White Cross Mills, Hightown, LANCASTER LA1 4XS, United Kingdom.
Telephone: +44(0)1524 68765
Fax: +44(0)1524 63232
Email: sales@gazellebooks.co.uk
Web: www.gazellebooks.co.uk
| ADMIRALS : Canada's Senior Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century [Michael Whitby, Richard H Gimblett & Peter Haydon] This book fills an important void in the history of Canada's navy. Those who carry the burden of high command have a critical niche in not only guiding the day-to-day concerns of running an armed service but in ensuring that it is ready to face the challenges of the future. Canada's leading naval historians present analytical articles on the officers who led the navy from its foundation in 1910 to the unification in 1968. Six former Maritime Commanders provide personal reflections on command. The result is a valuable biographical compendium for anyone interested in the history of the Canadian Navy, the Canadian Forces, or military and naval leadership in general. { 414pp, 155x230mm, February 2006; PB, £12.99, 1550025805:9781550025804 , Dundurn Press } |
| ALONE AGAINST THE ARCTIC [Anthony Dalton] Two audacious Alaskan journeys are depicted in this captivating adventure tale. In the winter of 1897-98, three officers from the US cutter Bear set off from below the Arctic Circle with the goal of driving a herd of reindeer over 1500 miles of frozen tundra and ice to Point Barrow, Alaska. There, eight whaling ships lay stranded in thick ice, their crews on the verge of starvation. Anthony Dalton was well aware of this story and countless other tales of tragedy and misadventure on the Arctic seas when, in the summer of 1984, he embarked on a near-fatal voyage in a small open boat along the wild northwest coast of Alaska. He was attempting a solo transit of the Northwest Passage, and his modern sea quest ran parallel to the arduous trek undertaken by the men of the relief expedition. Dalton's gripping description of his encounter with an icy hell explores the irresistible lure of risk and challenge that continues to draw adventurers to the Arctic, a place like no other. { 191pp, 140x215mm, November 2007; PB, £11.99, 1894974336:9781894974332 , Heritage House Publishing } |
| AMARYLLIS TONTINE : The Tale of a Topsail Schooner [Denys Drower] Captain Ffynlo Quick, a Manxman, is the captain of a three-masted schooner, Amaryllis. On the owner's death he acquires a share of the ship by joining in a 'tontine'. Each of the tontine's five members has invested the same amount of money in the venture and the annual profit will be split between them. If any member should die, his share would be divided between the others. The story tells of the various adventures, which befall the ship and her crew including storm, collision, dangerous cargoes, and, on one occasion, the saving of a steamer in peril, resulting in a salvage claim in the Admiralty Court. Threaded through this is the story of the relationship of the members of the tontine. Their deaths, one-by-one, often in strange circumstances, leads eventually to the dramatic conclusion. { 252pp, 145x210mm, December 2005; PB, £6.95, 1899602828:9781899602827 , Lily Publications Ltd } |
| ART OF DHOW BUILDING IN KUWAIT [Dr Ya‘qub Yusuf Al-Hijji] Ever since Kuwait emerged in the 18th century as a young maritime state with an extreme dependence on the sea, it has been renowned for the consummate skills of its sailors and dhow-builders. Kuwait's shipwrights became justly famed for the beauty, seaworthiness and practicality of their vessels, and the Kuwaiti boum became a symbol of Kuwait's maritime prowess on all the dhow routes linking Arabia, Iran, India and East Africa. This book describes in detail how Kuwaiti shipwrights built their vessels, in particular the boum. As with dhows everywhere, this was done entirely by hand and eye, without drawings of any kind. There are chapters on celebrated master builders and famous dhows, on sails, rigging and launching, and on tools and timber. There is also an extensive glossary of Kuwaiti nautical terms. REVIEW: "Al-Hijji has produced the most comprehensive description of dhow-building so far published. ...Almost uniquely among books on traditional craft, Al-Hijji includes a chapter that puts names and faces to some of Kuwait’s most famous boat-builders. ...The construction process is the book’s core and its greatest contribution to our understanding of the dhow." -- Eric Kentley, Journal of Maritime Research, September 2002. { 176pp, 240x280mm, April 2002; HB, £39.50, 1900404281:9781900404280 , Arabian Publishing Ltd (The London Centre of Arab Studies) } |
