This book provides for the first time a complete look at all of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's contributions to the great age of steamship design. From modelling boats as a child to his youthful dreams of

David MacBrayne's involvement in West Highland shipping services soon grew to encompass all of the major routes to the Isles. The company was eventually taken into state ownership and amalgamated with

In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective. This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of all of them. . . In the middle of the night, Creusa wakes to find her beloved Troy engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of brutal conflict between the Greeks and the Troja...(展开全部)

The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of Northern Eurasia is a history and description of bark and skin boat traditions of the native peoples of Scandinavia and northern Russia. The history of northern peoples and cultures is inextricably linked to the technology of water transport. This is particularly true in northern Eurasia, where lakes and rivers can connect when overland summer ...(展开全部)

High above the planet Harmony, the Oversoul watches. Its task, programmed so many millennia ago, is to guard the human settlement on this planet—to protect this fragile remnant of Earth from all threats. To protect them, most of all, from themselves. But now the great artificial intelligence is failing. The Oversoul has lost access to some of its memory banks, and some of its p...(展开全部)

The Holland America Line was founded in 1873 and operated a fleet of passenger and cargo vessels from the Netherlands to the east and west coasts of America. The company later acquired the stock of th

As well as her eight novels, Angela Carter published four wonderful collections of short stories during her lifetime, and contributed stories to several anthologies. The stories were scattered amongst different publishers, and a couple of the volumes are now out of print. In "Burning your Boats," they are gathered for the first time; this is a key collection and a major event f...(展开全部)

As well as her eight novels, Angela Carter published four wonderful collections of short stories during her lifetime, and contributed stories to several anthologies. The stories were scattered amongst different publishers, and a couple of the volumes are now out of print. In "Burning your Boats," they are gathered for the first time; this is a key collection and a major event f...(展开全部)

（英国）山姆·威利斯（Sam Willis） 史学博士，海洋史学家，考古学家。著有《战舰图文史》系列等作品。BBC多部大型系列历史纪录片主持人，历史频道、国家地理频道、发现频道等各类节目的海洋史顾问。英国皇家历史学会（RHS）会士，英国收藏家协会（SA）会员。

（英国）山姆·威利斯（Sam Willis） 史学博士，海洋史学家，考古学家。著有《战舰图文史》系列等作品。BBC多部大型系列历史纪录片主持人，历史频道、国家地理频道、发现频道等各类节目的海洋史顾问。英国皇家历史学会（RHS）会士，英国收藏家协会（SA）会员。