Adventure and Biography

By Eric Newby An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last `grain race' of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby...

The rhythmic lullaby of 'North Utsire, South Utsire' has been lulling the nation's insomniacs to sleep for over 90 years. It has inspired songs, po...

By Erling Kagge This breathtaking, inspiring little book teaches us how to find precious moments of silence - whether we are crossing the Antarcti...

This trilogy tells how Ian Nicolson, yachtsman, naval architect and author, joined a Canadian and a Norwegian to sail the 45-foot ketch Maken from ...

Adventure, memoir, storytelling and celebration of all things maritime meet in Waypoints, a beautifully written account of sea journeys from Scotla...

H W Tilman With a Foreword by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston ‘So I began thinking again of those two white blanks on the map, of penguins and humming bir...

By Meredith Hooper In August 1914, during the height of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, Sir Ernest Shackleton set off from England with a...

*A Newstatesman Book of the Year*' Nimble, vital, unexpectedly affecting' Observer Bestselling travel writer Horatio Clare joins an icebreaker for ...

The Lost Classic of Victorian Cruising H. Lewis Jones An exemplary read—Sam Llewellyn, The Marine Quarterly The tide made up very fast, and so...

By W. E. Bowman An outrageously funny spoof about the ascent of a 40,000-and-a-half-foot peak, The Ascent of Rum Doodle has been a cult favourite s...

A Sunday Times 'Must Read' book. Described by the Sunday Times as "a gently studious Bill Bryson crossed with an upbeat and relaxed WG Sebald", Tid...

'Magnificent' Robert Macfarlane Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Our lives depend on shipping but it is a world which is large...

By John Steinbeck In 1940 Steinbeck sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend the marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebra...

By Dieter Loibner A great book for all classic boat fans. The classic 24 ft Nordic Folkboat has been around for 60 years. Many sleeker, lighter and...

Our immensely popular first book is back in a softcover edition, and we're delighted that the Yorkshire poet, writer and broadcaster Ian Mcmillan, ...

By Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson was not only a gifted writer, he was also an indefatigable traveller. His thirst for adventure wa...

By Nic Compton Whether used for transport, adventure, work, or sport, boats have played a vital role in human history and have inspired numerous s...

H W Tilman With a Foreword by Libby Purves ‘Hand (man) wanted for long voyage in small boat.No pay, no prospects, not much pleasure’ So read the c...

By John Vallentine & Maxine Maters In 2012 Russia began opening its vast network of inland waterways to foreign pleasure craft. A year later, ...

Exploring Thames Estuary By-ways Under Sail Tony Smith — ‘Creeksailor’ Sea-Country is Tony Smith's name for that sprawling and magical world on ...

John R Muir With a Foreword by Sam Llewellyn Inexplicably out of print since the late 1940s, Messing About in Boats is one of the most charming a...

Arthur Ransome, Nancy Blackett and the Goblin Peter Willis With a Foreword by Libby Purves ‘There’s more than a touch of irony about the title o...

By Tom Nancollas 'A thrilling celebration of lighthouses' i newspaper An enthralling history of Britain's rock lighthouses, and the people who buil...

'An ode to the ocean, and the generations of women drawn to the waves or left waiting on the shore' Guardian In Salt On Your Tongue, Charlotte Runc...