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When a young girl in India discovers a slab of stone, she brings together her community to help dig around the stones, which reveals steps leading down to an ancient well--one that will cause an much-needed underground spring to flow once again.
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Welcome to the most exhilarating water sport in the world!Jet Ski Best Practices is a guide for new riders. It covers an in depth explanation of everything you'll need to know to make the most of your Jet skiing FUN!With over 100 pages of full cover photographs this book cover subjects such as which Jet Ski to buy right through to riding and maintaining your Jet Ski like new.Designed and written to make your entry into this wonderful sport as safe...
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Joseph Emmanuel has been a technical diver and instructor for more than 14 years and a member of two teams of extreme deep/cave divers for most of that time.From the Foreword:"Fourteen minutes to descend, thirty-one decompression stops to look forward to. My first decompression stop was at 190 metres my first support diver only met me at 120 metres. I had to endure twelve hours and twenty minutes of decompression in rough seas. In the end I had done...
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For more than half a century, Chris-Craft reigned supreme in the world of motorboating. This market dominance was due in no small part to the design and construction techniques employed in the company's studios and on its factory floors. Building Chris-Craft examines the company's design and production heritage, looking at Chris-Craft's considerable accomplishments in the context of key competitors and industrial trends in general. High-quality archival...
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Do you love camping but hate the hassle of setting up camp, cooking over a fire, or dealing with bugs and injuries? Do you wish you could make your camping trips more fun, easy, and memorable? If so, this book is for you!In Camping Hacks, you will discover some of the best tips and tricks to make your next outdoor adventure a breeze. You will learn how to:Plan your trip like a pro, from choosing the best destination and time to packing light and smartSet...
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This book of non-fishing, recreational powerboats, a step up from the very basic Power Boating for Dummies, offers the avid boater or novice a comprehensive overview of the hobby. Packed inside are how-to articles, builder histories and addresses, and engine option details. This 2002 publication is being offered at a special low price prior to the 2010 release of an updated edition.
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Utah's Jordan River runs between Utah Lake and the Great Salt Lake and is an extremely important water source for the Great Salt Lake. This guidebook defines river access points for recreational boaters on this urban water trail. Divided into 18 sections across Utah, Salt Lake, and Davis Counties, this book identifies boat put-in and take-out sites and the connecting roads between those locations. Each water trail section is supported by a narrative...
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There are many books available that teach sailing skills for avid sailors. This is for those who are new to sailing, those who are thinking about sailing and those who will just be a guest along for a ride.Having sailed for many years in various parts of the world, I've learned that most people are not aware of what to expect or what is expected of them when going for a sail. Knowing some sailing basics will make the sailing experience more enjoyable...
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Un libro para todo aquel que quiera aprender los verdaderos secretos para mejorar su nivel y tener las herramientas adecuadas para transmitirlo a cada persona importante en su vida de la mejor manera posible. Algunos de los temas más interesantes que vas a encontrar:Técnica y enseñanza de cada una de las remada.Progresión metodológica de todos los giros.Top tips para una remada más rápida y menos cansadora.Giro de boya: Sus secretos, técnica...
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The first adventure is when one of Unicorn the magical Jet Skis best friends goes missing and they all set out on an awesome adventure to look for him.The voyagers find themselves in lots of trouble when they go too far but Unicorn saves the day when she realises that she has very special amazing magical powers.There's an exciting twist at the end and they all celebrate and have heaps of Jet Skiing Fun times!"Let's find Rex" is set in south east Queensland,...
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Everything you need to know about waves Classic surf trips, from California to Cornwall Iconic surf movies and legendary image-makers Profiles of surfing greats, including Miki Dora, Nat Young, and Kelly Slater Practical advice-from becoming a greener surfer to travel essentials and how surfing conquered the world!
It was the sport of Polynesian princes whose names have been lost to history. It is a lifestyle, an art, a sacred rite, a belief system-a...
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Do you love camping but feel overwhelmed by the preparation and planning involved? Do you want to learn how to camp comfortably, safely, and enjoyably in any outdoor setting? Do you want to discover some of the best camping destinations, activities, and tips in the world?If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you. Camping Essentials is a practical guide that will teach you everything you need to know about camping, from...
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If you are ready to get serious about SCUBA diving as a career choice, let this book be a fast-pass through some of the mental, motivational and administrative obstacles that many of us have had to overcome when becoming a diving professional.
This book covers everything you need to know to turn your life around and to start teaching SCUBA diving professionally. Some of the chapters include:
1. 7 Habits of a Successful Dive Instructor
2. Getting...
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This book was written specifically to help amateur photographers capture stunning, action images of boats. The lessons can be applied to powerboats, sailboats, large, small, fast or slow boats. Technique is more important than equipment and the reader will learn how to get the most with the camera he already owns. The author draws on his many years of nautical photography experience and illustrates this guide with over fifty of his own photographs...
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Have you ever thought about a sailing holiday but decided it was in the "too-hard basket" due to your lack of sailing skills?Think again. If I could do it in my late 50s as a novice sailor, you can do it too. For seven years, my partner Garth and I owned and operated a boutique lodge. After selling the business, Garth, an avid sailor, suggested we charter a boat and sail around Greece and Croatia. Being the optimist that I am, I thought, why...
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Two by sea: a couple rows the wild coasts of the far north in Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge.
Jill Fredston has traveled more than twenty thousand miles of the Arctic and sub-Arctic-backwards. With her ocean-going rowing shell and her husband, Doug Fesler, in a small boat of his own, she has disappeared every summer for years, exploring the rugged shorelines of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Spitsbergen, and Norway. Carrying what...
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Un libro para todo aquel que quiera aprender los verdaderos secretos para mejorar su nivel y tener las herramientas adecuadas para transmitirlo a cada persona importante en su vida de la mejor manera posible. Algunos de los temas más interesantes que vas a encontrar: Técnica y enseñanza de cada una de las maniobras iniciales.Progresión metodológica de la virada y la trasluchada (tack & jibe).Top tips del armado de una vela de windsurf.Waterstart:...
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From surfer and writer Stuart Holmes Coleman, Eddie Would Go is the compelling story of Eddie Aikau's legendary life and legacy, a pipeline into the exhilarating world of surfing, and an important chronicle of the Hawaiian Renaissance and the emergence of modern Hawaii.
In the 1970s, a decade before bumper stickers and T-shirts bearing the phrase Eddie Would Go began popping up all over the Hawaiian islands and throughout the surfing world, Eddie...
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A Master Storyteller
"Something is out there that doesn't have a name," writes veteran sailor and writer Christian Williams as he invites us along once again on a 5,000-mile voyage of discovery around the North Pacific. Equipped with a new boat, a well-stocked toolbox and the entire history of philosophic thought, he takes us as crew through squalls and calms deep into a laboratory of the universe that exists only out of sight of land. Funny, erudite...
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"Saving the Pirates" Is the second book in the Unicorn the Magical Jet Ski series.The whole gang sets out on a wonderful adventure together but find themselves facing an unexpected situation along the way.Unicorn tries her best but can't quite manage on her own. Who will help her to save the day?"Saving the Pirates" is set in south-east Queensland and Southern Victoria, Australia where there are many Jet Skis.The places they visit have been referred...