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61) Hello, Red
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2009
Language
English
Description
After nine years at sea, merchant sailor Red Mayo once again plants his feet on dry ground. But the terrain in his erstwhile home is shakier than he'd expected. The only women Red has ever loved has married another. Emotionally adrift, Red confronts his love's groom--and looks to reclaim something he left behind.
Author
Publisher
MacMurray & Beck
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
A woman depressed by divorce regains her self-confidence in danger. Boat owner Katherine Dennison of Maine is hired by divers who want to inspect a sunken plane. The party is ambushed by gunmen and they only survive thanks to her.
Author
Series
Dan Lewis novels volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A teenage sailor disappears on HMS Defiance, an infamous closed case reopens, and Lt. Danielle Lewis fights for truth and survival in this high-octane military thriller After events on board the submarine HMS Tenacity, Lieutenant "Dan" Lewis of the Royal Navy's Kill Team was warned not to pursue those responsible. She should walk away, stop investigating, but her thirst for justice means she can't let it go. But even as Dan defies the order, continuing...
74) The Baltic prize
Author
Series
Kydd novels volume 19
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
1808. Parted from his new bride, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is called away to join the Northern Expedition to Sweden, now Britain's only ally in the Baltic. Following the sudden declaration of war by Russia and with the consequent threat of the czar's great fleet in St Petersburg, the expedition must defend Britain's dearly-won freedom in those waters. However Kydd finds his popular fame as a frigate captain is a poisoned chalice; in the face of jealousy...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Almost from the time of its publication in 1846, Melville's first book, based on his own travels in the South Seas, has been recognized as a classic in the literature of travel and adventure. Although initially rejected as too fantastic to be true, Typee was immensely popular and regarded in Melville's lifetime as his best work. It established his reputation as the literary discoverer of the South Seas and inspired the likes of Jack London and Robert...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Key West, 2016. Sea levels are rising, coral reefs are dying. In short, everything is going to hell. It's here that two young filmmakers find something to believe in: an old sailor who calls himself Daniel Defoe and claims to be five hundred and sixty years old. In fact, old Dan is in the prime of his life -- an incredible, perhaps eternal American life. The story unfold over the course of a millennium, picking up in the sixteenth century in the Viceroyalty...
Author
Publisher
Robert Laffont
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Français
Description
Preparing to fight China's nineteenth-century Opium Wars, a motley assortment of sailors and passengers, including a bankrupt rajah, a widowed tribeswoman, and a free-spirited French orphan, comes to experience family-like ties that eventually span continents, races, and generations.
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Word has come from the British ambassador Arbuthnot that the neutral Turks are being wooed by the French and if the ancient city of Constantinople falls into their hands, Napoleon's route to India will be completely unfettered and his plans for world domination a reality. Concerned for his safety, Arbuthnot is demanding a large fleet presence to take him off and bring the Turks to their senses. Braving treacherous currents, unreliable winds, and...
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