Dust jacket has wear, but book itself is in great shape. Minor old book smell, but I treated it with my ozone machine. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

The Ocean Realm 

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Maryland

A True Story of Men Against the Sea

Presents a vivid account of a history-making storm that hit the New England coast in October 1991 and the lives it changed, weaving together the history of the fishing industry, the science of storms, and personal accounts. Tour.

The Perfect Storm

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Subtitled “Guide for Lone Sailors”, this book encapsulates the author’s lifelong experiences sailing single-handedly as well the loneliness that can grip when in charge of a ship at sea.

Hardcover book in good condition. Cover a little worn around edges and a piece of the cover paper torn off front left corner) when price sticker removed.  Pages are excellent condition.


A Guide for Lone Sailors

The Wheeling Stars

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Florida

In this heartfelt and powerful tale, debut novelist MZ marries the everyday with the mythical, the poetic with brutal reality, and explores how we can love where we're from yet still hunger for something new. They say Mackerel Sky was founded when Captain Burrbank first saw Nimuë the Mermaid and forgot the sea. Stricken by love, he moored his tall ship and made camp on the highest cliff, hoping to forever gaze upon her beauty. That camp became a settlement, the settlement a town, the town a community both blessed and cursed by their tempestuous affair. Three hundred years later, the legend of the Mermaid and the Captain who loved her still invigorates and haunts the inhabitants of the small Maine lobstering town. Take gruff widow Myra Kelley, who finds herself the de facto guardian of Leo Beale and knows his drunken antics are really attempts to escape an opiate-addicted mother and her boyfriends. Or Derrick Stowe, the town's star pitcher, who wants nothing more than to read his mother's musings on mermaids, write poetry to his secret boyfriend, and come out to his father, though he will learn how devastatingly small small towns can be. Or the oft-institutionalized Manon Perle, whose gorgeous, detailed quilts of the Mackerel Sky legend belie the terrible pain of--as she claims--having given her only child to the women in the waves. In this close-knit town famous for its infamous mermaids, community is built through love and lore--willful elements that the townsfolk will have to harness if Mackerel Sky is to endure for another three hundred years.

The Moorings of Mackerel Sky ARC

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California

A Father and Daughter's Journey into the Storm

An award-winning journalist's voyage into her family history and her quest to face the storms she encounters there In "August Gale," Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barbara Walsh--who has interviewed killers, bad cops, and crooked politicians in the course of her career--faces the most challenging story of her lifetime: asking her father about his childhood pain. In the process, she takes us on two heartrending odysseys: one into a deadly Newfoundland hurricane and the lives of schooner fishermen who relied on God and the wind to carry them home; the other, into a squall stirred by a man with many secrets: a grandfather who remained a mystery until long after his death. Sixty-eight years after the hurricane that claimed several of her ancestors, Walsh searches for memories of the August gale and the grandfather who abandoned her dad as a young boy. Together, she and her father journey to Newfoundland to learn about the 1935 storm, and along the way her dad begins to talk about the man he cannot forgive. As she recreates the scenes of the violent hurricane and a small boy's tender past, she holds onto a hidden desire: to heal her father and redeem the grandfather she has never met.

August Gale

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#holidaymystery #christmas #mystery #detective #holidays #cozymystery #suspense #thriller #sea #cruiseship 

North Carolina

A Holiday Mystery at Sea

Embarking on a Mystery Seminar luxury cruise during the holiday season, amateur sleuth Alvirah, private detective Regan, and their family members find their voyage overshadowed by reports of a ghost spotting, the disappearance of a fan, and an unexpected storm. 550,000 first printing.

Santa Cruise

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Library markings drop the book from Like New to excellent.

Louisiana

Godforsaken Sea

Rick Riordan

Michigan

In this story inspired by Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Ana Dakkar, a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world, makes astounding discoveries about her heritage and puts her leadership skills to the test against deadly enemies from a rival school.

Daughter of the Deep

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#fiction #adventure #adventurestories #paperback #sea #ship #historicafiction

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Oklahoma

Runaway At Sea

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New York

"Call me Bathsheba." The whales of Bathsheba's pod live for the hunt. Led by the formidable Captain Alexandra, they fight a never-ending war against men. Then the whales attack a man ship, and instead of easy prey they find the trail of a myth, a monster, perhaps the devil himself... With their relentless Captain leading the chase, they embark on the final hunt, one that will forever change the worlds of whales and men. From the multi-award-winning author of A Monster Calls comes a haunting tale of power and obsession that turns the story of Moby Dick upside down.

And the Ocean Was Our Sky

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Delaware

Minor wear on dust jacket, book is in fantastic condition. 

Simon Winchester

Book in excellent readable condition. Where to dust jacket and bending of dust jacket. Tanning pages.

Pennsylvania

Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

Atlantic is a biography of a tremendous space that has been central to the ambitions of explorers, scientists, and warriors, and continues profoundly to affect our character, attitudes, and dreams. Simon Winchester makes the Atlantic come vividly alive. Spanning the ocean’s story from its geological origins to the age of exploration—covering the Vikings, the Irish, the Basques, John Cabot, and Christopher Columbus in the north, and the Portuguese and the Spanish in the south—and from World War II battles to today’s struggles with pollution and overfishing, his narrative is epic, intimate, and awe inspiring. More than a mere history, this is an unforgettable journey of unprecedented scope by one of the most gifted writers in the English language.

