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’Laline Paull succeeds splendidly in rising to the most important literary challenge of our time – restoring voice and agency to other-than-human beings’ Amitav Ghosh’A pacy, provocative tale of survival in a fast-changing marine landscape’ Daily MailBestselling author Laline Paull…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Marine Pioneers: The Unsung Heroes of World War II is a personal history of a young Marine during World War II. This book tells a powerful story that has never been told before and documents a rare look into a ”Pioneer Unit”, integrated with an infantry unit in the First Marine Division. Kerry Lane tells…
All of Which I Saw captures the United States Marine Corps during some of the most dramatic and important moments of the Iraq War. The book takes the viewer across the Pacific aboard ship, into the Battle of Najaf and Second Battle of Fallujah—where Read took his now-iconic photograph of a wounded Sergeant Major…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This is the only work covering the history and lineage of Marine Attack squadrons, from the date of their activation forward, until their deactivation, or the present. Thoroughly researched, it has a complete, extensive bibliography, and the illustrations of the insignia are almost entirely from originals. Many of the…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Nearly every World War II fighter squadron that flew in Europe has had its history chronicled. Other than ”Pappy” Boyington’s famous VMF-214 ”Black Sheep”, little has been written about Marine Corps squadrons in World War II. The contribution of VMF-223, the ”Death Rattlers”,…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
A detailed pictorial review of U.S. Navy airplanes from the end of World War I to the present day. All mission types are covered, including fighters, scout dive and torpedo bombers, patrol planes, utility planes, and trainers. Many variants of basic types are shown with photos and data from informative captions. An…
CHRONOMETERS – Marine and pocket chronometers, pocket watches with tourbillons or carousels form, in the large family of clocks, a small group of very precisely running timepieces with little sensitivity to external influences, such as variations in temperature.
In the text, the author takes up the…
This book is a thorough treatment of the evolution of the United States Marine Corps’s principal distinguishing insignia, and covers from 1804 through World War I. The large inventory offers an objective basis for the identification, classification, and dating of over 300 emblems. The reader will find answers to…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This new book is the companion volume to Glenn’s 2006 “United States Marine Corps Uniforms, Insignia, and Personal Items of World War II” (see page 57 of this catalog). With numerous rare and never before published war time photographs, “782 Gear” is the most in-depth pictorial study of the many patterns, and…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Covering in detail the combat and dress uniforms of the United States Marine in World War II, this new volume is destined to become the World War II Marine Corps collector’s reference! Shown in detail are the herringbone utilities that Marines wore from Guadalcanal to Okinawa, as well as Summer Service, Winter Service…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
More than thirty years after their first publication, William T. Larkinss illustrated surveys of Navy and Marine Corps aircraft remain two of the most valuable books about these airplanes ever written. First published in 1959 and 1961, these two volumes have become classics eagerly sought in the rare-book market by…
Kategorier: Sport, idrott och friluftsliv
This study guide has been produced to modernize, streamline, and simplify the original text whilst continuing to remain USCG compliant as well as now adhering to the new STCW requirements. The long since out-of-print original text, Marine Fire Prevention, Firefighting and Fire Safety, was published over forty years ago…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This guide is intended for professional mariners and for those studying for the US Coast Guard license examinations. The result of the author’s experience teaching these subjects for many years, it addresses every major navigation problem with a short, accurate description, definitions of terms, and worked out…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
Marine Cargo Operations clearly spells out the basic principles of cargo operations and acquaints merchant officers with the techniques of stowage and their application. Based on the authors’ half century of experience, the book singles out the most practical methods, procedures, and philosophies and presents them in…
Marine Cargo Operations clearly spells out the basic principles of cargo operations and acquaints merchant officers with the techniques of stowage and their application. Based on the authors’ half century of experience, the book singles out the most practical methods, procedures, and philosophies and presents them in…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
This book is a detailed study of the United States Marine Corps unit insignia in the Republic of Vietnam from the Marine Advisors in the early 1960s to the Marine Security Forces evacuation of the Embassy in 1975. A complete order of battle of all U.S. Marine Air and Ground Forces that served “in country” during the…
Learn the essentials of marine diesel propulsion engines ranging from 1,000 to 80,000 horsepower. This excellent handbook for marine engineers emphasizes fundamentals and includes 130 detailed illustrations and formulas.
