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Author Brook, Henry, author.

Title Warships / Henry Brook ; designed by Helen Edmonds and Zoe Ray ; illustrated by Adrian Dean and Adrian Roots ; picture strips by Staz Johnson ; edited by Alex Frith.

Publication Info. London : Usborne ; Tulsa, Okla. : EDC Pub., 2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Meadowlark Non-Fiction  623.7 BRO    ---  Available
Description 80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 21 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Originally published: London : Usborne Pub., 2012.
Includes index.
Contents What is a warship? -- Meet the fleet -- Ready for battle -- The captain -- A ship for any mission -- A floating airbase -- Early fighting ships -- The golden age of sail -- Ironclads -- Dreadnoughts -- The First World War -- The Second World War -- Going nuclear -- Long-range lookouts -- Built for stealth -- Amphibians attack! -- Warships of the future -- Building a warship -- Staying afloat -- Ship-to-ship -- Warships on the internet -- Glossary.
Summary This title covers a vast range of warships from ancient triremes to present day destroyers, aircraft carriers and stealth corvettes. Cutaway illustrations reveal the inner workings of warship engines and weaponry.
Subject Warships -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Naval history -- Juvenile literature.
Warships -- History.
Naval history.
Naval history. (OCoLC)fst01035004
Warships. (OCoLC)fst01170862
Warships -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Naval history -- Juvenile literature.
Warships -- History.
Naval history.
Genre/Form Literature. (OCoLC)fst01921716
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Children's nonfiction. NZ-WeK
Literature.
Added Author Edmonds, Helen, book designer.
Ray, Zoe, book designer.
Dean, Adrian, illustrator.
Roots, Adrian, illustrator.
Johnson, Staz, illustrator.
ISBN 0794532896 (paperback)
9780794532895 (paperback)
9781601302908 (hardback)
1601302908 (hardback)
9781409538721 (paperback)
1409538729 (paperback)
9781474915854
147491585X
Standard No. AU@ 000049434862
NZ1 14289211
NZ1 14444372
UKBOR 126529817
UKDEL 126529817
UKPMH 126529817
UKTLS 126529817
UNITY 126529817
AU@ 000050447877
UKMGB 016020168

 
    
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