Water sports and recreations

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.

* 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.

Here at last is the thrilling memoir of the legendary mountaineer Bradford Washburn, one of the last surviving explorers and adventurers of the twentieth century.

In Surfer Girls in the New World Order, Krista Comer explores surfing as a local and global subculture, looking at how the culture of surfing has affected and been affected by girls, from baby boomers to members of Generation Y.

The evolution of surfing-from the first forms of wave-riding in Oceania, Africa, and the Americas to the inauguration of surfing as a competitive sport at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics-traverses the age of empire, the rise of globalization, and the onset of the digital age, taking on new meanings at each juncture.

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.

The award-winning instructional guide for safety, rescue, and recovery techniques-with true stories from whitewater legends.

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.

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.

Triathletes spend a lot of time and money making sure they have the right gear, optimizing their training plans, and selecting their races.

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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.

Like the instant classic The Last American Man, Fearless is the story of a remarkable individual who accepts no personal limitsincluding fear.

The best and newest big-wave surfing stories from the sports insidersMore than a decade ago, John Long published his now classic The Big Drop, an unprecedented look at the larger-than-life frontier of big wave surfing.

Surfing has evolved from a relatively obscure pastime to one of the fastest growing sports in the world.

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.

Pete Goss became a national and international hero when he rescued French yachtsman Raphael Dinelli as his boat sank beneath him in the round-the-world single-handed sailing race, the Vendee Globe, on Christmas Day 1996.

Inspiration, something much needed in these times, abounds as Sir Steve relates the entertaining tales of his fellow sportsmen and women that spurred on his success.

The perfect summer read from the internationally bestselling author.

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In the United States, more than half of adults either cannot swim or do not possess all the basic swimming skills.

Golden Daze tells the story of Australian surfing one year at a time through the lives of our greatest surfers.