Author: Jack Piler
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Futura Publications

S.O.S. Titanic is the story of that tragedy, as it has never been told before. The story of the men and women who plied their way to the New World for money, for love - or for life itself. The story of cowardice and courage, suffering and scandal in the greatest sea disaster of all time.

Author: Frank O. Braynard
Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Author: William H. Miller
Genre: History
Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd

A Customer’s Review;
Andrew P. Barney
5.0 out of 5 starsA great book on the Superliner United States
24 November 1999 - Published on Amazon.com
This is an incrediable book about the adventures of not only the ship herself but also her designers, Gibbs and Cox and her birth place Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock. It does not end there though, it also goes into famous passengers and even the ships last master, Commodore Alexanderson (with a brief history of his maritime life, including his journeys on the SS United States & the SS America.) Recommended reading for any United States Line buff, SS United States or SS America buff, or Ocean Liner enthusiast. The last ocean liner to grab the Hales Trophy lives on in this great book. Long live the S.S. United States.

Author: PILER, JACK (Autographed)

Author: Lawrence Driscoll
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Glencannon Press

In 1950, at the age of seven, Larry Driscoll and his family boarded the S.S. America, sailing for Le Havre France. Over the next seven years the Driscolls' made several return trips home on the S.S. United States. He has been fascinated with ocean liners ever since.
After retiring from work in education Driscoll took up a second career as a writer and maritime historian specializing in American passenger liners. His first book on the S.S. America was well received and went into a second printing.
A recent series of articles for the magazine Power Ships led to his second book on the United States.
There is no shortage of books on the ship and Driscoll's goal was to provide the reader with fresh and new information.
He builds the story of the ship around the colorful characters who built and sailed her. The reader is on board for the risk filled excitement of the maiden voyage, including a portrait of the plucky captain who skippered the ship to victory. The story also delves into little known aspects of the ship from conception to glory days and sad decline.

Review by Amazon Reader Brent Holt
2.0 out of 5 stars Not well written........
March 8, 2014
Format: Hardcover
The S.S. America of 1940 was a fine ship that deserves a well written history about her. Unfortunately, this has yet to happen. The book has the following flaws:

1. The format is not up to par. Many pages have text that takes up only half the page.
2. Many photos are small and color photos nonexistent.
3. The author believes that gross register tonnage is weight. It is not. It is a measurement of enclosed space in a ship. This is basic ship knowledge the author should have known. (The same error is repeated in his later book on the S.S. United States) For Mr. Driscoll not to know this indicates large holes in his research. A knowledgeable proofreader could have solved this problem for him.
4. He describes the S.S. Leviathan as unpopular and unprofitable. The Levi was one of the MOST popular liners on the Atlantic in the 1920s and early 1930s. In 1926 and 1927, the Leviathan averaged more passengers per crossing than any other liner in service on the Atlantic run. The question of the profitability of the Leviathan is much more complex, but she was likely profitable at some times and then was not once the Great Depression hit. Her passenger numbers were very high in the 1920s so to say Prohibition hurt her is just not true.
5. A different standard is used for America. Her construction was subsidized by the U.S. government and she received an annual operating subsidy as well. And yet, the America is painted as a great success while the Leviathan was not when they operated under similar government backed-arrangements. A simple look through Frank Braynard's series of books on the Leviathan would have eliminated these errors.
6. The writing is not that clear. It was not an easy read.
7. The number of obvious errors in the text makes me wonder what other errors crept in.

No author is perfect and no book is perfect. But this book simply has too many mistakes for me to recommend it.

Author: McCart, NEIL

Author: Brian Izzard
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Amberley Publishing

On 9 January 1972, the mighty Queen Elizabeth, then the largest liner in the world, caught fire in Hong Kong harbour. Watched by millions around the world, she burned live on television, including on Britain's children's programme Blue Peter. Since her retirement in 1968, she had been a tourist attraction in Florida, before her owners went bankrupt and she was sold to become the floating Seawise University. Days before an extensive refit was due to be completed, fires broke out simultaneously in different parts of the ship and she was consumed by the flames. Her Florida owners had had connections with the Mafia and the notorious union leader Jimmy Hoffa; her new owner was a Chinese tycoon with strong links to Nationalist Taiwan, while the workers aboard her had Communist leanings. She had lurched from disaster to disaster, and her final days were marred by political intrigue, arson and even use in a James Bond film.

Author: LEE, E.C.B. & LEE, KENNETH

Author: STUTTAFORD, MICHAEL (Editor)

Author: Byron S. Miller
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Times Books

Twenty Great Liners and Their Specifications; Map of the North Atlantic Seaway; Bibliography. "Mauretania, Ile de France, Bremen, Queen Mary. The very names evoke an era of glamour and excitement of bon voyage parties, promenades around the deck, lazy afternoons dozing in the sun or playing shuffleboard, and elegant evenings dancing in the Grand salon.

More than just a coffee table book, Sail, Steam and Splendor author Byron Miller provides extensive research on each of the eras depicted in the book. Follow the evolution of trans-Atlantic travel from sail to steam to diesel power. Hundreds of photos document the eras. Diagrams and cut-away views expose the inner workings of these vessels, capturing the mechanics of the ships, but also the romance as well as the tragedies of trans-Atlantic passenger travel.

Author: MILLER, BYRON S.

Author: William H. Miller
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Fonthill Media

The story of the Great Liners begins on the Atlantic route between the Old World and the New, between Europe and the United States. It was the most prestigious, most progressive and certainly most competitive ocean liner run of all time. It was on the North Atlantic that the largest, fastest and indeed grandest passenger ships were created. In this book, William Miller concentrates for the most part on these Atlantic superliners. It has been a race, sometimes fierce, that has continued for well over a century. Smaller passenger ships, even ones of 30,000 and 40,000 tons, are for the most part left to other books. The story begins even earlier, in 1889, when Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II visited his grandmother, Queen Victoria, and attended the British Naval Review at Spithead. The British were more than pleased to show off not only the mightiest naval vessels afloat, but the biggest passenger ships then afloat, namely the 10,000-ton 'Teutonic' of the White Star Line. These ships caught the Kaiser's royal eye. His enthusiasm, his determination and, assuredly, his jealousies were aroused. Her returned to his homeland determined that Germany should have bigger and better ships.The world must know, he theorized, that Imperial Germany had reached new and higher technological heights. To the Kaiser and other envious Germans, the British had, quite simply, had a monopoly on the biggest ships long enough. British engineers and even shipyard crews were recruited, teaching German shipbuilders the key components of a new generation of larger ships. Shipyards at Bremen, Hamburg and Stettin were soon ready. It would all take eight years, however, before the first big German liner would be completed. She would be large enough and fast enough to be dubbed the world's first "super liner". She would only be the biggest vessel built in Germany, but the biggest afloat. The nation's most prominent shipowners, the Hamburg America Line and the North German Lloyd, were both deeply interested. It was the Lloyd, however, which rose first to the occasion. Enthusiastically and optimistically, the first ship was the first of a successive quartet. The illustrious Vulkan Shipyard at Stettin was given the prized contract. Triumph seemed to be in the air! The Kaiser himself went to the launching, on 3 May 1897, of this new Imperial flagship.Designed with four funnels but grouped in pairs, the 655-ft long ship was named 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse', honoring the Emperor's grandfather. With the rattle of chains, the release of the building blocks and then the tumultuous roar as the unfinished hull hit the water, this launching was the beginning of the Atlantic race for supremacy, which would last for some 70 years. Only after the first arrival of the trans-Atlantic jet in October 1958 would the race quiet down. The 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse' was the great beginning, the start of a superb fleet of what has been dubbed "ocean greyhounds" and later aptly called the "floating palaces". Worried and cautious, the normally contented British referred to the brand new Kaiser as a "German monster".

Author: Peter Pigott
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Dundurn

Under Canadian Pacific's red-and-white-checkered flag, the company's founders, George Stephen and William C. Van Horne, created a rail-sea service from Liverpool to Hong Kong. Boasting sternwheelers, Great Lakes bulk carriers, ferries, and luxurious ocean-going liner leviathans, the Canadian Pacific shipping line sailed around the globe. In both world wars the entire fleet served gallantly as Allied troop carriers. After the Second World War, the company staved off the realities of the jet age for as long as it could, replacing liners with container ships, until what was left of the legendary maritime operation was sold off in 2005. With a witty and informative style, author Peter Pigott evokes not only the nostalgic heyday of ocean travel but reveals a slice of almost-forgotten Canadiana. From the stifling steerage quarters of immigrant ships to the elegant drawing rooms of nautical titans such as the ill-fated Empress of Ireland and the Empress of Asia, from U-boat-haunted convoys to container ships, shore dwellers and old salts alike will be delighted with Sailing Seven Seas.

Author: Trevor A. Hampton
Genre: Sports, Hobbies & Games
Publisher: Macmillan

pan pbk,1971,drawings and photos

Author: Gordon Campbell
Genre: History
Publisher: Miller Press

This vintage book is an account of numerous notable naval battles from 1591 to 1918. A masterful retelling of some of the greatest naval battles in history, “Sailormen All” is highly recommended for those with an interest in military history, and would make for a fantastic addition to any collection. Vice Admiral Gordon Campbell (1886–1953) was an officer in the English navy who received the Victoria Cross for gallantry. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

Author: Gregory A Freeman
Genre: History
Publisher: William Morrow & Company

The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensued, and McCain barely escaped before a 1,000-pound bomb on his plane exploded, causing a chain reaction with other bombs on surrounding planes. The crew struggled for days to extinguish the fires, but, in the end, the tragedy took the lives of 134 men. For thirty-five years, the terrible loss of life has been blamed on the sailors themselves, but this meticulously documented history shows that they were truly the victims and heroes.

Author: HAMPTON, T.A.

Author: Ruta Sepetys
Genre: Young Adult, Novel
Publisher: Gale Cengage Learning

"New York Times" Bestseller!"Masterly crafted" "The Wall Street Journal"
For readers of"Between Shades of Gray"and" All the Light We Cannot See," bestselling author Ruta Sepetysreturns to WWII in this epic novel thatshines a light on one of the war's most devastating yet unknown tragedies.
World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, many with something to hide.Among them areJoana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge en route to theship that promises salvation, the "Wilhelm Gustloff." Forced by circumstance to unite, the three find their strength, courage, and trust in each other testedwith each step closer to safety.
Just when it seems freedom is within their grasp, tragedy strikes. Notcountry, nor culture, nor status matter as all ten thousand people adults and children alike aboard must fight for the same thing: survival.
Told in alternating points of view and perfect for fans of Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer Prize-winning"All the Light We Cannot See," Erik Larson's"Dead Wake," and Elizabeth Wein's Printz Honor Book"Code Name Verity," this masterful work of historical fiction is inspired by the real-life tragedy that was the sinking of the"Wilhelm Gustloff "the greatest maritime disaster in history. As she did in"Between Shades of Gray," Ruta Sepetys unearths a shockingly little-known casualty of a gruesome war, and proves that humanity and love can prevail, even in the darkest of hours.
Praise for"Salt to the Sea"
Featured on NPR's Morning Edition Superlative masterfully crafted [a] powerful work of historical fiction. "The Wall Street Journal " [Sepetys is] a master of YA fiction she once again anchors a panoramic view of epic tragedy in perspectives that feel deeply textured and immediate. "Entertainment Weekly ""Riveting...powerful...haunting." "The Washington Post " Compelling for both adult and teenage readers. "New York Times Book Review " Intimate, extraordinary, artfully crafted brilliant. "Shelf Awareness" "Historical fiction at its very, very best." "The Globe and Mail" "" [H]aunting, heartbreaking, hopeful and altogether gorgeous one of the best young-adult novels to appear in a very long time. "Salt Lake Tribune *""This haunting gem of a novel begs to be remembered." "Booklist" *"Artfully told and sensitively crafted...will leave readers weeping." "School Library Journal"
Praise for "Between Shades of Gray"
A" New York Times"Notable Book A"Wall Street Journal"Best Children s Book A"Publishers Weekly," "School Library Journal," "" Booklist"," and"" Kirkus""Best Book iTunes 2011 Rewind Best Teen Novel A Carnegie Medal andWilliam C. Morris Finalist A"New York Times"and InternationalBestseller Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both. "The Washington Post "*"[A]n important book that deserves the widest possible readership. "Booklist""

Author: Douglas D'Enno
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Phillimore

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Author: BRAYNARD, FRANK O.
Publisher: Berlitz Publications, Lausanne, Switzerland

Illustrated throughout with colored photographs and numerous advertisements.

Author: Gerald Forsberg
Genre: Science & Nature
Publisher: Routledge

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Author: Allan Kayle
Genre: Africa
Publisher: Southern Book Publishers

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Author: David L. Williams
Genre: Ships
Publisher: Ian Allan Ltd

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Author: ROCHE, T. W. E.
Publisher: Macdonald and Co

Author: T. W. E. Roche
Genre: History
Publisher: Macdonald & Co

The story of an unknown Canadian, Samuel Cunard, who took up the challenge of the British Government to develop the crossing of the Atlantic by steamship. The new ships Cunard's company built to undertake the hazardous crossing were a triumphant success: the days of the sailing ship were numbered. Samuel Cunard had to battle against apathy and mistrust, but with his initiative shipping entered a new era.
The book describes the ensuing rivalry to develop better, safer ships for the North Atlantic run, the races against time to win the coveted 'Blue Riband', and the Cunard Company's ceaseless efforts to pioneer new shipping techniques. The dramatic launching of the largest ship ever, the 'Queen Mary' followed by the even larger 'Queen Elizabeth', is vividly described. Finally there is the exciting story of the planning and building of the controversial 'QE2' up to her maiden voyage in 1969.
Fully Illustrated

Author: GRANT, KAY
Publisher: Abelard-Schuman

Author: Kay Grant
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Abelard-Schuman

DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Author: David Sedaris
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Phoenix / Indigo / Orion

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Author: Richard Van Emden
Genre: History
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Albert John ('Jack') Martin was a thirty-two-year-old clerk at the Admiralty when he was called up to serve in the army in September 1916. These diaries, written in secret, hidden from his colleagues and only discovered by his family after his return home, present the Great War with heartbreaking clarity, written in a voice as compelling and distinctive as Wilfred Owen or Siegfried Sassoon and all the more extraordinary given that it is not an officer's but that of a private. From his arrival in France and his participation in the Somme, through offensives at Ypres and eventual demobilisation after the Armistice, we see wartime life as it really was for the ordinary Tommy. In these journals, introduced and edited by bestselling First World War historian Richard van Emden, we witness the cheerful Albert Martin getting to grips with life in the trenches and, together with his comrades in the Royal Engineers, confronting the ever-present threat of injury and death. We also see the mundane reality of life at the front line - the arguments with superiors, the joy brought by the arrival of packages from loved ones at home and the appalling conditions in which that attritional war was fought.

Author: Natalie Robins, Steven M.L. Aronson
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

The shocking true story of incest and murder among one of America's wealthiest families

Author: Dannion Brinkley, Paul Perry
Genre: Mind, Body & Spirit
Publisher: Piatkus

Dannion Brinley was struck by lightening and was clinically dead. On leaving his body he visited a spiritual realm where he was told of events that would shake the world - some have already happened. During a second near-death experience he was told to use his gifts to help the dying.

Author: HOFFER, WILLIAM

Author: HOFFER, WILLIAM

Author: William Hoffer
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Macmillan

On July 25, 1956, the Italian liner SS Andrea Doria was approaching the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, bound for New York City. At 11:10 pm that dark foggy night, the eastbound Swedish liner MS Stockholm collided with the Andrea Doria. In what became one of history’s most infamous maritime disasters, the Andrea Doria sank. The doomed liner managed to stay afloat for over 11 hours after the accidental ramming. 1,660 passengers and crew were rescued and survived, while 46 people died as a consequence of the collision. In this engrossing book, William Hoffer has re-created the events of this terrifying night and tells the spectacular story of the greatest sea rescue in modern history.

Author: Dr Sue Black, Stevyn Colgan
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Unbound Digital

Imagine a Britain where the most important sites of historical significance are replaced with housing estates and supermarkets…

Imagine a Britain without Bletchley Park, where Alan Turing and a team of code breakers changed the course of World War II and where thousands of women inspired future generations with their work in the fields of computing and technology...

Now imagine a group of extraordinary people, who – seventy years after the birth of the modern computer at Bletchley Park – used technology to spark a social media campaign that helped secure its future and transform it into the world-class heritage and education centre it deserves to be.

This is a story about saving Bletchley Park.

But it is also the story of the hundreds of people who dedicated twenty years of hard work and determination to the campaign that saved it. It is a testament to the remarkable and mysterious work during World War II that made it a place worth saving. It is a book about campaigners, veterans, enthusiasts, computer geeks, technology, Twitter, trees and Stephen Fry stuck in a lift.

And finally, it is a story about preserving the past for the generations of tomorrow.

Author: Dr Sue Black, Stevyn Colgan
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Unbound

There have been many histories of Bletchley Park and the heroic work of Alan Turing and the code-breakers, work so important that it changed the course of the Second World War, shortening it by two years. This book tells a different story, of how this intensely iconic historical site was saved using the power of social media and the very computing technology that was born here. When Dr Sue Black first visited Bletchley in 2004, her preconception was that it had been run by a small group of tweed-jacketed, pipe-smoking men. To her surprise she discovered that ten thousand people worked there during the war, that half of them were women, and that most were in their late teens and twenties. As a woman in computer science herself, she was hugely inspired by their stories. When she discovered that Bletchley was under threat of closure due to lack of funding, she set about a campaign to transform it into the heritage site it deserved to be. Harnessing the pride and inside knowledge of the surviving code-breakers, the power of Twitter, plus the reach of the modern broadcast and online media, Sue Black's campaign brought together thousands of supporters, from all walks of life, from celebrity supporters like Stephen Fry to the veterans, enthusiasts and computer geeks who offered their time and passion to save this extraordinary place. This is a wholly inspiring story of community-building, and how the determination of committed people can stop one of our most significant historical treasures being swept away by the bulldozers.

Author: Clive Harvey
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Carmania Press

A fine history of SAXONIA, IVERNIA, CARINTHIA,AND SYLVANIA, the pride of Cunard's post war Canadian service, which went on to lead fascinating lives as the LEONID SLOBINOV, FEDOR SHALYAPIN, FAIRSEA,FAIRWIND, DAWN PRINCESS and ALBATROSS.

