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Jack Tar: Life in Nelson's Navy by Roy A. Adkins
RRP: £12.99£8.83The Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousands of sailors and marines to man the great wind-powered wooden warships. Drawn from all over Britain and beyond, often unwillingly, these ordinary men made the navy... -
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)... -
Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England's Deliverance in 1588 by Geoffrey Parker
RRP: £30.00£24.85The definitive history of the Spanish Armada, lavishly illustrated and fully revised Selected by Foreign Affairs as one of the Best Books of 2023 "Will surely become the definitive account."-Stephen Brumwell, Wall Street Journal In July 1588 the... -
The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama by Nigel Cliff
RRP: £16.99£11.67In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies, opening up access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage known to history; the ships were... -
Pirates: A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates by Charles Johnson
RRP: £10.99£8.61A facsimile edition of a classic source for the history of piracy, as used by Robert Louis Stevenson in the writing of Treasure Island. Captain Charles Johnson's General History of Pirates was one of the best-selling books of 1724, when it was first... -
Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt by Steven Johnson
RRP: £16.99£11.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735211612Author Steven JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press -
Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II by Paul Kennedy
£26.86A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War II "When he is at his best, as he often is in these pages, Kennedy can be dazzling."-Ian W. Toll, New York Times "The book makes for enjoyable... -
Batavia's Graveyard Mike Dash 9780753816844
RRP: £12.99£8.83When 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 lifeboat to seek help, 250 of the survivors ended up on a... -
The History of the Port of London: A Vast Emporium of All Nations by Stone, Peter 9781399085229
RRP: £14.99£11.11The 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. Funding their ships and cargoes helped make the City of... -
In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire by Laurence Bergreen
RRP: £12.99£8.71"FASCINATING . . . Dramatic and timely." -New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceIn this grand and thrilling narrative, the author of the 200,000-copy paperback bestseller Over the Edge of the World reveals the singular adventures of Sir Francis... -
The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania and Mutiny in the South Pacific by Brandon Presser 9781785788949
RRP: £10.99£7.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785788949Author Brandon PresserFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Icon BooksPublisher Icon Books -
The Shipping Forecast Puzzle Book by Alan Connor
RRP: £14.99£9.78Attention all Shipping Forecast fans. Set sail on a voyage unlike any other...Each day, millions tune in to hear the Shipping Forecast's unique cadence and poetry, words thatturn our island landscape into something strangeand magical. It's almost like a... -
Cardiff: A Maritime History by John Richards 9780752435688
RRP: £14.99£11.72Cardiff has a long and momentous maritime history. This richly researched volume delves into the maritime past of Cardiff and Penarth, providing a comprehensive account from the first stirrings of seaborne trade and the cargoes of wool, hides and butter,... -
In the Wake of Heroes: Sailing's Greatest Stories Introduced by Tom Cunliffe by Tom Cunliffe
RRP: £12.99£10.04Tom Cunliffe is one of the biggest names in the sailing world - an internationally renowned journalist and speaker, and the go-to guru when the BBC wants a presenter for a new TV series about maritime interests. For the last ten years he has edited... -
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World by Lincoln P. Paine
RRP: £30.00£21.02A monumental, wholly accessible work of scholarship that retells human history through the story of mankind's relationship with the sea. An accomplishment of both great sweep and illuminating detail, The Sea and Civilization is a stunning work of... -
The Royal Navy Officer's Pocket-Book by Brian Lavery
RRP: £9.99£7.32""The art of command is...to be the complete master, and yet the complete friend of every man on board; the temporal lord and yet the spiritual brother of every rating; to be detached and yet not dissociated.' A Seaman's Pocket-Book, 1943', has found... -
Warship 2023 by John Jordan
RRP: £45.00£35.30The 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 the leading annual resource on the design,... -
The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates by David Head
RRP: £25.95£24.02Shrouded by myth and hidden by Hollywood, the real pirates of the Caribbean come to life in this collection of essays edited by David Head. Twelve scholars of piracy show why pirates thrived in the New World seas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century... -
Understanding J. Bruce Ismay: The True Story of the Man They Called 'The Coward of Titanic' by Clifford Ismay
RRP: £15.99£12.43Coward. Brute. Yellow-livered.For over 100 years, J. Bruce Ismay has been the scapegoat of the Titanic disaster. He is the villain of every film and TV drama: a fit and able-bodied man who sacrificed the lives of women and children in order to survive... -
The Last Grain Race by Eric Newby
RRP: £10.99£7.46An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last 'grain race' of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby. In 1939, a young Eric Newby - later renowned as a travel writer of exceptional talent - set sail aboard... -
Mr Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty by Greg Dening
RRP: £26.99£20.39Captain Bligh and the mutiny on the Bounty have become proverbial in their capacity to evoke the extravagant and violent abuse of power. But William Bligh was one of the least violent disciplinarians in the British navy. It is this paradox which inspired... -
