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More Sports & Recreation Titles

McGraw-Hill publishes an exciting list of titles in sports, adventure, and outdoor recreation.

Adventure addicts will thrill to true tales of mountaineering. And our Ragged Mountain Press books offer the best information on hiking, camping, and surviving the great outdoors.

For all this and more, see the Sports & Fitness section of the McGraw-Hill Online Bookstore.

Nautical ebooks, Boating ebooks, and Sailing ebooks!

International Marine publishes on a wide range of topics, from boat and engine maintenance to nautical adventures that are stranger than fiction. If nautical knowledge is your goal, publications--e-books, printed books, and much more--from International Marine will satisfy your needs. With over 40 years of publishing backlist, International Marine has the world's largest library of nautical information, all here at your fingertips--click on the catalog at lower left for a quick, clickable, view of all our products. If you can't find it for your Kindle or other reader, contact us and we will get it for you!

Mariners' Minutes...Tips and Tidbits from Our Library

Deep Six . . . (to get rid of) To deep six is a sailor’s expression for throwing something overboard. The “six” refers to the 6-foot nautical fathom, the standard unit of measurement for sea depth. In contemporary usage ashore, the phrase now means to kill something, or to send it to the bottom, as in “deep sixing” a request for funds. --From When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse There's the Devil to Pay/Isil

The Splicing Handbook, Third Edition

The Splicing Handbook includes step-by-step illustrations and explanations for the most useful and popular splices in traditional and modern cordage such as Dyneema and wire. This expanded edition contains information on wire selection and 3 new wire splices. Also included are several fanciwork projects: rope fenders, chafing gear, rope cargo nets, and bow puddings.

Boatbuilding Manual, Fifth Edition

The Classic Text to Get You Started Building Your Boat. With more than 75,000 copies sold, Boatbuilding Manual is one of the most widely read texts on the subject, and it has been used for years as a standard reference at both boatbuilding and design schools.

The Intracoastal Waterway, Norfolk to Miami

Your guide to the Intracoastal Waterway, updated and expanded for easier use, whether northbound or southbound. Pilotage advice, bridge and anchoring information, notes on cultural highlights in an all-in-one volume you don't want to leave the dock without.

World Cruising Destinations

This is a reference like no other, profiling the loveliest cruising grounds in 184 countires. For long-distance passagemakers ready to cast off their docklines, it's a must-have onboard reference. For those setting sail in the new future it is an inspirational planning guide. For charterers seeking their next sailing vacation destination it's the ideal research tool.

GPS for Mariners, 2nd Edition

Now in full color, GPS for Mariners, Second Edition, is the manual that should have come with your handheld GPS, chartplotter, or electronic nav station. Covers everything from how to enter a waypoint to update your electronic charts. A must-have for today's mariners.