This book tells us the very interesting story of a cruise voyage abord the MS Oosterdam of Holland America Lines. The vessel departed Sydney port and made some stops on the way at Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia. It took six days to complete the journey and five more days were spent on the beautiful islands of the Pacific Ocean. In fact, reading this story is almost same thing as being there. You will enjoy it...

I was travelling with my partner and travelling companion, Jill. This was our 13th cruise and our fourth cruise amongst the Pacific islands. As the previous Pacific cruises took place between 2003 and 2007, we were keen to get an update of these exciting destinations. We joined the cruise at the last minute as our friends and social club members were making up a travel group and had managed to negotiate a good deal for the group.

We’d found from experience that travelling with a group can add an additional layer of fun and enjoyment to the cruise. There were 34 members of the Probus Club of Breakfast Point in our party. Breakfast Point is a residential community located on a picturesque 53 acres on the Parramatta River some 30 minutes ferry ride from downtown Sydney.

The excellent book which will be very interesting for everyone who spend the time on board yachts and boats. The whole process of preparing food on small boats is considered much more demanding than any other type of cooking. It can even be compared to a very complex gourmet projects. Taking into account that the conditions on board are really Spartan, the provisions are scarce, and that kitchenware is of very limited choice, it really requires the cook to be very skillful.

This book will show some very useful tips which can easily be used by persons making their first steps in cooking while sailing. The readers who have had a look in this publication treat it not only as a snooty cookbook but more a great collection of the truly delicious recipes, and they are all thankful to the author of the book for making such an excellent and authentic experience. The book shall be highly recommended to all sea lovers, particularly westerners, who are missing their Balkan homelands as well as the culture and food of that geographical region. A perfectly done volume...

This publication has been specifically designed and published to teach the English language of both discussion and conversation. The author has tried to make a prediction of the words and frequently used phrases required for the students of English to effectively participate in the conversations. That is why this book should definitely be considered the perfect training material to be used for conversation courses.

The publication is a genuine treasure trove of very useful expressions that all students would better have in their vocabulary to speak fluently. The way material is presented in the book makes the learning process very enjoyable for the students. The authors of the book have applied a so-called "lexical phrase" approach. The units that are contained in this volume are quite simple and provide a wide range of commonly used expressions that students will have to learn and memorize. Among the skills that have been covered within this publication there are expressing opinions, responding to people with sympathy and disagreeing with someone, back-channeling and others.

There are some practical exercises supplementing the theory given in each of the units. The teachers who have used this book during the teaching process have already found this volume very useful and practical and consider this book a truly great grammatical resource.

All seafarers are well aware of the importance of quick and appropriate responses to the changing conditions experienced at sea. The maritime operators realize how important it is to adopt subject changes to keep their enterprises competitive. Nowadays, the biggest and most significant change that the maritime industry faces is technology.

In the past it was enough just to have the communication system installed on board the vessel for the occasional calls or electronic mailing plus to use it in the cases of emergency, today having a 24*7 broadband connectivity is considered a real business necessity  in order to operate the ships in the efficient and effective manner. Affordable connectivity that links the vessel at sea to the shore is providing the required ability to the leverage of the efficiency of the workforce networked globally.

The huge amount of the information that comes to the mariners today, and particularly to the senior ship officers, is overwhelming. Sometimes the people working on the vessel think that it is not actually required to be fully aware of all that information, however it shall be imperative to know where the subject information can be found in case of necessity. Obviously, the optimal and best way to access this information and process it will be through the fast and reliable connectivity...

The original intention of the author of this publication was to provide readers with basic technical knowledge allowing them to understand the construction and working principles of the compressors, namely of the dynamic and positive displacement types.

He managed to address all technical aspects of their operation and performance. People who spend some of their time going through the pages of this book, will for sure learn nearly everything they may need to know and will be able to select and operate these compressors safely and effectively - they will also have the idea of correct troubleshooting in case of necessity. The readers will know how to communicate with the peers, manufacturers, and sales personnel. Several selected real life case studies have been included by the author to supplement the theory. This publication demonstrates the investigative methods that are used to identify and subsequently isolate various causes, e.g. operating errors, design deficiencies, changes of the machinery process, environmental conditions, manufacturing defects etc.

Improving such skills will definitely help workers to return to their workplaces and do their job even more effectively. Compressors form very important part of the machinery on board; that is why their installation and operation, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair should be performed at the highest level possible, to avoid any sort of technical problems that may be encountered.

The present latest edition of the Guide is a truly great one for beginners; it has been developed for anyone having some basic understanding of electronics concepts and wishing to get some more better understanding of the operation of various electrical components. It shall be noted that this publication has served as a classic text for the electronics enthusiasts for more than thirty years and, at the same time, remains actual and useful even today.

This release has been thoroughly revised and updated to make sure that all today's technological developments have been taken into account. The information in the book covers nearly all aspects of electronics and is presented in a very easy-to-understand and user-friendly manner. According to the reviews, this is one of the best electronics books available at the market today.

The learning material has been presented in a very understandable manner. there are so many lab exercises and studies for better understanding of the theory. It shall definitely be treated as the all-in-one reference source providing an excellent overview of electronics that people can easily understand without any further instruction. The main focus has been made on discrete electronics; the operational amplifiers have also been covered.

This book has been deservedly found to be a must-have one for all project managers as well as the commissioning managers together with all people willing to reach these positions. The main emphasis has been placed by the author on the areas with the greatest influence when the project is in FEED, standing for the front end engineering design phase, providing the structure to the activities that the commissioning managers shall see executed at each phase of the project life-cycle and also suggesting some of the KPIs, standing for the key performance indicators related to the commissioning managers.

The authors of the volume have managed to reach the declared goals taking the subject objectively, looking not only from the owner's or contractor's perspectives. Overall, the present book shall be treated as the excellent source embracing the whole subject not tackled in any of the previously published works. The combined efforts of the authors have eventually resulted in this good practical handbook covering the methodology as well as the process and technical details of the chemical and process plant commissioning. The information contained in this book together with the presentation scheme and technical data make this volume unique and very popular.

The book by Clark Reynolds, is seeking to discover the constants and strategic alternatives that commonly govern the empires and their navies throughout a whole human history by means of raising the hypotheses for their testing by the historical examinations and future actions.

The author has therefore conducted the examination of the natural factors, for example topography and geography, together with the different important economic and political aspects of building the empires, touching the intellectual and even cultural manifestations, technologies and the matters of tactical evolution.

Combined together, all above mentioned elements are defining the concept of the sea power in the XIII century A.D. and in the XX century B.C. The present publication consists of seven major parts covering the command of the sea and different alternatives, oceanic age and early Thalassocracies, total wars era, and other aspects.

In addition to the text, this document includes a set of maps of the Mediterranean region, American Sea Lanes, the Ancient World in general, Asian periphery etc. The bibliography section lists the general sources of information used when preparing this book. A definitely recommended book to have a serious look.