Water category: 2366 books
by Richard Ankony
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
The first thing you will learn about the Mississippi River if you travel the length of it, is that “Tug Boats Rule.”
These “monsters” that are pushing their massive loads in barges, both rule the day and the night and take no prisoners.
For if someone tells you that they traveled the river...
Surfing Newport Beach
The Glory Days of Corona Del Mar
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Corona del Mar was once California's premier surfing spot, holding the sport's first Pacific Coast competition in 1928. Attempts to tame Corona and to make the Newport Beach harbor mouth safe for watercraft drastically altered board riding, destroying the great "wave-making machine" of Corona and creating...
Paddling the Boreal Forest
Rediscovering A.P. Low
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2004
The boreal forest of Quebec/Labrador -- some of the most rugged and isolated land in Canada -- has captivated avid canoeists for generations. In the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, the intrepid A.P. Low of the Geological Survey of Canada spent, in total, more than ten years of his working life...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2001
The canoe is a symbol unique to Canada. One of the greatest gifts of First Peoples to all those who came after, the canoe is Canada's most powerful icon. Within this Canexus II publication are a collection of essays by paddling enthusiasts and experts. Contributing authors include: Eugene Arima, Shanna...
Pike's Portage
Stories of a Distinguished Place
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2010
"Pike's Portage plays a very special role in the landscape of Canada's Far North and its human history. It is both an ancient gateway and the funnel for early travel from the boreal forest of the Mackenzie River watershed to the vast open spaces of the subarctic taiga, better known as the "Barren...
Nastawgan
The Canadian North by Canoe & Snowshoe
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 1987
A rich history of Canadian wilderness travel, "an utterly compelling collection," said The Globe and Mail, and "a gem -- it absolutely sparkles," according to Canadian Geographic. Declared by the Canadian Historical Association to be the best book published of its year on the regional...
Canoe Crossings
Understanding the Craft that Helped Shape British Columbia
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
Often called one of the Seven Wonders of Canada, the canoe has played a particularly important role in British Columbia. This seemingly simple watercraft allowed coastal First Nations to hunt on the open ocean and early explorers to travel the province’s many waterways. Always at the crossroads...
Bend to Baja
A Biofuel Powered Surfing and Climbing Road Trip
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Bend to Baja documents a surf-inspired road trip along the West Coast of North America. In February 2005, a group of world-renowned surfers left Ventura, California, for Bend, Oregon. From Oregon, the crew worked its way south to the tip of Baja, looking for waves and traveling in a pickup truck converted...
Paddling North
A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
In a tale remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak. Paddling North is a compilation of Sutherland’s first two...
Flirting with Mermaids
The Unpredictable Life of a Sailboat Delivery Skipper
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2003
Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. in Flirting with Mermaids, he recounts the most memorable of them.
He crosses the Western Caribbean with a crew of eccentric Swedes researching...
by Ann Blockley
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
Ann Blockley is well-known for her attractive paintings of flowers and here she explains all the basic techniques for painting country flowers in watercolour. This practical yet inspirational ebook is part of the renowned Collins Learn to Paint series. Country flowers are an accessible and endlessly...
by Tom Cunliffe
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
Sailing, Yachts and Yarns is a selection of British sailing legend Tom Cunliffe's most entertaining, outspoken and instructive writing from the pages of Yachting Monthly magazine. Tom's regular column for this leading sailing magazine gives him free reign to explore a wide range of topics. He has...
by H. Fiennes Speed
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2012
Excerpted from "Cruises in Small Yacht and Big Canoes", The Log of the Viper describes in vivid detail the adventures of an English gentleman sailor and his plucky companions cruising the south coast of England in 1883 in a 20 foot sailboat. This text provides a unique insight...
by Christian Beamish
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2013
Christian Beamish, a former editor at The Surfer’s Journal, envisioned a low-tech, self-reliant exploration for surf along the coast of North America, using primarily clothes and instruments available to his ancestors, and the 18-foot boat he would build by hand in his garage. How the vision met reality...