Boating: Sport and leisure

Interested in learning to sail but feel like you re navigating in murky waters?

"e;My Life as an Explorer"e; by Roald Amundsen is a riveting autobiography that chronicles the life and adventures of one of history's greatest explorers.

Are you dreaming of becoming a boat-owner?

Charlie Doane is among the most infectious prose-poets of todays marine literature.

Written between 1994 and 2009, is a memoir of global travel and an unfulfilled college crush.

This book starts in Nassau Bahamas with a six-year old's perspective on how calves are born, and ends with the mapping out of a newly discovered million-square-mile WWII battlefield.

Fourth Edition (2022) - with Updated and Expanded ContentIncludes coverage of the South Fork and New River Gorge National Park and PreserveThe New River is one of the most changeable and fickle rivers on the East Coast and also one of the most beautiful and rewarding.

Far to the north of Russia, across the cold waters of the Barents Sea, lies the desolate archipelago known as Franz Josef Land.

Roger Taylor follows on from his highly praised Voyages of a Simple Sailor, taking us on three more extraordinary voyages aboard his junk-rigged Corribee Mingming.

Discover what the Pilgrims missed when they moved to Plymouth after landing on Cape Cod.

Find your way into the western BWCAW via 27 entry points, accessible near Ely, Minnesota.

* Mixes adventure travel with natural history in this solo kayaking adventure* Includes the author's hand-drawn illustrationsIn this insightful account of her solo voyage in a sixteen-foot kayak, Jennifer Hahn vividly relates the ecstatic moments and terrifying predicaments of paddling against the wind through Alaska's Inside Passage.

Create a canoeing or kayaking experience youll never forget, through Floridas Everglades National Park and the 99-mile Wilderness Waterway.

Written by the American Canoe Association and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Introduction to Paddling is an easy-to-understand guide to flatwater and river paddling.

Get the authoritative guide to the rivers of New York, featuring 50 of the states best paddling trips.

For readers who relish the image of clinging to a sinking makeshift raft while fighting off sword-wielding and delirious mutineers wrenching the last cask of water from a sailor's sun-scorched hands (while sharks circle in famished anticipation), Shipwrecked!

The ultimate guide to paddling whitewater in the western Carolinas, Carolina Whitewater has guided boaters to the best water in the Tar Heel and Palmetto states for almost 30 years.

The rich tapestry of Alaska is threaded together by 365,000 miles of waterways, from cascading mountain streams to meandering valley rivers, from the meltwaters of glaciers to broad rivers that empty into the sea.

Paddling Long Island is the only book on the market to depict routes and destinations across the whole of Long Island and the New York City area.

In the heartland of America rise the Ozark Mountains, teeming with cascading, free-flowing streams.

Get the authoritative guide to the waterways of West Virginia, featuring almost all of the states paddleable waterways in more than 200 trips.

Illustrated with examples from the story and compelling case studies, this engaging book provides the resources and tools to support teams on their sometimes-tumultuous journey to success.

When Jennifer Frick-Ruppert and her husband set sail for the first time in their newly purchased 37-foot sailboat, they were hoping to leave colder climes behind, learn something about sailing, and get away from the daily grind.

2005 National Outdoor Book Award Winner.

2003 National Outdoor Book Award Winner.

Maps and descriptions for more than 200 Pennsylvania waterways.

Each year Dave Curran travels alone by canoe into the Maine wilderness.

Get the authoritative guide to the waterways of West Virginia, featuring almost all of the states paddleable waterways in more than 200 trips.

Create a canoeing or kayaking experience youll never forget, through Floridas Everglades National Park and the 99-mile Wilderness Waterway.

Find your way into the western BWCAW via 27 entry points, accessible near Ely, Minnesota.

Paddling Long Island is the only book on the market to depict routes and destinations across the whole of Long Island and the New York City area.

GPS For Dummies gives new meaning to finding yourself.

A heart-warming, thoroughly modern, marvelously illustrated guide, BoundaryWaters Canoe Camping is aimed at paddlers in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota and covers places to go, planning a canoe trip, navigating, selecting a canoe and rigging it out, selecting equipment, camping and cookery, traveling with children, and dealing with hazards--all brought to you by one of America's most renowned canoeing experts, Cliff Jacobson.

Describes the best sea kayaking trips in Central and Northern California, including whitewater, stillwater, and coastal excursions.

A generously photographed and illustrated handbook for beginners and seasoned paddlers, Kayaking Made Easy is brimming with advice, humor, and personal anecdotes about every aspect of flatwater and sea kayaking.

What makes travel special?

Winner of the 2008 Premier Book Award for best biographyThe son of Irish immigrants who grew up along the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia at the turn of the twentieth century, Jack Kelly became a three-time gold medal Olympian, a political maverick, and the millionaire father of a princess.

Gibs Odyssey is the true story of an extraordinary man, Gib Peters, and his solo journey along the Intracoastal Waterway from Key West to New York and back while suffering the ravages of Lou Gehrigs disease.

Men of Kent is, first and foremost, an archetypical sports talea story of the improbable happening to the unlikely, unfolding against the backdrop of a turbulent era.

Paddling Connecticut and Rhode Islandgives a good variety of paddles from those slow lazy trips to more challenging outings.

Nothing compares to paddling Florida's Everglades.