Water category: 2366 books
by Helen Epstein
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
A Jewish Athlete: Swimming Against Stereotype in 20th Century Europe by Helen Epstein (4,700 words and 28 illustrations)
In the American film Airplane, a stewardess asks a passenger whether he would like something to read. "Do you have anything light?" the man asks. "How about...
Painting En Plein Air
Teaching - Techniques, Tactics, Tips
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
An inspiring, practical book that encourages you to “Have A Go” and capture, in paint, any scene you see outdoors. Practical painting strategies and tactics simplify a range of subjects - from simple to complex. Watercolour is used because it is the most easily transportable, outdoor painting medium....
by Tony Klarich
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2010
This 4-Step approach to learning new tricks behind the boat has been an indispensable part of my training and teaching for over 30 years. Now it's available to you!This easy to follow program helps you to have fewer falls while increasing consistency, no matter what you ride. Wakeboarders,...
Haunts of the Black Masseur
The Swimmer as Hero
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
In a masterful work of cultural history, Charles Sprawson, himself an obsessional swimmer and fluent diver, explores the meaning that different cultures have attached to water, and the search for the springs of classical antiquity.
In nineteenth-century England bathing was thought to be an...
The Water in Between
A Journey at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
A broken heart leads Kevin Patterson to the dock of a sailboat brokerage on Vancouver Island, where he stands contemplating the romance of the sea and his heartfelt desire to get away. By the end of the day, he finds himself the owner of a thirty-seven-foot ketch called Sea Mouse. Although he's never...
by William Albert Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
'There have been men before who have gone round the world, or as nearly as doesn't matter, in small sailing boats. There was Alain Gerbault and there was Capt. Slocum. But no one has ever written a book about sailing round the world as good as Mr. Robinson's... It is one of the most entrancing travel...
Exploring East End Waters
A Natural History and Paddling Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
The most comprehensive guide to kayaking and canoeing on the East End of Long Island, Mike Bottini’s long-awaited Exploring East End Waters is based on his award-winning column in The Southampton Press. From the Peconic River to Block Island Sound Mike covers the extraordinary variety of East End...
by William V. McNaull
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2005
The story begins with the author as a child getting an unwitting education in the ways of moving water by playing in the creek that flowed by his boyhood home. The McNaull residence was located between a railroad embankment and a highway which were confining borders for a kid growing up. Finally aging...
Speed Boat Safety Handbook
This Handbook Will Keep You Safe As You Do Speed Boating, Learn This Guide’s Sports Safety Tips That Includes Boating Safety Regulations And More!
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
Boat safety is extremely important if you are thinking about buying a boat or even riding in one. If you have a friend or family member with a boat and they allow you to drive you should also know the basics of speed boat safety. This could save your life or someone else’s.
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Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine
with audio recording
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Prince Albert comes up with a royally creative solution to Queen Victoria’s modesty concerns in this true story that reveals an overlooked splash of history.
Poor Queen Victoria! She loves to swim, but can’t quite figure out how to get to the water without her devoted subjects glimpsing...
The Kayak Companion
Expert guidance for enjoying the paddling experience in water of all types from one of America's premier kayakers
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2003
Get paddling! Joe Glickman, a two-time member of the US National Marathon Kayak Team, fills this kayaking primer with expert advice and plenty of encouragement. Beginners will benefit from Glickman’s clear descriptions of the basic techniques of sea, touring, and recreational kayaking, while experienced...
by Chet Bright with Derek Turner
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2012
Chet Bright faced the prospect of death on the water many times – during World War II, Korea and Vietnam – but in the end the sea was his savior.
The son of a West Texas cowboy, he ran away at seventeen to join the military after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Aboard a destroyer during World...
by Robert F. Burgess
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
In this fast-paced true account of people who have risked their lives to go where no modern man has ever gone, author Robert F. Burgess whose non-fiction books take readers from sinkings, salvages and shipwrecks into the world’s most dangerous underwater caverns, now describes true accounts of divers...
Swim Speed Strokes for Swimmers and Triathletes
Master Freestyle, Butterfly, Breaststroke and Backstroke for Your Fastest Swimming
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
In her best-selling book Swim Speed Secrets, 4-time Olympian and gold medalist Sheila Taormina revealed the freestyle swimming technique used by the world's fastest swimmers.
Now in Swim Speed Strokes Taormina shows swimmers and triathletes how they can swim with elite technique in all four...