| BRITTANY FERRIES, 1973-2007 [Miles Cowsill] From the humble beginnings in 1973, Brittany Ferries have established themselves over the last 35 years as one of the leading ferry companies in Europe. This book traces the history of the Breton-based company from 1973 until the present day and includes detailed coverage of their modern vessels recently introduced on the English channel, including the Pont-Aven and Mont St Michel. { 128pp, 215x280mm, December 2007; PB, £18.50, 1871947898:9781871947892 , Lily Publications Ltd (Ferry Publications) } |
| COAST TO COAST : The Great Australian Coastal Liners [Peter Plowman] There was a time when the only way to travel between the major cities located around the coast of Australia was by ship. Up to the end of the nineteenth century, these ships were primarily intended to transport cargo. With Federation in 1901 came the development of a new type of coastal ship, intended to transport passengers in comfort, with cargo of secondary importance. During the first ten years of the twentieth century the size of coastal passenger vessels increased at a steady rate, along with improvements in their passenger accommodation. The twelve month period from September 1912 to September 1913 would see no less than six large new liners built for the major Australian coastal trades. Unfortunately, within a year of the last new liner entering service, World War One brought major changes to the coastal trade. Eventually all new liners, plus most of the older ones, were taken over for military duty in foreign waters, and the coastal trade virtually ground to a halt. Of the six large liners built just before the war, only two returned permanently to the Australian coastal trade. Things changed in 1929, when two large motorships were built. Larger and faster than any previous coastal liner, they completely outclassed the competition, and became extremely popular. In the mid-1930s three more large liners joined the trade within eighteen months. From 1936 to 1939 Australians enjoyed the best coastal service ever, but then war raised its ugly presence again, and for a second time the ships found themselves taken over for military duty. By the time all the ships built in the ten years before the war were back in commercial service, the coastal trade was facing intensive competition from airlines, which were establishing new routes and providing cheaper fares as well as much quicker travel times. The coastal liners struggled through the 1950s, but it was becoming increasingly clear that the time when travellers sought a pleasant few days at sea were ending, and the airliner was the mode of transport for the future. In 1961 the last two coastal liners were sold to foreign owners, and the coastal trade as it had been known for many years came to an end. There would be a small revival in the mid-1960s, when the State Shipping Service introduced a service that circumnavigated Australia, which enjoyed a brief flush of success, but in July 1969 this service ended. { 196pp, 210x285mm, August 2007; PB, £12.99, 1877058602:9781877058608 , Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd } |
| DANGEROUS PASSAGE : Issues in the Arctic [Gerard Kenney] Over the five hundred or so years that man searched for an elusive sea passage from Europe to Asia through the North American land mass, dozens of ships were lost and hundreds of mariners died. Eventually, a sea route stretching through the waters of the archipelago and along Canada's mainland Arctic coast was pieced together. But could ships navigate the Northwest Passage to the extent that it could be used as an international shipping route? Two seagoing captains and their ships -- a Norwegian, Roald Amundsen, and a Canadian of Norwegian birth, Henry Asbjorn Larsen -- answered that question in the first half of the 20th century. The first part of the book recounts their successful efforts. The second part addresses the many unsettling environmental and sovereignty issues concerning the future of the Northwest Passage in this time of melting ice caps, glaciers and sea ice in the Arctic. { 192pp, 155x230mm, May 2006; PB, £17.50, 1897045131:9781897045138 , Natural Heritage Books } |
| DFDS : The Fleet [Miles Cowsill & John Hendy] Contains a brief history of DFDS Scandinavian Seaways. Each vessel of the fleet of DFDS and Tor Line illustrated with full technical details and colour photos. { 49pp, 150x210mm, November 2005; PB, £4.95, 1871947502:9781871947502 , Lily Publications Ltd (Ferry Publications) } |
| DISCOVERING THE GREAT SOUTH LAND [Byron Heath] This is the story of the evolution of the sailing ships that gradually linked Australia to Europe. The book explains how the navigational problems of Australia’s huge coastline were conquered by ships that were at the cutting-edge of technology for their time. The story covers the period from antiquity until the arrival of Britain’s First Fleet at Botany Bay in January 1788 and highlights the rapid improvement of ship construction after the European Renaissance began the trend to reasoned experiment that replaced ignorance and dogma and made possible long return voyages to the ends of the earth. The author has been able to draw upon his experience in measurement technology to show that the improvements in ship design after the Middle Ages arose principally from the invention of increasingly precise measuring instruments such as the accurate clock and the lenses used in microscopes and telescopes. The ship’s wheel, copper hull sheathing, antiscorbutic diet to counter scurvy and the sextant were all invented not long before the British colonised Australia. The book contains numerous maps and illustrations that highlight the maritime technology inherited by the British from the ships of Scandinavia, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and France who pioneered the ocean pathway to Australia. { 192pp, 180x240mm, August 2005; PB, £7.99, 1877058319:9781877058318 , Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd } |
| FERRIES 2005 : British Isles & Northern Europe [Nick Widdows] An annual publication covering UK and Northern Europe. Features on DFDS, Colour Fantasy and the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. { 224pp, 150x215mm, May 2005; HB, £16.00, 1871947804:9781871947809 , Lily Publications Ltd (Ferry Publications) } |
| FIVE DAYS IN GREECE : The Greek Ferry Industry at a Crossroads [Miles Cowsill & John Hendy] Travel to Greece with the Ferry Publications team and witness the decline of the former traditional fleets of Northern Europe, the final year of the former Senlac and St Columba and the growth of the fast ferry industry. { 64pp, 210x300mm, November 2007; PB, £15.00, 1871947928:9781871947922 , Lily Publications Ltd (Ferry Publications) } |
| FRANCES SMITH : Palace Steamer of the Upper Great Lakes, 1867-1896 [Scott L Cameron; Foreword by C Patrick Labadie] The Frances Smith was not only the first steamboat to be built in Owen Sound, but also the largest vessel on Georgian Bay at that time. By far the most luxurious vessel to sail the Upper Great Lakes from a Canadian port, she was known as a 'palace steamer'. In the mid-to-late-19th century, the Frances Smith set the standard for speed, spacious accommodation and quality service on Georgian Bay and Lake Superior. The story of the Frances Smith, full of adventure and courageous actions, and even including disreputable behaviour, is a genuine story of life on the Great Lakes in the latter part of the 1800s. Meticulously researched and documented by Scott L Cameron, this book is an exploration of a special part of our past that will be of great interest to history buffs in general, and maritime historians in particular. { 288pp, 155x230mm, August 2005; PB, £19.99, 1897045042:9781897045046 , Natural Heritage Books } |
| FROGMEN FIRST BATTLES [William Schofield & P J Carisella] The authors recount the history of underwater warfare -- a new type of guerrilla war developed by the Italian navy toward the end of World War I and completely implemented during World War II. This type of warfare, conducted by frogmen with special training and prototype equipment, proved fatal to Allied civilian and military ships operating in the Mediterranean Sea. Single frogmen, or frogmen in teams of two, four or six, sank more vessels than any other traditionally formed military entity. It's main unit was the X Light Flotilla, whose frogmen conquered the Mediterranean and even planned an attack on the city of New York -- not completed due to War coming to an end. { 190pp, 155x230mm, January 2005; PB, £12.99, 0828320888:9780828320887 , Branden Publishing } |
