Marine from Lemolo Books

This vintage book is a complete and accessible guide to boat construction, with full instructions for designing and building punts, skiffs, canoes, sailing boats, and more. With detailed working drawings and simple, step-by-step instructions, this volume is ideal for those with little previous experience, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "Introductory-Designing", "Tools… Read more about this item

A thrilling guided tour through the world of sharks and their relationship with human communities around the globe. From Belize to South Africa, from Shanghai to Bimini, we see that sharks are still the object of an obsession that may eventually lead to their extinction. In this eye-opening adventure that spans the globe, environmental journalist Juliet Eilperin investigates the fascinating… Read more about this item

Called "as gripping and realistic a sea tale as you are likely to run across" by the New York Times, C. S. Forester's Beat to Quarters finds Hornblower faced with a near-impossible mission off the coast of Nicaragua. June 1808, somewhere west of Nicaragua -- a site suitable for spectacular sea battles. The Admiralty has ordered Captain Horatio Hornblower, now… Read more about this item

75 games for families to play at the beach, mostly aimed at children ages 2 to 10, with some for teenagers. Most of the games require nothing more than items found naturally on the beach.

4 chapters, tackle and equipment, angling skills, fishing systems and techniques , modern specialties

14 chapters, 1st edition, no dust jacket,

Can piloting a boat really be this easy? Traditional navigation with its chart plotting, compass errors, and current vectors requires years to master. Serious boaters learn it eventually, but with $100 GPS receivers offering 50-foot position accuracy anywhere in the world, it's no longer necessary to master the art before enjoying the sport. The Weekend Navigator is the first book to… Read more about this item

The Ultimate Memory Aid for Onboard Use Reed's Skipper's Handbook, the worldwide bestselling piloting and seamanship pocket guide, is now adapted for North American waters and buoyage systems. "A brilliant guide for beginners and an excellent refresher for more advanced skippers. . . . A top-rate book."―Waterstones "A terrific little volume."―Motorboat & Yachting

Return to the River remains one of the finest books ever written about the salmon and has won its place as an angler's and naturalist's classic. Drawn back again to spawn in the stream that hatched them, the deep-sea salmon, the great silver chinooks, return as inevitably as the September rains. Return to the River captures the whole sweep of the… Read more about this item

Even those who have difficulty tying their shoes will be able to tie Turk's heads when they follow the clear illlustrations and concise instructions given in this new book. Dozens of the most frequently used knots have been selected and explained, including reef knots, sheet bends, figure eights and more. Each knot's strengths and weaknesses are discussed and the reader… Read more about this item

Can piloting a boat really be this easy? Traditional navigation with its chart plotting, compass errors, and current vectors requires years to master. Serious boaters learn it eventually, but with $100 GPS receivers offering 50-foot position accuracy anywhere in the world, it's no longer necessary to master the art before enjoying the sport. The Weekend Navigator is the first book to… Read more about this item