Water Sports category: 1998 books
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....
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...
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...
Zanurzona
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...
Shark Bytes
Tales of Diving with the Bizarre and the Beautiful
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
The popular image of sharks is of a dorsal fin cleaving the surface as it rushes to its next kill, but this is a limited caricature. There are over 500 species to choose from, most of whom are far more frightened of humans than vice versa. In this beautiful book, diving veteran John Bantin recounts...
by André Viana
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: November 6, 2017
Primeiro campeão e incentivador do circuito mundial de ondas grandes e do tow-in, Carlos Burle conta tudo sobre suas décadas de dedicação ao esporte, do anonimato ao estrelato, sempre tentando desmistificar a imagem desses homens que encaram ondas de 20, 30 metros por prazer – mas também por...
by Joyce Carol Oates
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 21, 2012
«Si no se puede golpear, por lo menos se puede ser golpeado, y saber que todavía se está vivo.»
Del boxeo es un ensayo sencillo, dramático y de una profundidad evocadora. Te golpea convirtiendo tus recuerdos en jumps, ganchos o rectos de derecha. Te coloca en una posición en donde la...
by Vicki Grant
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
Frances works the night shift at a local convenience store, dividing her time between restocking shelves and working on her art. Her routine is broken one night when Devin comes into the store. He claims to be the son of a famous local artist and offers her advice on her drawings. Although he seems...
by Jeff Ross
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Everything stops making sense for extreme surfer Kevin Taylor after his parents die in a plane crash. When Kevin disappears, leaving only a cryptic note, his best friends Luca and Esme have no choice but to try and find him. Their journey takes them to the coast of Panama, where they must confront...