Bonfires and Beacons: Great Lakes Lighthouses
 This is a beautiful choice for lovers of the seashore, worth picking up for the photos alone. Featuring 43 of the 350 lighthouses on the Great Lakes, it includes interesting stories of wrecks and rescues, lights and lighthouse keepers--some of whom had ... [... more]
$19.95
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Space Station On Hold
The grounding of the remaining three space shuttles in the wake of the Columbia disaster has brought construction of the International Space Station to a halt. Russia's Soyuz capsules can ferry astronauts, but its Progress freighters can carry ... [... more]
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King and Queen of the River : The Legendary Paddle-Wheel ...
This is the remarkable story of paddle-wheel steamers Delta King and Delta Queen, California'slast and most beloved riverboats. Since moving to the Mississippi and Ohio over half a century ago, the Delta Queen has become the world's most famous steamboat. ... [... more]
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Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes (Great Lakes ...
Intersting, well researched with some innacuracies. As someone who has sailed on Great Lakes steamships, I found this book to pretty well capture the essense of the trade. One innacuracy in the book deals with women on board. The author states that women ... [... more]
$37.95
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Michigan Lighthouses: An Aerial Photographic Perspective
Unique perspective of lighthouse locales. Having recently complete a self-guided lighthouse tour of Michigan's lower penisula, I found this provides many pleasant reminders. The aerial persepective uniquely shows why lighthouses are built in the ... [... more]
$75.00
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Winds over Lake Huron: Chronicles in the Life of a Great ...
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$7.50
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Steamboats and the Cotton Economy: River Trade in the ...
This first book to make a detailed exploration of the system of riverboat traffic of the Delta region, Steamboats and the Cotton Economy is also the first balanced study showing how steamboats in the early years of the republic performed essentially the ... [... more]
$37.50
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The old Middlesex Canal
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Conch Shell House
Eduardo and Octavio Ocampos live on the island of Isla Mujeres, which is just a sliver of a reef located a short ferry ride from Cancun, Mexico. The island got its name, which means "Island of the Woman," because ... [... more]
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Seaside Style
Beauty & The Barn: Living on an island has its drawbacks, but for Francesca and James Kelly memorizing the local ferry schedule was a small price to pay for the chance to write their own story on Chappaquiddick ... [... more]
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Scary Stories
(Editor's note: I frequently use Brunswick, Maryland as a starting point for bicycle trips along the C&O Canal and forays into nearby Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. The scariest thing I've ever encountered is being ... [... more]
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Tsunami Devastates Western Solomons
Warnings from the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center were lifted within hours for areas outside the Solomons, but Australian officials closed beaches along the length of the country's east coast, stopped ferry services in Sydney and ... [... more]
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