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Smugglers and Smuggling
ISBN: 9780747812074 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Smuggling was rife in Britain between the seventeenth century and the mid-nineteenth century, and smugglers have come to be highly romanticized as cheeky rogues, cunningly evading heavy taxes imposed by an overbearing government. In reality, many smugglers were prepared to use excessive force as often as they used cunning, and the officers whose job it was to apprehend them were regularly intimidated into inaction. The whole social hierarchy was riddled with those willing or compelled to help smugglers, and many a fortune was built on this illicit trade. Trevor May explains who the smugglers...
Smuggling was rife in Britain between the seventeenth century and the mid-nineteenth century, and smugglers have come to be highly romanticized as che...
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47,76 zł |
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Steamboats: Icons of America’s Rivers
ISBN: 9780747811411 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Paddlewheel riverboat, showboat, sternwheeler, steamboat: call it what you will, but the steamboat revolutionized travel in the 1800s, an era in which young boys dreamed of becoming river pilots and Mark Twain forever memorialized the "Delta Queens" that travelled up and down the Mississippi River. Steamboat enthusiast Sara Wright provides a background into the historical events that made the era perfectly ripe for the development of the steamboat industry in America in this colorful history. Steamboats will look at the people who played key roles in the development of the steam engine and...
Paddlewheel riverboat, showboat, sternwheeler, steamboat: call it what you will, but the steamboat revolutionized travel in the 1800s, an era in which...
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47,76 zł |
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Among the Isles of Shoals
ISBN: 9781939739063 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Step into a time capsule and explore the flora, fauna, and fishermen of the Isles of Shoals. Originally published in 1873, this book is a firsthand account of shipwrecks, storms, and simple lives 10 miles off the coast of New England. Celia Thaxter was a poet, artist, and noted gardener who spent much of her life on White, Smuttynose, and Appledore islands.She made the acquaintance of such luminous contemporaries as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Childe Hassam, William Wadsworth Longfellow, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. This book shines with attention to the smallest detail as Thaxter watches the seasons...
Step into a time capsule and explore the flora, fauna, and fishermen of the Isles of Shoals. Originally published in 1873, this book is a firsthand ac...
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47,86 zł |
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Laissez Couler le Titanic
ISBN: 9781517173005 / Francuski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dans la nuit du 14 au 15 avril 1912, un navire a coule dans l'Atlantique Nord au large des Grands Bancs de Terre Neuve. Cet evenement dramatique a cause la mort de plus de 1500 personnes. C'est tout ce que nous savons avec certitude. Loin de la presentation glamour des films, ce livre vous propose de revisiter la tragedie du Titanic sous ses angles les plus equivoques. Puis etait-ce vraiment un accident ? Est-ce bien le Titanic qui a coule ? Qui en est responsable ? Quand on avance dans les narratifs officiels, on ne peut s'empecher de nourrir d'affreux doutes. A travers un narratif vivant,...
Dans la nuit du 14 au 15 avril 1912, un navire a coule dans l'Atlantique Nord au large des Grands Bancs de Terre Neuve. Cet evenement dramatique a cau...
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48,87 zł |
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Titanic: A Survivor's Story
ISBN: 9780750947022 / Angielski / Miękka / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Here is a survivor's vivid account of the greatest maritime disaster in history. The information contained in Gracie's account is available from no other source. He provides details of those final moments, including names of passengers pulled from the ocean and of those men who, in a panic, jumped into lifeboats as they were being lowered, causing injury and further danger to life. Walter Lord, author of "A Night to Remember," comments that Gracie's book written shortly before he died from the exposure he suffered on that night is "invaluable for chasing down who went in what boat," and calls...
Here is a survivor's vivid account of the greatest maritime disaster in history. The information contained in Gracie's account is available from no ot...
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50,16 zł |
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Titanic: First Accounts (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
ISBN: 9780143106623 / Angielski / Miękka / 375 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fascinating firsthand accounts of the Titanic--in a deluxe package with gorgeous graphic cover art Just in time for the centennial of the sinking of the Titanic, this graphic deluxe edition compiles first hand accounts, testimonies, and letters by notable Titanic survivors, including Archibald Gracie, Lawrence Beesley, Elizabeth W. Shutes, and the "unsinkable" Molly Brown. Full of historically accurate details and an afterword by the grandson of Lawrence Beesley, Titanic Survivors and author of The Loss of the S.S. Titanic, it will be the gift to give die-hard Titanic...
Fascinating firsthand accounts of the Titanic--in a deluxe package with gorgeous graphic cover art Just in time for the centennial o...
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50,16 zł |
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The SS Great Britain Story
ISBN: 9780752456041 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a concise account of one of the most famous steamships ever built. The great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel embraced the latest innovations to create an ocean liner that was ahead of its time. Launched in 1843, the SS Great Britain is now the centrepiece of an ongoing restoration project.
This is a concise account of one of the most famous steamships ever built. The great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel embraced the latest in...
