From the stormy seas of Cape Horn to the wilds of the Sahara Desert, few modern sailors have seen more adventures nor inspired more dreams than Larry Pardey. Sailing more than 200,000 miles and circumnavigating both east-about and west-about in engine-free boats he built himself, co-authoring twelve books and creating five videos, Larry has been called "the man who launched 50,000 dreams." The Real Deal is an intimate profile created by Mike Anderson,...

"Provides gripping accounts of Navy servicemen and servicewomen who showed exceptional courage during combat"-- Provided by publisher.

A sumptuously illustrated account of the life of the pioneering female sailor describes how Ellen Prentiss received sailing lessons from her father during childhood, married a ship captain and helped set a world speed record during the Gold Rush era.

Seventeen-year-old Maile falls in love with Englishman John Harbottle, the navigator for Captain James Cook when they arrive in the Sandwich Islands. The two cultures clash after the death of Captain Cook in 1779, and Maile is forced to make an impossible decision: save John or save her people.

Documents the true story of a U.S. Navy destroyer that inspired the writings of John Ford and Herman Wouk, drawing on the journals and other writings of five shipmates who witnessed the Anzio attacks and D-Day invasion.

Incorporating firsthand interviews, a history of the USS Astoria “vengeance ship” also traces the experiences of U.S. Navy Captain George Dyer, whose crew navigated a typhoon and mutiny before surviving the battles at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.