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Over the Edge of the World
Over the Edge of the World
HRW154
$19.99  
Paperback, Laurence Bergreen, 430 pages, 6 x 9, 9780062890481
A vivid account of Magellan's thoroughly terrifying first circumnavigation of the globe. Includes first-person accounts never before available in English. Filled with sex, violence and unprecedented adventures.
The Pirate King: The Incredible Story of the Real Captain Morgan
The Pirate King: The Incredible Story of the Real Captain Morgan
SKY164
$15.99  
Paperback, Graham A. Thomas, 264 pages, 6 x 9, 9781510755697
A compelling new account of history's most famous pirate. The Pirate King  is the compelling true story of a Welshman who became one of the most ruthless and brutal buccaneers of the golden age of piracy. The inspiration for dozens of fictionalized pirates in film, television, and...
Seafaring Lore & Legend
Seafaring Lore & Legend
INT219
$24.00  
Paperback, Peter D. Jeans, 370 pages, 6 x 9, 71486569
A wonderfully entertaining miscellany of maritime myths, superstitions, fable and even fact. Presented in a relaxed style displaying a passion for the classic and sometimes obscure nautical tales of pirates, mermaids, castaways and buccaneers.
Never Say P*g: The Book of Sailors’ Superstitions
Never Say P*g: The Book of Sailors’ Superstitions
HPC166
$18.95  
Hardcover, R. Bruce Macdonald, 176 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781550179798
The nautical reference book you never knew you needed: a compendium of all superstitions maritime and marine. Learn your A-B-Seas of sailors’ guiding magic and mythos―and why you should never stir your tea with a knife, lest you invite trouble and strife. Ever wondered why the skipper gave...
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II
RAN641
$20.00  
Paperback, Adam Makos, 400 pages, 6 x 9, 9780425255735
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: “Beautifully told.” —CNN •  “A remarkable story...worth retelling and celebrating.”— USA Today •  “Oh, it’s a good one!” —Fox News   A “beautiful story of a brotherhood between enemies” emerges from the horrors of World War II in this   New York Times  bestseller...
Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew
Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew
RAN080
$18.00  
Paperback, Brian Hicks, 304 pages, 5.25 X 8, 9780345466655
On December 4th, 1872, a 100-foot brigantine was discovered drifting through the North Atlantic without a soul on board. Not a sign of struggle, not a shred of damage, no ransacked cargo—and not a trace of the captain, his wife and daughter, or the crew. What happened on board the ghost ship...
Sextant: A Young Man's Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans
Sextant: A Young Man's Daring Sea Voyage and the Men Who Mapped the World's Oceans
HRW112
$16.99  
Paperback, David Barrie, 384 pages, 5.3 x 0.9 x 8, 9780062279354
In the tradition of Dava Sobel's  Longitude  comes sailing expert David Barrie's compelling and dramatic tale of invention and discovery—an eloquent elegy to one of the most important navigational instruments ever created, and the daring mariners who used it to explore, conquer,...
The Outlaw Ocean
The Outlaw Ocean
PGN345
$21.00  
Paperback, Ian Urbina, 576 pages, 5 x 8, 9781101972373
A riveting, adrenaline-fueled tour of a vast, lawless, and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas. There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear...
Astounding Sea Stories: Fifteen Ripping Good Tales
Astounding Sea Stories: Fifteen Ripping Good Tales
SKY128
$14.99  
Paperback, 280 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781944824242
“1789 April: Just before sun-rising, Mr. Christian, with the master at arms, gunner’s mate, and Thomas Burket, seaman, came into my cabin while I was asleep, and seizing me, tied my hands with a cord behind my back and threatened me with instant death if I spoke or made the least noise.”  So...
Silent Service: Submarine Warfare from World War II to the Present?An Illustrated and Oral History
Silent Service: Submarine Warfare from World War II to the Present?An Illustrated and Oral History
SKY145
$29.99  
Paperback, Philip Kaplan, 240 pages, 8 x 10.5, 9781634505536
See the secret and dangerous world of submarine life and warfare like never before. From the ingenious but impractical designs of seventeenth-century inventors through the nuclear-powered submarines of today, this heavily illustrated volume traces the history of the silent force and the elite...
US Submarines 1941-45
US Submarines 1941-45
OSP002
$20.00  
Paperback, Jim Christley, illust. by Tony Bryan, 48 pages, 7.25 X 9.75, 9781841768595
A fine examination of the fleet submarines of the U. S. Navy during WWII. Archival photos combine with detailed artwork to bring these fascinating vessels to vivid life. Features detailed cutaways and interior photos.
Scoundrels of the Salish Sea: Tales of Crime and Punishment in Washington State's History
Scoundrels of the Salish Sea: Tales of Crime and Punishment in Washington State's History
ARC169
$21.99  
Paperback, Carol Turner, 176 pages, 6 x 9, 9781634992237
From Orcas Island to Tacoma, and west to the Kitsap and Olympic Peninsulas, the American section of the Salish Sea serves as an abundant setting for a wild ride through Washington's history of crime and punishment. These stories came primarily from the pages of old newspapers--the earliest...
Haunted Graveyard of the Pacific
Haunted Graveyard of the Pacific
ARC175
$21.99  
Paperback, Ira Wesley Kitmacher, 144 pages, 6 x 9, 9781467149501
Despite its idyllic setting, the coast of the Pacific Northwest has another, darker name by which it is known: the "Graveyard of the Pacific." Two thousand ships and countless lives have been lost to the waters of the Pacific Ocean, and the Columbia River has claimed many more. The spirits of...
Fleet Tactics And Naval Operations, 3rd Edition
Fleet Tactics And Naval Operations, 3rd Edition
NAV509
$55.95  
hardcover, Capt. Wayne P. Hughes, 408 pages, 6.2 x 9, 9781682473375
The revised edition of this indispensable work still covers battle tactics at sea from the age of fighting sail to the present, with emphasis on trends (factors that have changed throughout history), constants (things that have not changed), and variables (things pertinent to each individual...
The Queen's Pirate: Sir Francis Drake and the Golden Hind
The Queen's Pirate: Sir Francis Drake and the Golden Hind
IPS196
$12.95  
Paperback, Kevin Jackson, 128 pages, 5.5 x 7.5, 9781948585187
For more than four centuries, Sir Francis Drake has been world-famous for his feats as a master mariner – the captain who “singed the King of Spain’s beard” with his daredevil attack on the fleet at Cadiz, and who led the British Navy to victory against the Spanish Armada in 1588. But Drake’s...
The Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
The Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
PGN004
$19.00  
Paperback, Nathaniel Philbrick, 439 pages, 5.5 x 8, 9780142004838
America's first frontier was not the West; it was the sea, and no one writes more eloquently about that watery wilderness than Nathaniel Philbrick. In his bestselling  In the Heart of the Sea  Philbrick probed the nightmarish dangers of the vast Pacific. Now, in an epic sea adventure, he...
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