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Seawolves, The |
ISBN:9781841585802 Category: Maritime, Military and Adventure
Author: Eric Graham
Publication Date: August 2007
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: Seawolves is an exciting and thorough examination of Scots connected to piracy, whether they are victims or villains, real or literary.
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Scapa |
ISBN:9781843410058 Category: Maritime, Military and Adventure
Author: James Miller
Publication Date: November 2005
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: Scapa Flow, one of the greatest naval bases in history, resonates through the annals of the Royal Navy during the two great wars of the twentieth century, and this book solidifies that reputation in this remarkable book.
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Ferry Tales of Argyll and the Isles |
ISBN:9781841582702 Category: Maritime
Author: Walter Weyndling
Publication Date: April 2007
Format: PB
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Price: £9.99
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| Synopsis: Ferry Tales of Argyll and the Isles is a touching portrayal of the many lives dependant on, affected by and connected to the ebb and flow of the ferry services of the western isles.
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Nightmare at Scapa Flow |
ISBN:9781843410423 Category: Maritime, Military and Adventure
Author: H.G. Weaver
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: The only account in print of this famous naval disaster. One of the most thrilling of all wartime stories.
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Beacon on the Rock |
ISBN:9781841583204 Category: Maritime
Author: Peter Williams
Publication Date: January 2004
Format: PB
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Price: £14.99
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| Synopsis: This beautifully illustrated book traces the development of lighthouses from earliest times to the present day, covering the technological advances made in light and lens systems, and the extraordinary feats of design and engineering.
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Shipwrecks of the North of Scotland |
ISBN:9781841582337 Category: Maritime, Military and Adventure
Author: Robert N. Baird
Publication Date: October 2003
Format: HB
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| Synopsis: This meticulously researched book is a reference guide to shipping losses off the coast of Scotland from Stonehaven northwards to Duncansby Head, then westwards to Cape Wrath and the Minch. A thoroughly informative read aimed at both specialists and the general reader with an interest in this specialist area.
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With the Battlecruisers |
ISBN:9781841581262 Category: Maritime
Author: Filson Young
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
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Price: £9.99
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| Synopsis: This is Filson Young's unique account of life inside the Grand Fleet, and the sole eyewitness account of the British navy at the outbreak of the First World War.
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Freeing the Baltic |
ISBN:9781843410010 Category: Maritime
Author: Geoffrey Bennett
Publication Date: January 2002
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: The story of one of the most daring raids ever staged by the British navy – an attack which penetrated into the heart of impregnable Kronstadt and sank two Russian battleships.
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North Atlantic Front, The |
ISBN:9781843410119 Category: War, The Sea, Scotland, Military History, Maritime, History
Author: James Miller
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: HB
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Price: £20.00
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| Synopsis: During the two world wars, the chain of island groups Orkney, Shetland, the Faroes and Iceland linking Europe to North America, acquired great strategic significance.
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Great Naval Race, The |
ISBN:9781843410133 Category: Maritime, Military History
Author: Peter Padfield
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: This is the dramatic story of the deadly competition in Dreadnought battleships between Great Britain and Imperial Germany in the years before the First World War; a story of two great empires set on a collision course to the Armageddon of 1914.
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Grand Scuttle, The |
ISBN:9781843410386 Category: Maritime, Military and Adventure
Author: Dan van der Vat
Publication Date: March 2007
Format: PB
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Synopsis: This is the remarkable story of the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow.
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Clyde at War, The |
ISBN:9781843410188 Category: Maritime
Author: Brian D Osborne, Ronald Armstrong
Publication Date: November 2005
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: Told primarily through numerous period photographs - including those taken by Luftwaffe reconnaissance missions, and with reference to a wide variety of sources written sources, this book is the story of how the great River Clyde and its estuary played a central part in both world wars.
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Clyde at War, The |
ISBN:9781841581873 Category: Maritime
Author: Brian D Osborne, Ronald Armstrong
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: HB
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Price: £20.00
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| Synopsis: This book is a magnificent picture of a nation at war and the mighty river which was its lifeline.
