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Lost history : the enduring legacy of Muslim scientists, thinkers, and artists /Michael Hamilton Morgan.
Author Morgan reveals how early Muslim advancements in science and culture lay the cornerstones of the European Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and modern Western society. As he chronicles the Golden Ages of Islam, beginning in 570 a.d. with the birth of Muhammad, and resonating today, he introduces scholars like Ibn Al-Haytham, Ibn Sina, Al-Tusi, Al-Khwarizmi, and Omar Khayyam--empirical thinkers who revolutionized the mathematics, astronomy, and medicine of their time and paved the way for Newton, Copernicus, and many others. And he reminds us that inspired leaders from Muhammad to Suleiman the Magnificent championed religious tolerance, encouraged intellectual inquiry, and sponsored brilliant artistic, architectural, and literary works. For anyone seeking to understand the major role played by the early Muslim world in influencing modern society, this book provides new insight not only into Islam's historic achievements but also the ancient resentments that fuel today's bitter conflicts.--From publisher description.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
297:001.3(091)
Writing North America in the seventeenth century : English representations in print and manuscript /Catherine Armstrong.
Armstrong, Catherine.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
973.02
Queen Victoria : a photographic journey /Chris Frame and Rachelle Cross.
"Built by Fincantieri and introduced into service in late 2007, Queen Victoria's reign is still quite young. She has been welcomed with open arms by the cruising public and is a floating celebrity with royal engagements, tandem Atlantic crossings and Gala World Cruises. The first in a new breed of Cunard ships, her design - based on the Vista Class hull of Carnival Corporation - is strengthened and enhanced to give her the ability to cross the North Atlantic Ocean. This hybrid represents a new era for the 170-year-old Cunard Line, introducing one of the most luxurious ships to carry the Golden Lion. Queen Victoria: A Photographic Journey takes the reader on the journey of a lifetime through the public rooms of this stately ship. From her exquisite Grand Lobby to her Royal Court Theatre, each room is described in light narrative with complementing photographs, allowing the reader to enjoy an on-board experience from the comfort of their living room! Written by two passionate ocean liner and cruise fans, this book is beautifully illustrated with over 200 colour photographs, creating a lovely lasting memento of Cunard's Queen Victoria."--Provided by the publisher.
2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
629.123QUEEN VICTORIA
Argonauta : the newsletter of the Canadian Nautical Research Society.
[1986]- • JOURNAL • 1 copy available.
629.04/5/06071
Grace Darling : Victorian heroine /Hugh Cunningham.
Grace Darling (1815-1842) was the daughter of the keeper of Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Isles. In September 1838 she rowed out with her father to rescue survivors from the shipwrecked steamer Forfarshire. Within days of the rescue she was regarded as a national heroine, a rare accolade for a woman in Victorian times. This book examines her life and the reasons for her fame and celebrity, which have endured into the 21st century. Grace's image was used to sell books, soap and chocolates; the book's illustrations include advertising material, paintings and photographs of commemorative items. The appendix contains poems about her by Wordsworth and Swinburne. There are extensive notes, a bibliography and an index.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
92Darling, Grace
Historic ship models : of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries /Arnold and Henry Kriegstein.
"In terms of quality, historical significance and sheer numbers, the Kriegstein family's ship model collection in the United States is the finest in private hands anywhere in the world. Principally made up of official seventeenth- and eighteenth-century models in the Admiralty or Navy Board style, the collection would be the envy of any maritime museum. As the models are not on public display, this book fills the need for a detailed catalogue and visual reference with superb colour photos of all the models, both overall portraits and multiple close-ups. Apart from lengthy descriptions of these magnificent artefacts, space is devoted to how they were identified, and the valuable research done by Arnold and Henry Kriegstein, the identical twins whose shared passion brought this all together. Beyond the technicalities of the ships, the story has a human dimension in the brothers' adventures in pursuit of every model and their dogged determination to secure them against official obstruction and dubious antiques-trade practices. This is an entirely new and revised edition of 17th and 18th Century Ship Models first published in 2007, now expanded to include the additions to the collection since that date."--Provided by the publisher.
2021. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
623.82010973
The new Cunard Queens : Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth /Nils Schwerdtner.
Schwerdtner, Nils,
c2008. • BOOK • 2 copies available.
629.123QUEEN VICTORIA
Square rigger days : autobiographies of sail /edited by Charles W. Domville-Fife ; introduction by Robert D Foulke.
An edited collection of autobiographical accounts of sailors who served on the some of the last commerical sailing ships of the 19th century.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
656.61.071.22:629.123.132
Blip, ping & buzz : making sense of radar and sonar /Mark Denny.
