Sea Marine Atlas: Southern California

Science & Math

Crawford, William P.

Earth Sciences

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

The single most important fact of life to the racing yachtsman, cruiser, or merchant seaman is the weather. This book about the weather, written by a master mariner, sets out to fill the gap between "instant knowledge" books which prvide a veneer of jargon, and heavy texts requiring prior knowledge of meteorology. This book presents instead a seamanlike survey of the basics of weather, offering a foundation for practical observation and interpretation as well as a ground-work for advanced study. Basic information on the atmosphere, winds, heat and its consequences, clouds, fogs, fronts, tropical cyclones, ice, instruments and charts is provided here.

Mariner's Weather

Sports & Outdoors

Hunting & Fishing

Discusses the international rules applying to the conduct of all types and sizes of seafaring vessels in any condition of visibility

Mariner's Rules of the Road

Reference

Environment

This book instructs the user in celestial navigation while on the ocean.

Mariners Celestial Navigation

Astronomy & Space Science

Sea marine atlas;: A comprehensive chartbook and guide to cruising the waters of southern California

M. Freeman Publications

Mariner's Notebook: A Guide to Boating Fundamentals

Norton*(ww Norton Co

From the author of many nautical texts comes The Lake, a contemplative brouhaha that is part science fiction, part environmental commentary, and packed with the not-so subtle ironies of life. While many seafarers know Captain William P. Crawford from his previous works of nonfiction, his timely foray into creative writing is nothing short of brilliant. His pitch-perfect prose is complemented by the witty banter of his intriguing archetypal characters and as he illustrates a likeable group of people threatened by a truly curious natural disaster he conveys the vulnerability of the American Dream. After Southern California’s Lake Crowley is split at its foundation by an earthquake, the water becomes an elixir—and a truth serum. As desperate people migrate to its shores to drink from its waters, pandemonium besets Los Angeles and a group of public servants, including the California governor and American president, will be forced to intercede between human nature and Mother Nature.

The Lake

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

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