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  • Left for Dead

    Surviving the Deadliest Storm in Modern Sailing History

    by Sinead O'Brien, Nick Ward ...
    In August of 1979, Nick Ward began the six-hundred-mile course of the UK's Fastnet Race with perfect weather. Within forty-eight hours, the deadliest storm in the history of modern sailing had blasted through the Irish Sea, throwing one of the world's most prestigious races into bedlam and taking the lives of fifteen sailors. Ward's boat, Grimalkin, was capsized again and again, and the skipper ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • All Who Belong May Enter

    by Nick Ward ...
    Series series Autumn House Press Nonfiction Prize
    A collection of personal essays examining relationships, whiteness, and masculinity, All Who Belong May Enter was selected by Jaquira Díaz as the winner of the 2020 Autumn House Nonfiction Prize.Nicholas Ward’s debut essay collection centers on self-exploration and cultural critique. These deeply personal essays examine masculinity, whiteness, and gentrification through tales of a Midwest ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lost Diary of Charlie Small Volume 2

    Pirate Galleon

    by Nick Ward ...
    Series series The Lost Diary of Charlie Small
    Charlie Small is twelve years old when he falls through a gap in space and time and ends up in a series of extraordinary adventures which he records in a diary format. Packed full of fun illustrations, maps, clever inventions and top tips for survival, Charlie's second adventure takes him onto a pirate ship as cabin boy for some fearsome and ferocious pirates... will they make him walk the plank? ... Read more

    $8.89 CAD

  • The Lost Diary of Charlie Small Volume 1

    Gorilla City

    by Nick Ward ...
    Series series The Lost Diary of Charlie Small
    Charlie Small is twelve years old when he falls through a gap in space and time and ends up in a series of adventures which he records in a diary format. Packed full of fun illustrations, maps and clever inventions, Charlie's first adventure takes him to Gorilla City, where he meets the mighty Thrak and must battle for survival, finally ending up as king of the jungle. No adventure is too big for ... Read more

    $8.89 CAD

  • Will Jakeman's Marvellous Mechanimals

    by Nick Ward ...
    Series series Will Jakeman's Marvellous Mechanimals
    Will Jakeman is an extraordinary inventor, perhaps the best there has ever been!People come from far and wide to buy his 'Mechanimals' - incredible machines that come to life and perform all sorts of amazing tasks. For example, Steel-Skull the gorilla, perfect for dealing with bullies, and The Armoured Armadillo, a magnificent machine that can barge through most obstacles and is even armed with a ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Ada Lovelace

    by Ben Jeapes ...
    Narrated by Marietta DePrima ...
    Series Audiobook 3 - First Names

    Unabridged

    2 hours 40 min

    Before she was a famous mathematician and the first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace (1815–1852) was the daughter of well-known poet Lord Byron. When he died, Ada was still very young, and her mother encouraged her interest in mathematics in an attempt to prevent her from turning into a melancholy poet like her father. As an adult, she married a count and, as countess, was given access to some of ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Sunk Without Trace: 30 dramatic accounts of yachts lost at sea

    30 dramatic accounts of yachts lost at sea

    by Paul Gelder ...
    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 Stress of Weather Faulty Navigation Fire Crew Failure and Exhaustion. The moving emotionally ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • A Storm Too Soon

    A True Story of Disaster, Survival and an Incredib

    by Michael J. Tougias ...
    FROM MASTERFUL STORYTELLER MICHAEL J. TOUGIAS COMES A NEW, HEART-STOPPING TRUE-LIFE TALE OF MARITIME DISASTER, SURVIVAL, AND DARING RESCUE, HIS MOST THRILLING AND AMAZING STORY YET.Seventy-foot waves batter a torn life raft 250 miles out to sea in one of the world’s most dangerous places, the Gulf Stream. Hanging on to the raft are three men, a Canadian, a Brit, and their captain, JP de Lutz, a ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Race France To France: Leave Antarctica To Starboard

    An American in the Vendée Globe, Racing Solo, Non-Stop, Around the World

    by Rich Wilson ...
    “The Vendée Globe is even a greater challenge than climbing Mt. Everest.” …Senator John Kerry in a U.S. Senate Tribute to Rich Wilson “The Vendée Globe is a race that is almost beyond belief.” …Gary Jobson, ESPN Commentator In 2008-9, Rich Wilson became only the second American to finish the Vendée Globe, deemed the “most grueling and dangerous prolonged competition on the planet.” (Garry ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • Godforsaken Sea

    Racing The World's Most Dangerous Waters

    by Derek Lundy ...
    In the tradition of Into Thin Air and The Perfect Storm*,* an intensely gripping account of the round-the-world single-handed yacht race that claimed the life of Canadian sailor Gerry Roufs in a make-or-break dash through 12,000 miles of terror in the Southern Ocean. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Amazing Sailing Stories

    True Adventures from the High Seas

    by Dick Durham ...
    Series Book 1 - Amazing Stories
    Set sail on a thrilling journey to discover some of the most exciting tales of adventure afloat. There's every sort of vessel from majestic square rigger to humble homemade yacht. Journey around gale-whipped headlands and survive mountainous seas – or turn the page to discover the delights of cruising among the islands of a tropical paradise. The exploits of sailing's greatest names are recounted, ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sailing to Jessica

    by Kelly Watts ...
    At 35-years old, Kelly and Paul Watts sold their home and quit their jobs to sail around the world, without any sailing experience. Two days after purchasing their forty-two-foot sloop, they got caught in a forty-knot gale off the coast of Cape Fear, NC.  Their sails ripped; the engine overheated; the GPS broke; they suffered hypothermia and severe seasickness.  And yet they persevered on their ... Read more

    $12.35 CAD