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21 The Final Unfinished Voyage Of Jack Aubrey: The Unfinished Twenty First Novel In The Aubrey/maturin Seriesby Patrick O'BrianISBN 039306025X (0-393-06025-X)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, George SaundersISBN 0375757376 (0-375-75737-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:This perennially popular Norton Critical Edition reprints for the first time the definitive Iowa-California text of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, complete with all original illustrations by Edward Windsor Kemble and John Harley. The text is accompanied by explanatory annotations.
"Contexts and Sources" provides readers with a rich selection of documents related to the historical background, language, composition, sale, reception, and newly discovered first half of the manuscript of Mark Twain's greatest work. Included are letters on the writing of the novel, excerpts from the author's autobiography, samples of bad poetry that inspired his satire (including an effort by young Sam Clemens himself), a section on the censorship of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by schools and libraries over a hundred-year period, and commentary by David Carkeet on dialects of the book and by Earl F. Briden on its "racist" illustrations. In addition, this section reprints the full texts of both "Sociable Jimmy," upon which is based the controversial theory that Huck speaks in a "black voice," and "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It," the first significant attempt by Mark Twain to capture the speech of an African American in print.
"Criticism" of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is divided into "Early Responses" (including the first negative review) and "Modern Views" by Victor A. Doyno, T. S. Eliot, Jane Smiley, David L. Smith, Shelley Fisher Fishkin (the "black voice" thesis), James R. Kincaid (a rebuttal of Fishkin), and David R. Sewell. Also included is Toni Morrison's moving personal "Introduction" to the troubling experience of reading and re-reading Mark Twain's masterpiece.
A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. [via]More editions of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Sculley Bradley, Mark Twain, E. Hudson Long, Thomas Cooley, Richmond Croom BeattyISBN 0393044548 (0-393-04454-8)
Softcover, Norton
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Aku Akuby Thor HeyerdahlISBN 0345238419 (0-345-23841-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aku Aku'Book summary:1974 1st printing trade paperback as shown. Tight spine, clear crisp pages, name on first page otherwise no writing, hole punch on cover, light spine/edgewear, smokefree. [via]
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Almost Too Lateby Elmo WortmanISBN 0394509358 (0-394-50935-8)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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And the Sea Will Tellby Vincent BugliosiISBN 0393327965 (0-393-32796-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'And the Sea Will Tell'Book summary:And the Sea Will Tell spins a riveting story--a story that could have been the backbone for a classic novel by Herman Melville or Joseph Conrad. Two couples--one wealthy and married, the other an ex-con and his hippie girlfriend-- separately set sail for a remote South Pacific island, each hoping to play "Adam and Eve" in paradise. Instead of getting away from it all, they take it with them-- their pasts and prejudices, and the petty battles over status and material goods that arise from their different social classes. Only two people out of the original four live through the experience. One of them has the extraordinary good luck to be defended in court by master attorney Vincent Bugliosi (author of Helter Skelter). As the Los Angeles Times writes, "The book succeeds on all counts. The final pages are some of the most suspenseful in trial literature." [via]
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The Annotated Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, Michael Patrick HearnISBN 0393020398 (0-393-02039-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. [via]
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Attention All Shipping: A Journey Round The Shipping Forecastby Charlie ConnellyISBN 0349116032 (0-349-11603-2)
Softcover, Abacus
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The Boatman's Manualby D.G. LaneISBN 039303190X (0-393-03190-X)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Canvas and Rope Craft: For the Practical Boat Ownerby Frank RosenowISBN 0393033228 (0-393-03322-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Capable Cruiserby Lin Pardey, Larry PardeyISBN 039303321X (0-393-03321-X)
Hardcover, Paradise Cay Pubns
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Captain Greyby AviISBN 0380732440 (0-380-73244-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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"I shall find a way to get free."
