Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ships
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Author: Frans Gunnar Bengtsson
Author: Tng #57 The Forgotten War
Author: William ForstchenPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1471108171
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
The legendary Starfleet Captain Lucian Murat, a contemporary of Christopher Pike, disappeared in the course of a battle against the alien Tarn. Now, generations later, while Captain Jean-Luc Picard is conducting delicate diplomatic negotiations with the Tarn, the Enterprise discovers the descendants of Murat and his crew marooned on a desolate planet, still fighting a war that ended decades ago. The human castaways face destruction as the forgotten war builds to its catastrophic conclusion, but more is at stake than these precious lives alone. Planetside, and cut off from communication with the Enterprise, Commander Riker becomes entangled with the Federation refugees and their desperate struggle, and any action he takes could break the present ceasefire. Tarn observers face the same dilemma - but some feel the Tarn would welcome a renewal of hostilities. Unless Picard can find a solution, a lost hero's legacy may ignite a new era of interstellar war!
Author: The Evolution and Significance of the Powered Bulk Carrier
Author: Roy FentonPublisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1837646554
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The book is the first to detail the 170-year evolution of the powered bulk carriers which continue to have a major role in the world’s trades and economies. Their design and technological development is traced from the screw colliers of the 1850s which revolutionised the British coastal coal trade. The same engineering principles were applied to produce ocean-going steam and later motor tramps. By the end of the 19th century, the capabilities and economies of these ‘black freighters’ had captured from the sailing ship much of the world’s trade in bulk commodities. In the second half of the 20th century, the tramps in turn evolved into multi-purpose, dry bulk carriers. These workhorses of the sea transport commodities including metallic ores, grain, coal, timber and other minerals. Quantities of up to 400,000 tons are carried in the largest, specialised ore carriers. In a parallel development, applying the same technical principles produced smaller yet efficient steam and later motor coasters which came to dominate short sea shipping. The book concludes with a discussion of how the economies of transportation provided by bulk carriers have had profound effects on industrialisation, globalisation and the world’s economy, and discusses the environmental impact of these ships.
Author: Alan Obin
Author: Brett MilanoShips in Focus Record 60
Author: Ships in Focus PublicationsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780992826338
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Contents: South West Scenes: 5 -- Par & Charlestown; Fleet in Focus: Southern Railway Ships (2); Bank Line: The Final Years; Putting the Record Straight; Publishers' Pick; Instone: Coal & Ships & Planes; Belgia / Empire Bell of 1930; Sources & Acknowledgements; Bosun's Locker; Putting the Record Straight (2); Index to 'Record' 57 to 60.
Keeping Record
Author: Abigail S ArmstrongPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111323668
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The production and retention of written records was a common and important facet of pre-modern rulership and administration. Much of our understanding of governmental practices and expressions of authority come from the contents of such documents, which have been well studied. Less studied, however, are the records themselves as artefacts. This volume is an attempt to redress this balance by taking a more holistic, material approach to a range of written records. Through a series of case studies, this volume explores questions regarding the material characteristics of various records and their use. It demonstrates that the material features of the records, including the size and shape, the hands that wrote them and the material substrate, can shed new light on the functioning of government and the declarations of power these records asserted. The ten contributions of this volume focus on records from a variety of rulers, political systems and administrations. With four case studies from early China and six from medieval Europe, this volume offers transcultural perspectives to demonstrate how different cultures expressed rulership and administration materially through the use of text-bearing artefacts.
