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This book is a real treasure for the people having interest in the history of the United States Navy fleet - we are quite sure that all of them will find the content of this volume fascinating, since the author of the volume did join the early Navy and the story before the Civil War, and the story of his naval life is really very interesting. The book shows the readers that the author was developing his views causing him to write this text on sea power.

Some perfectly dry humour of the author is making reading the book not only cognitive but also very enjoyable. This is one of the most popular books by Alfred Thayer Mohan. The book is a reproduction of the original classic edition dated early last century, with the quality significantly improved. The content is culturally important for everyone who like sea.

Long story short, we do recommend the present publication not only to the specialists in the marine industry and naval history but also to the general reader and even to the people having no marine background but still interested with marine life and naval history. We are quite sure that they will not get disappointed with this volume and consider deserving a place in their collection of books.

The author of this volume, Don Bamford, has represented the culmination of the lifelong human passion for sailing and also for the sailing history as applied to Canada. Being a professional sailor and boat builder, he is taking readers so deep into the sailing to feel its spirit, as applicable to the major historical events on the Lakes and to the interesting stories of the men and places there.

The remarkably extensive historical research conducted by the author will take you back to the times of European contact. The author chronicles the truly glory times of the schooners and brigs, warships dominating the Great Lakes during the war, particularly focusing on the War of 1812. He has also paid particular attention to the ship constructors and naval architects and to the real life challenges on building these vessels in the wild conditions of the colonies.

The author is also documenting the critical role that was played by the sailing ships in the process of settlement, and capturing the commercial role of sailing on the Great Lakes. The book is richly illustrated with numerous archival photographs and the content is supported with a full index. Will be equally appreciated by the armchair historians and people who actually love sailing...

The book tells the reader about the catastrophes of the Wilhelm Gustloff, Lancastria, Mont Blanc, Sultana and Dona Paz ships. Contents of the book as follows - Introduction; In the hands of God; America's Atlantic; The Halifax explosion; War at sea; Britain's darkest hour; The age of total loss; Ten thousand dead; Worse than Titanic.

The author of the publication has presented the content in a very concise manner putting lots of useful and interesting information in a logical format. The actual causes of the disasters occurring at sea can be very different - from icebergs to the torpedoes; the vessels can get sunk by fires and explosions on board, flooding and capsizing, storms, hurricanes, collisions and, of course, human error.

With marine disasters, there are real stories of the people as well as the vessels. There are stories of human tragedies, war, cowardice and heroism, sacrifice and greed. There were also some stories or survival and rescue, but only for a very luck few... In short, we may conclude that this is an excellent source of information for the people interested in naval history, war, naval battles, and marine vehicles in general. Will be appreciated by any sea lover.

DK Eyewitness is the most trusted non-fiction series in reference publishing today. It is popular worldwide and copies are sold in more than forty languages. This volume has been dedicated to the oil - the reader will find useful and interesting information in the book, such us the history of oil exploration and production, characteristics and application, will see how oil affects our lives. This release of the DK is dedicated to oil.

The readers will be given an excellent chance to discover the very interesting story of the petroleum and its exploration as well as understand the ways in which oil shapes our world. Take this book, open it and feel yourself an eyewitness to the fascinating world of fossil fuels - get a thorough understanding of where these fuels actually come from, how people can use them, and get an idea about the various effects that these fossil fuels are having on our planet and its environment.

The information contained in the pages of this volume will be valuable for all readers; please also note that the approach used by the author to the compilation of the material will make the content of the book easily understandable even to the junior readers. Highly recommended.

The authors of this publication, which addressing one of the most terrible and large-scale technological catastrophes in the whole history of the offshore industry, have used the true story of the Gulf of Mexico disaster as the background, based on which they have discussed the relationships of the energy-complexity spiral to what had happened. Patzek and Tainter touched on so many interesting matters, and it really makes sense to spend some time on reading this book because it will let the reader have some better and more thorough understanding of the problem.

The content of the present publication has been found very important for all participants of the industry and something that everyone directly or indirectly concerned with the future of the oil and gas industry should be aware of. The authors have widely appreciated the links existing thee between energy and consumption, and also between energy and the environment; however, note that they all are only one part of the story.

In short, we may say that this is a really fascinating reading telling so much of interesting facts and opening the readers eyes to many things that were not paid due attention before. An excellent and must-have one.

This book will tell its readers about the most infamous shipwrecks in the maritime world history. It will be found interesting by everyone who likes sea and shipping. Yes, most ships return safely to ports. However, unfortunately, many of them do not. The shipwrecks are caused by human errors and arrogance, shoals, currents, storms, piracy, and warfare.

Have a look into this popular publication and you will find so much interesting information inside. The readers will be able to experience the mysteries and wonders of the bottom of the ocean with the stories of more than sixty catastrophes that occurred to the ships. The book will take you to the truly fascinating travel through the history and to the sea bed. You will learn many interesting historical details together with the most popular theories of those shipwrecks, including fatal human errors, tragedies by Mother Nature, many myths, legends and mysteries, shipwreck cases at the times of the war etc.

In short, this volume is offering you an addicting voyage that will make you read this book over and over again. An absolutely and very highly recommended readers for all people with the interest in naval history, sea adventures, mysteries and everything like that.

A few weeks after I decided to write about Jacques Cousteau, I went to St.-Andre-de-Cubzac, France, where he was born and is buried. It's a typical market village on the fringe of Bordeaux with a busy highway running through the center and narrow streets off to each side that are deserted during the day because almost everyone works in the city.

The second-floor bedroom in which Cousteau first drew breath is now part of an apartment over a pharmacy, across the street from the windowless stone abbey that anchors St.-Andre to the twelfth century and the Roman Catholic church. Two blocks west, I found a civic monument to Cousteau at the traffic circle on the approach from Bordeaux. Above a splash of carefully tended annuals in summer bloom, a twice-life-size wooden dolphin is mounted 10 feet off the ground on a steel pole.

Rendered by the sculptor in the act of leaping from the sea, the dolphin holds in its mouth a red knit watch cap like the ones worn so famously by Cousteau and the crew of Calypso. On a separate pole, arrowed signs guide visitors to the local highlights—the Philippe Cousteau Professional Academy, City Hall, and the Forty-fifth Parallel Ecological Observatory, one of several founded in the eighteenth century to study the earth precisely halfway between the equator and the North Pole...

This book tells us the very interesting story of a cruise voyage abord the MS Oosterdam of Holland America Lines. The vessel departed Sydney port and made some stops on the way at Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia. It took six days to complete the journey and five more days were spent on the beautiful islands of the Pacific Ocean. In fact, reading this story is almost same thing as being there. You will enjoy it...

I was travelling with my partner and travelling companion, Jill. This was our 13th cruise and our fourth cruise amongst the Pacific islands. As the previous Pacific cruises took place between 2003 and 2007, we were keen to get an update of these exciting destinations. We joined the cruise at the last minute as our friends and social club members were making up a travel group and had managed to negotiate a good deal for the group.

We’d found from experience that travelling with a group can add an additional layer of fun and enjoyment to the cruise. There were 34 members of the Probus Club of Breakfast Point in our party. Breakfast Point is a residential community located on a picturesque 53 acres on the Parramatta River some 30 minutes ferry ride from downtown Sydney.