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Adkins, Roy; Adkins, Lesley War For All The Oceans: From Nelson At The Nile To Napoleon At Waterloo 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1053484. ISBN #0143113925 / 9780143113928. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Adkins, Roy; Adkins, Lesley War For All The Oceans: From Nelson At The Nile To Napoleon At Waterloo 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1053484. ISBN #0143113925 / 9780143113928. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary As he did with his much lauded Nelson?s Trafalgar , Roy Adkins now writing with wife Lesley again thrusts readers into the perils and thrills of early-nineteenth-century warfare. From its very first page, this is an adventure story?a superb account of the naval war that lasted from Napoleon?s seizure of power in 1798 to the War of 1812 with the United States. Providing a ringside seat to the decisive battles, as well as detailed and vivid portraits of sailors and commanders, press-gangs, prostitutes, and spies, The War for All the Oceans is ?a rollicking, patriotic account of the Napoleonic wars that will go down well with Master and Commander fans? The Telegraph .
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Aebi, Tania I've Been Around Sheridan House 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some staining to page edges. Book #or872656. ISBN #1574092138 / 9781574092134. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Aebi, Tania I've Been Around Sheridan House 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some staining to page edges. Book #or872656. ISBN #1574092138 / 9781574092134. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In 1985, at age 18, Tania Aebi set out to sail around the world alone. She became instantly famous with Maiden Voyage, the best-selling book she wrote about the solo trip. In over twenty years of cruising by herself and with family, and leading ten-day flotillas to charter destinations in a professional capacity, she has gathered many anecdotes, observations, opinions, cautionary tales and advice. Indeed, she has been around. She was hired as a columnist in 1997 by the fledging sailing magazine Latitudes and Attitudes. "Casual and friendly in its approach to the sailing world, the magazine's tone provided me with a place to explore my own reflections on what I already knew and continued to learn about the sailing way of life and how to share it all with others." In this, her first book since Maiden Voyage, there is something for the armchair sailor dreaming about sailing off one day, as well as for the sailor in the cockpit actively chasing those horizons.
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Alexander, Caroline Bounty, The: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty Viking Adult 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Slight lean to spine. Yellowing from age. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Book #or838644. ISBN #067003133X / 9780670031337. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Alexander, Caroline Bounty, The: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty Viking Adult 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Slight lean to spine. Yellowing from age. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Slight tears to jacket. Book #or838644. ISBN #067003133X / 9780670031337. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary More than two centuries have passed since Master's Mate Fletcher Christian mutinied against Lieutenant Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty . Why the details of this obscure adventure at the end of the world remain vivid and enthralling is as intriguing as the truth behind the legend. In giving the Bounty mutiny its historical due, Caroline Alexander has chosen to frame her narrative by focusing on the court-martial of the ten mutineers who were captured in Tahiti and brought to justice in England. This fresh perspective wonderfully revivifies the entire saga, and the salty, colorful language of the captured men themselves conjures the events of that April morning in 1789, when Christian's breakdown impelled every man on a fateful course: Bligh and his loyalists on the historic open boat voyage that revealed him to be one of history's great navigators; Christian on his restless exile; and the captured mutineers toward their day in court. As the book unfolds, each figure emerges as a full-blown character caught up in a drama that may well end on the gallows. And as Alexander shows, it was in a desperate fight to escape hanging that one of the accused defendants deliberately spun the mutiny into the myth we know today-of the tyrannical Lieutenant Bligh of the Bounty . Ultimately, Alexander concludes that the Bounty mutiny was sparked by that most unpredictable, combustible, and human of situations-the chemistry between strong personalities living in close quarters. Her account of the voyage, the trial, and the surprising fates of Bligh, Christian, and the mutineers is an epic of ambition, passion, pride, and duty at the dawn of the Romantic era.
