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When an unidentified "monster" threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that the "monster" is actually a futuristic...
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2022.
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A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. This is the story of a young woman's struggle to unburden herself of the past and chart her own destiny in a world of secrets. As assistant to Mangkon's most celebrated mapmaker, twelve-year-old Sai plays the part of a well-bred young lady with a glittering future. In reality, her father is a conman - and in a kingdom where the status of one's ancestors dictates their social position, the...
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Virtual Ink
Pub. Date
c1998.
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English
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The Wreck of the Titan is a novel published in 1898 by Morgan Robertson. The book tells the story of a large boat that sinks in the Atlantic Ocean after hitting an iceberg. The Wreck of the Titan is famous for being eerily similar to the sinking of the Titanic which happened about 14 years after the story was published.
26) The voyage out
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English
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Rachel Vinrace embarks on a sea voyage to South America and falls in love with an aspiring writer.
27) Migrations
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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2024: Climate Change
Set in Asia, Africa, South America, Australia/Oceania, or Antarctica
2024: Climate Change
Set in Asia, Africa, South America, Australia/Oceania, or Antarctica
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"Franny Stone has always been a wanderer. By following the ocean's tides and the birds that soar above, she can forget the losses that have haunted her life. But when the wild she so loves begins to disappear, Franny can no longer wander without a destination. She arrives in remote Greenland with one purpose: to find the world's last flock of Arctic terns and follow them on their final migration. She convinces Ennis Malone, captain of the Saghani,...
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Newbery Award Records
Pub. Date
p1972.
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English
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In seventeenth-century England, orphaned Philip Marsham, forced to flee London after a terrible accident, finds himself in an even more difficult situation when his ship is taken over by pirates and he is forced to become a member of their crew.
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Shark school volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Harry Hammer thinks he sees a fierce great white shark near Shark Point. He sounds the alarm and everyone panics! Turns out it's just an old basking shark, and now everyone is furious. After a couple more minnow-size mistakes, Harry sees a real great white shark and it's trouble"--Page 4 of cover.
30) Call it courage
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Along with his dog Uri, Mafatu sails out on the ocean to see if he can conquer his fear.
31) Secrets at sea
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In 1887, the social-climbing Cranstons voyage from New York to London, where they hope to find a husband for their awkward older daughter, secretly accompanied by Helena and her mouse siblings, for whom the journey is both terrifying and wondrous as they meet an array of titled humans despite their best efforts at remaining hidden.
33) Jaws: a novel
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It's out there in the water--waiting. Nature's most fearsome predator. It fears nothing. It attacks anything. It devours everything. And the seaside community of Amity is at its mercy.
34) Squid-napped!
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Series
Shark school volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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"Shark-tastic adventures in the deep blue sea!"--P. [4] of cover.
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Publisher
Collector's Library
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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When an unidentified "monster" threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that the "monster" is actually a futuristic...
37) Pirate Bob
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Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2006.
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English
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Describes the life of a pirate, named Bob, whose job is to cut the steering cables and cripple the ships he and his shipmates will loot.
38) The sea wolf
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English
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The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London about a literary critic Humphrey van Weyden.The story starts with him aboard a San Francisco ferry, called Martinez, which collides with another ship in the fog and sinks. He is set adrift in the Bay, eventually being picked up by Wolf Larsen.Larsen is the captain of a seal-hunting schooner, the Ghost. Brutal and cynical, yet also highly intelligent and intellectual, he rules over...
40) Sail: a novel
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English
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Since the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her three children have struggled in every way. In a last ditch effort to save the family, Anne plans an elaborate sailing vacation to bring everyone together once again. But only an hour out of port, everything is going wrong. The teenage daughter, Carrie, is planning to drown herself. The teenage son, Mark, is high on drugs and ten-year-old Ernie is nearly catatonic. This is the worst vacation ever....
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