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Paperback, Des Pawson, 176 pages, 8.3 x 0.6 x 8.3, 9781472922786
This wonderful collection of Des Pawson's personal ropecraft recipes combines an extended and now full-color collection of projects from Des's popular  Des Pawson's Knot Craft , together with 20 new and brilliant mat designs. Readers can learn how to make 60 different ropework projects,...

$19.95  
Paperback, Elinor DeWire, 292 pages, 8.8 x 5.5, 9781937196912
The immense Pacific Ocean, rife with islands and rimmed by huge continents, has been a liquid highway for trade and travel for centuries. Its peaceful name masks a fickle character though-serene and idyllic at times but also turbulent and merciless. . Marking the shores of this largest ocean...

$24.99  
Paperback, Jess Thomson, 9781612120287
These 150 delectable recipes celebrate the unique flavors of the Evergreen State, from Pacific salmon and Dungeness crab to wild mushrooms, cherries, apples, saffron, and much more. Try Grilled Spot Prawns with Curried Caramel Dipping Sauce, Fall Sausage Minestrone with Mushrooms and Squash,...

$17.99  
Hardcover, Michelle Cusolito, 32 pages, 9.5 x 11, 9781623542931
From snorkeling to freediving, scuba, submarines, and Challenger Deep, discover the different technologies scientists use to explore the ocean in this deep-sea STEM picture book. How does ocean exploration work? What kinds of machines and equipment help researchers under the sea? How deep can...

$4.99  
DK, 32 pages, 6 x 9, 9780744083804
Meet the sea creatures living on a coral reef! Make reading in English and Spanish your superpower with DK’s beautiful, leveled nonfiction. Use your bilingual reading superpowers to learn all about a beautiful coral reef and the sea animals living there - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction...

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Paperback, Laura Driscoll, 48 pages, 6 x 9 , 9780448443416
How smart are dolphins? They’re good at doing tricks, and they love fish! But how much do we know about the ways dolphins communicate and relate to each other? In Do Dolphins Really Smile?, curious young readers will learn all the dolphin basics, as well as new information scientists are finding...

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Board book, Sam Taplin, 10 pages, 8.2 x 0.8 x 7.6", 9781805074793
When babies and toddlers touch the soft patches in this irresistible novelty book, the sea creatures come to life with hilarious and charming sounds. As well as tickling the shark, they can also tickle a dolphin, a sea lion and a seagull, before all the animals gather at the end for a musical...

Dory Story
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$7.95  
Paperback, Jerry Pallotta, 32 pages, 8.5 x 11.4, 9780881060768
Be prepared for a few surprises when Danny ventures out into the bay in his dory. Although taking the dory out solo is strictly forbidden, Danny cannot resist the calm waters of the bay. And that's where the adventure begins. He thinks rowing into a school of bluefish is trouble enough, but...

$8.99  
Board, Dr. Seuss, 26 pages, 7 x 7, 9781984829917
Starring the Cat in the Hat, this rhymed   Dr. Seuss Discovers   non-fiction board book about sharks is perfect for nurturing a love of science in babies and toddlers too young for   The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library   series! Learn all about sharks with The Cat in the Hat and...

$8.99  
Board, Dr. Seuss, 26 pages, 7 x 7, 9781984829948
Starring the Cat in the Hat, this rhymed   Dr. Seuss Discovers   non-fiction board book about the ocean is perfect for nurturing a love of science in babies and toddlers too young for   The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library   series! Join the Cat in the Hat and Things One and Two as...

Empire of Blue Water
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$17.00  
Paperback, Stephan Talty, 332 pages, 5.5 x 8, 9780307236617
Awash with bloody battles, political intrigue, and an incredible epoch-ending natural disaster, this is the real-life story of Henry Morgan, the legendary pirate of the Caribbean, who in the 17th century challenged the greatest military power on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades and brought...

$16.00  
Paperback, Carrie Gibson, 480 pages, 6 x 9, 9780802124319
Ever since Christopher Columbus stepped off the  Santa Maria  and announced that he had arrived in the Orient, the Caribbean has been a stage for projected fantasies and competition between world powers. In  Empire’s Crossroads , historian Carrie Gibson offers a vivid, panoramic view of this...

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Postcards, Johanna Basford, 40 pages, 5 x 0.5 x 6.5, 9781856699792
20 detachable postcards to decorate, color in, and send to your friends. That's if you can bear to part with them! From the book Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest and Colouring Book by Johanna Basford, Laurence King Publishing, 2015

$21.99  
Paperback, Alex Kershaw, 270 pages, 5.75 x 8.75, 9780306817908
In The Early Morning Hours Of October 24, 1944, the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Tang was hit by one of its own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of the explosion struggled to stay alive one hundred and eighty feet beneath the surface, while the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges from above....

