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German light cruisers of World War II : Emden-Kèonigsberg-Karlsruhe-Kèoln-Leipzig-Nèurnberg /by Gerhard Koop and Klaus-Peter Schmolke. "The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a series of six volumes written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a substantial collection of photographs. These have been out of print for ten years or more and are now much sought after by enthusiasts and collectors, so this new modestly priced reprint of the series will be widely welcomed. This volume is devoted to the six ships from Emden to Nèurnberg that were built between the wars. They were primarily intended for commerce-raiding, but the war gave them few opportunities for such employment, although they did provide useful support for key naval operations in the Baltic and North Sea. Two were lost in the 1940 Norway campaign, but the remainder survived for most of the conflict."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.822.34(43)"1939/1945"

Great passenger ships, 1920-1930 / William H. Miller "Celebrating the majestic passenger liners of the twenties, Great Passenger Ships 1920-1930 looks at well-loved ships, such as Majestic, Olympic, Berengaria, Viceroy of India and Rawalpindi, alongside lesser known but still fascinating vessels. This series follows ships serving all over the world rather than just famed Atlantic liners, with personal anecdotes of the ships and their voyages from passengers and crew alike. The 1920s have become a fabled era for ocean liners, a period of growth and opulence as companies began recovery after the First World War. As the decade went on plans were drawn for great superliners, until the Wall Street Crash changed the world. During the 1920s, the German Imperator became Berengaria for Cunard, Columbus became Homeric for White Star and Bismarck was renamed Majestic for White Star, becoming the line's most popular ship. Cunard, White Star and P&O had great success while the likes of Orient Line, Union Steamship Company, Union Castle and Furness- Bermuda Line all added their own ships to the mix during these golden days of ocean travel. Featuring unpublished photographs in a stunning colour section, Great Passenger Ships 1920-1930 showcases the zenith of ocean travel in the 1920s."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 629.123.3(100)"1920/1930"

Pãirãi Reãis'in dèunya haritasi 1513 = The world map of Pãirãi Reãis 1513 /cFikret Sar¸caoæglu Sar¸caoæglu, Fikret 2014 • FOLIO • 4 copies available.

A furnace afloat : the wreck of the Hornet and the harrowing 4,300-mile voyage of its survivors /Joe Jackson. The story of the American clipper ship Hornet, which went down in flames near the Galapagos Islands while on a journey from New York to San Francisco. The ship's crew and passengers spent forty-three days adrift on the open ocean. 2003. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3Hornet

Leviathan : the rise of Britain as a world power /David Scott. "The 350 years between the accession of the Tudors and the beginning of the Victorian era saw one of the great transformations of any nation in history: Britain emerged from its lowly position as European underdog to become the world's only maritime superpower. It was a period that saw the creation of Protestant kingdoms in England and Scotland, the gain and loss of American colonies and the beginnings of a new empire in Africa, India and Australasia. It is a slice of our past represented by some of the most compelling personalities to have graced the historical stage ? Elizabeth I, Nelson, Cromwell and Byron amongst them."--Dust jacket. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 941-44"14/17"

Bibliographie zur Geschichte der Navigation in deutscher Sprache / Wolfgang Kèoberer. Kèoberer, Wolfgang 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 527(43)

Transcending the Titanic : beyond death's door /by Michael Tymn. "This book is not quite like other books about the Titanic. As the title suggests, it is an attempt to explore the more transcendental aspects of the Titanic story - those suggesting a non-mechanistic universe. The subjects include premonitions, apparitions, out-of-body experiences, telepathic communication among the living, and after-death communication, many related to the Titanic passengers, others offered in support of the Titanic phenomena. Key among the passengers is William T. Stead, a British journalist. Although much has been written about Stead's spiritual pursuits and experiences, very little of it has been discussed in other books about the disaster. Thus, the book is somewhat unique in this respect."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3TITANIC

The corporation that changed the world : how the East India Company shaped the modern multinational /Nick Robins. Robins, N. S. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.71EAST INDIA

Wealth of an empire : the treasure shipments that saved Britain and the world /Robert Switky. "Wealth of an Empire tells the dramatic true story of a top-secret mission that changed the course of World War II: Great Britain's shipment of virtually its entire treasury across the treacherous waters of the North Atlantic to safety in the United States and Canada. Had the Germans captured or sunk the treasure-laden ships, the war could have been lost more than eighteen months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The British government authorized this immensely risky and long-running operation not only because of the obvious danger that Germany's rising militancy posed but also because of the isolationist sentiment that permeated both American society and Congress. America's refusal to sell arms and other goods without payment up front left Britain little choice but to mount this daring operation. Only a few banking, political, and military leaders were responsible for the complicated logistical and security procedures that were designed to safeguard the transfer of both gold and financial securities to North America. Although the special shipments were initially of relatively modest value, the strategic imperative changed dramatically when Germany threatened to invade Britain in the summer of 1940. Fearing that Britain's wealth might fall into German hands, in an audacious yet visionary decision newly installed prime minister Winston Churchill authorized the evacuation of nearly all of Britain's liquid assets. Wealth of an Empire uses previously unused and unavailable original documents - including those from the British National Archives, the Bank of England's archives, the Imperial War Museum, and the Bank of Canada's archives - to shed new light on this underexplored aspect of Britains wartime history."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.531

