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End of Voyages
Looking at ships over the past two millennia, this book considers the question of 'what happens to a ship when it's no longer needed for its original purpose?' From Roman galleys to ship-wrecking, the whole history of shipping is considered in answering the question.
Liverpool Sailing Ships
A history of Liverpool sailing ships
The Passage Makers
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Pilots
Tom Cunliffe is a well-known British writer and sailing enthusiast who's Bristol Channel Pilot cutter Hirta is familiar to TV viewers in the UK.
Tales for Sale
From the moral dilemmas of an ordinary soldier to a man's infatuation with a past love, Tales for Sale, a collection of fifteen thought-provoking short stories, will touch your deepest emotions. "No Honor Killing" tells of a conflicted soldier who thinks hard about what he hears from his colonel: that there is honor in the executions that his men carry out as long as they dress in full uniform. But when the men are asked to kill their own drummer, they must decide whether to follow orders. In "Stations", a man still enthralled by the scent of a past lover must decide whether to take her back when he hears from her for the first time in seven years. "Possibly Cursed Mirror" tells the story of a new homeowner who is desperate to give away a mirror that someone left at his home. The previous owner put it in a corner where no one could ever possibly stand directly in front of it. But the mirror has been moved. Matthew O'Malley delivers a compelling collection that runs the gamut of emotions from funny and sad to scary and light-hearted. Get ready for the unusual
Sailing barges of the British Isles
Mike Stammers, curator emeritus at Merseyside Maritime Museum, has collated this diverse history of the sailing barges that changed the face of the United Kingdom’s waterways.
Pride and Joy
Black Cake meets Death at a Funeral in this heartwarming and hilarious novel about three generations of a Nigerian Canadian family grappling with their matriarch’s sudden passing while their auntie insists that her sister is coming back—from an author with a “razor-sharp, smart, and tender” (Nafiza Azad, author of The Wild Ones) voice. Joy Okafor is overwhelmed. Recently divorced, a life coach whose phone won’t stop ringing, and ever the dutiful Nigerian daughter, Joy has planned every aspect of her mother’s seventieth birthday weekend on her own. As the Okafors slowly begin to arrive, Mama Mary goes to take a nap. But when the grandkids go to wake her, they find that she isn’t...
The Match
What is more powerful: Hate..Vengeance.Greed.Fear.Forgiveness. Memory.Murder..Love? THE MATCH takes place in only five days, yet in these mere one hundred and twenty hours powerful forces collide: A dying tycoon desperate to pay any price for more life; A murderous sociopath lusting for wealth and power; A brilliant moral cipher willing to commit unspeakable crimes to keep his loathsome secrets; A vengeful hate so consuming it can only be sated by death; A beautiful young woman who reminds an old man of a treasure misplaced; A memory holding a stunning secret; A hired killer who regards butchering and slaughter as just another day at the office. When immovable objects confront their polar opposites something has to give.
Ancient Egyptian Clothing
This lavishly illustrated book offers a comprehensive analysis of clothing in Late Period Egypt (750 to 332 BC) by examining works of art and archaeological remains. It includes a detailed classification of clothing for the purpose of dating art.
