Ships & Shipbuilding
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Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
$19.99 Add to cartExperience “one of the best adventure books ever written” (Wall Street Journal) in this New York Times bestseller: the harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 attempt to reach the
- Author: Lansing, Alfred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 28, 2015
- ISBN10: 0465062881
- Language: English
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Lost Passenger Steamships of Lake Michigan
$21.99 Add to cartFrom the arrival of the first steamship to Lake Michigan in 1821 through the turbulent booms and busts of more than 130 years, passenger steamers of this bygone era provided an essential link for immi… [more below]
- Series: Lost
- Author: St Mane, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 05 2010
- ISBN10: 1596299428
- Language: English
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Shipping Container Homes: Learn How To Build Your Own Shipping Container House and Live Your Dream!
$14.99 Add to cartRealize Your Dream of Living in Your Own Shipping Container Home!
Learn How You Can Save Money With Insider Tips On How To Build Your Shipping Container Home!
How would you like to:– pay way less per
- Author: Oatfield, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: May 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1952772109
- Language: English
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner)
$21.00 Add to cartFrom the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane’s Eye–the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville’s Moby-Dick.
Winner of the National Book- Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0141001828
- Language: English
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Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
$18.99 Add to cartIn 1914, an expedition headed by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to be the first to cross the continent of Antarctica. Shipwrecked and marooned for months on end, their ill-fated voyage became a triumph… [more below]
- Author: Lansing, Alfred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0842308245
- Language: English
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The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale: First-Person Accounts
$17.00 Add to cartThe gripping first-hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired Melville’s Moby-Dick and informed Nathaniel Philbrick’s monumental history, In the Heart of the Sea
In 1820, the Nantucket- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Nickerson, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0140437967
- Language: English
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White Hurricane
$22.00 Add to cartIn early November 1913, not quite 19 months after the loss of the Titanic in midatlantic, an autumn gale descended on the Great Lakes. Gales of November – like the one that sank the Edmund Fitzgerald … [more below]
- Author: Brown, David G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: February 09 2004
- ISBN10: 0071435417
- Language: English
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The Rigging Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Sailboat Rigging
$39.95 Add to cartFrom YouTube’s popular Rigging Doctor channel, The Rigging Handbook is an introductory to mid-level book intended for boat owners, sailors, and cruisers who want to better understand how the mast and … [more below]
- Series: Sheridan House Guides
- Author: Benavent, Herb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1493086006
- Language: English
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Hardhat Days: My Re-Education in Seattle’s Shipyards
$22.95 Read moreFollowing weeks of fruitless 1970s job-hunting, new college graduate Mike Nolan was broke and miserable, sleeping on his sister’s couch. As a last resort, he signed on as a shipyard laborer, and disco
- Author: Mike Nolan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1638640327
- Language: English
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The Last Run: A True Story of Rescue and Redemption on the Alaska Seas
$15.99 Add to cartIt was a desperate mission that made front-page headlines and captured the attention of millions of readers around the world. In January 1998, in the dead of an Alaskan winter, a cataclysmic Arctic st
- Author: Lewan, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: January 22 2016
- ISBN10: 0060956232
- Language: English
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Beginner’s Guide to Ship Watching on the Great Lakes: What to Look For, Ship-Watching Destinations, Ports, Whistles and More
$14.95 Add to cartStart Ship Watching on the Great Lakes Today!
Ship watching on the Great Lakes is fascinating! It’s hard to fathom how big a 1000-foot-long ship is until you see one navigating on the Great Lakes or pa
- Author: Ortler, Brett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 12 2015
- ISBN10: 159193527X
- Language: English
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Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew
$20.00 Add to cartOn December 4th, 1872, a 100-foot brigantine was discovered drifting through the North Atlantic without a soul on board. Not a sign of struggle, not a shred of damage, no ransacked cargo–and not a tr… [more below]
- Author: Hicks, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 28 2005
- ISBN10: 0345466659
- Language: English
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The Band That Played on: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic
$19.99 Add to cartThe movies, the documentaries, the museum exhibits. They often tell the same story about the “unsinkable” Titanic, her wealthy passengers, the families torn apart, and the unthinkable end. But never b
- Author: Turner, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 26 2012
- ISBN10: 1595555463
- Language: English
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Submarine Aircraft Carriers: From World War I to the Age of Drones
$39.95 Add to cartTwo innovations in weaponry appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century and revolutionized warfare, turning it into a multidimensional contest: the modern diesel-powered submarine and the fixed… [more below]
- Author: Gunnarson, Jacob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 16 2025
- ISBN10: 0811777294
- Language: English
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A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
$20.00 Add to cartFrom renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human history told through the archaeological discoveries of twelve shipwrecks across time.
The Viking warsh- Author: Gibbins, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1250397197
- Language: English
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Inside the Britannic: Uncovering the Wreck of the Titanic’s Sister Ship
$38.00 Add to cartDocumenting one of the most comprehensive surveys of a shipwreck ever conducted, Simon Mills’ new book takes you inside the SS Britannic for a unique dive into the past.
The Olympic Class ships were i- Author: Mills, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 139941450X
- Language: English
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Great Lakes Shipwrecks & Survivals
$27.99 Add to cartIn this breathtaking chronicle of the most spectacular shipwrecks and survivals on the Great Lakes, William Ratigan re-creates vivid scenes of high courage and screaming panic from which no reader can… [more below]
- Author: Ratigan, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 386
- Publish Date: August 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0802886086
- Language: English
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The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II
$19.99 Add to cartBuilt in 1927, the German ocean liner SS Cap Arcona was the greatest ship since the RMS Titanic and one of the most celebrated luxury liners in the world. When the Nazis seized control in Germany, she… [more below]
- Author: Watson, Robert P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 0306825430
- Language: English
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The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
$35.00 Add to cartFor three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe as the epicenter of global economic strength. The region was the beating heart of the world economy, possessing all the power … [more below]
- Author: Bacon, John U.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1324094648
- Language: English
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Recollections of Life on the Prison Ship Jersey
$28.00 Read moreA First-hand Account of Prison Experience in the American Revolution
“Among the many events which took place during the Revolutionary War from its commencement to its termination [are] the cruelties … [more below]- Author: Dring, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: June 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1594163359
- Language: English
