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Boat Who Wouldn't Float
Boat Who Wouldn't Float
by Farley Mowat
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It seemed like a good idea. Tired of everyday life ashore, Farley Mowat would find a sturdy boat in Newfoundland and roam the salt sea over, free as a bird. What he found was the worst boat in the world, and she nearly drove him mad. The Happy Adventure,... (read more)

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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before
by Tony Horwitz
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Blue Latitudes is an enjoyable and often hilarious journey into the amazing life and adventures of Captain James Cook and his crew. There is no better way to learn nautical history than to bring an Aussie, and a bottle of grog, along.... (read more)

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The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
by Richard Zacks
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A real-life thriller from acclaimed historian and author of The Pirate Hunter, Richard Zacks — the true story of the unheralded American who brought the Barbary Pirates to their knees. In an attempt to stop the legendary Barbary Pirates of North... (read more)

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Warship Boneyards
Warship Boneyards
by Kit Bonner
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Just as the U.S. Air Force sends obsolete warbirds to the Arizona desert for storage and disassembly, the U.S. Navy maintains a number of harbors for its obsolete vessels. Get an admiral's tour of these naval storage harbors in Philadelphia, Norfolk... (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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The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale (Penguin Classics)
The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale (Penguin Classics)
by Owen Chase
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The gripping first-hand narrative of the whaling ship disaster that inspired Melvilles Moby-Dick and informed Nathaniel Philbricks monumental history, In the Heart of the Sea.   In 1820, the Nantucket whaleship Essex was rammed by an angry sperm... (read more)

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Troubleshooting Marine Diesels (International Marine Sailboat Library)
Troubleshooting Marine Diesels (International Marine Sailboat Library)
by Peter Compton
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This densely illustrated, hands-on guide to diesel engine maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair renders its subject more user-friendly than ever before. Finally, boatowners who grew up with gas engines can set aside their fears about tinkering with... (read more)

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Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings (Vintage Departures)
Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings (Vintage Departures)
by Jonathan Raban
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"I had a boat, most of a spring and summer, a cargo of books, and the kind of dream of self-enrichment that spurs everyone who sails north from Seattle," explains Jonathan Raban at the outset of his journey along the Inside Passage from... (read more)

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The Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the Californian and the Night the Titanic Was Lost
The Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the Californian and the Night the Titanic Was Lost
by Daniel Allen Butler
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After every disaster, someone has something to hide . . . returncharacterreturncharacterA few minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912, the unsinkable RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage to New York, struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later she lay... (read more)

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Life Titanic: The Tragedy That Shook the World: One Century Later
Life Titanic: The Tragedy That Shook the World: One Century Later
by Life
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The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager
The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager
by Jim Trefethen
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The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager, Jim Trefethen. The funniest, drollest, wisest book on the shelf for the would-be cruiser. Trefethen pulls no punchesÑhe tells you just what will be involved if you and your family... (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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Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings
Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings
by Jonathan Raban
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"I had a boat, most of a spring and summer, a cargo of books, and the kind of dream of self-enrichment that spurs everyone who sails north from Seattle," explains Jonathan Raban at the outset of his journey along the Inside Passage from... (read more)

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Titanic Conspiracy: Cover-ups & Mysteries of the World's Most Famous Sea Disaster
Titanic Conspiracy: Cover-ups & Mysteries of the World's Most Famous Sea Disaster
by Robin Gardiner
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More than a decade after the Titanic was located two and half miles under the North Atlantic, here is an intriguing reassessment of one of the greatest legends of the twentieth century. The Titanic Conspiracy raises many questions, including - Why was... (read more)

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Maiden Voyage
Maiden Voyage
by Tania Aebi
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The remarkable true adventure of the 18-year-old girl who left on a 27,000-mile, two-and-a-half-year solo sail around the globe, braving typhoons, pirates, and starvation to return home a woman, and a hero.... (read more)

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The Tactics of Small Boat Racing
The Tactics of Small Boat Racing
by Stuart H Walker
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The author of "A Manual of Sail Trim" has designed a guide for the competitive racing dinghy sailor that explains the art of maneuvering. The object of the text is to provide instructions on keeping a dinghy in relation to its competitors so that it... (read more)

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Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived
Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived
by Andrew Wilson
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IN the early morning hours of April 15, 1912, the icy waters of the North Atlantic reverberated with the desperate screams of more than 1,500 men, women, and children—passengers of the once majestic liner Titanic. Then, as the ship sank to the... (read more)

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Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster
Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster
by Steven Biel
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"I suggest, henceforth, when a woman talks women's rights, she be answered with the word Titanic, nothing more--just Titanic," wrote a St. Louis man to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was not alone in mining the ship for a metaphor. Everyone found... (read more)

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The Devil Himself
The Devil Himself
by Dudley Pope
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Accurate, fair, thorough, and lively, this penetrating account of a mutiny and its aftermath is compiled from contemporary British documents and the dusty French naval archives. The men, the ship, and the tragic chain of events following a capture by the... (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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In October 1991, three weather systems collided off the coast of Nova Scotia to create a storm of singular fury, boasting waves over one hundred feet high. Among its victims was the Gloucester, Massachusetts-based swordfishing boat the Andrea Gail, which... (read more)

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