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Boat Who Wouldn't Float by Farley Mowat Publisher Comments 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) List Price $5.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz Staff Pick 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) Your price: $7.95 Used - Book Club Paperback
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The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805 by Richard Zacks Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Warship Boneyards by Kit Bonner Publisher Comments 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) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick Staff Pick The heyday of whaling examined through the plight of the Whaleship Essex. This is the best sort of popular history writing.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale (Penguin Classics) by Owen Chase Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Troubleshooting Marine Diesels (International Marine Sailboat Library) by Peter Compton Publisher Comments 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) List Price $21.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings (Vintage Departures) by Jonathan Raban From Powells.com "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) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Other Side of the Night: The Carpathia, the Californian and the Night the Titanic Was Lost by Daniel Allen Butler Publisher Comments 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) List Price $29.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Life Titanic: The Tragedy That Shook the World: One Century Later by Life Publisher Comments @font-face { font-family: Cambria; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } One hundred years ago, a ship thought to be indestructible suffered... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager by Jim Trefethen Publisher Comments 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) List Price $22.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Hardcover
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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 by Robert Kurson Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Passage to Juneau: A Sea and Its Meanings by Jonathan Raban From Powells.com "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) List Price $26.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Titanic Conspiracy: Cover-ups & Mysteries of the World's Most Famous Sea Disaster by Robin Gardiner Publisher Comments 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) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Maiden Voyage by Tania Aebi Publisher Comments 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Tactics of Small Boat Racing by Stuart H Walker Publisher Comments 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) List Price $21.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived by Andrew Wilson Publisher Comments 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) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic Disaster by Steven Biel Publisher Comments "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) List Price $13.50 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Devil Himself by Dudley Pope Publisher Comments 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) List Price $17.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea by Sebastian Junger Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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