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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Four Guys in a Boat
SHP029
Four Guys in a Boat
$5.48 $10.95  
Paperback, Tom Watkins, 107pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9781574091939
A decade's worth of breezy escapist tales chronicling the misadventures of a motley crew of college professors who abandon their landlocked lives for a week a year to go sailing. A hilarious and insightful glimpse into the secret lives of men.
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Damn the Torpedoes!
TWE001
Damn the Torpedoes!
$6.48 $12.95  
Paperback, Catherine Dook, 180pages, 5.5 x 7.5, ISBN: 9781894898065
Warm and witty tales of live aboard life and all its misadventures, joys and challenges. For the nautically committed and those who love to laugh.
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Narratives & Adventure, General, Sailing Off The Anchor: Adventures of an Entrepreneur
CAP004
Sailing Off The Anchor: Adventures of an Entrepreneur
$6.48 $12.95  
Paperback, Don Douglass, 286pages, 6 x 0.6 x 9, ISBN: 9781934199152
In his multiple incarnations as a sailor, outdoorsman, explorer, engineer, inventor, businessman and author, Don Douglass has always lived life on his own terms. Inheriting his father's entrepreneurial spirit, he has made a career out of turning his passion for outdoor pursuits into a series of...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Over the Top
IPG032
Over the Top
$7.98 $15.95  
Paperback, Adrian Flanagan, 402pages, 5 x 8.25, ISBN: 9780753826102
In 1975, when Adrian Flanagan was 15, he read Sir Francis Chichester's account of his record-breaking circumnavigation, and a dream began to form. Thirty years later, on October 28, 2005, Adrian set sail from the south coast of England on his quest to voyage vertically around the earth by the...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Red Sea Peril
SHP073
Red Sea Peril
$8.25 $16.50  
Paperback, Shirley Billing, 254pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9781574091373
Records in dramatic detail the ordeal of Peter and Shirley Billing who were taken from their yacht at gunpoint in the Red Sea and only released after a month of the most extraordinary efforts by friends, family and their government.
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Conservation & Awareness, The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet
RAN409
The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet
$8.50 $17.00  
Paperback, JIM ROBBINS, 256pages, 5.2 x 0.6 x 7.9, ISBN: 9780812981292
The Man Who Planted Trees  is the inspiring story of David Milarch’s quest to clone the biggest trees on the planet in order to save our forests and ecosystem—as well as a hopeful lesson about how each of us has the ability to make a difference. “When is the best time to plant a tree?...
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Fishing Narratives, BLACK FISH
SHP519
BLACK FISH
$8.98 $17.95  
Paperback, Sam Llewellyn, 112pages, 8.8 x 5.8, ISBN: 9781574093117
An exciting sailing story that combines sailing with mystery and intrigue, Black Fish refers to fish that are protected species but are being caught and sold by criminal elements. This leads to an adventure of mystery and murder combining the elements of skullduggery at sea (with ecological...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Rowing into the Son : Four Young Men Crossing the North Atlantic
MOU068
Rowing into the Son : Four Young Men Crossing the North Atlantic
$9.48 $18.95  
Paperback, Jordan Hanssen, ISBN: 9781594856358
The daring true story of the first North Atlantic Rowing Race, and the endurance needed by a team of companions to row their way to victory across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Red Flags in Blue Water
SMO001
Red Flags in Blue Water
$9.56 $11.95  
Paperback, R A Bard, 194pages, 5.5 x 8.5, ISBN: 9780692618479
On the ocean, some voyages proceed smoothly, and some go weirdly south. It’s the weirder ones, selected from the many passages made by the author over sixteen years as an offshore delivery captain, that are collected here. None are full-scale disasters, but even minor calamities are exciting...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Letters from the Sea
PAR053
Letters from the Sea
$9.95  
Paperback, Deborah Shapiro, 96pages, 8.8 x 5.8, ISBN: 9780939837038
Letters to children who have never been sailing written aboard the sailing yacht Northern Light during an 8,000 mile ocean voyage. The author describes life aboard a small sailboat in mid-ocean, close to birds, dolphins and sea life of all kinds. . Click the E-Book icon to get the Kindle version...
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Maritime & Naval History, Rescue at the Top of the World
PAR033
Rescue at the Top of the World
$9.95  
Paperback, Shawn Shallow, 291pages, 9 x 5.9, ISBN: 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....
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Walking on Water
SHP346
Walking on Water
$9.98 $19.95  
Paperback, Geoff Holt, 364pages, 5 x 8, ISBN: 9781574092769
On September 5, 1984, eighteen-year-old Geoff Holt dived into an idyllic tropical sea, and his life changed forever. A broken neck cut short a promising career as a yachtsman and left him paralyzed, with his horizons reduced to an uncertain future in a wheelchair. On September 5, 2007, after a...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Cruising Conversations with A Daring Duo!
SAI003
Cruising Conversations with A Daring Duo!
$9.98 $19.95  
Paperback, Charles & Corrine Kanter, 364pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9780961840693
364 pages (includes 32 pages of COLOR photos) of mirth, introspection, experience, pathos and just plain lifestyle joy from two people who dared to be different and take to the sea on an '-unconventional'-sailing craft and find camaraderie, lasting friendships, and a business model that allowed...