"Free!" he shouted. "You are here, with us now. You can forget about your father and your sister, or anybody else you may have known. You belong to no nation but this nation. Put him back where he was and don't feed him. Tomorrow we shall talk again about freedom!" [via]
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The Care and Feeding of the Offshore Crewby Lin PardeyISBN 0393032493 (0-393-03249-3)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Celestial Navigationby Jeff E. ToghillISBN 0393302946 (0-393-30294-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Chasing the Long Rainbow: The Drama of a Singlehanded Sailing Race Around the Worldby Hal RothISBN 0393027945 (0-393-02794-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Coastal Navigationby Jeff ToghillISBN 0393302938 (0-393-30293-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Cork Boatby John D. PollackISBN 0375422579 (0-375-42257-9)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Cruising Boat Sailingby Steve Sleight, Bond, Bob and Sleight, SteveISBN 0394524470 (0-394-52447-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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A Cruising Guide to the New England Coastby Roger F. Duncan, W. Wallace Fenn, Paul W. Fenn, John P. WareISBN 0393036391 (0-393-03639-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Cruising the Easy Wayby Bill RobinsonISBN 039302847X (0-393-02847-X)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why True Stories of Miraculous Endurance and Sudden Deathby Laurence GonzalesISBN 0393326152 (0-393-32615-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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After her plane crashes, a seventeen-year-old girl spends eleven days walking through the Peruvian jungle. Against all odds, with no food, shelter, or equipment, she gets out. A better-equipped group of adult survivors of the same crash sits down and dies. What makes the difference?
Examining such stories of miraculous endurance and tragic deathhow people get into trouble and how they get out again (or not)Deep Survival takes us from the tops of snowy mountains and the depths of oceans to the workings of the brain that control our behavior. Through close analysis of case studies, Laurence Gonzales describes the "stages of survival" and reveals the essence of a survivortruths that apply not only to surviving in the wild but also to surviving life-threatening illness, relationships, the death of a loved one, running a business during uncertain times, even war.
Fascinating for any reader, and absolutely essential for anyone who takes a hike in the woods, this book will change the way we understand ourselves and the great outdoors. [via]More editions of Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why True Stories of Miraculous Endurance and Sudden Death:
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Dorothy Elizabeth : Building a Traditional Wooden Schoonerby Roger F. DuncanISBN 0393049043 (0-393-04904-3)
Hardcover, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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The Enduranceby Caroline AlexanderISBN 0375404031 (0-375-40403-1)
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Endurance'Book summary:Melding superb research and the extraordinary expedition photography of Frank Hurley, The Endurance by Caroline Alexander is a stunning work of history, adventure, and art which chronicles "one of the greatest epics of survival in the annals of exploration." Setting sail as World War I broke out in Europe, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, led by renowned polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, hoped to become the first to cross the Antarctic continent. But their ship, Endurance, was trapped in the drifting pack ice, eventually to splinter, leaving the expedition stranded on floes--a situation that seemed "not merely desperate but impossible."
Most skillfully Alexander constructs the expedition's character through its personalities--the cast of veteran explorers, scientists, and crew--with aid from many previously unavailable journals and documents. We learn, for instance, that carpenter and shipwright Henry McNish, or "Chippy," was "neither sweet-tempered nor tolerant," and that Mrs. Chippy, his cat, was "full of character." Such firsthand descriptions, paired with 170 of Frank Hurley's intimate photographs, which are comprehensively assembled here for the first time, penetrate the hulls of the Endurance and these tough men. The account successfully reveals the seldom-seen domestic world of expedition life--the singsongs, feasts, lectures, camaraderie--so that when the hardships set in, we know these people beyond the stereotypical guise of mere explorers and long for their safety.
