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British Passenger Liners in Colour
The 1950s, '60s and Beyond
Inbunden, 2023
307 kr
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At a time when everything is constantly changing, it can be comforting to look back. British Passenger Liners in Colour is just that: a look back at a time when the British-flag passenger fleet spanned the world from Southampton to South America.Using glorious full-colour images, many previously …
Ships of Splendour
Passenger Liners in Colour
Häftad, 2023
258 kr
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The great passenger liners of the twentieth century make for iconic images of maritime history and design. Ships of Splendour presents the development of passenger ships across the twentieth century, from the 1920s, through the 1940s, and the heyday of the 1950s and ’60s, until the onset of the jet …
SS France / Norway
Classic Liners
Häftad, 2009
288 kr
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The spectacular French flagship France, the longest liner ever built, was the latest transatlantic supership when completed in the 1960s, and, according to most early reports, the most luxurious liner then afloat. The last of the great French Line passenger ships, on the celebrated run to and from …
Great Passenger Ships 1910-1920
Häftad, 2011
225 kr
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It was an age of evolution, when size and speed were almost the ultimate considerations. ‘Bigger was said to be better’ and ship owners were not exempted from the prevailing mood. While the German four-stackers of 1897-06 and then Cunard's brilliant Mauretania & Lusitania of 1907 led the way to …
SS Normandie
Classic Liners
Häftad, 2013
288 kr
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The world of ocean liners, those built for French lines were the epitome of style and panache, and SS Normandie perhaps the pinnacle of this. When she entered service in 1935, she was the largest, longest, fastest and certainly the best fed ship of her time, serving the finest food imaginable in a …
Great French Passenger Ships
Häftad, 2014
232 kr
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France produced some of the finest and best-decorated passenger ships of the twentieth century. Beginning in 1912 with the four-funnel France, the nostalgic voyage continues with the great and grand transatlantic liners of the French Line, the CGT. These include the famous Île-de-France, Normandie …
History of Kansas City
Together With a Sketch of the Commercial Resources of the Country With Which It Is Surrounded
Inbunden, 2023
400 kr
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History of Kansas City
Together With a Sketch of the Commercial Resources of the Country With Which It Is Surrounded
Häftad, 2023
279 kr
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Picture Encyclopedia of Passenger Ships 1955
Inbunden, 2026
288 kr
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The year 1955 came at the height of a boom for passenger ships. World War II had ended a decade before, business was restored, global markets had reopened, and shipping for trade and transport was in high demand. Picture Encyclopedia of Passenger Ships 1955 is an international directory of …
Muller and Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology
Av William H. Miller, Craig E. Griffin m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
2074 kr
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Covering the diagnosis and treatment of hundreds of dermatologic conditions, Muller and Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology, 7th Edition is today's leading reference on dermatology for dogs, cats, and pocket pets. Topics include clinical signs, etiology, and pathogenesis of dermatologic conditions …
SS Nieuw Amsterdam
The Darling of the Dutch
Häftad, 2015
225 kr
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Entering service in 1938, the Nieuw Amsterdam was the Holland America Line flagship until the construction of the Rotterdam in the late 1950s. Her prewar life was short and she was used as a troopship during the Second World War, carrying many thousands of Allied troops to all corners of the world. …
Along the Waterfront
Freighters at New York in the 1950s and 1960s
Häftad, 2016
225 kr
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The 1954 film On the Waterfront brought to life the New York docks of the 1950s, when it was often said that a ship, usually a freighter, arrived or departed every 24 minutes, around the clock. Now, the Port of New York is handling more cargo than ever before, but all of it containerised. Along the …
Royal Mail Liners 1925-1971
Häftad, 2017
181 kr
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The Royal Mail has, for over 500 years, provided a crucial service in keeping people connected by land, sea and air. As the British Empire grew, so too did the need for a fleet of liners to service it, and in 1839 Queen Victoria granted the initial Royal Charter incorporating the Royal Mail Steam …
Post-war on the Liners
1944-1977
Häftad, 2015
216 kr
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The period from the end of the Second World War to the late 1960s marked a golden era for the traditional port-to-port class-divided passenger ship business. It was an age of re-awakening, with the wealthy and adventurous seeking new experiences abroad and countless migrants wanting to leave …
Sailing and Soaring
The Great Liners and the Great Skyscrapers
Häftad, 2016
218 kr
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The story of the Great Liners begins on the Atlantic route between the Old World and the New, between Europe and the United States. It was the most prestigious, most progressive and certainly most competitive ocean liner run of all time. It was on the North Atlantic that the largest, fastest and …
Serving on the Big Ships
Life on the Liners
Häftad, 2024
388 kr
