Ships category: 1007 books
Ice Ship
The Epic Voyages of the Polar Adventurer Fram
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
In the golden age of polar exploration (from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s), many an expedition set out to answer the big question—was the Arctic a continent, an open ocean beyond a barrier of ice, or an ocean covered with ice? No one knew, for the ice had kept its secret well; ships trying to...
Steamship Travel in the Interwar Years
Tourist Third Cabin
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Steamship Travel in the Interwar Years: Tourist Third Cabin offers a window into a bygone era in which modern steamships like the Queen Mary, the Normandie, and the Olympic transported new breeds of tourists between Europe and North America, and dazzled them with their technological marvels and palatial...
Oriana & Aurora
Taking Cruising into a New Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
In 1995, P&O introduced the 70,000grt Oriana into service. She was to be the replacement for the long-lived Canberra and she ushered in a new period in British cruising history. Popular from her first days of service, she has become the epitome of P&O style, offering luxurious accommodation...
The U.S. Navy's "Interim" LSM(R)s in World War II
Rocket Ships of the Pacific Amphibious Forces
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
The “Interim” LSM(R) or Landing Ship, Medium (Rocket) was a revolutionary development in rocket warfare in World War II and the U.S. Navy’s first true rocket ship. An entirely new class of commissioned warship and the forerunners of today's missile-firing naval combatants, these ships began...
Barons of the Sea
And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
“A fascinating, fast-paced history…full of remarkable characters and incredible stories” about the nineteenth-century American dynasties who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades (Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea).
There was...
by Jerry Pallotta
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Ahoy, mateys! Get on board!
Boats and the need for them have been around for thousands of years. Reed boats might have been the first boat ever to be built. The Vikings built wooden ships that were strong and ornate. And now boats like an Aircraft Carrier house 6,000 people and can carry over...
by Teresa Mills
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
Taking a cruise with the kids? Do you want your kids engaged and excited about what to expect onboard? Do you want your kids to learn as well as have fun while traveling? Look no further!
Traveling with older kids and tweens is sometimes tough, so get them involved early in the planning process!...
by George Ella Lyon, Benn Lyon
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Set sail into the world of boats in this buoyant companion to Trucks Roll! and Planes Fly!
Sails and engines
paddles and oars
make the trip
from shore to shore.
Boats float!
From steamships to ghostships, to the little and big in-between ships, this fun, rhyming book explores...
by Stephen Savage
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Little Tug may not be very tall or very fast, but when the big ships in the harbor need help, they know they can count on him to be there with a push, a pull, and a ride to safety. But what happens when Little Tug gets tired?
This simple, endearing book with a charming retro feel and an emotional...
by Alexis O'Neill
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
"Please be soft," says Father.
"Please do whisper," says Mother.
Emily doesn't mean to be loud. But whenever she says anything in her Emily voice, windows crack, plates shatter, and the neighbors can't believe their ears. Emily tries and tries but she just can't be quiet. It seems like there's nowhere...
You Choose: Survival: Can You Survive the Titanic?
An Interactive Survival Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
You are a passenger on the most spectacular ocean liner ever built the Titanic. When the ship hits an iceberg and begins to sink, its going to take more than luck to survive. Will you, Try to save lives as a member of the ships medical crew? Protect the children of your wealthy employers? Experience...
Shipwrecks of the Delaware Coast
Tales of Pirates, Squalls & Treasure
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2010
Under the hot summer sun, vacationers stroll the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk, chewing saltwater taffy and listening to the gulls raucous cackle. Few realize that under the sparkling water rests a graveyard. Horrific nor'easters, treacherous shoals and simple human error caused the demise of countless ships,...
Other Side Of Night The Carpathia, The Californian And The Night The Titanic Was Lost
The Carpathia, the Californian and the Night the Titanic was Lost
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
After every disaster, someone has something to hide . . . A few minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912, the "unsinkable" RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage to New York, struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. While the world has remained...
by George W. Hilton
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2011
There was a time in the United States when railroad tunnels and bridges were only dreams in the minds of designers, when the best way to move railroad cars across bodies of water was to load them on specialized ships designed specifically for this purpose.
With this utilitarian principle in...