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  • The Last Big Gun

    At War & At Sea with HMS Belfast

    by 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 ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Running a Big Ship

    The Classic Guide to Commanding A Second World War Battleship

    by Rory O'Conor ...
    The ultimate officers' guide from the commander of the HMS Hood. "A fascinating historical record . . . a first-class textbook for modern managers" ( Baird Maritime).Published in 1937 and now recognized as one of the most influential, yet highly accessible, volumes on naval command and organization, Running a Big Ship provides truly unique insight into life at sea during the Second World War.O ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Luckiest Thirteen

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

    by 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 ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The British Home Front Pocket-Book

    by Brian Lavery ...
    A revealing and charming pocket book capturing the reality of civilian life during the war.In June 1940, following the BEF's scrambled evacuation from Dunkirk, the Second World War was brought home to Britain. As the Luftwaffe initiated their bombing campaigns and the threat of invasion grew daily, civilians were urged to play their part in the war effort, and take responsibility for their own ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Churchill Warrior

    How a Military Life Guided Winston's Finest Hours

    by Brian Lavery ...
    A "truly exceptional" account of how Churchill's experiences in the armed forces helped him lead Britain to victory in World War II ( Booklist).No defense minister in modern times has faced the challenges that Winston Churchill did during the Second World War. Fortunately, he had a unique and intimate inside knowledge of all three services, which allowed him to assess their real needs—a crucial ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Journal of a Young Midshipman

    The Royal Navy and the Crisis in the Mediterranean 1940–41

    by John Hashim ...
    In the years 1910 to the 1950s, Midshipman’s journals were compulsory for all trainee regular officers, and were written up day by day, often in a vivid and revealing narrative style, sometimes with evocative illustrations. Thousands were produced, but not many survive. This journal by John Hashim, preserved by his son Simon and introduced by naval historian Brian Lavery, provides a unique and ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ship of the Line

    A History in Ship Models

    by 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 ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Wooden Warship Construction

    A History in Ship Models

    by 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 ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Royal Navy Officer’s Jutland Pocket-Manual 1916

    by W.M. James ...
    Published in the months leading up to the Battle of Jutland, W.M. James’ New Battleship Organisations, was the ultimate guide to command and organization of every aspect of a modern First World War capital ship. The book provides a unique, and highly revealing, insight into life aboard ship, the mechanics of command, seamanship, the issuing of orders, and the broad expectations placed upon British ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Down to Earth

    by 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 ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cassini's Vision

    by Brian Lavery ...
    GIOVANNI CASSINI, young Italian astronomer, saw humanity's earliest proofs of what truly is in the heavens. What he observed overturned the fables of the ancients who had tried so hard to explain their stars and planets, and their world.But these new truths were highly dangerous.The Cassini of your history books was seduced from Bologna in his mid-life by a lucrative offer from France's Sun King. ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Royal Yachts Under Sail

    by Brian Lavery ...
    From the time of the Restoration of Charles II, when he returned to England from Breda and was presented with the yacht Mary by the burgomaster of Amsterdam, Royal yachts began to be defined as such in England and built with that special purpose in mind. They were built luxuriously and used for royal visits to the fleet, for diplomacy and for racing and cruising for pleasure. Charles II took more ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus