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Nautical Fiction

AUBREY MATURIN SERIES 20VOL SET
by Patrick Obrian

Publisher Comments
A twenty-volume hardcover set of the complete Patrick O'Brian high-seas Aubrey/Maturin adventure classics: every book from Master and Commander to Blue at the Mizzen in a uniform hardcover edition. ... (read more)
Your Price $250.00
(Special Sale - Hardcover)

Sale Books

Pocket Guide to Knots Pocket Guide to Knots
by Lindsey Philpott
Publisher Comments
Tie knots like a pro Step-by-step photographed instructions for more than 100 knots--617 crisp, clear full-color photos in all--make this the best value among comprehensive knot books and the ideal reference for boaters, anglers, and outdoorspeople of... (read more)
Your Price $7.98
(Sale - Trade Paper)

Used Books

The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty
by Caroline Alexander
Publisher Comments
More than two centuries after Master's Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this enthralling adventure has become obscured by the legend. Combining vivid... (read more)
Your Price $7.95
(Used - Trade Paper)

Nautical Lore

Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, and Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar (P.S.)
by Adam Nicolson
Publisher Comments
For the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, Nicolson draws from a wide range of sources to investigate the battle, and the ambitions, fears and principles that drove the British fleet to such a devastating victory.... (read more)
Your Price $7.95
Used - Trade Paper

Kayak and Canoe

Canoe & Kayak Routes of NW Oregon 3RD Edition
by Phillip Jones
Book News Annotation
Clear line maps and some b&w photos supplement the thorough descriptions of 74 paddle routes (eight are new to this edition). This is a guide that's had time to mature as the first edition was published in 1982, under the title Canoe Routes: Northwest... (read more)
Your Price $11.50
Used - Trade Paper

General

Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (P.S.)
by Laurence Bergreen
Powells.com Staff Pick
Laurence Bergreen brings Magellan's groundbreaking circumnavigation of the globe to life in this excellent, highly readable history. Through exhaustive research, including many first person accounts previously unavailable in English, Bergreen weaves... (read more)
List Price $15.95
Your Price $7.98
Sale - Trade Paper

Ships and Ship History

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher Comments
In the Heart of the Sea brings to new life the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex — an event as mythic in its own century as the Titanic disaster in ours, and the inspiration for the climax of Moby-Dick. In a harrowing page-turner,... (read more)
List Price $15.00
Your Price $6.95
Used - Trade Paper

Sailing

A Voyage for Madmen
by Peter Nichols
Publisher Comments
In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the... (read more)
Your Price $9.50
Used - Trade Paper

Reference

Boater's Pocket Reference: Your Comprehensive Resource for Boats and Boating
by Thomas Mcewen
Synopsis
800 pages, 435 illustrations, 94 photographs, index. Handy, fact-filled new boating guide offers, how-to-do-it information and reference facts, figures, formulas, graphs, and tables about boating in a book small enough (about 3" x 5" x 1") to fit in your... (read more)
Your Price $14.95
New - Trade Paper

Pirates

Under the Black Flag: The Romance and the Reality of Life Among the Pirates (Harvest Book)
by David Cordingly
Publisher Comments
"This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read." -- Patrick O'Brian Pirates are so much a part of legend that it is easy to forget they actually existed. UNDER THE BLACK FLAG tells their story... (read more)
Your Price $7.95
Used - Trade Paper

Pacific Northwest

The Curve of Time: The Classic Memoir of a Woman and Her Children Who Explored the Coastal Waters of the Pacific Northwest
by M. Wylie Blanchet
Publisher Comments
After her husband died in 1927, leaving her with five small children, everyone expected the struggles of single motherhood on a remote island to overcome M. Wylie Blanchet. Instead, this courageous woman became one of the pioneers of "family travel... (read more)
Your Price $10.50
Used - Trade Paper

Knots

Knots
by Trevor Bounford
Publisher Comments
A clear introduction to the world of knots, from the practical to the decorative Step-by-step instructions to tying more than fifty knots A handy guide for the outdoors Details on the uses and applications of all kinds of knots Published in... (read more)
Your Price $7.95
New - Trade Paper

Bestsellers

Thursday November 20, 2008
Seize the Fire
  1. Seize the Fire
    by Adam Nicolson
  2. Into the Blue Boldly Going Where Captain
    by Tony Horwitz
  3. Canoe & Kayak Routes of NW Oregon 3RD Edition
    by Phillip Jones
  4. Over the Edge of the World
    by Laurence Bergreen
  5. In the Heart of the Sea
    by Nathaniel Philbrick
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