Ocean. The work has been designed 'to provide a background to oceanographic studies by way of a critical examination of one division of the "world ocean". Although aimed at the general reader it will prove of value in General Studies Departments of colleges, especially for nautical students, as well as for ships' libraries, providing as it does, an admirably lucid introduction to the fascinating geography and history of the Atlantic Ocean.

Author: Huxley, Elspeth Huxley
Publisher: Chatto & Windus

Author: Elspeth Huxley
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Chatto & Windus

One of the great stories of World War II. It is the story of Mary Cornish, an Englishwoman assigned as escort on the evacuee ship “CITY OF BENARES” which was carrying children out of the war zone to safety in Canada the summer of 1940. The ship was torpedoed several days out of port and only one lifeboat survived to return its passengers to land. Eight incredible days at sea in an open boat - the dramatic story of Mary Cornish, six boys and forty men following the torpedoing of the "City of Benares".

Author: Brooks, Clive Carter
Publisher: G T Foulis & Co Ltd

Author: Clive Brooks
Genre: Ships
Publisher: G.T.Foulis & Co (Haynes Group)

Queen Mary Queen Elizabeth QE II Cunard Transatlantic Liners

Author: Jonathan Kinghorn
Publisher: McFarland & Company

In 1881, dynamic Baltimore businessman Bernard N. Baker established the Atlantic Transport Line, an American-owned but British-operated steamship company with service from London to New York that became famous for shipping expensive livestock and for carrying only first-class passengers. Although moderately sized, the company remained a significant presence in international shipping until a failure to recover from business disruptions during World War I forced its closure early in the Great Depression. This volume chronicles the history of the line and its absorption into J.P. Morgan's gargantuan and ill-conceived International Mercantile Marine Company against the background of efforts to revive the American mercantile marine. Descriptions of life on board Atlantic Transport Line vessels, individual histories of every vessel owned by the line, and biographies of key figures associated with the company make this the most complete account of this important but overlooked player in the history of American trade.

Author: Colin Wilson, Rand Flem-Ath, Colin Wilson.
Genre: History
Publisher: Sphere

Paperback. Pub Date: 2001 Pages: 430 in Publisher: Little own In 1982 the American scholar Charles Hapgood made an astonishing claim to the a young liarian. Rand Flem-Ath - that civilization was almost 100.000 years old and he had the evidence to prove it. Before he could substantiate this remarkable assertion. Hapgood died. Together with fellow author Colin Wilson. Flem-Ath set out to track down the truth behind the scholar's statements. Their study of the world's most sacred sites - Stonehenge. the Great Pyramids and many others - led them to an amazing discovery. Far from being built by local people for local reasons. these monuments formed an undeniable geometrical pattern. This is turn implied the existence of an ancient advanced civilization. one that existed before the Flood that destroyed Atlantis and whose knowledge of the world was far wider than had previously bee...

Author: Ryder, R.E.D. Commander
Publisher: John Murray

Author: Hitchcock, Raymond Flower
Publisher: Sphere

Author: Charlie Connelly
Genre: Humour
Publisher: Abacus

This solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first broadcast in the 1920s it has inspired poems, songs and novels in addition to its intended objective of warning generations of seafarers of impending storms and gales.
Sitting at home listening to the shipping forecast can be a cosily reassuring experience. There's no danger of a westerly gale eight, veering southwesterly increasing nine later (visibility poor) gusting through your average suburban living room, blowing the Sunday papers all over the place and startling the cat.
Yet familiar though the sea areas are by name, few people give much thought to where they are or what they contain. In ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice, those mysterious regions whose names seem often to bear no relation to conventional geography. Armchair travel will never be the same again.

Author: Brian Callison
Genre: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
Publisher: Fontana Press

This sea adventure from the author of "A Flock of Ships" and "The Bone Collectors" describes the deterioration on board the motor vessel "Auriga" when a terrible disease attacks the ship.

Author: David Kynaston
Genre: History
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

For the first time, the Sunday Times bestseller Austerity Britain is available in one complete paperback volume. Coursing through Austerity Britain is an astonishing variety of voices - vivid, unselfconscious, and unaware of what the future holds. A Chingford housewife endures the tribulations of rationing; a retired schoolteacher observes during a royal visit how well-fed the Queen looks; a pernickety civil servant in Bristol is oblivious to anyone's troubles but his own. An array of working-class witnesses describe how life in post-war Britain is, with little regard for liberal niceties or the feelings of their 'betters'. Many of these voices will stay with the reader in future volumes, jostling alongside well-known figures like John Arlott (here making his first radio broadcast, still in police uniform), Glenda Jackson (taking the 11+) and Doris Lessing, newly arrived from Africa, struck by the levelling poverty of postwar Britain. David Kynaston weaves a sophisticated narrative of how the victorious 1945 Labour government shaped the political, economic and social landscape for the next three decades.Deeply researched, often amusing and always intensely entertaining and readable, the first volume of David Kynaston's ambitious history offers an entirely fresh perspective on Britain during those six momentous years.

Author: David Kynaston
Genre: History
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Beginning with VE Day and describing the first months of peace and the first years of Attlee's government, up to the launch of National Insurance and the NHS on 5 July 1948, this first book of Kynaston's much acclaimed Tales of a New Jerusalem, records the reactions of the British people to the austerity of the early post-war years and to wider events such as Hiroshima, the Communist coup in Czechoslovakia and the arrival of the Empire Windrush.

Author: Peter Plowman
Genre: History
Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing

Australian Cruise Ships Provides details of many of the ships that cruised out of Australian ports from the early 1970s up to 2000, and the cruise liners to have been seen in local waters since 2001, as well as a look ahead to the liners scheduled to come here later in 2007 and into 2008. Full description

Author: Peter Plowman
Genre: History
Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing

In 1945 Arthur Calwell announced an immigration policy for Australia requiring an influx of 70,000 migrants a year, and it was hoped that all of them would come from Britain. This book looks at the ships that brought these migrants to Australia - some that were never designed to carry passengers or to travel great distances.

Author: Jones, Geofrey
Publisher: William Kimber & Co Ltd