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Paperback, John Muir, 168 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, 9781597145503
A new edition of Muir’s writings that places his environmentalist ideals alongside his damaging prejudices Essayist. Preservationist. Mountain man. Inventor. John Muir may be California’s best-known icon. A literary naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club and Yosemite National Park, Muir...

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Paperback, Tom Lichtenheld, 40 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780689860096
A collection of made-up facts (did you know that pirates ate school cafeteria food'), educated guesses and silly pictures about the bad guys of the high seas. Aspiring buccaneers will find this a must read.

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Paperback, Jill Esbaum, 32 pages, 8 x 8, 9781426329852
In this charming picture book for preschoolers, curious kids will learn all about the amazing underwater world of coral reefs and the animals that live there. From sea stars to seahorses to sharks, young readers will be amazed by the diversity of life in coral reefs and by the wonders of our...

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Laura Cowan, 16 pages, 8.8 x 11, 9781805071655
Are you brave enough to delve into the chilling darkness of... THE DEEP? With no light, no heat and miles of sea above you, it might be the strangest, most extreme place on Earth. So, climb inside the submersible and plunge deep down beneath the sunlit surface where you'll discover disturbing...

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Paperback, Gayle E. Alvarez & Dennis Woolford, 128 pages, 6 x 9, 9780738570969
The Farragut Naval Training Station, located near Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, was only operational between 1942 and 1946, but during that time it was the largest city in Idaho, the largest business in Idaho, and the second-largest U.S. naval training station. Named for Civil War hero Adm. David G....

$24.95  
Hardcover, Peter F. Stevens, 9781596987678
Fatal Dive: Solving the World War II Mystery of the USS Grunion by Peter F. Stevens reveals the incredible true story of the search for and discovery of the USS Grunion—as well as the U. S. Navy’s shocking cover up of the submarine’s baffling disappearance. Discovered in 2006 after a...

Ferry Tail
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$16.99  
Hardcover, Katharine Kenah, 32 pages, 9.5 x 11, 9781585368297
Walter the ferry dog loved to greet cars as they came on board each morning. Fetching the captain's newspaper and tasting the cook's bacon were Walter's other important jobs. Cupcake the Cat was just about the only thing Walter disliked about being a ferry dog. One rainy day the waves were rough...

Final Patrol
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$18.00  
Paperback, Don Keith, 319 pages, 6 x 9, 9780451219510
During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners. But despite the odds, these underwater warriors accounted for almost 60 percent of Japanese shipping losses, and were a major factor...

$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...

$9.99  
Paperback, Abigail Wheatley, 32 pages, 8.6 x 0.3 x 9.3", 9781805070658

First Sail
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$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...

$7.99  
Holly Bathie, 32 pages, 8 x 10.5 , 9781805070078
Dive under the sea and meet narwhals, whales, giant octopuses and other amazing animals in this exciting sticker book. Learn where otters live, what elephant seals look like, discover creatures of the deep and lots more. With over 150 stickers to decorate the underwater scenes and links to...

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Paperback, Jane Bingham, 32 pages, 8.5 x 0.12 x 10.88", 9781805074809

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Jessica Greenwell (, 32 pages, 8.5 x 10.8, 9781805318064
There is an amazing array of sea creatures to discover in this lively sticker book. With over 130 stickers including tiny sea snails, a huge humpback whale, an adorable turtle and a friendly octopus. Children will love finding a home for each creature in scenes including ”Freezing Waters”,...

$19.95  
Paperback, Doug DuCap & Linda Beaulieu, 244 pages, 8.5 x 8, 9781599219165
Seafood can be intimidating to today's consumer. A well-stocked fish market might carry dozens of species--resulting in confusion. That's one reason most people buy fish in supermarkets. "Knack Fish & Seafood" "Cookbook" provides step-by-step recipes, helpful photographs, and practical...

Fishes & Dishes
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Paperback, Kiyo Marsh, Tomi Marsh, and Laura Cooper, 143 pages, 8.5x8.8, 9781935347071
The women featured in this book successfully challenged one of the last frontiers of male domination - the commercial fishing grounds of Alaska. A generation ago, they might have been celebrated as pioneers. In today's world they were simply living their dreams. They worked every job, from...

Flags of the World
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Paperback, 232 pages, 5 x 0.5 x 7.8, 9781770851573
The world has seen profound changes in recent years. Democracy movements have freed populations and new governments have been established. Territorial wars and ethnic fighting have fractured regions, giving rise to new countries. A new flag is an important symbol of change and newfound...

$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...

$16.95  
Paperback, John Kretschmer, 224 pages, 6 x 9, 9781574091649
Over the course of twenty years of delivering sailboats to far-flung quaysides, John Kretschmer has had innumerable adventures, both humorous and terrifying. in  Flirting with Mermaids , he recounts the most memorable of them. He crosses the Western Caribbean with a crew of eccentric...

