Crambe maritima
A traditional early crop, once widely grown and only available direct from the garden. The plants are native maritime relatives of the cabbage, and are forced to blanch the tender young stems, which have a unique mild flavour. This is usually ... [... more]
BBC |
America's Lighthouses 2009 Wall Calendar
 America's Lighthouses Wall Calendar: America's lighthouses reflect a host of architectural styles, just as their settings reveal the wide-ranging landscapes of America's vast coastline. This calendar explores the history of 12 beacons and the role each [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
Lighthouses 2009 Mini Wall Calendar
Lighthouses Mini Wall Calendar: Overlooking the wild, capricious sea, lighthouses have helped countless ships to safety. Although many have now been decommissioned, and almost all are completely automated and require no watchman, these beacons remain an [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
Gulf Coast Lighthouses 2009 Wall Calendar
Gulf Coast Lighthouses Wall Calendar: The southeastern region of the United States depends on the Gulf of Mexico for maritime trade and travel. Lighthouses in this region must withstand turbulent weather like hurricanes and storm surges that are common [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
Atlantic Coast Lighthouses 2009 Wall Calendar
Atlantic Coast Lighthouses Wall Calendar: Atlantic Coast lighthouses are a wonderful depository of the very rich maritime history of the United States. This Atlantic Coast Lighthouses calendar celebrates some of the shining sentinels that have kept a [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
Lighthouses of Canada 2009 Wall Calendar
Lighthouses of Canada Wall Calendar: These beacons stand proudly along the Canadian coast and are repositories of maritime history and tradition. The first Canadian lighthouse, or rather the first to be built on what is today Canadian territory, was [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
Lighthouse Lovers 2009 Wall Calendar
Lighthouse Lovers Wall Calendar: In classic lighthouse calendars, we see the lighthouse how a sailor or a sightseer would. The structures sit picturesque on the shore, with crashing waves and a ragged coastline. They’re absolutely stunning, because the [... more]
Calendar Club CA |
Eric Scigliano
Eric Scigliano, currently an editor at Seattle Metropolitan magazine, has reported on maritime and environmental issues for more than 20 years. His books include Puget Sound, Michelangelo's Mountain, and Love, War and Circuses. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Andrew Lambert
Andrew Lambert is professor of naval history at King's College, London, and vice-president for the British Commission for Maritime History. His publications include [... more]
Harper Collins |
Derek Varble
In July 1956 Egyptian President Gamal Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, causing immediate concern to Britain and France. They already opposed Nasser and were worried at the threat to maritime traffic in the Canal. This book traces the course of ... [... more]
Random House |
David Cordingly
For this rousing, revisionist history, the former head of exhibitions at England's National Maritime Museum has combed original documents and records to produce a most authoritative and definitive account of piracy's "Golden Age." As he [... more]
Random House |
Nigel Bagnall
The three Punic Wars lasted over 100 years, between 264 BC and 146 BC. They represented a struggle for supremacy in the Mediterranean between the bludgeoning land power of Rome, bent on imperial conquest, and the great maritime power of Carthage ... [... more]
Random House |
