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Maritime History
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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.
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Madhouse at the End of the Earth (Large Paperback)Special Price €15.19 Regular Price €18.99
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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20th Century Passenger Flying Boats€24.99
This extended pictorial edition of the author's previous book Fabulous Flying Boats, A History Of The World's Passenger Flying Boats provides a fast-moving journey from the first pioneers to the very last use of such craft in regions still reliant on waterborne communication with the outside world.
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An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean (Special Illustrated Paperback Edition)€14.99
This newly illustrated edition of Unsung Hero is a bestselling classic and is a must for anyone with a taste for adventure.
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Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific€16.99
A masterful mix of history, geography, anthropology, and the science of navigation, Sea People is a vivid tour of one of the most captivating regions in the world.
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Cork Harbour (Hardback)Special Price €24.99 Regular Price €29.99
Cork Harbour's association with infamous ships like Titanic and Lusitania ensure its place in world maritime history. While such tragedies are heavily documented, the story of the modern evolution of the second-largest natural harbour in the world and its trade has received less attention.
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RMS Lusitania: The Story of a Wreck€20.00
The RMS Lusitania was the largest and fastest ocean-going liner in the world when built in 1912 - a wonder of the age.
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The Catalpa Rescue€24.99
The gripping story of the most dramatic and successful prison story in Australian and Irish history.
Members of the Clan-na-Gael - agitators for Irish freedom from the English yoke - hatch a daring plan to free six Irish political prisoners from the most remote prison in the British Empire, Fremantle Prison in Western Australia.
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From Scapa to Jutland : The story of HMS Caroline at war from 1914-1917 (Northern Ireland War Memorial)€19.99
Amid the twists and turns of her survival to this day, the story of the light cruiser HMS Caroline spans a century and more.
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Endeavour : The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World€11.99
`Endeavour' was also the name given to a commonplace, coal-carrying vessel bought by the Royal Navy in 1768 for an expedition to the South Seas.