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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Shipwrecks of the Solent
£15.99
Jones reveals the stories behind the shipping disasters in the Solent.
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.
Allied Convoys to Northern Russia, 1941–1945 : Politics, Strategy and Tactics
£22.50
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
£18.00
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
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.
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.
Short Story, Verse, Commentary
£9.99
Poetry. Entertaining and horizon-expanding short stories, poems and observations.
Britain’s Last Invasion
£19.99
The Battle of Fishguard 1797
From Hunter to Hunted
£19.99
From Hunter to Hunted : The U-Boat in the Atlantic, 1939-1943
No Earthly Pole
£25.00
The Search for the Truth about the Franklin Expedition 1845.
From Oceans to Embassies : A Personal Memoir by Gillian Angrave
£11.99
Youngsters in the market for a little career inspiration should look no further than From Oceans to Embassies for its depiction of a rich and varied life at sea with a seamless transition to shore. Gillian charts the course her life has taken with the help of more than 200 stunning photographs.
A Wife on the Ocean Wave
£4.99
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They Once Were Shipbuilders: Leith-Built Ships, Volume 1
£16.99
Author R. O. Neish Published April 2020
The Trafalgar Chronicle: New Series 4
£20.00
Dedicated to Naval History in the Nelson Era: New Series 4
Coast Lines Limited 1913-1975
£16.00
This comprehensive company history will have a niche audience, but promises rich rewards for connoisseurs of British coastal shipping. As the introductory sections explain, Coast Lines Limited 1913-1975 is the last in a series of four books exploring the companies that would eventually form Coast Lines – ‘the largest and most successful coastal shipping company of the 20th century’.
South Wales Tugs – the Return Voyage
£9.95
Andrew Wiltshire’s 2018 volume South Wales Tugs in Colour took the reader on a journey down the Bristol Channel from Newport to Swansea, and now we’re heading back up again with another quirky picture book.
Calmac Ships in the 1970s – the Clyde and West Coast
£15.99
David Christie has been a fan of Caledonian MacBrayne’s characterful ferries since he was a child, and in this nostalgic book, he takes us back to the 1970s by sharing his own photos taken on family holidays and days out in Scotland.
River Thames Shipping Since 2000: Cargo Shipping
£14.99
This book takes a look at the varying commercial shipping that has worked on the Thames since 2000. Nautilus Telegraph's Book of the Month for April 2020.
River Thames Shipping Since 2000: Passenger Ships, Ferries, Heritage Shipping and More
£14.99
This book features passenger craft such as cruise ships, ferries and heritage shipping that have worked on the Thames since 2000, and is a companion volume to the author's book on cargo shipping. Nautilus Telegraph's Book of the Month for April 2020.