Ship Models from the Age of Sail. Building and Enhancing Commercial Kits, Hardback - Kerry Jang

An introduction to period ship modelling beginning with readily available kits. Describes methods of improving kits, in preparation for building a ...

DescriptionThe majority of warship modelers work in smaller scales most often based on plastic or resin kits. Many of these creators harbor ambitio...

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Building a model from a kit is an excellent way to develop your modeling skills. But once you've mastered the basics, where do you go? If you're lo...

Recent challenges to US maritime predominance suggests a return to great power competition at sea, and this new volume looks at how navies in previ...

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Reducere. DescriptionChatham Sea Captains in the Age of Sail chronicles the lives and adventures of twenty-five men who traveled the seas from the eighteenth...

The only published listing of career histories for Dutch warships of this period. A 'must have' reference work for anyone interested in this field,...

Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Marcus RedikerNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 155 x 228 x 26Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

In Ship Modeling Simplified, master model builder Frank Mastini puts to paper the methods he's developed over 30 years at the workbench to help nov...

Reducere. The Age of Sail has long fascinated readers, writers, and the general public. Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Jack London et al. treated ships at s...

Reducere. When, as a young man in the 1880s, Benjamin Lundy signed up for duty aboard a square-rigged commercial sailing vessel, he began a journey more exci...

Reducere. This book is unique. There is only one comprehensive published manual for building C.F. Martin & Co. types of guitar kits, and this is it. The 108-...

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A complete catalogue of Glasgow Museums' remarkable Ship Model collection with more than 700 stunning photographs both of complete models, and clos...

The first ever book on the world's greatest ship modeller superbly illustrated with line work and close-up colour photos.

The only detailed English-language study of this great sea battle.

The story of how three individuals conquered the plague of the seaPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Stephen BownIllustration(s): 20 Illust...

Reducere. "A deeply sympathetic biography of Lorenz Hart, the talented, troubled lyricist of film and Broadway fame. Marmorstein has done an enormous service...

Reducere. Scurvy took a terrible toll in the Age of Sail, killing more sailors than were lost in all sea battles combined. The threat of the disease kept shi...

A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare

Meticulous reconstruction of the building of HMS _Thunderer_, one of the most successful types of warships of her time. Paints a vivid and often su...

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This gripping diary, written from the perspective of the young Alfred (with the help of his scribe Godric), will take readers through the major eve...

Offers commentary and an illustrated history of the representations of people of African descent ranging from the ancient images of Pharaohs create...

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Publisher: Herridge & Sons LtdAuthor(s): Ray NewellIllustration(s): 250 full colour photographsNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2007Dimensions...

A rich picture of commercial life among the British Catholic merchants operating in the Atlantic and Mediterranean at the end of the Stuart era.

Why wait another day? Make the most of your commercial property. A commercial building is just a building; but, it's an investment once it's leased...

STAT2 is designed to help students build on their statistical knowledge in order to analyze rich datasets using statistical models. The book develo...

Contributor(s): Author: John S. TjiaThe go-to guide for developing effective financial analysis and valuation models--updated with new content and ...

Praise for BROADSIDES""Pace the pitching black deck with a sleepless Admiral Nelson the night before battle bestows eternal rest and peerless immor...

Reducere. Praise for BROADSIDES""Pace the pitching black deck with a sleepless Admiral Nelson the night before battle bestows eternal rest and peerless immor...

A brilliant telling of the history of the common seaman in the age of sail, and his role in Britain's trade, exploration, and warfare "No other boo...

Anyone interested in the history of life-from paleontologists to inquisitive birders-will find Birds of Stone an irresistible feast for the eyes an...

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These are dark and darkening times, challenging us to look deeper to grasp the roots and dynamics of the looming civilizational crisis. Chronic ill...

To mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Robinson Crusoe, this book looks at some of the stories which inspired Daniel Defoe - stories o...

Description"Who is Michael Jang? I don't know if he's a hipster or a nerd, a conceptual genius or instinctual savant. All I know is that he takes s...

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Small Arms features 52 weapons from the late 19th century to the present day. Each weapon is illustrated with a colour profile artwork and photogra...

Reducere. Code Check Commercial is a field guide for code issues commonly encountered in the construction of retail stores, offices, warehouses, health servi...

The future of Star Trek is modelled on the world of the British Golden Age of Sail as it is commonly found in the genre of sea fiction. Star Trek a...

Reducere. This classic guide to ship modeling is distinguished by its particular suitability for beginners. Both text and plans are especially geared toward ...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Kerry GibsonNumber of pages: 162Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 234 x 156Cover type: Paperback / softba...

A spectacular gift book for children interested in how things work.Publisher: Walker Books LtdNumber of pages: 12Publication date: 2008Dimensions: ...

Atlantic Wars is the first work to comprehensively explore how warfare shaped human experience around the Atlantic from the late Middle Ages until ...

Reducere. For nearly two hundred years huge wooden warships called "ships of the line" dominated war at sea and were thus instrumental in the European strugg...

DescriptionAn accessible survey of the history of European overseas empires in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries based on new scholarship In...

Classic crime fiction's 'Indiana Jones' Tony Medawar unearths more unpublished and uncollected stories from the Golden Age of suspense, including J...