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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 (Mammoth Read Ser.)
By William Bedford. 2001
Daniel loves being out at sea. He is desperate to go fishing with his dad but for two years his…
dad has made excuses to leave him behind. There is only one way to find out why, and it could get him into a lot of trouble. Grades 2-4. 2001.Valhalla rising (Dirk Pitt novel ; #16)
By Clive Cussler. 2001
In the middle of its maiden voyage, the luxury cruise ship "Emerald Dolphin" suddenly catches fire and sinks. What caused…
it? Why didn't the alarms go off? National Underwater Maritime Administration (NUMA) special projects director Dirk Pitt races to rescue the passengers and investigate the disaster, but he has no idea of the bizarre events that are about to engulf him. Sequel to "Atlantis found", followed by "Trojan odyssey". 2001. (Dirk Pitt novel ; 16)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.Belle comme un naufrage: [roman]
By Romain Saint-Cyr. 2006
Au cours de lété 1942, alors que plusieurs navires étaient coulés par des sous-marins allemands sur les côtes gaspésiennes, des…
rumeurs circulaient au sujet de la présence despions nazis dans certains village. Soixante ans plus tard, La Mouette, un vieux voilier aux origines inconnues qui dort dans un hangar en Gaspésie est au centre de multiples intrigues qui semblent remonter jusquà cette époque. Claude Beaupré, passionné de navigation et Rosa Millaire, orpheline à la recherche de son père, découvriront peu à peu lhistoire tragique de La Mouette, mais leurs recherches les amèneront beaucoup plus loin quils ne lauraient cru : dans le passé, sur la mer et en eux-mêmes. -- 4e de couv.Treasure island (Saddleback classics #Set I)
By Robert Louis Stevenson, Janice Greene. 1999
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her…
son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger. Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's work, published in 1883. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.