From the author of the classic Farseer trilogy Ship of Magic is the first part of the Liveship Traders. Set in a land bordering the Six Duchies Robin Hobb begins her epic of pirates talking ships magic sea serpents slave revolts dashing heroes & bloody battles. Wizardwood a sentient wood. The most precious commodity in the world. Like many legendary wares it comes only from the Rain River Wilds. But how can one trade with the Rain Wilders when only a liveship fashioned from wizardwood can negotiate the perilous waters of the Rain River? Rare & valuable a liveship will quicken only when three members from successive generations have died on board. The liveship Vivacia is about to undergo her quickening as Althea Vestrits father is carried on deck in his death-throes. Althea waits for the ship that she loves more than anything else in the world to awaken. Only to discover that the Vivacia has been signed away in her fathers will to her brutal brother-in-law Kyle Haven... Others plot to win or steal a liveship. The Paragon known by many as the Pariah went mad turned turtle & drowned his crew. Now he lies blind lonely & broken on a deserted beach. But greedy men have designs to restore him to sail the waters of the Rain Wild River once more. ...

Against a backdrop of the clash of the Roman & Carthaginian empires the battle for sovereignty takes place on the high seas Atticus captain of one of the ships of Romes small coastal fleet is from a Greek fishing family. Septimus legionary commander reluctantly ordered aboard ship is from Rome born into a traditionally army family. It could never be an easy alliance. But the arrival of a hostile fleet larger far more skilful & more powerful than any Atticus has encountered before forces them to act together. So Atticus one of Romes few experienced sailors finds himself propelled into the middle of a political struggle that is completely foreign to him. Rome need to build a navy fast but the obstacles are many; political animosities legions adamant that they will only use their traditional methods; Roman prejudice even from friends that all those not born in Rome are inferior citizens. The enemy are first class experienced & determined to control the seas. Can Atticus & the fledgling Roman navy staffed with inexperienced sailors & unwilling legionaries outwit & outfight his opponents. SHIP OF ROME full of magnificent sea-battles packed with strong characters torn between two powerful empires is the first book in a new series MASTERS OF THE SEA by a brilliant new author. ...

Its 1794 the height of the French Revolution. Charles Hayden sets off aboard the ill-fated HMS Themis with orders to destroy a French frigate sailing from Le Havre & to gather intelligence from a royalist spy. On discovering French plans for an imminent invasion of England Hayden must return to Portsmouth to give warning before its too late. But the enemy have been lying in wait for him & so begins a dangerous chase out into the Atlantic & into the clutches of a powerful French squadron. After a failed attempt to masquerade as French sailors Hayden & his officers are taken prisoner. A shipwreck following a storm & a case of mistaken identity befall Hayden & his men as they try in desperation to escape in order to warn the Lords of the Admiralty. Failure will mean the invasion of England
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A Ship of War is a stunning new maritime adventure from Top Ten bestselling author Sean Thomas Russell following the great ...

This is a revised & updated edition of the classic pronunciation title Ship or Sheep? This new edition of Ship or Sheep? an accessible intermediate-level pronunciation course in full colour for students of English provides systematic practice of English pronunciation with an emphasis on minimal pairs through a wide variety of interesting exercises & activities. The course is suitable for classroom use or for self-study. This pack contains the 3rd edition of Ship or Sheep? & a set of 4 audio CDs. For information on the book only please see 978 0 521 60671 4. ...

When Peter sees the model ship in the shop window he wants it more than anything else on Earth. But this is no ordinary model. The ship takes Peter & the other children on magical flights wherever they ask to go. Time after time the magic ship takes them on different exciting adventures to different countries & to different times. & why should magic ever end? ...

In 1913 the shipyards of Britain were responsible for building half of all the worlds ships; at the Clyde in Scotland at this time a new ship was launched every eighteen hours. For decades Britain was at the forefront of shipbuilding & the history & economy of towns such as Belfast Liverpool & the Clyde in Scotland were dominated by the industry with thousands employed in each. Shipbuilding in Britain" looks at the subjects long history from the Middle Ages through to the heyday of steam providing a comprehensive guide to a transformed industry." ...

The Ship Craft series provides in-depth information about building & modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class highlighting differences between sister-ships & changes in their appearance over their careers. This

Includes:: paint schemes & camouflage featuring colour profiles & highly-detailed line drawings & scale plans. The modelling section reviews the strengths & weaknesses of available kits lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships & provides hints on modifying & improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales & the book concludes with a section on research references
- books monographs large-scale plans & relevant websites. This volume follows the format of the highly successful Flower Class where the extent has been doubled to include far more detailed drawings of the many different designs of British MTBs & US PT-boats including their fittings sensors & weapons.J OHN LAMBERT is a well-known draughtsman who provides detailed plans for modelmakers. He has also written widely on naval subjects mostly small warships. His collaborator in this volume is LES BROWN a lifelong modelmaker & a leading light in the Small Ships Group of the International Plastic Modellers Society.


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The Ship Craft series provides in-depth information about building & modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class highlighting differences between sister-ships & changes in their appearance over their careers. This

Includes:: paint schemes & camouflage featuring colour profiles & highly-detailed line drawings & scale plans. The modelling section reviews the strengths & weaknesses of available kits lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships & provides hints on modifying & improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales & the book concludes with a section on research references
- books monographs large-scale plans & relevant websites.rnrn This volume follows the format of the highly successful Flower Class where the extent has been doubled to include far more illustrations of the many different designs from the Invincible of 1906 to the Renowns of 1915 & including the hybrid large light cruisers Courageous Glorious & Furious.


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During the Second World War the Merchant Navy suffered a higher percentage loss than any of the British armed forces but despite this extraordinary fact few people today are aware of it. In total 33 000 merchant seamen died while others were severely injured both physically & mentally. This book is an important volume attempting to dispel the ignorance & for the first time brings together a wealth of information concerning ship losses including such details as ships' names their captains the route they were lost on date & positions when lost loss of life & many other particulars. A former wartime Merchant Navy man himself Malcolm presents a compendium of shipping company losses that is staggering in scale. This work will be of great value to shipping enthusiasts & anyone interested in the war at sea. ...