Water category: 2366 books
by Neil Bose
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2011
This is a book of days and moments spent sailing on the east coast of Newfoundland and over the Atlantic to the Azores. Newfoundland is a beautiful cruising ground, one of the best in the world for a short period of the year in July and August, perhaps from late June. Optimistically and romantically,...
by Martin Edge
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
“Bobbing to the Baltic” is the story of my cruise from Edinburgh to the Russian border aboard my 27ft yacht ‘Zophiel’.In May 2012 we left the Forth to cross the North Sea. Though we originally intended to go to Denmark, a combination of wimpiness and extraordinarily poor navigation...
by John Champion
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2012
Learn the easy and humorous way about some serious topics. These non technical chapters will provide a light hearted but informative understanding of the topic. Many many suggestions for making your life at sea (or anchor) more comfortable and fun.
The Gathering Wind
Hurricane Sandy, the Sailing Ship Bounty, and a Courageous Rescue at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
October 2012. A replica of the famous HMS Bounty, an eighteenth-century tall sailing ship, set a collision course with a storm that became the largest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic—a clash that proved to be one of the most unforgettable stories of Superstorm Sandy.
The Bounty, crewed...
21 Miles
Swimming in Search of the Meaning of Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
'This book will help so many people' Positive Fertility
An Outdoor Swimming Society Book of the Year 2018
After a decade of trying and failing to become a mother, Jessica Hepburn knew it was time to do something different. So she decided to swim twenty-one miles across the English Channel...
Campfires and Loon Calls
Travels in the Boundary Waters
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Jerry Apps shares 25 years of wilderness canoeing experience—wicked thunderstorms, inquisitive bears, swamping a canoe, and watching the night sky filled with stars—as well as advice from how to set up a camp and protect food from hungry bears, to minimalist cooking, appreciating a rainy day, and a history of the Boundary Waters region.
Things That Go - Boats Edition
Boats for Children & Kids
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2015
There is a need to capture a child's attention using appropriate themes just to get him/her to go over a book. Young children are at the peak of language development, and picture books would stimulate that part of the brain. The verbal and visual nature of the book will prove to be more than enough to secure adequate brain development. Buy a copy now!
by Jill Esbaum
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
In this charming picture book for preschoolers, curious kids will learn all about the amazing underwater world of coral reefs and the animals that live there.
From sea stars to seahorses to sharks, young readers will be amazed by the diversity of life in coral reefs and by the wonders of our...
South with the Sun
Roald Amundsen, His Polar Explorations, and the Quest for Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Roald Amundsen, “the last of the Vikings,” left his mark on the Heroic Era as one of the most successful polar explorers ever.
A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Amundsen’s career of adventure began at the age of fifteen (he was born in Norway in 1872 to a family of merchant...
Pencil, Paper and Stars
The Handbook of Traditional & Emergency Navigation
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2008
Today’s sailors rely on GPS for position finding and passage making. But what happens if your electronic navigation systems fail?_x000D_ This book provides you with simple, practical, get-you-home navigation techniques that could save you in an emergency. These easy techniques require no complicated...
Scratching the Horizon
A Surfing Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
A bitchin' love letter to sand and sea, and a spirited inside account of life with the "first family" of American surfing
In 1956, Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz stepped away from a successful medical practice and began a lifelong surfing odyssey that grew to include his wife Juliette,...
British River Navigations
Inland Cuts, Fens, Dikes, Channels and Non-tidal Rivers
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
Britain's rivers deserve to be better known. Teeming with wildlife, steeped in history, sporting bridges, docks and stunning architecture, not to mention supporting riverside pubs, waterways museums and a variety of places of interest, they are the country's essential arteries, connecting inland Britain...
Island
A Story of the Galápagos
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Charles Darwin first visited the Galápagos Islands almost 200 years ago, only to discover a land filled with plants and animals that could not be found anywhere else on earth. How did they come to inhabit the island? How long will they remain?
Thoroughly researched and filled with intricate...
by Chuck Warner
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
Learn how eight of the greatest male swimmers in recent swimming history progressed from summer league swimming to collectively win 28 Olympic Gold Medals.Included are technique tips from the swimmers themselves and practice samples from each stageof their development. The legendary swimmers...