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Häftad, Engelska, 2024
600 kr
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A ship is not just a mode of transport, it is a life support system. Ideally, it provides fresh air at a comfortable temperature and humidity, healthy food and drink, adequate lighting at night and below deck (but without setting the ship on fire or interfering with navigation), and sleeping and sanitation facilities. It must be kept dry and afloat. Provision must be made for disasters, whether that be a man overboard, or the ship itself sinking or running aground. Fires and contagious diseases must be fought if they arise.The quest to improve life at sea has progressed, albeit haltingly, on two parallel fronts. The first is analyzing the problems and finding and implementing scientific solutions. The second is by changes in laws and regulations so as to require healthier practices. This book, with a unique problem-solution format, examines the problems of life at sea and how they have been ameliorated.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
600 kr
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In the 16th century warships engaged at close range, sometimes with yards touching, and small arms fire and hand-to-hand combat were at least as important as the "great guns." As time went on, the big guns became more decisive and increased in destructive power, range and accuracy. This book explores how naval armament, armor, ballistics and gunnery evolved from the 16th to 20th centuries from a scientific and technological perspective. It separates out the functional aspects: the guns, their distribution on warships, the propellants, the projectiles, etc., and examines the development of each.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
620 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2026
600 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2025
472 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2026
486 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2025
197 kr
Kommande
A cosmic catastrophe, the Ring of Fire, strands the West Virginia town of Grantville back in time in the middle of the Thirty Years War. One of its ripple effects is that Japan has pulled back from a policy of isolation and staked out its own claims on the west coast of North America. But it is not the only power interested in that part of the New World, and the native Americans have also responded, in different ways, to the unexpected colonists. And there are conflicts among the colonists themselves. In settling the fate of this part of the New World, a few remarkable individuals have an outsize role to play: Oyamada Isamu, a samurai on his first independent command; Yells-at-Bears, a young native woman of Vancouver Island; Father Blanco, a Jesuit priest and former missionary; and Iroha Data-hime, the daughter of the Grand Governor of New Nippon.
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Häftad, Engelska, 2024
145 kr
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Engelska, 202658 kr
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"e;Alice's Place"e; By Bethanne Kim - A fascinating exploration of the changes Grantville creates in the new time line. In the original up-time world the historical Alice Blower was a celebrated midwife who was persecuted for performing her life saving work. The author has taken this outspoken personage and brought her to brilliant life in Grantville where her expertise is highly valued and she is given the opportunity to do much more good than she ever dreamed of."e;Have Rosary, Will Travel"e; By Iver P. Cooper - Joseph has found an unusual way to make a living, undertaking religious pilgrimages on the behalf of wealthy clients. This has led him to travel extensively across Europe and the Holy Land. Now his path will lead him to a strange new destination, the time-space displaced town of Grantville!"e;The Breitenfeld Extraction"e; by David Hankins - The adventures of Dominik the Brezelgeist, and his newfound love, master spy Hildegard, continue as they are hunted across the rural German landscape by an unrelenting Jäger tasked to wreak vengeance on them! Their flight takes an unexpected detour as they are driven to help someone who is in even greater trouble than they are!"e;Ride For The Outfit"e; by Sarah R. Hays - Transplanted Texan and expert horse wrangler Alyse must head out on a solo mission to save her stolen horses from a band of thieves. Along the way she is joined by Katharina, a constable's wife who has lost family to the despicable kidnappers. Outnumbered and outgunned, can their daring rescue succeed against such bad odds?"e;At The Mouth Of The Mekong"e; by Garrett W. Vance - At long last, the Japanese refugees unrightously driven from their homes in Ayutthaya are reunited with their rescuer and benefactor, the Dutch merchant Captain Blom. The fleet that will carry them to a new life in Grantville is forming up in the South China Sea, making last minute preparations before setting out on the long and dangerous voyage."e;The North Atlantic Net"e; by Jack Carroll - Radios are one of the most important technologies Grantville has carried with it from the future. The difficulties and triumphs of communicating by radio across the world of the new timeline are expertly explored in fascinating detail, so tune in!"e;Bang Versus Twang in North America"e; by John Deakins - The finer points of this explosive subject are laid out in detail- when it's shooting time, what's the best weapon to be packing? The various types of bows and firearms have advantages and disadvantages, but the one thing for sure is- don't bring a sword to this fight!