Ships & Shipbuilding

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is naval history’s most powerful and versatile warship. It is the reason the U.S. Navy is the predominant force at sea today. Throughout its illustrious history, the carrier has overcome serious flaws, including its...

'Transatlantic Liners 1950-1970' is a glorious reference of a grand but bygone age to those passenger ships, large and small, that crossed the Atlantic. There were the likes of the 'Queen Mary' and 'Queen Elizabeth', 'SS United States', 'Caronia',...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780964461017Author L. MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Seattle Miracle PressPublisher Seattle Miracle PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)...

This book captures the excitement of a formative phase of UK science during and immediately following WWII. It links back to scientists working at Antarctic whaling stations and the complimentary voyages of Captain Scott's Discovery that explored the...

Fiberglass Repair, Second Edition is filled with easily accessed information, all aimed at giving a determined boat owner the necessary skills and the confidence to tackle typical fiberglass repairs, using either polyester or epoxy resin. In every...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739774363Author Alexander Arnfinn OlsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint Magellan Maritime Press LtdPublisher Magellan Maritime Press...

Merchant Ship Types provides a broad and detailed introduction to the classifications and main categories of merchant vessels for students and cadets. It introduces the concept of ship classification by usage, cargo type, and size, and shows how the...

for SSAA, solo violin, and piano Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo, here re-scored for upper voices, tells the extraordinary story of Nujeen Mustafa, a Kurdish teenager with cerebral palsy forced by war to flee her home and embark on an arduous...

Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the ocean liner Titanic struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later, she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, having taken with her more than 1,500 of the roughly 2,200 people on board. Even now, a century...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608881208Author Bruce RuleFormat HardbackImprint Nimble BooksPublisher Nimble BooksWeight(grams) 522g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781889963266Author John HeathFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint University of Alaska PressPublisher University of Alaska Press

Lucretius' Epicurean poem De Rerum Natura ('On the Nature of Things'), written in the middle of the first century BC, made a fundamental and lasting contribution to the language of Latin philosophy. The style of De Rerum Natura is like nothing else in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911175797Author Martin FarmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint YouCaxton PublicationsPublisher YouCaxton Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840338294Author Bert ClarkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 176mm * 235mm * 4mm

In the early 1950s it seemed as if Greek shipping companies were springing up everywhere. For a country almost unknown as a passenger ship-owning state, the likes of the Greek Line, Chandris and Epirotiki burst onto the scene, often using second hand...

The Cunard Line's Britannia was the first steamship to establish regular communication across the Atlantic. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 4 July 1840, setting in motion the first regular steamship line. Iron supplanted wood in hull construction and...

This little book, chock-a-block with the wit and wisdom of a Captain who came up through the hawse pipe to command one of the most famous vessels afloat, gives you the whole nine yards.Book InformationISBN 9781574092271Author Capt. Nick BatesFormat...

Take a look at the River Thames in East London now and you would think that it is commercially dead. Where once the banks of the river were lined with riverside wharves, these have been replaced by or converted to luxury apartments. The mighty London...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781531653385Author Suzanne Tarbell CooperFormat HardbackPage Count 130Imprint Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsPublisher Arcadia Publishing Library...

Over the years, several books featuring shipping on the River Humber have been published, but few have viewed their subject from an inland waterway viewpoint. This book, together with its companion volume Shipping on the Humber - The South Bank, attempts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953984Author Peter LaisterFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

A Fancy Breeze Gets Up collects together the poetry written by Ralph Hawkins since 2015 and the publication of It Looks Like An Island But Sails Away. In 1978 in his first book, English Literature, and before the concept of trigger warnings arose, Ralph...

Ocean liners conjure up an instant image of luxury. The great salons and smoking room, the suites, the staterooms and even the indoor swimming pools. This book will look at a century or so of the decor of ocean liners. It begins with the likes of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944500023Author Mohamed KhamisFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint International Institute of Executive Careers (IiecPublisher International Institute...

Let the experts at NauticEd teach you the smart way to handle your sailboat!If you skipper a sailboat, you know the inherent dangers of docking and maneuvering in a tight marina with high winds and current. Just one ding can cost hundreds of dollars and...

Menhaden steamers were double framed, heavily built offshore fishing boats in use during much of the 20th century. As the name implies, they were used to catch menhaden, a member of the herring family used for bait, oil, and fertilizer. Powered by diesel...

Flotilla sailing enables thousands of people every year to charter a yacht and enjoy a holiday in a sunny foreign location: a group of boats sails together under the guidance of a lead crew. In 1974, the first holiday flotilla of eleven yachts set off...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902953830Author Philip ParkerFormat HardbackPage Count 142Imprint Bernard McCallPublisher Bernard McCall

The 1954 film On the Waterfront brought to life the New York docks of the 1950s, when it was often said that a ship, usually a freighter, arrived or departed every 24 minutes, around the clock. Now, the Port of New York is handling more cargo than ever...

This authoritative book sketches the historical development of amphibious warfare, using real examples to illustrate the great range of scale, from raiding to full-scale invasion, with historical examples. It highlights the many coordinated activities...

According to author Captain Henry H. Hooyer, forces acting on the ship have an effective lever arm with respect to a hypothetical pivot point. The forces creating or affecting this pivot point include the ship's motion, underwater resistance, and...

From 1850 to 1854, the ambitious Commander Robert McClure captained the HMS Investigator on a voyage in search of the missing Franklin Expedition, which sailed from England into the Arctic in 1845 to map the last uncharted section of the North-West...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743297042Author Michael TougiasFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 236gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486426129Author V. R. GrimwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Now anyone can make their own, custom-built canoe guaranteed to draw raves on land and water alike. The Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe Building is a comprehensive, detailed guide to the process of contructing a high-quality wood strip canoe,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932146229Author Oscar Bryan WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Peninsula PublishingPublisher Peninsula PublishingWeight(grams) 290g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909796072Author David ButcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Poppyland PublishingPublisher Poppyland PublishingWeight(grams) 271gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504049344Author Alvin MoscowFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Open Road MediaPublisher Open Road Media

With her midnight-blue hull, brilliant-white superstructure and red funnel, the new Queen Elizabeth is another worthy representive of the Cunard Line and the long tradition of this company. Due to their extraordinarily beautiful line, both ships named...

This book is designed to serve as a textbook for students and a reference for today's engineering officers, port engineers, superintendent engineers, and other maritime professionals. Steam turbine propulsion systems are included, but the coverage has...