High Exposure (Simon & Schuster) In his auto-biography David Breashears, mountain climber and moviemaker, tells how he put an IMAX camera on Everest.
The Hungry Ocean (Hyperion) Linda Greenlaw, the boat captain in “The Perfect Storm” who comes off looking the best, here spins her own well-crafted yarns.
Close to the Wind (Carroll & Graf) In the middle of the same Vendee-Globe race Lundy describes, solo yachtsman turned author Pete Goss turned around in a hurricane to save a competitor. He is not only a hero but a hero who can write.
Knockdown (Pocket; now in electronic-book or print-on-demand format; hardcover available Aug. 30) Martin Dugard’s white-knuckle account of the 1998 Sydney-Hobart yacht race in which more than 100 yachts encountered a freak hurricane, many boats sank and six sailors died. M.J.
