Archive for Items Categorized 'Maritime', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Ships For All Nations
by Ian Johnston
Among the hundreds of ships built by this firm are some of the most famous vessels in maritime history, and this is now the third but surely not last book to dip into the many thousands of photos taken here over the centuries.
A Shipyard at War
by Ian Johnston
“Clydebuilt” became an industry benchmark of quality and many of the yards on the Bonnie River Clyde became household names all over the world. This excellent book tells the story of four pivotal years in the history of one of the most famous shipyards.
Frontiers – A Colonial Dynasty
by Simon Best
New Zealand, that most remote of British colonies. From whalers to Rolls-Royces to two airmen of Maori descent lying buried together on a hilltop in England, this book covers four generations.
The American Clipper Ship, 1845–1920
by Glenn A. Knoblock
“All the tea in China”—that’s a main reason the world needed express ships favoring speed over cargo volume to cross the seas at a “good clip.” The narrow, yacht-like sailing ships and a cutthroat business full of human drama are covered here in engaging form.
Anton Romako: Admiral Tegetthoff in the Naval Battle of Lissa
Agnes Husslein-Arco (editor)
Take one look a the cover, consider the time—1880s—and you know there’s a story here. Why was it painted in this modern style, what is it even about, and why did Emperor Franz Josef buy it?
Heritage of the Sea: Famous Preserved Ships Around the UK
by Peter C. Smith
Where are they now, the ships that embodied Britain’s proud tradition as a great sea-faring nation? Are they national treasurers or scrap metal?
The Battleship Builders: Constructing and Arming British Capital Ships
by Ian Johnston & Ian Buxton
The battleship as a case study for how it’s made. And why, and by whom. A good, important, useful big-picture book even if the actual pictures are too, too small.
Graveyard of the Atlantic, Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast
by David Stick
The watery graves of some 600 ships aren’t just recorded as dry stats but told here with the pace of a fiction book. If you know water you know what a mighty force it is. If you don’t, just read the book.
A Girl Aboard the Titanic: A Survivor’s Story
by Eva Hart
Written by one of the youngest Titanic survivors this biography deals with the life-altering effect such an event has, traumatic on the one hand but also with the potential for good.
From Ocean Liner to Cruise Ship: The Marine Art of Harley Crossley
by Harley Crossley
Forget paintbrushes! Ever painted with knives?? A practitioner for over 30 years, Crossley is the master—so why is this only his first book??
Flying the Colors: The Unseen Treasures of Nineteenth-Century American Marine Art
by Alan Granby & Janice Hyland
A lusciously rich look at an important era in American ships, illustrated with many artworks from private collections you’d never see on your own, and printed and bound in a book that has few equals.
Figureheads of the Royal Navy
by David M. Pulvertaft
The open sea is a massive force and notoriously superstitious sailors sought to appease it by mounting an offering on the stems of their ships. Thus was born what would evolve into the nautical figurehead, here examined on 350 years of British warships.
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