 | The Oxford Book of Sea Stories (Oxford Books of Prose)
Publication Date: December 12, 2002| Series: Oxford Books of Prose Malevolent, mysterious, vast, the ocean has always sparked our fascination and sense of adventure, giving rise to a remarkable vein of narrative deftly mined here by editor Tony Tanner.In the twenty-seven tales of The Oxford Book of the Sea, masters of the art tell of men on ships, grappling with themselves, their fellow sailors, and the trials of the sea: from hurricane winds to the frustrating calm, from swirling currents to rampaging whales. Here is the work of Jack London, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, C.S. Forester, Er...
 |  | Captain Blood
Publication Date: June 28, 2007A gentlemanly Irish physician is innocently condemned to a life of slavery in the English colonies across the sea. There, on a Caribbean Island plantation, the good Dr. Peter Blood, toils as a slave. A chance raid by Spaniards affords Blood his opportunity to escape into a life of piracy and crime upon the high seas. But Blood is a pirate with a sense of honor. How Blood distinguishes himself against his enemies, is the tale in this enjoyable historical adventure. ...
|  | SSN
Release Date: February 1, 2000The "forgotten Clancy novel," SSN is a complete submarine warfare novel with maps, photos, and a special interview with Tom Clancy and former submarine commander Doug Littlejohns ...
|  | Captain Blood (Penguin Classics)
Release Date: December 31, 2002| Series: Penguin Classics Peter Blood is a physician and an English gentleman who becomes a pirate out of a rankling sense of injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebels who were fighting the oppressive King James, Blood flees England and becomes enslaved on a Barbados plantation of buccaneers. When he escapes, no ship sailing the Spanish Main is safe from Blood and his companions. Abounding with adventure, color, romance, and strong social commentary on the evils of slavery and the dangers of intolerance, this classic a...
|  | The Discovery of Slowness
Publication Date: May 1, 2005The Discovery of Slowness--a huge commercial and critical success across Europe, where it is considered the popular author's master piece--recounts the life of the nineteenth-century British explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847).Through the author's acute reading of history and his marvelous storytelling prowess, the reader follows John Franklin's development from awkward schoolboy and ridiculed teenager to expedition leader, governor of Tasmania, and icon of adventure. Slow and deliberate from boyhood, Franklin appeared destined to be a misfit. But he escaped f...
|  | The Corvette: A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel (Mariner's Library Fiction Classics)
Publication Date: September 1, 2000| Series: Mariners Library Fiction Classic (Book 5) The frozen splendor of the Arctic Ocean and the absorbing drama of a nineteenth century whale hunt unfold in The Corvette. Rewarded by promotion for his services at the Battle of Copenhagen, Commander Drinkwater is dispatched in haste to replace the captain of the Melusine, who has been shot in a duel. The ship sails as an escort to a whaling fleet on its annual expedition to the Greenland Sea in pursuit of right whales. During the whale hunt the loss of one of the vessels sets off a chain of misfortune. D...
|  | Benito Cereno (The Art of the Novella)
Release Date: May 1, 2006| Series: The Art of the Novella "What has cast such a shadow upon you?""The Negro."With its intense mix of mystery, adventure,and a surprise ending, Benito Cereno at first seems merely a provocative examplefrom the genre Herman Melville created with his early best-selling novels of thesea. However, most Melville scholars consider it his most sophisticated work, andmany, such as novelist Ralph Ellison, have hailed it as the most piercing look atslavery in all of American literature.Based on a real life incident—the characternames remain unchanged—Benito...
|  | Ramage & the Renegades (The Lord Ramage Novels) (Volume 12)
Publication Date: October 1, 2001| Series: The Lord Ramage Novels (Book 12) Nelson's crews are standing down and Ramage is on leave when he receives secret Admiralty orders to inspect the small island of Trinidade off the coast of Brazil. Reaching the island, Ramage and the crew of the Calypso fetch up in a battle to free several captive merchant ships—and a beautiful woman passenger—as they cross swords with blood-thirsty priates. ...