| HIGH SEAS, HIGH RISK : The Story of the Sudburys [Pat Wastell Norris] High Seas, High Risk recounts the Sudburys' most notable and dramatic tows and rescues, told mostly through the memories and anecdotes of former crew members. Island Tug & Barge made headlines around the seafaring world. The Sudburys made almost impossible rescues with ease -- towing their charges through typhoons, pulling them off pinnacles of rock, fighting their fires and keeping them afloat with batteries of pumps. Beset by storms, lightning, and impossible conditions, the two tugs always made it home safely. Year after year the drama was repeated, until, one day, the headlines stopped. The Sudbury and the Sudbury II disappeared, Island Tug & Barge was gone. REVIEW: "A fascinating read..." -- Victoria Times Colonist. { 235pp, 155x230mm, February 2005; PB, £16.99, 1550173456:9781550173451 , Harbour Publishing } |
| HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE ISLE OF MAN STEAM PACKET CO, 1830-1904 [A W Moore MA] Ferry Publications is re-publishing this historic book originally written by A W Moore, who was a Director of the Company at the turn of the century. The book is a must for all fans of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company. Includes many interesting early black-and-white views of the Company. { 128pp, 120x180mm, August 2005; PB, £9.95, 1871947839:9781871947830 , Lily Publications Ltd (Ferry Publications) } |
| ILLUSTRATED COMPANION TO NELSONS NAVY [Nicholas Blake & Richard Lawrence] The fictional exploits of sailors in the Royal Navy have thrilled readers around the world. But to many, the "real world" of Nelson's Navy has remained a mystery until now. Whether looking for a recipe for "spotted dog" or the method for reefing the main topgallant, Nelson enthusiasts will find it in this extraordinary compendium. Every aspect of the Royal Navy is covered-the workings of the admiralty, the designs and building of ships, life on board, food and drink, discipline, seamanship, merchant fleets, and opposing navies-all are explained in succinct texts and illustrated with specially commissioned sketches, maps, and diagrams. { 208pp, 180x255mm, October 2005; PB, £15.50, 0811732754:9780811732758 , Stackpole Books } |
| IN WATERS NEW : Former UK Ferries in Southern Europe [Richard Seville] Richard Seville brings together a selection of outstanding photographs from across Southern Europe from the traditional favourites such as Viking I and the Horsa to the lesser-known ferries including the Coruisk and the St Julian. 45 vessels are captured in their new liveries and each vessel is accompanied by a comparative photograph in its original UK guise. Detailed text on the history of each vessel illustrated. { 96pp, 210x150mm, November 2005; PB, £9.95, 1871947782:9781871947786 , Lily Publications Ltd (Ferry Publications) } |
| INTO THE SAVAGE LAND : The Alaskan Journal of Edward Adams [Ernest Sipes] In the middle of the night, October 1850, three British sailors searching for lost countrymen are set upon the rugged shore on the far edge of the vast Russian Empire. Only two will return from this cruel and harsh land called Alyaksa. Edward Adams, a young Victorian-era doctor, was part of an expedition sent to Russian Alaska in search of explorer John Franklin and his crew. As the mission's naturalist, Adams filled a journal with observations, recordings and drawings of his excursion, revealing a person who thrived on new experiences and had a true gift for recording what he observed. Full of drama and adventure, "Into the Savage Land" takes reader back to the Alaska of 1850. Reminiscent of the popular serialised stories that appeared in British papers at the time, the journal presents a first-person account of travels into the interior of the colony and the inherent dangers involved, including freezing temperatures, suspicious Russians and warring Natives. Edited and annotated by Ernest Sipes, this publication offers an exceptional opportunity for students of the literature of Alaska and anyone interested in the region's colourful history. { 160pp, 140x215mm, August 2007; PB, £8.99, 0888395620:9780888395627 , Hancock House } |
| KING ORRY : 1913-1940 [David Handscombe] This is the complete history of the Manx turbine steamer King Orry (III). The ship entered service in 1913 and tragically ended her career on the Steam Packet's darkest day, at Dunkirk on 29th May 1940, during which day three ships were lost to enemy action. The author has compiled the most detailed account ever published of a ferry's history, having to go as far as Canada to complete his comprehensive researches. { 192pp, 225x285mm, August 2005; HB, £24.95, 1871947812:9781871947816 , Lily Publications Ltd (Ferry Publications) } |
| MAN OF INTELLIGENCE : The Life of Captain Eric Nave Codebreaker Extraordinary [Ian Pfennigwerth] This biography tells how a bright lad with ambition and with a powerful streak of luck entered and carved his own special niche in the arcane world of codebreaking. It sets his achievements against the geopolitical shifts which led to war with Japan in 1941. It explores the dysfunctional nature of US signals intelligence and its effects on war in the South West Pacific, and charts the rise of Australia's quantitative and qualitative contribution to Allied intelligence. It concludes with Eric's work in post-war signals intelligence, his time at ASIO and his retirement activities, including his frustrated attempts to publish his memoirs, and an assessment of his place in history. { 320pp, 150x225mm, March 2006; PB, £11.99, 1877058416:9781877058417 , Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd } |
| MAN WHO STOLE THE 'CYPRUS' : A True Story of Escape [Warwick Hirst] On the evening of 14 August 1829 the government brig 'Cyprus' was sheltering in Recherche Bay on the remote south-east coast of Tasmania when she was captured by eighteen convicts under the leadership of William Swallow, a prisoner for life. After marooning the crew, military guard and passengers on the desolate shore, Swallow skilfully sailed the brig across the Pacific to Tahiti then back to the Tongan Islands and on to Japan before finally scuttling her off the Chinese coast. Hirst has written a fascinating account of a rogue whose undoubted leadership, determination and resourcefulness might, in different circumstances, have led him to a far more favourable fate. { 224pp, 150x225mm, February 2008; PB, £13.00, 1877058610:9781877058615 , Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd } |
| MURRAY DARLING PADDLEBOATS [Peter Plowman] This book covers the paddleboats the author has seen and photographed along the Murray and Darling Rivers in recent years. It includes all the paddlers presently operating public cruises at numerous towns on both rivers, as well as the privately owned and operated boats that can be seen along the rivers. The information on each vessel has been gathered from numerous sources, and every effort has been taken to ensure accuracy. In many instances the owners of the vessels have been very helpful, but it has been quite difficult to find out much about a few of the boats. At present there are about twenty paddleboats under construction or undergoing restoration at various places along the Murray River. Those boats that are nearing completion are included in the main body of the book, and they should be operating within the next year. Most if not all of the others will be in active operation on the river within the next three or four years. This book is intended primarily as a brief guide to these fascinating craft for both visitors to and residents of towns along the Murray and Darling rivers. { 80pp, 210x290mm, August 2005; PB, £9.99, 1877058378:9781877058370 , Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd } |
| NELSON'S SHIPS : A History of the Vessels in Which He Served, 1771-1805 [Peter Goodwin] This exciting new volume presents every ship in which Nelson served, in full detail, for the first time. Following a comprehensive background of each vessel, including the actions in which it participated, each ship's construction details and costs will be explored alongside any modifications that were made. The incidents that occurred while Nelson was on board each ship reveal an abridged version of his career and offer both the enthusiast and general reader an insight into the man himself. Fully researched and developed by one of the most well-known and respected Nelson historians, and heavily illustrated in part by Geoff Hunt, jacket artist for the popular Patrick O'Brien series, this will be an invaluable work for both the academic and enthusiast alike. { 312pp, 250x300mm, September 2002; HB, £24.50, 0811710076:9780811710077 , Stackpole Books } |
