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A Night to Remember: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Sinking of the Titanic by Walter Lord
RRP: £10.99£5.99'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... -
Titanic by DK
RRP: £9.99£7.51Set sail and discover what happened when the "unsinkable" ship hit an iceberg with this picture-packed guide to the Titanic disaster.Introduce children aged 9-12 years to the story of Titanic's fateful maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City... -
Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival by Joan Druett 9781616209704 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99£7.58"Riveting." -The New York Times Book Review Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island in this true story of human nature at its best-and at its worst. It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave's... -
Island of the Lost: An Extraordinary Story of Survival by Joan Druett
RRP: £12.99£8.60"Riveting." -The New York Times Book Review Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted island in this true story of human nature at its best-and at its worst. It is 1864, and Captain Thomas Musgrave's... -
My Fishing Life: A Story of the Sea by Ashley Mullenger 9781472148322
RRP: £22.00£14.56'A beautiful, heartfelt love letter to the sea, and a cherished industry. Ash is a force of nature, she's a testament to working hard and dreaming big' Dermot O'Leary'A beautifully told story ... of a hard industry and the trials and tribulations of the... -
Story of the Titanic by DK
RRP: £9.99£7.51The true story of the world's most famous ship is retold in this beautiful book with stunning visuals and a gripping narrative. One fateful night in 1912 the so-called Ship of Dreams turned into a nightmare in the Atlantic Ocean after hitting an iceberg... -
Grand Union, Oxford and the South East: For everyone with an interest in Britain’s canals and rivers (Nicholson Waterways Guides) by Nicholson Waterways Guides 9780008652869
RRP: £16.99£11.47The bestselling guides to Britain's canals and rivers for more than 50 years. For all users of Britain's inland waterways. This established, popular and practical guide covers the canals and waterways between London and Birmingham. ... -
One Crew: The RNLI's Official 200-Year History by Helen Doe 9781398122352
RRP: £22.99£15.31In 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... -
A Girl Aboard the Titanic: The Remarkable Memoir of Eva Hart, a 7-year-old Survivor of the Titanic Disaster by Eva Hart
RRP: £9.99£6.52'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 screams.' EVA HART This is the amazing story of how... -
The Knot Book Geoffrey Budworth 9780716023043
RRP: £10.99£7.40Learn how to apply the right knot in any situation - secure and strong enough for the job. Such skill can be essential to the safety and enjoyment of leisure pursuits, such as climbing, sailing and fishing. In rescue, life can depend on it. Here... -
British Pacific Fleet 1944-45: The Royal Navy in the downfall of Japan Brian Lane Herder 9781472856777
RRP: £15.99£11.61An illustration-packed new account of the powerful Royal Navy fleet that fought alongside the US Navy throughout the last year of the Pacific War. The British Pacific Fleet was the Royal Navy's primary contribution to the direct defeat of Japan in... -
The Narrowboat Guide 2nd edition: A complete guide to choosing, owning and maintaining a narrowboat by Tony Jones
RRP: £22.50£17.50A fully revised and expanded edition of the only resource you'll need for choosing, owning and maintaining a narrowboat. The UK has over 2000 miles of navigable canals and rivers which are home to an estimated 35,000 licensed boats. Although canal... -
South Midlands Canal Companion by Michael Pearson
RRP: £11.95£11.62Thoroughly revised, with all new photographs, this latest edition of a guide first published in 1983 has been increased in size from 112 page to 128 pages and features a square backed spine with sewn sections for added durability. Featuring the... -
On a Sea of Glass: The Life & Loss of the RMS Titanic by Tad Fitch
RRP: £30.00£20.53On 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: £25.00£18.54Take 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... -
A Practical Guide to the Rules of the Road: For OOW, Chief Mate and Master Students Farhan Saeed (Senior Lecturer in Maritime Operations in Liverpool John Moores University, UK) 9781138843899
RRP: £36.99£32.53A self-teaching aid that covers International regulations for preventing collision at sea 1972 (Colregs) or Rules of the Road, including navigation lights and related situations that could be asked within the Maritime and Coastguard Agency oral... -
Call of the Titanic by Lindsay Galvin
RRP: £7.99£5.23From the bestselling author of Darwin's Dragons and My Friend the Octopus comes an exciting historical adventure - with a touch of magic - set aboard the Titanic ... '[A] compelling adventure ... Superb.' THE TIMES, ... -
Titanic in Photographs by Daniel Klistorner
RRP: £17.99£14.04The name Titanic has become synonymous with catastrophe, the story of this luxurious liner legendary. Wrecked after colliding with an iceberg on her maiden voyage, the loss of around 1,500 lives among her passengers and crew has gone down in history as... -
Titanic Voices: 63 Survivors Tell Their Extraordinary Stories by Hannah Holman
RRP: £22.00£14.98There 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?... -
Welsh Waters Canal Companion: Featuring the World Famous Llangollen Canal by Canal Companions
RRP: £11.95£11.62Thoroughly revised, with all new photographs, this latest edition of a guide first published in 1982 has been increased in size from 112 pages to 160 pages and features a squarebacked spine with sewn sections for added durability. Featuring the... -
Skinning Out: My time at sea and jumping ship in New Zealand by Philip Saul 9780473648329
