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The smugglers (High seas trilogy. #2.)
By Iain Lawrence. 1999
Set in eighteenth-century England, sixteen-year-old John sets out on his father's schooner to sail from Kent to London. The schooner…
was a smugglers' vessel once, and a mysterious gentleman has warned him that it will bring trouble and death. But the ship looks clever and quick, and John is too charmed by it to heed the advice. Grades 5-8. Sequel to "The wreckers." Followed by "The buccaneers." 1999.Birds of prey (The Courtneys of Africa #9)
By Wilbur A Smith. 1997
It is 1667 and the mighty naval war between the Dutch and the English still rages. Sir Francis Courtney and…
his son Hal, in their fighting caravel, are on patrol off Southern Africa, lying in wait for a galleon of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient laden with spices, timber and gold. Followed by "Monsoon" (EB69211). (The Courtneys of Africa: prequel ; 1)The old man and the sea
By Ernest Hemingway. 1952
An old Cuban fisherman hooks a giant marlin after eighty-five days without a catch. He then fights a losing battle…
with sharks that deprive him of his triumph. Recorded in textbook format. Winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. 1952.Yashimoto's last dive
By Antony Trew. 1988
A Japanese submarine captain orders his crew to sink an American merchant ship, destroy the life rafts and machine gun…
any survivors. A single seaman, Brad Corrigan, is rescued by a British destroyer and convinces the sailors to avenge his shipmates' deaths. Some strong language. 1988.With all dispatch (Richard Bolitho Ser. #Bk. 8)
By Alexander Kent. 1988
It is spring 1792 and with France still in the grip of the Terror most of the British fleet is…
lying idle and the men out of work. Bolitho therefore is quite glad to take a humble appointment at the Nore and with a small flotilla of three topsail cutters, sets out "with all despatch" when a King's ransom is in peril to the sinister brotherhood. 1988. (Richard Bolitho ; 9)Williwaw! (Tom Bodett Adventure Ser.)
By Tom Bodett. 1999
In their fisherman father's absence, thirteen-year-old September and her twelve-year-old brother Ivan defy his orders and set out in their…
small boat for the Alaskan town across the bay. Underway they are caught in a terrifying storm called a williwaw. Grades 5-8. 1999.Whales for the wizard
By Malcom Archibald. 2005
1860. Returning to Dundee after years in the army, Robert Douglas finds employment with George Gilbridge, a whaling-ship owner and…
business man, but falls foul of the sinister John Wyllie. Douglas awakes on board the steam-whaler Redgauntlet, bound for the Arctic, to realise that many of his companions believe the ship is haunted and do not expect to return. The voyage sees the unravelling of a year-old mystery as Douglas clashes with, then befriends 'bully' Houston. 2005.Voyage to the North Star
By Peter Nichols. 2000
Schenck, a wealthy industrialist and aspiring big-game hunter, and Boden, a seaman who has lost his boat, wife, job, and…
reputation, launch an Arctic hunting expedition that no experienced seaman would undertake. Their depression-era adventures include a perilous voyage and a clash of cultures. 2000.Voyage: a novel of 1896
By Sterling Hayden. 1977
Voile de pierre
By Philippe Bouquet, Åke Edwardson. 2006
Au cours de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, le marin pêcheur John Osvald disparaît mystérieusement avec son chalutier au large des…
côtes écossaises. Soixante ans plus tard, son fils Axel semble également avoir disparu au cours d'un voyage en mer. Contacté par la fille de ce dernier, très inquiète, Erik Winter décide de s'y rendre pour enquêter sur cette affaire. A Göteborg, l'inspecteur Aneta Djanali, originaire du Burkina Faso, s'intéresse quant à elle à un cas de violences conjugales et se trouve prise dans un engrenage qui l'amène à faire face à son passé. Tout comme Winter, elle est entraînée dans un voyage en terre étrangère. 2006. Titre uniforme: Segel av sten.Victory: an island tale (Twentieth Century Classics Ser.)
