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Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever (Maritime History and Piracy, Globalization, Caribbean History)
Why We Love Pirates: The Hunt for Captain Kidd and How He Changed Piracy Forever (Maritime History and Piracy, Globalization, Caribbean History)
IPS172
$18.95  
Paperback, Rebecca Simon, 256 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781642503371
For Fans of True-Life Pirate Stories "Only someone who has lived in the shadows chasing faded pirates for an age, and is blessed with creativity, can pull off a book of this high caliber." ― Wreck Watch Magazine #1 New Release in Globalization How the global manhunt for Captain...
When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse...
When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse...
INT332
$21.00  
Paperback, Olivia A. Isil, 125 pages, 7 x 7, 9780070328778
A salty collection of over 250 words, phrases and sayings that have become common in English usage. Arranged alphabetically and each entry is accompanied by a full explanation of origins and use. For lovers of English and the sea.
War In The Pacific (DVD)
War In The Pacific (DVD)
BMHJ63D
$10.00  
DVD
Featuring three programs. Pacific Firepower: 25 days of hell to take Saipan. Guam took 17 days of straight air attacks and bombing, paving the way for our massive anphib landings. The Battle Of Rabaul: Having taken Guadalcanal and Papua, New Guinea we planned a major encirclement of New Britain....
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.
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...
The Sea and Civilization
The Sea and Civilization
RAN329
$25.00  
Paperback, Lincoln Paine, 784 pages, 9.6 x 7.1 x 1.9, 9781101970355
A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean and river, lake and stream, and how goods, languages, religions, and entire cultures spread across and along the world’s...
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 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...
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...
The Oceans and the Stars - A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story - Book
The Oceans and the Stars - A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story - Book
HCT063
$30.00  
Hardcover, Mark Helprin, 512 pages, 6.5 x 9.3 x 1.8", 9781419769085
Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Winter’s Tale and A Soldier of the Great War, presents a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of falling in love. A Navy captain near the end of a...
The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen
The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen
PER048
$17.99  
Paperback, Stephen R. Bown, 9780306822667
 The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries-the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole-remained blank spots on the...
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
RAN500
$25.00  
Paperback, James D. Hornfischer, 499 pages, 6 x 9, 9780553381481
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
The Journals of Captain Cook
The Journals of Captain Cook
PGN134
$17.00  
Paperback, Capt. James Cook, 9780140436471
Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back detailed descriptions of the natural history of the Pacific. Accounts...
The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths
The Golden Age of Piracy: The Truth Behind Pirate Myths
SKY163
$18.99  
Paperback, Benerson Little, 384 pages, 6 x 9, 9781510758346
"Little has a deep affection for his subject that occasionally leads him to affectation, but his use of piratical jargon is more charming than jarring; clearly he’s having a good time, and so will readers. Packed with insight and adventure, Little’s book is sure to strike a note with armchair...
Task Force: Power at Sea (DVD)
Task Force: Power at Sea (DVD)
BMH420D
$10.00  
DVD, 97278004205
Hook Down, Wheels Down: Featuring Naval Aces at their finest including the Langely, Saratoga, Lexington, Enterprize, Wasp, Hornet, Ranger and their fighting aircraft the Wildcat, Dauntless, Avenger and the Hellcat. Seapower - Plymouth Rock To Polaris: American seapower from the creaking decks of...
Tall Ships on Puget Sound (Images of America)
Tall Ships on Puget Sound (Images of America)
ARC017
$24.99  
Paperback, Chuck Fowler, 128 pages, 6.5 x 0.3 x 9 inches, 9780738548142
This engaging pictorial history tells of the tall sailing ships that came to the Pacific Northwest beginning in the mid-1700s. Met by native Salish people, the ships brought Spanish, British, Russian, and American explorers, as well as settlers and entrepreneurs, to the region. Over the next two...