Alexander reveals Shackleton as an inspiring optimist, "a leader who put his men first." Throughout the grueling ordeal, Shackleton and his men show what endurance and greatness are all about. The Endurance is a most intimate portrait of an expedition and of survival. Readers will possess a newfound respect for these daring souls, know better their unthinkable toil and half-forgotten realm of glory. --Byron Ricks [via]
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English Passengersby Matthew KnealeISBN 038549744X (0-385-49744-X)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'English Passengers'Book summary:Christopher Columbus was looking for a passage to India when he ran full-tilt boogie into the Americas. One of the narrators of Matthew Kneale's ambitious historical novel English Passengers has more modest aspirations: Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley wants only to smuggle a little tobacco, brandy, and French pornography from the Isle of Mann to a secluded beach in England. Yet somehow in the process, he and his crew end up weighing anchor for Australia. Worse, they're forced to carry three temperamental Englishmen bound for Tasmania on a mission to discover the exact location of the Garden of Eden. The year is 1857, and the study of geology is beginning to make serious inroads into areas of religious doctrine. When the Reverend Geoffrey Wilson runs across a scientific treatise that puts the age of Silurian limestone somewhere in the neighborhood of a hundred thousand years, he is scandalized: "This was despite the fact that the Bible tells, and with great clarity, that the earth was created a mere six thousand years ago." His many attempts to prove the Bible's accuracy lead, eventually, to a scientific expedition comprising himself, Timothy Renshaw, a dilettante botanist, and Dr. Thomas Potter.
Now jump back 30 years, to 1828, when a revolution of sorts is stirring on the island of Tasmania. Over the years, white settlers have been encroaching on aboriginal land and relations have deteriorated into violence. At the heart of the action is Peevay, a young half-breed abandoned by his aborigine mother, who had been kidnapped and raped by a white escaped convict. Now his vengeful mother is leading a war against the whites, and Peevay, desperate to win her love, has joined her. Chapters from the past narrated by Peevay and augmented by letters and dispatches from white settlers alternate with the sections told by Kewley, Wilson, Renshaw, and Potter. Eventually, of course, the two time lines intersect with momentous results.
War, mutiny, shipwreck, and not a little farce make English Passengers a gripping read, but it is Matthew Kneale's literary ventriloquism that renders it remarkable. In a novel with so many different points of view, the individuality of each voice stands out. There is, for instance, the mutinous Dr. Potter, whose descent into paranoia and egomania results in diary entries reminiscent of a 19th-century psychotic Bridget Jones: "Manxmen = treacherous even to v. last. Self heard Brew (lashed to mainmast as per usual) instructing helmsman to steer N.N.W. When self questioned he re. this he claiming we = carried into Bay of Biscay by difficult sea currents + must set course to avoid Breton Peninsular. He pointing to distant point of land to N.N.E. claiming this = Brittany. Self = doubtful." But perhaps the most compelling voice in English Passengers belongs to Peevay, who paints a vivid picture of aboriginal life in a foreign tongue he nonetheless makes his own:
When we sat so in the dark, after our eating, Tartoyen told us stories--secret stories that I will not say even now--about the moon and sun, and how everyone got made, from men and wallaby to seal and kangaroo rat and so. Also he told who was in those rocks and mountains and stars, and how they went there. Until, by and by, I could hear stories as we walked across the world, and divine how it got so, till I knew the world as if he was some family fellow of mine.
