Ships & Shipping
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The Cruise Ship Phenomenon in North America
Tidewater-Cornell Maritime£33.99| /Even taking into account the extraordinarily prosperous economic climate of the late twentieth century, the number of people who now choose a cruis...
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The Fur-Trade Fleet
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /In mid-July 1925, the SS Bayeskimo ran into heavy drift ice at the entrance to Hudson Strait. The ice carried her north, squeezing the steamer and ...
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The Graveyard of the Pacific
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /On January 22, 1906, the passenger ship Valencia lost her way in heavy fog and rain and rammed into the deadly rocks at Pachena Point on the west c...
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The Law of Marine Collision
Tidewater-Cornell Maritime£136.99| /A complete text on the law of collision reflecting the adoption of the 1972 International Regulations for Avoiding Collisions at Sea (COLREGS), whi...
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The New Hawsepipe
Tidewater-Cornell Maritime£18.99| /The New Hawsepipe takes the mystery out of all Coast Guard and STCW 95 requirements. Striving to climb through the ranks to Merchant Marine? Let Th...
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The River Killers
Heritage Group Distribution Ltd (CA)£10.99| /Danny Swanson, Department of Fisheries and Oceans employee and ex-fisherman, isn't exactly upset when he's reassigned from a desk job in Ottawa to ...
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Tidewater Triumph
Tidewater-Cornell Maritime£36.99| /The fast, nimble pilot schooners of the Chesapeake Bayâemployed not only for piloting but also for cargo carryingâbegan to build their legend in ...
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Touring New Jersey's Lighthouses
Schiffer£9.99| /New Jersey's coastal heritage is a proud one, with lighthouses playing a starring role. This book visits eleven lighthouses accessible to the publi...
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Treasure Wreck
Schiffer£18.99| /When the pirate ship Whydah went down in a violent storm just off the coast of Massachusetts in 1717, she took a huge treasury of stolen gold and j...
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Tupolev Tuâ160
Schiffer Military£54.99| /Developed as the answer to the American B-1, the Tupolev Tu-160 was the Soviet Union’s most potent strategic bomber. Several project versions were ...
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Twilight on the Bay
Tidewater-Cornell Maritime£27.99| /Twilight on the Bay: The Excursion Boat Empire of B. B. Wills tells the story of one man's effort to sail against the tide. In 1934 when Benjamin B...
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Twilight on the Lighthouses
Schiffer£27.99| /The safety of countless people has depended on lighthouses, beacons that cut through fog and darkness to alert seafaring souls of shores ahead. A f...
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U.S. Regulation of Ocean Transportation Under the Shipping Act of 1984
Tidewater-Cornell Maritime£40.99| /This book furnishes a quick and clear exposition of the statutory and regulatory responsibilities of those participating in the sale, processing, a...
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United States Coastal Charts, 1738-1861
Schiffer£53.99| /The years between the end of the American Revolution and the beginning of the Civil War were crucial ones in the history of American coastal charti...
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United States Naval Vessels
Schiffer Military£68.99| /This book comprises four manuals compiled from official sources during World War II Manuals such as those in this book, were distributed widely thr...
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USS Saratoga (CV-3)
Schiffer Military£36.99| /Originally laid down as one of six giant battle cruisers, the Saratoga survived the 1922 Washington Disarmament Treaty's cutting torch through her ...
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Vessel Security Officer
Tidewater-Cornell Maritime£31.99| /Keeping a ship safe and secure occurs through the investment of time and effort by both the Vessel Security Officer and the crew. Some of the topic...
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Watchstanding Guide for the Merchant Officer
Tidewater-Cornell Maritime£40.99| /On a merchant ship it is the watch officer who feels the full weight of responsibility for the safety of the vessel. This book not only helps a new...
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Water Jet Shiphandler's Guide
Tidewater-Cornell Maritime£27.99| /The increasing popularity of water jetpropelled vessels both in the civilian and military sectors of the maritime industry has outpaced the common...
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Windjammers of the Pacific Rim
Schiffer£18.99| /As early settlers to California, Oregon and Washington came around the Horn and sailed north from San Francisco, lumber for homes and industry went...
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Women Were Pirates, Too
Schiffer£9.99| /From women who fought alongside the men in dastardly high-sea robberies, to an Irish heroine who plundered British ships, to women unfortunate enou...
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Woodstrip Rowing Craft
Schiffer£45.99| /Finally, a comprehensive guide to constructing of beautiful wood strip rowing crafts. This style of construction is renowned for producing sophisti...
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Working North
NeWest Publishers Ltd (CA)£15.99| /See the North as few have seen it -- through the eyes of author Rick Ranson as he worked on the DEW Line and drill ships in the Arctic. In 'Working...
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Zeppelin: The Story of the Zeppelin Airships
Schiffer Military£31.99| /On July 2, 1900, Ferdinand Graf Zeppelin made the first ascent in an airship of his own design. The flight was initially viewed with skepticism, ho...
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