Atlantic

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From Governor General's Literary Award finalist Michelle Kadarusman, an empowering novel about a girl from the slums of Jakarta who dreams of an education and the chance at a better life

From the time she was a little girl, Nia has dreamed up adventures about the Javanese mythical princess, Dewi Kadita. Now fourteen, Nia would love nothing more than to continue her education and become a writer. But high school costs too much. Her father sells banana fritters at the train station, but too much of his earnings go toward his drinking habit. Too often Nia is left alone to take over the food cart as well as care for her brother and their home in the Jakarta slums.

But Nia is determined to find a way to earn her school fees. After she survives a minibus accident unharmed and the locals say she is blessed with 'good luck magic,' Nia exploits the notion for all its worth by charging double for her fried bananas. Selling superstitions can be dangerous, and when the tide turns it becomes clear that Nia's future is being mapped without her consent.

If Nia is to write a new story for herself, she must overcome more obstacles than she could ever have conceived of for her mythical princess, and summon courage she isn't sure she has.

A portion of the proceeds from this #ownvoices story are in support of Plan International Canada Because I Am A Girl

Girl of the Southern Sea

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Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman

A Year by the Sea 

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Our Living World of Nature bundle of 2 books

Tennessee

In 1521, Suleiman the Magnificent, Muslim ruler of the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power, dispatched an invasion fleet to the Christian island of Rhodes. This would prove to be the opening shot in an epic struggle between rival empires and faiths for control of the Mediterranean and the center of the world. InEmpires of the Sea,acclaimed historian Roger Crowley has written his most mesmerizing work to date–a thrilling account of this brutal decades-long battle between Christendom and Islam for the soul of Europe, a fast-paced tale of spiraling intensity that ranges from Istanbul to the Gates of Gibraltar and features a cast of extraordinary characters: Barbarossa, “The King of Evil,” the pirate who terrified Europe; the risk-taking Emperor Charles V; the Knights of St. John, the last crusading order after the passing of the Templars; the messianic Pope Pius V; and the brilliant Christian admiral Don Juan of Austria. This struggle’s brutal climax came between 1565 and 1571, seven years that witnessed a fight to the finish decided in a series of bloody set pieces: the epic siege of Malta, in which a tiny band of Christian defenders defied the might of the Ottoman army; the savage battle for Cyprus; and the apocalyptic last-ditch defense of southern Europe at Lepanto–one of the single most shocking days in world history. At the close of this cataclysmic naval encounter, the carnage was so great that the victors could barely sail away “because of the countless corpses floating in the sea.” Lepanto fixed the frontiers of the Mediterranean world that we know today. Roger Crowley conjures up a wild cast of pirates, crusaders, and religious warriors struggling for supremacy and survival in a tale of slavery and galley warfare, desperate bravery and utter brutality, technology and Inca gold.Empires of the Seais page-turning narrative history at its best–a story of extraordinary color and incident, rich in detail, full of surprises, and backed by a wealth of eyewitness accounts. It provides a crucial context for our own clash of civilizations. From the Hardcover edition.

Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World

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Martin Stewart

Colorado

A stunning debut perfect for fans of Patrick Ness and Neil Gaiman!

The Danék is a wild, treacherous river, and the Fobisher family has tended it for generations--clearing it of ice and weed, making sure boats can get through, and fishing corpses from its bleak depths. Wulliam's father, the current Riverkeep, is proud of this work. Wull dreads it. And in one week, when he comes of age, he will have to take over.

Then the unthinkable happens. While recovering a drowned man, Wull's father is pulled under--and when he emerges, he is no longer himself. A dark spirit possesses him, devouring him from the inside. In an instant, Wull is Riverkeep. And he must care for his father, too.

When he hears that a cure for his father lurks in the belly of a great sea-dwelling beast known as the mormorach, he embarks on an epic journey down the river that his family has so long protected--but never explored. Along the way, he faces death in any number of ways, meets people and creatures touched by magic and madness and alchemy, and finds courage he never knew he possessed.

Martin Stewart's debut novel is an astonishing blend of the literary, the comedic, and the emotionally resonant. In a sentence, it's The Wizard of Oz as told by Patrick Ness. It marks the beginning of a remarkable career.

Riverkeep

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Kansas

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TRADE

Riverkeep - ARC

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I Wonder Why Whales Sing: And Other Questions About Sea Life

Georgia

A Tale of Shell Seekers

Interesting natural history facts about hermit crabs and why they must seek the safety of shells.

Happy Hermit Crab

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New Hampshire

Children are taken on a journey of discovery where stunning images of sea creatures and dinosaurs literally spring from the page. Each delightful book features six photographic pop-ups, along with sliding fact cards that list the animals dietS, habitatS, and more. Full color.

Deep Blue Sea

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Of all the observations, humans have made about the oceans, perhaps the one that rings most true is that of Joseph Conrad - "The sea never changes, and its works, for all the talk of men, are wrapped in mystery." While its works may remain a mystery, the absolute beauty of the oceans is evident for all to see.

Presented for the first time as a tribute to to the marine environment, The Majesty and Mystery of the Sea captures the imagination. Here, in 96 stunning pages, 15 award-winning marine photographers bring the wonders of the sea to life, while 40 writers - from Plutarch to Rachel Carson, from William Blake to Douglas Adams - illuminate mankind's ongoing fascination with the oceans.

The result is an inspiring and thought-provoking presentation of the infinite variety of marine life and the marine environment.

The Majesty and Mystery of the Sea is a testament to the most important natural resource on earth - and perhaps the most precarious. For without the sea, there is no life. In the words of Baba Dioum, noted African naturalist, "We will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. And we will understand only what we are taught."

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