REDFeather Book Collections

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Intended for people who are not boat designers, this book describes how to bring a dream boat into being. Written by an experienced naval architect, it prepares intelligent amateurs create conceptual vessel designs ready for a naval architect's finishing touches....

$36.95

Even taking into account the extraordinarily prosperous economic climate of the late twentieth century, the number of people who now choose a cruise ship vacation is phenomenal. The number of passengers leaving from North American ports leaped from 330,000 in...

$8.95

Jam-packed with practical valuable information for fishermen everywhere, this handbook describes the hundreds of ties and bends used to connect line to the many types and kinds of hooks, leaders, lures, nets, traps, and seines. The text and illustrations are...

$69.99

Following his previous “Ultimate Look” volumes on the B-29, B-32, B-18, and B-25, Wolf has written the definitive book on U.S. aerial armament in World War II. Drawing from his extensive library, microfilm archives, and technical manuals Wolf covers aerial...

$12.95

When Will Newcomb’s father loses his job at the Port of Baltimore things at home start falling apart. The family moves to Grampa’s farm in Pennsylvania for a new beginning, but his father’s depression is taking a toll on the...

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A blue crab is getting married in this rhyming story, and discovers the scope of his love after his bride disappears.  Wedding shells are ringing! Chadwick the Crab is getting married, and everyone is preparing for the big event! Esmerelda...

$11.95

On Maryland’s western shore, a young boy watches a pair of eagles nesting in a stand of oak trees near his school. When the land where the trees are growing is sold to a company that plans to build condominiums...

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Children love to discover nature’s wonders, and this book will encourage them to do just that. Focusing one special area—the marshland of the Chesapeake and its tributaries—the book presents a small number of commonly found birds, so children will not...

$35.00

Seafarers must be prepared to cope with the worst situations that the sea can offer. In this updated edition of Survival Guide for the Mariner, author and marine transportation professor emeritus Rober J. Meurn gives seamen the most up-to-date information...

$50.00

The domestic and international rules governing the qualifications for personnel serving on tank vessels have changed in recent years. To address those new requirements, the fourth edition of Tanker Operations incorporates new material by Mark Huber and other contributors, providing...

$8.99

Learn to make hundreds of ties and bends to connect line to hooks, leaders, lures, nets, traps, and seines. Jam-packed with practical valuable information for fishermen everywhere, this handbook describes the hundreds of ties and bends used to connect line...

$35.00

Learn the essentials of marine diesel propulsion engines ranging from 1,000 to 80,000 horsepower. This excellent handbook for marine engineers emphasizes fundamentals and includes 130 detailed illustrations and formulas. The book allows students to examine the support systems needed for...

$29.99

On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson issued a national call to arms against Imperial Germany. What followed in the United States was a frenzied effort to build hundreds of merchant ships to replace those being destroyed in Germany’s campaign...

$25.95

When Prohibition was the law, Chesapeake Bay was a smuggler’s paradise. Rogues of all types transported boatloads of forbidden liquor in the days when America experimented with forced, and unforeseeable, temperance. In a style reminiscent of the era it describes,...

$35.00

Initially created as a course curriculum for classes in sail vessel operations at the Maine Maritime Academy, this work has been developed to provide a firm foundation for men and women working toward earning U.S. Coast Guard licenses to operate...

$50.00

A practical guide to the art and skill of shiphandling with a focus on large, modern commercial vessels Now in its 5th edition, Shiphandling for the Mariner is the classic and definitive text on the art of practical shiphandling skills...

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His dream was to play professional baseball. Instead, Sam Lacy became an outspoken advocate for equal opportunity, using words to pry open doors so athletes at all levels could realize their dreams. Fighting for Fairness is the account of sportswriter...

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Whipmaking is the highest refinement of the art of leather braiding. This revised edition introduces another major category of whips—those made in the Mongol tradition. Braiding details are shown in an extensive selection of photographs that also serve to document...