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1) Lord Jim
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Language
English
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Description
Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
3) The United States merchant marine at war: report of the war shipping administrator to the President
Author
Pub. Date
1946
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Otbebookpublishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Excerpt: "I feel, then, that I may with confidence ask the reader who loves ships for themselves, or is fascinated by history, or is specially interested in the rise of our Indian Empire, to follow me in the following pages while the story of these old East Indiamen is narrated. In a little while we shall have passed entirely from the last of all surviving ocean-going sailing ships, but during the whole of their period none have left their mark so...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The second in the gripping historical Andy Holt Naval Thrillers series. Summer 1940: Andy Holt is second mate on the SS Barranquilla , sailing from the Clyde to Cuba. Though the outward journey may be perilous, it's the homeward trip where the real danger lies: U-boats prefer their victims deep-laden and full of cargo. There have been heavy losses off Norway and Dunkirk -- the vital priority is for escorting destroyers to counter the invasion threat....
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Although the Merchant Navy suffered a higher percentage loss than any of the Armed Forces in the Second World War, few people today are aware of this or have even heard of them. Thirty-three thousand merchant seamen died, while others were severely injured both physically and mentally. This book is an attempt to dispel the ignorance and brings together a wealth of information concerning ship losses, including ships' names, captains, route lost on,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The first in the gripping historical Andy Holt Naval Thrillers series. Andy Holt is third mate on the cargo ship PollyAnna, carrying coal through Nazi-infested waters. Holt's vessel is bound for Montevideo, all the while wary of a particular German warship, the Graf Spee, which is picking off British vessels. But as the PollyAnna leaves Montevideo, the Graf Spee shows up in the same port holding British prisoners. It seems the crew of the PollyAnna...
Author
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
There are few books that describe accurately life on board sailing ships in the last days of sail, from the 1860s to the First World War; the romantic image conjured up by many who wrote from a safe distance belies the harsh realities which were a sailorman's lot. Domville-Fife, in collecting together the personal stories of seamen while they were still alive, was able to present a truer picture of the tough last days of sail. Long voyages on board...
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