| NIKKEI FISHERMEN ON THE BC COAST : Their Biographies & Photographs [Masako Fukawa (ed)] The first Japanese immigrant came to British Columbia in 1877 and was soon followed by others, many of whom took up commercial fishing. Over several generations, fishing the BC coast became a way of life for these families and their numbers swelled into the thousands. During WWII, their boats were confiscated and they were forcibly removed from the coast, but after the war many returned and took up their old trade. Fishing was more than a job for these families; it was central to the Japanese-Canadian experience in British Columbia. With the dawn of the new millennium, a sea of ageing faces and changing times led many Nikkei to the realisation that the fishing industry as it was had come to an end on the BC coast. To make sure the sacrifices and hardships endured by the older fishermen are never forgotten, the Nikkei Fishermen Reunion Committee was formed. A book committee was struck several years later and the gargantuan task of collecting 3,524 names and 750 biographies and photographs was undertaken. "Nikkei Fishermen on the BC Coast" is both a priceless record of a very important chapter in Canadian history and a moving story of the Nikkei people told in their own words. It is a must-have for every school, every library, and every serious reader of history in the province. { 200pp, 230x305mm, November 2007; HB, £26.99, 1550174363:9781550174366 , Harbour Publishing } |
| NORTH BOATS : The Story of the North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Shipping Company [Alastair W McRobb] A comprehensive account of the history of the ferry services from mainland Scotland to Orkney and Shetland. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white and colour photographs. { 72pp, 210x150mm, November 2005; PB, £6.95, 1871947499:9781871947496 , Lily Publications Ltd (Ferry Publications) } |
| NORTHERN HOIZONS OF GUY BLANCHET : Intrepid Surveyor 1884-1966 [Gwyneth Hoyle] This is the working life of the distinguished surveyor, Guy Blanchet in Northern Canada in the early 20th century. His life was rich in contacts with First nation people and he was a well-known traveller who did not seek adventure, but it certainly found him. He had many narrow escapes and published articles about his experiences. { 240pp, 150x230mm, November 2007; PB, £13.99, 155002759X:9781550027594 , Dundurn Press } |
| PEARLING IN THE ARABIAN GULF : A Kuwaiti Memoir [Saif Marzooq Al-Shamlan; Translated by Peter Clark] Saif Marzooq al-Shamlan was born in Kuwait in 1926 and comes from a distinguished Kuwaiti family of pearl-merchants and seafarers. This is an edited translation of the two-volume work by him that was published in Arabic in the 1970s. It gathers together a vast amount of detailed information about the history of pearling in the Gulf that is nowhere else available in English. Based on documentary and oral evidence and on the author’s memories and private archives, it describes the last generation of the pearling industry from 1900 to the slump of the 1930s, when the development of the Japanese cultured pearl led to economic disaster for the people of the Gulf. It records the grim conditions of the divers, their food, their work and the tools of their trade, their illnesses and the hazards of life at sea. There are stories of individual divers, ship-masters and pearl-merchants, stories of hardship, courage and adventure. The book puts pearling into the broader context, recounting how Kuwaiti fishermen operated in the Gulf at large and in Sri Lanka, and how merchants travelled as far afield as Bombay and Paris. REVIEW: ‘Pearling in the Arabian Gulf is a fascinating and involving autobiography...' -- The Midwest Book Review, January 2002. "This book is a personal journey ... a fascinating discussion. Al-Shamlan reveals the depth of his uncompromising commitment to Kuwaiti pearling as a noble tradition, and it is this that drives the book." -- Steve Mullins, International Journal of Maritime History, Vol. 14 No. 1, June 2002. "The felicitous combination of the author’s breezy, rather gossipy style and the fidelity of a translation that allows the pattern of the underlying Arabic to show through, makes this an eminently readable book that will appeal not only to those with special interests, but also to the reader seeking no more than a rattling good yarn." -- James Taylor, Asian Affairs, November 2003. { 190pp, 155x230mm, January 2001; HB, £25.00, 1900404192:9781900404198 , Arabian Publishing Ltd (The London Centre of Arab Studies) } |
