The World's Worst Sailor

The World's Worst Sailor
Author: Stephen D. (Doc) Regan
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2022-10-20
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1977259499

S.D. “Doc” Regan, writer of maritime and nautical affairs, ineptly taught himself to sail upon his retirement as a professor and university dean. His original dinghy provided ample opportunity to capsize, founder on rocks, end up on the lee shore, and embarrass the alleged scholar in front of large crowds. Despite his scholarly papers and books, Doc sardonically proffers a humorous voyage through his trials and tribulations manning the helm. Described as the “worst sailor still alive to tell the tale”, Doc and his dinghy, ZONONA, and his West Wight Potter, GENNY SEA, have plied the lakes, rivers, and ponds of Iowa and Minnesota creating an inundation of laughable experiences. Boat builders and skilled sailors shake their heads and mutter that no one is THAT stupid. Always considered a bit of a class clown, Regan has baffled nuns, teachers, professors, and academia with his humor and self-deprecation. He has regaled many dock-side bars with his hilarity and wit as well as university gatherings. He is often sought as a speaker, especially by military and veteran groups. Doc has written “In Bitter Tempest: the biography of Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher”, “Pioneering Spirit: the history of Upper Iowa University”, and multitude of naval historical articles ironically because his doctorate and specialty is educational psychology to which he has written two dozen professional papers.

The World's Biggest Book of Brainteasers & Logic Puzzles

The World's Biggest Book of Brainteasers & Logic Puzzles
Author: Norman D. Willis
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 708
Release: 2006
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781402733727

What a bargain! At more than 700 puzzle-packed pages, this huge, value-priced collection should keep any solver happy...and busy for a very long time. It contains brain-busting challenges of almost every type: math logic problems for the numerically inclined; absolutely amazing lateral thinking conundrums; really great critical thinking bafflers; and mind-boggling word puzzles. Here's just a small sample of what's inside: The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers. How could this be so? Stumped? That's because it's one man--Grover Cleveland--who was reelected after skipping a term. And that's just an easy warm-up!

The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats

The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats
Author: Steve Henkel
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2010-01-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0071736948

For the first time ever, a comparative survey of 95 percent of the fiberglass pocketcruising sailboats ever built Author Steve Henkel has researched hundreds of cruising sailboats less than 26 feet long--pocket cruisers--to create this definitive gallery and handbook of the small cruising sailboats built in the last 45 years. With detailed plans, specifications, performance indexes, and commentary for every model the author could find (360 in all!), The Sailor’s Book of Small Cruising Sailboats is your ideal core reference for the used and new boats you see on the water.

Handsomest Man in Cuba

Handsomest Man in Cuba
Author: Lynette Chiang
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0762752165

An engaging, witty account of the people, customs, food, and culture of Cuba framed by a fascinating approach to travel. With only a folding bicycle and a towable suitcase, Australian Lynette Chiang spent three months touring Cuba, eshewing tourist hotels and typical iteneraries in favor of an unpredictable day-to-day existence among ordinary citizens. She discovered a people who, despite great privation, are warm, generous—and generally happy. Her narrative covers equally well the challenges of travel on two wheels and the surprises of life in the land of Fidel.

The Little Jane Silver 2-Book Bundle

The Little Jane Silver 2-Book Bundle
Author: Adira Rotstein
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2014-02-12
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1459728866

Presenting both of Little Jane Silver's piratical adventures in one special bundle! Little Jane Silver is the granddaughter of the notorious pirate Long John Silver. Growing up on her parents' ship, she vows to become a real pirate. As her ship is pursued by a mysterious pirate hunter, and on her own for the first time, Little Jane must grow up fast and find the courage to undergo the most important test of her young life: a quest to save her family. In Little Jane Silver and the Nameless Isle, Little Jane is on a quest to the Nameless Isle – a journey only her parents have survived. Will she rise to the task and save her parents' treasure from the pirate hunter Fetzcaro Madsea, or will the treachery of the voyage prove too daunting? These two books are exciting journeys back to swashbuckling, lawless days on the open seas, but viewed uniquely through the eyes of an adventurous young girl. Includes: LIttle Jane Silver Little Janes Silver and the Nameless Isle

The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame

The Polar Adventures of a Rich American Dame
Author: Joanna Kafarowski
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2017-11-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 145973971X

Louise Arner Boyd inherited the family millions in her thirties. Expected to lead a respectable life, she instead fell under the captivating spell of the north. Over the next thirty years, she organized and led seven hazardous expeditions around Greenland and was showered with international awards.

The Sailor's Ransom

The Sailor's Ransom
Author: Brian Thompson
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2011-12-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1448113016

London is alive with gossip about the thrilling new book by sensationalist author Henry Ellis Margam, but only a select group of people know that the real author is beautiful widow, and member of high society, Bella Wallis. One of her confidantes is the dashing Philip Westland, who comes to Bella now with a problem: his best friend Kennet is smitten with the heiress Mary Skillane but Mary's father, Sir William, has promised her to Robert Judd, a vulgar treasure-seeker. Mary is due to inherit the Skillane pearls, which are currently residing in a Cornsih bank vault, but it seems that the pearls were ill-gotten. Can Bella and her friends reunite the young lovers and escape the attention of the villainous Judd?

Little Jane Silver

Little Jane Silver
Author: Adira Rotstein
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011-06-27
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1554888794

Meet Little Jane Silver, the twelve year-old granddaughter of notorious Treasure Island pirate Long John Silver. Growing up on the Pieces of Eight, the pirate ship of her parents, Captains Bonnie Mary Bright and Long John Silver II, Little Jane is increasingly frustrated with being thrust below decks whenever any real pirating action takes place. Desperate to be taken seriously as a member of the crew, Little Jane vows to become a real pirate, but every attempt she makes to prove herself onboard seems to backfire. As the Pieces of Eight is pursued by a mysterious pirate hunter, Little Jane tries to alert the crew to a devious saboteur on the ship, but by the time someone pays attention, its too late. On her own for the first time, Little Jane must grow up fast and find the courage to undergo the most important test of her young life a quest to save her family.

Lovely Jubbly: A Celebration of 40 Years of Only Fools and Horses

Lovely Jubbly: A Celebration of 40 Years of Only Fools and Horses
Author: Jim Sullivan
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2021-09-30
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1473533074

** The No. 11 Top Ten Sunday Times Bestseller ** Long Live Hookey Street ... Ménage et trois! It's been 40 years since John Sullivan's Only Fools and Horses first graced our television screens. In this new official guide, packed full of rare and never-before-seen photographs, Mike Jones and Jim Sullivan - son of John and co-writer of the hit West End show Only Fools and Horses the Musical - chart the creation and evolution of the nation's favourite comedy series. Including behind-the-scenes info and interviews with those who helped make the show a success, and more than a word or two from Del, Rodders and the rest of the Peckham faithful, here we take an episode-by-episode look at what made Only Fools and Horses work. Lovely Jubbly!