By the close of this epic tale, the world Peevay had known is gone forever and the lives of the Manx sailors and English passengers have been irrevocably changed. Based on real events in Tasmanian history, Matthew Kneale's novel delivers a home truth about Australia's brutal colonial past, even as it conveys the wonder and allure of the age of exploration. --Alix Wilber [via] 
The Eyes of the Fleet: A Popular History of Frigates and Frigate Captains 1793-1815by Anthony PriceISBN 0393038467 (0-393-03846-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Far-Farers: A Journey from Viking Iceland to Crusader Jerusalemby Victoria ClarkISBN 033390219X (0-333-90219-X)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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Fire and Iceby Paul GarrisonISBN 0380794365 (0-380-79436-5)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Francis Chichesterby Anita LeslieISBN 0340183160 (0-340-18316-0)
Hardcover, Hutchinson : Hodder and Stoughton
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The Haven-Finding Art: A History of Navigation from Odysseus to Captain Cookby E. G. R. TaylorISBN 0370013476 (0-370-01347-6)
Hardcover, Hollis and Carter for the Institute of Navigation
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Heart of Oak: A Sailor's Life in Nelson's Navyby James P. McGuaneISBN 0393047490 (0-393-04749-0)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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His Majesty's Dragonby Naomi NovikISBN 0345481283 (0-345-48128-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'His Majesty's Dragon'Book summary:Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain's defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft but atop the mighty backs of fighting dragons.When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes its precious cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, fate sweeps Capt. Will Laurence from his seafaring life into an uncertain future-and an unexpected kinship with a most extraordinary creature. Thrust into the rarified world of the Aerial Corps as master of the dragon Temeraire, he will face a crash course in the daring tactics of airborne battle. For as France's own dragon-borne forces rally to breach British soil in Bonaparte's boldest gambit, Laurence and Temeraire must soar into their own baptism of fire. [via]
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Hopscotchby Julio CortazarISBN 0380003724 (0-380-00372-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hopscotch'Book summary:This is the tragic history of two men and their circle of friends who live in Buenos Aires and Paris. Anticipating the age of the Web with a non-structure that allows readers to take the chapters in any order they wish, the book invites them to be the architects of the novel themselves. [via]
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A Hostage to Fortuneby Ernest Kellogg GannISBN 0394499840 (0-394-49984-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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How to Buy a Sailboatby Hewitt SchlerethISBN 0393033007 (0-393-03300-7)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Ice!by Tristan JonesISBN 0380507579 (0-380-50757-9)
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Ice Bird: The First Single-Handed Voyage to Antarcticaby David LewisISBN 0393031853 (0-393-03185-3)
Hardcover, Norton
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Improve Your Own Boat/Projects and Tips for the Practical Boat Ownerby Ian NicolsonISBN 0393033104 (0-393-03310-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailorby John BarthISBN 0385422202 (0-385-42220-2)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Lobscouse & Spotted Dogby Anne Chotzinoff Grossman, Lisa Grossman ThomasISBN 0393320944 (0-393-32094-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Longest Raceby Hal RothISBN 0393032787 (0-393-03278-7)
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Lost at Sea : An American Tragedyby Patrick DillonISBN 0385314213 (0-385-31421-3)
Hardcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost at Sea : An American Tragedy'Book summary:In February 1983, two crabbing vessels set out from port in Alaskan waters at the peak of crabbing season. Filled to the brim with crab pots, both ships, the Americus and the Altair, were considered state-of-the-art for the industry: each only a few years old, equipped with thousands of dollars' worth of lifesaving equipment. Neither ship returned to port, and none of their 14 crew members was ever seen again. It was the worst commercial fishing accident in America's history.
In Lost at Sea, Patrick Dillon examines how the Americus/Altair disaster is indicative of the problems with American fishing, an industry that annually tops the list of "Most Dangerous Occupations," and what has been done in the tragedy's aftermath. During his research, including a season as a crew member aboard a fishing boat, Dillon encountered a murky sea full of men fiercely opposed to government regulations, an industry that always expects to do business the same way--its own way--and, conversely, an American government that prodded its fishing industry into possibly unsafe practices in order to compete with foreign fishing powers. Dillon interviews dozens of friends, coworkers, and family members of the lost fishermen, and the scenes that describe the small Washington town of Anacortes, which hosted the lost fleet and is almost completely reliant on fishing for livelihood, are touching. In the end, despite years of hearings and probes into the fishing industry, not much has changed, Dillon reports. Every year a certain number of men go out into rough seas, and every year a smaller number of them return home, as the industry remains largely free of regulation. --Tjames Madison [via]
