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The waterman: a novel of the Chesapeake Bay
By Tim Junkin. 1999
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General fiction, Adventure stories, Suspense and thrillers, Historical fictionAdventure and exploration
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Clay Wakeman spent his boyhood on the water and finds he can't leave it. When his father is lost in…
a storm off the Eastern Shore, Clay drops out of college to take possession of his father's boat and his work as a waterman, that is, as an independent commercial fisherman. He recruits his oldest friend, Byron. Hurricane Agnes roars in to ruin the salinity of the eastern Bay waters. Agnes forces them across the Bay to set their crab traps along the Virginia shoreline and to move in with Matt and Kate, Clay's upper crust friends from college. Unrated
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General fiction, Classic fiction, Suspense and thrillersLiterature, Adventure and exploration
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Allegorical tale in which Marlow, a wandering seaman, recounts a journey into the heart of the Belgian Congo where he…
confronted human savagery. Centenary edition includes "The Congo Diary" and "Up-River Book," Conrad's notes documenting his 1890 visit to the region. 2002 foreword by A.N. Wilson. Some strong language. 1902Half a life: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
By V. S Naipaul, Lizabeth Cohen. 2001
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Suspense and thrillersBusiness and economics, United States history, Economics, General non-fiction
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The coming-of-age story of Willie Chandran, the son of a Brahman and a woman of lower caste, whose disastrous union…
haunts Willie's existence. Escaping India for London, Willie tries to create a new identity as a writer, and marries a woman from Africa. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2001