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Women and The Sea
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The
Cure for Anything is Salt Water, Mary South, 2008. Mary throws
her successful but very conventional life overboard and finds happiness
at sea. For everyone with a secret dream. PB, 5 ˝ x 8 ˝, 211pp.
$13.95 T18688 |
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Changing Course: A Woman's Guide to Chosing the Cruising Life,
2003. Women who have lived the cruising life share advice and their
stories. A hybrid of self-help and adventures, and a look at a simpler
way of life. PB, 5 ˝ x 8 ˝, 186pp.
$12.95 T17641 |
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Maiden Voyage, Tania Aebi, 1989. The first American woman to
circumnavigate the globe alone, and the youngest person (at that time)
relates how an eigthteen-year-old dropout rose to the challenge. PB, 5
˝ x 8, 304pp.
$14.95 T8560
*Staff Favorite! A
Wonderful Read! |
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I’ve
Been Around, Tania Aebi, 2005. The accomplished circumnavigator
shares experiences, opinions, and cautionary tales with sailors
everywhere. PB, 6 x 9, 213pp.
$17.95 T6695 |
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The
Hungry Ocean, Linda Greenlaw, 1999. In The Perfect Storm,
Sebastian Junger called her “one of the best sea captains, period, on
the East Coast.” Here are her true-life adventures commanding an
offshore swordfishing boat.. PB, 5 x 8, 265pp.
$14.00 T16367 |
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Lobster Chronicles, Linda Greenlaw, 2003. Linda
returns to Maine and rediscovers home, love, family, island life, and
lobster cookery. Straight-shooting, funny, and scrappy, proving once
again that fishermen and fisherwomen are the best storytellers around.
PB, 5 11/2 x 8, 238pp.
$13.95 T17493 |
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All
Fishermen Are Liars, Linda Greenlaw, 2005.
Uproarious true (?) tales of fishing and adventure at sea, collected in
Linda’s favorite watering hole in Portland, ME. PB, 5 ˝ x 8, 228pp.
$14.00 T18008 |
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Seaworthy, A
Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea. Linda
Greenlaw, 2010. After a decade of inshore lobstering, Linda returns to
offshore sword fishing and finds plenty of adventure, including a stint
in a Canadian jail. HC, 6 x 9.
$25.95 T8794 |
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Taking On the World, Ellen MacArthur, 2004. At twenty-four,
she was the youngest person to complete the Vendee Globe single-handed
non-stop sail race around the planet. A tale of adventure, indomitable
will, and an overwhelming passion for the sea. PB, 6 x 9, 353pp.
$14.95 T17908 |
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Race
Against Time, Ellen MacArthur, 2005. The fastest solo non-stop
circumnavigation by sail. Vivid narrative heavily loaded with photos,
mostly in color. PB, 5 x 8, 267pp.
$16.00 T18391 |
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The
Keeper of Lime Rock, Lenore Skomal, 2002. The story of Ida
Lewis, America’s most lauded lighthouse keeper. PPB, 5 ˝ x 8, 149pp.
$12.95 T17058 |
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Tugging on a Heartstring, E.V. Lambert. A young girl grows up
on a family tugboat on the Chesapeake. PB, 6 x 9, 157pp.
$9.95 T15962
Tugging on a Heartstring -
The Sequel. Tugboat life goes on , and a girl grows up. PB, 6 x
9, 105pp.
$10.95 T8736 |
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The
Bahama Queen, Gertrude “Cleo” Lythgoe, 2006. Lively
autobiography of the only woman to hold a wholesale liquor license in
the Bahamas during Prohibition. HC, 6 x 9, 165pp. In the same binding
is With the Whiskey Smugglers, DeWinton Wigley, 68pp.
$24.00 T18337 |
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Rowing the Atlantic, Lessons Learned in the Open Ocean,
Roz Savage. The first solo woman to compete in the 3000 mile Atlantic
Rowing Race finds her life transformed by the adventure. HB, 240 pp.
$24.00 T18726 |
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Close Quarters, A Woman's Guide to Living and Working in
Masculine Environments. Capt. Tuuli Messer- Bookman. Ancedotes and
advice from a woman who became a top merchant mariner. PB, 6x9, 127pp.
$14.95 T11650 |
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