By Joseph Conrad. 1989
Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then…
he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island, and when it fails, he turns his back on humanity once more. His life alters when he rescues a young girl, taking her to his island retreat. The relationship shifts as she struggles to save Axel from the isolation which has influenced his life. 1989.Val Paradis
By Alain Jaubert. 2004
Un jeune marin à peine sorti d'une adolescence rêveuse fait escale à Valparaíso vers la fin des années cinquante. Port…
mythique, vénéré par les marins du monde entier, célèbre pour ses légendes, ses chansons, sa proximité relative avec le cap Horn, ses navires, ses escaliers entremêlés, ses ruelles labyrinthes, ses ascenseurs rouillés, ses bordels crasseux, la ville est aussi une sorte de piège, un bout du monde où l'exil et l'esprit d'aventure sont poussés à l'extrême. Bourse Goncourt du 1er roman 2005. 2004.U.S.S. Seawolf (U.S. Navy series ; #4)
By Patrick Robinson. 2000
Silent and lethal, USS Seawolf, the US Navy's state-of-the art stealth submarine, is on an ultra secret mission - to…
spy on China's brand new ICBM Zia-Class submarine. 2000. (U.S. Navy series ; 4)Until the sea shall give up her dead (Charles Hayden novel. #4.)
By Sean Russell. 2014
Master and Commander Charles Hayden has received fresh orders that take him and the HMS Themis to the Caribbean, with…
instructions to meddle with French shipping to the colonies. While en route, they rescue two Spanish castaways who beg for help fleeing from a vengeful family situation. Hayden agrees to do what he can, though it’s soon clear his two new guests aren’t exactly what they seem. 2014.Une exécution ordinaire
By Marc Dugain. 2007
En aout 2000, le sous-marin Koursk, l'un des fleurons de la flotte russe, coule en mer de Barents. Aucun secours…
efficace ne sera tenté à temps et il n'y aura aucun survivant. À partir de cette tragédie, ce roman retrace les destins de gens ordinaires de la Russie post-soviétique. Ainsi Pavel, le narrateur, vient de perdre son fils dans le naufrage. 2007.Typee: A Peep At Polynesian Life
By Herman Melville. 2002
Six months on a whaler with a cruel captain and no land in sight is too much for Tom. When…
the vessel cruises into the primitive Marquesas, he and his friend jump ship. They plan to hide out with a peaceful tribe, but instead, they stumble into the encampment of the man-eating Typees. The fierce savages treat them with lavish good will - but the runaways soon learn their benevolent hosts are also their unyielding captors. 2002.Typhoon (Recorded Books classics library)
By Joseph Conrad. 1902
The Nan-Shan was on her way southward to the treaty port of Fuchau with cargo and 200 Chinese coolies on…
board. Observing the steady fall of the barometer, Captain MacWhirr thought: There's some dirty weather knocking about. But even MacWhirr's stoically unimaginative mind was stirred by the disaster that was about to hit the little ship. 1989, c1902.Typhoon
By Mark Joseph. 1991
Captain "Plutonium Jack" Gunner and the crew aboard the USS Reno are initiating a group of men on their first…
trip under the Arctic Circle when they receive word that the Soviets have launched a test torpedo from a Typhoon-class submarine. Russian Vice Admiral Zenko was against the test because of possible ramifications. Captain Gunner comes to the aid of Zenko as they track down Russian Admiral Deminov, who wants to start a civil war. Strong language. 1991.Trojan odyssey (Dirk Pitt novel ; #17)
By Clive Cussler. 2003
Dirk Pitt was astonished to discover that he had two grown children he had never known, 23-year-old twins born to…
a woman he thought had died in an underwater earthquake. Both have inherited his love of the sea, and now they are about to help their father in the adventure of a lifetime. The two young people are working in a NUMA underwater enclosure off the shore of Nicaragua, trying to determine its origin. Then the worst storm in years boils up out of the sky, heading not only straight for them but also for a luxurious floating resort hotel. Sequel to "Valhalla rising". 2003. (Dirk Pitt novel ; 17)Troubled waters: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure (Alan Lewrie naval adventure series. #14)
By Dewey Lambdin. 2008
A Jamaican court convicts Captain Alan Lewrie of slave stealing and sentences him to death. In England, awaiting a legal…
ruling, Lewrie takes command of the frigate HMS Savage on a mission to blockade the French coast. Sequel to “A King’s Trade” (DC40818). Strong language, some violence and descriptions of sex. 2008.