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From Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island to Errol Flynn in Captain Blood on to today's Pirates of the Caribbean, the romantic image of pirates in modern Western popular culture has lon …

'In this book, Victoria Brown looks into how and why so many of those aboard Titanic lost their lives….' (Steve Hall, Foreword to The Death Ship) * Death is a topic we often avoid talking …

In the nineteenth century true stories of cannibal tribes massacring white traders (and vice versa) and missionaries fed the morbid appetites of Europeans, North Americans and colonials. Accounts of …

Think of Earth as a timeworn scrapbook, filled with faded photos, scribbled notes, and the occasional pressed flower. Sure, it’s one speck amidst the galaxy, but every dog-eared page holds a tale mor …

'Engaging, absorbing and crammed with marvellous stories, Finding Endurance is a tale about exploring the cold, told with much warmth.' MICK HERRON 'Beautiful, thrilling, heroic and ki …

THIS BOOK is a summary of England (read British Isles); its past history and present culture essentially. The past consists of five chapters on the Celts, Richard Lion’s Heart, Henry VIII, Queen Vict …

THIS BOOK is a brief summary of the history and culture of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ever since the ‘Reds'(Native Americans) crossed the Bering Strait, represented by one of their most famous lea …

Life at sea in the nineteenth century was demanding and perilous. Seamen had to be able to rely on those around them. This was easier said than done. The sea could be, and still is, a place of consta …

The sea realm has ever been mysterious: strange happenings upon it, an unfathomable abyss of ‘The Great Unknown’ below. Before the scrutiny of scientific Enlightenment and Age of Reason, in the eight …

Much has been written about Titanic, the British passenger liner that sank on her maiden voyage after a collision with an iceberg in 1912; however, until now little mention has been made about the in …