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"Serving on the Big Ships: Life on the Liners" looks at passenger ship history from the perspective of recollections, impressions, and anecdotes of those who sailed these fine, but largely bygone vessels. It covers the last golden age of ocean liner travel, beginning in the 1950s and continuing …
On All the Seven Seas
Travel Aboard Passenger Ships
Inbunden, 2026
344 kr
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On All the Seven Seas: Travel Aboard Passenger Ships is a collection of stories of various sea and river voyages made by the author in the 1980s. Some ships featured are now gone, leaving precious memories that have become the substance of pure maritime nostalgia. Others are still plying the globe, …
How to Relax
Scientific Body Control
E-bok, 2018
37 kr
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“Little Bill” Miller—one of the country’s foremost relaxation experts—has been paid as high as $100 an hour for his services. Jittery business men…harassed war wives…Army aviation cadets—thousands of people, young and old, have benefited—both in mind and body—from “Little Bill’s” training! Famous …
100 Years of Cruise Ships in Colour
Häftad, 2026
225 kr
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Acclaimed maritime historian William H. Miller presents a vivid collection of photographs charting a century of cruising the ocean waves from the 1920s to the start of the current cruising boom. 100 Years of Cruise Ships in Colour includes many early, often seasonal, liners, along with the more …
Last of the Blue Water Liners
Passenger Ships Sailing the Seven Seas
Häftad, 2018
221 kr
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This is the story of the last class-divided passenger ships that carried travellers from point to point. In the final years of activity, spanning from the 1940s to the 1960s, they carried Hollywood stars and even royalty on the Atlantic, businessmen to South America and Africa, migrants to …
Great Passenger Ships 1950-1960
Häftad, 2016
226 kr
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The 1950s was a fascinating decade for the great liners. After the global devastation of two decades of war and Depression, shipyards were creating one new liner after another, it seemed, to rebuild and renew passenger ship services all over the world. There were the likes of the Kungsholm and …
Great Mediterranean Passenger Ships
Häftad, 2016
226 kr
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It is hard to think of the passenger liners from the golden era of Mediterranean cruising without also conjuring the nostalgic, dream-like vision of azure-blue waters, bright sunshine and swimming pools with clusters of umbrellas and sunbathing passengers. The great age of Mediterranean passenger …
Great Passenger Ships 1930-1940
Häftad, 2015
240 kr
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The 1930s was perhaps the most glamorous and exciting decade for the great liners, highlighted by ferocious international shipbuilding rivalry: Germany’s Bremen and Europa, Italy’s Rex and Conte Di Savoia, France’s Normandie and Britain’s Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth. Passengers travelled on some …
First Class Cargo
A History of Combination Cargo-Passenger Ships
Häftad, 2016
225 kr
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An unusual blend of cargo freight, holiday-making passengers and government officials, the combination cargo-passenger ship is an oddity now all but relegated to the past. In its heyday, however, royals such as Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, were known to travel by ‘banana boat’ to the …
Handling Cargo
Freighters of the 1950s and '60s
Häftad, 2018
214 kr
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Freighters of the 1950s and ’60s – with masts, booms and hatches – were the last of their generation. It was the end of an era, just before the massive transition to faster, more efficient containerised shipping on larger and larger vessels. These were ‘working ships’, but many would be retired …
Greek Passenger Liners
Häftad, 2006
218 kr
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In the early 1950s it seemed as if Greek shipping companies were springing up everywhere. For a country almost unknown as a passenger ship-owning state, the likes of the Greek Line, Chandris and Epirotiki burst onto the scene, often using second hand tonnage and ships acquired from the Western …
Great British Passenger Ships
Häftad, 2010
218 kr
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This new series begins with British passenger ship, those great and grand vessels that connected the continents, but also those far-off, colonial outposts of the Empire. There were the great Cunarders, of course, but then also the likes of Booth Line to the exotic Amazon, Royal Mail to Rio & Buenos …
RMS Caronia: Cunard's Green Goddess
Classic Liners
Av William H. Miller, Brian Hawley
Häftad, 2011
214 kr
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Painted in shades of green and known affectionately as the ‘Green Goddess’, Cunard’s Caronia of 1949 ushered in the era of modern cruising. Designed almost exclusively for an untapped passenger market – luxury cruising – she represented Britain’s recovery and moreover the rebirth of the world’s …
Great American Passenger Ships
Häftad, 2012
226 kr
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America produced some of the world’s finest, most interesting, advanced and innovative passenger ships, such as the brilliant SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever to sail the seas, ingloriously left lying in limbo for 42 years. This book also documents passenger ships seized in wartime, …
Ile de France and Liberte: France's Premier Post-War Liners
Classic Liners
Häftad, 2013
219 kr
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This beautifully illustrated history portrays two of the French fleet’s most glamorous liners in their post-war heyday. Île de France was a ship with unique style and character, restored and re-launched in 1949 after wartime service as a troopship. Liberté was built as the German Europa in 1930, …
