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  • Flying Cloud

    The True Story of America's Most Famous Clipper Ship and the Woman Who Guided Her

    de David W. Shaw ...
    "Details the record-breaking 1851 New York-to-San Francisco voyages of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, focusing on its navigator, Eleanor Creesy." — Library JournalIn 1851, navigator Eleanor Creesy set sail on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, traveling from New York to San Francisco in only eighty-nine days. This swift passage set a world record that went unbroken for more than a ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Sea Wolf of the Confederacy

    The Daring Civil War Raids of Naval Lt. Charles W. Read

    de David W. Shaw ...
    In June 1863, just days before the epic clash at Gettysburg ended the last rebel land invasion of the North, a small party of the Confederate Navy mounted a devastating series of raids on the New England coast, culminating in a battle off Portland, Maine. Veteran author David W. Shaw brilliantly re-creates this almost forgotten chapter of the Civil War in rich narrative detail drawn from accounts ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

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    America’s Victory

    The Heroic Story of a Team of Ordinary Americans—and How They Won the Greatest Yacht Race Ever

    de David W. Shaw ...
    Narrado por John Lescault ...

    Completo

    8 hora 41 minutos

    Set against the backdrop of the first world’s fair in London, America’s Victory takes listeners into a world rich in adventure and history in an unforgettable story of skill, daring, and honor at the heart of our national identity.In 1850, a brilliant young boat designer and an unlikely team of humble, hard working men faced the might and arrogance of the British empire in a yacht race for The ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

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  • Endurance

    Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

    de Alfred Lansing ...
    **The legendary and harrowing tale of British explorer Ernest Shackelton’s 1914 shipwreck on Antarctic ice – and how his leadership rescued his crew“One of the greatest adventure stories of our time.” –New York Times Book Review**In August 1914, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton boarded the Endurance and set sail for Antarctica, where he planned to cross the last uncharted continent on foot. In ... Leer más

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

  • Sailing a Serious Ocean : Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea

    Sailboats, Storms, Stories and Lessons Learned from 30 Years at Sea

    de John Kretschmer ...
    Series series CREATIVE MATH SUPPLEMENT
    Learn what it takes to cross an ocean from a veteran sailorIn Sailing a Serious Ocean, author John Kretschmer uses his experiences and stories to show you what you will need to across an ocean or go around the world, in fair weather or foul. His true accounts of storms and other challenges at sea makes exciting reading and shows not only how sailboats should be handled when the chips are down, but ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • The Hal Roth Seafaring Trilogy : Three True Stories of Adventure Under Sail: Three True Stories of Adventure Under Sail

    Three True Stories of Adventure Under Sail

    de Hal Roth ...
    Big adventures on the high seas—from one of the greatest seafaring writers of our ageHal Roth’s vivid, authentic tales of the sea have riveted readers around the world for forty years. Here, in one volume, are three of his classic sea stories, each one a white-knuckled, rail-down voyage into the unknown.A hard-working San Francisco husband and wife abandon their jobs, their security, and, some ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • Taking the Sea: Perilous Waters, Sunken Ships, and the True Story of the Legendary Wrecker Captains

    de Dennis Powers ...
    "Kirkus Reviews" summarized: "Maritime historian Powers ("Treasure Ship" and others) offers a series of vignettes from the golden age of American marine salvage. It extended from the end of the Civil War to the decade following World War I. Sail was merging with steam, wooden hulls with iron ones, but as the nation expanded westward in the wake of the Forty-Niners, the burgeoning demand for ... Leer más

    $3.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Trial by Ice

    The True Story of Murder and Survival on the 1871 Polaris Expedition

    de Richard Parry ...
    “An extraordinary real-life adventure of men battling the elements and themselves, told with ice-cold precision.”–Kirkus Reviews (starred review)In the dark years following the Civil War, America’s foremost Arctic explorer, Charles Francis Hall, became a figure of national pride when he embarked on a harrowing, landmark expedition. With financial backing from Congress and the personal support of ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • Amazing Sailing Stories

    True Adventures from the High Seas

    de Dick Durham ...
    Series Libro 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, ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Gale of 1929

    de Gary Collins ...
    On the night of November 29, 1929, eleven schooners set sail for home from the comfort and safety of St. John’s harbour. They all headed north: directly into the teeth of a deadly hurricane. Here for the first time are the stories of the eleven schooners that were caught in the gale of 1929. Newfoundland’s favourite storyteller, Gary Collins, takes us aboard each one in turn to witness the ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • Night Sail

    de Carl Brookins ...
    Winthrop was never meant to live ashore. When the barmaid he was seeing flirted with another guy there was a small dustup over her attentions. win knew if he didn't get to sea, at least for a while, he'd be in trouble. So he sailed off onto the Inside Passage alone, never dreaming this night would never end. ... Leer más

    $0.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Caught by the Sea

    My Life on Boats

    de Gary Paulsen ...
    *Another such wave could easily be the end of us. I had to do something, fix something, save the boat, save myself.But what?*Gary Paulsen takes readers along on his maiden voyage, proving that ignorance can be bliss. Also really stupid and incredibly dangerous. He tells of boats that have owned him—good, bad, and beloved—and how they got him through terrifying storms that he survived by sheer luck ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro