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The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High-Tech Warfare by Christian Brose
RRP: £19.99£11.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316533676Author Christian BroseFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm... -
Illustrated Sail & Rig Tuning: Genoa & Mainsail Trim, Spinnaker & Gennaker, Rig Tuning by Ivar Dedekam
RRP: £14.99£9.80A beautifully, uniquely illustrated nautical guide to how to trim your sails and rig for maximum performance. With a revolutionary approach, this guide tackles the practical and realistic elements of tuning your boat, plus the theory of sail aerodynamics... -
A Night to Remember: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Sinking of the Titanic by Walter Lord
RRP: £10.99£7.12'There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers.' - Phillip Franklin, White Star Line Vice-PresidentOn April 15th, 1912, Titanic, the world's largest passenger ship, sank... -
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord 9780805077643
RRP: £18.99£10.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805077643Author Walter LordFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams)... -
British Battleships 1890–1905: Victoria's steel battlefleet and the road to Dreadnought by Angus Konstam
RRP: £11.99£8.43The Royal Navy's battleships at the turn of the 20th century were the most powerful battlefleet in the world, and embodied one of the key periods in warship development - the development of the dreadnought battleship. The term 'pre-dreadnought' was... -
Simple Boat Maintenance Pat Manley 9781909911130
RRP: £15.00£9.80Simple Boat Maintenance concentrates on the 67 most common boat maintenance jobs. Each is rated for difficulty on a scale of 1-5 and is explained in simple steps with lots of photos and diagrams. No special tools are required and no skill is assumed... -
The Ship Asunder: A Maritime History of Britain in Eleven Vessels by Tom Nancollas
RRP: £10.99£7.12A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Three and a half millennia of British Maritime history, from the Middle Bronze Age to the early 20th century ... This book is written with passion and sympathy. It will live with me for a very long time' Francis Pryor,... -
X3 to X54: The History of the British Midget Submarine by Keith Hall 9781803991993
RRP: £17.99£13.64The X- and XE-Class submarines were conceived during the Second World War: around 51ft (16m) long, they were designed to be towed by a 'mother' submarine and use their small size to complete stealth missions, such as attacking harbours and performing... -
German and Italian Aircraft Carriers of World War II by Ryan K. Noppen
RRP: £12.99£9.09This fully illustrated study details Germany and Italy's failed development of World War II aircraft carriers, and the naval aviation ships that the two Axis powers sent into action in their place. The quest for a modern aircraft carrier was the... -
British/Commonwealth Cruiser vs Italian Cruiser: The Mediterranean 1940-43 by Angus Konstam
RRP: £14.99£10.95This illustrated history explores the cruiser forces of the Italian and British Royal navies, the jack-of-all trades warships of the Mediterranean Naval War. In 1940, when Italy entered World War II, the Royal Navy was badly overstretched, and its... -
Battleships: The World's Greatest Battleships from the 16th Century to the Gulf War by David Ross
RRP: £19.99£14.65For more than 400 years, the big-gun warship stood as the supreme naval war machine. It was not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation's power, wealth and pride. Battleships features 52 of the greatest warships to have... -
Churchill and the Navy: The Wartime Leader and the Battles at Sea by Richard Hough
RRP: £10.99£7.00Soldier by instinct, sailor by fate... The relationship that defined a career - and saved a nationThe Navy almost finished the career of Britain's greatest wartime leader. As a young minister responsible for the senior service from 1911, Churchill... -
Reeds Vol 9: Steam Engineering Knowledge for Marine Engineers by Thomas D. Morton
£54.87This book is a companion to Volume 8 - General Engineering Knowledge in the "Reed's Marine Engineering Series", and is based on the DoT sylabus of Engineering Knowledge for the Class 2 and Class 1 Engineers Steam Certificates and Steam Endorsements. It... -
RYA Diesel Engine Handbook by Andrew Simpson
RRP: £18.49£16.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954730161Author Andrew SimpsonPage Count 96Imprint Royal Yachting AssociationPublisher Royal Yachting AssociationDimensions(mm) 245mm * 170mm * 9mm -
