History of the Sea

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...

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

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...

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...

A fascinating journey through more than 5,000 years of seafaring history in this essential guide to the most impressive seafaring tales, explorers,...

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...

An idiosyncratic, richly illustrated guide to Britain's rivers, seas and shores, for everyone who loves the water and the natural world - a Norwegi...

'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...

The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness, and the central place of th...

It began in fine weather, then suddenly became a terrifying ordeal. A Force 10, sixty-knot storm swept across the North Atlantic with a speed that ...

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

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

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...

'There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting and enslaving than the life at sea,' wrote Joseph Conrad. There is certainly nothing more integral t...

The tenth anniversary edition of the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude an...

This solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first bro...

Figureheads, the carved wooden sculptures that decorate the prows of sailing ships, offer protection for the crew from harsh seas and lends the ves...

Peter Jefferson presented The Shipping Forecast for over 40 years, and his familiar voice continues to be heard reading quotations on BBC Radio 4's...

The definitive biography of the world's most important body of water - the Atlantic. One hundred and ninety million years ago, the shifting of two ...

A Yachtman's Gossip H. Alker Tripp Illustrated with pen drawings and oil sketches by the author The ordinary yachtsman has many yarns to tell, b...

Vast Expanses is a cultural, environmental and geopolitical history that examines the relationship between humans and oceans, reaching back across ...

Paul Kennedy's classic naval history, now updated with a new introduction by the author This acclaimed book traces Britain's rise and fall as a sea...

'Just incredible' NAOMI KLEIN **New York Times bestseller**The Outlaw Ocean is a riveting, adrenalin-fuelled tour of a vast, lawless and rampantly ...