"Have you ever wondered how stealth planes achieve "invisibility," how sunken ships are found, or how fishermen track schools of fish in vast expanses of ocean? Radar and sonar echolocation -- a simple matter of sending, receiving, and processing signals. Weaving history with simple science, Mark Denny deftly reveals the world of radar and sonar to the curious reader, technology buff, and expert alike. He begins with an early history of the Chain Home radar system used during World War II and then provides accessible and engaging explanations of the physics that make signal processing possible. Basic diagrams and formulas show how electromagnetic and sound waves are transmitted, received, and converted into images, allowing you to literally see in the dark. A section on bioacoustic echolocation, with a focus on the superior sonar systems of bats and whales and a discussion of the advanced technology of next-generation airborne signal processors, opens the imagination to fascinating possibilities for the future." - Book jacket.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
681.88
Economies of representation, 1790-2000 : colonialism and commerce /edited by Leigh Dale and Helen Gilbert.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
325.3:38"1790/2000"
Castle class corvettes : an account of the service of the ships and of their ships' companies /compiled by Norman Goodwin ; edited by Steve Bush.
"This is the story of the 39 Castle Class corvettes which played such a vital role in countering the U-Boat threat during the latter stages of the Battle of the Atlantic. From 11th December 1943 to 6th June 1945 they escorted 237 ocean convoys comprising 1,200 merchant ships sailing. Onle ten merchant ships were lost by enemy action. They destroyed 7 U-Boats for the loss of just 3 corvettes."--From dustjacket.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
623.823.2(42)"1943/1945"
Les cartes portolanes : la representaciâo medieval d'una mar solcada /Ramon J. Pujades i Bataller.
Puchades i Bataller, Ramon J.
2007. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
910.9
A practical guide to costume mounting / Lara Flecker.
Flecker, Lara.
2007. • BOOK • 3 copies available.
069.445:646.4
Inigo Jones : and the classical tradition /Christy Anderson.
"Inigo Jones worked as hard on the creation of his architectural persona as he did on the design of the buildings for the early Stuart court. Through his study of continental architectural and art theory, humanist education, and courtly behavior, Jones redefined the intellectual status of architecture in England and forged a new role for the architect in public life. Since the time of his death, he has been variously described as the first educated architect, the first classicist, the first Renaissance architect in Britain, and the savior of British building from the long winter of the Elizabethan style. This reputation has overlooked the many ways that Jones drew on English customs in order to shape classical architecture for a domestic audience.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
720.92
Birds of the sea : 150 years of the General Steam Navigation Company /by Nick Robins.
A history of the General Steam Navigation (GSN) company, incorporated in 1824, formed by a small consortium of shipowners, including Thomas Brockelbank, with an original fleet of five Thames steamers. The book includes tables covering fleet disposition in 1826, the main routes served in 1914, losses to enemy action in the First World War, second-hand purchases between 1921-24, and excursion fleets of the New Medway Steam Packet company in 1936. The GSN was aquired by P&O in 1920 and in the 1960s became part of the North Sea Ferries and Normandy Ferries consortiums. Included is a comprehensive fleet list, including separate lists for excursion steamers, the New Medway Steam Packet Company, Moss Hutchison Line, Great Yarmouth Shipping Company, and the Grand Union (Shipping) Company. Illustrated extensively with black-and-white photographs and some colour reproductions.
2007. • FOLIO • 2 copies available.
347.792General Steam Navigation Company
Merchants, medicine and Trafalgar : the history of the Harvey family /by Richard Morris.
This book covers the history of the family from 1578 until the 1950s. Five of Thomas Harvey's seven sons followed their father in becoming merchants in the City of London, trading in silks and spices. The eldest son was William Harvey, the noted physician who discovered the circulation of the blood in 1628. He was physician to Charles I and was with the King at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642. The fifth generation of the Harvey family included Admiral Sir Eliab Harvey who commanded the Temeraire at Trafalgar. The family lived at Rolls Park, Chigwell, Essex for over 200 years, where they amassed a collection of art, although this was dispersed after the death of the Admiral in 1830. By 1953 Rolls Park was in decline and very little remains today. The book contains new material including previously unpublished letters about the Admiral's role at Trafalgar and his daughter Louisa's relationship with the Duke of Wellington. Appendix B contains coffin inscriptions in the Harvey vault at St Andrew's Church, Hempstead, Essex. Appendix C gives details of Harvey family monumental inscriptions in the Harvey Chapel of that church. There are a few black and white and colour illustrations, a bibliography and an index.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
Slavery and the birth of an African city : Lagos, 1760-1900 /Kristin Mann.