The book allows students to examine the support systems needed for the selected engine, fuels and…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management
From the time of Elizabeth I in the second half of the sixteenth century, London has dominated the marine insurance markets. This led the English to develop a law of marine insurance as well. A Chamber of Assurances was established in England in 1575, and the law of marine insurance, rooted in custom, developed through…
Kategorier: Juridik
A complete text on the law of collision reflecting the adoption of the 1972 International Regulations for Avoiding Collisions at Sea (COLREGS), which became effective in 1977—the first complete revision of the International Rules since 1889. Text also includes changes in the U.S. Inland Rules for the former Inland,…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II—vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL)—is the US Marine Corps’ current frontline close-air-support aircraft. A variant of the famed British Aerospace Harrier II, the AV-8B is noted for its ability to hover in place, ideal for operating on smaller carriers and in…
Kategorier: Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
The campaign and commemorative medals of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps frame an interesting evolution in our country’s military development and willingness to use this power on a worldwide basis. It traces their roots from our own Civil War to assuming the stature of the world’s super power. This work provides an in…
Marine Engineering Economics and Cost Analysis is intended for students and practitioners of ship design, shipbuilding, and ship operations who want to understand and apply the concepts of engineering economics to routine engineering decisions. Computer software is included to aid in completing the analyses…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
In this second installment in the Warfighters series, author/photographers Rich Llinares and Chuck Lloyd provide an in-depth look at the United States Marine Corps aviation organization and its specialized training unit the Marine Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1). The squadron, located at Marine Corps Air…
Kategorier: Teknik, ingenjörsvetenskap etc.
This new study of the sea-going Phantoms includes contributions from over a hundred aircrew and maintainers who were involved in the Phantom’s success from the earliest service development flying to its twilight years in the Reserve units. There are personal accounts of MiG battles from more than a dozen MiG killers,…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management
This is the only truly comprehensive work on marine insurance in the United States published since the last edition of Phillips on Insurance in 1867. With the help of the author’s colleagues, this text includes not only the large body of American marine insurance case law, but also United Kingdom and Commonwealth cases…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
The March 1965 landing of the US Marine Corps at Da Nang, South Vietnam, marked the first large-scale deployment of US forces to the region. From then on, the Marine Corps fought continuously until May 1975, when two Marines became the last US servicemen killed in that war during the Mayaguez battle. With over 200…
Due to a strong industry need, many academies and technical schools now offer courses on refrigeration and air-conditioning. Marine Refrigeration and Air Conditioning introduces this complicated subject in a detailed, straightforward manner.
Mechanical refrigeration is used onboard in many ways, including refrigerated…
This book is designed to serve as a textbook for students and a reference for today’s engineering officers, port engineers, superintendent engineers, and other maritime professionals. Steam turbine propulsion systems are included, but the coverage has been reduced in recognition of the popularity of main propulsion…
Designed for those who make their living on the sea or who navigate offshore for recreation, this comprehensive textbook introduces the mariner to each navigation and communication system and outlines its uses and limitations in practical application. An introduction to the basic theory of radio waves and how they…
This book is designed to serve as a textbook for students and a reference for today’s engineering officers, port engineers, superintendent engineers, and other maritime professionals. Steam turbine propulsion systems are included, but the coverage has been reduced in recognition of the popularity of main propulsion…
What would you do if faced with a school of sharks in a feeding frenzy? Find out in this book, unquestionably the most authoritative compact guide to the world of underwater animals that are poisonous, venomous, and electric. It is an excellent practical handbook for sailors, marine biologists, ecologists, naturalists,…
Authored by a man with extensive experience in salvage operations, this is a comprehensive treatment of ship salvage in all its aspects, but written in plain language. The early chapters introduce the concepts of marine salvage and explain how the parties involved in a salvage operation relate. Ship construction and…
This handbook, first issued in 1942, is designed to be used as a textbook or a study guide for the “hawsepiper.” The twenty-five chapters contain information on electronics, celestial navigation, rules of the road, engineering, etc.,—that will be helpful to the third mate, experienced mariner, or student preparing for…
This intermediate power carving series continues with a dive into the sea, giving the carver the instruction for creating marine mammals. Step-by-step instructions, sequential photos, working drawings and patterns, and color schematics lead the woodworker through the completion of the carving process and to a painted…
Stefan Edman has in depth information about Swedens first marine national park!
Did you know that crabs walk for miles across the seafloor carrying their babies under their abdomen, that sea cucumbers spit out their guts to defend themselves or that ordinary shrimps perform a sex change midway through life?
These and…
Nu utkommer en ny uppdaterad andra upplaga av boken Marine and Other Types of Transport Insurance. Bland ändringarna märks särskilt en ny Nordisk sjöförsäkringsplan, genomgående har hänvisningar förts in till den nya planen.
Syftet med transportförsäkring är att ersätta varuägaren om varan skadas eller förstörs under…
Den 1 juni 2010 inskärptes de svenska reglerna beträffande sjöfylleri. Lagstiftningen har legat till grund för skiljaktiga meningar om bestämmelsernas effektivitet och konstruktion.
I denna bok belyser professor Hugo Tiberg ämnet mot bakgrund av svensk rättspraxis under de senaste 25 åren. Framställningen omfattar en…
Transporträtten har på senare tid fått en ökad betydelse, mycket beroende på det allt intensivare handelsutbytet mellan olika delar av världen. Affärsmän måste noga beakta risken, både för skador på, eller förlust av, fartyg och andra transportmedel, såväl som den last som medförs.
Syftet med transportförsäkring är…