'For many of us, a kayak is the means by which we can take in the full measure of the rich coastal environment. But the environment where air, water, and land meet is notoriously variable, and the intimate connection a kayak provides with that environment leaves us exposed and vulnerable to forces t[...]

Taking risks and overcoming challenges are fundamental to the thrill and satisfaction of sea kayaking. When you paddle beyond sheltered waters and into the open ocean, however, due diligence and thorough preparation are not optional; they are essential to your safety. It takes well-developed judgmen[...]

The definitive guide to a critical, hotly debated topic!

How should a sailor cope with storms at sea? Some advocate heaving-to, others running off. Some say trail a sea anchor over the bow, others a drogue astern. The stakes in the discussion couldn?t be higher, or the consensus lower. Final[...]

This is a gripping collection of kayaking accident stories that remind us of what can happen when safety is left on shore. In Sea Kayaker's More Deep Trouble, twenty-seven more stories of kayaking accidents are told with compassion and wisdom. Each is accompanied by advice to prevent other kayaking [...]

This work contains over 80 main recipes, plus sauces, vegetables and garnishes, many of which can be made in advance. The author shares innumerable tips on adapting recipes to suit the reader's ingredients, and his secrets of life in a professional kitchen.[...]

Harry and the family have gone to the beach but it's too sunny and he's one hot dog! There's nowhere else for him to get some shade than under a pile of seaweed! The only problem is that now everyone thinks he's a sea monster and he can't find his family. This is the third classic story from the Har[...]

Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the tale of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. This story of heroic endeavour won Hemingway the Nobel Prize for Literature. It stands as a unique and timeless vision of the beauty and grief of man's challenge to [...]

A band of savage thirteen-year-old boys reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call 'objectivity'. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it[...]

This story recounts how a group of talented ecologists spent 40 summers at Lough Ine, a marine lough in a corner of Ireland. The lives of sea creatures are detailed, but the book is also a moving account of two ecologists who collaborated for 40 years until their freindship came to a tragic end.[...]

Susan and John promise their mother not to go sailing at night. However circumstances mean that promises can't always be kept. John, Susan, Titty and Roger find themselves fighting a night gale in the treacherous waters of the North Sea with only their sailing skills to help them.[...]

Following on from "The King Must Die", "The Bull from the Sea" reconstructs the legend of Theseus, the valiant youth who slew the Minotaur, became king and brought prosperity to Attica. Chief among his heroic exploits is the seduction of Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons.[...]