Customer Review: I bought this book about the time it first appeared and have enjoyed picking it up every so often over the years. I also gifted the book to several friends who gave it great reviews.
Customer Review: I have recently read other books about the southern ocean and sailing in gale force winds. This was an enjoyable and easy read. There is a lot of suspense and will keep you intertained. I think if you enjoy sailing or boating you will enjoy this book. These are a rare breed of men.
Customer Review: This book has such an easy-to-read format that it really could appeal to almost any age. The breadth of topics covered is amazing, and the illustrations are fantastic. I highly recommend this book! (And I can't wait for the vampire book to come out.)
Customer Review: Two Years Before the Mast is a remarkable book. It is part travelogue of what was then undiscovered land, the California coast. It is part seafaring adventure, a great look at what life was really like on the merchant sailing ships of the first half of the 19th century. It is part suspense yarn,... more info
Customer Review: This is a very thorough view of the very short history of pirates which spanned the late 1600's through the mid 1700's. It introduces many pirates famous at the time but mostly lost in the pages of history. The author does give you the history of the really famous ones like Kidd and Blackbeard but... more info
Customer Review: The book was a decent book to read on a long trip, but I had great difficulty in understanding how these stories qualify as the "greatest sailing stories ever told". They were sailing stories, and that's about all I could give it. Two or three of the stories were truly great; the rest were real... more info
Customer Review: A superb read! I couldn't put it down. A tragic and fascinating examination of Donald Crowhurst's downward spiral into madness. It may be helpful to read A Voyage for Madmen first as it documents the complete race and details the other sailors competing as well. This has become one of my favorite... more info
Customer Review: This has to be one of my favorite books on sailing. Flirting with Mermaids is well written and keeps the reader engaged and entertained throughout.
Customer Review: Ten Degrees of Reckoning is very heart-breaking stuff. The book would have received five stars instead of four if the author had actually been able to write better. The author is not really a writer, which becomes apparent as she just jumps around the events willy-nilly, not actually linking the... more info
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