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    IN WHICH THEY SERVED

    Brian Lavery

    During World War Two the Royal Navy had to expand more than sevenfold. To find officers for this force it had to move well outside its normal supply of boys…

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    Cassini’s Vision

    Brian Lavery

    GIOVANNI CASSINI, young Italian astronomer, saw humanity’s earliest proofs of what truly is in the heavens. What he observed overturned the fables of the ancients who had tried so hard…

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    Two Navies Divided

    Brian Lavery

    The title is derived from George Bernard Shaw's comment that "England and America are two countries divided by a common language." It is not intended to imply that the two…

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    Bali in its Middle Ages

    Brian Lavery

    Bali, island of many gods,

    and long unspoiled by modern obsessions.

    For a hundred years the magnet for hermit artists,

    for revelling hippie surfers,

    for wide-eyed boomer travellers in their…

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    Empire of the Seas: How the Navy Forged the Modern World

    Brian Lavery

    By arrangement with the BBC –T.p. verso.

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    The Ship of the Line

    Brian Lavery

    The Ship of the Line takes the best models from the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich to tell the story of the evolution of the ship of the line, known…

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    The British Home Front Pocket-Book

    Brian Lavery

    In June 1940, following the BEF’s scrambled evacuation from Dunkirk, the Second World War was brought home to Britain. As the Luftwaffe initiated their bombing campaigns and the threat of…

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    Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. 138: Shipboard Life and Organisation, 1731-1815

    Brian Lavery

    First published in 1998, this volume explores the Royal Navy which had most of its greatest triumphs in the decades up to 1815, but has received relatively little study of…

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    The Royal Navy Officer’s Pocket-Book

    Brian Lavery

    The art of command is…to be the complete master, and yet the complete friend of every man on board; the temporal lord and yet the spiritual brother of every rating…

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    Empire of the Seas: How the navy forged the modern world

    Brian Lavery

    Following the progress of the Royal Navy from the defeat of the Spanish Armada to the First World War, Brian Lavery reveals how the Royal Navy shaped British industry, innovation…

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    Nelson’s Navy: The Ships, Men and Organisation, 1793 - 1815

    Brian Lavery

    The perfect guide to Nelson’s Navy for all those with an interest in the workings of the great fleet.

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    Publications of the Navy Records Society Vol. 138: Shipboard Life and Organisation, 1731-1815

    Brian Lavery

    First published in 1998, this volume explores the Royal Navy which had most of its greatest triumphs in the decades up to 1815, but has received relatively little study of…

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    A Short History of Seafaring

    Brian Lavery

    A Short History of Seafaring is a unique compendium of awe-inspiring tales of epic sea voyages that always involve great feats of seamanship, navigation, endurance, and ingenuity. –Publisher.

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    Nelson’s Victory

    Brian Lavery

    Published to coincide with the 250th anniversary of her launch and an exhibition at Chatham Historic Dockyard this title gives new and surprising revelations about her career.

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    The Last Big Gun: At War & at Sea with HMS Belfast

    Brian Lavery

    As she lay in dry dock, devastatingly damaged by one of Hitler’s newly deployed magnetic mines after barely two months in service, few could have predicted the illustrious career that…

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    Churchill: Warrior: How a Military Life Guided Winston’s Finest Hours

    Brian Lavery

    A fascinating and complete overview of Churchill as Commander and a detailed study of how all of his unique and broad pre-WW2 experiences served him so well and contributed to…

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    Anson’s Navy: Building a Fleet for Empire 1744-1763

    Brian Lavery

    Prequel to the author’s 40,000-copy bestseller Nelson’s Navy

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    Wooden Warship Construction

    Brian Lavery

    A new paperback edition of a now well-established work. Close-ups, details and thematic spreads that shed unique light on the process of warship contruction. In-depth captioning, annotations and an authoritative…

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    A Short History of Seafaring

    Brian Lavery

    A Short History of Seafaring is a unique compendium of awe-inspiring tales of epic sea voyages that always involve great feats of seamanship, navigation, endurance, and ingenuity. –Publisher.

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    Wooden Warship Construction: A History in Ship Models

    Brian Lavery

    Over 100 models in stunning full-colour photographs . Close-ups, details and thematic spreads for variety and visual interest

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    Two Navies Divided

    Brian Lavery

    The first comparative and comprehensive analysis of the British and American navies. Illustrated throughout with a rich collection of photographs. Offers many original insights into how the naval war was…

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    A Seaman’s Pocketbook: June 1943, by the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty

    Brian Lavery

    At the height of the Second World War this small pocket-book was issued to all ratings on board ships of the Royal Navy. In straight period prose it outlines all…

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    Royal Yachts Under Sail

    Lavery, Brian

    The first book to deal in detail with the development and uses of royal yachts.

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    Down to Earth

    Brian Lavery

    Jim Cairns and the Australian hippie festivals of the 1970s. Celebrations and conflict.

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    Nelson’s Fleet at Trafalgar

    Brian Lavery

    The Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 was the most famous of the age of sail, and the last in the long series between Britain and France. Brian Lavery paints a…

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    Running a Big Ship: The Classic Guide to Managing a Second World War Battleship

    Rory O'Conor

    The essential primer in running a warship written by the celebrated Captain of HMS Hood

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    Very Ordinary Seaman: The unforgettable account of British naval experience in World War II

    J.P.W. Mallalieu

    First published to huge acclaim during the war it describes, Very Ordinary Seaman relates-with humanity, humour and the authority of experience-lower-deck life in the British navy, from basic training to…

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    The Luckiest Thirteen

    Brian W. Lavery

    A relentless nautical drama that would define, or end, men's lives.

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    Headscarf Revolutionaries: Lillian Bilocca and the Hull Triple-Trawler Disaster

    Brian W. Lavery

    In 1968 three trawlers from hull’s fleet sank in just three weeks. 59 men died. The fishwife Lillian Bilocca and her army of women stormed into action and changed the…

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    A Night to Remember: The Classic Bestselling Account of the Sinking of the Titanic

    Brian Lavery,Julian Fellowes,Walter Lord

    On April 15th, 1912, Titanic, the world’s largest passenger ship, sank after colliding with an iceberg, claiming more than 1,500 lives. The author’s bestselling history of the voyage, the wreck…

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    The Royal Navy Officer’s Jutland Pocket-Manual 1916

    W. M. James R.N.,Brian Lavery

    Published in the months leading up to the Battle of Jutland, W.M. James’ New Battleship Organisations, was the ultimate guide to command and organization of every aspect of a modern…

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    The Frigate Surprise: The Complete Story of the Ship Made Famous in the Novels of Patrick O'Brian

    Geoff Hunt,Brian Lavery

    A limited-edition, slipcased hardcover including a signed print by Geoff Hunt: the design, construction, and careers–in history and in fiction–of Jack Aubrey’s favorite command.

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    The Naval Mutinies of 1797: Unity and Perseverance

    A reassessment of the naval mutinies of 1797, arguing that the mutinies were more industrial dispute than expression of French revolution inspired political radicalism.

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    Robotics: State Of The Art And Future Challenges

    George A Bekey (Univ Of Southern California, Usa),Robert Ambrose (Nasa Johnson Space Center, Usa),Vijay Kumar (Univ Of Pennsylvania, Usa),Arthur C Sanderson (Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst, Usa),Brian Wilcox (Nasa Jet Propulsion Lab, Usa)

    Presents the results of an assessment of the state of robotics in Japan, Korea, Western Europe and Australia and a comparison of robotics R&D programs in these countries with those…

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