|
Nautical
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (P.S.) by Laurence Bergreen Publisher Comments In 1519, Magellan, five ships, and more than two hundred men set sail from Spain to find a water route to the Spice Islands. Despite suffering starvation, disease, torture, and death, they discovered the passageway known today as the Strait of Magellan... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper 
add to wish list |
|
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) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
add to wish list |
|
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: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Pirate Wars by Peter Earle Publisher Comments The Pirate Wars takes the romantic fable of oceangoing Robin Hoods sailing under the "banner of King Death" and contrasts it with the murderous reality of robbery, torture, and murder on the high seas. Noted maritime historian Peter Earle charts... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Essential Sea Kayaker: A Complete Guide for the Open Water Paddler, Second Edition (Essential) by David Seidman Publisher Comments The Essential Series--Your Trusted Guides "Does an excellent job."--Sea Kayaker "A standout. Empathy for the reader-what a concept!"--Canoe and Kayak "Filled with the details you need to make paddling safe and pleasurable."--WoodenBoat "We needed a book... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival by Dean King Publisher Comments Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of twelve American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815, captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Last Dinner on the Titanic Menus and Recipes From the Great Liner by Rick Archbold Publisher Comments A cookbook designed to recreate the atmosphere of dining on the famous, doomed luxury liner serves up such recipes as Lobster Thermidor, Quail's Eggs in Aspic with Caviar, and Poached Salmon with Dilled Mousseline Sauce and Cucumber.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum Publisher Comments 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) List Price $8.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
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 $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
add to wish list |
|
Harpoon Venture by Gavin Maxwell Publisher Comments The thrilling account of one man's four-year sea chase for the thirty-foot basking shark in the Hebrides off Scotland shortly after World War II.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates (Harvest Book) by David Cordingly Publisher Comments "This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read." -- Patrick O'Brian Pirates are so much a part of legend that it is easy to forget they actually existed. UNDER THE BLACK FLAG tells their story... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty by Caroline Alexander Publisher Comments More than two centuries after Master'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. Combining vivid... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Water in Between: A Journey at Sea by Kevin Patterson Publisher Comments Wise, funny and beautifully written, The Water in Between is an inspiring-and cautionary-tale for anyone who has ever wanted to escape into another life. A stint in the army and a broken heart lead Kevin Patterson, who has never sailed before, to buy a... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
add to wish list |
|
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester Staff Pick This biography of the Atlantic Ocean encompasses myth and geology, trade and war and discovery — proving once again that Winchester knows how to dig deep and sift out the story. An engrossing tale from a master storyteller.... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Endurance : Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (59 Edition) by Alfred Lansing From Powells.com 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) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd by Richard Zacks Publisher Comments A literary treasure, "The Pirate Hunter" is a masterpiece of historical detective work, and a rare, authentic pirate story for grown-ups.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Speedwell Voyage: a Tale of Piracy and Mutiny in the Eighteenth Century by Kenneth Poolman Synopsis This tale of real-life adventure on the high seas brings readers back to 1718, when the 22-gun privateer Speedwell set sail under the command of George Shelvocke. A Royal Navy veteran recalls the mutinies, battles, storms, and other adversities, with... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on Chesapeake Bay, 1610-1807 by Donald G Shomette Publisher Comments Here is a dazzling array of swashbuckling pirates, picaroons, and sea rovers pitted against the often feckless representatives of an outpost government authority in the Chesapeake Bay region. It is an exciting and dramatic 200-year history that begins... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Survivor by Michael Greenwald Publisher Comments A massive compendium of survival stories and technical survival information. 21 chapters cover everything from emergency medicine, lifeboat navigation, psychology of survival, cold weather, sharks, being marooned, much more. 300... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Liveaboard Report: A Boat Dweller's Guide to What Works and What Doesn't by Charlie Wing Publisher Comments What do you get when an ex-NASA engineer and statistician turned bestselling how-to-writer decides to move aboard a boat? The Liveaboard Report, a statistical analysis filled with bar charts and pie graphs that quantifies what works and what doesn't for... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
Don't Miss
