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| Author | : Richard Dunn |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 601 |
| Release | : 2014-11-04 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0062357174 |
A tale of eighteenth-century invention and competition, commerce and conflict, this is a lively, illustrated, and accurate chronicle of the search to solve “the longitude problem,” the question of how to determine a ship’s position at sea—and one that changed the history of mankind. Ships, Clocks, and Stars brings into focus one of our greatest scientific stories: the search to accurately measure a ship’s position at sea. The incredible, illustrated volume reveals why longitude mattered to seafaring nations, illuminates the various solutions that were proposed and tested, and explores the invention that revolutionized human history and the man behind it, John Harrison. Here, too, are the voyages of Captain Cook that put these revolutionary navigational methods to the test. Filled with astronomers, inventors, politicians, seamen, and satirists, Ships, Clocks, and Stars explores the scientific, political, and commercial battles of the age, as well as the sailors, ships, and voyages that made it legend—from Matthew Flinders and George Vancouver to the voyages of the Bounty and the Beagle. Featuring more than 150 photographs specially commissioned from Britain’s National Maritime Museum, this evocative, detailed, and thoroughly fascinating history brings this age of exploration and enlightenment vividly to life.
| Author | : Michael Okuda |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 352 |
| Release | : 2014-12-02 |
| Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
| ISBN | : 147678258X |
Traces the influence of early ocean vessels on Starfleet ships and incorporates more than seventy-five additional images featured in the "Star Trek: Ships of the Line" calendar series.
| Author | : Fritz Leiber |
| Publisher | : Wildside Press LLC |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2009-06-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1434404897 |
This volume assembled six of Leiber's classic works: "Dr. Kometevsky's Day," "The Big Trek," "The Enchanted Forest," "Deadly Moon," "The Snowbank Orbit," and "The Ship Sails at Midnight."
| Author | : Philip Wilkinson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 64 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Naval art and science |
| ISBN | : 9780753406892 |
This volume is packed with facts about ancient Greek galleys, Viking longships, Spanish galleons, graceful clippers, ocean liners and much more.
| Author | : Henry B. Culver |
| Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 271 |
| Release | : 2012-09-26 |
| Genre | : Design |
| ISBN | : 0486156893 |
DIVSuperb, authoritative history of sailing vessels, with 80 magnificent line illustrations. Galley, bark, caravel, longship, whaler, many more. Detailed, informative text on each vessel by noted naval historian. Introduction. /div
| Author | : Lynne Gibbs |
| Publisher | : Pavilion Children's Books |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Warships |
| ISBN | : 9781844583980 |
Provides a general overview of the subject as well as highlighting the most intriguing and amazing examples of fighting ships. Explores the history, highlights the biggest and the best and discusses future trends. 7-10 yrs.
| Author | : Fritz Leiber |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 150 |
| Release | : 1964 |
| Genre | : Science fiction, American |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Lionel Casson |
| Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
| Total Pages | : 180 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Ever since the earliest travelers took to the water on reed rafts or inflated goatskins, ships and boats have played a paramount role in the history of the Western world. The invention of the sail about 3500 BC resulted in ever faster and more efficient water transport, and the great civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome depended on ships and seafarers for their prosperity. This entertaining book by the world's foremost authority on ancient seamanship traces the development of the boat from the most primitive craft to the powerful warships of the Greeks, the huge Roman merchant vessels, and the slender galleys of the Vikings. Professor Casson shows how the discoveries of marine archaeologists and recent experiments with full-size replicas of ancient boats have increased our knowledge of the way in which ships were built and used. Drawing upon written accounts and contemporary artistic depictions of naval battles, trading expeditions, and other voyages, he brings the world of seafaring in ancient times vividly to life.
| Author | : Gordon White |
| Publisher | : Llewellyn Worldwide |
| Total Pages | : 199 |
| Release | : 2016-04-08 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 0738747475 |
The years since the financial crash have seen the realization dawn that the great promise of modern civilization will go unfulfilled. Study hard, work hard, buy a house, retire happy. It's all a lie, spun for the benefit of a tiny elite. The richest eighty-five people on earth have as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion. Each month, the numbers change but they never improve. Magical and spiritual discourse has failed to keep up with this new reality. The Chaos Protocols aims to fix that. Join Gordon White as he shows you how to use chaos magic not only to navigate these trying times, but to triumph as well. Discover how to become invincible through initiation, and wage the mind war that will keep you moving toward what you really want. From sigil magic to working with spiritual allies, The Chaos Protocols helps you act on the unwavering belief that your life should matter and you're not going to let something as trifling as the apocalypse get in the way of it. Praise: "Gordon White gives a master class on the hard economic realities and the kind of low down and dirty magic for which he has become famous. Pragmatic, sharp, and funny, The Chaos Protocols is a treasure of a book."—Peter Grey, author of Apocalyptic Witchcraft "Take two parts Magick Without Tears, a measure of The Wealth of Nations, a pinch of Ian Fleming and a dash of Noel Coward and you have this almost promiscuously readable text. Whoever said books on magick can't be fabulously entertaining as well as eminently practical has obviously not read up on their Gordon White. Remedy that situation."—Chris Knowles, author of The Secret History of Rock n' Roll and Our Gods Wear Spandex
| Author | : George Quasha |
| Publisher | : Gary Hill's Projective Install |
| Total Pages | : 84 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : |
You enter a long, dark corridor. Indistinct luminous shapes seem to move in place on the walls. Then a human figure rises, walks towards you, stands and gazes at you, becomes almost intimate with you before turning back whence it came. In this award-winning interactive installation created by video projection, world-renowned artist Gary Hill presents an underworld-like journey from which each visitor returns to daylight somehow transformed. The second book in an ongoing series of the Quasha & Stein dialogue on Gary Hill leads you on an initiatory journey that parallels the experience of the installation itself. The book is beautifully illustrated in duotone to give a living sense of the actual installation as it appeared in the Whitney Museum (New York) and many other museums throughout the US and Europe.