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The Mapmakersby John Noble WilfordISBN 0375708502 (0-375-70850-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Mapmakersby John N. WilfordISBN 0394461940 (0-394-46194-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Mariel of Redwallby Brian Jacques, Gary ChalkISBN 0380719223 (0-380-71922-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Mutiny on the Globe: The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstockby Thomas Farel HeffernanISBN 0393041638 (0-393-04163-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Ocean Sailing Yachtby Donald M. StreetISBN 0393031683 (0-393-03168-3)
Hardcover, Norton
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Old Glory: A Voyage Down the Mississippiby Jonathan RabanISBN 0375701001 (0-375-70100-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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One Watch at a Time: Around the World With Drum on the Whitbread Raceby Skip NovakISBN 0393024989 (0-393-02498-9)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Overboardby Hank SearlsISBN 0393083640 (0-393-08364-0)
Hardcover, Norton
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Passage Eastby Carleton MitchellISBN 0393032086 (0-393-03208-6)
Hardcover, Norton
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Persuasionby Jane AustenISBN 0375757295 (0-375-75729-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Persuasion'Book summary:Anne Elliot, heroine of Austen's last novel, did something we can all relate to: Long ago, she let the love of her life get away. In this case, she had allowed herself to be persuaded by a trusted family friend that the young man she loved wasn't an adequate match, social stationwise, and that Anne could do better. The novel opens some seven years after Anne sent her beau packing, and she's still alone. But then the guy she never stopped loving comes back from the sea. As always, Austen's storytelling is so confident, you can't help but allow yourself to be taken on the enjoyable journey. [via]
Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Wereby Donald S. JohnsonISBN 0380730782 (0-380-73078-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Precision Cruisingby Arthur F. Chace, Brad DellenbaughISBN 0393033023 (0-393-03302-3)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Primer of Navigation: With Problems in Practical Work and Complete Tablesby George W. Mixter, Herrold E. HeadleyISBN 0393035085 (0-393-03508-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Ramage's Diamond: A Novelby Dudley PopeISBN 038057828X (0-380-57828-X)
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Riddle of the Ice: A Scientific Adventure into the Arcticby Myron ArmsISBN 0385490925 (0-385-49092-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 4by Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0374362998 (0-374-36299-8)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 4'Book summary:"This wasn't the first tie that I'd come close to death, but it was the first time I'd been involved in this part of it, this strange, terrible saying goodbye to someone you've loved."
These are Vicky Austin's thoughts as she stands near Commander Rodney's grave while her grandfather, who himself is dying of cancer, recites the funeral service. Watching his condition deteriorate over that long summer is almost more than she can bear. Then, in the midst of her struggle, she finds herself the center of attention for three young men. Leo, Commander Rodney's son, turns to her as an old friend seeki comfort but longing for romance. Zachary, whose attempted suicide inadvertently cauesd Commander Rodney's death, sees her as the one sane and normal person who can give some meaning ot his life. And Adam, a serious young student working at the nearby marine-biology station, discvoers Vicky, his friend's little sister, incipient telepathic powers that can help him with his experiments in dolphin communications. Vicky finds solace and brief moments of peace in her poetry, but life goes on around her, and the strain intensifies as she confromts matters of love and of death, of dependence and of responsibility, universal concerns that we all must face. The inevitable crisis comes and Vicky must rely on openness, sensitivity, and the love of others to overcome her private grief. Once again, Madeleine L'Engle has written a story that reveals in the drama of vividly portrayed characters and events the spiritual and moral dimensions of common human experiences.[via]A Ring of Endless Light is a 1981 Newbery Honor Book.More editions of A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 4:
Rites of Passageby William Gerald GoldingISBN 0374526400 (0-374-52640-0)
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Safe Harbourby Danielle SteelISBN 0375728287 (0-375-72828-7)
Softcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Safe Harbour'Book summary:In her fifty-ninth bestselling novel, Danielle Steel tells an unforgettable story of survival...of how two people who lost everything find hope...and of the extraordinary acts of faith and courage that bring and keep families together...
On a windswept summer day, as the fog rolls across the San Francisco coastline, a solitary figure walks down the beach, a dog at her side. At eleven, Pip Mackenzie's young life has already been touched by tragedy; nine months before, a terrible accident plunged her mother into inconsolable grief. But on this chilly July afternoon, Pip meets someone who fills her sad gray world with color and light. And in her innocence and in his kindness, a spark will be kindled, lives will be changed, and a journey of hope will begin.
From the moment the curly-haired girl walks up to his easel on the sand, Matt Bowles senses something magical about her. Pip reminds him of his own daughter at that age, before a bitter divorce tore his family apart and swept his children halfway across the world. With her own mother, Ophélie, retreating deeper into her grief, Pip spends her summer at the shore the way lonely children do: watching the glittering waters and rushing clouds, daydreaming and remembering how things used to be. That is, until she meets artist Matt Bowles, who offers to teach the girl to drawand can't help but notice her beautiful, lonely mother. At first, Ophélie is thrown off balance by her daughter's new companionuntil she realizes how much joy he is bringing into their lives, despite the sadness she sees in his eyes. As their newfound friend works his subtle magic, mother and daughter slowly begin to heal, to laugh again, to rediscover what they have lost.
When summer ends, and Ophélie and Pip must leave the beach for the city, the season of healing continues. Gathering her newfound strength, Ophélie begins a volunteer job at a city outreach program, where she works with the homeless, and can no longer ignore the blessings in her own life. But as soul-sharing phone calls and autumn beach getaways deepen Ophélie and Matt's friendship, fate strikes another blow. Out of the blue, Matt must confront unfinished business from his past. Days later, Ophélie is struck by a stunning betrayal by someone she trusts. And as these events reverberate in two already wounded hearts, something extraordinary happens. Out of the darkness that has shadowed them both comes an unexpected gift of hope.
With grace and compassion, Danielle Steel explores the fragile bonds between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, family members and lifelong friends. Her haunting, impassioned novel takes us across the complex landscape of lossto the blessings that arise from even the darkest tragedies. At once a story of triumph and a moving elegy to those who suffer and survive, Safe Harbour is perhaps her most powerful and life-affirming novel to date. [via]
The Sailor's Weather Guideby Jeff MarkellISBN 0393033201 (0-393-03320-1)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Scarby China MievilleISBN 0345444388 (0-345-44438-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scar'Book summary:In the third book in an astounding, genre-breaking run, China Miéville expands the horizon beyond the boundaries of New Crobuzon, setting sail on the high seas of his ever-growing world of Bas Lag.
The Scar begins with Miéville's frantic heroine, Bellis Coldwine, fleeing her beloved New Crobuzon in the peripheral wake of events relayed in Perdidio Street Station. But her voyage to the colony of Nova Esperium is cut short when she is shanghaied and stranded on Armada, a legendary floating pirate city. Bellis becomes the reader's unbelieving eyes as she reluctantly learns to live on the gargantuan flotilla of stolen ships populated by a rabble of pirates, mercenaries, and press-ganged refugees. Meanwhile, Armada and Bellis's future is skippered by the "Lovers," an enigmatic couple whose mirror-image scarring belies the twisted depth of their passion. To give up any more of Miévilles masterful plot here would only ruin the voyage through dangerous straits, political uprisings, watery nightmares, mutinous revenge, monstrous power plays, and grand aspirations.