Author: Hugh McManners
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Author: BOBER, AXEL

Author: SCHOLL, LARS U., BIEDERMANN, P., HEIN & KOCH,

Author: Axel Bober
Genre: History
Publisher: Marine International

GERMAN TEXT (no English). The passenger ship Bremen and its sister-ship Europa were the symbols of luxury transatlantic travel in the period before the outbreak of World War 2. This photo history book is heavily illustrated with black-and-white photographs and scale line drawings of the Bremen around 1939 when it set a new "Blue Band" record for speed across the Atlantic. Out of print.

Author: RUSSEL, MARY, B. (Autographed)
Publisher: Positif Press

Author: M.E. Morris
Genre: Women
Publisher: Pan Books

This Account Of The General And His Brilliant Role During Operation Desert Storm Is An Attempt To Introduce The Public To A General Who Has Been Inspirational In His Performance

Author: Nick Robins
Genre: History
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

Scotland's maritime heritage is a highly significant one embracing as it does a quite outstanding contribution to Britain's development both as an empire and as the world's leading maritime power in the nineteenth century. Scottish engineering ship-owning and operating as well as business and entrepreneurial skills played a major part in the success of the Merchant Navy while Scottish emigrants took skills to every corner of the world creating trade and wealth both abroad and at home. In terms of engineering 'Clyde-built' was the Kite Mark for the shipbuilding industry the world over. Scottish shipowners included household names such as Allan Anchor Donaldson and Henderson while Scotsmen were instrumental in founding and for much of the time managing Cunard British India P & O Orient Glen and many other 'English' companies. The author tells an exhilarating story of energy and inventiveness describing the remarkable navigational skills of the highlanders and their technological skill.

Author: John Ashton
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988 was one of the most notorious acts of terrorism in recent history. Its political and foreign policy repercussions have been enormous, and twenty-five years after the atrocity in which 270 lost their lives, debate still rages over the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, as well as his controversial release on compassionate grounds by Scotland's SNP government in 2009. John Ashton argues that the guilty verdict, delivered by some of Scotland's most senior judges, was perverse and irrational, and details how prosecutors withheld numerous items of evidence that were favourable to Megrahi. It accuses successive Scottish governments of turning their back on the scandal and pretending that the country's treasured independent criminal justice system remains untainted. With numerous observers believing the Crown Office is out of control and the judiciary stuck in the last century, politicians must address these problems or their aspirations for Scotland to become a modern European social democracy are bound to fail.

Author: Various
Genre: Magazine

Brown Cloth bound hardback volume, with gilt titling on spine and logo of 'The Institute of Transport, London" at base. Likely from the Institute's Library

Author: Various
Genre: Magazine

Brown Cloth bound hardback volume, with gilt titling on spine and logo of 'The Institute of Transport, London" at base. Likely from the Institute's Library

Author: Various
Genre: Magazine

Brown Cloth bound hardback volume, with gilt titling on spine and logo of 'The Institute of Transport, London" at base. Likely from the Institute's Library

Author: Various
Genre: Magazine

Brown Cloth bound hardback volume, with gilt titling on spine and logo of 'The Institute of Transport, London" at base. Likely from the Institute's Library

Author: Various
Genre: Magazine

Author: HOYT, EDWIN P.

Author: Sharkey Ward
Genre: Falklands War
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books / Leo Cooper
Rating: 4

Very Good, A very good, clean and sound hard back copy with a very good dustjacket. Sea harrier over the Falklands: a maverick at war. 299 p., [16] p of plates : ill., map,ports ; 25cm. . Includes index. .

Author: Joseph Ballantyne Maguire
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Heinemann

Memoirs of the Irish doctor who was Chief Medical Officer of the Cunard Line, and served on both RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth.

Author: MAGUIRE, JOSEPH

Author: Adam Nicolson
Genre: Biography
Publisher: HarperCollins

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be given your own remote islands? Thirty years ago it happened to Adam Nicolson. Aged 21, Nicolson inherited the Shiants, three lonely Hebridean islands set in a dangerous sea off the Isle of Lewis. With only a stone bothy for accommodation and half a million puffins for company, he found himself in charge of one of the most beautiful places on earth. The story of the Shiants is a story of birds and boats, hermits and fishermen, witchcraft and catastrophe, and Nicolson expertly weaves these elements into his own tale of seclusion on the Shiants to create a stirring celebration of island life.

Author: David Shaw
Genre: History
Publisher: Simon and Schuster

The Sea Shall Embrace Them This stirring narrative is the riveting tale of the sinking of the steamship "Arctic"--a story of extraordinary bravery and appalling cowardice that took nearly 400 lives and the American merchant marine business down with it. of illustrations. Full description

Author: Tim Clayton
Genre: History
Publisher: Little, Brown

Sea Wolves is the story of the crews who bravely manned British submarines in the Second World War. This small band of highly trained and highly skilled individuals fought in the front line for six long years, undertaking some of the most dangerous missions of the war.

Britain's Sea Wolves operated close to shore in mined waters, attacking warships and heavily guarded convoys. But in the course of these vital operations, the submariners suffered devastating casualties.This is the vivid, thrilling story of the survivors and their promising young comrades who fought with such courage, in the face of the sickening terror of depth-charge attacks and the cold fear of having to escape from a sunken submarine filled with the bodies of close friends.

Author: Seabourn Cruise Line
Publisher: Contract Communications Ltd.

1990 - 1991 SEABOURN CRUISE LINE
Hard Cover Book about PRIDE and the SPIRIT
Lots of information about the new Cruise Line

Author: SCOTT, BRIAN

Author: COWSILL, MILES

Author: HENDY, JOHN

Author: HENDY, JOHN

Author: Mir Bahmanyar, Chris Osman
Genre: History
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Since the US Navy SEALs came into existence in 1983, they have become famous for their daring missions, advanced and unconventional tactics, hard training and hard-fought successes. SEALs have taken part in numerous conflicts ranging from Grenada in 1983, the invasion of Panama and operations in Somalia, Bosnia, Haiti, and Liberia. Most recently, SEAL units have participated in the ongoing missions of Operation Enduring Freedom in the war in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in the war in Iraq.

Now in paperback, this bestselling book from respected authors Mir Bahmanyar and Chris Osman offers readers a focus on modern combat operations between 1983 and 2006, examining various combat operations, the Navy SEAL training regimes, and the development of tactics and weapons. It includes first-hand accounts from SEALs on the ground, including revealing accounts from those currently involved in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is an eye-opening insight into the shadowy and mysterious world of the US Navy SEALs, guaranteed to appeal to anyone with an interest in modern military operations, current events, and even those interested in becoming a Navy SEAL.

Author: Malcolm Skene
Genre: Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Publisher: Morgans Technical Books Limited

Self teaching programme, including the Admiralty Paractice Chart Falmouth to Plymouth. Comes with tracings that overlay your work. RYA recommended. 296 pages. B/w drawings.
OFFER: Buy a Basic Chartwork - A Seaman's Guide and Seaman's Guide To Rule Of The Road for only £27 when purchased together.

Author: HOPE, RONALD, (Selected & Introduced by)

Author: Ronald Hope
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: George G.Harrap & Co Ltd

Content is clean and bright. Good DJ

Author: DOUGLAS, GAVIN
Genre: Merchant marine
Publisher: J. Lehmann

Author: Gordon K. Kinsey
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Terence Dalton

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Author: TAYLOR, CAPTAIN L. G.

Author: Kenneth Macksey
Genre: History
Publisher: Cassell Military Paperbacks

With the renewed interest in wartime intelligence, this timely history of radio signal intercepting will find an eager audience. The heroes here are not the codebreakers themselves, but the searchers in the Y Service, who did their work by sitting for hours, trying to overhear the enemy.

The Robert Harris novel/film ENIGMA has popularised the subject of code-breaking and military intelligence as never before. Yet the ULTRA secret -- the Allied 'breaking' of the German 'Enigma' code was only part of a much wider story. In both world wars, radio was a primary means of communication -- and searching for enemy radio traffic became top priority. Using radio intercepts enabled the Germans to inflict devastating losses on the Russians in 1914; mis-using radio intercepts saw the Royal Navy fail to catch the German fleet. Radio warfare played a critical role during the Battle of Britain and the battle of the Atlantic: regardless of what a U-boat transmitted, the British developed the technology to catch them the moment they began to broadcast. From 1914 to the great campaigns of World War II, radio intercepts shaped the course of history. Kenneth Macksey reveals how.

Author: ADAMSON, SIMON H.
Genre: Piers
Publisher: B. T. Batsford

Author: Simon H Adamson
Genre: History
Publisher: B T Batsford Ltd

An account of the rise and fall of the British seaside pier with an introduction by the social historian Asa Briggs. Contains chapters on the history of the piers from 1813, when the first pier was constructed, at Ryde, to 1957, when the only post-war pier, at Deal, was built. Other chapters deal with architecture and construction techniques. Appendix 1 contains a complete annotated list of all piers ever constructed in Britain: a total of 84. Appendix 2 is a gazetteer of all surviving piers in Britain: a total of 53. The book is illustrated with over 80 period photos and contemporary plans. It is published by Batsford in association with the Victorian Society.

Includes loose press clipping of Weymouth Pier demolishing in May 1986

Author: Norman Freeman
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Ian Allan Publishing

Described by the Marconi company staff clerk as 'Not a Cunarder', the Allenwell turned out to be a dirty, down-at-heel cargo ship with crew to match, and Norman Freeman had signed up as radio officer for a three-month trip from Liverpool to the USA. Some of the cargo - Scotch whisky - didn't make it that far. Freeman's memoir of this 1961/62 trip is an entertaining and sometimes poignant account of 'a very odd ship and an unusual voyage'.

Author: Joan Collins
Genre: Actor & Entertainer Biographies
Publisher: Boxtree Ltd

its pretty good but the pictures - black and white and i emphasize the word black you cannot make out who they are in the photos even after you read a description of who is who but all in all book well written and good

Author: Winston S. Churchill
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

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Author: Robert Bauval
Genre: History
Publisher: Century

In the last three years a covert and high-powered archaeological search has taken place at Giza to locate the Hall of Records under the Sphinx and also find a "secret" room inside the Great Pyramid. This work aims to reveal the archaeological discoveries the authorities have tried to keep secret.

Author: Asa Briggs
Genre: History
Publisher: Frontline Books

The Bletchley Park memoir of Lord Asa Briggs will be one of the most important documents to be published in 2011. Lord Briggs has long been regarded as one of Britain s most important historians. He has never, however, written about his time at Bletchley Park. The publication, which will coincide with Lord Briggs 90th birthday, is a meticulously researched account of life in Hut Six, written by a codebreaker who worked there for five years alongside Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman. In addition to discussing the progress of the Allies codebreaking efforts and their impact on the war, Lord Briggs considers what the Germans knew about Bletchley and how they reacted to revelatory memoirs about the Enigma machine, which were not published until the 1970s. Briggs himself did not tell his wife about his wartime career until the 1970s and his parents died without ever knowing about their son s contribution to the wartime effort. The book will be launched at Bletchley in May 2011, in the presence of other Hut 6 veterans and part of the proceeds will be donated to the fund to restore Hut 6 to its former glory.

Author: Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd

At 38, Colonel Count Klaus von Stauffenberg, Chief of Staff of the Reich Home Army, was a charismatic figure who was maimed when his staff car was shot up by allied aircraft in North Africa. With only one eye, two fingers and a thumb, he discharged himself from hospital after three months and leant to write with a crippled left hand, to drive, ride a horse, shot and lead a normal active life, through doctors had said he would never walk again. The circle with whom he conceived the plot to kill Hilter in July 1944 was called 'Secret Germany', as indeed was the esoteric circle in which Stauffenberg as a young man had been a disciple of the mystic anti-Nazi poet Stefan Georga Stauffenberg was said to be the only man who had stared down the Fuhrer until he averted his eyes. What motivated this extraordinary man with the good looks of a Hollywood idol who saw the bomb plot of July 1944 as not a political move but a moral, religious and spiritual necessity? What moulded the life of this professional soldier who became father confessor to many far older and of senior rank to himself? This book tells the untold story behind the attempt to assasinate Adolf Hitler.

Author: Joshua Levine
Genre: History
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

1st Simon and Shuster 2015 edition hardcover new condition book in new condition dw es shop stock . In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Author: Sinclair McKay
Genre: History
Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd

Secret Life of Bletchley Park

Author: Sinclair McKay
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Aurum Press

How the Y Service intercepted the German codes for Bletchley Park Through dozens of interviews and accounts from surviving veterans, discover the story and secrets of the Y Service. This beautiful hardback book chronicles the history and achievements of the unsung hero's and the Y-Service's vital contribution to the war effort.

Author: Sinclair McKay
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Aurum Press Ltd

The celebrated code breakers of Bletchley Park would have had no messages to decipher without the efforts of the 'Y' ('Wireless') Service, which sent men and women across the globe to listening stations where German messages were intercepted. Sinclair McKay uses interviews with surviving veterans of the Service to tell both the history of this shadowy organization and the personal stories of the young interceptors and their life-changing experiences far from home.

Author: Noreen Riols
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Macmillan

When Noreen Riols applied for the Wrens in 1943, it was noted that she was a fluent French speaker and she soon found herself working for Maurice Buckmaster, the head of SOE's F Section (although she told everyone she was working for the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries). This memoir recalls her time at the hub of the French section's spying operations, helping to train and brief agents and delivering coded messages via the BBC.

Author: David Woodward
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: New Eng. Lib.

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Author: WOODWARD, DAVID

Author: William B. Breuer
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Airlife Publishing Ltd

The enormous effects of espionage, sabotage and propaganda on the outcome of WW11 cannot be overestimated. Spies and double agents may be the stuff of fictional thrillers, but in a world at war they become an intricate and valuable part of history.

Author: PAWLE, GERALD

Author: Stuart Prebble
Genre: History
Publisher: Faber & Faber

HMS Conqueror is Britain's most famous submarine. It is the only sub since World War Two to have sunk an enemy ship. Conqueror's sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano made inevitable an all-out war over the future of the Falkland Islands, and sparked off one of the most controversial episodes of twentieth century politics. The controversy was fuelled by a war-diary kept by an officer on board HMS Conqueror, and as a young TV producer in the 1980s Stuart Prebble scooped the world by locating the diary's author and getting his story on the record. But in the course of uncovering his Falklands story, Stuart Prebble also learned a military secret which could have come straight out of a Cold War thriller. It involved the Top Secret activities of the Conqueror in the months before and after the Falklands War. Prebble has waited for thirty years to tell his story. It is a story of incredible courage and derring-do, of men who put their lives on the line and were never allowed to tell what they had done. This story, buried under layers of official secrecy for three decades, is one of Britain's great military success stories and can now finally be told.

Author: Stuart Prebble
Genre: History
Publisher: Faber & Faber

HMS Conqueror is Britain's most famous submarine. It is the only sub since World War Two to have sunk an enemy ship. Conqueror's sinking of the Argentine cruiser Belgrano made inevitable an all-out war over the future of the Falkland Islands, and sparked off one of the most controversial episodes of twentieth century politics.

The controversy was fuelled by a war-diary kept by an officer on board HMS Conqueror, and as a young TV producer in the 1980s Stuart Prebble scooped the world by locating the diary's author and getting his story on the record. But in the course of uncovering his Falklands story, Stuart Prebble also learned a military secret which could have come straight out of a Cold War thriller. It involved the Top Secret activities of the Conqueror in the months before and after the Falklands War.

Prebble has waited for thirty years to tell his story. It is a story of incredible courage and derring-do, of men who put their lives on the line and were never allowed to tell what they had done. This story, buried under layers of official secrecy for three decades, is one of Britain's great military success stories and can now finally be told.

Author: John Sayers
Publisher: The Bodleian Library

Before the advent of commercial transatlantic flights in the early 1950s, the only way to travel between continents was by sea. In the golden age of ocean liners, between the late nineteenth century and the Second World War, shipping companies ensured their vessels were a home away from home, providing entertainment, dining, sleeping quarters and smoking lounges to accommodate passengers of all ages and budgets, for voyages that could last as long as three months. Secrets of the Great Ocean Liners leads the reader through each of the stages – and secrets – of ocean liner travel, from booking a ticket and choosing a cabin to shore excursions, dining, on-board games, social events, romances, and disembarking on arrival. Additional chapters disclose wartime voyages and disasters at sea. The shipping companies produced glamorous brochures, sailing schedules, voyage logs, passenger lists, postcards and menus, all of which help us to savour the challenges, etiquette and luxury of ocean liner travel. Diaries, letters and journals written on board also reveal a host of behind-the-scenes secrets and fascinating insights into the experience of travelling by sea. This book dives into a vast, unique collection to reveal the scandals, glamour, challenges and tragedies of ocean liner travel.

Author: Claude Parr
Publisher: Independently published

A powerful and thought-provoking insight into the sinking of the Laconia during World War II.In 1939 Claude Parr joined the Merchant Navy aged seventeen. Discover how he was forced to watch his friends perish in the infamous sinking; how being imprisoned as a POW nearly broke his spirit; and how he found humour in the darkest of times.A Seemingly Ordinary Man tells the fascinating story of one man's experiences of naval conflict. For readers who enjoyed Eileen Younghusband's memoir One Woman's War, or the BBC 2 TV series Britain's Greatest Generation.

Author: Douglas R. Burgess
Genre: History
Publisher: International Marine / McGraw-Hill

'The traditional mores of war were rapidly being abandoned, and Kriegsmarine Kapitanleutnant Walter Schwieger knew that all too well. One of his officers recognized the ship as either the Lusitania or Mauretania. That was enough for Schwieger. Both ships were registered to the Royal Navy; both were known to carry armaments and munitions. Seconds later, Schwieger depressed a small brass switch on the control panel, and a sound of escaping air filled the sub. Like a child's bathtub toy, the little projectile hurled itself across the sea, followed by a thin wake of bubbles'.What began in friendly rivalry would become a fierce and ruthless competition. Before it was over, the race to produce the largest, fastest, most luxurious ocean liners on the Atlantic embroiled not only heads of state and robber barons but whole nations as well. In 1889, when Kaiser Wilhelm II declared that he would 'seize the trident' of maritime supremacy from his Royal British cousins, not even he could have foreseen what genie had been released from its bottle.In "Seize the Trident", Doug Burgess chronicles the steady beat of one-upmanship between rival nations as pride, ambition, and imagination outpaced science and engineering to create awe-inspiring but increasingly unsafe leviathans. Burgess provides insightful glimpses into the key players on this international stage: the brash and boastful Kaiser, whose jealousy of his uncle 'Bertie' (later King Edward VII) made him dream of greater imperial glories; the eccentric plutocrat J. P. Morgan, who tried to buy the Atlantic and every ship on it; the brilliant inventor Charles Parsons, whose engines transformed ocean travel; the English shipping magnate J. Bruce Ismay, who watched from a lifeboat as his ship, the greatest ship of the age, sank amid icebergs; and the doomed German shipping magnate Albert Ballin, who brought the Kaiser's vision to life only to watch it disintegrate in the dread maelstrom of total war.The superliners of the Gilded Age so eclipsed their predecessors in size, splendor, and speed that they remain potent symbols of elegance, arrogance, and industrial might nearly a century after the last ones were built. They carried a flood of immigrants to America even as they reflected and magnified the frightening forces that were pushing Europe blindly into World War I. In a crowning irony, Germany's prize liners were used against her to carry American doughboys to the trenches of Europe. "Seize the Trident" tells this epic tale for the first time in its entire sweep of triumph and folly, from its unassuming beginnings on a leisurely summer afternoon off England's shores to its ragged outcome in post-war Germany. "Seize the Trident" is a parable of imperial ambitions and ultimate tragedy set against the ostentatious backdrop of the Edwardian age, when dreams had no limits and the only standard of supremacy was excess.

Author: David Kahn
Genre: World War II 1939-1945
Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd

Fine cloth copy with illustrated endpapers in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 336 pages; Description: xii, 336 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject: World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography. World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine. World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German.

Author: APPS, LT. CMDR. MICHAEL

Author: Alice Walker
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.

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Author: Poynter Institute, The Poynter Institute
Genre: History
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

September 11, 2001 A collection of 150 front pages from major newspapers throughout the world, "September 11, 2001" presents a stunning, shocking gallery of headlines and images, revealing the world's reactions to the horrendous terrorist attacks of 9/11. Full description

Author: Reuters
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Reuters

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Author: Murphy, Dean E.
Publisher: Doubleday Books

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Author: Dean E. Murphy
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Doubleday Books

50,000 first printing.
A dramatic eyewitness chronicle of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, this moving collection brings together forty first-person accounts by individuals affected by the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, from rescue workers who rushed to the scene of the tragedy, to survivors of the carnage, to nearby citizens who witnessed the disaster.

Author: Michael Feldschuh
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: HarperCollins

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Author: Farley Mowat
Genre: History
Publisher: Pan Books
Rating: 3

Review by Amazon Reader: Snapper
5.0 out of 5 stars
Taste the salt, listen to the wind howling
7 January 2013
Format: Paperback Verified Purchase
Possibly the Best sea going saga I have ever read.

In late 1969 I served as a Third Engineer officer, Ocean Rescue Service, Royal Fleet Auxilliary in the deep sea tug ("Foundation Josephine" of the book) the R.F.A. Samsonia that saved the liberty ship "Leicester" in 1948.

I've spent 43 years on and off searching for this book which tells of the heroism of the officers and crew of the Foundation Josephine, well its been worth the wait. The way Farley Mowat weaves the timeline into the story is superb

This book should be read by anyone with an interest in the sea. TEN stars would not be enough to describe it!

Author: MOWAT, FARLEY

Author: Lucy Lethbridge
Genre: History
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate and the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house to the poor child doing chores in a slightly less poor household, servants were essential to the British way of life. They were hired not only for their skills but also to demonstrate the social standing of their employers―even as they were required to tread softly and blend into the background. More than simply the laboring class serving the upper crust―as popular culture would have us believe―they were a diverse group that shaped and witnessed major changes in the modern home, family, and social order.
Spanning over a hundred years, Lucy Lethbridge?in this "best type of history" (Literary Review)?brings to life through letters and diaries the voices of countless men and women who have been largely ignored by the historical record. She also interviews former and current servants for their recollections of this waning profession.

At the fore are the experiences of young girls who slept in damp corners of basements, kitchen maids who were required to stir eggs until the yolks were perfectly centered, and cleaners who had to scrub floors on their hands and knees despite the wide availability of vacuum cleaners. We also meet a lord who solved his inability to open a window by throwing a brick through it and Winston Churchill’s butler who did not think Churchill would know how to dress on his own.

A compassionate and discerning exploration of the complex relationship between the server, the served, and the world they lived in, Servants opens a window onto British society from the Edwardian period to the present.

17 illustrations

Author: Peter M. Hunt
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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Author: BATHE, B.W.
Genre: Navigation
Publisher: Barrie and Jenkins

Author: HICKEY, DES & SMITH, GUS
Publisher: Collins

Author: Des Hickey, Gus Smith
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services

The book is the true story of the events around the sinking of the "Lusitania" a luxury Cunard liner, in May 1915 after it had been torpedoed by a German U-boat near the Irish coast, with the loss of over 1200 people.

The authors have concentrated on the human story behind the disaster of 1 May 1915 when the Lusitania became the prize of U-boat captain Walter Schweiger, above all through the inscrutable and eccentric Captain Turner who was afterward subjected to public inquiry and ridicule.

The LUSITANIA, one of the most luxurious passenger liners in the world, sailed from New York on May 1, 1915 and was sank by a German U-boat. This book retraces the last voyage, gives first hand accounts from survivors and reveals new facts about German saboteurs in New York and a mutiny on board the U-boat which sank her. 336 pages, bibliography and index.

Author: Nigel Cawthorne
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Prion Books Ltd

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Author: Robert Kurson
Genre: History
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks

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Author: Ronald C. Denney, Eva Hart
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Chadwell Publishers

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Author: Andrew Wilson
Genre: History
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

The 705 survivors of the Titanic disaster were inevitably affected by the event long after the media sensation had died down. Some found their near-death experience a spur to active and productive lives, while others were forever dogged by grief for lost loved ones and opportunities. Taking the story beyond the lifeboats, this book examines the later lives of survivors such as the vilified White Star chairman J Bruce Ismay and American socialite Madeleine Astor.

In the early hours of 15 April 1912, after the majestic liner Titanic had split apart and the 1,500 men, women and children struggled to stay alive in the freezing Atlantic, the sea was alive with the sound of screaming. Then, as the ship sank to the ocean floor and the passengers slowly died from hypothermia, a deathly silence settled over the sea. Yet the echoes of that night reverberated through the lives of each of the 705 survivors. Shadow of the Titanic tells the extraordinary stories of some of those who survived. Although we think we know the story of the Titanic - the famously unsinkable ship that hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Britain to America in April 1912 - little has been written about what happened to the survivors after the tragedy. How did the loss of the ship shape the lives of the people who survived? How did those who were saved feel about those who perished? And how did they remember that terrible night, in effect a disaster that has been likened to the destruction of a small town? Timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the sinking, SHADOW OF THE TITANIC will shed new light on this enduringly fascinating story by showing how the disaster continued to shape the lives of a cross-section of passengers who escaped the sinking ship.

Author: Ronald C. Denney
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Chadwell Publishers

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Author: Peter A. Huchthausen
Genre: History
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

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Author: Jennifer Worth
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Phoenix

When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth, from a comfortable middle-class upbringing, went to work as a midwife in the direst section of postwar London, she not only delivered hundreds of babies and touched many lives, she also became the neighborhood’s most vivid chronicler. Woven into the ongoing tales of her life in the East End are the true stories of the people Worth met who grew up in the dreaded workhouse, a Dickensian institution that limped on into the middle of the twentieth century.Though these are stories of unimaginable hardship, what shines through each is the resilience of the human spirit and the strength, courage, and humor of people determined to build a future for themselves against the odds. This is an enduring work of literary nonfiction, at once a warmhearted coming-of-age story and a startling look at people’s lives in the poorest section of postwar London.

Author: Rick Hogben
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Fairplay Publications

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Author: Andrew M. B. Bell, Murray Robinson
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications

The British Shaw Savill Line was renowned for its outstanding passenger and cargo ships, particularly the seven steam ships that sailed the route from the UK to New Zealand and Australia via the Panama Canal. This book tells the story of each of these ships, the famous Big Ics: Corinthic, Athenic, Ceramic, HMRY Gothic (converted to a royal yacht for the 1953 coronation world tour), Persic, Runic and Suevic.

Author: Richard P De Kerbrech
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Conway Maritime P

Responsible for the Southern Cross and the Northern Star, the Shaw, Savill and Albion Line lost the New Zealand trade after the UK joined the EU. The fleet was reduced from 35 ships to just one in 1985.

Author: Matthew Sweet
Genre: Music, Stage & Screen, Cinema
Publisher: Faber & Faber

Welcome to the lost worlds of British cinema. This is a wonderful secret history of British movies that includes the scandals, the suicides, the immolations and the contract killings - the product of thousands of conversations with veteran film-makers. Here you'll meet, among many others, the 20s film idols snorting cocaine from an illuminated glass dance floor on the bank of the Thames, the model who escaped Soho's gangsters to become the queen of the nudie flicks and the genteel Scottish comedienne who, at the age of fifty-five, reinvented herself as a star of exploitation cinema, and fondly remembers 'the one where I drilled in people's heads and ate their brains'. Welcome to the lost worlds of British cinema.

Author: A. Childs
Genre: Postcards
Publisher: SB Publications

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Author: William Seil
Genre: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
Publisher: Breese Books Ltd

1997 trade edition paperback fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Author: Charles Viney
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Equation

Sherlock Holmes in London

Author: E. W. Barton-Wright
Genre: Humour
Publisher: Ivy Press

The manly martial art of Bartitsu - invented by E. W. Barton-Wright and as practised by Sherlock Holmes in self defence.

Author: Peter Elson, Vicky Andrews
Genre: History
Publisher: Trinity Mirror Sport Media

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Author: Gareth Russell
Publisher: William Collins

With new research and previously unseen first-hand accounts, Gareth Russell peers through the most famous portholes in the world to follow six travellers. Amongst them, a Jewish-American immigrant, an American movie star, a member of the British nobility, and a titan of industry. Setting these lives against that of the Titanic, Russell investigates social class, technological advancement, political turmoil and pioneering ambition in an age that swang between folly and brilliance, hubris and triumph.

A dramatic history of human endeavour told through extraordinary, diverse personalities, The Ship of Dreams dispels myth to revive the story of a ship that was to become symbolic of its own doomed era.

Previously published as The Darksome Bounds of a Failing World.

Author: MR Gareth Russell
Publisher: Atria Books

"Gareth Russell has chosen a handful of passengers on the doomed liner and by training a spotlight on every detail of their lives, he has given us a meticulous, sensitive, and at times harsh picture of the early 20th century in Britain and America. A marvelous piece of work." --Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey
A riveting account of the Titanic disaster and the unraveling of the gilded Edwardian society that had created it.

In April 1912, six notable people were among those privileged to experience the height of luxury--first class passage on "the ship of dreams," the RMS Titanic: Lucy Leslie, Countess of Rothes; son of the British Empire, Tommy Andrews; American captain of industry John Thayer and his son Jack; Jewish-American immigrant Ida Straus; and American model and movie star Dorothy Gibson. Within a week of setting sail, they were all caught up in the horrifying disaster of the Titanic's sinking, one of the biggest news stories of the century. Today, we can see their stories and the Titanic's voyage as the beginning of the end of the established hierarchy of the Edwardian era.

Writing in his elegant signature prose and using previously unpublished sources, deck plans, journal entries, and surviving artifacts, Gareth Russell peers through the portholes of these first-class travelers to immerse us in a time of unprecedented change in British and American history. Through their intertwining lives, he examines social, technological, political, and economic forces such as the nuances of the British class system, the explosion of competition in the shipping trade, the birth of the movie industry, the Irish Home Rule Crisis, and the Jewish-American immigrant experience while also recounting their intimate stories of bravery, tragedy, and selflessness.

Masterful in its superb grasp of the forces of history, gripping in its moment-by-moment account of the sinking, revelatory in discounting long-held myths, and lavishly illustrated with color and black and white photographs, this absorbing, accessible, and authoritative account of the Titanic's life and death is destined to become the definitive book on the subject.

Author: Gary Kinder
Genre: History
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

The facts speak for themselves. In 1857, the Central America, a sidewheel steamer ferrying passengers fresh from the gold rush of California to New York and laden with 21 tons of California gold, encountered a severe storm off the Carolina coast and sank, carrying more than 400 passengers and all her cargo with her. She then sat for 132 years, 200 miles offshore and almost two miles below the ocean's surface--a depth at which she was assumed to be unrecoverable--until 1989, when a deep-water research vessel sailed into the harbour at Norfolk, Virginia, fat with salvaged gold coins and bullion estimated to be worth $1 billion.

Author Gary Kinder wisely lets the story of the Columbus-America Dicovery Group, led by maverick scientist and entrepreneur Tommy Thompson, unfold without hyperbole. Kinder interweaves the tale of the Central America and her passengers and crew with Thompson's own story of growing up landlocked in Ohio. An irrepressible tinkerer and explorer even in his childhood days, his progress to adulthood as a young man who always had "7 to 14" projects on the table or spinning in his head adds fascinating texture and depth to the story. One of those projects would become the unlikely recovery of the stricken steamer, and the resourcefulness and drive with which the project proceeds is contrasted poignantly in the narrative with the Central America's doomed battle to stay afloat in 1857.

Thompson, who spent nearly a decade planning and organizing his recovery effort, emerges as one of the great unsung adventurers of these times (the technical innovations alone required for such a task produced a windfall for the scientific community and defined a new state of the art for deep-sea explorers and treasure hunters), and the story of the steamer's sinking is compelling enough to make any reader wonder why the Central America sinking hasn't achieved greater notoriety in this Titanic-dominated area.

Author: DUNN, LAURENCE
Genre: Ships
Publisher: A. Coles

Author: Philip Dawson, Bruce Peter
Genre: History
Publisher: Conway

Ship Style: Modernism and Modernity At Sea In The 20th Century

Author: SIMPSON, COLIN

Author: Colin Simpson
Genre: History
Publisher: Penguin

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Author: Sidney Hills
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Spiderwize

A remarkable insight in 19th and 20th century social and naval history through the eyes of a self-styled 'ordinary man'. Sydney Hills describes a fascinating and colourful life spanning two centuries and two World Wars. From his earliest childhood memories of modest country life in rural Lincolnshire before the advent of the motor car, Hills takes us through the pioneering development of early radio and around the globe as a signalman with the Royal Navy, all with an incredible memory for detail.

Author: Dave Ramwell, Tim Madge
Genre: History
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

The Derbyshire, a British ship nearly twice the size of the Titanic, sank 200 miles off the coast of Japan during a typhoon in September 1980 with the loss of 44 lives. Evidence soon emerged that the ship was fatally weakened by a design fault, although this has always been denied by the ship's builders. The charge has been laid, and never satisfactorily refuted, that the Derbyshire suffered a catastrophic failure at "Frame 65", a point in her huge length where "spinal" girders had been prematurely stopped, contrary to the original design specifications. In the massive waves of a China Seas typhoon this fatal alteration caused her to snap like a twig. In the years since, three of her sister ships foundered or were scrapped, all due to this design fault. To this day, the Government view remains that the ships - including the Derbyshire - were lost due to human error. Now, evidence is growing that most bulk carriers over a certain size and age may suffer from structural flaws or from poor building standards and materials. In this book, Captain Ramwell and Tim Madge discuss this issue and the fundamental question of whether, for one reason or another, a major cover-up has not been behind the continuing failure to re-open the case of the Derbyshire or to pay adequate compensation to the relatives of the missing crew. David Ramwell is a master mariner and Tim Madge is the award-winning author of "Maiden". He is a former journalist turned writer, photographer and explorer.

Author: MABER, JOHN M. (National Maritime Museum)

Author: MILLER, A. DONALD

Author: Ian Buxtin, Nigel Dalziel
Genre: History
Publisher: Lancaster City Museums

History of T. W. Ward, shipbreakers at Morecombe Harbour, Lancashire

Genre: History
Publisher: E C Parker & Co (Services) Ltd

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Author: MOSS, MICHAEL & HUME, JOHN R.

Author: JONES, L.

Author: Chris Terrill
Genre: History
Publisher: Century

This is the tie-in book to a two part "BBC 1" documentary series to be screened at 9.00pm in October and which will end on the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October. Chris Terrill is famous for his fly on the wall documentaries which have been watched by millions and received wide critical acclaim. We have had "HMS Brilliant" and "The Cruise" (audience reached 11 million). Chris has based himself for the last few months in the very heart of the modern day naval experience. We will see: a Royal Naval Chaplain exorcising a haunted barracks in Portsmouth, a vodka-fuelled Trafalgar Day celebration in the British Embassy in the Moscow in 2004, a Polaris submarine crossing the Atlantic on an exercise in which it will 'pretend' to nuke America, the patrol of the frigate HMS Chatham in the Gulf, suddenly diverted to Sri Lanka after the Tsunami and the Fleet Review, where HMS Chatham in honour of her humanitarian role in Asia will lead the entire assembly of a hundred warships, British and foreign, down the Solent. Chris is the only film maker to be granted exclusive, behind the scenes access by the Navy this year.During the filming Chris will capture the heart and soul of the sailors aboard, and on shore, there will be plenty of irreverence, practical jokes and laughs, and the human reality of the families left behind for months on end as warships and submarines go on extended tours of duty. This will be the fullest ever account of the Modern Navy in a year when the Trafalgar Day celebrations and the Fleet review will attract an avalanche of publicity.

Author: Right Honourable Lord Mersey
Publisher: Dorset Press by arrangement with HMSO (1987)

Report of a Formal Investigation into the circumstances attending the foundering on 15 th April 1912, of the British Steamship Titanic of Liverpool after striking ice in or near latitude 41 46' N., Longitude 50 14' W., North Atlantic Ocean whereby loss of life ensued.
Contains Ship''s Description, Account of the Ship''s Journey, Description of Damage, Account of the Rescue of Survivors, Circumstances regarding SS Californian, Board of Trade''s Administration, Finding of the Court, Recommendations. A gripping contemporaneous view of the disaster.

Author: Edward Paget-Tomlinson
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Landmark Publishing Ltd

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Author: MITCHELL'S MARITIME REGISTER

Author: WINCHESTER, CLARENCE

Author: BEAUMONT, J.C.H.

Author: CLEGG, W. PAUL

Author: Roger Quarm
Genre: Bestsellers
Publisher: Scala

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Author: HAWS, DUNCAN

Author: A PAGEANT PICTURE BOOK
Genre: Ships
Publisher: Usborne

Author: Various
Publisher: Percival Marshall & Co. Ltd.

Author: Ships and Ship Models Magazine

Title: Ships and Ship Models, A Magazine for all Lovers of Ships and the Sea
Volume II: Sept 1932 to August 1933
Bound volume
Author:
Quantity: 1
Book Description: 384pp. Still well bound. Interior in nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions. Gilt titling to front & spine.
Actuallly - a bit musty, but otherwise very good.
Book Price:£ 12.50
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Author: Percival Marshall
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Percival Marshall & Co. Ltd

Ships and Ship Models magazine, April 1940 edition including articles on The Islay Mail Steamers, The Severn Sloop "Matilda", Naval Auxilliaries, The U.S.S. Hartford, The Canadian Navy, Danish Ketches and Old Time Rigging Details.

Author: Percival Marshall Co. Ltd

Ships and Ships Models Magazine - Bound Volume II - Sept 1932-Aug 1933

Harrdback, Bound in Blue Cloth with embossed gilt title.

Author: Duncan Haws
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Chancellor Press

Surveys the development of ship design and construction, navigation, military, merchant, and commercial sea-practice, and maritime law, from the fifth millennium B.C. to the present

Author: Ian Johnston
Genre: History
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing an imprint of Naval Institute Press

The Clydebank shipyard built some of the most famous vessels in maritime history. Its heritage boasts of great transatlantic liners like Lusitania, Queen Mary, and QE2, as well as iconic warships like the battlecruiser Hood, and Britain's last battleship, HMS Vanguard. Beginning as J & G Thomson in 1847, the business acquired its more famous persona when Sheffield-based steelmaker John Brown & Co took over in 1899. As a result, the yard became known for turning out first-class products, both naval and mercantile.

Author: Raymond Lamont-Brown
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

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Author: Ships In Focus
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications

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Author: Ships In Focus Publications, John Clarkson, Marion Clarkson
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications

Bibbys Four Masters: Part 2; Whitbury Shipping; Two Funnel Tankers; Torquay Harbour in 1930's; Polskarob -- Polish Colliers; Port Lines Golden Era, Dominic & Her Brazilian Crew, British C1-M-AV1s, Putting Burns & Laird Straight.

Author: Ships In Focus Publications, John Clarkson
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Ships in Focus Publications

Bergen Line: Part 2; William Livermore of Sydney; The Iron Ladies -- Ore Carriers Built for BISCO: Part 1; Finns in the Fifties; North Pacific Line: Part 2; Queensland Star-Brazilia Star; Four Sailing Barges.

Author: LLC Books
Genre: Nonfiction
Publisher: Books LLC

Books LLC is an American publisher and a book sales club based in Memphis, Tennessee. Its primary work is collecting Wikipedia and Wikia articles and selling them as printed and downloadable books.

Author: ROCHE, T.W.E.

Author: William H. Miller
Publisher: History Press

THE GREAT PASSENGER LINERS of the twentieth century make for iconic images of maritime history and design. This beautiful, full-colour book presents the development of passenger ships across the twentieth century, from the 1920s, through the 1940s, and the heyday of the 1950s and '60s, until the onset of the jet age. The fleet includes the famous passenger ships such as the great Cunarders, titans of the North Atlantic like the United States, France and Michelangelo, and other icons including the Southern Cross, Windsor Castle, Canberra and Oriana. Homage is also paid to the smaller liners who were just as important in shaping the history of modern seafaring, ships such as the Aureol, Batory, Guglielmo Marconi, Hanseatic, Queen of Bermuda and Willem Ruys. Replete with notes, facts and anecdotes about these ships, the history of the passenger liner is broken down ship-by-ship and decade-by-decade. These ships return to the high seas once again in superb detail and vibrant colour.

Author: Le FLEMING, H.M.

Author: Ian Collard
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Amberley Publishing

Overshadowing the port of Chester, Liverpool grew in size from the 1800s on sugar and slavery. Expanding over the following two centuries, the port has grown to take over part of the other side of the Mersey, with docks at Birkenhead, Ellesmere Port and Wallasey, as well as along the coast from Liverpool. Ian Collard brings together a superb selection of images of shipping on the river from the 1860s to the present day, looking at how the ports on either side of the river have developed and the ships which have called there. From the Mersey ferries to the greatest of ocean liners, Mersey Shipping tells the story of the ships, the people and the buildings of the Mersey docks system.

Author: Captain A. G. Course
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Adlard Coles Ltd

History of the line, past and present ships with black and white drawings and detailed description/explanation.

Author: COURSE, CAPTAIN A.G.

Author: James L. Shaw, Ernest Hallen
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Naval Institute Press

Book by Shaw, James L.

Author: Colin Hall
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Colin Hall (Publishing)

Presents a pictorial voyage around the Solent and Southampton Water visiting the commercial ports and harbours reviewing the different types of ships. This work features 156 photographs.

Author: HORNSEY, PAT (Editor)

Author: Pat Hornsey
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: New English Library Ltd

Packed with superb colour photos and paintings the book brings to life a period in maritime history that has seen the emergence of the aircraft carrier, the nuclear submarine, hovercraft, hydrofoil and powerboats to name but a few.

Author: ARGYLE, E.W.

Author: ARGYLE, E.W.

Author: DUNN, LAURENCE

Author: Gordon Thomas
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Dorset Press

Review By Thriftbooks.com User, September 4, 2004
Today [9/5] is the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the saga of the Morro Castle's fateful last voyage. When I first ran across the paperback version of this book 16 years ago and bought it on the spot, I opened it up and didn't close it until I'd read the whole thing. I just purchased through this site the hardback edition, which makes for even better reading with larger, clearer photos. This is a classic page-turner, filled with international political intrigue, Communist plottings, smuggling, murder, soulless corporate dealings [nothing new there], the "we need a spectacular ship" wish of a resort town turned into astounding prophecy, a quality- and safety-compromised ship and her disgruntled maltreated crew, and a deranged attention-starved psycho onboard lusting for revenge. Even though it's stated to have been "the first major sea disaster the media had covered," I'd never heard of this terrible tale, which should be ranked near the top [so to speak] of the ship disasters list of the 20th century. Why it hasn't been made into a movie is beyond me! Handled properly [without taking indecent liberties such as the fictional characters in "Titanic" (and the tired-puppy portrayals thereof)], this could be a line-down-the-block megahit! In the meantime, for those who like good spicy stories, I highly recommend this well-written, highly informative 5+ stars sizzler, whose only narrative flaw is annoying repetition involving some geographic details and the year involved. "I couldn't put it down!" definitely applies here, because it sure hooked me from start to finish!

Author: Richard Platt
Genre: Children's Books
Publisher: DK Children

Pop-up book.

Author: THOMAS, GORDON & MORGAN-WITTS, MAX

Author: James P. Delgado, Stephen Haller
Genre: History
Publisher: Lexikos

The thick fog outside the Golden Gate has been known to caust sailing problems for centuries. James Delgado and Stephen Haller discuss every wreck known from the Farallones to Duxbury Reef in this informative and sometimes unbelievable book. It leaves the reader remember that, though humens may be strong, they are no match for Mother Nature.

Author: Robert F. Marx
Genre: History
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.

Superb well-researched guide to every major shipwreck in the western hemisphere, from time of Columbus to ca. 1825. Expert advice on locating, surveying, excavating, identifying, and preserving artifacts from sunken vessels. Also detailed catalog of wrecks arranged by year and locality ― over 300 pages and 4,000 listings. 73 illustrations. Bibliography.

Author: Sam Warwick, Mike Roussel
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

Shipwrecks of the Cunard Line Documenting and presenting the histories and sites of Cunard shipwrecks, this book provides a history and record of the final underwater resting places of ships of the Cunard Line, whose history spans nearly two centuries, and charts the period from 1843-1974. Full description

Author: Sam Warwick, Mike Roussel
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

The rich history of the P&O Line began in the 1830s when steam power was still in its infancy, and this, coupled with longer voyages, meant that shipwrecks became inevitable all part of the risk of running a pioneer shipping company at that time. Shipwrecks of the P&O Line explores these losses, starting with the inaugural mail service sailing of the wooden paddle steamer Don Juan, which ran aground in fog in 1837, and ending 120 years later with the cargo liner Shillong (2), which sank following a collision in the Red Sea in 1957.

Sam Warwick and Mike Roussel include a detailed history of each vessel leading up to the time of its loss and meticulously investigate the events surrounding the wrecking of each vessel, with exclusive accounts from divers who have explored the wreck, along with striking underwater images. Complete with practical data for divers, this unique history offers a fresh analysis of maritime history, of interest to maritime history enthusiasts as well as the many who have taken up diving as a leisure sport.

Author: Ian Johnston
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

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Author: JOHNSON, R.W.

Author: James E. Wise
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Leo Cooper / Pen & Sword Books Ltd

This war diary of a former German naval officer encompasses a seafaring career of unusual breadth. It begins with the dawning of World War II, while the author is a junior officer on board the ocean liner "SS Columbus", and continues to his confinement in a British prisoner-of-war camp after the war. More than a hundred of Giese's own photographs are presented, providing not only a personal perspective of the war, but an historical overview as well. Included are accounts of the scuttling of the "Columbus", furtive blockade-running, and the arduous life of the men who served in Germany's fleet of "grey wolves" as they prowled the Polar Sea and other remote corners of the world. Even after the German surrender, the war was far from over for Giese and his comrades, who remained deep in the Malayan jungle until captured by the British and imprisoned in the infamous Changi Jail. But along with his tales of hardship and loss Giese conveys the joy and camaraderie common to his experience.

Author: Dr Pamela Cox, Annabel Hobley
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Arrow

Meet the shopgirls and hear their incredible true stories of life behind the counter. In this lively and colourful history, we join shopgirl Chili Bouchier on her journey from the small ladies? department at Harrods to star of the silver screen, and experience the raw courage of John Lewis? Miss Austin during the Blitz in the West End. We follow Margaret Bondfield as she goes undercover, fiercely championing the rights of her fellow shopgirls; and stand alongside the impoverished interwar chain store assistants who stole stockings to supplement their meagre wages. And we celebrate with the art school entrepreneurs who kick-started the boutique movement of the swinging ?60s and made the shop floor their own. Here, these wonderful tales of friendship, hardship and triumph are revealed as never before. For fans of nostalgic history and memoirs, including Call the Midwife; Mollie Moran's Aprons and Silver Spoons; and The Sugar Girls. This paperback book has 302 pages and measures: 19.7 x 12.9 x 2.2cm.

Author: Richard Hammond
Genre: History
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

TOP GEAR host on learning to love your caravan - includes advice on how to blow it up when you are finished with it.

Richard Hammond has had a longstanding love affair, bordering on the obsessive some might say, with caravans. He has researched their origins and history, celebrity owners, the uses to which they have been put, their place in history, names, jargon, games with, things to do in, recipes to cook in, and future of. He also gives sound practical advice on how to use them to best advantage, race them (ensuring first they are of the nonstatic variety), and how to destroy them in interesting ways (of which he has much experience80 or so at the last count). An essential guide for any owner or prospective owner or indeed anyone with even a passing interest in caravans, of whatever sex or age, or race, or inclination. Or even perhaps someone with apparently no interest in caravans who might have a previously latent interest aroused. Some even talk in hushed tones of a parallel universe, though he has no personal experience of this, yet. Anything is possible."

Author: J Vastenhoud
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Phillips / Iliffe Books Ltd

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Author: STAFF AT 'THE OBSERVER'

Author: Donald Trelford
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Macmillan

The story of the six day terrorist siege of the Iranian Embassy in London as reported by the journalists of The Observer, and it's dramatic finale when a special forces team from the SAS stormed the building. Introduction by John Le Carre.

Author: Graham Hancock
Genre: Mind, Body & Spirit
Publisher: Arrow

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Author: Jane Killick
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy (Books)
Publisher: Boxtree, Ltd

I am late to the party when it comes to B5 books. There are numerous sources both hardcopy and online, and certainly one could spend several chapters going into the minute details of each of the "Arc" episodes, especially as JMS pretty much planned from Day One all the Little Things that we viewers might not notice until years had gone by and we could finally understand Season 1 from the point of Season 3, etc.. etc... Coming in cold in 2018, I was quite pleased to see that I could purchase all five seasons of these books "used" for a few dollars each, so bought all five and am quite happy with my purchase(s). For about the cost of two gallons of gas I get a nice summary of each season of B5. Can't beat that. I think the same author has a few other B5-related books, and as it's a very strong chance these are available here in AmazonLand for a nice price (used), guess I'll be heading there next.

Trivia: The ones I seem to have purchased (four out five have arrived to date) seem to be "Trade Paperback-y" in size rather than the usual size. So these are "wider/taller" than the usual paperback books. Just FYI.

Author: Steve Kaufman
Genre: Science & Nature
Publisher: Airlife Publishing Ltd

Pictorial survey of life onboard the U.S. Navy's fleet of Nuclear submarines. The authors are a father and son team, the father having been a Vice Admiral in the US Navy & Commander of many American subs. The pair took over 30000 images in preparation for the book.

Author: D. J. Thorp
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

On April 2, 1982, Argentina launched Operation Rosario, the invasion of the Falklands. The British, caught off guard, responded with Operation Corporate. Deployed alongside the rest of the British Army was a small specialist intelligence unit, whose very existence was unknown to many commanders and whose activities were cloaked in the Official Secrets Act. Trained during the years of the Cold War, the OC of the unit, D.J. Thorp, was tasked with providing electronic warfare support—interception of Argentinean electronic and radio signals—allowing the British to be in real time receipt of enemy plans long before execution. For the first time in print, The Silent Listener confirms the existence and role of the Special Task Detachment during Operation Corporate and provides details of the deployment and operational role of a dedicated ground based electronic warfare (EW) weapons facility. It also details the development of electronic warfare during the Cold War period, including the establishment of a communications intercept site on East Island following the cessation of hostilities in the Falklands, and D.J. Thorp's top secret role in the investigation into the sinking of ARA General Belgrano.

Author: DEACON, RICHARD

Author: DEACON, RICHARD
Genre: Intelligence service
Publisher: Grafton

Author: Richard Deacon
Genre: History
Publisher: Grafton Books

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Author: Christopher Isherwood
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Vintage

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Author: Mike Rossiter
Genre: History
Publisher: Corgi

Commander David Hall, chief engineer of the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror received a call giving him the order to 'store for war'. At first he didn't believe it. Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Isles. This title presents the battle of the South Atlantic and shows us the human drama behind the controversial, Sun headline 'Gotcha!'

Author: Mike Rossiter
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Bantam Press

The sinking of the Belgrano was one of the most dramatic moments of the Falklands conflict. This work takes us inside the battle for the South Atlantic and shows us the human drama behind the famous, and controversial, Sun headline 'Gotcha.'
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On the evening of 30 March, 1982, Commander David Hall, chief engineer of the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror received a telephone call giving him the order to 'store for war'. At first he didn't believe it. In the early hours of 2 April, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Isles.

The sinking of the Belgrano was one of the most dramatic moments of the Falklands conflict. For many it signalled Britain's entry into the war and it has been seen as a politically motivated decision deliberately designed to take the country irrevocably into the fight. Now Mike Rossiter - with unprecedented access to sailors from the Belgrano and HMS Conqueror - gives us a dramatic and definitive retelling of the events that led up to the sinking.

With all the pace and tension of a thriller, Sink the Belgrano takes us inside the battle for the South Atlantic and shows us the human drama behind the famous, and controversial, Sun headline 'Gotcha!' We track the collision course between the British submarine Conqueror and the Argentine warship - as the two sides and everyone aboard head towards the climactic moment just outside the exclusion zone set up by the British around the Falkland Isles. We witness the behind-the-scenes arguments , discussions and powerbroking that led to the decision to fire the three torpedoes. And, for the first time, we hear from the sailors on both sides - the personal testimony of the hunt for and attack on the Belgrano, and from the Argentine side the experience of being under attack and the sinking that left 340 members of her crew dead.

Author: Desmond Rice, Arthur Gavshon
Genre: History
Publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd

1st edition 1st printing hardcover, fine book in vg++ dw, - some fading on spine, Falklands War - We have traded for 20+ yearsIn stock shipped from our UK warehouse Each Book is in a protective clear bag, well packaged and normally sent out within

Author: J. Bonansinga
Genre: History
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company

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Author: Charles River Editors
Genre: History
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

*Includes pictures
*Discusses official investigations and amateur expeditions to the wreckage
*Discusses the evidence and theories about the sinking
*Includes a bibliography for further reading

"They might have split up or they might have capsized; they may have broke deep and took water. And all that remains is the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters." - Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

The Great Lakes have claimed countless thousands of vessels over the course of history, but its biggest and most famous victim was the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the largest ship of its day to sail the Great Lakes and still the largest to lie below Lake Superior's murky depths.

The giant ore freighter was intentionally built "within a foot of the maximum length allowed for passage through the soon-to-be completed Saint Lawrence Seaway." but despite its commercial purpose, the Edmund Fitzgerald was also one of the most luxurious ships to ever set sail in the Great Lakes. One person who sailed aboard the ship recounted, "Stewards treated the guests to the entire VIP routine. The cuisine was reportedly excellent and snacks were always available in the lounge. A small but well stocked kitchenette provided the drinks. Once each trip, the captain held a candlelight dinner for the guests, complete with mess-jacketed stewards and special 'clamdigger' punch." Indeed, when it was completed in 1957, the Edmund Fitzgerald was nearly 730 feet long and dubbed "Queen of the Lakes," and it was so popular that people would wait along the shores to catch a glimpse of the famous boat.

The ship had already earned various safety awards and never suffered a serious problem when it set sail from Superior, Wisconsin with over 26,000 tons of freight on November 9, 1975 and headed for a steel mill near Detroit. During that afternoon, however, the National Weather Service, which had earlier predicted that a storm would miss Lake Superior, revised its estimates and issued gale warnings. Over the course of the next 24 hours, the Fitzgerald and other ships in Lake Superior tried to weather the storm, but by the early evening hours of November 10, the Fitzgerald’s captain radioed other ships to report that the ship was having some problems and was taking on water.

In the ship’s last radio contact, the captain reported that the ship and crew were “holding our own,” but just what happened next still remains a mystery to this day. Minutes after that last contact, the Edmund Fitzgerald stopped replying on the radio and no longer showed up on radar, indicating that it sank, but no distress signal was ever given, suggesting something catastrophic happened almost instantly. At the time the ship went down with all 29 of its crew, winds had reached about 60 miles per hour, waves were about 25 feet high, and rogue waves were measured at 35 feet.

