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Mystery of the Nile by Richard Bangs and Pasquale Scaturro Publisher Comments A thrilling account of the greatest geographical expedition of our time — the first-ever complete descent of the Nile River. Over the past century, many explorers have attempted to run the magnificent Nile, but none succeeded. At least a dozen... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $7.25 Used - Hardcover 
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Captain James Cook: A Biography by Richard Hough Publisher Comments James Cook, born in 1728, was one of the most celebrated men of his time, the last and the greatest of the romantic navigator/explorers. His voyages in the Royal Navy to the eastern and western seaboards of North America, the North and South Pacific, the... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Last Dive: A Father and Son's Fatal Descent Into the Ocena's Depths Descent by Bernie Chowdhury Publisher Comments Chapter OneDeadly Secrets October 12, 1992. North Atlantic Ocean, approximately 60 miles offshore, equidistant from the New Jersey and New York coastlines. The wind mounted steadily throughout the night as Chris Rouse, cocooned in his sleeping bag... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Seaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea by Linda Greenlaw Publisher Comments America's only female swordfish boat captain returns with this long- awaited follow-up to the bestselling The Hungry Ocean. After the exploits recounted in The Perfect Storm and The Hungry Ocean that made her a sensation, Linda Greenlaw took a ten- year... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Outlaw Sea: A World of Freedom, Chaos, and Crime by William Langewiesche Publisher Comments The open ocean--that vast expanse of international waters--spreads across three-fourths of the globe. It is a place of storms and danger, both natural and manmade. And at a time when every last patch of land is claimed by one government or another, it is... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Gently with the Tides: The Best of Living Aboard by Michael L Frankel Book News Annotation The former editor of Living Aboard Journal presents demographic statistics, practical guidelines, legal hints, galley and provisioning advice, and the pros and cons of living on a boat. He draws on firsthand accounts and his own experiences, writing... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Two Voyages I Remember Signed Edition by Cornelius Sawyer Publisher Comments During 1966 and 1967, Buzz Sawyer wasn't just serving in the Mess Hall on a Merchant Marine vessel. He absorbed the sights and sounds of the locations he visited. The girls looked lovely, the Jazz was sweet, and the people were hospitable and generous... (read more) List Price $17.25 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Curse of the Narrows by Laura Macdonald Publisher Comments Before Hiroshima, there was Halifax. In 1917 the busy Canadian port was crowded with ships leaving for war-torn Europe. On December 6, two of them, the Mont Blanc and the Imo, collided in the hard-to-navigate Narrows of the harbor. Within minutes, the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dangerous Waters: Wrecks and Rescues Off the BC Coast by Keith Keller Publisher Comments The coastal waters of British Columbia are among the most treacherous in the world, with steep rocky shores, mazes of reefs, waves fifty feet high, and Pacific storms that blow in unexpectedly with the force of hurricanes. Most vessels that venture forth... (read more) List Price $26.50 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Happiest Man in the World: An Account of the Life of Poppa Neutrino by Alec Wilkinson Publisher Comments The Happiest Man in the World buoyantly describes seventy-four-year-old David Pearlman, a restless and migratory soul, a mariner, a musician, a member of the Explorers Club and a friend of the San Francisco Beats, a former preacher and sign painter, a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander Publisher Comments 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) List Price $35.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Kayak The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique by William Nealy Publisher Comments Veteran kayaker William Nealy shares his twelve years of whitewater experience in this unique intermediate and advanced instructional manual. Learn how to execute three types of rolls, how to read rapids, how to run rapids safely, and much more. In Kayak... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy by Diana Preston Publisher Comments On May 7, 1915, toward the end of her 101st eastbound crossing, from New York to Liverpool, England, R.M.S. Lusitania — pride of the Cunard Line and one of the greatest ocean liners afloat — became the target of a terrifying new weapon and a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Sea Shall Embrace Them: The Tragic Story of the Steamship Arctic by David Shaw Publisher Comments The gripping story of one of the world's worst maritime disasters, the sinking of the liner THE ARCTIC which resulted in the loss of more than 400 lives. In 1854, one of the worst maritime disaster in the early days of steam occurred when the liner... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River by Peter Heller Publisher Comments A grand adventure — an elite kayaking team's heroic conquest of the world's last great adventure prize: Tibet's Tsangpo River. The Tsangpo Gorge in southeastern Tibet has lured explorers and adventurers since its discovery. Sacred to the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Farewell, Titanic: Her Final Legacy by Charles Pellegrino Publisher Comments The Titanic was the biggest, most luxurious passenger ship the world had ever seen. The ads proclaimed it to be unsinkable. When it sank in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 people, the world was forever changed, and we have... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Perfect Storm: a True Story of Men Against the Sea (97 Edition) by Junger Publisher Comments October 1991. It was "the perfect storm"—a tempest that may happen only once in a century—a nor'easter created by so rare a combination of factors that it could not possibly have been worse. Creating waves ten stories high and winds of 120... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Whitewater Sourcebook 3RD Edition by Richard Penny Publisher Comments Newly revised and updated, the third edition of The Whitewater Sourcebook continues to be the paddler's best companion to U.S. rivers. This reference and planning tool tells you how and where to obtain information on streams throughout the country. Every... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Winner's Guide to Optimist Sailing by Gary Jobson Publisher Comments Written by one of the best-known figures in all of sailing and a leading authority on Optimist sailing and racing, The Winner's Guide to Optimist Sailing is the ideal training manual for young skippers, their parents, and their coaches. The most... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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