Six Frigates
Six Frigates
WWN014
$18.95  
Paperback, Ian Toll, 560 pages, 6 x 95, 9780393330328
The epic history if the founding of the American Navy and how a handful of bastards and outlaws fighting under a piece of striped bunting humbled the omnipotent Royal Navy. From the decision to build six heavy frigates through the war of 1812.
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...
Shipwrecks & Lost Treasures: Great Lakes
Shipwrecks & Lost Treasures: Great Lakes
GPT039
$14.95  
Paperback, Michael Varhola, 206 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9780762744923
Twenty-one riveting stories with illustrations of ships that met their end in the treacherous waters of the Great Lakes including British gunboat, The USS Niagara, Civil War steamer Island Queen and, of course, the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Ships, Aircraft & Weapons of the US Navy (DVD)
Ships, Aircraft & Weapons of the US Navy (DVD)
BM423D
$10.00  
DVD
Featuring 81 classes of fighting ships and warbirds of the fleet in motion picture profile. From carriers such as Nimitz, Eisenhower, Enterprise, Kitty Hawk to missile cruisers and aerial fleet weapons including A7 Corsair, Hawkeye, A6 Intruder, F14 Tomcat and much more.
Ship Spotter's Guide
Ship Spotter's Guide
RAN338
$12.00  
Paperback, Angus Konstam, 128 pages, 7.5 x 0.4 x 5.1, 9781472808691
Ships have been part of military campaigns since the Ancient world, and this expertly illustrated and detailed Spotter's Guide offers a look at the 40 most iconic and recognizable ships throughout history. From the Viking longship through to the powerful modern aircraft carriers, and from the...
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,...
Secrets of the Viking Navigators
Secrets of the Viking Navigators
OEP001
$19.95  
Paperback, Leif K. Karlsen, 204 pages, 6.5 x 9, 9780972151504
How the Vikings used their amazing sunstones and other techniques to cross the open ocean. Begins with retelling and examining the Norse sagas for clues to navigation techniques and progresses to well founded conjecture on sunstone use. Photos, maps, charts, and more.  
Seamen, Ships, and Cargo
Seamen, Ships, and Cargo
WIC003
$8.00  
Paperback, R. Sheret, 139 pages, 8.5 x 11, 921107102
 The story of ships and crews that moved cargo along the West Coast from the 18th century to the present. From the paddlewheel steamers that served the CA and Yukon gold rushes to container-laden coastal barge traffic and space-age cruise ships.
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.
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...
San Diego Harbor Police
San Diego Harbor Police
ARC120
$21.99  
Paperback, Michael P. Rich, 128 pages, 6.5 x 95, 9781467132428
The San Diego Harbor Police Department has proudly provided more than 50 years of law enforcement. From its humble beginnings as a small security force formed after World War II to protect San Diego imports to the modern and sophisticated police force it is today, the San Diego Harbor Police...
Rescue at the Top of the World
Rescue at the Top of the World
PAR033
$14.95  
Paperback, Shawn Shallow, 291 pages, 9 x 5.9, 9780939837656
Winter came early to the Arctic in 1897. Frigid temperatures brought pack ice that filled the waters north of the Bering Strait. As a result, virtually the entire North American whaling fleet was trapped, stranding 300 men to die of starvation and exposure. Three escaping ships raised the alarm....
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
PGN222
$18.00  
Paperback, Brian Hicks & Schuyler Kropf, 330 pages, 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.2, 9780345447722
The history of the Confederate submarine  H. L. Hunley  is as astonishing as its disappearance. On February 17, 1864, after a legendary encounter with a Union battleship, the iron “fish boat” vanished without a trace somewhere off the coast of South Carolina. For more than a century the fate of...
Path Between the Seas
Path Between the Seas
SIM081
$22.99  
Paperback, David McCullough, 669 pages, 6 x 9, 9780671244095
The full story of the astonishing engineering feats, extraordinary medical advances, political power plays, heroic struggles, and human tragedies that went into the construction of the Panama Canal. Superb writing and scholarship.
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.
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...
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