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50,16 zł |
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The Cutty Sark Pocket Manual
ISBN: 9781472831422 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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50,16 zł |
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RMS Queen Mary: 101 Questions and Answers About the Great Transatlantic Liner
ISBN: 9781472993113 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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50,16 zł |
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A Girl Aboard the Titanic: The Remarkable Memoir of Eva Hart, a 7-year-old Survivor of the Titanic Disaster
ISBN: 9781445617145 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. '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 Eva survived the sinking of the Titanic - the disaster that claimed the life of her father. The events of a few hours during her childhood had a huge impact on Eva. Her vivid memories of being bundled into a lifeboat and of watching the unsinkable ship slip beneath the surface remained with her for the rest of her life, although it was nearly...
'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, ever...
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50,16 zł |
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The Lighthouse Stevensons
ISBN: 9780007204434 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An exciting new edition of Bella Bathurst's epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson's ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible odds.
An exciting new edition of Bella Bathurst's epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson's ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses agai...
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50,16 zł |
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Titanic Valour: The Life of Fifth Officer Harold Lowe
ISBN: 9780752469966 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Biography of Harold Lowe, Fifth Officer of RMS Titanic, who was described by another survivor as 'the real hero of the Titanic.' After taking an active role in the evacuation, Lowe took command of a raft of lifeboats, distributing passengers among them so he could return to the wreckage and look for survivors - the only officer to do so.
Biography of Harold Lowe, Fifth Officer of RMS Titanic, who was described by another survivor as 'the real hero of the Titanic.' After taking an activ...
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50,16 zł |
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Sailing's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true stories from over nine hundred years of sailing
ISBN: 9781911042259 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Within these pages you ll find stories of pirates holding ships to ransom and the gruesome fates of some of the shipmates who dared cross them. The sailors forever lost in the Bermuda triangle, the poor family who were encircled by a school of sharks to the spooky tales of the lighthouse haunted by drunkard lightship keeper John Herman. The tales within these pages are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious and, most importantly, true."
Within these pages you ll find stories of pirates holding ships to ransom and the gruesome fates of some of the shipmates who dared cross them. The sa...
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50,16 zł |
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HMS Belfast Pocket Manual
ISBN: 9781472827821 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A familiar sight on the Thames at London Bridge, HMS Belfast is Royal Navy light cruiser, one of a group of ten Town-class cruisers, built in Belfast and launched in March 1938. Commissioned in early August 1939 shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Belfast was initially part of the British naval blockade against Germany. In November 1939 she struck a German mine requiring repairs that lasted two years. She returned to action in November 1942 with improved firepower, radar equipment, and armor, and saw action escorting Arctic convoys to the Soviet Union and... A familiar sight on the Thames at London Bridge, HMS Belfast is Royal Navy light cruiser, one of a group of ten Town-class cruisers, built i... |
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50,16 zł |
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The Fishing Boats Story
ISBN: 9780750969970 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of fishing boats
The history of fishing boats
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50,16 zł |
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The Olympic and the Hawke: A contemporary discourse
ISBN: 9781976478826 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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50,48 zł |
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The Art of Rigging
ISBN: 9780486263434 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Few, today, can realize how important was the art of rigging a ship and reeving her gear in the days just old when all aloft was wood and hemp; or how great the part it has played in the building of Empire." -- Introduction.
Although mastery of the art of rigging is no longer required on board today's ships, legions of serious model ship builders who wish to rig their ships correctly need to learn the art in miniature. This book is widely considered the best manual ever produced on rigging the sailing ship. It is based on the extensively revised and updated 1848 edition prepared by... "Few, today, can realize how important was the art of rigging a ship and reeving her gear in the days just old when all aloft was wood and hemp; or ho...
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51,07 zł |
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Sailors' Language: A Collection of Sea-terms and their Definitions
ISBN: 9781910146132 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Mr. Clark Russell: "This little volume is the fruits of an occasional spell of leisure. It is offered to the public because many might be glad to possess a cheap book of convenient size that would enable them to satisfy themselves without trouble about the meaning of nautical words often met with, but not always intelligible. I do not pretend that it is exhaustive---scores of words of which I may never have heard, are no doubt wanting; nor will I affirm that every term is accurately defined, though I have done my best to be exact." The Publisher is pleased to be able to offer this new...
From Mr. Clark Russell: "This little volume is the fruits of an occasional spell of leisure. It is offered to the public because many might be glad to...
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51,69 zł |
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Memories of Mary: The RMS Queen Mary in Pictures Volume II
ISBN: 9781979995177 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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52,28 zł |
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The Loss of the SS. Titanic
ISBN: 9781605124209 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The sinking of the Titanic has captured the imagination of the public like no other tragedy of the modern age. Lawrence Beesley's eyewitness account of the disastrous voyage stands as one of the most carefully written and authoritative books on the subject, despite the fact that it was published only months after the event. Beesley was uniquely qualified to write this book, having himself been a second class passenger aboard the SS Titanic. He gives a detailed description of his personal experiences aboard the doomed luxury liner, setting the record straight on many topics, as well as...
The sinking of the Titanic has captured the imagination of the public like no other tragedy of the modern age. Lawrence Beesley's eyewitness account o...
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52,61 zł |
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