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US Standard-type Battleships 1941–45 (1)(2015) STILLE, MARK (AUTHOR)Offers an insight into the Standard-type classes of US battleships. This book provides an investigation into the histories of each of the warships in the Standard-type battleship classes, the first three of which, the Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Mexico,Vezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Torpedoes, Tea, and Medals(2022) O’FLAHERTY, CHRISWhilst Hitler's U-Boats were torpedoing shipments of tea bound for Great Britain, Jake Wright reciprocated by torpedoing Axis coastal shipping off Europe. This is the life story of a determined, brave and innovative individual, who went from a tea trade tVezava: Trda25,22 € -
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea(2021) FREEMAN, COLINThe true story of a retired British army officer's private Somali-hostage rescue mission.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Black Salt(2014) COSTELLO, RAYThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of British seafarers of African descent from the Tudor period to the present day.Vezava: Mehka66,63 € -
May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth(2022)May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth collects the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklin’s fateful Arctic expedition, providing new insights into the personalities of those onVezava: Trda65,63 € -
Coal Black Sea(2022) HEAVER, STUARTThis book reveals for the first time the extraordinary true story of the worst naval catastrophe of the First World War and how Churchill covered it upVezava: Trda28,04 € -
Understanding J. Bruce Ismay(2022) ISMAY, CLIFFORDAn insight into the man at the heart of the world’s most infamous maritime disasterVezava: Mehka22,42 € -
Scurvy(2021) BOWN, STEPHENThe story of how three individuals conquered the plague of the seaVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
MV Norland, Secret Weapon of the Falklands War(2021) KEMP, REG,WOOD, MICHAELThe gripping story of the North Sea ferry MV Norland, 'secret weapon' of the Falklands WarVezava: Mehka25,22 € -
Nelson's Lost Jewel(2021) DOWNER, MARTYNNelson’s Lost Jewel tells the remarkable story of one of the most famous jewels in British history for the first time, and traces its journey from Constantinople to London. Secured for the nation by public appeal, it passed to the National Maritime MuseumVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Unseen Britannic(2020) MILLS, SIMONNew and updated edition of the successful Unseen BritannicVezava: Trda35,05 € -
To My Dearest Wife, Lide(2019) SAUER, M. PATRICK,RANZAN, DAVID A.Offers a rare first-person account of the landmark American naval expedition to Japan to establish commercial relations between the two countries. George Gideon's letters have been meticulously transcribed and annotated by the editors and are an invaluablVezava: Trda70,00 € -
Distant Shores(2021) MACAULEY, PROFESSOR MELISSAA pioneering history that transforms our understanding of the colonial era and China's place in itChina has conventionally been considered a land empire whose lack of maritime and colonial reach contributed to its economic decline after the mid-eighteenthVezava: Trda59,50 € -
Sailor Song(2021) SMYTH, GERRYPassed down in the oral tradition and sung traditionally as working songs, sea shanties tell the human stories of life at sea: hard graft, battling the elements, the loss of ships or pining for a lady on shore. Acclaimed shanty devotee Gerry Smyth presentVezava: Trda23,82 € -
In Search of a Kingdom(2022) BERGREEN, LAURENCEFor Elizabeth, Drake made the impossible real, serving as a crucial and brilliantly adaptable instrument of her ambitions to transform England from a third-rate island kingdom into a global imperial power.In 1580, sailing on Elizabeth’s covert orders, DraVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Into the Raging Sea(2019) SLADE, RACHELIn the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade’s Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account of the sinking of the container ship El Faro, the crew of thirty-three who perished onboard, and the destructive forces of globalisation tVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Last Man Off(2015) LEWIS, MATTIn the depths of Antarctic winter, hundreds of miles from land or rescue, a small fishing boat is swallowed by waves as high as houses. Only the actions of Matt Lewis, a 23-year-old British marine biologist and one of the most inexperienced men aboard, wiVezava: Mehka15,41 €
