Category Archives: Travel Guides
Birds of East Asia
This is the first single volume guide ever devoted to the eastern Asian avifauna. The eastern Asian region, centring especially on the major islands off the continental coast (including Japan and Taiwan) and the immediately adjacent areas of the Asian continent from Kamchatka in the north and including the Korean Peninsula are an important centre
Yachting Monthly`s Channel Havens
Channel Havens is a cruising guide with a difference. Recognising that many of us would like to sail away from the crowd, Ken Endean introduces the reader to beautiful, unfrequented places within the Western English Channel, from the Solent to the West Country, Channel Islands and Northern France. Here are sandy bays, coves, reef anchorages
Birds of Northern South America – Volume 1
This is the first comprehensive identification guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this region. It covers all the species, including vagrants, found in Ecuador, Columbia, Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. Over 2,300 species are described in depth in the text, describing geographical variation, identification, status, habitat, voice
Birds of Northern South America – Volume 2
This is the first comprehensive field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this region. It covers all the species, including vagrants, found in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. Over 2,300 species are accurately illustrated with a total of nearly 6,400 images. Concise caption text appears
Birds Of East Africa – Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda & Burundi
This is the first comprehensive field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this spetacular region. It covers all resident, migrant and vagrant species found in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Over 1300 species are illustrated with full details all the plumages and major races likely to be encountered. Concise text describes identification, status,
Bridge Procedures: A Guide for Watchkeepers of Large Yachts Under Sail and Power
This is the essential manual for every yacht captain and all those aspiring to become one. It outlines the correct protocol for keeping watch to STCW-95 standards and the procedures to be followed on the bridge of every yacht irrespective of the vessel`s flag state or the ensign flying at her stern. It caters specifically
Creative Ropecraft
Creative Ropecraft is a treasure trove of knots, hitches, bends, plaits and netting – the standard work on practical and decorative knots and ropework. Anyone tempted to try their hand at this will be able to follow the steps easily thanks to Stuart Grainger`s exquisite and very detailed drawings. Stuart Grainger describes how to tie
British Birds: Their Folklore, Names, & Literature
Birds have always been with us. Around them has grown up a substantial body of folklore, often regionally based and dating from as far back as the Druids. They have proved an inspiration for some of the finest writing in the English language from the work of Anglo Saxons to modern poets. Species by species,
Cruising French Waterways
Cruising French Waterways has rapidly become the leading descriptive guide to the astonishingly varied network of rivers and canals that penetrate almost every region of France. Winner of the Thomas Cook Guide Book Award, it is full of fascinating information on the history and commercial activities of each area, as well as the historical sites,
Field Guide to the Birds of Southern India
This guide is a successor to the much acclaimed Birds of the Indian Subcontinent by the same authors. Covering southern India, the superb plates are accompanied by a succinct text highlighting identification, voice, habitat, altitudinal range, distribution and status. The text is on facing pages to the plates, for easy reference. Like previous guides covering
Twelve Volt Bible
The 12 Volt Bible is a complete introduction to the 12-volt electrical systems used on small boats to power everything from reading lights to bilge pumps. Written for boaters who are not skilled electricians, it explains how 12-volt systems work and how to maintain them in a good operating condition, how to recognise an electrical
Aluminium Boatbuilding
An authoritative guide to designing and building aluminum alloy boats.
Book of Practical Knots
Tying knots can be a tangled and confusing science. The Book of Practical Knots breaks new ground in that it enables anyone, irrespective of age or gender, to tie the knots with a series of easy-to-follow diagrams accompanied with simple instructions. As well as being a popular hobby, knot tying is required by many leisure
The Adlard Coles Book of Electronic Navigation
The Adlard Coles Book of Navigation is aimed at anyone with an interest in navigating small craft, but particularly at those working towards RYA Day Skipper, Yachtmaster, Motor Cruising or Advanced Powerboat certificates, or attending the RYA Radar course. Electronics have gained such widespread acceptance over the last decade that even a modest family cruiser
Birds of Cuba
The guide provides accurate information on Cubaยฟs 354 bird species. Fifty-one colour plates with 662 images illustrate male, female and juvenile plumages and concise text covers identification, range, status, habitat, voice and food. An introduction includes information on birdwatching and conservation in Cuba.
Sailing an Atlantic Circuit
It is every sailor`s goal to cross the Atlantic – but to complete an entire Atlantic circuit by sailing the tradewind circular route, with the highlight of a Carribbean cruise on the way, is the stuff that dreams are made of. This book is intended for sailors planning to join the Atlantic loop at any
Electrics Afloat
This is an electrical book with a difference. Based on one of Practical Boot Owner magazine`s most successful series, Alastair Garrod`s cutting edge computer generated artwork and clear uncomplicated text succeeds in simplifying an extremely complicated subject in a new and exciting way. The magazine series was nominated at the British Nautical Awards 2000 for
Astro Navigation Made Easy (using a pocket calculator)
Here, at last, is a bright modern approach to astro navigation, for those wanting a little more than just a textbook to pass an exam. First there is a brief outline of the solar system and then a step by step guide to finding your position on the ocean, both with and without a pocket
Young Sailor
Aiming to familiarise seven to eleven year olds with yachts and family sailing, this is the ideal book to help the young sailor feel part of the family crew. It explains, with the help of clear and colourful illustrations, how a boat sails, and describes the different types of boats, flags, ropes, knots, weather and
Sail Performance – Theory & Practice
Sail Performance, based on C A Marchaj`s classic Sailing Theory & Practice, has established itself as the standard work on the subject and is now acclaimed as a milestone in sailing literature. From wind tunnel tests which he has conducted, Tony Marchaj describes how the factors of wind speed, sail area, sail shape, sail setting,
