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CEO @gCaptain, maritime journalist, former drillship captain, author of Fire On The Horizon and cofounder @UnofficialNet - K5HIP

27 books
Book Cover for: Design: Military Medical Facilities: Unified Facilities Criteria UFC 4-510-01, Department of Defense

Design: Military Medical Facilities: Unified Facilities Criteria UFC 4-510-01

Department of Defense
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@mercoglianos @DOTMARAD "Under the proposal in the House’s version of the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, the Maritime Administration, which is part of the Transportation Department, would DESIGN and build." @maeday22 did I read this right? We want @DOTMARAD to design ships? 😮🤦‍♂️

Paperback, 2016

$97.50$72.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality, Katharina Pistor

The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality

Katharina Pistor
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@CommodoreNelson And the very first person I would call is Katharina Pistor over at Columbia Law: The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality https://t.co/zvOqjpKtnB

Paperback, 2020

$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators and Fading Empires, Simon Winchester

Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators and Fading Empires

Simon Winchester
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Simon Winchester’s book “Pacific” has just been knocked off my Top 10 list. I do NOT say this lightly. Wow, just wow. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ BZ @brucebrookings https://t.co/1cGn5cdJo2

Paperback, 2016

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a New Chapter by the Author, Marc Levinson

The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger - Second Edition with a New Chapter by the Author

Marc Levinson
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@FreightAlley @JavierBlas and @jfarchy authors of World os For Sale @simonwwriter author of Pacific Marc Levinson author of Outside The Box Chet Richards of Certain to Win

Paperback, 2016

$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Certain to Win, Chet Richards

Certain to Win

Chet Richards
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@FreightAlley @JavierBlas and @jfarchy authors of World os For Sale @simonwwriter author of Pacific Marc Levinson author of Outside The Box Chet Richards of Certain to Win

Hardcover, 2001

$30.99$15.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Made in Korea: Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of Hyundai, Richard M. Steers

Made in Korea: Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of Hyundai

Richard M. Steers
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@JJFilson @KatharinaPistor How the Koreans did it: Made in Korea: Chung Ju Yung and the Rise of Hyundai https://t.co/JVGjj4J6kw

Hardcover, 2010

$190.00$165.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car, Ian Fleming

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car

Ian Fleming
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@blossomdrink And he helped Ian Fleming write Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!

Paperback, 2013

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Iran: weapons proliferation, terrorism, and democracy, United States Senate

Iran: weapons proliferation, terrorism, and democracy

United States Senate
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“I have been wondering why and under what circumstances the United States would make it clear to the world that the deal was off.” The US Navy and Pentagon - without the consent of Congress - already made that clear last year when it allowed Iran to seize allied ships

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Book Cover for: Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy, Henry a. Kissinger

Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy

Henry a. Kissinger
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@Navy_Hipple Yeah, I don’t agree. This goes back to Kissinger’s book “Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy” which argued for conducting limited nuclear strikes. Reagan and Lehman disagreed with HK (so did Zumwalt before them). https://t.co/SzYlTkqZ2p

Paperback, 2008

$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King, Rich Cohen

The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King

Rich Cohen
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@calvinfroedge @Josh_Young_1 It’s not the local thrives we are worried about. Read Confessions of an economic hitman & The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King

Paperback, 2013

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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