The wreck of the ship was found within days, and the fact that it was found in two large pieces suggest it broke apart on the surface of the lake, but it’s still unclear how that happened. Since her loss with all hands, people from all walks of life have weighed in on the ship’s fate, including official investigators, sailors, and meteorologists, but no one has yet to come to a clear conclusion about what exactly went wrong. Various theories have since been put forth, attributing the sinking to everything from rogue waves to the flooding of the cargo hold, but the loss made clear that more stringent regulations on shipping in the Great Lakes was necessary, and it was also a painful reminder of the dangers of maritime travel.

The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald: The Loss of the Largest Ship on the Great Lakes chronicles the story of the Great Lakes’ biggest victim. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald like never before, in no time at all.

Author: Hugh Hammond
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.

Author: Charles River Editors
Genre: History
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the disaster by survivors and rescuers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "There were scenes of horror on the General Slocum and on shore such as it would not be decent to set down on paper..." - J.S. Ogilvie, History of the General Slocum disaster by which nearly 1200 lives were lost by the burning of the steamer General Slocum in Hell gate, New York harbor, June 15, 1904 (1904) There is a popular saying that claims timing is everything, and in no other field of study is that truer than in history. For instance, under normal conditions, a ship that sank with more than 1,000 passengers aboard - most of whom died - would be big news, yet today the sinking of the PS General Slocum is often overlooked if not entirely forgotten. While it might have generated the type of publicity and reaction of the Johnstown Flood of 1889 or the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 under normal circumstances, deadliest disaster in New York City's history before 9/11, and the second deadliest maritime disaster in peacetime in American history has become something of a historical footnote. On June 15, 1904, an annual gala was held on the passenger ship as it steamed up the East River, with about 1,400 people from St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Consisting mostly of German immigrants, the boat was packed with women and children, and when a small fire started on the ship shortly after the trip began, faulty equipment was unable to put it out or stop it from spreading. On top of that, the lifeboats were tied up and the crew, which never conducted emergency drills, was unprepared for a potential disaster. When parents put life preservers on their children and then had them enter the water, they soon learned that the life preservers were also faulty and didn't float. As the disaster unfolded, over 1,000 passengers burned to death or drowned, many swept under the water by the East River's curre

Author: Jonathan Fenby
Genre: History
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

A superbly gripping re-creation of the greatest maritime disaster in British history: the bombing of the 'Lancastria' during the fall of France in 1940.

Author: Tony Banham
Genre: History
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

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The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru Almost 2,000 British Prisoners of War were aboard the Japanese freighter Lisbon Maru when an American submarine torpedoed and sank her in October 1942. This book tells the story of those men, from the fighting in Hong Kong, through the sinking, and -- for some - to liberation and beyond.

Author: Kenneth Coates, William R. Morrison
Genre: History
Publisher: Oxford University Press

On October 23, 1918, the Canadian Pacific steamer Princess Sophia left Skagway, Alaska, on its last run of the season to Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle. A storm rose and at 2 a.m. it ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef. Rescue vessels were quickly assembled, but the storm worsened and they were forced to take shelter themselves. By the following morning, the Princess Sophia had sunk to the bottom of the Lynn Canal, taking all of its passengers--a significant cross-section of the population of the Yukon and Alaska--with it. This volume examines the impact of this loss on a society that, with the end of the gold rush, was already in decline.

Author: Jay Mowbray
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.

dover pbk,1998

Author: Bruce M Caplan
Genre: History
Publisher: Seattle Miracle, Incorporated

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Author: Rod Hunt
Genre: History
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Sinking the Lusitania is a Centenary year book which revisits the myriad questions surrounding the fatal voyage and the impact it had on the western world. The old rules of war sank with the Cunard liner on 7 May 1915. The bronze torpedo from the German submarine U-20 penetrated the hull and the secondary explosion ripped the bottom from the majestic ship and 1,200 lives were lost ten miles off the Old Head of Kinsale on Ireland's southern shores. What contraband war materials aboard could have created such horrendous destruction? The new rule was that there were now no rules. Charges were made that the Lusitania was a floating arsenal, that passengers acted as a protective shield and that civilians were unknowingly used as guardian angels against being attacked Sinking the Lusitania - Shadows of Doubt presents the Great War as the first war in history to involve millions of human beings being slaughtered with the prize of winning being world-wide commercial markets. Propaganda helped determine policy and conspiracy was the fabric covering all. In the turmoil of war, huge and costly mistakes were made and the modernized propaganda media of Great Britain made Germany's counter-efforts an exercise in futility. Efforts to mediate the conflict by President Woodrow Wilson were equally futile and caste aside. Blunders in land and sea battles are brought forth in the Gallipoli Campaign for which Winston Churchill drew the blame. British Intelligence under Capt Reginald Hall knew the location of every ship and submarine the German Navy had sent to the south coast of Ireland, yet the Lusitania traveled unescorted into the most dangerous waters of Great Britain. Was she set up to be damaged or sunk? Would this bring the United States into the war on Britain's side and keep revolutionary Ireland tethered to Britain's side? The shadows of doubt remain.

Author: Peter Plowman
Genre: Ships
Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing

In the late 1940s SITMAR obtained contracts from the International Refugee Organisation to transport displaced persons from European ports to Australia. There are many migrants who has their first glimpse of Australia from the deck of a SITMAR liner. This title includes details of various ships, many personal stories, and a wealth of photographs.

Author: J. Batchelor
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.

Dramatic full-color postcards depict scenes of tranquil luxury - and pandemonium - from the short and tragic history of the "unsinkable" ocean liner.

Author: Paul Robert Seaton
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: 3D and 6D Pictures Limited

In the early twentieth century Woolworths took the British High Street by storm. With fixed prices of three and six pence they offered remarkable value on decently-made mass produced goods. By the late 1950s there were more than a thousand branches across Great Britain and Ireland, serving twelve million customers a week. The firm's shares were second only to ICI. But by the 1970s the chain was in decline and had fallen behind. It was taken over in the Eighties and reinvented itself for a new generation, but made a series of tactical blunders in the 21st Century as executives decided to sell mainly toys, kids clothes and music. After 33 billion transactions Woolworths collapsed at the height of the credit crunch, shocking the five million a week who still shopped there. Just weeks later the stores closed for the last time, coming to symbolise the banking crisis. Today Woolworths lives on as an internet brand after a rescue by Shop Direct Group. A Sixpenny Romance tells the whole story in words and pictures, as the firm reached for the sky before falling back to the ground. It explores the reasons for the collapse and gives an insider's view of the highs and lows of a much-loved and much-missed retail icon. It includes the early history of the Woolworth Five and Ten in the USA and Canada, including the great pioneers Fred M. Kirby, Earle P. Charlton, Seymour H. Knox, William H. Moore,and Charles Sumner Woolworth who merged their businesses with Frank Winfield Woolworth to form the F. W. Woolworth Co. in 1912. The 194 page book is in the coffee table format, with 100 full page photos, many of which have not been published before. It is fully indexed and has been described as the definitive history of the Company. The author was described as 'Mr Woolworth' by BBC television's Panorama and has appeared on ITN's News at Ten and BBC Radio, as a historian and in recognition of his work to find new jobs for displaced Woolworths staff.

Author: John H. Marsh
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton

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Dr S S Nagi (NYROBE)
5.0 out of 5 stars SKELETON COAST
12 November 2013
Format: Hardcover
This book was first published in 1944(2008), has 144 pages, 25 chapters, 12 B/W photos and 2 large maps. The book is dedicated to 'Leona' and the foreword is by Field Marshall JC Smuts. JOHN HENRY MARSH was born in 1914 and he started his writing career at the age of 14 in Cape Town. By 1933, he became a full time shipping editor. He travelled on the Castle Line doing press and radio reporting between England and South Africa. He and his wife made colour movies of Airlines for publicity purposes. After 20 years of waterfront reporting, he resigned and in 1953, he and his wife established a Travel and Trade Promotion Organisation. Their son David helped too. John Marsh died on 18.2.1996 at Johannesburg.
In the large dry and sandy area of KAOKOVELD, in South West Africa - NAMIBIA (Coast of Loneliness - Skeleton Coast), an area as large as England and Scotland, there are no rivers or life and very few Africans and animals. Many have died of hunger, thirst and exposure at the coastline of this isolated area. Some ship wrecks are there in the dunes as if sailing through the desert. The powerful Benguella current sweeps and grips unwary ships and gets them towards the shoreline.
On the night of 29.11.1942, Sunday, the 13,000 ton British Blue Liner -DUNEDIN STAR, radioed in that she had struck an unknown object and was racing to the 'coast of death'. It was 10.30 pm and there were more than 100 people on board, men, women and children. It had left Liverpool 3 weeks ago and was heading for Middle East, with allied cargo. Captain RB Lee said that the 5 look outs on the bridge had not seen any obstruction. The engine room reported leaks and water was rushing in. In the dark, the ship was at the sandy beach and the passengers came up to the deck wearing their life jackets. At day light, the passengers saw dunes to the East and calm sea to the West and not a soul around as far as the eyes could see.
WALVIS BAY responded by sending a tug and ex-trawler, and advised British Freighter and a Norwegian motor-ship in the area to go immediately to the wreck. This would take 48 hours. 63 men, women and children were transferred to the beach and 43 men were left on the wreck. A camp was made on the beach, but the sand was a nuisance, blowing into the eyes, ears and noses. A little further, they found remains of a shipwreck and skeletons. It was freezing at night and burning hot in the daytime. The motor-boat of the Norwegian ship transferred 33 passengers from the wreck to the British Freighter. The Walvis bay tug rescued the rest of the crew. The rescue of the passengers at the beach was made worse due to the high surf.
The tug transferred the captain and 2 engineers from the wreck to the mine-sweeper. Then the tug and the Norwegian ship left. 3 rafts with food, water and supplies disappeared north, instead of going to the beach and the castaways. Unable to attempt sea rescue, the British Freighter headed on its way with the 43 crew. On the 4th day, Dec 3rd, the tug also wrecked, 60 miles south of the wrecked liner, near 'ROCKY POINT'. Some of the crew had landed, others were still on the wrecked tug.
The 1st aircraft dropped supplies and water for the castaways. This aircraft landed and got stuck in the sand. The mine-sweeper 'NERINE', dropped some food and water on the rafts and then departed. All the radios of the wrecks and the plane, had now failed. A 2nd mine-sweeper 'NATALIA', full of supplies was sent to the wrecks on Dec 4th. Overland, motor convoy was also on its way. A 2nd bomber Ventura plane with supplies was also sent to the wrecks. Most of the water supplies and the food was lost, when thrown from the plane . The 'Natalia' and the 2nd plane dropped more supplies for the beached. 'Natalia' developed engine trouble and had to return to Walvis Bay. With great bravery, the beached tug men rescued their friends from the tug, with a life boat on Dec 7th. More water was dropped at the 2 beaches. By now, 1 man was dead and 1 had disappeared. later, the planes found the missing convoy, only a few miles from the sea front. But on Dec 5th, a 2nd truck convoy was sent. Then on Dec 7th, a 3rd convoy was also dispatched, which battered, returned to WINDHOEK. The 1st convoy got to the tug men and took them to Rocky Point and the 2 planes then flew them to Walvis Bay. Then the fog came in.
On Wednesday Dec 9th, 'NERINE' was back near the wrecked liner. A line was thrown to the beach and with help of 2 life boats, 19 people were taken aboard the 'Nerine' mine-sweeper. 7 more were taken to 'Nerine', who took these 26 people to Walvis Bay. 41 people still remained on the beach. Eventually, the 1st convoy reached the castaways. Now all the 63 people and the convoy, made the outward journey and met the 2nd convoy of 4 trucks. At 'Rocky Point', the 2nd Ventura Plane took the women and children to Walvis Bay, and came back for 11 more people. 18 crew volunteered to stay with the convoys, to bring them home safely, after these 19 days. After 1,500 mile round trip, the 11 trucks arrived in Windhoek, to a great reception and 5 days later, they arrived in Cape Town. Men were sent back to salvage the 1st plane, which crashed into the sea, after it took off. 3 airmen were lucky to survive, managed to go to the beach and fortunately, met the convoy, which took them to Windhoek.
Today, the wrecks of these 2 ships are still there, joining other wrecks on this isolated, deserted and dangerous Skeleton Coast. Now-a-days, Namibia Safaris offer 3--4 days safari at the 'SKELETON COAST CAMP', Hoanib River, in this Skeleton Coast National Park.
Having born in Kenya, I enjoyed reading this book.

Author: Alan Coles
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd

With 21 photographic illustrations. The Baralong Affair was a British disgrace: a war crime unparalleled in the modern history of the Royal Navy. Until now its shameful details have been deliberately obscured, but its significance in delaying the entry of the United States into the First World War has never been evaluated. In 1915 the War Office sent out the Q-ship Baralong elaborately disguised as a US merchant ship. On encountering the U-27 she threw off the camouflage and sank the German vessel. The subsequent alleged murder in cold blood of some of the U-boat's survivors caused an international diplomatic furore. President Wilson turned away in horror; the Germans saw the incident as a valuable weapon of propaganda; and the British Admiralty battened down on all official records. The facts can now be told. In clear detail, Alan Coles reveals the appalling truth of the Baralong Affair. For the first time British, American and German eye-witness accounts of the atrocities have been collected together to explain - and finally to judge - this naval scandal.

Author: Keith Topping
Genre: TV History & Criticism
Publisher: Virgin Books

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" has developed cult status as the latest teen/fantasy phenomenon. This book offers an episode-by-episode guide to the television series.

Author: Cecil Aldin
Genre: Children's Books
Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd

Sleeping Partners: Cracker and Micky - Two Dogs with a Tale (Cracker and Micky, the Stars of Cecil Aldin's Gallery).

Author: Montgomery C. Meigs
Genre: History
Publisher: Military Bookshop

Author: Gavin Young
Genre: Travel & Holiday
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

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Author: Gavin Young
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Slow Boats To China

Author: taylor-ros
Genre: Children's Television & Radio Performing Books
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Child's H/B

This is the definitive visual guide to all five seasons of the smash-hit TV show "Smallville". It contains everything you need to know about the very first superhero, his home, friends, family and enemies. It is a must-have visual extravaganza for all fans, packed with live action stills from every episode plus atmospheric shots and profiles on characters including Lana Lang, Pete Ross, Lex and Lionel Luthor, Lois Lane and of course Clark Kent. Specially commissioned, never-seen-before maps of Smallville and Metropolis, and cross-sections of the Luthor Mansion, Clark's spaceship and the Ancient caves will give you an insight into Smallville only the characters have. This is a super addition to any fan's collection.

Author: Pauline Prescott
Genre: Women
Publisher: HarperCollins

A tale of Catherine Cookson-esque tragedy and Northern grit, Pauline Prescott's life story will shock and amaze.
A mother and a faithful friend, Pauline is not your typical politician's wife. She is immensely proud of her role as a housewife and over the near-forty years she has been in the public eye she has remained discreet, dignified and deeply loyal.
The daughter of a bricklayer, who died when she was young, Pauline came from humble backgrounds. At 15 she found herself pregnant by a married US serviceman. Resisting all attempts to give her son up for adoption, she struggled on for three years, until she was finally persuaded it was for his own good. She never expected to see him again.
She trained as a hairdresser and got a good job at a salon in Chester. Soon afterwards she met John, a dashing waiter who whisked her off her feet and married her. John's dreams of becoming a union activist meant that he spent the next eight years in university. It was Pauline's wages that paid for everything. She never complained.
John quickly rose through the ranks and suddenly, it seemed, he was the Deputy Prime Minister. Pauline went almost overnight from a Hull hairdresser to a key participant at political events. Always immaculate, she quickly became known for her fashion, style and stunning hats.
But Pauline's world was turned upside down when, more than forty years after she put her son up for adoption, John received a call to say the press had tracked him down. The decision to give up her son had been heart-rending. All these years later, Pauline was overjoyed to be reunited with the child she had pined for for so long, finally getting the happy ending she had dreamed of for years.
Throughout John's career, Pauline has had to cope with the lack of privacy his position has afforded their family. Through it all she has emerged a figure of admiration.
Loyal, sharp, good humoured and articulate, Pauline has entranced the nation. Now tells us her story in her own words. Warm, moving and at times painfully sad, Pauline's autobiography is an honest account of a fascinating life.

Author: MACDONALD, IAN & TABNER, LEN

Author: Ken Davies
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Niche Publications Ltd

A guide to ferries of the Solent area and to the Isle of Wight, plus a history of their development. Illustrated with numerous b/w and colour photographic plates

Author: Robert J Serling
Genre: Horror
Publisher: St Martin's Press

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Author: George E. Pataki, Robert Hutchinson, Jake Rajs
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Browntrout Publishers

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Author: Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)
Genre: History
Publisher: Imperial War Museum

In 2012 the Imperial War Museums acquired a remarkable collection of 15,000 photographs showing American servicemen who were stationed at air bases in Britain during the Second World War. This selection presents more than 70 of the images illustrating the GIs work and recreations, both at military sites and among local communities. The accompanying text gives brief biographies of those pictured and celebrates the resilience and bravery with which pilots flew deep into enemy territory.
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The Roger Freeman Collection comprises of more than 15,000 photographs of the US Army Air Forces in Britain during the Second World War. At its peak strength in 1944, USAAF employed 450,000 Americans in Britain, and their impact was particularly felt in the East of England. This book features some of the best images from this stunning collection, introducing the fighter pilots and bomber crews, the navigators and gunners, as well as the ground crew who ensured the aircraft kept flying. It provides a unique and fresh insight into the men and women whose hard work and bravery helped to defend Britain during the Second World War. Features over 60 stunning photographs of US Army Air Forces in Britain during the Second World War Colour images offer a fresh view of military life Taken from IWM s Roger Freeman Collection Ties in with the re-opening of the American Air Museum at IWM Duxford after an exciting redevelopment

Author: Lyn Macdonald
Genre: History
Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd

Amazon review by ByJeffrey J. Wardon December 3, 2013
Lyn Macdonald did something that is priceless. She spent countless hours interviewing veterans of the First World War. Had it not been for her interviews, most of their stories would have been lost to history. This book does not focus on the grand military tactics and strategies. It is about the life of the soldier in the trenches, their perspective on the war and, above all else, their valor and love for King and country. I read this book prior to my visit to the Somme battlefield and brought it with me. I have read many histories of the Great War. This book gave me insights into the life of the common soldier that is second to none.

