The Book of Waves: Form and Beauty on the Ocean [Paperback]

Drew Kampion (Author, Editor), Art Brewer (Editor)

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Oceanic aficionados, nautical buffs, and photography fans, ahoy! Gear up for the full-gale force of The Book of Waves. With more than 100 oceanic photos, from the pounding pipelines of the Pacific to the bright coral cacophonies of the Caribbean, this spectacular photo-essay is a beach lover's delight. Along with stories from crusty seaman who braved some of the century's harshest storms and harrowing accounts from professional surfers, The Book of Waves includes technical descriptions of wave cycles and three-dimensional illustrations. What's more, the text is generously sprinkled with water-related quotes from Lord Byron, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, and Rudyard Kipling.

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Roberts Rinehart Pub; 3 edition (December 23, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157098168X
• ISBN-13: 978-1570981685
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 11.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,813,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential coffeetable cool for surfers and oceanlovers, August 25, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Book of Waves: Form and Beauty on the Ocean (Paperback)

This book is just beautiful. It takes you away.

Of course the first thing you notice are the photos. They are just stunningly gorgeous. And the publisher thankfully had the foresight to use extremely thick, high-quality paper.

Maintaining the high level of the photos, author Drew Kampion takes you on a journey of edu-tainment in the 20-30 pages of text and photos. For example, I never knew that a deadly tidal wave is often less than two feet high -- yet often a mile long. A quiet killer, apparently ships can pass over it never even noticing it. Even the most knowledgeable waterman will learn a great deal from this stuff, and have fun doing so.

It's just a timeless, beautiful book, aptly titled, "The Book of Waves". Surfers and ocean lovers should just have the book to take them away to empty waves whenever they want them. Buy it, slap it on the coffee table, and impress your friends with your high degree of ocean cool.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best coffee table book I have ever seen, October 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Book of Waves: Form and Beauty on the Ocean (Paperback)

If you love photography and the sea, then this book is a must

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bought it for my Boy, June 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Book of Waves: Form and Beauty on the Ocean (Paperback)

But wanted to keep it! My boyfriend is the surfer so I thought this would be a nice gift. But when it arived I looked through it... WOW. Now I want a copy! Beautiful