A Seaman's Book of Sea Stories

A Seaman's Book of Sea Stories
Author: Desmond Fforde
Publisher: Headline Accent
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2012-12-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1909335231

"Just the sort of book one likes to find on a yacht's bookshelf between watches." - Classic Boat Magazine Set sail on a voyage of discovery of great nautical stories. These stories range from the Napoleonic wars, via ships that traded under sail round Cape Horn, to what it was like to take charge of a ship in Convoy, serve in the force-ends of a submarine or fly a Corsair against the Japanese. If you have seen WW1 picture of a ship in dazzle camouflage, there is a description of how it came about, and the Dunkirk evacuation is movingly depicted. Lastly there is Uffa Fox's airbone lifeboat: a real masterpiece of design, and what a man!

Leaving the Sea

Leaving the Sea
Author: Ben Marcus
Publisher: Granta Books
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2014-01-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1847086373

A bold new short story collection from one of the most exhilarating and innovative writers of our time. The stories in Leaving the Sea take place in a world which is a distortion of our own, where strange illnesses strike at random and where people disappear without a trace. Ben Marcus has created a labyrinth populated by disturbed, weary men; from the frustrated creative writing teacher to the advocate of self-inhumation; from Paul, whose return home leads him further into his isolation, or Mather, whose child is sick, to an unnamed narrator who spends his lonely evenings calculating the probabilities of his mother's imminent demise. Dark, funny and utterly unique, Leaving the Sea showcases a writer at the height of his powers.

Structure in the Sea

Structure in the Sea
Author: William Seaman
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2022-09-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128225823

Structure in the Sea: The Science, Technology and Effects of Purpose-Built Reefs and Related Surfaces provides a review of the history, development, status and emerging trends in research, technology and applications of artificial reef habitats and sea floor structures. The book helps readers understand, utilize and add to the research of modern reef deployment efforts, presenting a guide to equip stakeholders requiring technical foundations and best practices. Topics include materials, designs and construction methods, along with the ecology of these structures, including key aspects of the life history of plants and animals associated with artificial reefs. Rigorous research addressing ecological, economic and engineering questions, coupled with the innovative deployment of structures worldwide by diverse stakeholders, have created a synergy that makes the book a valuable synthesis and analysis for this growing subject. Thus, its broad audience includes marine (coastal and ocean) environmental sciences, including aquatic ecologists, those working in ocean sustainability and conservation, benthic habitat and coral reef restoration practitioners, and more. - Presents a new perspective on how we might save natural wonders under threat - Provides a representation of reefs, showing the economic and humanitarian value of these natural ecosystems - Unlocks potentials for solutions for conservation by including global case studies

Seamen's Missions

Seamen's Missions
Author: Roald Kverndal
Publisher: William Carey Library
Total Pages: 944
Release: 1986
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780878084401

This book will long stand as the foundational study of church missions and ministry to men and women of the sea. International in scope, it covers in detail the efforts, particularly during the past two centuries, to serve the spiritual and moral needs of seafarers. The author, himself a former seafarer and seafarers' chaplain, spent more than fifteen years of painstaking research to compile this fascinating and authoritative book.

Rogue Wave

Rogue Wave
Author: Theodore Taylor
Publisher: Harper Trophy
Total Pages: 195
Release: 1998
Genre: Children's stories, American.
ISBN: 9780380729388

The award-winning author of The Cay presents eight gripping stories of adventure at sea, including the tale of a teenager who fights to survive after a thundering wave leaves her trapped in an overturned boat. Reprint.

Great Stories of the Sea & Ships

Great Stories of the Sea & Ships
Author: Newell Convers Wyeth
Publisher:
Total Pages: 431
Release: 1992-05
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780883657072

A selection of thirty-four works about the sea by such authors as Homer, Hans Christian Andersen, Herman Melville, Victor Hugo, Jules Verne, Christopher Columbus, Daniel Defoe, and others.

The Annapolis Book of Seamanship

The Annapolis Book of Seamanship
Author: John Rousmaniere
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1451650191

Completely revised and updated to address changes in technology and safety standards, this new edition is the definitive guide to the art and science of sailing. Since the publication of the first edition in 1983, The Annapolis Book of Seamanship has set the standard by which other books on sailing are measured.

The Sea Man

The Sea Man
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Philomel
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Mermen
ISBN: 9780399229398

When sailors aboard a Dutch ship in 1663 capture a creature, half man and half fish, the superstitious crewmen want to kill it, except for a young cabin boy who believes that the creature deserves to live.

Looking for a Ship

Looking for a Ship
Author: John McPhee
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2011-04-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1429958111

This is an extraordinary tale of life on the high seas aboard one of the last American merchant ships, the S.S. Stella Lykes, on a forty-two-day journey from Charleston down the Pacific coast of South America. As the crew of the Stella Lykes makes their ocean voyage, they tell stories of other runs and other ships, tales of disaster, stupidity, greed, generosity, and courage.