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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...

$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...

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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...

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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
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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...

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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.
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