$28.95  
Paperback, Barry Gough, 416 pages, 6 x 9, 9781550174595
Winner of the John Lyman Book Award for best Canadian naval and maritime history Finalist for the Nereus Writers' Trust Non-fiction Award Finalist for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, BC Book Prize Longlisted for the 2007 Victoria Butler Book Prize Honourable Mention for the Canadian...

$12.99  
Emily Greenhalgh, 128 pages, 8 X 10, 9780593435700
Dive into fascinating facts and 100 fun activities featuring the world’s magnificent oceans and seas! Discover the wonders of the world’s waters! Whether kids are fascinated by sharks, whales, glaciers, tides, icebergs, shipwrecks, or any other part of ocean and sea life, they’ll be thrilled...

Galley Guru
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$19.95  
Paperback, Lisa HaydenMiller, 327 pages, 9 x 5.9, 9780939837793
For the cook who sails and the sailor who cooks, the Galley Guru is a connoisseur s guide to simple ways to keep your grip in the galley. . Prepare, preserve, and present, from a tiny space, real food that would not be ashamed to have come from a gourmet kitchen many times the size. Great...

Gar Wood Boats
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$39.95  
Hardcover, Anthony Mollica Jr., 128 pages, 8.5 x 11, 9780760306079
Gar Wood boats are arguably the most coveted of all antique boats. This photo history presents Gar Wood, the man, his celebrated company and the magnificent boats themselves with special attention to the Baby Gar as well as runabouts, speedsters, and more.

$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.

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Paperback, J. Maarten Troost, 239 pages, 5 x 8, 9780767921992
The hilarious tale of the author's time on Vanuatu, a rugged cluster of islands where the natives gorge themselves on kava and are still known to 'eat the man. '

$14.95  
Paperback, Tom McCarthy, 208 pages, 6 x 0.6 x 9, 9781599210971
Ghosts. Pirates. Put the two together and you’ve got a winning combination of the most exciting stories ever written. It's enough to make anyone say, "Shiver me timbers"--with delight. The spirits of Davy Jones's locker have a long and colorful history among sailors and lovers of...

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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...

$12.95  
Paperback, Barbara Smith, 224 pages, 5.25 x 8.25, 9781894877237
The high seas are sinister places, where powerful storms overwhelm unsuspecting ships and desperate sailors clash, often with tragic results. As Barbara Smith shows in this fascinating collection, many who die at sea soon return as ghosts and eerie premonitions that enrich the sea's...

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Paperback, Therese LaniganSchmidt, 159 pages, 6x9, 9780764311147
A hundred years after their deaths, meet keepers who still keep the lights burning, their spurned lovers, wronged wives, and bereaved mothers. Travel round the borders of this great country, visiting the remote lighthouses and learn the grisly tales of disastrous deaths and unsolved murders,...

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Hardcover, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 132 pages, 5.5 x 7, 9780679732419
In this inimitable, beloved classic—graceful, lucid and lyrical—Anne Morrow Lindbergh shares her meditations on youth and age; love and marriage; peace, solitude and contentment as she set them down during a brief vacation by the sea. Drawing inspiration from the shells on the shore, Lindbergh’s...

$9.99  
Hardcover, Jill Esbaum, 48 pages, 8 x 9, 9781426371585
Welcome to the wild world of sea turtles! In this intro to the species, youngsters discover where on Earth this reptile lives, what it eats, and how big it grows. Cool photos of all the different kinds of sea turtles and adorable photos of just-hatched turtle babies bring the creatures into full...

$29.95  
Paperback, Becky Selengut, 336 pages, 8 x 10, 9781632171078
It can be intimidating to shop for seafood! Let this deliciously smart cookbook lure you to Pacific coast seafood that's good for your health and good for the planet. Chef and seafood advocate Becky Selengut helps simplify sustainable seafood choices for consumers in this fully revised and...

Good Night Boats
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Board, Adam Gamble & Mark Jasper, 20 pages, 6 x 0.5 x 5.8, 9781602195004
Ahoy there, landlubbers! Host the sails, we’re off to sea. Young readers find their sea legs as they journey across the ocean blue aboard their favorite floating vessels. From giant cruise ships and submarines to speedy lake boats, little mariners will feel the wind in their hair and taste the...

$9.95  
Board Book, Adam Gamble & Mark Jasper, 26 pages, 6 x 6, 9781602192171
Arrrr! Come plunder the seas with swashbuckling pirates in search of riches. This book explores the exciting life of pirates, including treasure chests, pieces of 8, gold doubloons, pirate flags, cannons and cannon balls, swords, spyglasses, Spanish forts, pirate clothing, pirate foods, the...

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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...

$16.00  
Paperback, Tom McCarthy, 304 pages, 5.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches, 9781493033713
Great American Shipwreck Stories  is a magnificent collection of gripping accounts of a ship's encounter with a great whale or an overwhelming monsoon or a disastrous passage through the Straits of Magellan, leading to a wreck and a crew's harrowing plight for survival on the open seas or...
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