The Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Nord

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Ivan P. Cooper. Arming the Warship: Naval Weapons Technology and Gunnery from the Spanish Armada to the Cold War Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing, www.mcfarlandbooks.com, 2024.  ? pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. US $49.95, paper; ISBN 978-1-4766-9499-3.  (E-book available.)   

Stan Grayson. Boat Crazy: The Collected Wooden Boat Stories of Stan Grayson. Lanham, MD. Rowman & Littlefield, www.globepeyquot.org, 2024. 272 pp., illustrations, tables. US $29.95, UK £25.00, cloth; ISBN 978-1-4930-7897-4. (E-book available.), illustrations, bibliography, index.US $20.00, CDN $27.00, paper; ISBN 978-1-47285-933-4. 

Timothy Heck, B. A. Friedman, and Walker D. Mills, eds. On Contested Shores: The Evolving Role of Amphibious Operations in the History of Warfare volume 2, Quantico Virginia: Marine Corps University Press, WWW.USMCU.EDU/MCUPRESS, 2024, 365 pp. ISBN, 979-8-9862595-8-1

Jeremy Land. Colonial Ports, Global Trade, and the Roots of the American Revolution (1700–1776). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, www.brill.com, 2023. US $134.00, cloth; ISBN; 978-90-04-54269-3. ( E-book available.)   

Brian Lane Herder. D-Day Fleet 1944, American Sector The US Navy's Western Task Force  Oxford, UK:  Osprey Publishing, www.bloomsbury.org, 2024. 80 pp., illustrations, maps, tables, appendices, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. CDN $31.00, cloth; ISBN 99781472863621. (E-book available.)   

E.R. Hooton. Franco's Pirates Naval Aspects of the Spanish Civil War 1936–39 Philadelphia, PA: Casemate Publishers, www.casematepublishers.com, 2024. xiv+256 pp., illustration (ns, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. US $37.95,  cloth; ISBN 9781636242750. (E-book available.)   

Angus Konstam. The Convoy HG-76: Taking the Fight to Hitler's U-boats Oxford, UK:  Osprey Publishing, www.bloomsbury.org, 2023. 320 pp., illustrations, maps, tables, appendices, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. US $47.00, cloth;  ISBN 9781472857682. (E-book available.)  

Mark Lardas. (Illustrated by Edouard A. Groult) US Navy Pacific Fleet 1941.  America’s mighty last battleship fleet. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, www.ospreypublishing.com, 2024. 80 pp., illustrations, tables, bibliography, index. UK £15.99, US $23.00, CDN $31.00, paper; ISBN 978-1-4728-5950-1.

Thomas N. Layton and James P. Delagdo. Wreck Divers and Archaeologists: A History of Maritime Archaeology in California Germantown MD, Society for Historical Archeology, 2024, 409 pp. 26,99$ 978-1-957402. 

David R. Leick.  USS Princeton. The Life and Loss of “Sweet P” Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, www.ospreypublishing.co.uk, 2024. 304 pp., illustrations, etc. CDN $47.00 US $35, UK 25, cloth; ISBN 978-1-47286-858-9. (E-book, pdf available)  

Peter Luebke, ed. Foreword by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. The U.S. Navy and Innovation. Twentieth-Century Case Studies. Washington, DC: US Naval History & Heritage Command, www.history.navy.mil/research/publications, 2024.  158 pp.,  illustrations, etc.  ISBN 978-1-943604-91-3. 

Evan Mawdsley. Also Available: Supremacy at Sea Task Force 58 and the Central Pacific Victory New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, www.yalebooks.co.edu, 2024. 544 pp., illustrations, maps, tables, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. US $30.00, cloth; ISBN 99780300255454.  

Tara Moss and Rebecca Love. Nantucket : The Ultimate Playground Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, https://schifferbooks.com/ 9780764364761 $50. Size: 9.0in x 9.0in; Pages: 272, 265 color and b/w photos Binding: Hardback.  

Colin Partridge, Jean de Préneuf and Andrew Lambert. The Channel Islands in Anglo-French Relations, 1689-1918, Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, www.boydellandbrewer.com, 9781783276554 January 2024  £95.00 / $130.00  

Gary L. Pinkerton. Paper Diver. How the World’s Greatest Underwater Treasure Hunter Never Got Wet.  Jefferson, NC:  McFarland & Co. Inc., www.mcfarlandpub.com, 2024. vii+255 pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. US $39.95, paper; ISBN 978-1-4766-9402-3. (E-book available.) 

John A Rodgaard & Judith Pearson. The Trafalgar Chronicle. Dedicated to Naval History in the Nelson Era. New Series 9 Barnsley, S. Yorks: Seaforth Publishing, www.seaforthpublishing.co.uk, 2024. 208 pp., illustrations, etc. UK £20.00, cloth; ISBN, 9781399078085  

Rod Scher. Ship of Lost Souls: The Tragic Wreck of the Steamship Valencia. Lyon Press, 2024. Essex, CT: Lyons Press, www.lyonspress.com, 2023.  256 pp,, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $32.95, 978-1493081356.   

Ray Solly. BP SHIPPING PICTORIAL:The Golden Years 1945-1975.  Caithness, Scotland: Whittles Publishing, www.whittlespublishing.com, 2023.  viii+148 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index.  UK £18.99, paper; ISBN 978-1-84995-474-7. 

Mark Stille. Midway. The Pacific War’s most Famous Battle. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, www.ospreypublishing.com, 2024.  400 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index. UK £25, US $35, CDN $47.00 paper; ISBN 978-1-4728-6206-8.

Richard Stone. Bristol and the Birth of the Atlantic Economy, 1500-1700, Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, www.boydellandbrewer.com, 9781837650538 June 2024£80.00 / $110.00. 

Shelley Wachsmann, Late Bronze-Age Metal Artifacts off Hahotrim, Israel. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, www.tamupress.com, Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series, 2024. 978-1-64843-212-5. Hardcover (Printed Case) 8.5 x 11 x 0 in 186 pp. 22 color, 67 b&w photos. 77 line art. 12 maps. 4 appendixes. Glossary. Bib. Index. US $70.00. 

Brian E. Walter. Blue Water War Maritime Struggle in the Mediterranean and Middle East, 1940–1945 Philadelphia, PA: Casemate Publishers, www.casematepublishers.com, 2022. xiv+352 pp., illustration (ns, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. US $39.95, cloth; ISBN 9781636241081 (E-book available.)