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A Love Affair With the Sea
by Trevor Norton
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by Hannah Stowe
Published May 2025
Read ReviewsA book to sweep you away from the shore, into a wild world of water, whale, storm, and starlight— to experience what it's like to sail for weeks at a time with life set to a new rhythm.
by Helen Scales
Published Jun 2022
Read Reviews"The oceans have always shaped human lives," writes marine biologist Helen Scales in her vibrant new book The Brilliant Abyss, but the surface and the very edges have so far mattered the most. "However, one way or another, the future ocean is the deep ocean."
by Susan Casey
Published May 2011
Read ReviewsFrom Susan Casey, bestselling author of The Devils Teeth, an astonishing book about colossal, ship-swallowing rogue waves and the surfers who seek them out.
by Charles Clover
Published Mar 2008
Read Reviews"Here is the worlds fishing industry laid bare, gutted and filleted for all to see: the greed, the folly, the waste and destruction. You will never look at a fish supper in the same way again." - The Economist.
by Lynne Cox
Published Feb 2008
Read ReviewsThe true story of long-distance swimmer Lynne Cox's ocean encounter with an 18-foot baby whale and her efforts to reunite "Grayson" with his mother - part mystery, part magical tale.
by J. Maarten Troost
Published Jun 2004
Read ReviewsThe laugh-out-loud true story of a harrowing and hilarious two-year odyssey on the distant South Pacific island nation of Kiribatipossibly The Worst Place on Earth.
by Bill Bryson
Published May 1999
Read ReviewsAn adventure, a comedy, a lament, and a celebration, A Walk in the Woods is destined to become a modern classic of travel literature.
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