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Author
Series
Publisher
Signet Classics
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
An epic of action-filled excitement. Rescued from drowning, a pampered gentleman awakes in a special kind of hell. He's aboard the Ghost, a sealing schooner outbound for months of hunting. Wolf Larson, the devilish captain, a fiendish crew, the cruel sea, and unlikely love make this tale immortal.
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet Classics
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Featured in this volume are "Billy Budd", Melville's posthumously published novella, the story of the rivalry between a handsome sailor and his demonic captain; the tale of the apathetic "Bartleby, the Scrivener; " the riveting "Benito Cereno", the story of a slave ship mutiny written at the time of the Amistad case and "The Town-Ho's Story", a chapter from Melville's masterpiece, "Moby Dick."
143) The unknown shore
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack Byron and Tobias Barrow are two of the crew of the H.M.S. Wager, shipwrecked on the desolate coast of Chile in the 1740s.
Author
Series
The Isles of the Gods volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Selly's plans to follow her father to the north seas are dashed when a handsome stranger with tell-tale magician's marks on his arm boards her ship and presents her with a dangerous mission--to sail to the Isles of the Gods so he can complete a mysterious ritual.
145) Birds of prey
Author
Series
Courtney volume 9
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
In 1667, Sir Francis Courteney and his son, Hal, voyage from the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa to the Great Horn of Ethiopia, as they and their crew attempt to seize one of the treasure-laden galleons of the Dutch East India Company en route from the Orient
146) The cruel sea
Author
Publisher
Burford
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Language
English
Description
A powerful novel of the North Atlantic in World War II, this is the story of the British ships Compass Rose and Saltash and of their desparate cat-and-mouse game with Nazi U-boats. First published to great acclaim in 1951, The Cruel Sea remains a classic novel of endurance and daring.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined to always do what's right. In defending the development of a new variant of warship, he makes an enemy of the president of the United States, who assigns him to command the doomed line's only prototype--Athena, Patrol Coastal 15--with the intent to humiliate a man who should have been an admiral. Rather than resign, Rensselaer takes the...
148) The hundred days
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Napoleon, escaped from Elba, pursues his enemies across Europe like a vengeful phoenix. If he can corner the British and Prussians before their Russian and Austrian allies arrive, his genius will lead the French armies to triumph at Waterloo. In the Balkans, preparing a thrust northwards into Central Europe to block the Russians and Austrians, a horde of Muslim mercenaries is gathering. They are inclined toward Napoleon because of his conversion to...
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mill Press, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When Kenzie slips on her mermaid tail, she becomes Mermaid Kenzie, protector of the deeps. One day as Kenzie snorkels around a shipwreck, she discovers more plastic bags than fish. Grabbing her spear and mermaid net, she begins to clean up the water and the shore--inspiring other kids to help. Beautifully written in African American Vernacular English, this poetic picture book includes back matter with information about how plastic winds up in our...
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventure volume 16
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When war breaks out again in May of 1803, Lewrie has fresh orders, a new frigate, and a chance to punish and pursue the French, but it's no longer for Duty or King and Country--now it's personal.
152) Stowaway
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavour, which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.
153) Tides of mutiny
Author
Series
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A sixteen-year-old girl hiding as a cabin boy must fight for her place in a world that executes female sailors, all while falling for a mysterious stowaway who could destroy everything"--
154) Shots at sea
Author
Series
Houdini and Nate mystery volume 2
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
While traveling to England with his mother and great-aunt on the ocean liner Lusitania in 1911, thirteen-year-old Nate, delighted to find that the Houdinis are also on board, finds himself involved in another dangerous adventure as he and Houdini try to find the man responsible for attempting to assassinate another passenger--President Theodore Roosevelt.
155) Ramage
Author
Series
Lord Ramage novels volume 1
Publisher
McBooks Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
In a daring foray, under the very nose of the French Mediterranean fleet, Lieutenant Lord Nicholas Ramage is to sail his tiny cutter close in to the Italian shore and rescue a party of stranded aristocrats from Napoleon's fast-advancing army.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Seven years ago Atagaris set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a "mockumentary" bringing to life ancient sea creatures of legend. It was lost at sea with all hands. Some have called it a hoax; others have called it a maritime tragedy. Now, a new crew has been assembled. But this time they're not out to entertain. Some seek to validate their life's work. Some seek the greatest hunt of all. Some seek the truth. But for the ambitious young...
Author
Series
Aubrey/Maturin novels volume 21
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Blue at the Mizzen (novel #20) ended with Jack Aubrey getting the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron, with orders to sail to the South Africa station. The next novel, unfinished and untitled at the time of the author's death, would have been the chronicle of that mission, and much else besides. The three chapters left on O'Brian's desk at the time of his death are presented here both in printed version-including...
158) The Ramage touch
Author
Series
Lord Ramage novels volume 10
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Ramage is prowling the Tuscan coast and far from English aid when he encounters a daunting French invasion fleet. As the enemy gathers strength, Ramage must decide how to twart her actions with only the frigate calypso and a pair of bomb ketches.
159) Ramage's prize
Author
Series
Lord Ramage novels volume 5
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
The West Indian bases are desperate: Post vessels--a vital communications link between England and the West Indies in the war against France--are mysteriously disappearing and no packets have arrived with orders in months. Are the privateers out in full force again? Does Napoleon's navy have a secret new weapon? Lieutenant Lord Nicholas Ramage sets out from Jamaica to discover what treachery is threatening to throw the British navy into chaos. But...
160) Black heart
Author
Series
Vampirates volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
While Connor and the Pirate Federation attempt to stop a new ship of vampirates, his twin sister Grace and their long-lost mother Sally reunite, and Sally reveals some news that is devastating for the twins.
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