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  • Last Voyages

    The Lives and Tragic Loss of Remarkable Sailors Who Never Returned

    door Nicholas Gray ...
    Serie Boek 3 - Making Waves
    Looking back at the lives and sailing careers of some of our lifetime's finest yachtsmen, this collection of eleven original, moving accounts is just as much a celebration of the good – tales of hope, achievement and courageous spirit – as it is an account of their tragic final voyages. Included are world-renowned racers, like Eric Tabarly and Rob James, highly experienced cruisers and adventurers ... Meer lezen

    8,47 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

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  • South!

    Serie Boek 225 - Standard eBooks
    South! tells one of the most thrilling tales of exploration and survival against the odds which has ever been written. It details the experiences of the the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition which set off in 1914 to make an attempt to cross the Antarctic continent.Under the direction of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition comprised two components: one party sailing on the Endurance into the ... Meer lezen

    1,31 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • The Sea Hunters II

    The second thrilling account of #1 New York Times bestselling author Clive Cusslers's real-life search for lost ships, planes, and other marvels that changed history.For decades, Clive Cussler’s real-life NUMA®, the National Underwater and Marine Agency, has scoured rivers and seas in search of lost ships of historic significance. His teams have been inundated by tidal waves and beset by obstacles ... Meer lezen

    6,03 €

  • Two Years Before the Mast

    Richard Henry Dana dropped out of school and became an ordinary deckhand on the brig Pilgrim. The perilous journey from Boston, begun in 1834, took the ailing yet determined youth past Cape Horn and around the Americas, concluding in the Mexican territory California. This expedition inspired Two Years before the Mast, a first-hand account of "the life of a common sailor" a work that combines ... Meer lezen

    1,99 €

  • RJ Mitchell: Legend of the Spitfire

    door Richard Edwards ...
    Serie series British Flying Legends
    DESCRIPTIONRJ Mitchell: Legend of the Spitfire recounts the extraordinary achievements of one of Britain’s greatest aviation legends, the man responsible for creating Britain’s most iconic fighter aircraft, the Supermarine Spitfire.The book, which is around the length of a short story, approximately 40 printed pages, gives the reader a concise and straightforward insight into the life of RJ ... Meer lezen

    0,99 €

  • Sextant

    A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World’s Oceans

    door David Barrie ...
    With 2014 marking the tercentenary of the Longitude Act, this eloquent celebration of the sextant tells the story of this elegant instrument and explores its vital role in man’s attempts to map the world.This is the story of an instrument that changed the world. In prose as crisp as the book’s subject, David Barrie tells how and why the sextant was invented; how offshore navigators depended on it ... Meer lezen

    8,99 €

  • Amazing Sailing Stories

    True Adventures from the High Seas

    door Dick Durham ...
    Serie Boek 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, ... Meer lezen

    9,85 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Amazing Diving Stories

    Incredible Tales from Deep Beneath the Sea

    door John Bantin ...
    Serie Boek 3 - Amazing Stories
    This collection of true diving stories makes for compelling reading for all divers. Enjoy classic tales of this extreme watersport, from thrilling wreck discoveries to encounters with the bizarre and the beautiful. There are stories of death and disaster, as well as bravery and triumph. Tales of the exciting and the extreme rub shoulders with more poetic pieces about the people and places that ... Meer lezen

    11,51 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Fiddlers & Whores

    The frank and revealing memoirs of James Lowry, a young surgeon in Nelson's Mediterranean fleet 1797 to 1804.This is his hand-written journal, never intended for publication, describing his rugged life afloat and fascinating (often erotic) adventures ashore.As one reviewer wrote, it is a "fantastic primary [historical] source and is full of firsthand accounts of several conflicts in His Majesty's ... Meer lezen

    6,57 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • The Third Man Factor

    door John Geiger ...
    The Third Man Factor is an extraordinary account of how people at the very edge of death often sense an unseen presence beside them who encourages them to make one final effort to survive. This incorporeal being offers a feeling of hope, protection, and guidance, and leaves the person convinced he or she is not alone. There is a name for this phenomenon: it's called the Third Man Factor.If only a ... Meer lezen

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  • Hashish

    Nobleman, writer, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Adventures of Tintin, Henri de Monfried lived by his own account ‘a rich, restless, magnificent life’ as one of the great travellers of his or any age. Infamous as well as famous, his name is inextricably linked to the Red Sea and the raffish ports between Suez and Aden in the early years of the twentieth century. ... Meer lezen

    9,49 €

  • Sea Fever

    The True Adventures that Inspired our Greatest Maritime Authors, from Conrad to Masefield, Melville and Hemingway

    door Sam Jefferson ...
    How did a big-game fishing trip rudely interrupted by sharks inspire one of the key scenes in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea? How did Robert Louis Stevenson's cruise to the cannibal-infested South Sea islands prove instrumental in his writing of The Beach of Falesa and The Ebb Tide? How did Masefield survive Cape Horn and a near-nervous breakdown to write Sea Fever?The waters of this world ... Meer lezen

    10,04 €