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Some books are in a class all their own. We may not know how to classify
them, but we sure can recommend them as good reads.
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Offshore Windpower,
Christopher Gillis, 2011. The ultimate dream of tapping nature's
resources for renewable energy without polluting does have difficulties
and conflicts, as well as promise. Here is an account of its history,
present status, and future outlook. PB, 8 1/2 x 11, 160pp, 140 photos
and illustrations, mostly in color.
$29.95 T11941 |
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Nautical Antiques,
With Value Guide, W.D. Ball, 1994. Illustrates hundreds of treasures
related to the lives of seamen of past generations. Includes scrimshaw,
ship models, navigational instruments, whaling implements, figureheads,
logbooks, paintings, and much more. There is also a useful price
guide for the collector. HC, 8 1/2 x 11, 387 illustrations, 240pp.
$39.95 T13752 |
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Flotsam and Jetsam, The Collected Adventures, Opinions, and Wisdom
from a Life Spent Messing About in Boats, Robb White, with a
foreword by Bailey White. The author (from his first words spoken in the
early 1940s until his death in 2006) was a master at the art of spinning
a good yarn. He was an old salt, dispensing copious wisdom and
entertainment in voice that is part Florida cracker, part biology
professor, and totally hilarious. Versions of these stories have
appeared in Maine Boats & Harbors, Smithsonian, Natural History, Ash
Breeze, WoodenBoat, Classic Boat, and in Messing About in Boats. PB, 6 x
9, 567pp.
$19.95 T18645 |
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Good Turn, A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw,
Witold Rybczynski. The Best Tool of the Millennium.” PB, 5 x 7,173pp.
$14.00 T14402
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Capt. Nat Herreshoff, The Wizard of Bristol, by L. Francis
Herreshoff. “Nathaniel G. Herreshoff was the greatest yacht and marine
designer and builder this country has ever produced.” L. Francis
Herreshoff, a great designer in his own right, has produced a
fascinating biography of his father. PB, 6 x 9, 349pp.
$29.95 T7094 |
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Mariner’s Miscellany, Things forgotten, recalled. Things
known, illuminated. Peter H. Spectre, 2005. An engaging compendium
of those things we love about boat, ships, and everything surrounding
them. Peter Spectre, former editor of WoodenBoat, and current editor of
Maine Boats & Harbors, is the author of the annual Mariner’s Book of
Days. PB, 6 x 9, 289pp.
$19.95 T8847 |
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Pirate Looks at Fifty, Jimmy Buffett, 2000. A romp through the
author’s favorite Caribbean haunts on the verge of turning fifty, with
lots of memorable tales along the way. A backstage pass to sit at the
storyteller’s feet. PB, 5 x 8, 420pp.
$15.95 T16529 |
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Anchors, N.E. Upham, 2001. How anchors have evolved from the
most primitive to today’s sophisticated, computer-designed units that
hold million-ton supertankers in place. PB, 6 x 8,31pp.
$11.95 T12079 |
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Strange Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst,
Nicholas
Tomalin and Ron Hall. The attempt to fake a winning circumnavigation in
the 1968 single-handed round-the-world race. PB, 6 x 9, 317pp.
$15.95 T12227 |
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Sustainable Sailing,
Go Green When You Cast Off, Dieter Loibner. Offering
advice to sailors on "going green," this timely book embraces the
growing trend toward sustainable lifestyles and shows how "clean
boating" can be both practical and enjoyable. PB, 6 x 9, 210pp.
$24.95 T14414 |
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