Sailing in a Spoonful of Water

Sailing in a Spoonful of Water

Author: Joe Coomer

Publisher: Picador USA

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 9780312186975

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The author talks about the four years he spent aboard a vintage motorsailer off the coast of Maine, reflecting on his family, his relationships, and his passions


Handbook of Sailing

Handbook of Sailing

Author: Charles D. White

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2020-02-12

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 0486838471

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Comprehensive guide covers basics, including terminology, ropes and knots, and trimming sails; fundamentals of sailing and handling a boat; and principles of racing, navigation, and sailing etiquette. Suitable for all ages.


Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God

Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God

Author: Joe Coomer

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1997-05-07

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 068482440X

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Nine weeks after losing her husband, Charlotte escapes to a wooden motor yacht in New Hampshire, where her shipmates are an aging blue-haired widow, an emotional seventeen-year-old, and the ugliest dog in literature. A genuine bond develops among the three women, as their distinct personalities and paths cross and converge against the backdrop of emotional secrets, abuse, and the wages of old age. Off the boat, Charlotte, an archaeologist, joins a local excavation to uncover an ancient graveyard. Here she can indulge her passion for reconstructing the past, even as she tries to bury her own recent history. She comes to realize, however, that the currents of time are as fluid and persistent as the water that drifts beneath her comforting new home.


Pocketful of Names

Pocketful of Names

Author: Joe Coomer

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2010-05

Total Pages: 622

ISBN-13: 1458759377

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Inhabiting an island off the coast of Maine left to her by her great-uncle Arno, Hannah finds her life as a dedicated and solitary artist rudely interrupted one summer when a dog, matted with feathers and seaweed, arrives with the tide. He is only the first of a series of unexpected visitors and is soon followed by a teenager running from an abu...


The Sea in the Literary Imagination

The Sea in the Literary Imagination

Author: Ekaterina V. Kobeleva

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2019-01-03

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1527524108

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This collection explores nautical themes in a variety of literary contexts from multiple cultures. Including contributors from five continents, it emphasizes the universality of human experience with the sea, while focusing on literature that spans a millennium, stretching from medieval romance to the twenty-first-century reimagining of classic literary texts in film. These fresh essays engage in discussions of literature from the UK, the USA, India, Chile, Turkey, Spain, Japan, Colombia, and the Caribbean. Scholars of maritime literature will find the collection interesting for the unique insights it offers on individual literary texts, while general readers will be intrigued by the interconnectedness that it reveals in human experience with the sea.


Yemaya's Belly

Yemaya's Belly

Author: Quiara Alegría Hudes

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9780822221951

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THE STORY: A Cuban boy is born into a humble farming family, but after his first taste of cold Coca-Cola, he dreams of a world beyond his family's meager acre. Naively yearning to meet the President of America, the play follows his epic journey i


Time

Time

Author: Briton Hadden

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 1038

ISBN-13:

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