Author: W. W. Jacobs
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Keywords: knots, sailors
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2004-07-31
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 1417935081
ISBN-13: 9781417935086

1908. Jacobs is known especially for his sea stories. His familiarity with the wharves and the people who frequented them gave him material for these stories. He is also known for some of his short ghost tales and stories of mystery and the macabre, such as the Monkey’s Paw. Sailors’ Knots begin: Sailormen ain’t wot you might call dandyfied as a rule, said the night-watchman, who had just had a passage of arms with a lighterman and been advised to let somebody else wash him and make a good job of it; they’ve got too much sense. They leave dressing up and making eyesores

Author: W. W. Jacobs
Publisher: Wildhern Press
Keywords: knots, sailors
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 2008-01-23
List price: $13.90
ISBN-10: 184830045X
ISBN-13: 9781848300453

The most dressy sailorman I ever knew he continued as he stood the broom up in a corner and seated himself on a keg was a young feller named Rupert Brown. His mother gave ¿im the name of Rupert while his father was away at sea and when he came ¿ome it was too late to alter it.

Author: Jean-Claude Izzo
Publisher: Europa Editions
Keywords: sailors, lost
Number of Pages: 262
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1933372354
ISBN-13: 9781933372358

"Izzo digs deep into what makes men weep."-Time Out New York In this moving investigation into the human comedy, the men aboard an impounded freighter in the port of Marseilles are divided: Wait for the money owed them, or accept their fate and abandon ship? Captain Abdul Aziz is determined to save his charge and do the right thing by his men. In these close quarters charged with physical and emotional tension, each life begins to resemble a chapter in the complex, colorful, and tragic story of the Mediterranean Sea itself-rich with romance, legend, passion, and drama.

Author: George Goodchild
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: book, gift, sailors, soldiers, blinded
Number of Pages: 242
Published: 2009-09-20
List price: $26.75
ISBN-10: 1113628170
ISBN-13: 9781113628176

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.

Authors:Mike Badham, Robby Robinson,
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Keywords: secrets, sailors
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1999-06-30
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0071348697
ISBN-13: 9780071348690

Sailor’s Secrets contains over 1,000 tips, suggestions, evaluations, and nuggets of hard-won advice from more than 300 seasoned veterans. Instructive, humorous, biting, and challenging, Sailor’s Secrets can be opened anywhere and enjoyed. Its wide-ranging chapters cover routine maintenance, understanding weather, safety at sea, storm strategies, piloting, engine troubleshooting, gear and outfitting, and simple solutions to complex problems. Michael Badham and Robby Robinson have created the nautical equivalent of an experts’ forum. Don Casey, Dennis Conner, Bob Rice, Dave

Author: John Kretschmer
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Pre
Keywords: sailors, caribbean, hurricane, three, story, sea, true, mercy
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2007-08-02
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0071498877
ISBN-13: 9780071498876

“The tale of Carl Wake and the hurricane that was waiting for him goes straight to the heart of the greatest sea stories: they are not about man against the sea, but man against himself. John Kretschmer’s book is as perfectly shaped and flawlessly written as such a story can be. In addition to being the best depiction I have ever read of what it is like to be inside a hurricane at sea, At the Mercy of the Sea is as moving a story of a man’s failure and redemption as can be found anywhere in the literature of the sea. This book is surely destined to become a classic.”—Peter Nichols, a

Author: William Brady
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: assistant, sailors, anchor, kedge
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2002-03-12
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0486419924
ISBN-13: 9780486419923

Upon its mid-19th-century publication, this book became the Bible of U.S. sailors. Its no-nonsense prose gives specific instructions for knotting and rigging, blacking the guns, and stationing the crew to dealing with the direst emergencies. Enhanced with 70 rare engravings, a glossary of sea terms, and 100 pages of useful tables.