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Forth at War, The |
ISBN:9781843410171 Category: Maritime, Military and Adventure
Author: William F. Hendrie
Publication Date: November 2005
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: Including exclusive and captivating images spanning all corners of wartime society, this book offers an extraordinary account of east-coast Scottish resilience over the course of both world wars.
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Shield of Empire |
ISBN:9781841585130 Category: Maritime, Military and Adventure
Author: Brian Lavery
Publication Date: May 2007
Format: HB
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Price: £30.00
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| Synopsis: This book breaks new grounds in telling the stories of almost forgotten campaigns of the Royal Navy in which Scotland played a major part.
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Ship that Changed the World, The |
ISBN:9781841580623 Category: Maritime
Author: Dan van der Vat
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: This is the story of twelve days that changed the world.
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Seawolves, The |
ISBN:9781841583884 Category: Military and Adventure, Maritime
Author: Eric Graham
Publication Date: July 2005
Format: HB
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Price: £16.99
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Synopsis: The Seawolves is an exciting and thorough examination of Scots connected to piracy, whether they are victims or villains, real or literary.
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North Atlantic Front, The |
ISBN:9781843410270 Category: Military and Adventure, Maritime
Author: James Miller
Publication Date: January 2005
Format: PB
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Price: £9.99
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| Synopsis: Illustrated with over a hundred archive photographs, this is a fascinating glimpse into a theatre of war overlooked by other naval history books.
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Sea Wolf, The |
ISBN:9781843410072 Category: Military and Adventure, Autobiography/Biography, Maritime
Author: Ian Grimble
Publication Date: December 2001
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: The Sea Wolf is the gripping biography of Thomas Cochrane, one of the most daring and brilliant naval commanders in British maritime history.
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Terror of Tobermory, The |
ISBN:9781843410232 Category: Military and Adventure, Maritime
Author: Richard Baker
Publication Date: January 1999
Format: PB
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Synopsis: This is the legend of Sir Gilbert ‘Puggy’ Stephenson, Vice-Admiral and Commodore of the Western Isles, best known simply as ‘The Terror of Tobermory’.
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This Great Harbour |
ISBN:9781843410263 Category: Military and Adventure, Maritime
Author: W.S Hewison
Publication Date: November 2005
Format: PB
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Price: £12.99
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| Synopsis: Scapa Flow is known worldwide. In two world wars it was the northern base which sheltered ships of the Royal Navy and Allied fleets from both storm and enemy attack. This book tells a fascinating history of a little seaway in the furthest reaches of Scotland's coast.
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Clyde Built |
ISBN:9781841584249 Category: Social History, Shipbuilding, Maritime
Author: Eric Graham
Publication Date: May 2006
Format: HB
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Price: £16.99
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| Synopsis: A fascinating book with a very full account of Scotland’s part in the American Civil War of 1861-65.
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Clyde Built |
ISBN:9781841585840 Category: Social History, Shipbuilding, Maritime
Author: Eric Graham
Publication Date: April 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £9.99
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| Synopsis: This highly engaging book provides an original perspective on the examination of the American civil war and how the Scots and Scottish shipbuilding was crucial to the battle of nations.
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When I Heard the Bell |
ISBN:9781841587929 Category: History, Scottish History, Maritime
Author: John MacLeod
Publication Date: February 2009
Format: HB
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Price: £16.99
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Synopsis: On 31 December 1918, hours from the first New Year of peace, hundreds of Royal Naval Reservists from the Isle of Lewis poured off successive trains onto the quayside at Kyle of Lochalsh. This work tells the story of the Iolaire, the commitment of the people of Lewis to the war against the Kaiser, and the way of life that was destroyed.
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Jutland to Junkyard |
ISBN:9781841580012 Category: Military History, Maritime
Author: S. C. George
Publication Date: April 2009
Format: PB
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Price: £7.99
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Synopsis: In 1919 the German High Seas Fleet began in unison to sink in Scapa Flow. Shortly after the Admiralty stated that salving the ships was an impossibility. From 1924, using techniques at the frontiers of science, the battlefleet was raised and scrapped. This is the story of the salvage operation.
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