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by Linda Greenlaw Publisher Comments In The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger describes Linda Greenlaw as "one of the best sea captains, period, on the East Coast." Now Greenlaw tells her own riveting story of a thirty-day swordfishing voyage aboard one of the best-outfitted boats on the East... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Alfred Lansing Publisher Comments In 1914, an expedition headed by Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to be the first to cross the continent of Antarctica. Shipwrecked and marooned for months on end, their ill-fated voyage became a triumphant story of indomitable courage and faith in the face... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Willia Langewiesche Publisher Comments With typically understated lyricism, Langewiesche explores the ocean world and the enterprises--licit and illicit--that flourish in the privacy afforded by its horizons.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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 $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by John Silverwood Synopsis To escape the humdrum of life in Southern California, a man, his wife, and four young children decide to set sail across the high seas and embark on the adventure of a lifetime--one that will change them forever. 16-page photo insert.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Daniel Robb Publisher Comments When Daniel Robb set out to rebuild a family sailboat that had been deteriorating for years, he couldn't have anticipated what he was getting into. Although Robb was a skilled carpenter, boatbuilding (and boat repair) required a specialized set of skills.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $15.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Zora Aiken Publisher Comments For weekenders, world cruisers, and liveaboard boaters -- a wide-ranging compendium of tips and projects to improve boats "Good Boatkeeping" is the perfect place to turn for innovative ideas and clear instructions on how to make a good boat even better... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Philip N Jones Synopsis Flatwater guide to northwest Oregon offers 70 outings with river and lake routes for canoe and sea kayak paddlers.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Gary Kinder Publisher Comments 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) List Price $15.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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 $29.95 Your price $15.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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by Jonathan Miles Publisher Comments This spellbinding account of the most famous shipwreck before the "Titanic" draws on published accounts and journals of survivors. Historian Miles brilliantly reconstructs the ill-fated voyage and the events that inspired Theodore Gericaults painting... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $13.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Samual Devlin Publisher Comments Why is stitch-and-glue boatbuilding so popular? Any number of construction methods will produce a beautiful boat. But for the backyard builder with limited experience and a tight budget, the choice is not so complicated. Traditional plank-on-frame and... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $15.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Stephen B Uren Synopsis How the strokes and maneuvers used by world-champion kayakers can be achieved by recreational paddlers.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $4.20 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Sebastian Junger Publisher Comments 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) List Price $6.99 Your price $2.50 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Robert Kurson Publisher Comments In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two recreational scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat 60 miles off the New Jersey coast. The wreck lay in 230 feet of ocean water, too deep and dangerous for all but the most accomplished scuba... (read more) List Price $7.50 Your price $4.50 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Angus Konstam Publisher Comments A wonderful chronicle of thievery murder and torture on the high seas all in a beautiful oversized... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Owen Chase Publisher Comments On the morning of November 20, 1820, in the Pacific Ocean, an enraged sperm whale rammed the Nantucket whaler Essex. As the boat began to sink, her crew of thirty had time only to collect some bread and water before pulling away in three frail open boats.... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Clive Cussler Publisher Comments For 23 years, Cussler's NUMA--the National Underwater & Marine Agency--has scoured Earth's waters in search of lost ships of historic significance. This collection contains more of their true adventures. Illustrations.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price $3.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Nathaniel Philbrick Publisher Comments In the Heart of the Sea brings to new life the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex an event as mythic in its own century as the Titanic disaster in ours, and the inspiration for the climax of Moby-Dick. In a harrowing page-turner,... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by M Wylie Blanchet Publisher Comments After her husband died in 1927, leaving her with five small children, everyone expected the struggles of single motherhood on a remote island to overcome M. Wylie Blanchet. Instead, this courageous woman became one of the pioneers of "family travel... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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