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Discounted Narratives, Life at Sea Level
SWP055
Life at Sea Level
$9.98 $19.95  
Paperback, Steven J. Pavlidis, 259pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9781892399335
Life at Sea Level is the latest work of one of America s finest travel guide authors. For nearly 20 years, Stephen J Pavlidis has been writing books about the Bahamas and the Caribbean islands. He has written 14 guides covering virtually all the geography from south Florida to Trinidad and...
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Lin & Larry Pardey, Seraffyn's European Adventure
PDB007
Seraffyn's European Adventure
$10.00 $16.95  
Paperback, Lin & Larry Pardey, 319pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9780964603646
With this edition of Seraffyn's European Adventure, all four of the Pardey's classic Seraffyn tales are available in affordable paperback.   Join Lin and Larry while they winter in England working to pay for the next leg of their journey into the Baltic, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Germany....
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Lin & Larry Pardey, Seraffyn's Oriental Adventure
PDB006
Seraffyn's Oriental Adventure
$10.00 $16.95  
Paperback, Lin and Larry Pardey, 256pages, 9 x 6, ISBN: 9780964603639
A tale of adventures, as two young dreamers continue their voyaging on board their self-built 24'4" cutter. They cross the exotic sea that spawned Homer's tales of Ulysses' Odyssey, then sail through the strife torn Red Sea and across the typhoon tossed waters of the Bay of Bengal. In this...
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Narratives & Adventure, General, Bull Canyon: A Boat builder, a Writer and other Wildlife
PDB013
Bull Canyon: A Boat builder, a Writer and other Wildlife
$10.00 $24.95  
Hardcover, Lin Pardey, 304pages, 6x9, ISBN: 9781929214679
Lin Pardey and her husband Larry are internationally famous for their sailing adventures. But in 1980 -- fresh from an eleven years-long sailing journey, where they forged the early years of their marriage on high seas and in exotic locales -- they came to CA looking for a good spot to build a...
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Lin & Larry Pardey, Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure 30th Anniversary Edition
PDB015
Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventure 30th Anniversary Edition
$10.00 $16.95  
Paperback, Lin and Larry Pardey, 256pages, 9 x 6, ISBN: 9781929214167
Lin and Larry Pardey s first book, Cruising in Seraffyn is credited with launching 50,000 dreams. This third book in the Seraffyn series chronicles the three years spent exploring Ulysses wine-colored sea and clearly illustrates how they kept that dream afloat. Lin and Larry meander under...
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Lin & Larry Pardey, As Long as It's Fun: The Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey
PDB014
As Long as It's Fun: The Epic Voyages and Extraordinary Times of Lin and Larry Pardey
$10.00 $18.95  
Paperback, Herb McCormick, ISBN: 9781929214983
In As Long as It’s Fun, the biography of Lin and Larry Pardey, Herb McCormick recounts their remarkable sailing career—from their early days in Southern Cal. to their two circumnavigations to their current life in a quiet cove in New Zealand. Through interviews with their families, friends,...
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Lin & Larry Pardey, Blown Away
PDB018
Blown Away
$10.00 $16.95  
Paperback, Herb Payson, 232pages, 9 x 6, ISBN: 9781929214068
Anyone crazy enough to buy a boat deserves all the headaches he gets, said Chuck. What kind of boat are you looking for? Oh, something about 35 feet. We re going to sail around the world. You poor kids, he said sympathetically. At Middle age, Herb and Nancy Payson decided they...
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Lin & Larry Pardey, Taleisin's Tales: Sailing towards the Southern Cross
PDB021
Taleisin's Tales: Sailing towards the Southern Cross
$10.00 $18.95  
Paperback, Lin and Larry Pardey, 220pages, 6 x 9
    Including stories from paradise and hard-won lessons in seamanship,  Taleisin’s Tales  reflects back to the first miles Lin and Larry Pardey gained together on their second boat – one they built lovingly with teak carvel planking over sawn black locust frames. The book begins with...
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Lin & Larry Pardey, Cruising In Seraffyn: Tribute Edition
PDB100
Cruising In Seraffyn: Tribute Edition
$10.00 $18.95  
Paperback, Lin & Larry Pardey, 224pages, 6 x 9, ISBN: 9781929214150
Profits from the sale of this Tribute Edition will go towards maintaining and upgrading the Larry Pardey Memorial Observatory at Camp Bentzon on Kawau Island, New Zealand.  It was built with funds donated by Kenny Thorall who worked alongside Larry delivering and upgrading yachts before I...
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Sailing & Nautical Narratives, Back Under Sail
MWE001
Back Under Sail
$11.00 $22.00  
Hardcover, Migael Scherer, 203pages, 5.5 x 8.5, ISBN: 9781571312747
An experienced sailor goes racing for the first time, searching for victory and a renewed love of life. This is a moving portrayal of a frayed life being made whole again in the comradeship of a grueling race through hauntingly beautiful surrounds.
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Shipwrecks & Maritime Disasters, Suddenly Overboard: True Stories of Sailors in Fatal Trouble
INT460
Suddenly Overboard: True Stories of Sailors in Fatal Trouble
$11.00 $22.00  
Paperback, Tom Lochhaas, ISBN: 9780071803311
True stories of contemporary sailing disasters that will keep you alert and careful when you are on the water. . Suddenly Overboard tells stories about sailors who experienced catastrophes when least expecting them and who were rescued, or who died, or who lived to tell the tale simply by good...
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