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William H. Miller
This collection of stories shows passenger liners, large and small as well as famous and obscure, through the eyes of officers & crew, with tales of the great Cunarders, P&O…
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William H. Miller, Jr.
Authoritative, profusely illustrated volume describes the ships’ debuts, amenities, rivalry, and contributions during WWII. Also covered: their grand royal successors: Queen Elizabeth 2 and Queen Mary 2. 189 photographs.
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The glamour age of ocean liner travel was the 1950s. Nothing could compete with the ocean liner and huge profits were made by the shipping lines. William H Miller tells…
The story of the world’s fastest passenger liner, from Blue Riband winning maiden voyage to abandonment in Philadelphia and her possible restoration as the most famous ocean liner of the…
The Canadian Pacific Line was one of the great Atlantic liner companies, sailing out of Liverpool on the St Lawrence route to Montreal and Quebec.
Once Britain’s largest shipping line, BISNC’s trade declined as aircraft took over from troopships. The author takes us through the transition from troopship to cruise ship.
A history of the Port of New York, one of the great ports of the world, told using colour photography.
An evocative guide to the New York docks in the days of ‘On the Waterfront’ by ‘Mr Ocean Liner’ William Miller.
Explores the story behind some of the great liners of the twentieth century.
2008 was a magical year for Cunard. For the first time, the line had three Queens in service; Queen Elizabeth 2, Queen Mary 2 and Queen Victoria. QE2 retired during…
A profusely illustrated history of the greatest Cunard Queens.
Bill Miller looks back nostalgically at the P&O and Orient Line vessels of the 1950s and 1960s.
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The story in words and pictures of the Floating Palaces, the transatlantic liners that were as much floating art as a means of transport.
There is a great parallel between the great ocean liners and the great skyscrapers-a fascinating comparison between these two categories of design, engineering and creative genius. Bill Miller here in…
An illustrated history of the Holland America Line and its postwar fleet.
William H Miller
This book explores the fascinating history of Kansas City, from its early days as a frontier town to its rise as one of America's largest metropolitan areas. Filled with rich…
In a society predicated on information, the media has a pervasive presence. From government policy to leisure television, the information age touches us all. This book includes a collection of…
An illustrated guide to the ships that carried the many millions of migrants from Europe to Ellis Island, New York.
Celebrating passenger ships in colour, large and small, from the 1940s onwards
Brings together a collection of images of noted maritime historians favourite Greek liners and tells of the history of the Greek fleets that made the world of cruising so exciting…
The story of the famous cruise ship the RMS Canberra, known to some as The Great White Whale.
There were the great Cunarders, of course, but then also the likes of Booth Line to the exotic Amazon, Royal Mail to Rio & Buenos Aires, Union Castle to South…
America produced some of the world’s finest, most interesting, advanced and innovative passenger ships, such as the brilliant SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever to sail the seas…
Beginning in 1912 with the four-funnel France, the nostalgic voyage continues with the great and grand transatlantic liners of the French Line, the CGT.
Conquest of the Atlantic: Cunard Liners of the 1950s and 1960s is the story of these great ships that are all still remembered with much fondness and of the life…
SS United States, the most advanced liner of her time captured the prized Blue Riband for transatlantic speed, brought glory to America, and enjoying success for a full decade. After…
The story of the great post-war era of liner travel across continents and companies from Cunard to P & O - from luxury liners to 100-berth transport ships.
Cruise ships visit ports around the world, and the ships are amenity-filled, moving resorts. But when did it all begin? This book looks at the evolution of cruising from the…
Every Thursday at 4 p.m. a Union Castle express liner left Southampton for the Cape. William H Miller tells the story of the post-war Union Castle ships.
The 1950s was a fascinating decade for the great liners. There were the likes of the Kungsholm and Oslofjord from Scandinavia, the French Flandre and a succession of new liners…
It is hard to think of the passenger liners from the golden era of Mediterranean cruising without also conjuring the nostalgic, dream-like vision of azure-blue waters, bright sunshine and swimming…
An unusual blend of cargo freight, holiday-making passengers and government officials, the combination cargo-passenger ship is an oddity now all but relegated to the past.
A pictorial history of the global scene for passenger liners leading up to the onset of the jet age
A pictorial history of these special cargo ships, now lost to the mists of time
Charting 100 years of cruising the ocean waves, in rich colour photographs
A tribute to one of the grandest and most beloved of all twentieth-century ocean liners, in this richly illustrated book by acknowledged liner expert William Miller we salute the France/Norway
Miller’s latest work in the Classic Liners series brings together an unrivalled collection of images, including previously unpublished colour photography, and truly evokes the glamour of two of the most…
The world of ocean liners, those built for French lines were the epitome of style and panache, and SS Normandie perhaps the pinnacle of this.
Celebrating the majestic passenger liners of the twenties, Great Passenger Ships 1920-1930 looks at well-loved ships, such as Majestic, Olympic, Berengaria, Viceroy of India and Rawalpindi, alongside lesser known but…
A new colour book on British passenger ships, following on from the success of Cruise Liners in Colour and Ships of Splendour
We look at a grand age of maritime creation, ocean-going superlative, but also sad destruction in the dark days of the First War. It was, in all ways, a fascinating…
William H Miller, Jr
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
William H. Miller,Anton Logvinenko
Profusely illustrated with color illustrations
Praise for Great Atlantic Liners of the Twentieth Century in Colour includes ‘a must for liner enthusiasts’. Ships Monthly
William H. Miller,Tim Noble
The ships on the Australia run were still popular after passenger shipping had ceased on the Atlantic. Miller and Noble tell the story of the last Pacific liners.
William H., Jr. Miller
Nearly 200 photographs, many from private collections, highlight tales of some of the vessels whose pleasure cruises ended in catastrophe: the Morro Castle, Normandie, Andrea Doria, Europa, and many others.
