Download or read book The QE2 written by William H., Jr. Miller and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with more than 150 black-and-white and 27 color images, this chronicle by an expert maritime historian offers a rare and captivating blend of personal anecdotes, archival material, and impeccable scholarship.
Download or read book Queen Mary 2 written by John Maxtone-Graham and published by Bulfinch Press. This book was released on 2004-04-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents the creation, from keel laying to christening, of one of the most ambitious passenger vessels of all time, Cunard Line's new flagship, the Queen Mary 2. The story of the Queen Mary 2 is told by noted maritime historian John Maxtone-Graham, whose engaging text takes us through the building of the ship and details its world-class amenities.
Download or read book The QE2 Story written by Chris Frame and published by Story (History Press). This book was released on 2009 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been no more beloved liner than the Queen Elizabeth 2. The last liner to be built on British soil, she was constructed by John Brown & Co., Clydebank (Scotland) and her keel was laid on July 5, 1965, marking the start of her illustrious career. Her maiden voyage left Southampton on May 2, 1969, bound for New York, and she has remained in service for the past 40 years. She had a spell as a military ship from 1982, when she was requisitioned to serve as a troop carrier during the Falklands War, and during her military career QE2 successfully sailed more than 14,900 miles. Post-war, she has had many refits, including a headline-grabbing total refurbishment in 1994 to turn her into a 21st-century luxury liner. In November 2008, QE2 retired to a new life in Dubai World, where she began her conversion to a floating hotel, and the last chapter of her exceptional life in service will close.
Download or read book Around the World on the QE2 Volume 2 New York to Australia written by George and Barbara Perkins and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-16 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cruising on the QE2 from New York to Fort Lauderdale, Barbados, Salvador da Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, the Falklands, Cape Horn, Punta Arenas, the Straight of Magellan, Valparaiso, Easter Island, Pitcairn Island. Tahiti, Moorea, Tonga, New Zealand, and Australia
Download or read book Queen Elizabeth 2 written by Sheriar Press and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal account by Beatrice Dumont Muller of her unique stay on the Queen Elizabeth 2. She was a passenger for many years.
Download or read book Murder She Wrote Murder on the QE2 written by Jessica Fletcher and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1997-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher is invited to travel to London on the grand dame of ocean liners, the Queen Elizabeth II, as one of seven guest lecturers. The night they set sail, a fellow speaker is found brutally murdered. Now Jessica has just four days at sea to find the killer...before she finds more of her colleagues, or even herself, dead in the water!
Download or read book Around the World on the QE2 Vol 1 China to England written by George and Barbara Perkins and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-06-16 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the first half of a journey around the world on on the QE2, the last of the great ocean liners. Much faster than other cruise ships because she had been build originally for fast travel between London and New York, she was converted to a cruise ship when airlines took over that traffic. By the time the authors took their cruises aboard the ship she still retained her speed and luxury but was nearing the end of her useful life.
Download or read book Qe2 written by Chris Frame and published by History Press. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years ago, the last British-built transatlantic liner was launched. Christened by HM The Queen on September 20, 1967, the 963-feet-long vessel was named Queen Elizabeth 2. By the end of that same day, she was already known by her famous nickname: QE2. Fast, smart and sleek, QE2 sailed more than 5.6 million miles and carried more than 2.5 million passengers during a magnificent 39 1/2 year career. Put simply, she carried more people further than any ship before her and remains the longest-serving express liner in history. Through words penned by passionate QE2 travelers and with tribute stories from captains, crew, and guests, a wide selection of carefully selected photographs bring this wonderful ship to life.
Download or read book Queen Mary 2 written by Philip Plisson and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2004-11-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "giant of the seas, " the transatlantic liner Queen Mary 2 is longer than the Eiffel Tower is high and can carry more passengers than any ship in history (up to 3,090, in addition to 1,253 crew members). This book provides an in-depth look at the ship, with photos illustrating the laborious construction process.
Download or read book RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 written by Janette McCutcheon and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The illustrated history of the most famous ocean liner afloat today.
