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  • A Short History of Seafaring

    de Brian Lavery ...
    Series series DK Short Histories
    For more than 5,000 years, the sea has challenged, rewarded, and punished the brave sailors who set forth to explore it.This history of the sea and sailing tells the remarkable story of those individuals--whether they lived to tell the tale themselves or not.From the early Polynesian seafarers and the first full circumnavigations of the globe, to explorers picking their way through the coral reefs ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • The Luckiest Thirteen

    A True Story of a Battle for Survival in the North Atlantic

    de Brian Lavery ...
    A relentless nautical drama that would define, or end, men’s lives.The English port city of Hull was home to ‘three day millionaires’ – trawlermen on brief shore leave. They were spilling cash from record catches. With months out working fierce seas, who knew if the next trip would be their last?The St Finbarr was set to change all that.She was built as the perfect trawler, no cost spared. She was ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Royal Navy Officer's Pocket-Book

    de Brian Lavery ...
    '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 huge appeal with the British public. Presented in the same format, The Royal Navy Officer's Pocket-Book gathers together useful advice and instruction for ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Churchill's Navy

    The ships, people and organisation, 1939-1945

    de Brian Lavery ...
    In this remarkable book, now reissued in paperback, Brian Lavery examines every aspect of the Royal Navy, both ashore and at sea, during the Second World War, and casts a lucid eye over the strengths and weaknesses of an organisation that was put under acute strain during the period, yet rose to the challenge with initiative and determination.Divided into twelve sections, the book delves into the ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

  • The Ship of the Line

    A History in Ship Models

    de Brian Lavery ...
    "A beautiful book . . . a goldmine of information to anyone interested in the capital ships of the sailing navy of the 17th and 19th Centuries."—Ships in ScaleThe National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Conquest of the Ocean

    An Illustrated History of Seafaring

    de Brian Lavery ...
    Series series DK Short Histories
    An engaging and vivid read by author and naval historian Brian Lavery, The Conquest of the Ocean tells the 5,000 year history of the remarkable individuals who sailed the seas for trade, to conquer new lands, and to explore the unknown. From the early Polynesian sailors to the first circumnavigations by the Portuguese and the British, The Conquest of the Ocean explores the lives of these sailors ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Shield of Empire

    The Royal Navy and Scotland

    de Brian Lavery ...
    The Royal Navy has always been seen as an English institution, despite a large Scottish contribution, from Admiral Duncan at Camperdown in 1797 to Andrew Cunningham in the Second World War. The Royal Navy's most dramatic effect on Scotland, aside from its role in the British Empire and European wars, was in suppressing the Jacobite campaigns from 1708 to 1746.This book breaks new ground in telling ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Down to Earth

    de Brian Lavery ...
    Do you remember Australia's '70s? The Vietnam War and the Cold War, the politics, the flower people, the music, the hopes?That Member of Parliament who led marches against war, wrote liberation books he struggled to sell, helped bring down a Government? Who gave the hungry press a feast of scandals? Remember those naked full-moon festivals with all the Minister's happy hippie mates?Well, this old ... Leer más

    $3.00 USD

  • Empire of the Seas

    How the navy forged the modern world

    de Brian Lavery ...
    The BBC TV Tie-in to Dan Snow's Timewatch series exploring the navy's rise over four centuries.The year 1588 marked a turning point in our national story. Victory over the Spanish Armada transformed us into a seafaring nation and it sparked a myth that one day would become a reality – that the nation's new destiny, the source of her future wealth and power lay out on the oceans.This book tells the ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • The Last Big Gun

    At War & At Sea with HMS Belfast

    de Brian Lavery ...
    As she lay in dry dock, devastatingly damaged by one of Hitler’s newly deployed magnetic mines after barely two months in service, few could have predicted the illustrious career that lay ahead for the cruiser HMS Belfast. After three years of repairs to her broken keel, engine- and boiler-rooms, and extensive refitting, she would go on to play a critical role in the protection of the Arctic ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Wooden Warship Construction

    A History in Ship Models

    de Brian Lavery ...
    "A wonderful book detailing the construction of the Royal Navy's sailing warships" from the maritime historian and author of Nelson's Navy ( Pirates and Privateers).The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artifacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Nelson's Victory

    250 Years of War and Peace

    de Brian Lavery ...
    May 2015 sees the 250th anniversary of the launch of HMS Victory, the ship that is so closely associated with Nelson and his great victory at Trafalgar and which, still extant, has today become the embodiment of the great Age of Sail. Many books have been written about Victory but none like this, which tells the full story of the ship since she first took to the waters in May 1765. It contains ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus