A Unit of Water, A Unit of Time: Joel White's Last Boat - Six months after being diagnosed with cancer, Joel White, son of writer E.B. White and renowned Maine boatbuilder, began designing the W-76, a wooden sailboat -- his final masterpiece.
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before - In an exhilarating tale of historic adventure, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Confederates in the Attic retraces the voyages of Captain James Cook, the Yorkshire farm boy who drew the map of the modern world.