Download or read book Qe2 written by Philip S. Dawson and published by . This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three leading ship historians join forces to write the definitive history of Cunard's Queen Elizabeth 2, the world's most famous ocean liner. Beginning with an overview of the social and cultural context from which the liner emerged, the design process is followed from the earliest proposals for Q3 to the detailed design of Q4. The story continues with the John Brown shipyard successfully tendering for the construction and recounts the many challenges which beset the famous shipbuilder in the periods before, during and after QE2 was being built. Thereafter, the ship's sea trials, troubled inauguration and successful maiden voyage are described, partly through first hand accounts. The long career and the many subsequent changes carried out to the ship are then illustrated against the cultural and economic backgrounds of rapidly changing societies in Britain and the USA. QE2 has stood the test of time remarkably well -- but, since the 1980s, the liner has gradually been rebuilt from a futuristic Modernist icon into a 'retro' ship, based upon nostalgia for a lost 'golden age' of inter-war liner travel and the reasons for these changes are also explained. Bringing the story right up-to-date, the book concludes with an account of the final voyage to Dubai.
Download or read book The New Cunard Queens written by Nils Schwerdtner and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With a fascinating mixture of maritime history and contemporary analysis, the author describes the history of the Cunard Line, before saying farewell to the QE2, which will retire to Dubai as a floating hotel in November 2009."--Global Books in Print.
Download or read book QE2 written by Carol Thatcher and published by Simon & Schuster (UK). This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surely the most famous ship in the world, Cunard's QE2 has captured the headlines for 40 years as she plies her glamorous trade around the globe. The book takes a warts and all look at this fabulous ship. Starting with her revolutionary design and the arguments surrounding her construction and moving on to her time in service with sometimes troubled voyages undergoing engine failure, stowaways, storms, collisions and wartime derring-do.
Download or read book Sabotage written by Brian Izzard and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 9 January 1972, the mighty Queen Elizabeth, then the largest liner in the world, caught fire in Hong Kong harbor. Watched by millions around the world, she burned live on television, including on Britains childrens program Blue Peter.
Download or read book The Unofficial Guide to Cruises written by Kay Showker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-08-27 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the publishers of The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World "A Tourist's Best Friend!" —Chicago Sun-Times "Indispensable" —The New York Times Five Great Features and Benefits offered ONLY by The Unofficial Guide: More than 100 cruise lines and 500 ships reviewed and ranked for value and quality Complete details on cruise lines, ships, and itineraries around the world Industry secrets for getting the lowest possible fare, plus extras like free vacation days Everything you need to know to make planning your cruise vacation fun and easy Helpful hints for getting the best cabin—without breaking your bank account
Download or read book The Provos written by Peter Taylor and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first part of the landmark trilogy documenting modern-day Northern Ireland, by the author of Loyalists and Brits This work examines the Provos, from 1969, when the IRA was effectively dead and buried, to within a few short years, when it had resurrected to become the most feared and sophisticated terrorist organization in the world. The book is based on in-depth interviews with key personalities in the Army, Police, British and Irish governments, giving first-hand accounts of the key events. It contains material not included in the television series being broadcast on BBC 1 in autumn 1997. Never before has an outsider had such access to record the remarkable history of the provisional IRA and Sinn Fein, from their dramatic beginnings to the critical juncture they have reached today - on the brink of becoming part of the cabinet in the new government of Northern Ireland. An astonishing story, told as only Peter Taylor could. There are no images in this edition *PRAISE FOR PETER TAYLOR* 'Only a journalist of Peter Taylor's standing could have persuaded people from all sides in the conflict to cooperate in such a manner. The result was a first-rate piece of journalism. It was also first-rate history' Guardian
Download or read book Jinn Rummy written by Stephen K. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-12-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leslie Philips is a bright young thing, good at his studies and the school cricket captain. Sohail Mahmood is his best friend. In their spare time, they play gin rummy. Sohail tells Leslie of strange goings on at the Mahmood household; recanting supernatural happenings occurring with alarming regularity. Strange visions and events start to afflict Leslie and his family after he tries to interact with the mysterious Mahmood family in an attempt to improve Sohail's quality of life. On the eve of Leslie & Sohail embarking on a working Mediterranean cruise during their summer vacation, Sohail mysteriously disappears leaving Leslie to go on the cruise alone where he has the time of his life until he meets a strange couple who warn him of impending danger alluring to the absent Sohail and his supernatural affliction. On Sohail's eventual reappearance, his experiences disturb Leslie as he realises that he was warned about them by the strange couple aboard the cruise ship. The pair end up in Pakistan; a journey again predicted by the strange couple. The air is thick with palpable tension as Leslie has prior knowledge of the unseen situation. Returning home, the plot concludes with a chilling twist.
