boats and boating

In this engaging volume, readers discover the amazing world of battleships, the biggest and most powerful military ships around. Detailed diagrams and vibrant images give a bird’s-eye view of all the parts and complex weaponry used on battleships, from early battleships that ran on steam up through aircraft carrier ships like the USS Nimitz and HMS Invincible. Readers learn how some of today’s aircraft carriers run on nuclear power, and how battleships throughout history have relied on heavy, high-tech weaponry to control the open seas.

Stick figure guides take readers on a tour of various boats and other watercraft and how they work.

Teen Boat, a boy who can transform into a small yacht, has always felt torn between two worlds, so when he learns of a mysterious city called Boatlantis, where boats are at the top of the social ladder, he hopes he has finally found a place where he belongs.

Recounts the true story of Captain Salvador Alvarenga's fourteen month survival saga after his boat was lost at sea in a terrible storm. From the constant shark attacks and the death of his companion four months into his ordeal to his rescue by natives on a remote island in the Pacific, details one man's battle to survive under unthinkable circumstances.

In rhyming text the reader is introduced to all the different kinds of boats floating on rivers, lakes, oceans, and ponds.

"Describes fastest and biggest superboats including many facts, stats, and color photos"--.

"This book takes a close look at machines that can float including cruise ships, hovercraft, and ice-breakers."--Provided by publisher.

From logs to rubber tires, hot air balloons to space probes, humans have made great strides in developing modes of transportation. Time lines, photographs, and eye-catching digital illustrations make this an engaging, visuals-centric look at history s planes, trains, and automobiles (and boats and bicycles, too).

Introduces the lovable Walker family, the camp on Wild Cat Island, the able catboat "Swallow", and the two intrepid Amazons, Nancy and Peggy Blackett.