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Alexander, Caroline Bounty: The True Story Of The Mutiny On The Bounty 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or998780. ISBN #067003133X / 9780670031337. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Alexander, Caroline Bounty: The True Story Of The Mutiny On The Bounty 2003 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or998780. ISBN #067003133X / 9780670031337. (filed under: Ships ) *
stock image, actual book may vary More than two centuries have passed since Master's Mate Fletcher Christian mutinied against Lieutenant Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty . Why the details of this obscure adventure at the end of the world remain vivid and enthralling is as intriguing as the truth behind the legend. In giving the Bounty mutiny its historical due, Caroline Alexander has chosen to frame her narrative by focusing on the court-martial of the ten mutineers who were captured in Tahiti and brought to justice in England. This fresh perspective wonderfully revivifies the entire saga, and the salty, colorful language of the captured men themselves conjures the events of that April morning in 1789, when Christian's breakdown impelled every man on a fateful course: Bligh and his loyalists on the historic open boat voyage that revealed him to be one of history's great navigators; Christian on his restless exile; and the captured mutineers toward their day in court. As the book unfolds, each figure emerges as a full-blown character caught up in a drama that may well end on the gallows. And as Alexander shows, it was in a desperate fight to escape hanging that one of the accused defendants deliberately spun the mutiny into the myth we know today-of the tyrannical Lieutenant Bligh of the Bounty . Ultimately, Alexander concludes that the Bounty mutiny was sparked by that most unpredictable, combustible, and human of situations-the chemistry between strong personalities living in close quarters. Her account of the voyage, the trial, and the surprising fates of Bligh, Christian, and the mutineers is an epic of ambition, passion, pride, and duty at the dawn of the Romantic era.
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Alexander, Caroline Bounty: The True Story Of The Mutiny On The Bounty Viking 2003 hardcover. Book Club edition. . BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or973399. ISBN #067003133X / 9780670031337. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Alexander, Caroline Bounty: The True Story Of The Mutiny On The Bounty Viking 2003 hardcover. Book Club edition. . BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or973399. ISBN #067003133X / 9780670031337. (filed under: Ships ) *
stock image, actual book may vary More than two centuries have passed since Master's Mate Fletcher Christian mutinied against Lieutenant Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty . Why the details of this obscure adventure at the end of the world remain vivid and enthralling is as intriguing as the truth behind the legend. In giving the Bounty mutiny its historical due, Caroline Alexander has chosen to frame her narrative by focusing on the court-martial of the ten mutineers who were captured in Tahiti and brought to justice in England. This fresh perspective wonderfully revivifies the entire saga, and the salty, colorful language of the captured men themselves conjures the events of that April morning in 1789, when Christian's breakdown impelled every man on a fateful course: Bligh and his loyalists on the historic open boat voyage that revealed him to be one of history's great navigators; Christian on his restless exile; and the captured mutineers toward their day in court. As the book unfolds, each figure emerges as a full-blown character caught up in a drama that may well end on the gallows. And as Alexander shows, it was in a desperate fight to escape hanging that one of the accused defendants deliberately spun the mutiny into the myth we know today-of the tyrannical Lieutenant Bligh of the Bounty . Ultimately, Alexander concludes that the Bounty mutiny was sparked by that most unpredictable, combustible, and human of situations-the chemistry between strong personalities living in close quarters. Her account of the voyage, the trial, and the surprising fates of Bligh, Christian, and the mutineers is an epic of ambition, passion, pride, and duty at the dawn of the Romantic era.