Author: Andrew Robertshaw
Genre: History
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Somme is still on record as the largest number of deaths in any one day in any war. This book explores the myths of this infamous battle and explains the underlying causes of the conflict, as well as the use of mines, tunnels, gas and flame throwers by the British in combination with innovative tactics such as smoke. Covering the first day of the Somme, Andrew Robertshaw analyses the battle through November, explaining how British battle tactics developed as a result of the experience of the Somme. He provides an overview of the events along the entire frontline, examining the actions of two British Corps, VIII at Serre and XIII at Montauban, to determine why the Somme epitomised the proverbial double-edged sword.
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The first day of the battle of the Somme has always been perceived as a day of tragedy for the British Army, with the slaughter of 60,000 men on the battlefield. What seemed to be poor planning on the part of the British command meant that soldiers were sent into no man's land to face the horrors of uncut barbed wire and waves of German machine gun fire. However, there were triumphs amongst the tragedy. This book discusses the successes and failures of the British and the German forces along the frontline. It also offers a detailed account of the battle itself, following the actions of individual units throughout the day.

Author: Teacher Created Materials Inc
Genre: Science & Nature
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

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Author: JAMESON, KEITH

Author: Adam Shaw
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Viking Press

Review byb Amazon reader;
Bruce U.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very, very powerful book about the Flight 514 TWA crash in Virginia
14 March 2015 - Published on Amazon.com
Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase
Awesome detail book about this tragedy. I was at the site just 7 months after the crash....very stark and devastating place then. The author interviews the families of the poor victims of this crash, which was most interesting and very sad...it made me understand how terrible it is for families who lost loved ones on this flight. Very, very detailed about the families and their loved ones. Great job by the author. My ex-wife knew one of the victims on this flight, they worked in the same office in DC. My next wife, now ex also, was supposed to be on that flight.
I have lots of pieces of the plane with me in studying the forces, structural failures and great damage done by high speed, rapid deceleration accidents....looking at them today, after reading this book, gives me more appreciation for those on board that flight...I even found a woman's Seiko watch, self winding, that stopped the day after the crash.....this really hit home to me of the loss experienced here on the crash site......I did shed a few tears then........I can assure all of you, they didn't feel anything at the moment of impact....they did not suffer at all. But, still, it was awful for those they left behind....a most insightful and powerful reading of this book....a job very well done by Adam Shaw.

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When TWA Flight 514 went down outside of Washington's Dulles Airport on December 1, 1974, a wave of sorrow rose up that somehow had to be turned into a solace of dollars and cents--out of court, if possible. Ninety-two hideously mutilated people lay scattered by an accident attributable either to a government air-traffic controller at his radar screen or to the pilot who made an error in judgment and flew into a Blue Ridge mountain 40 miles from the field. As it turned out, the government and TWA decided to share the blame and settle fast before a successful court suit resulted in a stampede of fantastic claims against them. Adam Shaw, who thinks this air crash ""ought to matter,"" traced the friends and family of many of those who wound up in zippered body bags; he has put together a compendium of grief and bereavement--and calculation--that shows how this particular tragedy has been dealt with by the living. To be sure, the reader often is ready to eviscerate TWA--or the government--for its many gaffes in handling the families. But when the first test case brings a $90,000 award--not the $10 million the family asked for--well, it seems fair enough. The clink of cash in this trial of tears is absorbing, while the long, diverse portrait gallery of victims is necessary but numbing.

Author: Julia Hirsch
Genre: Broadway & Musicals (Books)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill

A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the beloved 1965 classic movie, "The Sound of Music" When "The Sound of Music" was released in 1965 it took the world by storm, earning five Oscars (including Best Picture), and went on to command the number-one spot at the box office for five years running. For millions of people, the film is that rare combination of a powerful and moving story, first-rate music, and breathtaking scenery. The Sound of Music: The Making of America's Favorite Movie is a tribute to this beloved movie musical and a fascinating, behind-the-scene account of the creation of a Hollywood classic. Through exclusive in-depth interviews with cast and crew, stills from the movie's most memorable scenes, snapshots from personal scrapbooks, and papers from the Fox Studios archives, Julia Hirsch re-crates the magic that is "The Sound of Music." Julie Andrews recounts some of her more humorous memories of the filming, from her "first kiss" with Christopher Plummer, when neither of them could stop laughing, to rushing up the mountain for the famous opening scene only to be continually knocked down by the downdraft from the cameraman's helicopter. The book reveals details both fans and film buffs will enjoy, such as the fact that Yul Brynner, Walter Matthau, and Sean Connery were all considered fro the role of the Captain (while teenagers Mia Farrow, Sharon Tate, and Richard Dreyfuss auditioned for juvenile roles) and that director/producer Robert Wise, already fielding calls from Fox's Dick Zanuck for being over budget, almost didn't finish the location shoot in Austria because it simply wouldn't stop raining. But most of all, Hirsch captures the extraordinary camaraderie shared by everyone involved, a group whose friendships would last a lifetime. This engaging narrative is both an insider's guide to, and a delightful celebration of, a film that truly is "the happiest sound in all the world."

Author: Dunn, Laurence Dunn

Author: BONSOR, N.R.P.
Genre: Lighthouses
Publisher: Hydrographer of the Navy

Author: N.R.P. Bonsor
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: Brookside Pulications

This volume is the first comprehensive book devoted to the passenger lines and liners running across the South Atlantic to Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. Seventy-one shipping lines merit a chapter and fleet list with details of each ship such as date of maiden voyage, name, tonnage, dimensions, type of bow, number of funnels, builder, propulsion, engines, service speed, etc. 150 Illustrations of ships.

Author: James Richard Snellen
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Trafford Publishing

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Author: ROSEBROCK, ELLEN FLETCHER/ PIX BY GILLON, E.V

Author: Ellen Fletcher Rosebrock, Edmund Vincent Gillon
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.

Nineteenth-century prints and contemporary photographs and descriptions of buildings, ships, wharves, and bridges comprise a walking guide to the South Street area of Manhattan

Author: HORNSBY, D.T. & ROBINSON, N.V. (MARINART LTD.

Author: Andrew Britton
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

Southampton Docks

Author: BRITISH TRANSPORT DOCKS BOARD

Author: GADD, ERIC WYETH
Publisher: ELSP

Genre: City Guide
Publisher: The Department of Leisure Services, Southampton City Council

Contains many adverts, plus photos of Southampton region in the seventies. Includes large folding Ordnance Survey City Map, Scale 1:10 000

Author: Mike Roussel
Genre: Reference
Publisher: DB Publishing

Marion bought this for me.

Author: Alastair Arnott
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

The history of Southampton is tied to its maritime heritage. This book explores the intimate relationship the city has with its near neighbour the sea, tracing its development throughout the centuries.

Author: SOUTHAMPTON CITY COUNCIL

Author: JOYE, GILL

Author: Foreword by J. . Williams, Port Director BTDB
Publisher: Hampshire County Library / Southampton Reference Library, Southampton (1978)

Highly detailed index of periodical references to Southampton's ships. Ships listed in alphabetical order including the Titanic. Spiral bound in original blue pictorial card covers. Wraps and pages clean and tight. No ownership inscription.

Alphabetical index of ship's names to periodicals, articles, notes and illustrations covering vessels associated with the Port of Southampton and, in some cases, other parts of Hampshire. In illustrated plastic comb binding.

Author: Photographs from the E Wallis Collection
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Noodle Books

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Author: Kevin Robertson
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Noodle Books

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Author: John Beasley
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

Southwark Remembered is a compilation of pictorial articles which have been contributed to the Friday edition of the South London Press since 1997 and are held at the Southwark Local Studies Library. This collection highlights the wealth of fascinating history which can be found in the borough.
The current London Borough of Southwark was established in 1965, and consists of many ancient civil parishes, evidence for which stretches as far back as the iron age. This area houses the famous Dulwich Picture Gallery, Guy’s Hospital, the Imperial War Museum, Tate Modern and the spectacular Tower Bridge which all bear testimony to the development of the borough over recent centuries.
Charles Dickens’ father was imprisoned in Marshalsea for debt and the famous author was himself a resident in this neighbourhood. Other local notables include the scientist Michael Faraday, the GP and MP Dr Alfred Salter and Lord Soper.
Illustrated with over 130 old photographs Southwark Remembered documents the changing face of the area over the past 150 years and will appeal to those who know or who have lived in the area. The variety of life to be found in this area is contained within this volume and recaptures the changes that have taken place in this most historic of London boroughs.

Author: Bruno. Bock
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Naval Inst Pr

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Author: Vadim Viktorovitch Basevitch &Amp, Alexandr Vasilievitch Gorinov
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: V/O Morpasflot Moscow & Ctc Lines London

Commemorates the 20th. anniversary of the formation of V/O Morpasflot on 1st. October 1964, and traces the history of Soviet passenger ship operations, since 1918.

LARGE FORMAT HARDBACK 30cm x 21cm WITH 70 PAGES. COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

Author: MORPASFLOT MOSCOW & CTC LINES LONDON

Author: E.A. Wilson
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: World Ship Society

THE SOVIET FLEET - A BRIEF HISTORY. The Soviet Union possesses the largest fleet of passenger ships in the World today, and from the establishment of its mercantile marine in 1918, has managed a motley collection of vessels of various sizes from numerous sources. In February 1918 Lenin signed a decree nationalising all Russian shipping, and it was several ex Tsarist vessels which formed the nucleus of the Sovtorgflot - the Sovietsky Torgovaya Flot - literally translated as the Soviet Merchant Fleet. Formerly privately owned or Government ships were taken over in Russian ports, and others which had been taken to foreign ports by the pro Tsarist Whites were returned as the new regime gained International recognition. However, three Romanian ships which had served in the Russian Navy during World War I had to be returned to Romania by the Soviets. By the late 1920s most of the ex.Tsarist vessels must have been either demolished or unserviceable, and so the first Soviet built passenger ships were produced by the Severney and Baltika Yards at Leningrad in 1928. The first foreign built new buildings were ordered in this year, two ships from the Krupp yard at Kiel, Germany - sisterships to four built at the Baltika Yard. In 1935 one Dutch and one British liner were purchased, followed in 1937 by a British cableship which was converted for passenger use. As well as purchasing secondhand tonnage, orders for new vessels were given to Italy in 1937 and to the Netherlands in 1939. Soviet participation in the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1940 resulted in two large liners and two smaller ones being sailed from Spain to the Black Sea, where they were either put to use of the Sovtorgflot or the Red Navy. The Soviet invasion of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 1940 resulted in three coastal passengerships being added to the fleet at the expense of Estonia - as far as is known, neither Latvia nor Lithuania possessed any passengerships of note. The outbreak of war with Germany caused the loss of the new JOSIF STALIN to the enemy in 1941 - no doubt a particularly galling loss considering the name of the ship and the fact that the Germans intended to put their prize to their own use. The wartime losses of Soviet merchant ships were particularly high, though exactly what passengerships were lost due to enemy action is not known. In 1941 the United States transferred two ex German World War I liners to the U.S.S.R. to reinforce the fleet. It was the defeat of Germany, however, which provided the greatest impetus to the Sovtorgflot passenger fleet. Twelve large passengerships and several smaller ones were either seized from the Germans, received as Allied allocations of prizes, or salvaged from German waters at the end of the War, and most of the larger vessels are still in service today. Germany's allies of Finland and Romania did not escape having to compensate the U.S.S.R. for war damage from their own small mercantile fleets - six Finnish and three Romanian ships were handed over between 1944 and 1950, and a further two ships were taken from Japan as a result of the short-lived war status between that country and the U.S.S.R. In 1949 and the following year two Polish liners were transferred to the Sovtorgflot, and in 1952 two Italian coastal passengerships under construction at Genova were purchased. With the reconstruction of East German shipyards after World War II there became available a source of new tonnage for the Soviet merchant fleet, and it has been the Mathias Thesen Werft at Wismar which has provided the bulk of passenger tonnage by delivering nineteen ships of the MIKHAIL KALININ Class and five of the larger IVAN FRANKO Class. Another Communist state, Bulgaria, has produced a class of at least twelve coastal passengerships for the shorter sea routes of the Morflot.

Author: Colin Martin, Geoffrey Parker
Genre: Early Modern 1501-1700 (Tudors, Stuarts, Commonwealth, Restoration, Glorious Revolution)
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

A preloved copy with signs of use to corners but overall a very good copy. Prompt UK dispatch and all proceeds to Wakefield Hospice

Author: BABCOCK, F. LAWRENCE
Genre: Steam-navigation
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

Author: CHANDLER, R.W.

Author: Bill Newman
Genre: Biography
Publisher: B.Newman

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Author: Aldo Delicata, Beverley Cole
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Capital Transport Publishing

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Bound issues of The Sphere Magazine

Author: Nicola Pierce
Genre: Children's Books
Publisher: The O'Brien Press

Fifteen-year-old Samuel Scott died while building the Titanic. As the ship sails to her doom, his ghost moves restlessly alongside the passengers and crew: Frederick Fleet: the young look-out who spotted the iceberg and who survived in a life-boat with (the unsinkable) Molly Brown; Howard Hartley Wallace: the heroic band-leader who played ragtime music as the freezing waters lapped at his feet; Harold Bride: the junior radio operator whose messages echoed on, long after the ship had disappeared to its icy grave ...

Author: Giles Whittell
Genre: History
Publisher: HarperPress

Hardback book that was published in the UK in 2007 by Harper Press. D/J in VGC and not price clipped. On inside cover a sticker has been placed in support of British Red Cross and giving the name of the owner. Good firm binding of 292 pages inc the index. Contains various B&W Photographs The inner pages are cleans and white with no tears, annotations, highlighting, foxing or browning b1s5

Author: Jonathan Glancey
Genre: History
Publisher: Atlantic Books

It is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. An aircraft imbued with balletic grace and extraordinary versatility, it was powered by a piston engine and a propeller, yet came tantalisingly close to breaking the sound barrier. First flown in 1936, the Spitfire soon came to symbolize Britain's defiance of Nazi Germany in the summer of 1940. Flown by pilots of many nations, it saw service as far afield as Australia and the Soviet Union. "Spitfire: The Biography" is a celebration of a great British invention, of the men and women who flew it, and supported its development, and of the industry that manufactured both the aircraft and the Rolls-Royce engines that powered it. It is also about a boy who wished he could have been a Second World War fighter pilot and who was later able to fly the aircraft that took his father into combat.

Author: MITCHELL, ALAN

Author: Alan Mitchell
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: George G. Harrap

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Author: K Udos
Genre: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
Publisher: Headline

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Author: kudos
Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction (Books)
Publisher: Headline Book Publishing

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Author: Diana Barnato Walker
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Grub Street

The daughter of a millionaire racing driver, Woolf Barnato and granddaughter of Barney Barnato who co-founded the De Beers mining company, by 1936 Diana had had enough of her affluent, chaperoned existence and sought excitement in flying, soloing at Brooklands after only six hours' training. She has followed her own instincts ever since. Joining the Air Transport Auxilliary in 1941 to help ferry aircraft to squadrons and bases throughout the country, she flew scores of different aircraft - fighters, bombers and trainers - in all kinds of conditions and without radio. She lost many friends, a fiance and a husband before 1945 but continued to fly. In 1962 she was awarded the Jean Lennox Bird Trophy for notable achievement in aviation and then - her greatest moment - in 1963 flew a Lightening though the sound barrier becoming "the fastest woman in the world". She was awarded the MBE in 1965. Her memoirs offer adventure, anecdotes and famous names and is the story of a special woman who, now in her 80s, continues to live life to the full from her home in Surrey.

Author: Ben Macintyre
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War.

Philby's two closest friends in the intelligence world, Nicholas Elliott of MI6 and James Jesus Angleton, the CIA intelligence chief, thought they knew Philby better than anyone, and then discovered they had not known him at all. This is a story of intimate duplicity; of loyalty, trust and treachery, class and conscience; of an ideological battle waged by men with cut-glass accents and well-made suits in the comfortable clubs and restaurants of London and Washington; of male friendships forged, and then systematically betrayed.

With access to newly released MI5 files and previously unseen family papers, and with the cooperation of former officers of MI6 and the CIA, this definitive biography unlocks what is perhaps the last great secret of the Cold War.

Author: WRIGHT, PETER

Author: Peter Wright
Genre: Autobiography
Publisher: Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd.

This book is a real eyeopener. Great & deceitful at the same time.

Author: Peter Wright
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Stoddart Publishing Co. Ltd.

This book is a real eyeopener. Great & deceitful at the same time.

Author: Neil Mccart
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Fan Publications

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

The story of the SS Canberra ocean-going liner in words and pictures.

Author: Clare Hardy
Genre: History
Publisher: Central Publishing Ltd

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Author: Clare Hardy
Genre: Reference
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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Author: Brent I Holt
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

The Leviathan, originally called Vaterland, was a remarkable ship. She was one of the most popular liners of the 1920s and was a ship of many firsts. She was the first American superliner and set the stage for future successes with other famous passenger vessels such as the America and United States. This illustrated history captures her story.

The story of the Leviathan, originally called Vaterland, is a fascinating one. She was a remarkable ship, but is frequently not given the credit she deserves for her contributions to the US Merchant marine and has been given short thrift by many writers who describe her only as a failure. Nothing could be farther from the truth. She was one of the most popular liners of the 1920s and was a ship of many firsts. She was the first American superliner and set the stage for future successes with other famous passenger vessels such as the America and United States. Although of German origin, the 'Levi' was popular and became a household name across America and other parts of the world. Her interiors were stunning and she was an engineering marvel. After an extensive refit by US Lines in 1923 she was also the safest and arguably the best of the 'Balin trio'. She had an adventurous career that made her seem more a living thing than a hunk of steel. In this illustrated history, Brent Holt captures her story and affectionately remembers this great liner.

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

Entering service in 1938, the Nieuw Amsterdam was the Holland America Line flagship until the construction of the Rotterdam in the late 1950s. Her pre-war life was short and she was used as a troopship during the Second World War, carrying many thousands of Allied troops to all corners of the world. Of 36,000 tons, she was the largest vessel built in Rotterdam and was launched by Queen Wilhelmina in April 1937. A perennial favourite of the Dutch and their finest Ship of State, Nieuw Amsterdam remained in Holland America Line service until 1974, the last ship to retain the Holland America Line's familiar green, yellow and white funnels. Despite boiler problems in 1967, she was refitted with US Navy surplus boilers and sailed on, cruising, until withdrawn from service in 1974. Sailing to the breakers, the Art Deco 'Darling of the Dutch', as she was affectionately known, was broken up. Today, she still has a following, from those who sailed on her but also from those who have grown to appreciate the importance of the Nieuw Amsterdam in terms of ocean liner design.

