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  • The Shipbuilder's Library: Seven Must-Have Books

    The Memoirs of Charles H. Cramp, An Unsinkable Titanic, The Autobiography of Phineas Pett, etc.

    by Augustus C. Buell, Scotts' Shipbuilding, John Bernard Walker, W. Gannon, Phineas Pett, Sir George Charles Vincent Holmes, Cerinda W. Evans ...
    The Shipbuilder's Library: Seven Must-Have Books presents an enriching compendium that navigates the ebbs and flows of shipbuilding through seven selected masterpieces. This anthology encapsulates a range of literary styles, from historic chronicles to technical manuals, interwoven with narratives that transcend time. With each piece meticulously chosen, the collection offers insights into not ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Unsinkable Titanic

    Every Ship its own Lifeboat

    by John Bernard Walker ...
    Among the many questions which have arisen out of the loss of the Titanic there is one, which, in its importance as affecting the safety of ocean travel, stands out preëminent:"Why did this ship, the latest, the largest, and supposedly the safest of ocean liners, go to the bottom so soon after collision with an iceberg?"The question is one to which, as yet, no answer that is perfectly clear to the ... Read more

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  • An Unsinkable Titanic: Every Ship its own Lifeboat

    Enriched edition. Lessons from the Titanic: Safety at Sea and the Power of Individual Responsibility

    by John Bernard Walker, Vanessa Cross ...
    In "An Unsinkable Titanic: Every Ship its own Lifeboat," John Bernard Walker embarks on an innovative exploration of maritime safety, rethinking the tragic legacy of the Titanic disaster. Walker employs a critical analysis intertwined with historical narrative, presenting a meticulous examination of ship design, safety protocols, and human behavior in the face of nautical calamity. His blend of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • America Fallen!

    An Ominous Glimpse into a Post-Apocalyptic America

    by John Bernard Walker ...
    In "America Fallen!", John Bernard Walker presents a captivating exploration of a nation in crisis, employing a literary style that merges incisive social commentary with elements of political fiction. The narrative delves into the complexities of contemporary American society, exploring themes of disillusionment, moral decay, and the fragility of democracy. Walker's prose is both evocative and ... Read more

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  • An Unsinkable Titanic

    by John Bernard Walker ...
    Series series Titanic Landmark Series
    Published three months after the sinking of the Titanic, this is the rarest and the most learned of the early books on the disaster. In it, the crusading editor of the Scientific American magazine shows that passenger safety had been repeatedly sacrificed in the competition for luxury and speed between the great shipping lines, and that the Titanic was much less safe than the Great Eastern, a ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • Sailing a Serious Ocean : Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea

    Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea

    by John Kretschmer ...
    Series series CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT
    Learn what it takes to cross an ocean from a veteran sailorIn Sailing a Serious Ocean, author John Kretschmer uses his experiences and stories to show you what you will need to across an ocean or go around the world, in fair weather or foul. His true accounts of storms and other challenges at sea makes exciting reading and shows not only how sailboats should be handled when the chips are down, but ... Read more

    $18.19 USD

  • The Loss of the Titanic: I Survived the Titanic

    I Survived the Titanic

    by Lawrence Beesley ...
    A grieving world has already recognised Lawrence Beesley as the chief recorder of the Titanic wreck. The sports master at an English public school, who was going West for a tennis tournament, he had no special qualifications for performing the task that fell to him alone out of nearly a thousand survivors but he brought to bare a splendid self-possession upon his observation of the whole sad story ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • The Loss Of The S.S. Titanic

    by Lawrence Beesley ...
    The Loss of the S.S. Titantic is Lawrence Beesley’s compelling first-person account of the tragic sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic on its maiden voyage in April 1912. Published amid the continued media frenzy a scant nine weeks following the tragedy, The Loss of the S.S. Titanic draws on Beesley’s experience as a second-class passenger and survivor, and, because of its rich detail and unique ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Hal Roth Seafaring Trilogy : Three True Stories of Adventure Under Sail: Three True Stories of Adventure Under Sail

    Three True Stories of Adventure Under Sail

    by Hal Roth ...
    Big adventures on the high seas—from one of the greatest seafaring writers of our ageHal Roth’s vivid, authentic tales of the sea have riveted readers around the world for forty years. Here, in one volume, are three of his classic sea stories, each one a white-knuckled, rail-down voyage into the unknown.A hard-working San Francisco husband and wife abandon their jobs, their security, and, some ... Read more

    $18.19 USD

  • The Loss of the S.S. Titanic

    by Lawrence Beesley ...
    Series series Titanic Landmark Series
    Lawrence Beesley was one of the luckiest men on the Titanic. Although the word had been given, “women and children first,” he was nevertheless ordered into a lifeboat to make up the numbers. At the end of that fateful night he stepped, dry and physically unharmed, onto the deck of the rescuing ship Carpathia. We are also fortunate in that, as a science teacher, Beesley was an intensely curious man ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Knox-Johnston on Sailing

    by Robin Knox-Johnston ...
    One of Britain's greatest living sailors shares a collection of distilled wisdom, acute observation and fascinating anecdotes. _x000D_This book is a collection of provoking, insightful and perceptive pieces of writing by Robin Knox-Johnston. His forthright and compelling views are based on a wealth of experience and expertise. The spotlight of his steely gaze falls upon the great ocean races and ... Read more

    $12.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Endurance

    An Epic of Polar Adventure

    by Frank Arthur Worsley ...
    The legendary tale of Ernest Shackleton's grueling Antarctic expedition, recounted in riveting first-person detail by the captain of HMS Endurance.You seriously mean to tell me that the ship is doomed?" asked Frank Worsley, commander of the Endurance, stuck impassably in Antarctic ice packs. "What the ice gets," replied Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition's unflappable leader, "the ice keeps." ... Read more

    $11.99 USD