The team of professionals, who prepared the subject publication, presents one of the most comprehensive works dedicated to the American maritime history of all those available today. The timeframe covered by the authors spans from the pre-Columbus times and includes all the periods up to now.

The text of the volume tells a story of the United States, affecting all of us in so many interesting and sometimes even surprising ways, and providing so many good explanations of the American people and nation as a whole. The work was thoroughly reviewed by the most prominent experts in the field, who have all appreciated the amount of the useful and perfectly structures information it contains, as well as the reader friendliness.

The authors presented a tale of the earliest fishermen and navy sailors, traders and explorers who together made the maritime history of America. The text is written beautifully and fascinating. In fact, the volume is considered essential publication fort any library. You will also like the numerous photographs and colored maps included to make the process of reading even more interesting. Make sure that you have a copy and go through if you are really interested in the history.

The present publication belongs to the world popular and famous Reeds series. The content of the volume is covering the essential concepts of the theoretical maritime physics science underpinning the basic principles of the electromagnetic wave, and same is discussed in the numerous relevant training courses, including the merchant and naval marine engineering.

That is why it is critically important for the maritime users to possess a good knowledge of the concepts on which the contemporary marine communication devices and sensors work. It shall be noted that the subject knowledge forms an integral part of the merchant navy requirements as per the relevant sections of the STCW convention.

This compact volume is intended to provide some introductory information presented in a very clear and easy-to-understand manner making is the best choice for the trainees with the English being non-native language. The authors have presented a truly comprehensive yet quite concise study of the fundamental principles, providing readers with the necessary background before they proceed to studying the subject further, since it will greatly contribute in their technical knowledge and preparation.

Nowadays, the maritime domain taken together with the sustainable energy is deservedly considered as the two major aspects, shaping the future of the mankind. Even though the maritime domain, mentioned above, is linked to the SES, standing for the sustainable energy securities, there are many areas that are traditionally discussed separately.

The idea of the author of this volume is to fill in the existing gap and present the integral view of the maritime dimension in the sustainable energy security. The publication covers the variety of different topics including the energy supply chains and protection of the supply lines, energy trade and markets, global system and many others.

The author has also concentrated on the energy resources available offshore, with the emphasis placed on both hydrocarbons widely developed today, and the marine renewable energy, gaining momentum. You will get to know how the reduction in the emission affects the maritime industry.

Although the title is aimed at the general reader, it will be useful for the students in any disciplines connected with the energy systems, sustainability, management etc., allowing them to get better understanding of the SES and maritime dimension, as well as their connection.

We dare say, this is one of the best publications ever released on the subject of the ship model making and this is for sure a wonderful choice for all people interested in ship modeling. The author provides even more information than one would actually need on the ships, starting from the construction and up to the salvage including absolutely everything that is in between.

The text is perfectly written and very reader friendly, and is supplemented with the numerous prints and informative drawings, that would be appreciated by the modelers. The details provided by the author are actually quite hard to find in the other volumes of this kind, that is why it is recommended to have a copy of this book.

The exploded views are just brilliant and so helpful since they provide additional view and information. Having gone through the content of this volume, you will be able to start building the ship models featuring the historical accuracy which, in turn, required knowledge of the historical details, and all of them can be found readily available in the pages of this book. Make sure you have got your copy of it, take your time reading it, get prepared, and start – you will not regret getting into this.

The content of this brilliant publication by John Terry is intended to reveal to the readers how a boat will react to the different conditions of the water and wind and, moreover, why the boat will do so. The author will make the readers understand why and how this knowledge will benefit the crew of the boat.

As such, the book will be useful not only for the newcomers but also for the professional sailors as there is always something new to learn or just to refresh the knowledge. It is possible to maximize the performance of any craft and the abilities of any seaman grasping the details of the interactions between the boat, including her sails arrangements and the hull, and the natural forces.

The present volume will explain and show how this interaction takes place, and will recommend the particular sailing techniques for each case. The author applied the new approach to presenting the material, and supplemented it with the numerous step-by-step images illustrating the process; moreover, the volume features rare and interesting photos and selected artwork. According to the readers’ reviews, the sailing essentials have never been explained in such an intelligent and accessible manner.

An excellent title for the industry readers; its content is addressing all of the covered topics in a practical manner  making the publication one of the best available ones for the people dealing with the integrated navigation solutions. With the information compiled and presented by the world recognized and respected authorities, the present release of this popular work will provide the practicing engineers as well as computer scientists and all other categories of interested readers with a required working familiarity of both theoretical basics and modern practical applications of the GNSS, INS and Kalman filters.

The authors have been focusing on the real life problems with the main emphasis being placed on the effective utilization of the contemporary integration techniques for the above listed systems, particularly Kalman filtering. The authors have explored the commonly occurring failures and various subtleties, together with the inherent theoretical limitations applying to the real situations, and also covered many practical problems including GBAS, SBAS, GNN-aided INS, modeling of the accelerometers and gyros etc.

The book contains all updates to the GNSS and other relevant systems being under development, features expanded coverage of the fundamental design principles for antenna and receiver, inertial navigation, math models and so many other topics.

We could all witness the significant progress which took place in the technology of the hydrodynamic modeling and also systems controlling the motion of the marine crafts. The present survey is aimed to include the latest instruments to be used for the design and analysis of the advanced systems of guidance, navigation and also control.

Thor Fossen, the author of this title, has presented lost of valuable materials on both surface and underwater vehicles. Each of the chapters contains the real life case studies and applications providing readers with a very good practical understanding of the design of various control systems.

Among the key features of the present volume we would note a three-part structure that covers the modeling of marine crafts, navigation, guidance and control systems, and finally the appendices - such approach provides all supporting theoretical information in a single volume; we would also mark a coverage of the contemporary methods for the feedback control, numerical methods, and linear/non-linear stability theory, guidance systems, Kalman filtering, navigation systems and so many others. The readers who have already tried this book also mention the matrix mathematics used to build to the comprehensive solutions. In short, one of the best handbooks addressing the subject.

This publication would be recommended to anyone whose working activities imply dealing with the pumping arrangements. The publication covers different types of pumps used in the industry and provides comprehensive and understandable explanations of their working principles and construction. This is a very valuable textbook and reference source giving an excellent general overview of pumping machinery and hydraulics.

The text has been supplemented by numerous informative diagrams, data tables and images included to be of help when explaining the theoretical basics of the pumps and their practical applications. And note that this book is the best choice for those who are willing to understand much more than just a simple pump curve - they fill find all the information they require in one single volume covering the components of the pumps and all technical aspects involved. The material presented in the book is remarkably detailed and technically correct making the book deservedly popular in the industry.

All information provided on the pumps is up-to-date and will benefit any worker involved in mechanical maintenance of the subject machinery. The reader will learn how to properly install and maintain all types of pumps, get the fundamental knowledge of the operating principles and application of the pumps in robotics and other new fields, find some useful installation and troubleshooting tips and all other information.