Water category: 2366 books
Deep Descent
Adventure and Death Diving the Andrea Doria
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2002
On a foggy July evening in 1956, the Italian cruise liner Andrea Doria, bound for New York, was struck broadside by another vessel. In eleven hours, she would sink nearly 250 feet to the murky Atlantic Ocean floor. Thanks to a daring rescue operation, only 51 of more than 1,700 people died in the...
by Tom Daley
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Enter the enthralling world of Tom Daley in My Story - medallist in the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Tom had the whole country behind him when he won bronze at the Olympics this year. A double Commonwealth gold medal winner, he is one of the sport's most exciting athletes. But there is also a...
Race France To France: Leave Antarctica To Starboard
An American in the Vendée Globe, Racing Solo, Non-Stop, Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2012
“The Vendée Globe is even a greater challenge than climbing Mt. Everest.” …Senator John Kerry in a U.S. Senate Tribute to Rich Wilson
“The Vendée Globe is a race that is almost beyond belief.” …Gary Jobson, ESPN Commentator
In 2008-9, Rich Wilson became...
The Loonliness of a Deep Sea Diver
David Beckett, My Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Imagine living in a box at the bottom of the sea for a month at a time. Locked away in a saturation chamber, plumbed to depths of more than 500 feet, this has been David Beckett's love, life and work for all his adult life. Destined to become a pig farmer in the late 1960s, a twist of fate saw David...
Liferider
Heart, Body, Soul, and Life Beyond the Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Surfing icon Laird Hamilton offers inspiration to anyone who wants to elevate their ordinary, landlocked lives to do extraordinary things.
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“When Laird Hamilton surfs, you must watch. When he speaks, I listen. And when he writes a book, I’m damn sure gonna...
America's Girl
The Incredible Story of How Swimmer Gertrude Ederle Changed the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
America's Girl is an intimate look at the life and trials of Gertrude Ederle, who in 1926 not only became the first woman to swim across the English Channel, but broke the record set by men. The feat so thrilled America that it welcomed her home with a ticker tape parade that drew two million people....
Michael Phelps
The Untold Story of a Champion
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Michael Phelps is an American sports hero, perhaps the greatest Olympic athlete the world has ever known. His unprecedented eight gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics have made him a superstar. But his journey to Olympic immortality is every bit as compelling as his achievements in the pool. From...
by Matts Djos, Jeanine Djos
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
This is a book for retirees, armchair sailor, dreamers, and lovers of the wind and sea. Sailing couple, Matts and Jeanine Djos, will suggest how to find just the right pre-owned boat by their own example and describe from personal experience what may be involved in buying and refitting...
The Sea is Not Full
Ocean Sailing Revelations & Misadventures
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
The Sea Is Not Full is an eclectic personal sailing narrative that mixes accounts of two dramatic boat abandonments and a cruise up a West African river with practical advice on learning to sail, navigation, heavy weather tactics, and other topics. Also included are philosophical essays on ocean sailing...
by Damian Foxall
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2011
High risk, adrenaline rushes, extreme weather, knife-edge decisions, rivalries and challenges in the toughest environment are all in a day's work for exceptional Irish sailor, Damian Foxall. Ocean Fever traces his early years as a restless teenager and description of his successes and failures on many teams lifts the lid on this toughest of sports.
Tom Diaper's Logbook
Memoirs of a Racing Skipper
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Tom Diaper's Logbook is the memoir of a remarkable man and a rare opportunity to read first-hand about the drama, conflict and fascinating details that made up the life of a for-hire racing skipper during the glory days of racing. Tom Diaper wrote his memoirs on scraps of paper and old cigarette papers...
Quality Time?
Celebrating 50 years of sailing & the life of 'The world's greatest yachting cartoonist'
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Published to celebrate the life of Mike Peyton, ‘the world’s greatest yachting cartoonist’, this second edition features personal tributes from some 12 other successful and well-known sailors (including Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Sir Ben Ainslie and Tom Cunliffe). They all recognise Mike’s observational...
The First Indian
The First Indian Solo Circumnavigation Under Sail
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
An engrossing narrative of one man’s struggle to achieve his dream against all odds, this is both a fast-paced adventure and a telling commentary on how heroes are often made despite the system they operate in, by dint of sheer perseverance and commitment to a chosen path. Above all, it’s a paean...
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W poszukiwaniu głębi
Language: Polish
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Autobiografia Verny van Schaik, najgłębiej nurkującej kobiety świata, której notowane w Księdze Rekordów Guinessa 221 metrów pozostaje nie pobite od 2004 r. Jednak nie rekord, ale droga, którą Verna przeszła zmagając się z własnymi słabościami i niedowierzaniem...