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  • Cutty Sark

    The Last of the Tea Clippers (150th anniversary edition)

    by Eric Kentley ...
    An updated and expanded edition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of this iconic ship. The narrative spans her construction at Dumbarton in 1869; her famous tea voyages as well as those with other cargoes; her career under a Portuguese flag; her subsequent return to the Thames, Greenwich; and the dramatic fire, painstaking restoration and glorious reopening in April 2012.The book has been ... Read more

    $23.69 CAD

  • Boats of South Asia

    by Sean Mcgrail, Lucy Blue, Eric Kentley, Colin Palmer ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in South Asia
    This book sets new standards for the documentation of water transport, and introduces styles of boat-building which are unlikely to be found outside the sub-Continent. A fascinating and accessible read for anyone interested in boats or the South Asian way of life, as well as ethnographers, maritime archaeologists and historians, Boats of South Asia covers recent, exhaustive fieldwork in India, ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

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  • The Complete Titanic Chronicles

    A Night to Remember and The Night Lives On

    by Walter Lord ...
    Series series The Titanic Chronicles
    The complete and definitive New York Times –bestselling chronicle of the Titanic, including survivors' stories and extensive research separating fact from myth.In just two hours and forty minutes, 1,500 souls were lost at sea when the RMS Titanic succumbed to the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Based on interviews with sixty-three survivors, A Night to Remember tells the story of that fateful ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Titanic: The Myths and Legacy of a Disaster

    by Roger Cartwright, June Cartwright ...
    On 15 April 2012, 100 years will have passed since the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic hit an iceberg and foundered in the North Atlantic with the loss of 1,503 lives. Had the disaster not occurred, what is now the best-known ship in the world would have lost the title of the largest liner within just two years. She was certainly not the fastest passenger ship of the time and can be considered a ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Titanic, A Very Peculiar History

    by Jim Pipe ...
    Series Book 5 - A Very Peculiar History
    It boasted libraries, palm trees, swimming pools, a 50-phone switchboard and was nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower… No, she's not a skyscraper, she's the Titanic! Marking the centenary of the sinking of the White Star Liner RMS Titanic in 1912, 'Titanic, A Very Peculiar History' delves into the human stories of both crew and passengers and the incredible feats of engineering and design involved ... Read more

    $12.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sinking of the Titanic

    Edited by Logan Marshall ...
    When she set sail from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York on 10 April 1912, RMS Titanic, the pride of the White Star fleet, was the largest ocean liner in the world. Deemed 'practically unsinkable' because of her double-bottomed hull and watertight compartments, she carried over 2,000 passengers and crew, although only sufficient lifeboats for just over half that number. Four days out of ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Unsinkable Titanic

    The Triumph Behind a Disaster

    by Allen Gibson ...
    In this unparalleled investigation that deconstructs the modern hindsight that has tainted Titanic's legacy, Allen Gibson presents a comprehensive history with a refreshing argument, that Titanic represented a considerable achievement in maritime architecture.Telling the story of the 'unsinkable' ship against a backdrop of a tumultuous and rapidly emerging technological world, he exposes the ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Why the Titanic Sank

    by W. B. Bartlett ...
    Although the answer appears obvious, there is far more to the sinking of the Titanic than is popularly understood. On 10 April 1912 Titanic - the largest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world - left Southampton on her maiden voyage. The only headlines she expected to make were on her triumphant arrival in New York. But just five days later, she was a wreck at the bottom of the North Atlantic ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Tales from the Great Lakes

    Based on C.H.J. Snider's "Schooner days"

    by Robert B. Townsend ...
    For more than two hundred years, thousands of giant sailing ships traversed the Great Lakes carrying cargo and passengers. The memory of the romance and elegance of these beautiful ships has almost been forgotten in the search for greater efficiency and speed in our modern world.C.H.J. Snider (1879-1971) chronicled this era in his 1,303 "Schooner Days" columns for Toronto's The Evening Telegram ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sovereign of the Seas

    The Seventeenth-Century Warship

    by James Sephton ...
    Charles I's authoritative and intolerant rule as monarch, and the unpopular Ship Money tax which he initiated, were instrumental in creating the most splendid and controversial warship in English history. She was the grandest venture hitherto created, remarkable for her size, beauty and heavy armament. Even her name, the Sovereign of the Seas, suggested pride and pomp. Designed and built by ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD

  • Titanic Hero

    The Autobiography of Captain Rostron of the Carpathia

    by Sir Arthur H. Rostron ...
    The story of the Titanic in the words of the hero whose swift action saved the lives of 710 survivors. The Carpathia was on its regular voyage to New York City, when early on 15 April 1912 it received a distress signal from the White Star Line ocean liner Titanic, which had struck an iceberg and was sinking. Rostron was asleep when his wireless operator, Harold Cottam, by chance left his headset ... Read more

    $21.69 CAD

  • From T-2 to Supertanker

    Development of the Oil Tanker, 1940 - 2000, Revised

    by Andrew G. Spyrou ...
    From T-2 to Supertanker provides a unique insight into the oil tanker industrys efforts to produce safe and efficient vessels.Dr. Andrew G. Spyrou believes that marine transportation is the key to effective global shipping, part of which is carrying petroleum by tanker. Enormous changes have taken place in tanker design and construction since World War II. Closure of the Suez Canal on two ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD