Water category: 2366 books
Master the Art of Swimming
Raising Your Performance with the Alexander Technique
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
Swimming improves your flexibility, tones your body and can help to boost your self-esteem and produce a sense of well being. It is the nation's most popular sporting activity with 11.9 million people swimming regularly. However, most people don't know how to swim properly. This book is based on a...
Going For Gold
Welsh Olympic Dreams for 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
What does it take to be the greatest? Whether it's part of a team like cyclist Geraint Thomas, who won gold in the team pursuit event in Beijing 2008, or notching up a record-beating 11 gold medals in the swimming pool for paralympic swimmer David Roberts to equal the record set by Dame Tanni Grey...
Over the Top
The First Lone Yachtsman to Sail Vertically Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Only one person has ever sailed vertically around the world - Adrian Flanagan.
Sailing horizontally is difficult enough, crossing thousands of miles of ocean only to get near land at the Capes and battle treacherous currents. However, hundreds of sailors have still managed it. Adrian became...
Force of Nature
Mind, Body, Soul, And, of Course, Surfing
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
Laird Hamilton has been hailed as the world's greatest big-wave surfer. His first book, Force of Nature, allows readers a rare glimpse inside the unique philosophy that has created his circumstances, and not the other way around. After all, this is a man whose biological father abandoned him shortly...
(Not So) Old Men and the Sea
A Toe in the Cruising Waters
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2004
" The author and his First Class Mate have provided those who may be new to boating with hundreds of tips to help make their cruising experiences safe and pleasurable "
-Jennifer Castle Field, President, Chapman School of Seamanship
"Prestegaard's writing has style and...
by Faith Van Rooyen
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
At the beginning of March 2001, a three thousand mile voyage under sail brought Faith and Pierre to the Chagos Archipelago in the middle of the Indian Ocean.There at Perhos Banhos and Salamon atoll they enjoyed life in an uninhabited tropical paradise, visited only by fellow sailing enthusiasts. Five...
Broken Seas
True Tales of Extraordinary Seafaring Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
Broken Seas is a special collection of nautical stories that will sweep readers into the world of high seas adventure and desperate survival. These specially researched stories, involving the personal work and knowledge of the author, investigate legends such as the last hours of the Edmund Fitzgerald...
by Brian Gilbert
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2009
A soup-to-nuts introduction to small, economical sailing craft
Trailer sailers--the smallest, most economical sailboats with sleeping accommodations--are a popular platform for learning the basics of sailing and are often considered to be the entry level to cruising under sail. Author Brian...
by Nigel Calder
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2001
The most comprehensive and helpful guide ever written for selecting and equipping a cruising sailboat
Whether you’re a coastal or offshore cruiser, you’ll find your most pressing concerns treated with the know-how that makes for skillful, confident cruising in Nigel Calder’s Cruising...
Sailing Strategy
Wind and Current
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2013
Sailing Strategy is considered a racing classic. Long out of print, it has champions who have been petitioning hard for its reissue. It is considered the best book ever written on the subject, and presents in detail techniques which are still completely relevant and applicable today. The author provides...
by Tony Read
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
A fascinating collection of articles by various authors, first published in 1886. Contains detailed, illustrated chapters on making and sailing a variety of boats. Contents include: Small Boats: How to Rig and Sail Them - How to Make a Boat - How to Build a Catamaran - Flat-Boating for Boys - How...
by Jim Scott
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
In this, the first of the Wanderings and Sojourns series, the reader is taken on a variety of journeys spanning all the continents of the world except Antarctica and Australasia. They’ll travel by sea and land through Caribbean islands and sub-Saharan savannah, South American mountain ranges and rivers...
Swimming for Parents
The Ultimate Education Guide for Swimming Parents
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
The number one question asked by swimming parents around the world is: How can I help my child be the best swimmer they can possibly be? The answer is now available! You can go from being the new parent on the block, to knowing exactly what to say and do in a way that supports your child and helps them...
by Blythe Lucero
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
The third book in the series, Challenge Workouts for Advanced Swimmers, contains 100 advanced level workouts that focus on speed and yardage, with specific workouts for freestyle, individual medley, sprint and distance swimming. The workouts in this book use pace work, descending and building sets, and...