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Author: Norman J. Vig
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780262720441
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn examination of current environmental policy trends in the United States and the European Union and the implications for future transatlantic and global cooperation.
Author: Caroline Arnold
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 9780618504497
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides information about enormous reptiles who swam the seas during the dinosaur age.
Author: Candace Fleming
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2016-09-27
Total Pages: 45
ISBN-13: 1596435992
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A nonfiction picture book exploring the mysterious life of the elusive giant squid"--
Author: Aaron Saunders
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
Published: 2013-10-01
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1848321724
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe cruise ship market is a 30 billion-dollar industry, and in 2013 it is estimated that it will carry more than 20 million passengers; nor is there any sign of a slow down in the seven percent annual growth. What keeps the passengers coming in such huge numbers isn't the food, the ports or the entertainment. They come for the magnificent floating palaces themselves, the giants of the sea.?In this new book, the author showcases the most influential cruise ships of the last three decades beginning with Royal Caribbean's ground-breaking Sovereign of the Seas. When she was launched in 1988 she was the largest passenger ship constructed since Cunard's Queen Mary entered service some 48 years earlier, and her entry into service sparked a fiercely competitive building boom that continues to this day. ??The reader is taken aboard thirty of the most spectacular ships to reveal how their innovative designs changed the landscape of modern cruising. By employing original and archival photographs, deck plans, cruise programmes, as well as the author's intimate knowledge of many of these vessels, a unique picture is built up of these great ships and it becomes clear that the true Golden Age of Cruising is not in some distant past but exists right now, and that its origins can be traced back to one ship, launched in 1988.??A truly sumptuous and fascinating book for all those drawn to the world of the modern cruise ship.??As seen in Ships Monthly Magazine
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Published: 1953
Total Pages: 850
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: S. J. Hawkins
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2017-11-20
Total Pages: 489
ISBN-13: 1351987585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEver-increasing interest in oceanography and marine biology and their relevance to global environmental issues create a demand for authoritative reviews summarizing the results of recent research. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review has catered to this demand since its founding by the late Harold Barnes more than 50 years ago. Its objectives are to consider, annually, the basic areas of marine research, returning to them when appropriate in future volumes; to deal with subjects of special and topical importance; and to add new subjects as they arise. The favourable reception and complimentary reviews accorded to all the volumes shows that the series is fulfilling a very real need. Volume 55 follows closely the objectives and style of the earlier volumes, continuing to regard the marine sciences—with all their various aspects—as a unity. Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of marine science are dealt with by experts actively engaged in these fields, and every chapter is peer-reviewed by other experts working actively in the specific areas of interest. Chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
Author: David Lavender
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 1979-01-01
Total Pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780803279056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe story of the explorers, traders, settlers, and industrialists who came to the Pacific Northwest during its 200-year development.
Author: John D. McCown
Publisher: John D. McCown, Jr.
Published: 2020-12-25
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781087902760
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGiants Of The Sea is the story of the colossal cargo ships that make today's world trade possible and the nine pioneers most responsible for them. The book covers the development of the modern cargo shipping industry with a focus on the postwar period when specialization and increases in vessel size dramatically reduced shipping costs. Each of today's major shipping segments are covered in detail with data on the ships that comprise them along with related information on their activity. In addition to chapters on each of the nine individuals and their contributions, an array of other subjects are covered including in the 30 chapters of the book. These include where ships are built, the cost economics of shipping, the affect of geography, China's impact on shipping, shipping and the environment, the challenges facing the industry and the future of shipping. An underlying thesis of the book is that the extraordinary cost efficiency of shipping is a prime catalyst in the postwar explosion of trade and that in addition to economic benefits has resulted in lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty and make the world a more peaceful safer place.
