ALL HANDS ON DECK (HB)

This modern-day maritime adventure follows the journey of thirty oddballs, including Will Sofrin, at the time a 21-year-old wooden-boat builder and yacht racer, who sailed a replica 18th-century ship 5,000 miles from Rhode Island to Hollywood. To accomplish the task, the crew effectively went back in time and brought to life the old ways of a forgotten world – and barely lived to tell the tale. A must-read for fans of Patrick O’Brian’s novels and the dramatic film adaptation of Master and Commander.