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Allcard, Edward C. Single-Handed Passage hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Wear from use. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Tears and damage to jacket. Book #or1014028. (filed under: Ships ) *
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American Heritage Naval Battles and Heros hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or967187. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Andrews, Howard L.; Russell, Alexander L. Basic Boating: Piloting and Seamanship hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1019383. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Archbold, Rick; McCauley, Dana Last Dinner On The Titanic: Menus And Recipes From The Great Liner 1997 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1062802. ISBN #078686303X / 9780786863037. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Archbold, Rick; McCauley, Dana Last Dinner On The Titanic: Menus And Recipes From The Great Liner 1997 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1062802. ISBN #078686303X / 9780786863037. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary It is impossible to read this book, which is as sumptuously appointed as the great ship itself, and not want to plan a Titanic dinner party immediately. Fortunately, the book provides--besides beautiful photos, delectable factoids, and fascinating quotes from the rich and vanished famous--clear, easy-to-follow instructions on how to plan such a party. You can use recipes for first-, second-, or third-class meals. Remember, style is all. Try to equal the class evinced by Titanic survivor Renee Harris, who sued the steamship line for her husband's death in the sinking, put the 50,000 settlement into the first play by Moss Hart who gives her credit in his popular autobiography, Act One , and lost all her cash in the 1929 crash. When Walter Lord, the dean of Titanic lore who wrote the introduction to this book, interviews the aged, broke Ms. Harris in her welfare hotel, he writes, "She had lost neither her sunny disposition nor her theatrical poise. One day I brought her a little jar of caviar in an attempt to give this gallant lady a taste of the good old days. She sampled it once, then pushed the jar politely aside. 'You call that caviar?' she asked." As Lord observes, "Reproducing the Titanic 's marvelous food is surely one of the best ways to experience a bygone age of luxury and leisure." Don't forget to set the mood with music: either Titanic: Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage or Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture will do, depending on whether you're a classicist or a romantic. --Tim Appelo
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Austin, F. Britten A Saga of the Sea Macmillan c1928, 1929 1928 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or970299. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Aymar, Gordon Christian Yacht Racing Rules & Tactics. Van Nostrand 1954 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Acceptable. Tears and damage to jacket. Some Chipping. Book #or825039. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Ballard, Robert D.; Eugene, Toni Mystery Of The Ancient Seafarers: Ancient Maritime Civilzation National Geographic 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or959350. ISBN #0792258452 / 9780792258452. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Ballard, Robert D.; Eugene, Toni Mystery Of The Ancient Seafarers: Ancient Maritime Civilzation National Geographic 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or959350. ISBN #0792258452 / 9780792258452. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In a beautiful volume featuring more than 170 maps and photographs, Mystery of the Ancient Seafarers follows the latest pursuits of National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Robert D. Ballard as he searches for clues to the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean. An immediate tie-in with the 2004 PBS special, Ballard's excavation focuses primarily on the story of the Phoenicians traders who ruled Mediterranean commerce for 1,000 years, then disappeared. A showcase of National Geographic's greatest strengths exploration, discovery, and intricate maps Mystery of the Ancient Seafarers is a fascinating journey through the depths of the Mediterranean and centuries of time.
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Ballard, Robert D.; Eugene, Toni Mystery Of The Ancient Seafarers: Early Maritime Civilizations National Geographic 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or973583. ISBN #1426204795 / 9781426204791. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Ballard, Robert D.; Eugene, Toni Mystery Of The Ancient Seafarers: Early Maritime Civilizations National Geographic 2004 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or973583. ISBN #1426204795 / 9781426204791. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Highlighted by 110 full-color photographs and maps, Mystery of the Ancient Seafarers combines ancient history and cutting-edge underwater archaeology as it takes us to Egypt, Greece, Minoan Crete, Italy, and Asia Minor on a fascinating 4,000-year tour of the ancient maritime civilizations that rose and fell along the Mediterranean and Black Seas, with National Geographic's acclaimed Explorer-in-Residence Robert Ballard as an expert guide. Interweaving advanced technology and scientific discovery with history and myth, he explores ancient seafaring societies, visiting their cities and tracing their trade routes. Examine the historical truths behind Jason, Odysseus, Atlantis. Uncover startling evidence of early sailors, from the Romans, who ruled the Mediterranean, to the Phoenicians, who flourished for centuries - only to vanish without a trace.
