Water Explorations

Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy's "Golden Age" when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. Best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin illustrates how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes, Dolin provides this wholly original account of these seafaring outlaws.

Dorian Hawke's daily routine was pretty straightforward. Wake up, pull his weight around the village, eat potatoes, go to bed. Not too shabby. Not very interesting, maybe, but it was honest work. Then a boat falls like a meteor from the sky. Next thing he knows, a gorgeous elf and stunning faun tell him that magical blood runs through his veins, and they need him to navigate their ship through space.

When Tara Roberts first caught sight of a photograph at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History depicting the underwater archaeology group Diving With a Purpose, it called out to her. Here were Black women and men strapping on masks, fins, and tanks to explore Atlantic Ocean waters along the coastlines of Africa, North America, and Central America, seeking the wrecks of slave ships long lost in time. Inspired, Roberts joined them—and started on a path of discovery more challenging and personal than she could ever have imagined.

He challenged the greatest empire on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades—and brought it to its knees. Empire of Blue Water is the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean. Henry Morgan, a twenty-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the...

The deeper he builds, the deadlier the abyss becomes. The outpost is alive. The routes are open. And now the ancient gate beneath the trench has started to open. For one diver-engineer, survival was only the beginning. What started as a desperate fight to stay alive in the crushing dark has become something far bigger: a growing underwater stronghold, a fragile network of pressure-safe infrastructure, and the first real foothold in a forgotten abyssal world. Every corridor, beacon, and reinforced foundation has pushed the frontier a little deeper. But this time, the deep pushes back. Beyond...

Ice is far more than frozen water—it is a force that shapes planets, preserves history, and hides some of nature’s strangest secrets. Hidden World of Ice takes you on a fascinating journey through the frozen corners of our world, uncovering the science, history, and bizarre wonders locked inside ice. From ancient glaciers that store Earth’s climate memory to the strange physics that makes ice behave unlike any other solid, this book reveals why frozen water is one of nature’s greatest mysteries.

From the dawn of civilization, humanity has been drawn to the water, but we often forget that the world's waterways are not always our allies. This book embarks on a global journey to the twenty most perilous bodies of water on Earth, exploring places where the simple act of being on the water is a high-stakes gamble. It is an unflinching examination of the planet's most hostile aquatic environments. Discover the raw, untamed power of nature, from the colossal rapids of the Congo River's Gates of Hell to the savage, unpredictable waves of the Bay of Biscay. Venture into the Amazon, a liquid...

A devastating secret has been buried off the shores of Kilkee since 1982. Now, something colossal has awakened in the dark waters. When journalist Ryan embarks on a routine expedition aboard the Cuan Mara research vessel, he expects to uncover local myths. Instead, a catastrophic electromagnetic pulse disables their ship, leaving the crew stranded in the churning Atlantic. An ancient apex predator, armed with unimaginable destructive capabilities, is hunting them from the abyss. Trapped in a life-or-death struggle against an unstoppable marine entity, Ryan and the surviving crew must ...

The book, Conceptual Revolutions, explores the philosophy of science, including the notion that there is no truth, only a relativity of wrong. The goal of science is to find a new truth that is less wrong than the previous one. This is like looking into a black box. You need to shine enough light into the black box to enable new discoveries to become mature scientific fields of study. Then you can move on to the next box. What’s left behind is a scientific platform that can be used for new technologies to emerge and improve the human experience. As we move from box to box, our ...

Welcome to an Underwater Adventure Like No Other What would you do if you woke up one morning and found a real submarine sitting in your backyard? In The Day Calvin and Pudge Had a Submarine, young readers are invited on a thrilling, heartwarming, and imaginative journey filled with underwater adventure, mystery, and unforgettable discoveries. When Calvin and his faithful beagle Pudge stumble upon a bright yellow submarine, their ordinary day transforms into an extraordinary deep-sea exploration. Together, they dive into a vibrant ocean world filled with colorful sea creatures, sunken ...

In this masterful account in the spirit of Bill Bryson and Ian Frazier, a longtime deep-sea diver masterfully weaves together the science and history of Earth's last remaining frontier: the sea. In an age of unprecedented exploration and innovation, our oceans remain largely unknown, and...

He challenged the greatest empire on earth with a ragtag bunch of renegades—and brought it to its knees. Empire of Blue Water is the real story of the pirates of the Caribbean. Henry Morgan, a twenty-year-old Welshman, crossed the Atlantic in 1655, hell-bent on making his fortune. Over the...

Much of the deep sea remains largely unexplored. . . Perhaps it's that way for a reason. Cole, Ryan, and Troy go cruising on a boat, only to find themselves abducted and held hostage by a group of armed criminals on a ship. After they head further out into the ocean, they begin to realize that the abduction is actually the least of their problems.

The ocean didn’t just swallow the world—it forced us to evolve. In the submerged mega-city of The Shallows, humanity hangs on by a thread of rusted steel and bio-engineering. For Calistya, a "groundwalker" orphan living in the dripping dregs of the sector, there is only one escape: The Full-Gill Enhancement. It’s a brutal, irreversible surgery that trades legs for a fin and offers the ultimate freedom—a life in the open ocean, untethered from the decaying domes of her youth. But freedom has a price Calistya can’t afford. Until she sees him. While skirting the forbidden edge of The...

Sailing to Newfoundland documents a solo journey on a 40' sailboat from Florida to the remote and uninhabited fjords of the south coast of Newfoundland, one of the few places in the world where raw, unspoiled nature meets the ocean and provides sheltered anchorages. From the author of Becoming a Sailor, Journey to the Ragged Islands, and Chasing the Nomadic Dream, this book puts you in the cockpit, and in the fjords, and on top of glacier-cut mountains in the remote backcountry of Newfoundland.

Commander Selah Ward leads New Dawn, an American colony daring to coax life from the red dust of Mars. With mirrors in orbit and engines that sing, the first green takes hold—and with it, a fragile covenant to “not buy life with ruin.” But enemies prefer ash to seedlings. A poet of unrest, a broker of quiet ruin, and stolen radiological cores threaten to turn water into a weapon. As storms prowl the canyons and rumors hunt the truth, Selah and her unlikely circle—an engineer who writes hymns in code, a chaplain with sleeves rolled, a repentant saboteur learning the long obedience—...

Lab Girl meets Why Fish Don’t Exist in this “compelling blend of memoir, environmental writing, and scientific exploration” (Kirkus Reviews) from a young scientist studying penguins in Antarctica—a firsthand account of the beauty and brutality of this remote climate, the direct effects...

Mars: The Rust-Colored Dream explores the allure of the Red Planet—its history of water, its potential to sustain life, and humanity’s desire to make it our next home. This book takes you through Mars’s most fascinating phenomena, from its giant dust storms to the largest volcano in the solar system, Olympus Mons. Discover the mysteries of Mars’s dual moons and the critical role this planet plays in humanity’s future. But Mars is not just a dream of human exploration; it’s a cautionary tale of survival against overwhelming odds. What does Mars represent for humanity—resilience...

To Mars! A groundbreaking planetary exploration book set in the early 20th century, primarily focused on the journey from Earth to Mars. The world is captivated by the McNally-Dobson controversy, sparked by Professor Richard McNally's revolutionary theories about life on Mars. This scientific exploration novel delves into the mysteries of the red planet and the incredible technological advancements of the time. An Unlikely Partnership When young inventor Thomas Fairbanks reveals his father's perfected anti-gravity device to Professor McNally, the two visionaries join forces. McNally's ...

Location: Outpost Station 9: Mission: Water Salvage: Log: 141C Tranquility was one of those out the way planets in a system far out of reach from the normal space lanes. Loners, dreamers ...whoever they were, chose to colonize this world. Thirty cycles ago something went terribly wrong. It was rumored their terraformer reactor went critical, and few escaped the chain reaction that clouded the atmosphere with a planet-wide sand storm. A decade of hard labor evaporated overnight. What wasn't buried under the ocean of sand was left to fry under the twin suns. Human explorers began to wander ...