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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
by Alfred Lansing
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Days before the outbreak of World War One renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail to attempt the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. More than eighty miles from their destination, however, their... (read more)

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The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Though the Heart of the Grand Canyon
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Though the Heart of the Grand Canyon
by Kevin Fedarko
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In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Seabiscuit, the engrossing tale of the fastest boat ride ever down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. IN THE WINTER OF 1983, the largest El Niño event on record — a chain of &ldquo... (read more)

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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
by Caroline Alexander
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In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing... (read more)

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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
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The heyday of whaling examined through the plight of the Whaleship Essex. This is the best sort of popular history writing.... (read more)

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Captain Phil Harris: The Legendary Crab Fisherman, Our Hero, Our Dad
Captain Phil Harris: The Legendary Crab Fisherman, Our Hero, Our Dad
by Josh Harris and Jake Harris
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The electrifying behind-the-scenes story of the late Deadliest Catch star, from his own two sons. Prior to his untimely death in 2010, Captain Phil Harris was a star of Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch, the hit show that follows the exhilarating... (read more)

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Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
by Gary Kinder
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In September 1857, the S.S. Central America, a side-wheel steamer carrying passengers returning from the gold fields of California, went down during a hurricane off the Carolina coast. More than 400 men — and 21 tons of gold — were lost. In the... (read more)

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Kon Tiki ((Rev)84 Edition)
Kon Tiki ((Rev)84 Edition)
by Thor Heyerdahl
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Now a major motion picture, Kon-Tiki is the record of Thor Heyerdahl’s astonishing three-month voyage across the Pacific. Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure—a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by... (read more)

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Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the last Mysteries of World War II
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the last Mysteries of World War II
by Robert Kurson
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For more than four decades, world-renowned diver and treasure hunter Captain Robert MacKinnon has reclaimed sunken caches from the dangerous shallow waters along the Atlantic coast of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Known as the Death Coast for its... (read more)

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The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
by Caroline Alexander
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More than two centuries after Masterandrsquo;s Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this enthralling adventure has become obscured by the legend... (read more)

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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
by Sebastian Junger
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It was "The Perfect Storm," a tempest created by so rare a convergence of factors — a hurricane from Bermuda, a Canadian cold front, and a storm from the Great Lakes — that it could not possibly have been worse. Boasting ferocious waves ten... (read more)

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Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea
Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea
by Frank Delaney
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In a gripping, absorbing narrative that highlights one mans outstanding fortitude and sense of duty, acclaimed bestselling author Delaney tells the full story of the S.S. "Flying Enterprise" and its captains unmatched bravery in the face of a violent... (read more)

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Dover Pictorial Archives #17: The Making of a Sailor / Or Sea Life Aboard a Yankee Square-Rigger
Dover Pictorial Archives #17: The Making of a Sailor / Or Sea Life Aboard a Yankee Square-Rigger
by Frederick Pe Harlow
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Exciting firsthand account of sailor's life in the 1870s: working the ship in rough weather, pleasures of shore leave, exotic lands and native girls, more. Enhanced with period illustrations of stately clippers, bustling New England harbors and... (read more)

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Sailing Alone Around the World
Sailing Alone Around the World
by Joshua Slocum
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Classic of sea adventure conveys all the excitement of being the first man to sail around the world, alone, in small boat. Pirates, perils, witty observations, stories. 67 illustrations. ..".a literary gem, adroitly and engagingly written."--National... (read more)

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Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
by Eric Jay Dolin
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The epic history of the "iron men in wooden boats" who built an industrial empire through the pursuit of whales. "To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme," Herman Melville proclaimed, and this absorbing history demonstrates that few... (read more)

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Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance Epic
Shackleton's Forgotten Men: The Untold Tragedy of the Endurance Epic
by Lennard Bickel
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This is a dramatic true story of Antarctic tragedy and survival among the heroic group that was to lay supplies across the Great Ross Ice Shelf in preparation for the Endurance expedition. Launched by Shackleton (and led by Captain Aenaes Mackintosh... (read more)

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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
by Nathaniel Philbrick
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Nathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Mayflower, brings his prodigious talents to the story of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution. Boston in 1775 is an island city occupied by British troops after... (read more)

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Lone Voyager: The Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Blackburn Hero Fisherman of Gloucester
Lone Voyager: The Extraordinary Adventures of Howard Blackburn Hero Fisherman of Gloucester
by Joseph E. Garland
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Like countless Gloucester fishermen before and since, Howard Blackburn and Tom Welch were trawling for halibut on the Newfoundland banks in an open dory in 1883 when a sudden blizzard separated them from their mother ship. Alone on the empty North... (read more)

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Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative (Signet Classics)
Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative (Signet Classics)
by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
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A Breathtaking adventure of the high seas—and a true story In 1834, Richard Henry Dana went from Harvard student to common seaman, sailing from California to Cape Horn. This journal survives as one of the most vivid accounts of the relationship between... (read more)

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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
by Nathaniel Philbrick
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A “brilliant and provocative” (The New Yorker) celebration of Melvilles masterpiece—from the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea One of the greatest American novels finds its perfect contemporary champion in Why Read Moby-Dick?,... (read more)

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Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea
by Steven Callahan
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Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahans dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an... (read more)

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