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  • Beer in the Bilges

    Sailing Adventures in the South Pacific

    by Peter Jinks, Bob Rossiter, Alan Boreham ...
    In the early 1980s, after the sexual revolution and before the explosion of the electronic age, the remote islands of Polynesia begged to be explored. For three experienced sailors who dreamed of sailing through the idyllic South Pacific, it was a perfect time to embark on a quest through some of the most amazing cruising destinations in the world.As New Zealander Hollywood Bob Rossiter, ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • The Silent Deep

    The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945

    by James Jinks, Peter Hennessy ...
    'The Ministry of Defence does not comment upon submarine operations' is the standard response of officialdom to enquiries about the most secretive and mysterious of Britain's armed forces, the Royal Navy Submarine Service. Written with unprecedented co-operation from the Service itself and privileged access to documents and personnel, The Silent Deep is the first authoritative history of the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • The Reluctant Mariner

    by Joanna Hackett ...
    The Reluctant Mariner tells of an Australian couple's five-year circumnavigation of the world in a 12.2-metre long, steel-hulled ketch called Onawa. The author, Joanna Hackett, was once a self-proclaimed landlubber who had never even considered sailing off over the horizon in search of adventure but, having married a man keen to do just that, was willing to "give it a go". Her candid account, ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Under the Arms of the Sky

    A Sailing Adventure

    by Kate Macready ...
    This is the journey that saw Kate and Hugh step outside their comfort zone in every respect. Ditching jobs, saying goodbye to family in Sydney, and reducing their worldly belongings to what fit on a 13m sailing boat. It was a huge leap of faith for a new couple in their 30s. Throwing off the dock-lines to sail to...well, they really didn't know where at the time.While they enjoyed hundreds of ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The Deadly Trade

    The Complete History of Submarine Warfare From Archimedes to the Present

    by Iain Ballantyne ...
    The Deadly Trade takes readers on an epic and enthralling voyage through submarine warfare, including how U-boats in two world wars tried to achieve victory, first for the Kaiser and then 20 years later for Adolf Hitler.It tells the story of how such tiny craft took on mighty battleships, including U-boats sinking HMS Royal Oak and HMS Barham in WW2, along with the incredible exploits of British ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Wind of Peace

    The True Story of One Family’S Sailing Adventure and the People, Places, and Challenges Encountered Along the Way

    by Elli K. Straus ...
    Realizing that the time is right to act on their crazy idea of pulling their two daughters out of school for a year, shut down the house, and embark on a sailing sabbatical, Elli and her husband David, pitch the idea to their daughters. With just a few months planning time available, what follows is a mad rush to take sailing lessons, buy and equip a boat, devote countless hours to researching ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Sailing With Senta - Eastward Ho!

    Sailing With Senta, #1

    by Faith Van Rooyen ...
    Series Book 1 - Sailing With Senta
    This is the first book, in a series of seven, about the adventures of the author and her husband on their sailing boat Senta. During their 'shake-down' cruise in the Mocambique channel they visited Madagascar, Zanzibar, Tanzania and Kenya before returning to South Africa.There they repaired and provisioned their yacht, Senta, for a more adventurous voyage to the Far East. Half way across the ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hunter Killers

    The Dramatic Untold Story of the Royal Navy's Most Secret Service

    by Iain Ballantyne ...
    HUNTER KILLER: a submarine designed to pursue and attack enemy submarines and surface ships using torpedoes.HUNTER KILLERS will follow the careers of four daring British submarine captains who risked their lives to keep the rest of us safe, their exploits consigned to the shadows until now. Their experiences encompass the span of the Cold War, from voyages in WW2-era submarines under Arctic ice to ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Tell Tales - The Sailing Adventures of Norlee

    by Diana Neggo ...
    Ever felt like stepping off the treadmill, taking a year off work and sailing a yacht around Australia? Well, if you are reading this then it's a good chance you have, during an occasional daydream, let go the mooring lines of work and family and quietly left the harbour to see what lies around the next headland or what white sandy bay awaits. Rob Manning and Diana Neggo turned that very same ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Missives from Maravida

    A Family's Caribbean Sailboat Adventure

    by Sandy L. Davis ...
    298 photos! Missives from MARAVIDA: A Family’s Caribbean Sailing Adventure documents the extraordinary journey I took with my husband and our two children. Our adventure is chronicled in the e-mail messages I sent to family and friends after we met up with MARAVIDA in Trinidad. It is supplemented with pictures, general information about the locations we visited, and web links. I’ve done my best to ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD

  • Sailing with Impunity: Adventure in the South Pacific

    by Mary E Trimble ...
    Sailing with Impunity covers a 14-month, 13,000-mile adventure with Mary and Bruce Trimble from Seattle to legendary South Pacific Islands and home again. From magical sights and scents of their first tropical island landfall to the bustling, colorful Tahitian markets. From sudden midnight squalls and weathering a cyclone in Samoa to pristine anchorages in the Kingdom of Tonga. The memoir frankly ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Railways

    Nation, Network and People

    by Simon Bradley ...
    **'A magnificent, rollicking narrative' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Top 25 Non-Fiction Books of the 21st Century'Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2015Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years. Transforming lives and landscapes, they have left their mark on everything from timekeeping to tourism. As a self-contained world governed by distinctive rules and ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD