Ships & Shipbuilding
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Titanic Legacy: The Captain, the Daughter and the Spy
$39.99 Add to cartOn 3 July 1930, a maid discovered the dead body of her employer on the floor of the sitting room in an upmarket apartment in Temple, London. The victim was 37-year-old Sidney Russell Cooke, mysterious… [more below]
- Author: Parkes, Dan E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1398124354
- Language: English
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Deckhand: Life on Freighters of the Great Lakes
$22.95 Add to cartLong before popular television shows such as Dirty Jobs and The Deadliest Catch, everyday men and women—the unsung heroes of the job world—toiled in important but mostly anonymous jobs. One of tho
- Author: Haydamacker, Nelson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: February 24 2009
- ISBN10: 0472033255
- Language: English
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Deckhand: Life on Freighters of the Great Lakes
$27.99 Add to cartThe story of Fleur Wood’s journey from corporate world to creative life woven with generous doses of the practical ways you can bring more creativity into your own life.
Taking cues from the natural- Author: Woods, Fleur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0473679760
- Language: English
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Submarines: The World’s Greatest Submarines from the 18th Century to the Present
$24.99 Add to cartan eye-opening tour of the varied ways cultures grapple with what lies beyond – Publisher’s Weekly
This illuminating book reveals how cultures and communities around the world grieve their loved ones –
- Series: Lonely Planet
- Author: Planet, Lonely
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1837580057
- Language: English
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HMS Belfast: Naval History Special Editions
$19.95 Add to cartBuilding on the expertise of the authors and historians of the Naval Institute Press, the Naval History Special Editions are designed to offer studies of the key vessels, battles, and events of armed
- Series: Naval History Special Editions #11
- Author: Pocklington, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 168247982X
- Language: English
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Seaforth World Naval Review 2025
$59.95 Add to cartFor more than a decade this annual volume has provided an authoritative summary of all the developments in the world’s navies and their ships in the previous twelve months. It combines regional survey… [more below]
- Author: Waters, Conrad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: December 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1399078887
- Language: English
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In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
$20.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – A white-knuckle tale of polar exploration and heroism in the Gilded Age from the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers. – “A splendid book in … [more below]
- Author: Sides, Hampton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 26 2015
- ISBN10: 0307946916
- Language: English
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All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, the Legendary Irish Famine Ship
$16.00 Add to cartThe enthralling, true tale of a celebrated “coffin ship” that ran between Ireland and America in the 1840s: “By turns harrowing and heartwarming…All Standing salvages the treasure of a history lost … [more below]
- Author: Miles, Kathryn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 14 2014
- ISBN10: 1451610157
- Language: English
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Shipwreck Rescues of the Outer Banks: Sensational Wrecks and Heroic Rescues by the United States Life-Saving Service
$27.95 Add to cartAlong North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where thousands of ships met their doom, the brave surfmen of the U.S. Life-Saving Service braved raging seas, defied death itself, and saved countless lives from c
- Author: Charlet, James D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1493087703
- Language: English
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Empty Vessel: The Story of the Global Economy in One Barge
$29.00 Add to cartThe rise of globalization and financialization as seen from a barge–one Swedish barge, to be exact, built in 1979
“The many-headed hydra of neoliberalism has found its chronicler.” –Sven Beckert, au- Author: Kumekawa, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0593801474
- Language: English
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The Big Ship: The Story of the S.S. United States
$21.95 Add to cartThe Big Ship: The Story of the S.S. United States is the fascinating behind-the scenes story of one of the fastest ships in the world and one of the most luxurious passenger liners to cross the Atlant… [more below]
- Author: Braynard, Frank O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 05 2011
- ISBN10: 1596527641
- Language: English
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Sail, Steam, and Diesel: Moving Cargo on the Great Lakes
$79.95 Read moreWater transportation has played a key role in the Great Lakes region’s settlement and economic growth, from providing entry into the new lake states to offering cheap transportation for the goods they… [more below]
- Author: Hirsimaki, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 696
- Publish Date: April 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1611864445
- Language: English
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The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History
$29.99 Add to cartThe Gulf of Mexico presents a compelling, salt-streaked narrative of the earth’s tenth largest body of water. In this beautifully written and illustrated volume, John S. Sledge explores the people, sh
- Author: Sledge, John S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1643360140
- Language: English
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The Marlinspike Sailor
$22.00 Add to cart- Author: Smith, Hervey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 22 1993
- ISBN10: 0070592187
- Language: English
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Building Strip-Planked Boats: With Complete Plans and Instructions for a Dinghy, a Canoe, and a Kayak You Can Build
$28.00 Add to cartThe first comprehensive book on stripbuilding almost any type of small boat
Strip-planking is a popular method of amateur boat construction, but until now there has never been a book that showed how t
- Author: Schade, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0071475249
- Language: English
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The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain: 660-1649
$40.99 Add to cartThroughout the chronicle of Britain’s history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of kings, the security of trade, and the integrity of the realm. Without its navy, Britain would have… [more below]
- Author: Rodger, N. A. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 744
- Publish Date: November 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0393319601
- Language: English
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Killing Shore: The True Story of Hitler’s U-Boats Off the New Jersey Coast
$34.95 Read moreThe shocking story of Nazi Germany’s naval assault in American waters, told through the eyes of seafarers who experienced it off the Jersey Shore.
It is January 1942. Six weeks after the United States … [more below]
- Author: Nelson, K. a.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 395
- Publish Date: April 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1955041296
- Language: English
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Ship of Lost Souls: The Tragic Wreck of the Steamship Valencia
$32.95 Add to cartOf all the stories of ships lost in what has come to be called the “Graveyard of the Pacific,” that of the steamship Valencia is among the saddest. In January 1906, the Valencia set out from San Franc
- Author: Scher, Rod
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1493081357
- Language: English
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The Art of Rigging
$11.95 Read moreFew, today, can realize how important was the art of rigging a ship and reeving her gear in the days just old when all aloft was wood and hemp; or how great the part it has played in the building of E… [more below]
- Series: Dover Maritime
- Author: Biddlecombe, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0486263436
- Language: English
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The Buccaneers of America
$14.95 Add to cartA cross between genuine privateers, commissioned to defend a country’s colonies and trade, and outright pirates, buccaneers were largely English, French, and Dutch adventurers who plied the waters amo
- Series: Dover Maritime
- Author: Exquemelin, Alexander O.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 26 2000
- ISBN10: 048640966X
- Language: English
