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Nautilus Bookshop
Welcome to the Nautilus Bookshop – a collection of great reads to enjoy at sea and ashore. A partnership between Marine Society and Nautilus International, the bookshop stocks recent releases on a range of maritime topics, including ship histories, seafarer memoirs, studies of the Merchant Navy in wartime and even the occasional nautical novel.
The Book of the Month will feature a special discount during its respective month. All the books here have been reviewed in the Nautilus Telegraph, and new titles are added each month.
If you have a recently-published maritime book that you would like the Nautilus Telegraph to consider for review, please email: telegraph@nautilusint.org
Featured products
Pulling Together: The Making of a Global Maritime Trade Union
£19.99
The Book of the Month January 2024. This in-depth history will be of great interest to anyone with an interest in maritime or trade union history. The history of Nautilus is also of relevance to all unions organising in an increasingly globalised and unstable labour market. Ilustrated with 50b/w and 20 colour photos.
200 Years of Lifesaving at Sea
£14.99
The Book of the month June 2024. With over 100 fascinating images from Mirrorpix, one of the world’s biggest photo libraries, 200 Years of Lifesaving at Sea is a testament to the brave folk who sailed and continue to sail towards danger, rather than away from it.
Deep Seas and Tall Ships: A 21st Century Seaman's Account of a Lifetime of Deep Ocean Voyages
£12.95
The author's story begins in 1946. His 25-year span of service in UK Tall Ships ended in 2015.
One Crew: The RNLI's Official 200-Year History
£22.99
In the 200 years since it was founded, the RNLI has saved more than 144,000 lives. The book of the Month June 2024.
RMS Queen Mary : The World's Favourite Liner
£40.00
This new and expanded edition has been completely revised and brought up to date to describe the ship's last twenty-five years, and it incorporates a wealth of new photography. Book of the Month August 2024
Sailing Through Life...
£18.99
Throughout the telling of Ardley’s tales, his story, sailing with family and friends, country walking and living life, he has maintained a normality.
Serving on the Big Ships : Life on the Liners
£31.50
It covers the last golden age of ocean liner travel, beginning in the 1950s and continuing into the 1970s and '80s. It reflects a pre-airline age-when passengers sailed from A to B, from port to port. Joint book of the month July 2024
Shipwrecks of the Solent
£15.99
Jones reveals the stories behind the shipping disasters in the Solent.
Tales from Great Passenger Ships : A Jaunt Through Time
£17.09
From the escapades of passengers and crew to terrible disasters, infamous controversies and thrilling rescues, author and former Queen Mary entertainment officer Paul Curtis takes a nostalgic voyage through the history of seagoing. Joint book of the month July 2024
The Pirate Menace : Uncovering the Golden Age of Piracy
£25.00
This new account explores the most notorious pirates in history and how their rise and fall can be traced back to a single pirate haven, Nassau. Angus Konstam, one of the world's leading pirate experts, has brought his 30 years of research to create the definitive book on the Golden Age of Piracy.
The Promise of Freedom for Slaves Escaping in British Ships: The Emancipation Revolution, 1740-1807
£25.00
Although Africans and African Americans have been left out of most accounts of the Revolutionary years, this book pieces together their emerging path toward freedom.
The Royal Navy and Fishery Protection: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present
£25.00
Containing many first-hand accounts, this thought-provoking narrative will be of particular interest to all those RN personnel who have served in the Squadron, and is set to become the definitive account of this vital but often unsung component of Britain's naval forces, and its impact on national life.
Essentials of Navigation: A Guide for Marine Navigation
£74.99
This book is written primarily for students majoring in navigation, and it may also be of interest to researchers and practitioners engaged in navigation.
The Millennium Maritime Trade Revolution, 700-1700: How Asia Lost Maritime Supremacy
£35.00
This book continues to demonstrate how maritime trade has been the key driver of the world's wealth-creation, economic and intellectual progress.
Sea-Time: An Ethnographic Adventure
£35.99
The Book of the month May 2024. It provides a vivid account that will appeal to academics interested in the study of work, workplace change and time. It is accessibly written and will be enjoyed by readers interested in the contemporary shipping industry, and the life and work of seafarers.
Bonnie Geordie : The Life of Tycoon Sir George Elliot
£22.99
George Elliot was a self-made Victorian entrepreneur who rose from humble beginnings as a pit boy in England's north-east to become one of the biggest coal owners in the world.
Short Story, Verse, Commentary
£9.99
Poetry. Entertaining and horizon-expanding short stories, poems and observations.
Ultimate Sailing Adventures : 100 Epic Experiences on the Water, 2nd Edition
£20.00
It is perfect for planning your next sailing adventure, or alternatively allows you to indulge in some armchair sailing in boats and places of your wildest dreams.
A History of Ship Launches and Their Ceremonies
£25.00
The evolution of this practice into today's tradition of breaking a bottle of wine against the bow of a ship before launch, still symbolising sacrifice, is explored as well as the now widely practised custom of inviting ladies to name and launch new ships.
Allied Convoys to Northern Russia, 1941–1945 : Politics, Strategy and Tactics
£25.00
Joint book of the Book of the Month April 2024. This carefully researched work providing an overview of the strategic factors dominating the costly yet war-winning Arctic convoy programme will be welcomed by experts and laymen alike.
Arctic Convoys : Bletchley Park and the War for the Seas
£20.00
Joint book of the Book of the Month April 2024. Between 1941 and 1945, more than eight hundred shiploads of supplies were delivered to the Soviet Union protected by allied naval forces. Each journey was a battle against the elements, with turbulent seas, extreme cold, and the constant dread of torpedoes
A True Account: Hannah Masury's Sojourn Amongst the Pirates
£16.99
The Book of the Month March 2024. A True Account tells the unforgettable, interleaved stories of two women in different worlds, both shattering the rules of their own society, both daring to risk everything to go forge their own adventure. 'A feast for the sea-loving senses.' - Sarah Penner, author of The Lost Apothecary
The Pilot Ladder Manual - 2nd Edition (2024)
£50.00
This publication details the rules, regulations and procedures that should be followed when preparing for pilot embarkation and disembarkation. It includes relevant excerpts from SOLAS regulations and IMO resolutions. The text is supported by explanatory photographs and diagrams that demonstrate good and bad practice. This second edition supersedes both the basic and advanced editions of Pilot Ladder Manual.
The First British Empire : Global Expansion in the Early Modern Age
£22.99
The Book of the month February 2024. The First British Empire is an authoritative, highly readable and substantial account of the origins, growth and transformation of the British Empire from its European beginnings until the aftermath of the American Revolution.