Books about the sea

87 books in our catalogue · showing 49–87

Books about the sea and the people who go out on it: voyages under sail, walks and paddles around the coast, and the natural history of tides, shores and open water.

Writing on the sea

Sailing Alone Around the World (Adlard Coles Maritime Classics)

Sailing Alone Around the World (Adlard Coles Maritime Classics)

Capt Joshua Slocum, Dame Ellen MacArthur

Sextant : A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World’s Oceans

Sextant : A Voyage Guided by the Stars and the Men Who Mapped the World’s Oceans

David Barrie

Deep : Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves

Deep : Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves

James Nestor

Down To The Sea In Ships : Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men

Down To The Sea In Ships : Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men

Horatio Clare

Seashores : An Ecological Guide

Seashores : An Ecological Guide

Julian Cremona

Telling Our Way to the Sea : A Voyage of Discovery in the Sea of Cortez

Telling Our Way to the Sea : A Voyage of Discovery in the Sea of Cortez

Aaron Hirsh

Sea Legs : One Family’s Adventure on the Ocean

Sea Legs : One Family’s Adventure on the Ocean

Guy Grieve

Coast: Our Island Story : A Journey of Discovery Around Britain's Coastline

Coast: Our Island Story : A Journey of Discovery Around Britain's Coastline

Nicholas Crane

A Voyage For Madmen : Nine men set out to race each other around the world. Only one made it back ...

A Voyage For Madmen : Nine men set out to race each other around the world. Only one made it back ...

Peter Nichols

Can Squid Fly? : Answers to a Host of Fascinating Questions about the Sea

Can Squid Fly? : Answers to a Host of Fascinating Questions about the Sea

Tony Rice

Whale : In Search of the Giants of the Sea

Whale : In Search of the Giants of the Sea

Philip Hoare

Grey Skies, Green Waves : A Surfer's Journey Around the UK and Ireland

Grey Skies, Green Waves : A Surfer's Journey Around the UK and Ireland

Tom Anderson

The Sea Shore

The Sea Shore

C.M. Yonge

Seashore : 94

Seashore : 94

Peter J. Hayward

Voyage of the Turtle : In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur

Voyage of the Turtle : In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur

Carl Safina

Seven-Tenths : The Sea and its Thresholds

Seven-Tenths : The Sea and its Thresholds

James Hamilton-Paterson

The Brendan Voyage : Across the Atlantic in a leather boat

The Brendan Voyage : Across the Atlantic in a leather boat

Tim Severin

Secret Life of Lobsters : How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean

Secret Life of Lobsters : How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean

Trevor Corson

Seashore

Seashore

Rod Preston-Mafham, Ken Preston-Mafham

The Happy Isles of Oceania : Paddling the Pacific

The Happy Isles of Oceania : Paddling the Pacific

Paul Theroux

The Voyage of the Beagle

The Voyage of the Beagle

Charles Darwin

The Kingdom by the Sea : A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain

The Kingdom by the Sea : A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain

Paul Theroux

Tides

Tides

Jonathan White

Ocean

Ocean

David Attenborough

The Wide Wide Sea

The Wide Wide Sea

Hampton Sides

Sailing a Serious Ocean

Sailing a Serious Ocean

John Kretschmer

Adrift: A True Story of Love, Loss and Survival at Sea

Adrift: A True Story of Love, Loss and Survival at Sea

Tami Oldham Ashcraft

Sailing, Yachts and Yarns

Sailing, Yachts and Yarns

Tom Cunliffe

Amazing Sailing Stories

Amazing Sailing Stories

Dick Durham

Old Man Sailing

Old Man Sailing

John Passmore

Sailing into Oblivion: The Solo Non-stop Voyage of the Mighty Sparrow

Sailing into Oblivion: The Solo Non-stop Voyage of the Mighty Sparrow

Jerome Rand

Introduction to Sailing

Introduction to Sailing

Christian Williams

The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow

The Unlikely Voyage of Jack de Crow

A. J. Mackinnon

Sailing Alone

Sailing Alone

Richard J. King

The Place of Tides

The Place of Tides

James Rebanks

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

Kingdom by the Sea

Kingdom by the Sea

Paul Theroux

Sailing Alone Around the World

Sailing Alone Around the World

Joshua Slocum

On the water

RYA Yachtmaster Handbook

RYA Yachtmaster Handbook

James Stevens

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