Various newspaper cuttings related to WW1. • • 1 copy available. 940.459(42)

German destroyers of World War II / Gerhard Koop and Klaus-Peter Schmolke. "The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a series of six volumes written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a substantial collection of photographs. These have been out of print for ten years or more and are now much sought after by enthusiasts and collectors, so this new modestly priced reprint of the series will be widely welcomed. All the 40 or so German destroyers that saw service during the war are detailed in this book, including captures ships. Chapters range from their design and development, armament and machinery, to appearance differences, camouflage schemes and modifications. It also covers their careers and the many actions they fought, all illustrated with plans, technical drawings, maps, and a comprehensive gallery of photographs."--Provided by the publisher. 2014. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.823.1(43)"1939/1945"

The British excursion ship Robins, N. S. 1998 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 656.614.2(42)

War at sea / with an introduction by Sir Herbert Richmond. 1942 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7.044"1939/1945"

Oceania under steam : sea transport and the cultures of colonialism, c. 1870-1914 /Frances Steel. "The age of steam was the age of Britain's global maritime dominance, the age of enormous ocean liners and human mastery over the seas. The world seemed to shrink as timetabled shipping mapped out faster, more efficient and more reliable transoceanic networks. But what did this transport revolution look like at the other end of the line, at the edge of empire in the South Pacific? Through the historical example of the largest and most important regional maritime enterprise - the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand - Frances Steel eloquently charts the diverse and often conflicting interests, itineraries and experiences of commercial and political elites, common seamen and stewardesses, and Islander dock workers and passengers. Drawing on a variety of sources, including shipping company archives, imperial conference proceedings, diaries, newspapers and photographs, this book will appeal to cultural historians and geographers of British imperialism, scholars of transport and mobility studies, and historians of New Zealand and the Pacific."--Provided by the publisher. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.74(42:9)

Malacca Strait and West Coast of Sumatera pilot. 2013. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.8922472

Ship of death : a voyage that changed the Atlantic world /Billy G. Smith. "Uncovers the long-forgotten story of the Hankey, from its altruistic beginnings to its disastrous end, and describes the ship's fateful impact upon people from West Africa to Philadelphia, Haiti to London. Billy G. Smith chased the story of the Hankey from archive to archive across several continents, and he now brings back to light a saga that continues to haunt the modern world. It began with a group of high-minded British colonists who planned to establish a colony free of slavery in West Africa. With the colony failing, the ship set sail for the Caribbean and then North America, carrying, as it turned out, mosquitoes infected with yellow fever. The resulting pandemic as the Hankey traveled from one port to the next was catastrophic. In the United States, tens of thousands died in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, and Charleston. The few survivors on the Hankey eventually limped back to London, hopes dashed and numbers decimated. Smith links the voyage and its deadly cargo to some of the most significant events of the era-the success of the Haitian slave revolution, Napoleon's decision to sell the Louisiana Territory, a change in the geopolitical situation of the new United States-and spins a riveting tale of unintended consequences and the legacy of slavery that will not die"-- 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.8

Merchant Shipping, 1st July 1914 - 31st December 1918 : return of shipping casualties and loss of life for the period ended 31st December 1918 Great Britain.-Parliament.---House of Commons 1921. • • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3(42)"1914/1918"

Many were held by the sea : the tragic sinking of HMS Otranto /R. Neil Scott. "At 8:43 a.m. on the morning of Sunday, October 6, 1918, HMS Kashmir rammed HMS Otranto off Islay, Scotland. This book tells the story of what happened during that voyage--mostly from the perspective of the American soldiers--and builds to the disastrous conclusion."--From publisher description. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61.085.3OTRANTO

German naval camouflage / John Asmussen and Eric Leon. Asmussen, John, 2012. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.773(43)"19"

The Zeebrugge and Ostend raids 1918 / by Deborah Lake. Lake, Deborah 2002. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 940.458(493.3)

Union combined operations in the Civil War / edited by Craig L. Symonds. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1861/1865"(73)

Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq FRS Secretary to the Admiralty in the reigns of Charles II and James II comprising his diary from 1659 to 1669, deciphered by the Rev John Smith, AB of St John's College, Cambridge, from the original short-hand MS in the Pepysian Library, and a selection from his private correspondence ... : in two volumes /Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke. Pepys, Samuel, 1825 • RARE-FOLIO • 4 copies available. 094:92Pepys(093.32)

Uses of Science in the Age of Newton / Edited by John G. Burke Burke, John G. c. 1983 • BOOK • 1 copy available.

The Merchant Navy / Richard Woodman. Woodman, Richard, 2013 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61(42)

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