RRP: £14.99£13.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473648329Author Philip SaulFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Elizabeth St PublishingPublisher Elizabeth St PublishingWeight(grams) 472g -
Sails, Skippers & Sextants: A History of Sailing in 50 Inventors and Innovations by George Drower
RRP: £12.99£8.32'The inventions, the innovations, the stories, the surprises. A combination of history, reference and entertainment - something for every seafarer and many others too.'- Vice Admiral Sir Tim LaurencePeople have been sailing for thousands of years, but... -
Puffers Guthrie Hutton 9781840334142
RRP: £11.95£10.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840334142Author Guthrie HuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 153gDimensions(mm) 172mm... -
Dark Side of the Cut: A History of Crime on Britain's Canals by Susan Law 9781803993300
RRP: £20.00£15.04There 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 earliest days, canals have attracted crime, with... -
Lighthouse Tony Parker 9780907871583
RRP: £14.99£9.80An extraordinary collection of interviews with lighthouse keepers and their families, in their own words - a record of a vanished profession and a vanished Britain of the 1970s. Described by William Golding as "one of the most fascinating social... -
Glen and Shire Lines by Malcolm Cooper 9781901703658
RRP: £24.00£16.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901703658Author Malcolm CooperFormat HardbackPage Count 188Imprint Ships in Focus PublicationsPublisher Ships in Focus PublicationsWeight(grams) 1005g -
The British Lighthouse Trail: A Regional Guide by Sarah Kerr 9781849954402
RRP: £18.99£16.05Lighthouses 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 visitors. But how many are there and is it really possible... -
Viola: The Life and Times of a Hull Steam Trawler by Robb Robinson 9781907206276
RRP: £12.00£9.72Deep in southern latitudes, in a desolate corner of Cumberland Bay on the east coast of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, hard by the rotting quays of the abandoned whaling station of Grytviken and almost within a stone's throw of the grave of... -
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... -
Canal Boat Lives by Gill Shaw 9781398120679
RRP: £19.99£13.33Britain's canals were largely built during the Industrial Revolution to move goods around the country. In time, this network linked the major cities, taking the narrowboats and their cargoes into the heart of urban areas. Today, the canals have been... -
The 12 Volt Bible for Boats by Miner K. Brotherton 9780713667035
RRP: £18.99£14.59The 12 Volt Bible is a complete introduction to the 12-volt electrical systems used on small boats to power everything from reading lights to bilge pumps. Written for boaters who are not skilled electricians, it explains how 12-volt systems work and how... -
The Liveaboard Guide by Mr Tony Jones
RRP: £17.99£13.87The romantic dream of downsizing, giving up the rat race, and living life at 4mph on the inland waterways is proving more and more attractive. But for tens of thousands of people it is not just a romantic dream but an actual lifestyle. Tony Jones is... -
Narrow Boat by L. T. C. Rolt
£19.13First published in 1944, and now reissued with new black-and-white illustrations and a foreword by Jo Bell, Canal Laureate, this book has become a classic on its subject, and may be said to have started a revival of interest in the English waterways. It... -
The P&O Cruises Colouring Book by Chris Frame 9780750991520
RRP: £12.99£9.62P&O has operated some of the most famous passenger ships of all time, including the Oriana and Canberra, across its long history. Its early liners travelled around the globe and played a huge role in cementing immigration to Australia and New Zealand,... -
Battleships Yamato and Musashi by Janusz Skulski
RRP: £45.00£35.63A uniquely detailed visual representation of the legendary Japanese warships. Equipped with the largest guns and heaviest armour and with the greatest displacement of any ship ever built, the Yamato proved to be a formidable opponent to the US... -
The Titanic Expeditions: Diving to the Queen of the Deep: 1985-2021 by Eugene Nesmeyanov
RRP: £27.50£21.28The remains of the world's most famous passenger liner, RMS Titanic, were discovered off the coast of Newfoundland in 1985, seventy-three years after it sank. Since then there have been numerous deep-water expeditions to the wreck site, yet little has... -
British Canals: The Standard History by Joseph Boughey
RRP: £17.99£13.64The first edition of British Canals was published in 1950 and was much admired as a pioneering work in transport history. Joseph Boughey, with the advice of Charles Hadfield, has previously revised and updated the perennially popular material to reflect... -
Down To The Sea In Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men by Horatio Clare
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Magnificent' Robert MacfarlaneWinner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the YearOur lives depend on shipping but it is a world which is largely hidden from us. In every lonely corner of every sea, through every night, every day, and every imaginable... -
Boatbuilding: A Complete Handbook of Wooden Boat Construction by Howard Irving Chapelle 9780393035544
RRP: £56.00£43.53The text covers all types of craft from flat-bottom rowboats to ocean cruisers and commercial vessels, and aids the builder in overcoming difficulties and discouraging delays resulting from the lack of easily available information on the practical side... -
Elements of Yacht Design by Norman L Skene 9780359089062
RRP: £7.77£6.93The author aims to give 'a concise and practical presentation of the processes involved in designing a modern yacht'.... so that the operations can be grasped by men without a technical education. ...There are chapters on displacement, the lateral plane,...