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Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh 9781529349245
RRP: $42.90$24.14'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 began the research for his monumental cycle of novels... -
The Wager by David Grann 9781471183706
RRP: $21.43$13.65THE 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 unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction... -
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins
RRP: $33.13$24.67'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, revealing the sunken secrets of the past' The Times'Fascinating... -
A Night to Remember: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Sinking of the Titanic by Walter Lord
RRP: $21.43$13.88'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... -
How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History by Josephine Quinn 9781526605191
RRP: $33.13$27.16A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, The Rest is Politics and Waterstones Highlight for 2024 'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we have here is a truly encyclopaedic and monumental account of the ancient world' THE TIMES 'A... -
Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh 9781529349252
RRP: $33.13$26.01When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by... -
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbins 9781399603485
RRP: $48.75$31.94'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, revealing the sunken secrets of the past' The Times'Fascinating... -
Sea Shanties: The Lyrics and History of Sailor Songs by Karen Dolby
RRP: $19.48$12.71Pull up anchor, set sail and hit the open water with this wonderful collection of sea shanties and their fascinating history.People have been singing at sea since they first set sail and sea shanties still fascinate and entertain. Composed and performed... -
The Book of Sea Shanties by Nathan Evans
RRP: $25.33$9.18An 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 postie turned singer of sea shanties. Join him as he takes... -
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann 9780593688809
RRP: $26.33$16.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593688809Author David GrannFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
The Wager by David Grann 9781471183676
RRP: $39.00$25.86THE 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 unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction... -
How the World Made the West: A 4,000-Year History by Josephine Quinn 9781526605184
RRP: $58.50$41.63A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, The Rest is Politics and Waterstones Highlight for 2024 'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we have here is a truly encyclopaedic and monumental account of the ancient world' THE TIMES 'A... -
One Crew: The RNLI's Official 200-Year History by Helen Doe 9781398122352
RRP: $44.83$29.85In the 200 years since it was founded, the RNLI has saved more than 144,000 lives. It all began with a meeting in London in 1824 to act on a proposal by Sir William Hillary: the formation of a National Institution for the Preservation of Life from... -
The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings by Neil Price
RRP: $33.13$23.95A 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 attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and... -
Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--And Revenge by Edward Kritzler
RRP: $37.05$22.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767919524Author Edward KritzlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance by Mensun Bound 9781035008421
RRP: $21.43$13.88Sunday Times Bestseller and Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Month.Over one hundred years after its wreck, Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the depths of the most hostile sea on Earth. The Ship Beneath the Ice is the astonishing... -
River Kings: A New History of Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads by Cat Jarman
RRP: $19.48$12.71THE 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 exquisitely performed' THE TIMES Books of the Year ... -
Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived by Andrew Wilson 9781847398826
RRP: $21.43$13.65In 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 the sound of screaming. Then, as the ship sank to the... -
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann
RRP: $58.50$36.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385534260Author David GrannFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 669gDimensions(mm) 242mm *... -
The Sinking of the Titanic: Eyewitness Accounts from Survivors by Jay Henry Mowbray
RRP: $29.23$21.35I ran out on the deck and then I could see ice. It was a veritable sea of ice and the boat was rocking over it. I should say that parts of the iceberg were eighty feet high, but it had been broken into sections, probably by our ship. There fell on the... -
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton
RRP: $29.23$21.35'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, NEW STATESMAN, SUNDAY TIMESThe harrowing, survival... -
A Brief History of Slavery: A New Global History by Professor Jeremy Black
RRP: $21.43$6.84A 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 first developed in the ancient world, and reaches all... -
Operation Pedestal: The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942 by Max Hastings
RRP: $19.48$12.71The 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, beleaguered Malta was within weeks of surrender to the Axis,... -
The Pirates’ Code: The Laws and Life Aboard Ship by Rebecca Simon
RRP: $31.18$22.64Pirates have long captured peoples' imaginations with images of cutlass-wielding swashbucklers, eye-patches and buried treasure. But what was life really like on a pirate ship? Piracy was a risky, sometimes deadly occupation, and strict orders were... -
The Royal Navy Day by Day by Lt Cdr L. Phillips 9780750982665
RRP: $117.00$91.71The Royal Navy Day by Day, the splendid history of the Senior Service across 500 years, presented as a diary of daily events, has become a familiar and much-loved part of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. It is the standard naval history reference book... -
On a Sea of Glass: The Life & Loss of the RMS Titanic by Tad Fitch
RRP: $58.50$40.03On 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 the 2,208 people on board, only 712 were saved. The rest... -
The Evolution of the Passenger Ship by Chris Frame 9781803991559
RRP: $48.75$36.15Take a voyage through the rich history of passenger ships. From mass migration through to luxury holidays, passenger shipping has played a central role in the collective human story. They have been at the forefront of innovative technology, leading to... -
Subsmash: The Mysterious Disappearance of HM Submarine Affray by Alan Gallop 9780752459301 [USED COPY]
RRP: $19.48$3.86In April 1951, the disappearance of HM submarine Affray knocked news of the Korean War and Festival of Britain from the front pages. Affray had put to sea on a routine peacetime simulated war patrol in the English Channel. She radioed her last position... -
Subsmash: The Mysterious Disappearance of HM Submarine Affray by Alan Gallop
RRP: $19.48$14.72In April 1951, the disappearance of HM submarine Affray knocked news of the Korean War and Festival of Britain from the front pages. Affray had put to sea on a routine peacetime simulated war patrol in the English Channel. She radioed her last position... -
Titanic Voices: 63 Survivors Tell Their Extraordinary Stories by Hannah Holman
RRP: $42.90$29.21There 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 to her husband? For a mother to leave her teenage sons?... -
The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I's Dream by Charles Spencer
RRP: $21.43$12.71THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this' BILL BRYSON 'A brilliant read ... Game of Thrones but in the real world' ANTHONY HOROWITZ ... -
In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story that Inspired `Moby Dick' by Nathaniel Philbrick
RRP: $21.43$14.14The 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. The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged... -
The Ship Asunder: A Maritime History of Britain in Eleven Vessels by Tom Nancollas 9780241434154 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.43$4.45A 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,... -
The Ship Asunder: A Maritime History of Britain in Eleven Vessels by Tom Nancollas
RRP: $21.43$13.88A 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,... -
Operation Pedestal: The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942 by Max Hastings 9780008364946
RRP: $48.75$32.82The 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, beleaguered Malta was within weeks of surrender to the Axis,... -
London's Triumph: Merchant Adventurers and the Tudor City by Stephen Alford
RRP: $25.33$16.22'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, SpectatorLife in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th... -
A History of Sailing in 100 Objects by Barry Pickthall
RRP: $42.90$32.41Did you ever wonder which civilisation first took to water in small craft? Who worked out how to measure distance or plot a course at sea? Or why the humble lemon rose to such prominence in the diets of sailors? Taking one hundred objects that have... -
Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World by Peter Moore 9781784703929
RRP: $29.23$18.58**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, adventure and science. From Johnson's Dictionary to... -
Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World by Peter Moore 9781784703929 [USED COPY]
RRP: $29.23$5.75**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, adventure and science. From Johnson's Dictionary to... -
The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain 1649-1815 by N. A. M. Rodger
RRP: $39.00$28.65The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government. It describes not just battles, voyages...