The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea Review

I relish the style of competent, detailed, unembellished storytelling that Junger does in this work. Precise factual descriptions of the circumstances, facts, and action of the fishing boat caught in a gale bring this to concrete life in a way that makes a vision more palpably real than the well known film on the same topic. I liked the film in its own right but this book is something different, a wholly different work that stands in the first rank of books of this type. I recommend it strongly to those with any interest in nautical subjects of any kind.

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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea Overview

A real-life thriller that leaves us with the taste of salt on our tongues and a terror of the deep. 8 pages of illustrations

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The unabridged audio version of Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm, read by Richard M. Davidson, moves in the same haunting fashion as the deadly storm referenced in the title. Opening slowly, the story lulls you with a false sense of calm, behind which looms an inexorable power. Almost imperceptibly the drama begins to build and before you know what's hit you, the sheer force of the cumulative events has swept you into a maelstrom of tragic human consequence.

Junger's carefully researched and sympathetic book is a mesmerizing chronicle of man's struggle against nature. Davidson's unassuming, slightly nasal tone subtly captures the drollery of the salty New England attitude. "People often get premonitions when they do jobs that could get them killed ... the trick is knowing when to listen to them." He makes listening to The Perfect Storm seem like you're bearing witness to a natural disaster. You're powerless to help, but the awesome spectacle has such an emotional hold that it's nearly impossible to turn away. Start this tape too late in the evening and you may be in for a dark and stormy night. (Running time: nine hours, six cassettes) --George Laney

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Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave

Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave Review

I had just a minute at the bookstore before catching a flight home from Oahu after a few days of surfing. I am a really new KOOK so when I saw this book on the shelf I just had to buy it. I LOVED this book... The author tells the story of his real life journey of traveling the Baja and mainland Mexico coast in what becomes a "spiritual quest" to go from kook to shredder in just 6 months. The book is about surfing yes - and as a kook I could REALLY identify with the joy of my new love, the frustrations, and the hilarity at times. But Kook is MORE than a book that's just about surfing. Really I felt surfing was just the metaphor (and a very fun vehicle) the author used to describe his journey in life as he strives to learn more about himself, his capacity to love (or not) and the emotional impact of the destruction of our sacred oceans.

This book could have gotten really bogged down in deep thoughts and really depressing commentary but then it would have lost it's overall appeal as a compelling, fun read. It was a great escape and at the same time planted seeds of the very serious issues we all need to be aware of and more involved with. Overall, I laughed, I cried, and I couldn't put the book down until I was done!

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With grit, poetry, and humor, Peter Heller, acclaimed author of The Whale Warriors recounts his remarkable journey of discovery—of surfing, an entirely new challenge; of the ocean’s beauty and power; of the strange surf subculture; of love; and, most of all, of how to seek adventure while crafting a meaningful life.

Having resolved to master a big-hollow wave— that is, to go from kook (surfese for beginner) to shredder—in a single year, Heller travels from Southern California down the coast of Mexico in the company of his girlfriend and the eccentric surfers they meet. Exuberant and fearless, Heller explores the technique and science of surfing the secrets of its culture, and the environmental ravages to the stunning coastline he visits.

As Heller plumbs the working of his own heart and finds joy in both love and surfing, he affords readers vivid insight into this fascinating world, with all of its perils and pleasures, its absurdity and wonder. Exhilarating, entertaining, and moving, Kook is a love story between a man and his surfboard, a man and his girlfriend, a not-so-old man and the sea.

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