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About Time Too
A Miscellany of Time
How long does it take light from the Sun to reach Earth? What do we call one millionth of a billionth of a second? What animals change colour in different seasons? And why is Greenwich the Home of Time? Find the answers to these and many more fascinating questions in this timely little book from the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the 'Home of Time'.
ISBN-13: 9781906367664 (Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS
Imprint: UNICORN PRESS
Author: Royal Observatory Greenwich
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AUD $24.99
Stock: 0 in stock
Local release date: 01/07/2021
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Categories: Maritime history [HBTM]Time (chronology), time systems & standards [PGZ]

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Accounts of China and India
The ninth and tenth centuries witnessed the establishment of a substantial network of maritime trade across the Indian Ocean, providing the real-life background to the Sinbad tales. An exceptional exemplar of Arabic travel writing, Accounts of China and India is a compilation of reports and anecdotes about the lands and peoples of this diverse ......
ISBN-13: 9781479830596 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Author: Al-Sirafi, Abu Zayd; Ben-Dor Benite, Zvi; Mackintosh-Smith,
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AUD $29.99
Stock: 1 in stock
Local release date: 04/05/2017
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Categories: Anthologies (non-poetry) [DQ]Maritime history [HBTM]Classic travel writing [WTLC]Asia [1F]Indian Ocean [1QSN]c 500 CE to c 1000 CE [3F]

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Bandits at Sea
A Pirates Reader
Offers a long-overdue corrective to the mythology and the mystique which has plagued the study of pirates and served to deny them their rightful legitimacy as subjects of investigation
ISBN-13: 9780814766781 (Paperback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Author: Pennell, C. R.
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AUD $58.99
Stock: 10 in stock
Local release date: 30/09/2000
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Categories: Maritime history [HBTM]Travel writing [WTL]East Asia, Far East [1FP]Caribbean islands [1KJ]Atlantic Ocean [1QSA]Mediterranean Sea [1QSM]

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Bandits at Sea
A Pirates Reader
Offers a long-overdue corrective to the mythology and the mystique which has plagued the study of pirates and served to deny them their rightful legitimacy as subjects of investigation
ISBN-13: 9780814766798 (Hardback)
Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
Author: Pennell, C. R.
Price:
AUD $174.00
Stock: 0 in stock
Local release date: 30/09/2000
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Categories: Maritime history [HBTM]Travel writing [WTL]East Asia, Far East [1FP]Caribbean islands [1KJ]Atlantic Ocean [1QSA]Mediterranean Sea [1QSM]

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Born in 1961?
What else happened?
This is the second of the 1960s and the 23rd book overall to be released in a series of 33 about life in Australia – one for each year from 1939 to 1971. Based largely on major daily newspapers, highlights main events and typical stories, such as changing attitudes to migrants, notions of free love, and the impact of the Common Market.
ISBN-13: 9780648771654 (Paperback)
Publisher: BOOM BOOKS
Imprint: BOOM BOOKS
Author: Williams, Ron
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AUD $19.99
Stock: 356 in stock
Local release date: 14/10/2020
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Categories: Humanities [H]History [HB]Regional & national history [HBJ]History: specific events & topics [HBT]Maritime history [HBTM]Australasian & Pacific history [HBJM]Social & cultural history [HBTB]Miscellaneous items [WZ]Gift books [WZG]

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Bound for the East Indies
Halsewell-A Shipwreck that Gripped the Nation
The East Indiaman HCS `Halsewell' set sail on 1 January 1786, en route from England to India. Her dramatic demise touched the very heart of the nation. It inspired Charles Dickens to put pen to paper; J. M. W. Turner to apply brush to canvas, and the King and Queen to pay homage at the very place where the catastrophe occurred.
ISBN-13: 9781781557532 (Paperback)
Publisher: FONTHILL
Imprint: FONTHILL
Author: Norman, Andrew
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AUD $37.99
Stock: 53 in stock
Local release date: 18/02/2021
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Categories: Maritime history [HBTM]Military & naval ships [JWMV2]Navigation & seamanship [TRLN]Ships & boats: general interest [WGG]Dorset [1DBKEWT]c 1700 to c 1800 [3JF]

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Britannia's Glory - A Maritime Story
Great Britain's Seafaring History Told in Verse
Gift book celebrating the British Isles maritime history. A history uniquely written in narrative verse. Begins Pre 1066 up to Present Day. Includes The Spanish Armada, The Battle of Trafalgar and D-Day.
ISBN-13: 9781912690169 (Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS
Imprint: UNICORN PRESS
Author: Ballinger, Maggie
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AUD $57.99
Stock: 21 in stock
Local release date: 16/08/2019
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Categories: Maritime history [HBTM]United Kingdom, Great Britain [1DBK]

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Cookery for Seamen
This facsimile (originally published in 1894) contains a range of recipes, from gruel and beef tea, to devilled bones and fruit jelly, as well as advice on how to look after livestock on a ship (and how to kill it). A brief introduction details the authors' backgrounds and the difficulties faced by cooks at sea.
ISBN-13: 9781906367626 (Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS
Imprint: UNICORN PRESS
Author: Quinlan, Alexander
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AUD $17.99
Stock: 26 in stock
Local release date: 24/09/2020
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Categories: Maritime history [HBTM]Cookery / food & drink etc [WB]

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Dark Secrets
The True Story of Murder in HMAS Australia
The true story of murder on HMAS Australia. During World War II a sailor is killed, the suspects are part of a rumoured homosexual group on board the flagship. What followed was one of the most controversial events in the history of the Royal Australian Navy and triggered unprecedented legal and political events.
ISBN-13: 9781925927436 (Paperback)
Publisher: WILKINSON PUBLISHING
Imprint: WILKINSON PUBLISHING
Author: Hadler, Robert
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AUD $29.99
Stock: 142 in stock
Local release date: 02/10/2020
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]True stories [BT]True crime [BTC]True stories: discovery / historical / scientific [BTH]Humanities [H]History [HB]History: specific events & topics [HBT]Maritime history [HBTM]