MacFarlane, Robert “The Old Ways” (Viking 2012)

The second thing to know about sea roads is that they are not arbitrary. There are optimal routes to sail …

Hoare, Philip “The Sea Inside” (Melville House 2014)

The sea doesn’t care, it can give or take. Ports are places of grief. Sailors declined to learn to swim, …

Hoare, Philip “The Sea Inside” (Melville House 2014)

The sea defines us, connects us, separates us. Most of us experience only its edges, our available wilderness on a …

MacFarlane, Robert “The Old Ways” (Viking 2012)

It was, he explained, a votive offering, a storm charm. All maritime cultures have lore about objects and substances that …