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The #1 New York Times best-selling author of In the Garden of Beasts presents a 100th-anniversary chronicle of the sinking of the Lusitania that discusses the factors that led to the tragedy and the contributions of such figures as President Wilson, bookseller Charles Lauriat and architect Theodate Pope Riddle.
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Ulysses Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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119 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Crafting with Wood Pallets offers readers innovative new projects for transforming wood pallets into all types of beautiful, useful items for the home and garden. Packed with color photos and easy-to-follow instructions for over 25 DIY projects, this book shows how to build, paint, and finish unique gifts, decor, and furniture..."--Amazon.com.
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Wooden shipping pallets have found an unlikely second life: beautiful, handcrafted home d?cor without the designer price. The DIY market has long been drawn to refurbishing furniture and interior design on a budget, but easily accessible wood pallets have opened up all-new and inspiring ways to personalize a home in an eco-friendly, low-cost way.
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
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viii, 389 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"For centuries, oceans were the chessboard on which empires battled for dominance. But in the nuclear age, air power and missile systems dominated our worries about security, and for the United States, the economy was largely driven by domestic production, with trucking and railways that crisscrossed the continent the primary modes of commercial transit. All that has changed, as nine-tenths of global commerce and the bulk of energy trade is today...
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MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
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1 videodisc (210 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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The phantom light: The disappearance of two lighthouse keepers on the coast of Wales is linked to the specter of a rogue beacon that lures freight ships to their destruction on the rocks.
Red ensign: David Barr conceives a radical new ship design to revolutionize the industry. A ruthless rival will stop at nothing, even murder, to obtain Barr's top secret design.
The upturned glass: Dr. Michael Joyce falls in love with the mother of a young patient....
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Pub. Date
2013
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287 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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Revealing the workings and dangers of freight shipping, the author sails from Rotterdam to Suez to Singapore to present an eye-opening glimpse into an overlooked world filled with suspect practices, dubious operators, and pirates.
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Ariel
Pub. Date
[2023]
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501 pages : map ; 23 cm
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"Inmenso y lujoso, el Lusitania, que zarpo de Nueva York el 1 de mayo de 1915, era un monumento al orgullo y el ingenio de la epoca, el barco civil mas rapido. Con el pasaje completo, partio con tranquilidad pese a la atmosfera belica existente. La idea de que un submarino aleman pudiera hundirlo parecia absurda, un sentimiento del que se hacia eco la naviera: (S0(BEl Lusitania es el barco mas seguro del mar. Es demasiado rapido para cualquier submarino....
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"Dude, I am Ocean. You know my many names: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Southern. It's all excellent me. My salt water flows across the planet as one. I have no flag. No nationality. My waves are for all. Life on Earth began in my epic waters I keep the global climate just right. And I have rad secrets. But I'm facing a major wipeout! Only by working together can we get back in the zone. It's you and me, dudes"--
10) Dead wake
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2015, ©2014
Physical Desc
11 CDs (ca. 13 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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"It is a story that many of us think we know but don?t, and Erik Larson tells it thrillingly, switching between hunter and hunted while painting a larger portrait of America at the height of the Progressive Era. Full of glamour and suspense, Dead Wake brings to life a cast of evocative characters, from famed Boston bookseller Charles Lauriat to pioneering female architect Theodate Pope to President Woodrow Wilson, a man lost to grief, dreading the...
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American maritime library volume 15
Publisher
Mystic Seaport
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
x, 686 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 31 cm.
12) Dark voyage
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Thorndike
Pub. Date
2004
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456 p. (large print) : map ; 22 cm.
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In 1941, E. M. DeHaan, the captain of the Noordendam, a Dutch tramp freighter, is recruited by the Dutch Naval Intelligence Section for dangerous secret missions that take the ship and its crew behind enemy lines in Europe and North Africa.
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House of Falconer volume 2
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"James Lionel Falconer has risen quickly from a mere shop worker to being the right-hand man of Henry Malvern, head of the most prestigious shipping company in London. With Malvern's daughter Alexis running away to the country after a terrible tragedy and refusing to return, James' ascent to head of the company seems inevitable. But even a charmed life like James' is not without its setbacks. A terrible fire threatens to end his merchant career before...
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Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
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2 DVDs (473 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Danger-courting excursionist James Delaney returns to London in 1814 in order to attend his father's funeral. He not only inherit his notorious father's shipping empire, but all the enemies and debts created by his father's dubious dealings.
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