Miéville's skill in articulating brilliantly macabre and involving descriptions is paralleled only by his ability to set up world-moving plot twists that continually blow away the reader's expectations. Man-made mutations, amphibious aliens, transdimensional beings, human mosquitoes, and even vampires are merely neighbors, coworkers, friends, and enemies coexisting in the dizzying tapestry of diversity that is Armada. The Scar proves Miéville has the muscle and talent to become a defining force as he effortlessly transcends the usual clichés of the genre. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
Seagoing Knotsby Frank RosenowISBN 0393033384 (0-393-03338-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Search for Speed Under Sail, 1700-1855by Howard ChapelleISBN 0393031276 (0-393-03127-6)
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Seeking Robinson Crusoeby Timothy SeverinISBN 0333905563 (0-333-90556-3)
Softcover, Macmillan
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Seraffyn's Mediterranean Adventureby Lin PardeyISBN 0393032663 (0-393-03266-3)
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Shogunby James ClavellISBN 0385292244 (0-385-29224-4)
Hardcover, Dell Publishing
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Slow Boats Homeby Gavin YoungISBN 0394521420 (0-394-52142-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Snow Gooseby Paul GallicoISBN 0394445937 (0-394-44593-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Solomons Sealby Hammond InnesISBN 0394513266 (0-394-51326-6)
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South Sea Talesby Jack London, Christopher Gair, Tony HorwitzISBN 0375759298 (0-375-75929-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'South Sea Tales'Book summary:Like the celebrated Klondike Tales, the stories that comprise South Sea Tales derive their intensity from the authors own far-flung adventures, conveying an impassioned, unsparing vision borne only of experience. The powerful tales gathered here vividly evoke the turn-of-the-century colonial Pacific and its capricious tropical landscape, while also trenchantly observing the delicate interplay between imperialism and the exotic. And as Tony Horwitz asserts in his Introduction, When Londons stories click, we are utterly there, at the edge of the world and the limit of human endurance. [via]
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Story of a Shipwrecked Sailorby Gabriel García Márquez, Randolph HoganISBN 0394548108 (0-394-54810-8)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Survival of the Bark Canoeby John A. McPheeISBN 0374516936 (0-374-51693-6)
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The Tactics of Small Boat Racingby Stuart Walker, Carol H. LittleISBN 0393308014 (0-393-30801-4)
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Take the Mystery Out of Boat Maintenanceby Lawrence A. DiamondISBN 039303335X (0-393-03335-X)
Hardcover, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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Travels in Alaskaby John Muir, Edward HoaglandISBN 0375760490 (0-375-76049-0)
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The Travels Of Marco Poloby Marco Polo, William Marsden, Manuel Komroff, Jason GoodwinISBN 0375758186 (0-375-75818-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Travels Of Marco Polo'Book summary:Marco Polos account of his journey throughout the East in the thirteenth century was one of the earliest European travel narratives, and it remains the most important. The merchant-traveler from Venice, the first to cross the entire continent of Asia, provided us with accurate descriptions of life in China, Tibet, India, and a hundred other lands, and recorded customs, natural history, strange sights, historical legends, and much more. From the dazzling courts of Kublai Khan to the perilous deserts of Persia, no book contains a richer magazine of marvels than the Travels.
This edition, selected and edited by the great scholar Manuel Komroff, also features the classic and stylistically brilliant Marsden translation, revised and corrected, as well as Komroffs Introduction to the 1926 edition. [via]More editions of The Travels Of Marco Polo:
Until the Sea Shall Free Them : Life, Death and Survival in the Merchant Marineby Robert FrumpISBN 0385501161 (0-385-50116-1)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Voyagerby Diana GabaldonISBN 0385335997 (0-385-33599-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Voyager'Book summary:From the author of the breathtaking bestsellers Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber, the extraordinary saga continues.
Their passionate encounter happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead in the tragic battle of Culloden. Yet his memory has never lessened its hold on her...and her body still cries out for him in her dreams.
Then Claire discovers that Jamie survived. Torn between returning to him and staying with their daughter in her own era, Claire must choose her destiny. And as time and space come full circle, she must find the courage to face the passion and pain awaiting her...the deadly intrigues raging in a divided Scotland... and the daring voyage into the dark unknown that can reuniteor forever doomher timeless love. [via] 
Wandererby Sterling HaydenISBN 0393075214 (0-393-07521-4)
Hardcover, Norton
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Wind and Strategyby S.H. WalkerISBN 0393031365 (0-393-03136-5)
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The Wreck of the Barque Stefano Off the North West Cape of Australia in 1875by Gustave RatheISBN 0374385858 (0-374-38585-8)
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