Books

Don’t Never Tell Nobody Nothin’ No How: The Real Story of West Coast Rum Running | Rick James “We operated perfectly legally. We considered ourselves philanthropists! We supplied good liquor to poor thirsty Americans … and brought prosperity back to the Harbour of Vancouver …”—Captain Charles Hudson   At the stroke

The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps | Edward Brooke-Hitching   Discover the mysteries within ancient maps — Where exploration and mythology meet This richly illustrated book collects and explores the colorful histories behind a striking range of real antique maps that are all in some

A Sea of Gold | Julian Stockwin ‘Tension surges through A Sea of Gold . . . In this rousing yarn, Stockwin again raises naval fiction to a new level’ – Quarterdeck ‘Stockwin has surpassed himself with A Sea of Gold . . . a fine, fully favoured vintage yarn’

Stalin’s Meteorologist: One Man’s Untold Story of Love, Life and Death | Olivier Rolin The beautifully illustrated, heartbreaking story of an innocent man in a Soviet gulag, told for the first time in English.    

The Viking Wars | Max Adams A history of Britain in the violent and unruly era between the first Scandinavian raids in 789 and the final expulsion of the Vikings from York in 954. In 865, a great Viking army landed in East Anglia, precipitating a series of wars that

Frommer’s Spain By Alexis Flippin, 19th Ed. John Wiley & Sons Inc. Softcover, 04 (portable), 790 (Spain) www.frommers.com Frommer’s offers a couple of different styles of travel guides suitable for different types of travelers – perhaps one for the younger set who want to blaze their own trail, and the

Passage Making Made Perfect By Alastair Buchan Adlard Coles Nautical Softcover, 224 pages www.adlardcoles.com An author of various sailing books (Sailing an Atlantic Circuit, How to Sail on a Budget), Alistair Buchan has more than 50 years of on-the-water experience and two Atlantic crossings and now offers up to long

Understanding Composition Field Guide By Brian Peterson Crown Publishing Group/Random House Inc. Softcover, 288 pages www.crownpublishing.com Many sailors get into the sport because of an opportunity to share time with family, a love of nature or maybe sport and competition for the racers among us. And many enjoy capturing those

Boating Skills and Seamanship By U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary McGraw Hill Education, International Marine Softcover, 405 pages www.internationalmarine.com The auxiliary works closely with the U.S. Coast Guard on search and rescue and boating safety and is the largest U.S. boating educator in that country. It has come up with a

Cruising Under Sail By Dag Pike Adlard Coles Nautical Softcover, 192 pages www.adlardcoles.com Although British marine journalist Dag Pike, now in his late 70s, spent a good part of his time on powerboats, including navigating during Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Challenger record-breaking, fastest-crossing of the Atlantic on a powerboat in