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Splash 13
Alternative Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but the less expected routes are what more often lead artists from inspiration to great paintings. Splash 13 explores the paths less traveled...real solutions and alternative approaches from 100 of today's masters of the medium.
Pulsing...
Watercolor 365
Daily Tips, Tricks and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
A year's worth of tips, techniques, advice and more!
Make watercolor a part of your daily life, turning every day into inspiration for your art. Designed to fit your life, Watercolor 365--the first watercolor book of its kind--provides a complete education in the medium, one bite-sized bit...
All for a Few Perfect Waves
The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
For twenty years, Miki "Da Cat" Dora was the king of Malibu surfers—a dashing, enigmatic rebel who dominated the waves, ruled his peers' imaginations, and who still inspires the fantasies of wannabes to this day. And yet, Dora railed against surfing's sudden post-Gidget popularity and...
by Marie Browne
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Narrow Margins - a laugh-out-loud book which proves that lean times can sometimes be a very positive thing. Faced with the loss of everything following the collapse of the Rover Group, Marie Browne moved her long-suffering husband Geoff, chaotic children and smelly, narcoleptic dog on to a houseboat...
by John Rousmaniere
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2000
In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back.
It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the North Atlantic...
In the South
Tales of Sail and Yearning
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
It begins with two wooden boats: the schooner designed by L. Francis Herreshoff and Bruce Kirbys sharpie ketch. From these two float tales of then and now stories of sail and sea in the Australian south, of design and artistic craftsmanship, builders, teacher-mentors, sprung planks, loss and the rescue...
Last Voyages
The Lives and Tragic Loss of Remarkable Sailors Who Never Returned
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Looking back at the lives and sailing careers of some of our lifetime’s finest yachtsmen, this collection of eleven original, moving accounts is just as much a celebration of the good – tales of hope, achievement and courageous spirit – as it is an account of their tragic final voyages. Included...
by Sam Jefferson
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
The 1866 transatlantic yacht race was a match that saw three yachts battle their way across the Atlantic in the dead of winter in pursuit of a $90,000 prize. Six men died in the brutal and close-fought contest, and the event changed the perception of yachting from a slightly effete gentlemen's pursuit...
Sail
A tribute to the world's greatest races, sailors and their boats
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Whether it is to test the high seas on around-the-world events in the glory of 49er yachts, to cut through choppy coastal waters on a Lazer racing for Olympic Gold or to set team against team in the great cup challenges, Sail is a celebration of the adventure and skill of one of mankind's oldest...
by Vanessa Bird
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
This is the complete reference to the classic yachts and dinghies still sailing today. Focusing on the most well-known, popular and enduring designs - from the 7ft Optimist to the 125ft J class - this beautifully illustrated book showcases 144 boats from across the world, with a wealth of detail on...
Summary of The Boys in the Boat
by Daniel James Brown | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Summary of The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown | Includes Analysis Preview: The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown, is a non-fiction account of the remarkable life story of Joe...
The Kevin Show
An Olympic Athlete’s Battle with Mental Illness
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
From the NYT bestselling author of The Monopolists, the "fascinating" (People) story of Olympian Kevin Hall and the syndrome that makes him believe he stars in a television show of his life.
Meet Kevin Hall: brother, son, husband, father, and Olympic sailor. Kevin has an Ivy League...
Old Glory
A Voyage Down the Mississippi
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
The author of Bad Land realizes a lifelong dream as he navigates the waters of the Mississippi River in a spartan sixteen-foot motorboat, producing yet another masterpiece of contemporary American travel writing. In the course of his voyage, Raban records the mercurial caprices of the river and the...
Missives from Maravida
A Family's Caribbean Sailboat Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
298 photos! Missives from MARAVIDA: A Family’s Caribbean Sailing Adventure documents the extraordinary journey I took with my husband and our two children. Our adventure is chronicled in the e-mail messages I sent to family and friends after we met up with MARAVIDA in Trinidad. It is supplemented...