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Ballard, Robert D.; Hively, Will The Eternal Darkness Princeton University Press 2000 hardcover. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or982833. ISBN #0691027404 / 9780691027401. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Ballard, Robert D.; Hively, Will The Eternal Darkness Princeton University Press 2000 hardcover. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or982833. ISBN #0691027404 / 9780691027401. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Until a few decades ago, the ocean depths were almost as mysterious and inaccessible as outer space. Oceans cover two-thirds of the earth's surface with an average depth of more than two miles--yet humans had never ventured more than a few hundred feet below the waves. One of the great scientific and archaeological feats of our time has been finally to cast light on the "eternal darkness" of the deep sea. This is the story of that achievement, told by the man who has done more than any other to make it possible: Robert Ballard. Ballard discovered the wreck of the Titanic. He led the teams that discovered hydrothermal vents and "black smokers"--cracks in the ocean floor where springs of superheated water support some of the strangest life-forms on the planet. He was a diver on the team that explored the mid-Atlantic ridge for the first time, confirming the theory of plate tectonics. Today, using a nuclear submarine from the U.S. Navy, he's exploring the ancient trade routes of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea for the remains of historic vessels and their cargo. In this book, he combines science, history, spectacular illustrations, and first-hand stories from his own expeditions in a uniquely personal account of how twentieth-century explorers have pushed back the frontiers of technology to take us into the midst of a world we could once only guess at. Ballard begins in 1930 with William Beebe and Otis Barton, pioneers of the ocean depths who made the world's first deep-sea dives in a cramped steel sphere. He introduces us to Auguste and Jacques Piccard, whose "Bathyscaph"descended in 1960 to the lowest point on the ocean floor. He reviews the celebrated advances made by Jacques Cousteau. He describes his own major discoveries--from sea-floor spreading to black smokers--as well as his technical breakthroughs, including the development of remote-operated underwater vehicles and the revolutionary search techniques that led to the discovery and exploration of the Titanic, the Nazi battleship Bismarck, ancient trading vessels, and other great ships. Readers will come away with a richer understanding of history, earth science, biology, and marine technology--and a new appreciation for the remarkable men and women who have explored some of the most remote and fascinating places on the planet.
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Banbury, Philip Man and the Sea: From the Ice Age to the Norman Conquest Adlard Coles 1975 hardcover. University of Georgia Press. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or823477. ISBN #0229115063 / 9780229115068. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Baxter, Tompsie; Young, Bess M. Ships And Navigation Lincoln School of Teachers College 1933 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book plate attached. Some Staining. Book #or840880. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Beach, Edward Latimer Salt and Steel: Reflections of a Submariner Naval Institute Press 1999 Hard Cover. Clean pages; boards mostly clean with some light shelf wear and a couple light spots.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or599868. ISBN #1557500541 / 9781557500540. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Beck, Horace Folklore & The Sea 1977 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099237. ISBN #0819560529 / 9780819560520. (filed under: Ships ) *
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Beck, Horace Folklore & The Sea 1977 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099237. ISBN #0819560529 / 9780819560520. (filed under: Ships ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Fisherman, sailors, merchantmen, navies, shipwrights, pirates and smugglers - all earned their livlihood from the seas and the shores surrounding them, some honestly, some with cruel and cunning. Here are the stories, the tales, and legends which form the lore and fables of these men and women. The rugged fishermen of Newfoundland and the Canadian Maritime Provinces; the privateers and merchantmen of Maine, Massachusetts and the Chesapeake; the mariners of the British West Indies; the seafarers of the harsh and stormy coasts of Ireland and Scotland - all helped shape myriad legends and tales of the deep. Herein you will discover beliefs and superstitions about boatbuilding, weather, creatures of the deep, and the ghosts and demons that have, in all ages, risen from the sea to terrify and enchant men. FOLKLORE AND THE SEA unravels the sources of these folktales, plumbs their meanings, and helps preserve the customs, beliefs and traditions of hundreds of years of seafaring.
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