Boats
Here's a real treat for travelers, sailors, or anyone with an interest in the nautical. Sumptuous, full-color photographs, highlighted with complementary quotes by internationally famous writers, distinguish this comprehensive tribute to myriad vessels around the golbe, from the dhows of Kenya to the gondolas of Venice. Sailboats, yachts, schooners, cargo ships, Peruvian reed boats, Chilean fishing craft, and humble rowboats are celebrated in this international photo album of the vessels that ply the waters of the world.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:076241264X
ISBN13:9780762412648
Release Date:January 2002
Publisher:Courage Books
Length:124 Pages
Weight:2.38 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 11.1" x 11.0"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
great pics, great quotes
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
You don't have to love boats to love this book. The international subjects, the dramatic angles, the unexpected elements--all add up to great photos. On top of that the quotes that accompany many of the photos wonderfully enhance the pages. Just a beautiful selection of nautical "sound bites." A wonderful gift book.
A great coffe table book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This is a very unique book that is more than the title sugests it has a way of carrying you into the sea. The writings that accompany each photo are both eloquint and pleasureably to read. I love the variety of photos not the same angle with a different boat page after page.
beautiful
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This is an incredible book that has some very stunning photography It is hard to believe that one woman could travel to so many exotic places and still capture the feeling and personality of each local.
boat-lovers paradise
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
If you love boats, you will love this book. I've never seen anything like it. Pictures of boats from around the world (Chile, France, Kenya, Seychelles and many more) are paired with wonderful quotes (Whitman, Neruda, Twain, etc.) that capture the mystery and beauty of the world afloat. Fishing boats, kayaks, reed boats, tall ships, row boats, house boats, steamers--they're all here. And, like Kenneth Grahame writes in Wind of the Willows, "There's nothing . . . absolutely nothing . . . half so much worth doing as simply messing around in boats."
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