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$9.95  
Paperback, Anthony Dalton, 124 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781926613314
On January 22, 1906, the passenger ship Valencia lost her way in heavy fog and rain and rammed into the deadly rocks at Pachena Point on the west coast of Vancouver Island. As the wreck was shattered by the pounding waves, the survivors clung desperately to the rigging. Few made it the short...

$7.00  
Paperback, Tom Perkins, 284 pages, 6 x 9, 9780060859770
A legendary venture capitalist pens a charming, slyly wicked tale of love among the fabulously rich and the sexy young women who aspire to marry them.

Pirate Devlin
LBC027
$10.00  
Hardcover, Mark Keating, 342 pages, 6 x 95, 9780446563901
As the great powers of Europe fight over the spoils of slavery, corruption and greed, the golden age of piracy is born. Sold by his father as a child for four guineas, captain's servant Patrick Devlin knows how cheap a man's life can be. But his instinct for survival is strong, and when his...

$21.95  
Paperback, Geoffrey Budworth, 157 pages, 7.5 x 10.25, 9781558217911
A handy guidebook that includes eighty ornamental and useful knots with easy-to-follow; with step-by-step illustrations.

$24.95  
Paperback, Capt. Charles Johnson, 352 pages, 7.5 x 95, 9781599219059
Originally published in 1724, this is an account of the lives and exploits of some of the most notorious pirates of the day, including Mary Read, Anne Bonny, Blackbeard and Captain Kidd.

Nights of Ice
SMP043
$18.99  
Paperback, Spike Walker, 206 pages, 5.5 x 8.25, 9780312199937
Hair-raising accounts of survival by the author of "Working on the Edge". "Grab-you-by-the-throat, rip-snorting tales of disaster on furious high seas". --"Kirkus Reviews".

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Paperback, Lars Hassler, 320 pages, 6 x 95, 9781408112014
A hippy Sell Up and Sail, this entertaining and inspiring book is more than just a cruising narrative – it is an instructive account showing how anyone can circumnavigate (or even sail for an extended period) without huge funds. Lars Hassler originally set off intending to sail for three years,...

$24.95  
Paperback, Rick James, 128 pages, 0.3 x 8.3 x 10.5, 9781550175455
In this special edition of Raincoast Chronicles, maritime historian Rick James takes the reader on an authoritative and well-illustrated tour of the most fascinating of BC's shipwrecks. As well as reliving high-seas adventures, we learn the stories behind retired Cape Horn windjammers, solve the...

$12.95  
Paperback, Lin and Larry Pardey, 256 pages, 9 x 6, 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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Paperback, Charles & Corrine Kanter, 364 pages, 6 x 9, 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...

$19.95  
Paperback, Mike Ostlund, 544 pages, 6 x 9, 9780762772827
Revised and fully updated, the stirring and authoritative account of one of World War II’s most highly decorated submarines On April 7, 1944, the battle-hardened USS Gudgeon (SS-211) slowly pulled away from tiny Johnston Island, slipping beneath the waves in one of the most treacherous...

HMS Warrior, 1860
NAV065
$30.00  
Hardcover, Andrew D. Lambert, 224 pages, 10.6 x 8.6, 9781844861286
Built to underline Victorian Britain's supremacy at sea, HMS Warrior was the world's first iron-hulled, armored warship. In 1979 she was rescued from ignominy as an oil jetty in Milford Haven to become the subject of an ambitious restoration programme, and for the last twenty years has been open...

Life at Sea Level
SWP055
$8.00  
Paperback, Steven J. Pavlidis, 259 pages, 6 x 9, 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...

$24.99  
Paperback, H.S. Contino, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738581576
European settlement of Coos County began with a shipwreck. The Captain Lincoln wrecked on the north spit of the Coos Bay in January 1852. The crewmen built a temporary camp out of the ship's sails and named it "Camp Cast-Away" This was the first white settlement in the area. The men eventually...

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Paperback, David Pinyerd, 128 pages, 6.5 x 95, 9780738548876
A pictorial history of the Oregon lighthouses and life-saving stations which predated the formation of the Coast Guard. 200 rare b&w photos with extensive captions document the historic and fascinating lights of the Oregon coast.

$10.99  
paperback, Marcia K. Vaughan, 32 pages, 10 x 0.4 x 11.5, 9781582708881
Abbie's father falls ill and she is left alone to care for the lighthouse. Based on a true story. Vibrant illustrations.

