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The Business of Shipbuilding thoroughly analyses vessel construction, from material receipt and preparation, to final outfitting. It explains the c...

'THESE SUPERHOSTS UNDERSTAND HOMESHARING BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR HOMESHARE HOSTS'Chip Conley, Strategic Adviser...

What is Venice worth? To whom does this urban treasure belong? This eloquent book by the internationally renowned art historian Salvatore Settis ur...

Battery Park City in Manhattan has been hailed as a triumph of urban design, and is considered to be one of the success stories of American urban r...

Originally published in 1987, this book presents a novel approach to the study of competition between immigrant groups and native minorities (teena...

This practical book, co-published with the National Environmental Health Association, describes the step-by-step procedures needed to avoid common...

Featuring over 20,000 definitions, this dictionary has been revised to reflect changes and advances in the marine industry. It covers every aspect ...

This is a story of truly heroic deeds during the fall of Singapore, taking munitions and military personnel up and refugees back, of escape and sub...

The papers presented in this work cover themes such as sustainable tourism; ICT and tourism; marine tourism; tourism and education; tourism, econom...

Children have worked for centuries and continue to work. The history of the economic development of Europe and North America includes numerous inst...

Founded in the early years of the 19th century, the Wilson Line became the largest privately-owned steamship fleet in the world. Based in Hull, its...

Ebay (www.ebay.com) is the single most visited commercial site on the internet - and one of the most successful. The Perfect Store tells the story ...

In the nineteenth century London was the most important city in the world, the capital of an empire 'on which the sun never set.' This was the gold...

"Highly recommended."- Library JournalThe wireless industry was built by a motley band of characters who, from the beginning, have fought unrelenti...

"A savvy analysis of the game's financial problems" (Los Angeles Times), now updated throughout and featuring a new chapter on recent controversies...

For centuries the Clyde has been synonymous with ships but in the last thirty years there has been a decline in the number of vessels using the low...

The history of the Southern railway

This book is a study of labor relations and the first generation of skilled workers in colonial Korea, a subject crucial to the understanding of mo...