Ships To The Stars

Author : Richard Dunn
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062357174
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ships, Clocks, and Stars written by Richard Dunn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of eighteenth-century invention and competition, commerce and conflict, this is a lively, illustrated, and accurate chronicle of the search to solve “the longitude problem,” the question of how to determine a ship’s position at sea—and one that changed the history of mankind. Ships, Clocks, and Stars brings into focus one of our greatest scientific stories: the search to accurately measure a ship’s position at sea. The incredible, illustrated volume reveals why longitude mattered to seafaring nations, illuminates the various solutions that were proposed and tested, and explores the invention that revolutionized human history and the man behind it, John Harrison. Here, too, are the voyages of Captain Cook that put these revolutionary navigational methods to the test. Filled with astronomers, inventors, politicians, seamen, and satirists, Ships, Clocks, and Stars explores the scientific, political, and commercial battles of the age, as well as the sailors, ships, and voyages that made it legend—from Matthew Flinders and George Vancouver to the voyages of the Bounty and the Beagle. Featuring more than 150 photographs specially commissioned from Britain’s National Maritime Museum, this evocative, detailed, and thoroughly fascinating history brings this age of exploration and enlightenment vividly to life.

Author : Fritz Leiber
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1434404889
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ships to the Stars written by Fritz Leiber and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume assembled six of Leiber's classic works: "Dr. Kometevsky's Day," "The Big Trek," "The Enchanted Forest," "Deadly Moon," "The Snowbank Orbit," and "The Ship Sails at Midnight."

Author : Michael Okuda
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 147678258X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ships of the Line written by Michael Okuda and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the influence of early ocean vessels on Starfleet ships and incorporates more than seventy-five additional images featured in the "Star Trek: Ships of the Line" calendar series.

Author : Ben Robinson
Publisher : Eaglemoss
ISBN 13 : 1858755220
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Star Trek Shipyards Star Trek Starships: 2151-2293 The Encyclopedia of Starfleet Ships written by Ben Robinson and published by Eaglemoss. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time ever, a chronological history of the Starfleet starships from Star Trek television shows and films! Profiles more than 250 years worth of Starfleet ships! Including Zefram Cochrane's ship The Phoenix, which made the first faster-than-light journey in human history, through Captain Kirk's famous Enterprise up to the Enterprise-B: the ship where Kirk was lost. Plus all of the Starfleet ships from the STAR TREK: DISCOVERY TV series! This in-depth reference book includes a technical overview and operational history for each ship and is illustrated with CG artwork, including original VFX models made for the TV show. Includes THE ENTERPRISE NX-01, THE U.S.S. DISCOVERY & THE U.S.S. ENTERPRISE NCC-1701 STAR TREK SHIPYARDS is a series of lavishly illustrated books that provide in-universe profiles of STAR TREK ships. Each ship is profiled with technical information, its operational history and much more.

Author : Philip Wilkinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780753406892
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Best-ever Book of Ships written by Philip Wilkinson and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is packed with facts about ancient Greek galleys, Viking longships, Spanish galleons, graceful clippers, ocean liners and much more.

Author : Fritz Leiber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ships to the Stars written by Fritz Leiber and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry B. Culver
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486156893
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Old Ships written by Henry B. Culver and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVSuperb, authoritative history of sailing vessels, with 80 magnificent line illustrations. Galley, bark, caravel, longship, whaler, many more. Detailed, informative text on each vessel by noted naval historian. Introduction. /div

Author : Ben Robinson
Publisher : Eaglemoss
ISBN 13 : 1858755301
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Star Trek Shipyards Star Trek Starships: 2294 to the Future The Encyclopedia of Starfleet Ships written by Ben Robinson and published by Eaglemoss. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume in a chronological history of the Starfleet starships in Star Trek TV and films, from the 24th century to the far future! This in-depth reference book covers Starfleet vessels including the U.S.S. Enterprise, NCC- 1701-D, U.S.S. Voyager and Starfleet's first true warship - the U.S.S. Defiant. The final chapter features time traveling ships from the distant future. All the featured ships are illustrated with CG artwork, including original VFX models made for the TV show. The second volume presenting the first chronological history of all of the Starfleet ships featured in the Star Trek television programs and films. This volume presents the technical information, service history, and artwork of the iconic ships featured in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: First Contact, and Star Trek: Nemesis.

Author : Gordon White
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738747475
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chaos Protocols written by Gordon White and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The years since the financial crash have seen the realization dawn that the great promise of modern civilization will go unfulfilled. Study hard, work hard, buy a house, retire happy. It's all a lie, spun for the benefit of a tiny elite. The richest eighty-five people on earth have as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion. Each month, the numbers change but they never improve. Magical and spiritual discourse has failed to keep up with this new reality. The Chaos Protocols aims to fix that. Join Gordon White as he shows you how to use chaos magic not only to navigate these trying times, but to triumph as well. Discover how to become invincible through initiation, and wage the mind war that will keep you moving toward what you really want. From sigil magic to working with spiritual allies, The Chaos Protocols helps you act on the unwavering belief that your life should matter and you're not going to let something as trifling as the apocalypse get in the way of it. Praise: "Gordon White gives a master class on the hard economic realities and the kind of low down and dirty magic for which he has become famous. Pragmatic, sharp, and funny, The Chaos Protocols is a treasure of a book."—Peter Grey, author of Apocalyptic Witchcraft "Take two parts Magick Without Tears, a measure of The Wealth of Nations, a pinch of Ian Fleming and a dash of Noel Coward and you have this almost promiscuously readable text. Whoever said books on magick can't be fabulously entertaining as well as eminently practical has obviously not read up on their Gordon White. Remedy that situation."—Chris Knowles, author of The Secret History of Rock n' Roll and Our Gods Wear Spandex

Author : Chris Barton
Publisher : Millbrook Press TM
ISBN 13 : 1728476259
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dazzle Ships written by Chris Barton and published by Millbrook Press TM. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! A visually stunning look at innovative and eye-popping measures used to protect ships during World War I. During World War I, British and American ships were painted with bold colors and crazy patterns from bow to stern. Why would anyone put such eye-catching designs on ships? Desperate to protect ships from German torpedo attacks, British lieutenant-commander Norman Wilkinson proposed what became known as dazzle. These stunning patterns and colors were meant to confuse the enemy about a ship's speed and direction. By the end of the war, more than four thousand ships had been painted with these mesmerizing designs. Author Chris Barton and illustrator Victo Ngai vividly bring to life this little-known story of how the unlikely and the improbable became just plain dazzling. "[A] conversational, compelling, and visually arresting story . . ."—starred, Publishers Weekly "Barton's lively text is matched by Ngai's engrossing artwork, which employs dazzle techniques throughout her inventive spreads."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books New York Public Library Best Books for Kids Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year