Ships and boats: general interest

With over six thousand miles of rugged coastline, nowhere in Scotland is more than forty-five miles from tidal waters, and seven of the biggest towns and cities are seaports.

"e;Its illustrations on how the knots are tied are among the best I have seen.

Compact enough to slip into your flight ease and comrehensive enough to ensure master, of the daily parlance of pilots, this handy reference clarifies nearly 3,000 essential acronyms, abbreviations, symbols, technical terms, and slang definitions used in aviation.

There is something beautiful and nostalgic about wooden boats.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.

Captain Heinrich Paasch was the first to recognize the complexity and variety in marine vocabulary and technical terminology and the inherent need for a cohesive classification of nautical terms.

';Veronica Hinke has taken a story that we all know so well and interwoven delicious recipes that are historic and old, but classic and worthy of any modern-day table.

A fiberglass hull's seamless nature leads many boatowners to conclude that repair must be difficult.

This densely illustrated, hands-on guide to diesel engine maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair renders its subject more user-friendly than ever before.

The thrilling account of an extraordinary journeyin the tradition of Kon-TikiIn 1996 a 9,500-year-old skeleton was found beside the Columbia River, galvanizing anthropologists with the possibility that prehistoric humans reached North America from Asia by crossing the ocean in small open boats.

The ultimate guide for flying skillfully and safely Now, in one comprehensive volume you can get both step-by-step instruction in basic piloting skills, and FARs that every pilot must be able to reference and understand.

Without effective and durable hull fastenings, boats and shipsfrom the earliest days of seafaring through the twentieth centurycould not have plied the seas.

In 1606, a Portuguese ship, Nossa Senhora dos Mrtires, put into Lisbon laden with peppercorns, porcelain, and other products from Cochin.

In this comprehensive history of Homers references to ships and seafaring, author Samuel Mark reveals patterns in the way that Greeks built ships and approached the sea between 850 and 750 b.

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The fourth edition of the perennial best-seller.

Nearly nine decades after the event, the sinking of the Titanic continues to command more attention than any other twentieth-century catatrophe.

"e;Utterly compulsive and unputdownable--the most exciting, authentic, and humanly moving of all the recent Storm books.

*A Newstatesman Book of the Year* Nimble, vital, unexpectedly affecting ObserverBestselling travel writer Horatio Clare joins an icebreaker for a voyage through the ice-packs of the far north.

Shane and Tim Spall are on the second leg of a very big adventure, taking their Dutch barge The Princess Matilda around the coast of Britain.

'If you enjoy Dilly Court or Rosie Goodwin, this one will be right up your street' reader review'One of the nation's favourite saga writers' Lancashire PostIn the grand tradition of Catherine Cookson, Josephine Cox and Poldark, comes a page-turning and enthralling new Cornish-set saga of shipwrecks, smugglers, secrets and romance, from Jennie Felton.

A graphic and thrilling account of the sinking of the greatest floating palace ever built, carrying down to watery graves more than 1,500 soulsWith newly commissioned artwork, Wreck and Sinking of the 'Titanic' is a deluxe reproduction of the 1912 memorial edition edited by the great descriptive writer Marshall Everett and published immediately after the event occurred.

I he most authoritative history of piracy, Frank Sherry's rich and colorful account reveals the rise and fall of the real "e;raiders and rebels"e; who terrorized the seas.

Sportbootführerschein See: Mit umfassender, systematischer und unkomplizierter Vorbereitung spielend leicht auf die Sportbootführerschein-Prüfung vorbereitenEine frische Brise im Gesicht, getrocknete Salzwasser-Spritzer auf der Haut und rundum nichts als die endlose Weite des Meeres: So stellen sich viele Menschen die perfekte Freiheit vor und das gibt es – genau, auf einem Boot im Meer.

As the dominant venture capitalist of Silicon Valley, Tom Perkins had seemingly done it all-from amassing a billion-dollar fortune to getting himself convicted of manslaughter in France.

A history of the American Steel Barge Company and the vessels that it built and operated.

Bestselling Van Life author Foster Huntington shares his experiences - as well as others - living by his own rules in this aspirational book filled with awe-inspiring photographs of unique homes in unexpected places.

The bestselling complete history of the British Navy - our national story through a different prism.

When he's not negotiating his way around a sand bar, there's nothing a sailor likes more than propping up the bar - and telling tall tales and saucy jokes.

This timeless classic is an exciting true story of survival against all odds.

A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Three and a half millennia of British Maritime history, from the Middle Bronze Age to the early 20th century .

First published in 1898, and now a major TV series, Moonfleet is a riveting adventure story full of drama, mystery, revenge, pursuit, smuggling, pirates, and romance, sharing its literary canon with Treasure Island and Kidnapped.

Lifeboats occupy a particular place in people's hearts as unpaid volunteers regularly take to their boats often in extremely adverse conditions to rescue others from the sea.

The bestselling author of The Endurance reveals the startling truth behind the legend of the Mutiny on the Bounty - the most famous sea story of all time.

The story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart boat race - the most dramatic in yacht racing historyThe waters between Sydney and Hobart are famously treacherous.

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.

The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the nineteenth century - and inspiration for 'Moby-Dick' - reissued to accompany a major motion picture due for release in December 2015, directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker and Cillian Murphy.

The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape.

From the bestselling author of 'The Lighthouse Stevensons', a gripping history of the drama and danger of wrecking since the 18th-century - and the often grisly ingenuity of British wreckers, scavengers of the sea.

Can we design an oil tanker that meets our complex demands for environmental protection, economical operation, and crew safety?

Marking the centenary of the Titanic disaster, 'Titanic Lives' is an utterly compelling exploration of the lives of the passengers and crew on board the most famous ship in history.

'There is no danger that Titanic will sink.

Look inside an 18th-century warship as it sails into battle on the high seas.

Our Blue Planet provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of maritime and underwater archaeology.

Our Blue Planet provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of maritime and underwater archaeology.

Maritime Security: An Introduction, Second Edition, provides practical, experience-based, and proven knowledge - and a "e;how-to-guide"e; - on maritime security.

If human error only starts to explain how accidents happen in complex, adaptive systems, what does the rest of the explanation look like?

The 'ShipCraft' series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warships.