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Sharpe's prey: Richard Sharpe and the expedition to Copenhagen, 1807 (Richard Sharpe ; #5)
By Bernard Cornwell. 2001
It is 1807 and Sharpe has joined the newly formed Greenjackets but his future in the army seems hopeless. He…
is rescued from disgrace by General Sir David Baird, who needs a 'disposable' man for a mission in Copenhagen. But unless Sharpe can complete the mission, the army will meet disaster. Sequel to "Sharpe's trafalgar"(DC29098); followed by "Sharpe's rifles"(DC29773). 2001. (Richard Sharpe ; 5)Sharpe's Trafalgar: Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805 (Richard Sharpe ; #4)
By Bernard Cornwell. 2000
It is 1805 and Sharpe is on his way home to join the newly formed Green Jackets. His voyage home…
should be a period of rest, but his ship is riven with treachery and threatened by the Revenant, a French sea-raider that is terrorising British shipping in the Indian Ocean. Betrayed and defeated, Sharpe is imprisoned on the Ile de France, doomed to rot there until the war ends - until an unlikely ally secures his escape onto a British warship that is hunting the Revenant. Sequel to "Sharpe's fortress" (DC28409). 2000. (Richard Sharpe ; 4)Scandal's bride (Cynster family series. #3.)
By Stephanie Laurens. 2002
When her guardian's will commands that Lady Catriona Hennessy and Richard Cynster will marry within a week, a battle of…
wits ensues between the independent young lady and the arrogant rake with a scandalous reputation. Sequel to "Rake's vow", followed by "Rogue's proposal". 2002.Shallows
By Tim Winton. 1984
Whales have always been the life-force of Angelus, a small town on the south coast of Western Australia. Their annual…
passing defines the rhythms of a life where little changes, and the town depends on their carcasses. So when the battle begins on the beaches outside the town, and when Queenie Cookson, a local girl, joins the Greenies to make amends for the crimes of her whaling ancestors, it can only throw everything into chaos. 1985. c1984.Shadow shark
By Colin Thiele. 1988
When 12-year-old Joe goes shark hunting with his Uncle Harry and cousin Meg, their boat catches fire. Meg, Joe and…
Uncle Harry, who is badly injured, land on Wayward Island with no way of getting help. Grades 5-8. c1988.Serpent: a novel from the Numa files (The numa Files Ser. #Bk. 1)
By Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos. 1999
National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) investigators Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala use their aquatic skills and keen minds to…
try to retrieve a mysterious object from an armored car on the sunken Andrea Doria. They face numerous adventures fraught with complications and impeded by political schemes. Bestseller. 1999.Sea gold (Seal books)
By Ian Slater. 1979
Sea of poppies (The ibis Trilogy #Bk. 1)
By Amitav Ghosh. 2008
At the heart of this epic saga, set just before the Opium Wars, is an old slaving-ship, The Ibis. Its…
destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its crew a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts. Fate has thrown together a truly diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a bankrupt Raja to a widowed villager, from an evangelical English opium trader to a mulatto American freedman. As their old family ties are washed away they, like their historical counterparts, come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais or ship-brothers. An unlikely dynasty is born, which will span continents, races and generations. 2008.Semper Fi (The Corps ; #1)
By W. E. B Griffin. 1986
From Parris Island to Pearl Harbor, the leathernecks come to life as heroes and lovers, fighters and dreamers, united in…
spirit and devoted to the Marine Corps code of honour. Focuses on a smart, tough, independent PFC named Ken McCoy, whose cool head under fire combined with his skulduggery and knack for learning foreign languages helps him gain a commission. Explicit strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. Followed by "Call to arms". 1986. (The Corps ; 1)Sea of grey: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure (Alan Lewrie naval adventure series. #10.)
By Dewey Lambdin. 2002
Captain Alan Lewrie sets sail aboard HMS Proteus for the West Indies, where General Toussaint L'Ouverture leads a slave rebellion…
in France's Saint Domingue colony. Lewrie patrols for privateers, French warships, and anything suspicious. Sequel to "King's Captain". Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2002. (Alan Lewrie naval adventure series ; 10)Sea story: a novel
By Sam Llewellyn. 1987
Multimillion-dollar yachts compete in a sailing race that lasts eight months and takes them from the United States to South…
Africa, Australia and Argentina. The competitors battle each other, their shipmates, the weather, and the sea. Strong language. c1987.Saltwater summer
By Roderick Haig-Brown. 2000
Seventeen-year-old Don Morgan has bought himself a 32-foot west coast salmon troller. Now he is free to fish the entire…
length of the BC coast. With his friend Tubby Miller, he sets off on his adventure, but things don't unfold quite as he had hoped. Don soon realizes that he has a lot to learn, not just about commercial fishing, but about growing up. For senior high readers. 1948. c2000.Sail
By James Patterson, Howard Roughan. 2009
As Peter Carlyle waves his wife, children and brother-in-law off on a sailing holiday, all they have in mind is…
lying back and relaxing. But as a violent storm breaks out, an explosion causes the boat to vanish without a trace and the family are lost, presumed dead. Until now. When a message in a bottle is washed up on a shore, it becomes apparent that there must have been at least one survivor. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009, c2008.Sacred stone (The oregon Files Ser. #2)
By Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo. 2004
In the remote wastes of Greenland, a young scientist has unearthed a 50,000 year-old meteorite known as the Sacred Stone,…
which he soon discovers possesses potentially catastrophic radioactive power. The astounding find places him in the crossfire of two opposing terrorist groups who seek the stone for themselves. Caught between two militant factions bent on wholesale slaughter, Juan Cabrillo and his ship of high-tech mercenaries must fight to protect the scientist and the Sacred Stone - and prevent the outbreak of World War III. c2004.Sacred hunger
By Barry Unsworth. 1992
A tale of the mid-eighteenth-century slave trade. In 1752, William Kemp has a cargo ship built to transport slaves from…
Africa to the West Indies. Shipboard life is terrifying. The ship is becalmed, the crew and slaves sicken and die, the ship's doctor leads a mutiny, and the remaining crew and slaves find shelter on the uninhabited coast of Florida. Some violence. Booker Prize 1992.Rushed to the altar (Blackwater brides trilogy. #1.)
By Jane Feather. 2011
London, 1761. Viscount Bradley’s will decrees that to inherit his fortune, his three nephews must marry fallen women. When the…
eldest, Jasper Sullivan, the earl of Blackwater, collides into Clarissa, he decides she will be the ideal "wife" - and Clarissa agrees to the charade. Followed by "A Wedding Wager". 2011.Rules of an engagement (Avon historical romance)
By Suzanne Enoch. 2010
Captain Carroway loves the seafaring life, though he'd rather be battling brigands than ferrying a boatload of spoiled aristocrats. One…
passenger has caught his eye: Miss Zephyr Ponsley, who has traveled the world, but is completely innocent in the ways of love. She's never learned to dance or flirt, but scientific observation has taught her that the laws of attraction have no rules, and that no adventure is more dangerous than passion. Bestseller. Includes sex and violence. 2010.Rites of passage (Sea trilogy ; #1)
By William Golding. 1980
In the cabin of an ancient, stinking warship bound for Australia, a man writes a journal to entertain his godfather…
back in England. With wit and disdain he records mounting tensions on board, as an obsequious clergyman attracts the animosity of the tyrannical captain and surly crew. Followed by "Close quarters" (DC31504). Junior and senior high. 1980 Man Booker Prize. 1980. (Sea trilogy ; 1)Rising tides (Quinn brothers trilogy. #2.)
By Nora Roberts. 1998
In Sea Swept, the three Quinn brothers returned to their home on Maryland's eastern shore to care for their adopted…
brother Seth. Because Cam and Phillip are now involved in other matters, it falls to Ethan to attend to Seth. Ethan also spends time with Grace, a longtime area resident whom he has always loved. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. Followed by "Inner Harbor". (Quinn brothers trilogy ; 2) 1998.Richard Bolitho, Midshipman (Richard Bolitho novels. #1.)
By Alexander Kent. 1975
Only sixteen but already a veteran of four years in the king's navy, Richard Bolitho joins his second ship, the…
Gorgon, in 1771. Its mission - to investigate the brutal slave trade on Africa's west coast - proves much more perilous than he expected. Some descriptions of violence. Followed by "Midshipman Bolitho and the 'Avenger'. 1975. (Richard Bolitho novels ; 1)