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

Entering service in 1938, the Nieuw Amsterdam was the Holland America Line flagship until the construction of the Rotterdam in the late 1950s. Her pre-war life was short and she was used as a troopship during the Second World War, carrying many thousands of Allied troops to all corners of the world. Of 36,000 tons, she was the largest vessel built in Rotterdam and was launched by Queen Wilhelmina in April 1937. A perennial favourite of the Dutch and their finest Ship of State, Nieuw Amsterdam remained in Holland America Line service until 1974, the last ship to retain the Holland America Line's familiar green, yellow and white funnels. Despite boiler problems in 1967, she was refitted with US Navy surplus boilers and sailed on, cruising, until withdrawn from service in 1974. Sailing to the breakers, the Art Deco 'Darling of the Dutch', as she was affectionately known, was broken up. Today, she still has a following, from those who sailed on her but also from those who have grown to appreciate the importance of the Nieuw Amsterdam in terms of ocean liner design.

Author: Philippe Delaunoy
Genre: Reference
Publisher: The History Press

SS Nomadic was commissioned by White Star Line to serve the Olympic-class liners Olympic, Titanic and Britannic when they called in Cherbourg. Built in Belfast alongside Titanic, she was made with the same steel, built by the same workers and decorated by the same craftsmen. Because her duties were to serve first- and second-class passengers, she was fitted out far more luxuriously than other tenders of that time and she was considered by the White Star Line as a window into the sumptuous new transatlantic liners. While Titanic is commonly described as the ill-fated White Star Liner, SS Nomadic can without any doubt be qualified as the lucky tender, having survived both world wars and escaped destruction many times. She is now restored to her former glory as a tourist attraction in Belfast.

Author: VARIOUS

Author: MAXTONE-GRAHAM, JOHN
Publisher: La Tene

Author: MAXTONE-GRAHAM, JOHN

Author: NORDVEST, FORLAGET

Author: Andrew Britton
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

SS Pasteur TS Bremen

Author: William H. Miller and Luís Miguel Correia
Publisher: Liner Books

Publisher: Liner Books

64 pages - 23 x 17cm

Book condition: New

Wonderfully illustrated

Purchased from ebay on 9th March 08, for £10.51- Book sold as 'New'

Author: John Kean
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: John Kean (self published)

1st Edition
Review
John Kean is the author of the most definitive book ever written about this icon wreck. --Diver Magazine UK

Bursting with never seen before photography…this book is a must read for any wreck fans. --Sport Diver Magazine

Kean has succeeded in covering the Thistlegorm from every conceivable angle. --DIVE Magazine

About the Author
John Kean is a diver and writer who, following a scuba diving trip to Egypt in 1997, gave up the City for a new life in Sharm el Sheikh. He has written three books, including the definitive, 'SS Thistlegorm - The True Story of the Red Sea's Greatest Ship Wreck' and more recently, 'Lost Wife Saw Barracuda - True Stories from a Sharm el Sheikh Scuba Diving Instructor. John has written lead feature articles for several international dive and travel magazines, been interviewed on national television and is also a regular guest speaker at the main UK Dive shows. He has completed over 5,500 dives and holds a master instructor rating with the leading scuba training agency. He was born in Wimbledon, UK and now lives in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.

Author: ONSLOW'S AUCTIONEERS (3 Copies)

Author: Andrew Britton
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

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Author: John Maxtone-graham
Genre: Reference
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Title: SS United States( Red White and Blue Riband Forever) &lt;&gt;Binding: Hardcover &lt;&gt;Author: JohnMaxtone-Graham &lt;&gt;Publisher: W.W.Norton&Company

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

SS United States is the story in words and pictures of this record breaking ocean liner. Built in 1952 for the United States Lines, the SS United States was the largest ocean liner to be built entirely in America.

The entry of the SS United States marked the first time a US flagged ship held the Blue Riband, as this amazing ocean linersurpassed European speed records which had stood for decades.

The SS United has recently been sold to the Hong Kong based Star Cruises.

Author: William H. Miller
Genre: History
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc

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Author: Alice Mackey
Genre: Reference
Publisher: The History Press

Until the advent of the helicopter, the only way to visit St Kilda was by sea and two companies made the trip their own. John Macallum and Martin Orme owned the ships Hebridean, Hebrides and Dunara Castle and these ships made the regular mail visits to the islands from the 1880s until the late 1930s. They brought trade and tourists to the islands, and were, apart from infrequent calls by fishing boats and whaling ships, the only contact with the outside world. For a short summer each year, once a week, one of the steamers would be in Village Bay discharging cargo, collecting tweed and taking visiting tourists on their quest to view Britain’s most remote inhabitants. James MacKay tells the story of the St Kilda steamers, those ships that have operated to the island group of St Kilda and which helped in the evacuation of the islands in 1930.

Author: Simon Bradley
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Profile Books

Simon Bradley traces the history of the station, introducing us to the men behind the architecture and looks at its new international status. This fine new edition includes a fascinating chapter on the new hotel and some timely revisions bringing it fully up to date. 'A marvellous piece of social, aesthetic and technological history...it is impossible to praise Bradley's book too highly' A. N. Wilson, Daily Telegraph 'Brilliantly and with deft hand, Simon Bradley makes sense of it all ...fabulous' Sunday Telegraph 'A masterpiece of historical context ...immensely readable' Sunday Times 'This fine book examines the history of both the church that gave the station its name and the railway terminus ...unexpectedly compelling' Daily Mail

Author: Simon Bradley
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Profile Books

St Pancras station has long been an iconic landmark on the London landscape. This title traces the history of the station, introducing us to the men behind the architecture, and looks forward to its future as home of Eurostar services to the continent.

Author: Mr Christopher R Finch
Genre: Reference
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

St Pancras Reborn In full colour, an inside, indepth look at the redevelopment of London St Pancras Railway Station and surrounding area before, during and after the completion of the 5 year project, with over 160 colour photographs taken between the years 2000 -2013.

Author: Ronnie Eriksen
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Mallett & Bell Publications

A brief history of steam and diesel powered shipping to Southern Africa and a more detailed history of Curnow Shipping Company Limited which has operated the link between Great Britain, St Helena and South Africa since 1978 with the full story of the ships involved including the present Rms St Helena. This book includes a description of a voyage to the south, with descriptions and histories of Tenerife, Ascension and St Helena. Other chapters record the part played in the Falklands campaign by the first Rms St Helena. Author Information: Ronnie Eriksen was born in Durban in 1921 and trained as an apprentice mechanic in the family motor business, in which he spent 46 years before retiring in 1984 as Executive Chairman. From 1940-1945 he served with the Royal South African Navy Seaward Defence Force, which evolved into the South African Naval Forces, serving in small craft and anti-submarine escorts, being promoted to Lieutenant and Commanding Officer of HMSAS Cedarberg in August 1944 and subsequently HMSAS Blaauberg before being released in October 1945. Ronnie has long been fascinated by the sea, and indeed has travelled aboard passenger or cargo liners of all bar one of the companies named in this book. Apart from the motor industry and the sea, his abiding passion is cricket, and he was Manager of the Transvaal Cricket X1 for 16 years. Now retired, Ronnie divides

Author: Stuart Chant-Sempill
Genre: World War‚ 1939-1945
Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd

The author's experiences during the raid on St. Nazaire leading a team of Commondos which successfully blew up the vast pumping station of the dry-dock. Wounded & captured. Two escape attempts. 3 appendices including Naval & Military Personnel takingpart in the St. Nazaire action. Short Biblio. Index.

Author: Jack Simmons
Genre: Local & Urban History
Publisher: Phillimore & Co Ltd

Summary refers to later 2012 edition
This is the dramatic story of two great buildings heroically constructed in the midst of 19th century London, and then saved and restored to their original use, by engineering and architectural skills worthy of their Victorian predecessors. Since the 19th century, St Pancras Station and the Midland Grand hotel, have been key landmarks. The station, the terminus of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, HS1, and the hotel are now beaautifully restored for use.

Author: Barrie Penrose
Genre: Salvage
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

The inside story of how 40 million pounds worth of gold ingots were recovered from the sunken wreck of the HMS Edinburgh.

Author: Sacha Cohen
Genre: Art History & Criticism
Publisher: Anness Pub Ltd

Stamping is a an alternative method to stenc illing whereby a stamp, either rubber or foam, is used to ap ply a variety of finishes to prepared surfaces. Effects can range from bold motifs to intricate designs hand-tinted with watercolours. '

Author: Jay Rayner
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: Doubleday

A.V.M. Bennett, much decorated in the war for his exploits flying Lancaster bombers, was appointed to run British South American Airways (BSAA) straight after the war, using converted Lancasters as passenger aircraft and employing members of his wartime squadron as pilots. His was one of the first long-haul airlines, and he specialized in the South American routes. The Lancasters were wholly unsuited to the job and the airline had a phenomenally high accident rate. Bennett was operating on a shoestring, his pilots were often insufficiently experienced at flying the routes and the planes frequently had barely enough fuel to reach their destination. But enough people were prepared to pay #100 for the three-day flight and it wasn't until a number of planes had crashed with the loss of many lives that the airline finally lost its licence. Interleaved with this story is the modern day expedition to find the crashed Stardust which, despite a massive search of the Andes had never been found until two Argentine climbers came upon parts of the aircraft on a glacier high up in the Andes beneath the massive Tupangato peak (6800m), more than 50 km's from the area where the plane was last reported. One of these climbers was the son of a man obsessed for years with finding the aircraft, which was rumoured to be carrying gold. This is a story with several ingredients: the romance of the early days of longhaul flying; the mystery of the crash and the eccentric, cavalier, swaggering figure of A.V.M. Bennett himself.

Author: Jan De Hartog
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd

This is a good book, but Jan de Hartog has written much better books, brilliant books.

The subject is worth tackling and uncovering for generations that have grown up not knowing the closed doors presented by all the countries around the world to Jews fleeing persecution in Germany before the war broke out. Hartog's characters are well-drawn and are appealingly unappealing, without being gratuitously so, being more interesting that way. The "honeysuckle moment" at the end of the book is gratuitous though, and grotesquely so, De Hartog foisting his religion/superstition on the reader. De Hartog's father was a pastor, and the indoctrination he received by being around Christianity as a child surfaces here.

De Hartog's greatest books were written in the '50s (when he was a resident of Paris): The Distant Shore, A Sailor's Life and The Lost Sea. Each book has so different a tone from the last that they would appear to be by different writers. His earlier Captain Jan is also superb.

Author: (PRINCESS CRUISES) a P & O COMPANY BOOK
Publisher: The Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 1989

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Author: Michael Joseph, Norman Brand
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: The Peninsular and Oriental Steam

A beautiful book of photographs and descriptions of the "Star Princess".

Author: Barry Took
Genre: Arts & Literature
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd

A tribute to two British comedians.

Author: Helen Behr Sanford
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Darwin Press Inc

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Author: Elspeth Wills
Genre: Arts & Photography
Publisher: Open Agency

Stars from film, entertainment, sport as well as politicians and royalty are captured by the Cunard's own photographers while enjoying life aboard Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth ocean liners during the golden age of ocean travel in the 1930's, 40's and 50's. Each of the black and white photographs are supported by a short biography or anecdote of life aboard.

Author: Stephen Fry
Genre: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
Publisher: Arrow

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Author: Editors: Edward A. Mueller, Randolph Chalfant. Contributor: Frank Osborn Braynard
Genre: History
Publisher: Steamship Historical Society of America

No publication date to this edition, circa 1968. Blue paper covers with black illustration on front cover.

Author: Steven Parissien
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Marion bought this for me

Author: BLANCHET, CHRISTIAN & DARD, BERTRAND (Translated by Bernard, A Weisberger)

Author: Bernard A. Weisberger, Christian Blanchet
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Horizon Book Promotions

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Author: Alan Grocott, Pictures by Peter Sladen
Publisher: CMC Publishers, Crewe ,Cheshire

Author: Fred Henry

Author: Brian Edward Hillsdon, Brian W. Smith
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Steam Boat Association of Great Britain

An illustrated register of surviving steam vessels in the British Isles at time of writing; each vessel listed has a b & w photo opposite statistical details; which include type, owner, home water, hull, engine, boiler, prop, history etc. Vessels are presented in alphabetical order. This is the Fifth Edition of work originally published in 1970; full-clor and b & w photos on card covers with wire spiral binding.
Pages unnumbered, details of 286 vessels, arranged in alphabetical order in two groups - entries with photographs, and entries without photographs. Index of boat, engine and boiler builders.

Author: Lorraine Coons, Alexander Varias
Genre: History
Publisher: Amberley Publishing

'Tourist Third Cabin' offers a window into a bygone era in which modern steamships like the Queen Mary, the Normandie, and the Olympic transported new breeds of tourists between Europe and North America, and dazzled them with their technological marvels and palatial interiors. The interwar period saw the birth of mass transatlantic tourism as women, students, and ordinary people took to the seas in search of education, fun, and freedom. It was also a period of tumultuous social and cultural change. Historians Lorraine Coons and Alexander Varias offer an intimate glimpse of the microcosm of the changing world that was the luxury liner. From crew members to passengers, ship decor to technological innovation, through labour unrest and political upheaval, we see the social world and the business of travel at the dawn of the modern age.
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Steamship Travel in the Interwar Years: Tourist Third Cabin offers a window into a bygone era in which modern steamships like the Queen Mary, the Normandie, and the Olympic transported new breeds of tourists between Europe and North America, and dazzled them with their technological marvels and palatial interiors. The interwar period saw the birth of mass transatlantic tourism as women, students, and ordinary people took to the seas in search of education, fun, and freedom. It was also a period of tumultuous social and cultural change. Historians Lorraine Coons and Alexander Varias offer an intimate glimpse of the microcosm of the changing world that was the luxury liner. From crew members to passengers, ship décor to technological innovation, through labour unrest and political upheaval, we see the social world and the business of travel at the dawn of the modern age. ‘The last great age of ocean liners was also a period of great changes: in clientele, design, and even the function of the giant passenger ships that traversed the Atlantic. Lorraine Coons and Alexander Varias have succeeded in recreating that social and cultural milieu. They take us into the cabins, the crew quarters, the luxurious public rooms, and the design studios of the Queen Mary and Normandie. And while seeking to capture the common experience of these liners, they are also sensitive to the variations between classes, ships, and the very identity companies like Cunard or the French Line sought to project in modern times’. Michael Miller, The University of Miami.

Author: Michael Mccaughan
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Friar's Bush Press

Amazon review by: AM
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent little book
21 May 2015
Format: Paperback|Verified Purchase
Excellent little book. Some great photographs of the phenomenal work that went into ships long before the Olympic Class Liners.

Author: HAMMOND, DAVID

Author: Samuel Halpern
Genre: Reference
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

On the 20th of September 1911 the White Star Liner RMS Olympic, coming out of Southampton Water, was making a turn to port around the West Bramble buoy in the Solent. At the same time, HMS Hawke, a protected cruiser of the Royal Navy, was making a turn to starboard around Egypt Point, a prominent landmark on the north end of the Isle of Wight. As the two vessels completed their respective turns they steadied on what appeared to be almost parallel courses with Olympic accelerating rapidly towards her full ahead speed for restricted waters. As Olympic drew ahead of Hawke, the much smaller cruiser unexpectedly veered sharply to port, as if her helm was starboarded, and struck the massive White Star Liner in her starboard quarter. As a result of the collision, both vessels suffered severe damage and had to return to port for repairs. As a result of the damages to Olympic, the maiden voyage of her sister ship Titanic was delayed from the 20th of March to the 10th of April while considerable labor, parts and materials were diverted to repair Olympic. That delay in Titanic's schedule later proved to be fatal. At the trial that followed the collision in the Solent, both sides blamed the other for the mishap. Olympic claimed that Hawke was an overtaking vessel coming up from behind, and as such should have given way to Olympic. Hawke claimed that Olympic was a crossing vessel, and having Hawke on her starboard side, was obligated to give way to Hawke. During the one-sided Admiralty hearings held in Portsmouth only two days after the collision, it came out that Hawke's helm had jammed at a critical moment just as an uncontrollable force seemed to pull Hawke toward the much more massive ocean liner. At the Court trial that followed in November, the Admiralty claimed that Olympic made too wide a turn around the buoy bringing her too close to the port side of the cruiser, and the suction created by Olympic's close proximity and excessive speed caused the cruiser to swerve uncont

Author: Gabriel Jeffrey
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd

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Author: Geoff Downer
Genre: Science & Nature
Publisher: Kent RIGS Group

The Stones of Reculver Country Park

Author: Len Ortzen
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Arthur Barker Ltd

Covers events from Somers Isles to a Pacific Island, Mid-Atlantic and many, many more.

Author: Ian McCaskill, Paul Hudson Michael Fish
Genre: Science & Math
Publisher: Great Northern Books

Great Northern Books Edition.

Author: James G. Dorrian
Genre: History
Publisher: Leo Cooper

Storming St. Nazaire. The Gripping Story of the Dock-Busting Raid, March 1942.
Review by A customer
5.0 out of 5 starsWell-written, detailed, and, where necessary, critical.
27 August 1998
Format: Hardcover
Author Dorrian tells the story of the raid to destroy the docks at St. Nazaire so as to deny a berth to the German battleship TIRPITZ. He describes the strategic situation, outlines the plan, and gives some background on the primary individuals involved before getting into a highly-detailed account of the raid itself. He gives full credit to the crews of the British motor torpedo boats who found themselves in a harrowing situation without having volunteered for it, unlike the commandoes they were supporting. Dorrian does not hesitate to criticize the lack of support given to the raiding force by the Admiralty and the RAF. He also shows how the local French suffered as a result of the German response to the raid, side effects that are often overlooked in glowing accounts of World War Two special operations. Ultimately, the book shows how a well-trained, highly-motivated military unit can achieve remarkable success despite great difficulties. Highly recommended to anyone interested in special operations or coastal defense.

Author: Tony Banks
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Abacus

Storming the Falklands Thirty years after the Falklands War 'Secret Millionaire' Tony Banks is still haunted by his experiences in the South Atlantic. As a member of the crack Parachute Regiment his unit was the first to land on the Falklands and he fought in the bloody first and last battles of the war before liberating Port Stanley. In this memoir Tony vividly recalls the fighting in the Falklands. He relives the bomb... Full description

Author: Philip Gooden
Genre: History
Publisher: Quercus

The Story of English The extraordinary story of the development and spread of the English language, from Dark Age Britain to the age of the Internet. Full description

Author: David Howarth & Stephen Howarth
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

For more than 150 years P&O has been one of the world's greatest shipping lines. Beginning with the mail contract to Gibraltar, P&O quickly became the British way to travel the world. The first shipping company to offer cruises, more than 100 years later cruising on P&O's famous white ships remains an important part of the company's activities, although it is now an internationally based group with many wide-ranging interests. This is the history of the company and its operations.

