Water category: 2366 books
The Motion of the Ocean
1 Small Boat, 2 Average Lovers, and a Woman's Search for the Meaning of Wife
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Choosing a mate is like picking house paint from one of those tiny color squares: You never know how it will look across a large expanse, or how it will change in different light.
Meet Janna and Graeme. After a decade-long tango (together, apart, together, apart), they're back in love -- but...
Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell
A True Story of Violence, Corruption, and the Soul of Surfing
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
A finalist for the PEN Center USA Award for Nonfiction
Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell, is surfer and former war reporter Chas Smith’s wild and unflinching look at the high-stakes world of surfing on Oahu’s North Shore—a riveting, often humorous, account of beauty, greed, danger,...
One Breath
Freediving, Death, and the Quest to Shatter Human Limits
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
One Breath is a gripping and powerful exploration of the strange and fascinating sport of freediving, and of the tragic, untimely death of America’s greatest freediver
Competitive freediving—a sport built on diving as deep as possible on a single breath—tests the limits of human ability...
by Gene Grossman
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
This book won the Dan Poynter 2011 First-place GOLD Global eBook Award in the Non-Fiction/Sports categorySome time ago, Gene Grossman signed on as a crew-member with some friends of his who were delivering a large sailboat with no navigation electronics from Marina del Rey California, through...
by Jim Trefethen
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 1998
The Cruising Life: A Commonsense Guide for the Would-Be Voyager, Jim Trefethen. The funniest, drollest, wisest book on the shelf for the would-be cruiser. Trefethen pulls no punchesÑhe tells you just what will be involved if you and your family decide to "let slip the surly bonds of earth"...
by Paul Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2012
This hilarious memoir touches all bases of what can and does go wrong with yachts at sea!In a fit of madness the Author bought a 45 foot 15 ton ocean yacht to go cruising round the world.This tracks the mind numbing journey between the 2 best days of his life (the day he bought it and the day he sold it).
by Donald Bates-Brands
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Within these pages is the real meat of core information that you need to be a safe and competent boater. It’s presented in an easy reading salty tale format. I’d like to think that this book will offer the pleasure boater a unique perspective on his sport.
After spending over forty years with...
Three Ways to Capsize a Boat
An Optimist Afloat
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
Three Ways to Capsize a Boat is travel writing at its best, crackling with Chris Stewart’s zest for life, irresistible humor, and unerring lack of foresight.
Chris Stewart had a long and eclectic list of jobs. From some of the most glamorous careers--he was original drummer in Genesis--to...
Surfing with Sartre
An Aquatic Inquiry into a Life of Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
From the bestselling author of Assholes: A Theory, a book that—in the tradition of Shopclass as Soulcraft, Barbarian Days and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance—uses the experience and the ethos of surfing to explore key concepts in philosophy.
The existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul...
by Greg LeBreton
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2012
Have you ever watched a sailboat slip from its dock and cruise out to sea? Have you wanted to go along? "Go to Sea" gives you all the reasons to climb aboard a sailing adventure with your family. With plenty of links to cruising resources, web pages, and equipment information, Go to Sea is a must have for every new sailor wanting to cruise.
Sunk Without Trace: 30 dramatic accounts of yachts lost at sea
30 dramatic accounts of yachts lost at sea
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2010
By the same author as the bestselling Total Loss this is a new collection of terrifying and compelling accounts of yachts lost at sea. The seven deadly causes of loss continue to take their toll and Paul Gelder has compiled first-hand accounts of shipwreck and sinking caused by Collision Gear Failure...
by Blythe Lucero
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 19, 2016
Nadar mejor es cuestión de nadar con eficacia. Aunque una buena técnica sea la base para nadar bien, a menudo es complicado aislar problemas técnicos solo con nadar unos largos. Los defectos del estilo natatorio frenan la progresión de los nadadores e incluso causan lesiones si se prolongan en...
Fix It and Sail
Everything You Need to Know to Buy and Retore a Small Sailboat on a Shoestring
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2005
Find a small cruising sailboat and restore it to pristine condition on a budget that won't sink your budget Small, trailererable cruising sailboats are more popular than ever as mooring spaces dwindle and marina dockage and winter storage costs soar. Fix It and Sail helps you discover boatloads of...
Godforsaken Sea
Racing the World's Most Dangerous Waters
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
“The best book ever written about the terrifying business of single-handed sailing . . . As tight and gripping as The Perfect Storm or Into Thin Air.” (San Francisco Chronicle).
Godforsaken Sea is the hair-raising account of the world’s most demanding, dangerous, and deadly sailing race—following...