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The Wager by David Grann 9781471183706
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.31THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BALLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* *SELECTED AS ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2023* 'The beauty of The Wager... -
The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £11.41A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom HollandThe 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders... -
The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I's Dream by Charles Spencer
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.42THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this' BILL BRYSON 'A brilliant read ... Game of... -
Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived by Andrew Wilson 9781847398826
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.71In the early hours of 15 April 1912, after the majestic liner Titanic had split apart and the 1,500 men, women and children struggled to stay alive in the freezing Atlantic, the sea was alive with... -
River Kings: A New History of Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads by Cat Jarman
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF 2021 'Astonishing and compelling' Bernard Cornwell 'This superb book is like a classical symphony, perfectly composed and... -
The Shipping Forecast Meg Clothier 9781785949265
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.07The official celebration of the 100th anniversary of The Shipping Forecast There's a sea lover in every Brit. The Shipping Forecast on Radio 4 has been keeping people up to date with the latest... -
A Night to Remember: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Sinking of the Titanic by Walter Lord
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.69'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,... -
How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island by Egill Bjarnason
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95'A joyously peculiar book' - The New York Times'A fascinating insight into Icelandic culture and a fresh perspective on her global influence. Warning: may well make readers wish they were Icelandic,... -
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins 9781399603485
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £14.89'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors'A real-life Indiana Jones takes readers on a dive through these underwater museums,... -
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £9.22'An epic of survival' -- MICHAEL PALIN'A "grade-A classic"' -- SUNDAY TIMES'Utterly enthralling' -- GEOFF DYER, GUARDIAN'Deeply engrossing' -- NEW YORK TIMESLISTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES,... -
Operation Pedestal: The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942 by Max Hastings
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.12The Sunday Times bestseller 'One of the most dramatic forgotten chapters of the war, as told in a new book by the incomparable Max Hastings' DAILY MAIL In August 1942,... -
On a Sea of Glass: The Life & Loss of the RMS Titanic by Tad Fitch
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.00On the night of 14/15 April 1912, a brandnew, supposedly unsinkable ship, the largest and most luxurious vessel in the world at the time, collided with an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage. Of... -
Midway-Class Aircraft Carriers 1945–92 Mark Stille 9781472860484
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.78The Midway-class were the US Navy's biggest carriers built during World War II. Superbly illustrated, this explains how they became the backbone of the Cold War fleet. Entering service in September... -
Endeavour: The Sunday Times bestselling biography of Captain Cook's recently discovered ship Peter Moore 9781784703929
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.41**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**An inventive biography of one of the most famous ships of all time - recently discovered off the coast of America- Endeavour is an alluring combination of history,... -
Liverpool Docks by Michael Stammers 9780752417127
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78The story of Liverpool is, in many ways, the story of its docks. Before the docks, trade was limited by the tides and at the mercy of the Mersey's currents. After dock construction began, the city... -
In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story that Inspired `Moby Dick' by Nathaniel Philbrick 9780006531203
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.99The Number One best-selling, epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, beautifully reissued alongside Philbrick's new paperback, Sea of Glory. ... -
Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh 9781529349245
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £16.92'An acerbic, compelling and always accessible account of how opium corrupted the world' TLS'The writing is sublime, the research thorough, the eye for story superb' Sunday TelegraphWhen Amitav Ghosh... -
Deep Water: the world in the ocean by James Bradley 9781914484605
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £15.97'Wise, compassionate, and urgent.' Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland A Bookseller Nonfiction Editor's Choice for March 2024 Plunge into the depths of the unknown in this thrilling work of... -
A Brief History of Slavery: A New Global History by Professor Jeremy Black
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our past but also the present day.In this panoramic history, Jeremy Black tells how slavery was... -
The Nautical Puzzle Book by The National Maritime Museum 9781529322811
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.93__________Available now: the biggest and best quiz book about the deep blue!__________Think you know the difference between a ship and a boat? Do you really understand the shipping forecast? And what... -
Icebound by Andrea Pitzer
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02'An epic tale of exploration, daring and tragedy told by a fine historian - and a wonderful writer' - Peter Frankopan, author of the bestselling The Silk Roads. 'The name of William Barents isn't... -
Breverton's Nautical Curiosities: A Book of the Sea by Terry Breverton
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.75A compendium of fascinating information about the great waters that cover two-thirds of our Earth and the men and women that sailed them.Breverton's Nautical Curiosities is about ships, people and... -
A Girl Aboard the Titanic: The Remarkable Memoir of Eva Hart, a 7-year-old Survivor of the Titanic Disaster by Eva Hart
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.24'I saw that ship sink, I never closed my eyes. I saw it, I heard it, and nobody could possibly forget it. I can remember the colours, the sounds, everything. The worst thing I can remember were the... -
London's Triumph: Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City by Stephen Alford
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23'Consistently illuminating ... Like all the best stories, it is about the timeless tides of power and influence ... trade deals can sometimes be sexy, thrilling and epic' Sinclair McKay,... -
Warship 2023 by John Jordan
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £36.14The latest edition of Warship, the celebrated annual publication featuring the latest research on the history, development, and service of the world's warships. For over 45 years, Warship has been... -
Empire's Crossroads: A New History of the Caribbean by Carrie Gibson
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26In Empire's Crossroads, Carrie Gibson offers readers a vivid, authoritative and action-packed history of the Caribbean. For Gibson, everything was created in the West Indies: the Europe of today,... -
Batavia's Graveyard Mike Dash 9780753816844
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78When the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia struck an uncharted reef off the new continent of Australia on her maiden voyage in 1629, 332 men, women and children were on board. While some headed off in a... -
Convoys: The British Struggle Against Napoleonic Europe and America by Roger Knight 9780300273403
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £12.30The first account of Britain's convoys during the Napoleonic Wars-showing how the protection of trade played a decisive role in victory During the Napoleonic Wars thousands of merchant ships... -
A Book of Voyages by Patrick O'Brian
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28An anthology of 17th and 18th century travel writing that inspired the hugely popular Aubrey/Maturin series, collected and introduced by Patrick O'Brian, beautifully repackaged to mark the centenary... -
The British Lighthouse Trail: A Regional Guide by Sarah Kerr 9781849954402
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £15.25Lighthouses have been used as aids to maritime navigation for centuries. They are highly recognisable and beloved features of our coastline and waterways, treasured by communities and captivating... -
In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides 9781780747453
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.23The age of exploration was drawing to a close, yet the mystery of the North Pole remained. Contemporaries described the pole as the 'unattainable object of our dreams', and the urge to fill in this... -
Cutty Sark by Eric Kentley
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £15.56An updated and expanded edition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of this iconic ship. The narrative spans her construction at Dumbarton in 1869; her famous tea voyages as well as those with other... -
Sir John Franklin's Erebus and Terror Expedition: Lost and Found by Gillian Hutchinson
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £16.78In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage - the sea route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. The expedition was expected to complete its... -
Titanic Voices: 63 Survivors Tell Their Extraordinary Stories by Hannah Holman
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £16.92There were over 700 survivors of the Titanic disaster and their horrific experience has captivated readers and moviegoers for over 100 years. But what was it actually like for a woman to say goodbye... -
Sextant: A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans by David Barrie
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.58In the tradition of Dava Sobel's 'Longitude' comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery - an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational... -
Dark Side of the Cut: A History of Crime on Britain's Canals by Susan Law 9781803993300
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.80There is something strangely compelling about the waterways. Isolated places on the edge of society, they have always had their own distinctive way of life and a certain shady reputation. Ever since... -
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Man Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger 9780007230068
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28The worst storm in history seem from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. The 'perfect... -
The Book of Sea Shanties by Nathan Evans
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50An epic journey through sea shanties, high tides and seven seasFrom the international bestselling singer comes The Book of Sea Shanties.The world sang in harmony with Nathan Evans, the Glaswegian... -
1421: The Year China Discovered The World by Gavin Menzies
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.76On 8 March 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China. The ships, some nearly five hundred feet long, were under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. Their... -
The History of the Port of London: A Vast Emporium of All Nations by Stone, Peter 9781399085229
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16The River Thames has been integral to the prosperity of London since Roman times. Explorers sailed away on voyages of discovery to distant lands. Colonies were established and a great empire grew...