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Maritime History
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The Wager (Paperback)€14.99
A mesmerising story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On 28th January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil.
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Sailing Alone : A History€29.99
Sailing on a boat by yourself out at sea and out of sight of land can be exhilarating or terrifying, compelling or tedious - sometimes it can be all of these things just in one morning.
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The Sinking of the Titanic : Eyewitness Accounts from Survivors€17.99
I ran out on the deck and then I could see ice. It was a veritable sea of ice and the boat was rocking over it. I should say that parts of the iceberg were eighty feet high, but it had been broken into sections, probably by our ship.
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The Ship Beneath the Ice€21.99
On 21 November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, finally succumbed to the crushing ice. Its crew watched in silence as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, it was gone. The miraculous escape and survival of all 28 men on board have entered legend.
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Titanic : The Tragic Story of the Ill-Fated Ocean Liner€11.99
Covers the story of Titanic from her design and building, to the launch and her fatal encounter with the iceberg.
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Operation Pedestal : The Fleet That Battled to Malta 1942€11.99
In August 1942, beleaguered Malta was within weeks of surrender to the Axis, because its 300,000 people could no longer be fed.
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Travelling on Titanic: with Father Browne€25.00
As a passenger on the first two legs of Titanic's ill fated voyage, Father Francis Browne SJ's photographs are an immensely important record. 3RD EDITION
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Madhouse at the End of the Earth (Paperback)€11.99
The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night. The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter.
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Stories from the Sea : Legends, adventures and tragedies of Ireland's coast€17.99
Ireland is an island nation, inextricably linked with and dependent upon the sea which surrounds us.
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SBS - Silent Warriors : The Authorised Wartime History (Hardback)Special Price €19.99 Regular Price €29.99
Written with the full cooperation of the modern SBS - the first time this ultra-secretive unit has given its seal of approval to any book - and exclusive access to its archives.