Disaster at Sea: Shipwrecks, Storms, and Collisions on the Atlantic, Paperback - William H. Flayhart

Reducere. Author of The American Line: 1871-1902 and coauthor of Majesty at Sea and the first edition of QE2, Flayhart retells classic ocean liner disaster s...

Publisher: Morgans Technical Books LtdIllustration(s): sd., col.Number of pages: 64Publication date: 1991Dimensions: 126 x 143 x 5Cover type: Paper...

Recounts the dramatic stories of 21 shipwrecks off the coast of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, through the eras of sail, steam and modern techno...

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Reducere. The definitive guide to a critical, hotly debated topic How should a sailor cope with storms at sea? Some advocate heaving-to, others running off. ...

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The full story of the Battle of the Atlantic, told with precision and clarity by Captain Macintyre a distinguised participant in the battle.

A concise look at the evolution of one of our most crucial transport and trade routes that will open your eyes to its vivid history. Jeremy Black e...

Shipwrecks and the Bounty of the Sea is a work of social history examining community relationships, law, and seafaring over the long early modern p...

Reducere. Thousands of Shipwrecks off Cape Cod So many ships have piled up on the hidden sand bars off the coast between Chatham and Provincetown that those ...

Book 14 in The Euphemia Martins Murder Mystery series

The Egyptian sector of the Red Sea provides scuba divers with their finest opportunity to explore the most outstanding collection of shipwrecks fou...

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What would drive two middle-aged men to get into a wooden boat and row across an ocean? Paul Hopkins and Phil Pugh did just that over 70 gruelling ...

The gripping story of a chemical weapons catastrophe, its cover-up, and how one army doctor's discovery led to the development of chemotherapy.Publ...

The gripping story of a chemical weapons catastrophe, its cover-up, and how one army doctor's discovery led to the development of chemotherapy.Illu...

DescriptionThe diverse cultures of the Caribbean have been shaped as much by hurricanes as they have by diplomacy, commerce, or the legacy of colon...

About the AuthorBradford Burns, a longtime fisheries activist, has served as a national board and executive committee member of the Coastal Conserv...

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In this book, the authors seek not only to explain how this document came into being -bits of it being scrawled out on scraps of paper over dinner ...

Reducere. This is a factual account, written in the pace of fiction, of hundreds of dramatic losses, heroic rescues, and violent adventures at the stormy mee...

An urgent and eye-opening examination of how technology is leaving society open to myriad catastrophic threats.

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Original dual biography of the brothers Valentinian and Valens allows comparison of their achievements and contrasting reputations.Publisher: Pen &...

MALTA 1941. The war has created a soldier-saluting adventure for eleven-year-old Joe Zarb, until a telegram arrives with news of papa, Victor. 1961...

A stunning and forensic look at the wrecks of two of the most famous British capital ships lost during WWII Provides details of the construction an...

DescriptionCombining exquisite natural history with beguiling autobiographical and historical narrative, a portrait of a fish whosestory is closely...

This collection explores the variety of ways in which people have long made themselves at home at sea, bringing together both ethnographic and arch...

In 1554 a fleet of Spanish ships, laden with treasures from the New World departed from Vera Cruz in Mexico, bound for Havana. For reasons yet unkn...

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Drawing on the author's long-term study of northern elephant seals, the chapters cover a broad range of topics including diving, feeding, migration...

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