The Longest Battle: The War at Sea 1939-1945 by Richard Hough
RRP: £12.99£8.18This is the story of the greatest naval conflict in history'The Second World War demanded more of its sailors than any other war in history, in endurance and unremitting need to face danger - danger from increasingly lethal weapons and an ever-increasing... -
Jib Trimming: Get the Best Power & Acceleration Whether Racing or Cruising Felix Marks 9781909911253
RRP: £12.99£8.60Everything you need to know about trimming the foresail. This book demystifies the black art of jib trimming and focuses purely on this role. Concepts covered range from lift, drag and sail shape to wind changes and sea state, with lots more in between... -
Deep Sea and Foreign Going: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry that Brings You 90% of Everything Rose George (Y) 9781846272998
RRP: £10.99£7.32An award-winning investigation into the strange and secretive world of international shipping 'Arresting, sharply observed, deeply researched and compelling... Plenty of books promise to reveal the secrets of little-known worlds but few actually... -
Olympic Titanic Britannic: The anatomy and evolution of the Olympic Class by Simon Mills
RRP: £27.99£22.00The Titanic. The Britannic. The Olympic. They are some of the most famous ships in history, but for the wrong reasons. The Olympic Class liners were conceived as the largest, grandest ships ever to set sail. Of the three ships built, the first only... -
Principles of Yacht Design by Lars Larsson
RRP: £65.00£47.38Principles of Yacht Design has established itself as the standard book on the subject for practising designers, naval architecture students, discerning boat owners as well as the boatbuilding industry as a whole. The fifth edition is completely revised... -
Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering by Andrew Chadwick
RRP: £61.99£53.61This classic text, now in its sixth edition, combines thorough coverage of the basic principles of civil engineering hydraulics with a wide-ranging treatment of practical, real-world applications. Hydraulics in Civil and Environmental Engineering is... -
Half-Hull Modeling: Step-by-step companion, from plans to finished model by Greg Rossel
RRP: £18.95£12.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733104005Author Greg RoesselFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Greg Rossel Boat CarpentryPublisher Greg Rossel Boat CarpentryWeight(grams)... -
Reeds Vol 5: Ship Construction for Marine Engineers by Paul Anthony Russell
RRP: £50.00£46.81This authoritative textbook covers ship construction techniques and methods for all classes of the Merchant Navy marine deck and engineering Certificates of Competency (CoC) as well as students studying for degrees and diplomas in Naval Architecture and... -
Reeds Vol 11: Engineering Drawing by H.G. Beck
£54.87This book was compiled to assist students studying for the Department of Trade Engineering Drawing examination for a First and Second Class Certificate of Competency. It will also benefit anyone studying for the Engineering Knowledge paper in Part B of... -
Deadliest Sea: The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History by Kalee Thompson 9780061766305
RRP: £14.99£11.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061766305Author Kalee ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 204mm *... -
Knot Know-How: How to Tie the Right Knot for Every Job Steve Judkins 9781898660989
RRP: £9.99£6.80This beautiful full-colour book covers knots, splices and whippings. It begins with the ten knots everyone should know. The other knots are grouped by use so that if, for example, you want to make a loop you have eight knots to choose from. Each stage of... -
Sail and Rig - The Tuning Guide Magne Klann 9781912177103
RRP: £18.00£12.54The complete guide on how to trim sails and tune rigging for all conditions to make the boat sail faster and safer. A well-trimmed sailing boat is not only faster - it heels less, balances better and is more comfortable. Wear and load is reduced and... -
Canal Builders: How Britain's Canal Network Evolved by Anthony Burton
RRP: £14.99£11.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399014304Author Anthony BurtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Pen and Sword TransportPublisher Pen and Sword TransportWeight(grams) 165g -
A CLASS INSHORE LIFEBOATS: The RNLI's A class rigid-hulled inshore lifeboats, their design and history by Nicholas Leach
