Overview :To be read alongside thrilling histories by Nathaniel Philbrick, Hampton Sides, and Rinker Buck, Black Flags, Blue Waters vividly reanimates... Read More
Overview :"This is the most authoritative and highly literate account of these pernicious people that I have ever read."--Patrick O'Brian " A] wonderf... Read More
Overview :William Bennett and Michael Hague, the team that brought us the national bestseller The Children's Book of Virtues, have once again collabo... Read More
Overview :The culture of the Viking world speaks of both violence and of beauty. This extensively illustrated volume brings together nearly 200 carefu... Read More
Overview :A revelatory and wide-ranging exploration of HMS Britannic---her life at sea and on the seabed--by the owner of her wreck. Launched in 1914,... Read More
Overview :This is the amazing story in words and images of the historic discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, deep beneath the ice ... Read More
Overview :From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminat... Read More
Overview :A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKAN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF JANET MASLIN'S MUST-READ BOOKS OF THE SUMMERA NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE... Read More
Overview :"Thoroughly engrossing . . . a spirited, suspenseful, economically told tale whose significance is manifest and whose pace never flags." --T... Read More
Overview :A documentary drawn from testimony at the Coast Guard's official inquiry looks anew at one of the most storied, and mysterious, shipwrecks i... Read More
Overview : This is a beautiful book, replete with illustrations, photos, diagrams, and maps. The text balances technicality with storytelling, scholar... Read More
Overview :The incredible story of the "Robin Hood of the Seas," who absconded with millions during the Golden Age of Piracy and who harbored an even g... Read More
Overview :In 1717, the notorious pirate Blackbeard captured a French slaving vessel off the coast of Martinique and made it his flagship, renaming it ... Read More
Overview :Travel back to the year 1912 and experience the tragic tale of the world's most famous and luxurious liner. This fact-packed children's boo... Read More
Overview :The Last Night on the Titanic demystifies life in all three classes aboard the world's most beloved ocean liner. Learn why the Titanic still... Read More
Overview :Authors Angus Konstam and Roger Michael Kean reveal the truth behind our myths, fairy tales, and Hollywood-inspired images. The reality is, ... Read More
Overview :For readers of Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough, a riveting account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific, ci... Read More
Overview :"An immense treasure trove of fact-filled and highly readable fun." --Simon Winchester, The New York Times Book ReviewA Sunday Times (U.K.) ... Read More
Overview :The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History presents the first such narrative of the earth's tenth largest body of water. In this beautifully wri... Read More
Overview :The Truth About the Mutiny on HMAV BOUNTY - and the Fate of Fletcher Christian brings this famed South Pacific saga into the 21st century.By... Read More