Author: HOWARTH, DAVID & HOWARTH, STEPHEN

Author: Richard Bowood
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Wills & Hepworth

Author: A LADYBIRD 'ACHIEVEMENTS' BOOK
Genre: Tankers
Publisher: Dalton

Author: Peter Collings
Genre: History
Publisher: Deep Lens Publishing

A look through The Argus Archives since the use of pictures in the 1930s.
For the first time The Argus Archives are seen together in the form of a selection of the popular daily feature "Looking Back". The A4, full colour, softback book looks back at some of the events that have made their mark on the people of Sussex and how the people of Sussex have faced adversity, enjoyed themselves, partied and paraded since The Argus first used photographs in the 1930s.



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Author: Braynard Frank O
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Dover Publications

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Author: J. Winocour
Genre: History / Biography
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.

Why does the sinking of the Titanic hold such fascination for us? Many reasons have been advanced for the continuing fascination of this epic tragedy, but none, we think, can contribute as much to an understanding of it as the four accounts collected in this volume. All four authors were survivors, and each presents the catastrophe from his own viewpoint; the icy waters, the cries of the drowning, the confusion, and the heroism, are given an intensely personal immediacy. This volume contains, complete and unabridged, The Loss of the S.S. Titanic, by Lawrence Beesley, and The Truth about the Titanic, by Col. Archibald Gracie. Both are full-length books published soon after the disaster. Each has become extremely rare today. The third story in this volume, Titanic, was written by one of the only officers to survive the catastrophe, Commander Lightoller. It includes the story of the white-washing inquiries into the Titanic s safety measures. The last section is a dramatic tale by the Titanic s surviving wireless operator, Harold Bride.

Author: BRAYNARD, FRANK O.

Author: Marshall, Logan (Lindsay)

Author: Al Cimino
Genre: History
Publisher: Sirius Entertainment

The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But we don't ask for their love - only for their fear. - Heinrich Himmler

The Story of the SS is popular history about the legitimization of mass murder for political purposes, and the men and women who brought this about: the members of the SS.

The history of the SS has never been that widely covered in the market place, particularly in an illustrated version that will appeal to the general reader.

Features chapters on Himmler, The Night of the Long Knives, The Waffen SS, The Holocaust, The SS in Retreat, Nuremberg and ODESSA, the organization of former SS members - it is a varied and in-depth read.

Author Al Cimino provides a concise, yet detailed look at one of the most chilling organizations ever conceived by the human imagination, whose misdeeds are viewed with an unflinching gaze, making for a chilling yet engrossing read.

Author: VARIOUS
Publisher: Dover

Author: Michael Wilkinson, Robert Hamilton
Genre: History
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing,Croxley Green

Marion bought this for me.

Author: Michael Wilkinson
Genre: Art, Architecture & Photography
Publisher: Transatlantic Press

2012 is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic, then the largest and most luxurious passenger liner the world had ever seen. Here is the complete story of the legendary vessel from design to its building in Harland & Wolf's Belfast shipyard and a detailed chronicle of the catastrophic voyage lavishly illustrated with contemporary photographs, many of them previously unpublished. Contemporary news headlines up to the present day reveal the public story as it unfolded including the discovery and exploration of the wreck.

Author: ODHAMS PRESS

Author: Norman Baker
Genre: History
Publisher: Methuen Publishing Ltd

. 2007 light tanning to pages

Author: John Canning
Genre: Wild Animals
Publisher: Chancellor Press

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Author: Samuel Halpern
Publisher: Independently Published

On April 22, 1912, during the third day of the US Senate investigation into the loss of Titanic, it was learned that there had been a steamer in sight of Titanic. This steamer had failed to respond to distress rockets that were being sent aloft from the stricken Titanic as she slowly sank beneath the surface of the Atlantic following a collision with an iceberg. The following day, on April 23, 1912, a story was printed in a small New England newspaper that claimed that a small tramp steamer, the SS Californian, had seen the lights and rockets of Titanic, and had refused to come to her aid.This book takes a new look into what has since been called the Californian affair. It is significantly different from previous treatments of this highly contentious subject in that it does not try to simply interpret or reinterpret every single word that eyewitnesses said in 1912. Instead, it takes a novel approach of applying specific analytical techniques to test the many conflicting and contradictory statements that were made in 1912 in order to find the reality of what took place. It includes detailed analysis of distances, bearings, headings, speeds, drift rates, ranges of visibility and other quantifiable information that has never before been examined in any great detail. It provides answers to the question of where was Californian relative to Titanic that night, and were they in sight of each other. This book also looks into the role played by several other vessels that were in the area that memorable night, delving into some of the claims made afterward concerning rescue attempts and movements. In addition, the book also explores the moments leading up to, and immediately following, Titanic's collision with an iceberg, piecing together a detailed moment-by-moment picture of the events and actions that took place from the time the fatal iceberg was first spotted, to the time that the iceberg was last seen fading astern into the dark of night.

Author: Michael Howard
Genre: Military Intelligence & Espionage
Publisher: Pimlico

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Author: Unnamed Unnamed
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Camden History Society

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Author: Grapevine Publishing Services
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: Collins

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Author: Charles H. Horton, Dale Le Vack
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Lion Books

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Author: Jonathan Crane
Genre: Science & Nature
Publisher: BBC Books

Amazon Review by: thommo
5.0 out of 5 starsWarspite
3 October 2017
Format: Hardcover|Verified Purchase
I was on the warspite when the BBC film crew filmed ocean safari which part of the book is based on,lovely keepsake.

Author: CRANE, JONATHAN

Author: Tom Clancy
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Harper Collins

328 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout, the only exception is some light reading wear to cover.

Author: J.O. Coote
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Leo Cooper / Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Captain Coote recalls his 20 years in the Royal Navy, mostly in submarines from 1942 onwards. There were heart-stopping moments when the 500-ton "Untiring", nailed down by accurate depth-charging, nearly became another name on the Submarine war memorial. But she always returned, usually with her Jolly Roger flying. Command of three front-line submarines was followed by an unforgettable tour with USN submarines. He was the first non-American to sail on operations in one of their nuclear boats, "Nautilus". Life ashore was never dull either, as these candid, illustated memoirs reveal. He has also written "Shell Pilots to the English Channel", "The Faber Book of the Sea", and "The Fighting Tenth".

Author: John Coote
Genre: World War II
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books / Leo Cooper

Quality secondhand book

Author: Edwin P. Hoyt
Genre: History
Publisher: Stein & Day,U.S.

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Author: Alan Gallop
Genre: History
Publisher: The History Press

In April 1951, the disappearance of HM submarine Affray knocked news of the Korean War and Festival of Britain from the front pages of national newspapers.

Author: Christian Wolmar
Genre: Reference
Publisher: Atlantic Books

Good: A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust cover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels.Some of our books may have slightly worn corners, and minor creases to the covers. Please note the cover may sometimes be different to the one shown.

Author: Alexander Kent
Genre: Popular Fiction
Publisher: Hutchinson

London published Fiction

Author: Jerry Potter
Genre: History
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co. (US)

At 2 A.M. on April 27, 1865, the steamer Sultana exploded with a volanic fury. When the sun rose that morning, the wide flooded river was covered with the bodies of over 1800 dead. More people were lost on this steamboat that was built to carry only 376 passengers than would later die on the Titanic. It took me over 13 years to research and write the story of the Sultana. Most of the sources were original government documents from the National Archives, never before used in any article or book. This is one of the most compelling stories in history. I can only hope that my book has done the story justice. When the Sultana left Vicksburg on April 24, 1865, there were 2500 people aboard. William J. Gambrel, the steamer's first clerk, told one passenger shortly after the boat steamed from Vicksburg, that "if the boat made it safely to Cairo, it would be the greatest number of passengers ever carried up the Mississippi River." When the Sultana exploded seven miles north of Memphis, the passengers had little chance of survival on the flooded currents of the mighty river. There were only 76 life preservers and 2 lifeboats on the Sultana. The military commissions that investigated this tragedy concluded that while the Sultana was over crowded, she was not overloaded. In the end, no one was punished for the worst maritime disaster in American history and one of the worst such disasters in world history. This is a story filled with criminal negligence and greed of many high ranking Union Arny officers who put the quest of money ahead of the safety of the soldiers placed in their charge. I dedicated my book to the memory of these brave soldiers who believed that the Sultana was taking them out of harm's way to their homes and families. For many of these men, their final resting place would be the National Cemetery at Memphis and the only monument to their memory would be a stark white headstone that states: "Unknown U. S. Soldier." I pray that my book will keep these men and the Sultana from being lost in the pages of history.

Author: Alan Huffman
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Smithsonian Books

An account of the tragic sinking of the Civil War steamboat describes how it was carrying an overload of paroled Union soldiers, the boiler explosions that ended the lives of more than 1,700 passengers, and the experiences of its survivors.
From the Back Cover

A powerful account of a surprisingly forgotten tragedy of the Civil War

A stunning wartime account of human endurance and adventure, and an exploration of just how much the human body and mind can take,Sultana follows several young Union soldiers through the Civil War and what was, for them, its unimaginably disastrous aftermath. We see them enlist and then almost immediately be plunged into a cascading series of wartime horrors: Battle, trauma, prison camp, and, finally, the sinking of the Sultana, the steamboat that was taking them back home.

On an April night in 1865, the Sultana slowly moved up the dark Mississippi, its overtaxed engines straining under the weight of a human cargo that included an estimated twenty-four hundred passengers—more than six times the number it was designed to carry. Most were weak, emaciated Union soldiers, recently paroled from Confederate prison camps, on their way home after enduring the violence of war. At two a.m., three ofSultana's four boilers exploded. Within twenty minutes, it went down in fire and water, taking an estimated seventeen hundred lives.

The sinking of the Sultana remains the worst maritime disaster in American history, yet due to a confluence of contemporary events (Lincoln had recently been assassinated and the war had ended), it soon faded into relative obscurity. Now Alan Huffman presents this harrowing story against the backdrop of the endless suffering already endured by its survivors. Using contemporary research as well as digging deep into archives and family keepsakes, Huffman paints a gripping portrait of the young men who made it home alive.

Author: Alan Huffman
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Smithsonian Books

An account of the tragic sinking of the Civil War steamboat describes how it was carrying an overload of paroled Union soldiers, the boiler explosions that ended the lives of more than 1,700 passengers, and the experiences of its survivors.
From the Back Cover

A powerful account of a surprisingly forgotten tragedy of the Civil War

A stunning wartime account of human endurance and adventure, and an exploration of just how much the human body and mind can take,Sultana follows several young Union soldiers through the Civil War and what was, for them, its unimaginably disastrous aftermath. We see them enlist and then almost immediately be plunged into a cascading series of wartime horrors: Battle, trauma, prison camp, and, finally, the sinking of the Sultana, the steamboat that was taking them back home.

On an April night in 1865, the Sultana slowly moved up the dark Mississippi, its overtaxed engines straining under the weight of a human cargo that included an estimated twenty-four hundred passengers—more than six times the number it was designed to carry. Most were weak, emaciated Union soldiers, recently paroled from Confederate prison camps, on their way home after enduring the violence of war. At two a.m., three ofSultana's four boilers exploded. Within twenty minutes, it went down in fire and water, taking an estimated seventeen hundred lives.

The sinking of the Sultana remains the worst maritime disaster in American history, yet due to a confluence of contemporary events (Lincoln had recently been assassinated and the war had ended), it soon faded into relative obscurity. Now Alan Huffman presents this harrowing story against the backdrop of the endless suffering already endured by its survivors. Using contemporary research as well as digging deep into archives and family keepsakes, Huffman paints a gripping portrait of the young men who made it home alive.

Author: John Witherow, Aidan Sullivan
Genre: History
Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd

The crisis in the Gulf was born from the territorial ambitions of one man and the powder keg politics of the Middle East. It ended with Saddam Hussein's defeat, the destruction of his armies and his country in turmoil. Never has there been a war like this one, with the full and lethal arsenal of high-tech weaponry in action for the first time. This book is aimed at military enthusiasts and participants in the conflict - and to the millions who were gripped by coverage in the press and on TV. John Witherow, Foreign Editor of "The Sunday Times", and Aidan Sullivan, the Picture Editor, have written and compiled this pictorial history.

Author: EVANS, JOHN
Publisher: Paterchurch Publications

Author: Gaetano Cafiero
Genre: Ships
Publisher: Prion Books Ltd

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Author: Duncan Graham
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Neil Wilson Publishing

The 1950s was the heyday of the Clyde pleasure-steamer when hordes of ordinary folk went "doon the watter" to Dunoon, Largs and Millport to the strains of accordian and fiddle. Others went with full suitcases to Rothesay for the fair, while the well-to-do filled brass-bound trunks and headed for the boarding houses of Brodick and Whiting Bay. The resort piers were hives of activity and the crack was good as the steamers' arrival heralded the main talking point of the day.

Duncan Graham's memoir of his days as a student purser aboard "The Talisman", "Prince Edward" and the "Caledonia" is filled with characters such as the dashing skippers who raced for the best berths, the frustrated chief engineers, the wheeler-dealer stewards and the ladies with more than a mere day trip on their minds. This biography recounts the last days of the steamers on the Clyde as they really were.

Author: Barry Mitchell
Genre: Subjects
Publisher: Coastline P

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Author: MITCHELL, BARRY

Author: Jill Bruce
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: Kangaroo Press

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Author: Patrick O'brian
Genre: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
Publisher: Fontana Press

Set in the early 19th century, John Aubrey and Stephen Maturin come home by despatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Stephen is a marked man and the story develops into a chase and shipwreck. By the author of "The Ionian Mission" and "Treason's Harbour".

Author: R.M. Youngson
Genre: Health, Family & Lifestyle
Publisher: Century

Author: Severin Fayerman
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Aperture Press

When Germany invades Poland in 1939, seventeen year old Severin Fayerman sees his world change forever. His ­family's factory is seized by the Germans. Inevitably, the Fayermans are ­arrested and sent to a forced labor camp. Severin, separated from his family, is left alone in captivity. For more than a year, he endures the horrors of Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and other ­concentration camps, relying on hard work and ingenuity to survive. When the war ends so does his nightmare, but his journey has only just begun. A Survivor's Story is the inspirational memoir of Severin Fayerman, Holocaust survivor and the founder of Baldwin Hardware. His journey from Poland to the United States, from young boy to successful businessman, proves that determination trumps adversity, and that goodness can shine in the darkest of places. His story is the American dream. Severin Fayerman was born in Bendzin, ­Poland in 1922. During World War II, he survived ­imprisonment and forced labor at Auschwitz and ­Buchenwald concentration camps. Reunited with his family ­after the war, he emigrated to the United States in search of a new life. In 1946 the Fayermans purchased the Baldwin Tool and Die Company in Newark, New Jersey. Together they transformed the small metal forming business into a world-class operation. ­Today, Baldwin Hardware is a premier manufacturer of locks and hardware, and a testament to Severin's hard work and entrepreneurial spirit.

Author: Severin Fayerman
Genre: Biography
Publisher: Aperture Press

When Germany invades Poland in 1939, seventeen year old Severin Fayerman sees his world change forever. His family's factory is seized by the Germans. Inevitably, the Fayermans are arrested and sent to a forced labor camp. Severin, separated from his

Author: Elisabeth Navratil
Genre: Children's Books
Publisher: O'Brien Press

[Story of Michel Navratil who kidnapped his 2 sons and was travelling under a false passport aboard the Titanic. The book is written for yound adults by the granddaughter of Michel Navratil].

Author: G.H. Bennett, R. Bennett
Genre: History
Publisher: Hambledon Continuum

Winning the Battle of the Atlantic was critical to Britain's survival in the Second World War. This work is the history of this epic struggle. It is a graphic account of how the ships were attacked and sunk, how crews reacted, how they attempted to launch their lifeboats and how they ended up swimming or clinging to debris.

Author: Linda Martin
Genre: Children's Books
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd

DK Readers: Survivors: The Night the Titanic Sank The story of the sinking of the "Titanic" in the North Atlantic in April, 1912, is told from the point of view of those who survived the disaster. Full description

Author: The Argus
Genre: Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Publisher: Faber and Faber Limited

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Author: David L. Williams, Richard P. de Kerbrech
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Ian Allan

Responsible for some of the most famous ships ever built, among them the Blue Riband holder, Mauretania, and the aircraft carrier, Ark Royal, the Tyne shipbuilder Swan Hunter was at the height of its powers in the first half of the 20th century but by 1994 had completed the last vessel to be built at its Wallsend yard. This history and celebration of the company includes over 150 archive photographs and illustrations.

A unique history of one of the legendary names of British shipbuilding - Swan Hunter - supplemented by many eye-catching photographs. Continuing the well-respected style of the Glory Days series, this cracking new book beautifully explores the turbulent history of Swan Hunter through the 20th century. With over 125 stunning photographs in both mono and colour, this book will be greatly sought after by historians and maritime modellers of all abilities. It is a truly remarkable tribute to the countrys best-known shipbuilder.

Author: Ian Rae, Ken Smith
Genre: Business, Finance & Law
Publisher: Tyne Bridge Publishing

The whole story of the Tyne's most famous shipyard is told with illustrations from the official Swan Hunter Archive, pictures from the Shipyard Magazine and memories from the workers. The tale is brought up to date as the phoenix of the new Swan Hunter rises from the ashes of the old shipbuilding industry.

Author: BRINNIN, JOHN MALCOLM
Genre: Merchant marine
Publisher: Arlington

Author: Peter Hore
Genre: History
Publisher: Seafarer Books

In November 1941 the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney, with a crew of 645, disappeared off the coast of Western Australia. Shipwrecked German sailors told a tale of how their ship, a lightly armoured merchant raider, had sunk the pride of the Australian navy. What really happened in the desperate fight to the death between the two ships?

Author: Peter Hore
Genre: History
Publisher: Seafarer Books

In November 1941 the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney, with a crew of 645, disappeared off the coast of Western Australia. Shipwrecked German sailors told a tale of how their ship, a lightly armoured merchant raider, had sunk the pride of the Australian navy. What really happened in the desperate fight to the death between the two ships?