RRP: £7.50£5.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909540224Author Nicholas LeachFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Foxglove Publishing LtdPublisher Foxglove Publishing Ltd -
Aircraft Carriers: The World's Greatest Carriers of the last 100 Years by David Ross
RRP: £24.99£17.79On 9 May 1912 the first airplane take-off from a ship was made from the deck of the HMS Hibernia. In July 1918, seven Sopwith Camels launched from the converted battlecruiser HMS Furious damaged the German airbase at Tonder and destroyed two zeppelins... -
British Town Class Cruisers: Southampton & Belfast Classes: Design, Development & Performance by Conrad Waters 9781526718853
RRP: £40.00£29.99Entering service between 1937 and 1939, the ten British Town' class cruisers were the most modern vessels of their type in the Royal Navy when the Second World War began. Built in response to large 6-inch gunned cruisers in the US and Japanese Navies... -
Battleships of World War I & World War II by E V Martindale
RRP: £17.99£12.39For centuries, battleships provided overwhelming firepower at sea. They were not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation's power, wealth and pride. The rise of the aircraft carrier following the Japanese aerial strike on... -
Battleship: The Greatest Fighting Ships in History Richard Hough 9781800325388
RRP: £10.99£7.00A compelling history of the greatest ships ever launched.The importance of the fighting ship is as considerable today as ever before. Battleships are built, counted, assessed and exercised with the same determination now as at the beginning of the... -
Marine Electrical Equipment and Practice by H. D. McGeorge 9780750616478
RRP: £21.99£19.81Caters for marine engineer candidates for Department of Transport Certification as Marine Engineer Class One and Class Two. It covers the various items of ships' electrical equipment and explains operating principles. David McGeorge is a former... -
Reeds Vol 13: Ship Stability, Powering and Resistance by Jonathan Ridley
RRP: £65.00£47.53This indispensable guide to ship stability covers essential topics such as flotation and buoyancy, small angle, large angle and longitudinal stability, water density effects, bilging, ship resistance, and advanced hydrostatics. Each chapter has a... -
How to Build an Aircraft Carrier: The Incredible Story of the Men and Women Who Brought Britain's Biggest Warship to Life by Chris Terrill
RRP: £12.99£9.09Discover the enthralling story of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's largest ever aircraft carrier and SUBJECT OF THE MAJOR NEW BBC DOCUMENTARY SERIES THE WARSHIP'Fascinating, often funny and sometimes moving . . . Terrill takes us deep into the... -
Super-Battleships of World War II: Montana-class, Lion-class, H-class, A-150 and Sovetsky Soyuz-class by Mark Stille
RRP: £12.99£9.09An illustrated study of the design, development and eventual fates of the uncompleted super-battleships intended to be built before and during World War II. Before the start of World War II, the battleship was still king, and all the major powers... -
Modern Splicing: Shown Step by Step by Egmont M. Friedl
RRP: £40.99£26.47For marine, boating, and climbing amateurs and professionals at all levels, splices-the strongest way of attaching or joining the end of a rope-are essential. Why? Because a splice gives the strongest way of attaching or joining the end of a rope to any... -
Mainsail Trimming: Get the Best Power & Acceleration Whether Racing or Cruising by Felix Marks
RRP: £14.99£9.80Mainsail trimming is not only a physically and mentally demanding role on a boat; it is one of the most crucial. You need a deep and subtle appreciation of sail shapes and the controls used to achieve them. Most significantly, the role requires an... -
Rigging: Period Fore-And-Aft Craft by Lennarth Petersson 9781848322189
RRP: £12.99£10.95Employing superb, clear draughtsmanship this book illustrates each and every detail of the rigging of typical period fore-and-aft vessels. The rigging of period ship models is arguably the most complex task that any modeller has to accomplish; the... -
Rigging Period Ships Models: A Step-by-step Guide to the Intricacies of Square-rig by Lennarth Petersson
RRP: £25.00£18.02The rigging of period ship models is the most complex task which any modeller has to take on, for an eighteenth-century man-of-war boasted mile on mile of rigging, more than 1,000 blocks, and acres of canvas. To reduce this in scale, and yet retain an...