The Safeguard of the Sea

The Safeguard of the Sea
Author: N A M Rodger
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 744
Release: 2004-10-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 014191257X

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Throughout Britain's history, one factor above all others has determined the fate of the nation: its navy. N. A. M. Rodger's definitive account reveals how the political and social progress of Britain has been inextricably intertwined with the strength - and weakness - of its sea power, from the desperate early campaigns against the Vikings to the defeat of the great Spanish Armada. Covering policy, strategy, ships, recruitment and weapons, this is a superb tapestry of nearly 1,000 years of maritime history. 'No other historian has examined the subject in anything like the detail found here. The result is an outstanding example of narrative history' Barry Unsworth, Sunday Telegraph

The Safeguard of the Sea: 660-1649

The Safeguard of the Sea: 660-1649
Author: N. A. M. Rodger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 691
Release: 1997
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN: 9780002551281

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The Command of the Ocean

The Command of the Ocean
Author: N. A. M. Rodger
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 1022
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780393060508

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"N. A. M. Rodger provides reassessments of such famous figures as Pepys, Hawke, Howe, and St. Vincent. The particular and distinct qualities of Nelson and Collingwood are contrasted, and the world of the officers and men who made up the originals of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower is brought to life. Rodger's comparative view of other navies - French, Dutch, Spanish, and American - allows him to make a fresh assessment of the qualities of the British."--BOOK JACKET.

The Safeguard of the Sea

The Safeguard of the Sea
Author: N. A. M. Rodger
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1997
Genre: Great Britain
ISBN:

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Future Sea

Future Sea
Author: Deborah Rowan Wright
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2020-10-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 022654270X

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A counterintuitive and compelling argument that existing laws already protect the entirety of our oceans—and a call to understand and enforce those protections. The world’s oceans face multiple threats: the effects of climate change, pollution, overfishing, plastic waste, and more. Confronted with the immensity of these challenges and of the oceans themselves, we might wonder what more can be done to stop their decline and better protect the sea and marine life. Such widespread environmental threats call for a simple but significant shift in reasoning to bring about long-overdue, elemental change in the way we use ocean resources. In Future Sea, ocean advocate and marine-policy researcher Deborah Rowan Wright provides the tools for that shift. Questioning the underlying philosophy of established ocean conservation approaches, Rowan Wright lays out a radical alternative: a bold and far-reaching strategy of 100 percent ocean protection that would put an end to destructive industrial activities, better safeguard marine biodiversity, and enable ocean wildlife to return and thrive along coasts and in seas around the globe. Future Sea is essentially concerned with the solutions and not the problems. Rowan Wright shines a light on existing international laws intended to keep marine environments safe that could underpin this new strategy. She gathers inspiring stories of communities and countries using ocean resources wisely, as well as of successful conservation projects, to build up a cautiously optimistic picture of the future for our oceans—counteracting all-too-prevalent reports of doom and gloom. A passionate, sweeping, and personal account, Future Sea not only argues for systemic change in how we manage what we do in the sea but also describes steps that anyone, from children to political leaders (or indeed, any reader of the book), can take toward safeguarding the oceans and their extraordinary wildlife.

A Naval History of Britain

A Naval History of Britain
Author: Nicholas A. M. Rodger
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1998
Genre:
ISBN: 9780393045796

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The Price of Victory

The Price of Victory
Author: N. A. M. Rodger
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019
Genre:
ISBN: 9780140288971

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Empire of the Deep

Empire of the Deep
Author: Ben Wilson
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 670
Release: 2013-07-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0297864092

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The bestselling complete history of the British Navy - our national story through a different prism. The story of our navy is nothing less than the story of Britain, our culture and our empire. Much more than a parade of admirals and their battles, this is the story of how an insignificant island nation conquered the world's oceans to become its greatest trading empire. Yet, as Ben Wilson shows, there was nothing inevitable about this rise to maritime domination, nor was it ever an easy path. EMPIRE OF THE DEEP: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH NAVY also reveals how our naval history has shaped us in more subtle and surprising ways - our language, culture, politics and national character all owe a great debt to this conquest of the seas. This is a gripping, fresh take on our national story.

The Insatiable Earl

The Insatiable Earl
Author: N. A. M. Rodger
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1993
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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Ship of Magic

Ship of Magic
Author: Robin Hobb
Publisher: Spectra
Total Pages: 834
Release: 2003-12-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0553900250

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The first book in a seafaring fantasy trilogy that George R. R. Martin has described as “even better than the Farseer Trilogy—I didn’t think that was possible.” Bingtown is a hub of exotic trade and home to a merchant nobility famed for its liveships—rare vessels carved from wizardwood, which ripens magically into sentient awareness. Now the fortunes of one of Bingtown’s oldest families rest on the newly awakened liveship Vivacia. For Althea Vestrit, the ship is her rightful legacy. For Althea’s young nephew, wrenched from his religious studies and forced to serve aboard the Vivacia, the ship is a life sentence. But the fate of the ship—and the Vestrits—may ultimately lie in the hands of an outsider: the ruthless buccaneer captain Kennit, who plans to seize power over the Pirate Isles by capturing a liveship and bending it to his will. Don’t miss the magic of the Liveship Traders Trilogy: SHIP OF MAGIC • MAD SHIP • SHIP OF DESTINY