"As the slave trade entered its last, illegal phase in the nineteenth century, the town of Lagos on West Africa's Bight of Benin became one of the most important port cities north of the equator, Slavery and the Birth of an African City explores the reasons for Lagos's sudden rise to power. By linking the histories of international slave markets to those of the regional suppliers and slave traders, Mann shows how the African slave trade forever altered the destiny of the tiny kingdom of Lagos. This magisterial work uncovers the relationship between African slavery and the growth of one of Africa's most vibrant cities."--book jacket.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
326.1(42:669.199)
Liverpool and transatlantic slavery / edited by David Richardson, Suzanne Schwarz and Anthony Tibbles.
An edited collection of essays published to coincide with the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade.
2007. • BOOK • 2 copies available.
326.1
The Royal Navy and the Arctic convoys : a naval staff history /with a preface by Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones.
2007. • BOOK • 2 copies available.
940.542.1(268)"1941/1945"
Naval battles of the Napoleonic Wars : Cape St. Vincent, the Nile, Cadiz, Copenhagen, Trafalgar & others /W.H. Fitchett.
"The wars against Napoleonic France and Spain in the early years of the nineteenth century have long fascinated historians and casual readers who are enchanted by the colour and romance of those incredible times. No aspect of the period has generated more interest and enthusiasm than the war at sea-fought between great naval commanders whose names from reverberated through time and who stood upon the decks of equally famous ships of the line in heroic battles. Here are the true life events that so inspired C. S. Forrester-and those who later followed his tradition of naval adventures to appeal to a new and enthusiastic audience. However, nothing in fiction is more remarkable than the actual events related in this book. Here are the true stories of the Victory, the Temeraire, the Orient and many other iconic vessels, and their famous and inspiring feats of naval warfare at Copenhagen, the Nile, Cadiz, Trafalgar and many other battles that helped shape the modern world."--Provided by the publisher.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
355.49"1803/1815"(42)
Midway : dauntless victory :fresh perspectives on America's seminal naval victory of World War II /by Peter C. Smith.
"This is an in-depth study of the battle of Midway that reviews the many previous accounts and compares their accuracy and veracity with fresh documentation that has been released recently, including some new material on the post-war analysis made by a select committee. There are new viewpoints on the muddle among the US Admirals; the total failure of the USAAF, despite elaborate claims; views on a whitewash of Admiral Fletcher and others; fresh thinking on the part played by the US Navy Dauntless dive-bombers in the action; the mystery of the carrier Saratoga's presence; Hollywood's totally wrong take on the battle in all the films since made about it; some new eyewitness material the author has obtained and information from Japanese sources not previously used. The Appendices will include statistical details - the ships, the planes and the men."--Provided by the publisher.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
940.542.6"1942"
Contemporary piracy and maritime terrorism : the threat to international security /Martin N. Murphy.
Do piracy and maritime terrorism, individually or together, present a threat to international security, and what relationship if any exists between them? Piracy may be a marginal problem in itself, but the connections between organised piracy and wider criminal networks and corruption on land make it an element of a phenomenon that can have a weakening effect on states and a destabilising one on the regions in which it is found. Furthermore, it is also an aspect of a broader problem of disorder at sea that, exacerbated by the increasing pressure on littoral waters from growing numbers of people and organisations seeking to exploit maritime resources, encourages maritime criminality and gives insurgents and terrorists the freedom to operate. In this context, maritime terrorism, though currently only a low-level threat, has the potential to spread and become more effective n the event of political change on land. It is only by addressing the issue of generalised maritime disorder that the problems of piracy and maritime terrorism may be controlled in the long term.
c2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
323.28:341.362.1
Preserving archives / Helen Forde.
"Access to archival material - the documentary heritage of people all over the world that gives them their identity and ensures their rights - is dependent on the survival of fragile materials: paper, parchment, photographic materials, audiovisual materials and, most recently, magnetic and optical formats. The primary importance of such survival is widely acknowledged but sometimes overlooked in a rush to provide ever better means of access. But without the basic material, no services can be offered. Preservation is the heart of archival activity. Archivists in all types of organizations face questions of how to plan a preservation strategy in less than perfect circumstances, or deal with a sudden emergency. This practical book considers the causes of threats to the basic material, outlines the preservation options available and offers flexible solutions applicable in a variety of situations. Benefiting from the author's contact with international specialists at The National Archives, it offers a wide range of case studies and examples. Key topics are: understanding archive materials and their characteristics; managing digital preservation; archive buildings and their characteristics; safeguarding the building and its contents; managing archival storage; managing risks and avoiding disaster; setting up a conservation workshop; moving the records; exhibiting archives; handling the records; managing a pest control programme; using and creating surrogates; and, putting preservation into practice. This is a vital handbook for professional archivists, but also for the many librarians, curators and enthusiasts, trained and untrained, in museums, local studies centres and voluntary societies in need of good clear advice."--Provided by the publisher.
2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available.
025.85
European visions : American voices /edited by Kim Sloan.
2009. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.
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