| RESURRECTING DR MOSS : The Life & Letters of a Royal Navy Surgeon, Edward Lawton Moss MD RN, 1837-1880 ((Northern Lights Series: 10)) [Paul C Appleton. Edited by William Barr] "Resurrecting Dr Moss" chronicles the life & death of Edward Lawton Moss, a Royal Navy surgeon on the last great British north polar expedition of the nineteenth century. Arctic historians & bibliophiles are familiar with Moss’s account of the1875-76 British Arctic Expedition, published under the title "Shores of the Polar Sea", but little has been known about Moss himself. Now, thanks to Paul Appleton’s painstaking research, his life has taken shape in this well-crafted biography. Relying heavily on Moss’s own letters, Appleton has created a portrait of a man he calls "an example of the best traditions of British naval medicine during the Victorian era". Author, artist, explorer, & scientist, Dr Moss was also a pioneering medical officer. After being posted in British Columbia, he played a pivotal role in founding one of the earliest medical institutions on Canada’s west coast, the hospital at the Esquimalt Naval Base. Dr. Moss’s life was cut short at the age of thirty-seven when the HMS’s Atalanta disappeared en route from Bermuda in 1880. The book includes several previously unpublished letters & is illustrated with a selection of Moss’s watercolours. Co-published with the Arctic Insititute of North America. { 221pp, 215x280mm, August 2008; PB, £25.50, 155238232X:9781552382325 , University of Calgary Press } |
| SAINTS GO MARCHING ON : British Rail's Last Cross-Channel Ferries [Miles Cowsill & John Hendy] This title covers the history of the famous quartet of Harland & Wollf vessels built for Sealink. Each vessel's career is covered in the book together with a detailed account of how the ships were designed. The book also contains an up-to-date overview of where the vessels are today. { 96pp, 210x150mm, May 2006; PB, £9.95, 187194774X:9781871947748 , Lily Publications Ltd (Ferry Publications) } |
| SHIPS OF WOOD & MEN OF IRON : A Norwegian-Canadian Saga of Exploration in the High Arctic [Gerard Kenney] Over 100 years ago, in June 1898, Captain Otto Sverdrup and 15 crewmen put out to sea aboard the schooner Fram from the Norwegian city today known as Oslo. When they returned to Norway four years later, they came back with a record of geographic and scientific discovery, the richness of which is unparalleled in the annals of Arctic exploration. The first section of this book is the story of those four heroic years spent in the High Arctic and their impact on Canada’s subsequent efforts to ensure Canadian sovereignty in the area of the Norwegian discoveries. The second section of the book deals with the Canadian Arctic expeditions between 1903 and 1948, led by intrepid men such as A P Low, Joseph E Bernier, Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Henry Larsen. { 139pp, 155x230mm, September 2005; PB, £14.99, 1897045069:9781897045060 , Natural Heritage Books } |
| SONS OF SINDBAD : Sailing with the Arabs in their Dhows, in the Red Sea, Round the Coasts of Arabia, & to Zanzibar & Tanganyika; Pearling in the Persian Gulf; & the Life of the Shipmasters & the Mariners of Kuwait [Alan Villiers; Edited by William Facey, Yacoub Al-Hijji & Grace Pundyk] Reprint of Alan Villiers’ classic account, first published in 1940, of his voyage as a crew-member in a Kuwaiti dhow from Aden to Zanzibar and Rufiji, and then back to the Gulf and Kuwait with the monsoon winds. Villiers also spent some weeks with the Kuwaiti pearling fleet in the Gulf. Vivid and highly readable, Sons of Sindbad is not only a classic of maritime writing but also one of the finest books of Arabian travel. REVIEW: "...a book that is at once a real pleasure to read but also, on account of its very useful and informative introduction, one that can be placed in the 'serious books' category." -- Erik Gilbert, International Journal of Maritime History, 2007. { 416pp, 156x234mm, July 2006; HB, £25.00, 0954479238:9780954479237 , Arabian Publishing Ltd } |
