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2008
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Fisherman
The Strife and Times of Ronald K. Peterson of Ballard
2003
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Tramper
Sailing the Aleutians
2003
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TRAMPER tells the story of the Capelin, a battered old World War II supply ship that earns its keep crossing the stormy North Pacific between Seattle and the Aleutian Islands delivering cargo to the remote fishing villages of Western Alaska. Rugged trip, rugged people and a dangerous part of the world with a violent history. Its not tourist Alaska.
2005
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This is the story of the year 1998 in the Solari family vineyard at Bennett Lane near Calistoga: How the grapes were grown, the problems that time and nature threw in their way. The harvest, the fruit, the family. You will remember this book every time you drink a glass of wine.
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- Step into Reading, Step 4
2010
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Titanic. Just the name evokes tales of the doomed ship that have captivated people of all ages for more than 100 years.Early readers will enjoy this exciting account of the world's most famous disaster-at-sea and the discovery of it's remains many years later.Step 4 books are perfect for independent readers who are confident with simple sentences and are just starting to tackle paragraphs.
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- Ben Gray
2011
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Hillbilly landlubber Ben Gray and his sons launched a 55 hp boat near their ranch in Alberta. 2,000 miles with portages and groundings to the Arctic Ocean. Then west past Alaska to the Bering St and turned back North and East through the ice choked NW Passage to circumnavigate the world in 2005. From hurricanes to pirates to being arrested to meeting lovely people, it was An Incredible Journey.
2011
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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.
Paddling North
A Solo Adventure Along the Inside Passage
2013
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In a tale remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak. Paddling North is a compilation of Sutherland’s first two (of over 20) such annual trips and her day-by-day travels through the Inside Passage from Ketchikan to Skagway. With illustrations and the author’s recipes.
2011
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This is a story about a young man who grew up next to Lake Erie, loving boats and loving the water. Fishing, sailing, swimming his younger days were a dream come true. Then at 17 years old WW-2 started and he signed up for the US Navy. His life aboard a US Navy destroyer is as interesting account of life as a sailor. His life returning home is of a guy that loved the Lakes, the Ocean and the sea. This story is about how his life ended up from seaman to Captain. You will find this story not...
2012
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"Torngat Mountains, A New Waiver" is Noah Richler's contribution to Northwords, a cross-platform project that takes urban Canadian writers to some of the world’s most extreme environments.Introduced by award-winning journalist and radio personality Shelagh Rogers, Northwords is a collection of stories written by acclaimed Canadian authors as they experienced one of Canada’s most awe-inspiring northern national parks Torngat Mountains National Park, the country’s n...
1999
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Tim Bowden first visited and fell in love with Antarctica in 1989 and has been back five times. This is the very personal memoir of that first trip south.With a well-tuned sense of the absurd, Tim introduces the varied personalities and eccentricities of life on board the resupply ship Icebird. He describes the danger and excitement of travel to this continent of vast and overwhelming beauty. And he coaxes frank and often moving memories from the most reticent of his fello...











