{"product_id":"9781455446179","title":"A Fleet in Being - Notes of Two Trips with the Channel Squadron","description":"Non-fiction account, first published in 1898.  The book begins: \" Some thirty of her Majesty’s men-of-war were involved in this matter; say a dozen battleships of the most recent, and seventeen or eighteen cruisers; but my concern was limited to one of a new type commanded by an old friend. I had some dim knowledge of the interior of a warship, but none of the new world into which I stepped from a Portsmouth wherry one wonderful summer evening in ’97.\"  According to Wikipedia: \"Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children.\"","brand":"B\u0026R Samizdat Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155173622000,"sku":"9781455446179","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781455446179_p0.jpg?v=1763858267","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781455446179","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}