| SS TERRA NOVA (1884-1943) : From the Arctic to the Antarctic -- Whaler, Sealer & Polar Exploration Ship [Michael C Tarver; Foreword by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal] This is the story of one of Britain's most famous expedition ships put together from accounts recorded by men who sailed in her. It covers a sixty year history of the ship built at Dundee by a famous Scottish shipbuilding company for the late 19th century days of whaling and sealing before coal, gas and electricity took over from animal oils in domestic and commercial use. The Terra Nova operated from her home port of Dundee and afterwards St. John's, Newfoundland, when a sea-going career in the sealfishery during those times brought a hard way of life with many human losses and tragedies. REVIEW: "This book is intended to be a rip-roaring yarn, and for the most part it succeeds...a worthwhile addition to the library..." -- Chesley W. Sanger, International Journal of Maritime History, Volume XIX, No. 1, June 2007. "Splendid reading...in the heroic nature of high latitude navigation." -- International Journal of Maritime History. "A richly illustrated book, beautifully crafted, a pleasure to own" -- Polar Record, A Journal of Arctic and Antarctic Research. { 256pp, 215x280mm, March 2006; HB, £30.00, 0955220807:9780955220807 , Richard Joseph Publishers } |
| STEAM PACKET 175 : The Album The second publication on the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company covers the other interesting aspects of this famous Company. The book features memorabilia, milestones of the Steam Packet, engineering, features on the First and Second World Wars, and includes a review of all the destinations the Company has served in its 175 years. { 160pp, 215x280mm, October 2005; HB, £21.50, 1871947790:9781871947793 , Lily Publications Ltd (Ferry Publications) } |
| STEAM PACKET 175 : The Official Anniversary Book of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company [Miles Cowsill & John Hendy] This title celebrates the 175th anniversary of the oldest ferry company in the world. Detailed history with a selection of photographs never published before, a comprehensive review of all the Captains of the company since 1930. A chapter on the oldest mail contract in the world plus an additional feature on the establishment of the original shipping company. Fleet list and other useful appendices complement this most historical book. { 160pp, 225x285mm, April 2005; HB, £21.50, 1871947774:9781871947779 , Lily Publications Ltd (Ferry Publications) } |
| THROUGH WATER, FIRE & ICE : Schooner Nancy of the War of 1812 [Barry Gough] The schooner Nancy, legendary vessel of Great Lakes and Canadian history, lived a thousand lives in a noted career that began in Detroit and ended in a fiery explosion in Nottawasaga River in the last year of the War of 1812. This dramatic, soundly researched narrative depicts the reality of the men who sailed her while fighting a gritty war. Carrying the war to the enemy in hazardous ways, they fought against a powerful American foe, using stealth and daring to maintain the besieged Canadian position in the last armed struggle for the heartland of North America. The loss of the Nancy inspired generations to regard her as a symbol of devotion to king and country. { 213pp, 155x230mm, February 2006; PB, £12.99, 1550025694:9781550025699 , Dundurn Press } |
| TIGER TERRITORY : The Untold Story of The Royal Australian Navy in Southeast Asia, 1948 to 1971 [Ian Pfennigwerth] Between 1948, when Australia assumed strategic responsibility for British Commonwealth sea lines of communication to and from Southeast Asia and 1971, when the Five Power Defence Arrangements came into effect, ships and men of the Royal Australian Navy served with almost unnoticed distinction in defending the newly emerging nations of Malaya, Malaysia and Singapore. With British and New Zealand forces, they fought against insurrection and infiltration during the Malayan Emergency between 1955 and 1960 and countered Indonesian incursions and infiltrations into Malaysia and Singapore during Confrontation (1964-66). In the process, RAN personnel held key positions in the Royal Malaysian Navy during its most challenging period of development and growth. While the Vietnam War loomed ever larger over the region, the RAN played its part in creating the conditions for the peace and prosperity Malaysia and Singapore now enjoy, by bombarding terrorist positions, engaging Indonesian infiltrators in vicious firefights, providing support to land forces, or patiently laying the foundations for the regional navies to build upon. { 317pp, 150x225mm, February 2008; PB, £13.00, 1877058653:9781877058653 , Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd } |