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The dark deeps: the hunchback assignments II (The hunchback assignments ; #2)
By Arthur G Slade. 2010
Modo, teenage spy and temporary shape-shifter, is plunged once more into the world of international espionage. This time he's on…
the trail of a mysterious underwater creature and he's not alone. Sequel to "The hunchback assignments" (EB75089). Followed by "Empire of ruins". Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2010. (The hunchback assignments ; 2)The mariner's curse
By John Lunn. 2004
Twelve-year-old Rory Dugan has always been captivated by the sea and ships. Then he gets the chance to sail on…
a ship, when his mother and her new husband invite him along when they cross the ocean on a luxury liner. But his excitement soon disappears when he encounters the mysterious Mr. Morgan. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. 2004The sea captain's wife
By Beth Powning. 2010
1861. Azuba is the young wife of Nathaniel, an older man who captains a commercial ship. When she suffers a…
miscarriage while her husband is at sea, Azuba finds comfort and understanding in her friendship with a local minister. Upon Nathaniel's return, rumours of an affair between Azuba and the minister are swirling, and he feels compelled to take his wife and five-year-old daughter on his next voyage. Some descriptions of violence and some descriptions of sex. c2010.The Mediterranean caper (Dirk Pitt Adventure Ser. #1)
By Clive Cussler. 2004
A Luftwaffe ace, a Nazi war criminal, a beautiful and untrustworthy brunette, and a deadly billion-dollar cargo become the objects…
of a desperate search as Dirk Pitt matches wits with the elusive leader of an international smuggling ring. 2004.White death: a novel from the NUMA files (Kurt Austin adventures. #No. 4)
By Clive Cussler, Paul Kemprecos. 2003
Partners Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) rescue survivors inside a Danish ship…
sunk by environmentalists. During the ensuing investigation they encounter the Oceanus Corporation, which aims to control the seas by using biologically modified fish. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2003. (Kurt Austin adventure)The unknown shore
By Patrick O'Brian. 1995
A novel about the sea, telling the tale of the Wager, an ill-fated ship on Anson's expedition round the world.…
She is driven onto rocks off the coast of Chile, and sinks. The survivors fall into trouble of every kind, including mutiny and bloodshed, before being led northwards to safety by a band of stony and depraved Indians. 1997.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)Sacred stone (Oregon Files Ser. #No. 2)
By Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo. 2005
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.Crackdown
By Bernard Cornwell. 1993
Nick Breakspear may look like the perfect Hamlet, but he wanted nothing to do with the theatrical world inhabited by…
his father, Britain's greatest living actor. So he joined the Royal Marines and is now sailing the blue waters of the Bahamas. But dreams of paradise are shattered when he becomes swept into a small but deadly corner of a war against the drug-runners that infest the area. Caught up in a world that denies every truth he believes in, the only defence is to draw on the despised skills of his father's world and fight with reckless courage. 1990.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.