Utterly compulsive & unputdownable
- the most exciting, authentic, & humanly moving of all the recent Storm books. Brilliantly
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` The Ship Captain`s Medical Guide` is intended primarily for use on ships where no doctor is carried & it is necessary for laymen to assess & treat injuries & to diagnose & treat ill health. The Guide can also be recommended for use in other situations where professional medical advice is not readily available, for example on expeditions. For the 22nd Edition, the Guide has been comprehensively reviewed & updated. It contains a wide range of authoritative advice
- from birth to death, from first aid, general nursing, hygiene & the prevention of disease, to the treatment of injuries & diseases. The recommended measures for prevention & treatment can be safely carried out by an intelligent layman.
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The tenth edition of this popular guide has been completely revised & expanded to take account of the latest changes to maritimeregulations & procedures. Designed primarily as a study aid for Master’s Orals, the book is also used by OOW & Chief Mate students & has drawn the praises of many successful Orals candidates in the UK & overseas. It is also a handy reference for serving Shipmasters, shore superintendents, ship operators & all who need to keep up to date with the frequent changes in merchant ship regulation & commercial practice. More than 4, 200 questions & answers are set out in nine logically arranged sections. The author is a former Shipmaster & ex-maritime college lecturer with more than 25 years’ experience in preparing students for MCA examinations. ...

The rhythmic lullaby of ` North Utsire, South Utsire` has been lulling the nation`s insomniacs to sleep for over 90 years. It has inspired songs, poetry & imaginations across the globe
- as well as providing a very real service for the nation`s seafarers who might fall prey to storms & gales. In 1995, a plan to move the late-night broadcast by just 12 minutes caused a national outcry & was ultimately scrapped. Published with Radio 4 & the Met Office, The Shipping Forecast is the official miscellany for seafarers & armchair travellers alike. From the places themselves
- how they got their names, what`s happened there through the ages
- to the poems & parodies that it`s inspired, this is a beautifully evocative tribute to one of Britain`s
- & Radio 4`s
- best-loved broadcasts.




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Annie Proulx`s highly acclaimed, international bestseller & Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Quoyle is a hapless, hopeless hack journalist living & working in New York. When his no-good wife is killed in a spectacular road accident, Quoyle heads for the land of his forefathers
- the remotest corner of far-flung Newfoundl&. With `the aunt` & his delinquent daughters
- Bunny & Sunshine
- in tow, Quoyle finds himself part of an unfolding, exhilarating Atlantic drama. ` The Shipping News` is an irresistible comedy of human life & possibility.


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The Ships Atlas builds upon over 30 years of port information research to provide its readers with location information & essential data on global ports & terminals. This publication has three distinct sections starting with themed global maps on topical maritime subjects, such as MARPOL regulations, followed by over 60 pages of detailed map content created by the in-house cartographer Tony Gawn, & finishing with the comprehensive port & terminal index which provides more detail about the ports & terminals depicted within the map section. The Ships Atlas enables you to:• Obtain the precise coordinates for over 14, 500 ports, harbours, terminals & marine facilities around the world• Identify which specific facilities are available at that port using the port symbols• Gather further port statistics & information from the index• Obtain further regional specific details• Determine the distance to other international ports using our distance tables• View maps providing a wealth of useful information including Maritime Piracy Incidents, International Load Line Zones & Areas, Sensitive Sea Areas, MARPOL 73/78, Global Wind Patterns, Countries, Standard Time Zones, Ocean Currents, International Navigating Conditions & Global Distribution of Major Diseases (many sold separately)• Access more comprehensive information on shipping facilities than any other commercial shipping atlas available including, the lat/long, UNLOCODE, maximum size vessel permissible, nearest airport, fuel & medical availability ...

In the fierce winter of 1710, in a North American port, a boat ferried ten shipwreck survivors to the safety of shore. Fourteen Englishmen had taken refuge on Boon Isl&, a sparse 100-yard long stretch of rock, without food or adequate shelter, uncertain of when or if they would be rescued. They endured for 24 days. An escape attempt failed & four men died. Facing starvation, their captain, John Deane, gave the order to butcher & eat a member of the crew. Deane`s decision fended off starvation & sustained his crew until rescue. John Deane emerged an unlikely hero. But an alternative version of events began to circulate. The First Mate painted Deane as a murderous fraudster, tyrant & an enthusiastic consumer of human flesh. Centering on the scandal that defined him, The Shipwreck Cannibals tells the forgotten story of John Deane; criminal, mercenary, gentleman, diplomat & cannibal. ...

David Mearns has discovered some of the world`s most fascinating & elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battlecruiser HMS Hood to the crumbling wooden skeletons of Vasco da Gama`s 16th century fleet, David has searched for & found dozens of sunken vessels in every ocean of the world. The Shipwreck Hunter is an account of David`s most intriguing & fascinating finds. It details both the meticulous research & the mid-ocean stamina & courage required to find a wreck miles beneath the sea, as well as the moving human stories that lie behind each of these oceanic tragedies. Combining the derring-do of Indiana Jones with the precision of a surgeon, in The Shipwreck Hunter David Mearns opens a porthole into the shadowy depths of the ocean. ...

David Mearns has discovered some of the world`s most fascinating & elusive shipwrecks. From the mighty battlecruiser HMS Hood to the crumbling wooden skeletons of Vasco da Gama`s 16th century fleet, David has searched for & found dozens of sunken vessels in every ocean of the world. The Shipwreck Hunter is an account of David`s most intriguing & fascinating finds. It details both the meticulous research & the mid-ocean stamina & courage required to find a wreck miles beneath the sea, as well as the moving human stories that lie behind each of these oceanic tragedies. Combining the derring-do of Indiana Jones with the precision of a surgeon, in The Shipwreck Hunter David Mearns opens a porthole into the shadowy depths of the ocean. ...

The Ship Log book

Includes:: a diary type format consisting of lined pages for recording ship data & activities.

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