Convoys: The British Struggle Against Napoleonic Europe and America by Roger Knight 9780300273403
RRP: £12.99£11.46The 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 crisscrossed narrow seas and wide oceans, protected by... -
British Passenger Liners in Colour: The 1950s, '60s and Beyond by William H. Miller
RRP: £27.50£20.28At a time when everything is constantly changing, it can be comforting to look back. British Passenger Liners in Colour is just that: a look back at a time when the British-flag passenger fleet spanned the world from Southampton to South America.Using... -
The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans by David Abulafia
RRP: £18.99£14.01WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2020A SUNDAY TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, THE TIMES AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEARFor most of human history, the seas and oceans have been the main means of long-distance trade and communication between peoples -... -
Last of the Wooden Walls: An Illustrated History of the Ton Class Minesweepers and Minehunters by Ton Class Association 9780857041272
RRP: £24.99£21.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857041272Author Ton Class AssociationFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove -
Nimitz at War: Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay by Craig L. Symonds
RRP: £27.49£19.68From America's preeminent naval historian, the first full-length portrait in over fifty years of the man who won the war in the Pacific in World War Two-"destined," says Andrew Roberts, "to be the defining life of Chester Nimitz for a long time to come."... -
Royal Navy Versus the Slave Traders: Enforcing Abolition at Sea 1808-1898 by Bernard Edwards
RRP: £14.99£11.11On 16 March 1807, the British Parliament passed The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. In the following year the Royal Navy's African Squadron was formed, its mission to stop and search ships at sea suspected of carrying slaves from Africa to the Americas... -
Pirata: The dramatic novel of the pirates who hunt the seas of the Roman Empire Simon Scarrow 9781472213723
RRP: £9.99£7.00The Sunday Times bestseller!It is AD 25. Pirate ships strike terror in the hearts of those who brave the seas of the Roman Empire. When young Telemachus joins the crew of the merchant ship Selene, he's delighted to escape the rough streets of Piraeus. He... -
Titanic Lives: Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew by Richard Davenport-Hines 9780007321667
RRP: £12.99£8.56Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, 'Titanic Lives' is a fresh investigation of the lives of the passengers and crew on board the most famous ship in history. On the night of 14 April 1912, midway through her maiden voyage, the... -
The Coal Black Sea: Winston Churchill and the Worst Naval Catastrophe of the First World War by Stuart Heaver
RRP: £20.00£15.27On the morning of 22 September 1914, just six weeks into the First World War, three Royal Navy armoured cruisers were sunk by a German U-boat in the southern North Sea. The action lasted less than 90 minutes but the lives of 1,459 men and boys were lost... -
Skeletons On The Zahara by Dean King
RRP: £9.99£7.32The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub. On 28 August 1815 the US brig Commerce was dashed against Mauritania's Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery... -
The Royal Navy Day by Day by Lt Cdr L. Phillips 9780750982665
RRP: £60.00£47.37The 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... -
Principles of Maritime Strategy by Julian S. Corbett 9780486437439
RRP: £20.99£15.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486437439Author Julian S. CorbettFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Operation Pedestal 1942: The Battle for Malta’s Lifeline by Angus Konstam 9781472855671
RRP: £16.99£13.36A fascinating story of a key turning point in the War in the Mediterranean, as the island of Malta was thrown a vital lifeline. Since 1940, the island of Malta had been a thorn in the Axis' side. It sat astride the direct sea route between Italy and... -
Lighthouses of Ireland: An Illustrated Guide to the Sentinels that Guard our Coastline by Roger O'Reilly
RRP: £24.99£21.60`I can think of no other edifice constructed by man as altruistic as a lighthouse. They were built only to serve.' George Bernard Shaw Since ancient times, long before GPS, radio transmission or radar, lighthouses have served as beacons helping ships... -
Heaven and Hell by Jon Kalman Stefansson
RRP: £9.99£7.00"The first of an extraordinary trilogy" DANIEL MASON, author of North WoodsIn a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his friend Bardur join a boat to fish for cod. A winter storm surprises them out at sea and Bardur, who has forgotten his waterproof as he... -
Nelson's Pathfinders: A Forgotten Story in the Triumph of British Sea Power Michael Barritt 9780300273762
RRP: £25.00£20.92The remarkable story of how a handful of intrepid scientific navigators underpinned British naval dominance in the conflict with Napoleon During the Napoleonic Wars, more than twice as many British warships were lost to shipwreck than in battle. The... -
The Darksome Bounds of a Failing World: The Sinking of the "Titanic" and the End of the Edwardian Era by Gareth Russell
RRP: £12.99£8.56When the Titanic sank, so did the Edwardian age that created it. In this brilliantly original history, Gareth Russell recasts a tragedy we think we know to explore an era of seismic change. With new research and... -
Japanese Combined Fleet 1941–42: The IJN at its zenith, Pearl Harbor to Midway by Mark Stille 9781472856432
RRP: £15.99£11.79Launching Osprey's new Fleet series, this is a spectacularly illustrated, concise and comprehensive account of the Imperial Japanese Navy's striking force at the height of its power. The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) entered the Pacific War as one of... -
MV Hughes Glomar Explorer: The Top Secret Mission by Mark H Glissmeyer 9780998541679
£12.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998541679Author Mark H GlissmeyerFormat HardbackPage Count 162Imprint Gradina BooksPublisher Gradina BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...