First Sail
CMP286
$15.99  
Hardcover, Richard Henderson, illustrated by Jennifer Heyd Wharton, 41 pages, 11 x 8.5, 9780870334429
This beautifully illustrated book introduces children to the basics of sailing. Adam, a young boy from the city, yearns to learn how to sail. When his aunt and uncle invite him to visit one summer, his cousin Beth takes him out in her sailboat. Beth shows Adam many of the things he will need to...

Ashley Book of Knots
DBD001
$95.00  
Hardcover, Clifford W. Ashley, 610 pages, 8.5 x 11.25, 9780385040259
The bible of knot and rope work. Every practical and decorative knot, function and origin. 7,000 drawings describing 3,900 knots, splices and whippings. The final word on knotting and rope work the world over.

$4.99  
Paperback, Deborah Lock, 32 pages, 5.9 x 0.2 x 9, 9780744067163
New Edition! Are you ready to dive deep under the sea? Make reading your superpower with DK’s beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your reading superpowers to learn all about living and working deep under the surface of the ocean - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully...

Lighthouse Activity Book
IHP_LHA001
$12.95  
Paperback, Elinor DeWire, 75 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780945092551
Includes read-aloud stories, word games, puzzles, coloring pages, art activities, poems, biographies of famous lighthouse people, cartoons, scrambles, trivia and much more. Fun for any lighthouse fan of any age.

How I Became a Pirate
HBC004
$19.99  
Hardcover, Melinda Long, 44 pages, 0.5 x 9 x 11.2, 9780152018481
Braid Beard's pirate crew invites Jeremy to join them and become a pirate. Buried treasure, tough pirate talk, sea shanties, bad table manners, no bedtime-who wouldn't want to be a pirate.

$9.99  
Paperback, Hildegarde H. Swift & Lynd Ward, 58 pages, 9 x 10, 9780152045739
This very important lighthouse stands tucked beneath the George Washington Bridge spanning the Hudson. Here is the story of how the little lighthouse learned that it was still very important and needed.

Tough Boris
HBC008
$7.99  
Paperback, Mem Fox, illust. by Kathryn Brown, 32 pages, 95 x 10.25, 9780152018917
Tough Boris is a mean, greedy old pirate- tough as nails like all pirates. Or is he?

$18.99  
Hardcover, Melinda Long, illust. by David Shannon, 44 pages, 9 x 11.25, 9780152053536
Swashbuckling pirates baby-sitting' How did this happen' This hilarious companion to How I Became a Pirate reveals that minding the nursery can be even more terrifying than walking the plank-especially if you're a pirate. Memorable illustrations.

Adrift
HMC022
$16.99  
Paperback, Steve Callahan, 237 pages, 5.5 x 8.25, 9780618257324
Riveting, first-hand account of the only man ever to have survived more than a month alone at sea in an inflatable raft. A genuine seafaring classic.

Paddle-to-the-Sea
HMC044
$13.99  
Paperback, Holling Clancy Holling, 64 pages, 8.75 x 11, 9780395292037
Wonderfully illustrated story of a small canoe carved by an Indian boy and the journey it makes from Lake Superior all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. Maps on nearly every page help the reader follow the harrowing, instructive trip.

A Voyage for Madmen
HRW005
$18.99  
Paperback, Peter Nichols, 298 pages, 5.25 X 8, 9780060957032
In 1968 nine sailors set off on the first solo, nonstop circumnavigators' race-possibly the most daring competition ever held. Only one finished. This is the story of each of those sailors, the challenges and hardships they faced, the obsession that drove them.

$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.

Lighthouse Cat
HRW025
$17.99  
Hardcover, Sue Stainton, 32 pages, 7.5 x 0.2 x 11, 9780060096045
The faithful lighthouse cat, Mackerel, one night helps guide a fishing boat to safety when the candles illuminating the light blow out in a freak windstorm. Charming text and superb illustrations.

I'm Mighty!
HRW071
$17.99  
Hardcover, Kate & Jim McMullan, 36 pages, 11.25 x 95, 9780060092900
Big format, engagingly illustrated look at just what mighty tugboats do around the harbor and how they do it.

$21.00  
Paperback, Frank Mastini, 155 pages, 7.25 x 95, 9780071558679
A clear and simple guide to building high quality model ships from kits. Choosing a kit, tools, planking, rigging, lots of shortcuts, tricks and pointers are all treated by this master modeler. 200 illustrations.

$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.
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