The Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Nord

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Robert J. Antony, Outlaws of the Sea. Maritime Piracy in Modern China, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, www.press.uchicago.edu, 2024. 268 pp., illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index. US $65.00, cloth; ISBN 9789888876778. (E-book available.)

Tyler R. Bamford and Richard A. Hulver, eds. Best Beloved. The Wartime Letters of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to his Wife, Catherine. Washington, CD: Naval History and Heritage Command, www.history.navy.mil, 2024.  vii+219 pp.,  illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography.  Free download,  paper; ISBN 978-1-943604-92-0. (E-book available.) 

David Doyle, USS Arizona (BB-39): From Keel Laying to Pearl Harbor Memorial, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, https://www.schiffermilitary.com/ 2025. 144 pp., 310 color and b/w photos  US $24.99, hardback. ISBN 9780764368868. 

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.) 

Thomas J. Cutler & Edward J. Marolda (eds.). The Brown Water War at 50: A Retrospective on the Coastal and Riverine Conflict in Vietnam. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2023. 272 pp. Illus. Photos. Maps. Index. $34.95; ISBN 978-1557507839. 

Agustín Daniel Desiderato. The Argentine Navy and the First World War, 1914-1928. Defence and Maritime Interests  Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Publications, www.springer.com, 2024. 237 pp.,  illustrations, notes, tables, appendices, bibliography, index. US $159.99, cloth;  ISBN 978-3-031-67651-2. (E-book (PDF) Only) 

Bruce A. Elleman, The ABCs of Cold War History. Anglo-America, Bloc Sovietique and China, 1919-1994. New York: First Hill Books. 2025. 83 pp, US$ 25.21. ISBN, 978-1-83999-227-8.  

Richard V. Elliott and Edited by Linda D. Elliott. The Boats of Summer, Volume 1 : New York Harbor and Hudson River Day Passenger and Excursion Vessels of the Nineteenth Century Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, https://www.schiffermilitary.com/ 2024. 304 pp., illustrations, etc.  US $59.99, hardback. ISBN 9780764367403. 

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.) 

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 

Natacha Klein Käfer, Privacy at Sea: Practices, Spaces and Communication in Maritime History Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Publications, www.springer.com, 2024. 237 pp.,  illustrations, notes, tables, appendices, bibliography, index. US $159.99, cloth;  ISBN 978-3-031-67651-2. (E-book (PDF) Only) 

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. (Free Digital Download https://www.history.navy.mil/research/publications/publications-by-subject/logistics/ ) 

DaNiel C. Marvin. Francis H. Leggett: Unravelling the Mystery Behind Oregon’s Worst Maritime Disaster Astoria Oergon, Samandi Publishing, www.samandi.net, ISBN 979-8-218-47828-5, 53 pp.  

Tara Moss and Rebecca Love. Nantucket : The Ultimate Playground Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, https://schifferbooks.com/ 9780764364761 $50. Size: 9.0in x 9.0in; 272 pp, 26 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.) 

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.  

Jonathan Rayner, Screening the Fleet: The Royal Navy on Television 1973–2023 Leed, Sheffield and York: White Rose University Press, White Rose University Press, 2025, 278 pp, 978-1-912482-41-2. E-Book available (priority for digital version) 

Jennifer N. Sellitti. The Adriatic Affair : A Maritime Hit-and-Run off the Coast of Nantucket Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, https://www.schiffermilitary.com/ 2025. 408 pp., 75 illustrations, etc.  US $34.99, hardback. ISBN 978-0-76436-795-3.   

Thomas L. Snyder, M.D. Mare Island Naval Hospital. A History, 1864-1957. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, www.mcfarlandbooks.com, 2025. 216 p.p., illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.  US $39.95, paper; ISBN 978-14766-97383.  (E-book available.)  

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. (Illustrated by Adam Tooby) Midway-Class Aircraft Carriers 1945-92. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, www.ospreypublishing.com, 2024.  96 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index. UK £12.99, US $20, CDN $27.00paper; ISBN 978-1-4728-6048-4. 

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. 

Randall Sullivan, Graveyard of the Pacific, Shipwreck and Survival on America’s Deadliest Waterway, Grove Atlantic.  978-0-8021-6337-0, 272 pp, 2024 Paperback, 5.5" x 8.25", US$18. 

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.  

Lewis Wade, Privilege, Economy and State in Old Regime France: Marine Insurance, War and the Atlantic Empire under Louis XIV Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, www.boydellandbrewer.com, 2023. 376 pp., illustrations, maps, graphs, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. UK £95.00, US £28.99  / $38.95; cloth; ISBN 978-1-83765-021-7. (E-book available.) 

Robert F. Weir, Edited by Andrew W. German. The Watch’s Wild Cry. A Voyage Aboard the Whaling Vessel Clara Bell Lyon Press, 2024. Essex, CT: Lyons Press, www.lyonspress.com, 2023.  256 pp,, illustrations, photos, notes, bibliography, index. $28.95, 978-1-493081042.