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Crackdown
By Bernard Cornwell. 1990
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.Cross of St. George (Richard Bolitho novels. #24.)
By Alexander Kent. 1996
Set in 1813, the Royal Navy admiral Sir Richard Bolito returns to Halifax to pursue the sea war with the…
young United States. Although he personally desires peace, the admiral is caught up in a war that neither Britain nor the United States can afford to lose. Sequel to "For my country's freedom", followed by "Sword of honour" .1996. (Richard Bolitho novels ; 24)Buccaneer: a novel (Ned Yorke Ser. #Bk. 1)
By Dudley Pope. 1984
Ned Yorke, manager of a plantation in Barbados, loves Aurelia, the wife of a neighbouring planter. To avoid arrest by…
the Cromwellians, he flees with Aurelia. They become traders and eventually pirates. 1984.Corby Flood (Far-flung adventures. #2)
By Chris Riddell, Paul Stewart. 2006
While traveling with her family aboard the S.S. Euphonia, eight-year-old Corby Flood accidentally attracts the murderous attentions of five men,…
clad in bowler hats, called the Brotherhood of the Clowns, as she investigates the mysterious singing coming from the ship's hold. Grades 3-6. Sequel to "Fergus Crane" (DC29167). 2005. (Far-flung adventures ; 2)Cap sur l'enfer
By Ian Slater, Gilbert LaRocque. 1978
Captain Blood (Penguin classics)
By Rafael Sabatini. 2003
Great Britain, 1685. When physician Peter Blood is accused of treason against King James II for treating a wounded rebel,…
he is sentenced to slavery in Barbados. Once on the island he escapes to become a buccaneer--and eventually governor of Jamaica. 2003 introduction by Gary Hoppenstand. 1922, c2003."Hornblower and the Atropos": Skippering the flagship for Nelson's funeral is not Hornblower's idea of action but soon he is…
ordered to set sail for the Mediterranean in the Atropos. "The happy return": Hornblower sails the South American waters and comes face to face with a mad, messianic revolutionary. "A ship of the line": Commando raids, hurricanes at sea, the glowering menace of Napoleon's gun batteries; all these Hornblower must face as he sails his ship to the Spanish station. Sequel to "Hornblower and the Hotspur"(DC29058). 1987. (Hornblower ; 4-6)Capt. Hook: the adventures of a notorious youth
By James V Hart, J. M Barrie. 2005
The youth of notorious villain Captain Hook, from his days at Eton. When he arrives at the famous school, James…
(the future Hook) has never known his mother and barely knows his father, so he channels his loneliness and rage into plotting revenge against sadistic classmates. At last, he escapes to the high seas, but he unwittingly boards a slave ship that reveals horrifying brutality and family secrets. Some strong language. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 2005.Canadian stories of the sea
By Victor Suthren. 1993
A sampling of stories which capture Canada's long and exciting history of sea-faring. The tranquillity of Edwardian yachting, bloody sea…
battles, and special ships like the Bluenose are featured. Writers include Thomas Raddall, E. Pauline Johnson, and Farley Mowat. 1993.Band of brothers (Richard Bolitho ; #2)
By Alexander Kent. 2006
The new year seems to offer Richard Bolitho and his friend Martyn Dancer the culmination of a dream. Both have…
been recommended for promotion, although they have not yet gained the coveted lieutenant's commission. But a routine passage from Plymouth to Guernsey in an untried schooner becomes, for Bolitho, a passage from midshipman to King's officer, tempering the promise of the future with the bitter price of maturity. Sequel to "Midshipman Bolitho". 2006. (Richard Bolitho ; 2)Adrift
By Allan Baillie. 1983
Feeling every inch the pirate under his crimson shirt and black swimming trunks, Flynn rocked the upturned crate a little.…
Of course, small sister Sally was poor material for a crew, but at least the thing was floating. "We're sailing for the Caribbean" he announced. The trouble was, they were! Grades 3-6. 1983.Abigail
By Joan Druett. 1988
Abigail, born and raised on her father's whaling ship in New Zealand, meets Captain Seth Morgan when she sails to…
New England to live with relatives. She returns to New Zealand to find her father's murderer and to solve the riddle that her father left her. 1988.A ship is dying
By Brian Callison. 1976
A king's trade (Alan Lewrie naval adventure series. #13.)
By Dewey Lambdin. 2006
Captain Alan Lewrie of HMS Proteus avoids charges of slave-stealing by escorting an East India Company convoy to Cape Town…
and points east. The fleet encounters a seagoing circus in need of protection. Sequel to “The Captain’s Vengeance” (DC29443). Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of violence and some descriptions of sex. c2006. (Alan Lewrie naval adventure series ; 13)Roman inspiré de Joshua Slocum, marin et aventurier, Canadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse, émigré aux États-Unis, qui fut le premier à…
faire le tour du monde en solitaire entre 1895 et 1898. 1989.The stowaway
By Robert Hough. 2004
Aboard a container ship, three stowaways are put out in flimsy rafts by captain's orders as they are discovered. When…
a fourth stowaway is discovered by one crew member, he decides to protect the man from a similar fate and instead feeds him and keeps him hidden, endangering his own life and the lives of those who help him. 2004.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)