|  | Enemies at Every Turn (John Pearce 8)
Publication Date: November 15, 2012| Series: John Pearce 8 Free from jail, John Pearce is not free from the smugglers whose boat he stole – they want bloody revenge and are prepared to chase him to the ends of the earth to get it. The court martial papers that threaten to also damn Pearce are at risk due to the calculating schemes of Ralph Barclay. But the danger is only just beginning, for Pearce must undertake a dangerous mission in support of a massive revolt in the Vendee region of France. As high rebellious ambition turns to bloody disaster, Pearce faces real peril, climaxing in ...
|  | Beneath the Aurora: A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel (Mariner's Library Fiction Classics)
Publication Date: August 1, 2001| Series: Mariners Library Fiction Classic (Book 12) The year is 1813. Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater succeeds Lord Dungarth as head of the Royal Navy's Secret Department. While the Grand Army of Napoleon faces defeat on the battlefields of Germany, the discovery of a secret treaty with America leads Drinkwater into the forbidding fjords of Norway, and one of the most desperate missions of his career. Increasingly isolated and affected by the long war with France and her allies, Drinkwater pursues his personal odyssey against often daunting odds. In a compelling...
|  | Dust on the Sea (Bluejacket Books)
Publication Date: September 1, 2004| Series: Bluejacket Books In 1972, following the huge success of Run Silent, Run Deep, Edward L. Beach's second novel of submarine warfare was published to great acclaim. Like its predecessor, Dust on the Sea was lauded for its authentic portrayal of what it meant to be a submariner during the desperate years of World War II. Tense, dramatic and rich in technical and tactical detail, the book draws on Beach's experience as a submariner in the US Navy to describe the commander and crew of the fictitious USS Eel as they battle overwhelming odds to destroy Ja...
|  | The Guernseyman (The Richard Delancey Novels) (Volume 1)
Publication Date: October 1, 2001| Series: The Richard Delancey Novels (Book 1) Richard Delancey, inadvertently embroiled in Liverpool labor riots, sidesteps punishment by "volunteering" for the Navy. Ranked as a midshipman, he is no sooner aboard than his ship sails for the port of New York. But when the events of the American Revolution and the ongoing hostilities between England and France send him back across the sea, Delancey finds himself instrumental in defending the Isle of Jersey and, later, the Rock of Gibraltar. ...
|  | A Brig of War (A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel) (Mariner's Library Fiction Classics)
Publication Date: May 25, 2001| Series: Mariners Library Fiction Classic (Book 3) In A Brig of War, Nathaniel Drinkwater is promoted lieutenant of the brig Hellebore. He finds routine convoy escort duties end abruptly when Admiral Nelson, pursuing the French fleet to Egypt, sends Hellebore to the Red Sea with an urgent warning to the British squadron there. However, Nelson's apprehensions over French ambitions in the East are more than justified. Edouard Santhonax, Drinkwater's old enemy, is already preparing for a French descent on India. The hunt for this elusive Frenchman and his frigate ...
|  | Ramage's Challenge (The Lord Ramage Novels) (Volume 15)
Publication Date: March 1, 2002| Series: The Lord Ramage Novels (Book 15) Admiralty spies are hunting for British officers and allies trapped on the mainland, among them Ramage's first love, Gianna, the Marchesa di Volterra. Ramage returns to the Tuscan coast, where Bonaparte holds a group of hostages for an unknown fate. ...
|  | A King's Cutter (Mariner's Library Fiction Classics)
Publication Date: February 1, 2001| Series: Mariners Library Fiction Classic (Book 2) In 1792, Nathaniel Drinkwater returns to the Royal Navy with an appointment to the twelve-gun cutter KESTREL, commanded by the inscrutable Madoc Griffiths. Beneath the gathering shadow of the French Revolution, he undertakes dangerous secret operations off the coast of France, including the rescue of emigres and the landing of agents.As Europe plunges deeper into war, KESTREL participates in the struggle for the Channel, and Drinkwater encounters the devious and sinister Edouard Santhonax, who is attracting...
|  | The Book of Pirates (Dover Children's Classics)
Publication Date: October 27, 2000| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
|  | Stormchild: A Novel of Suspense (Sailing Thrillers)
Release Date: December 20, 2011| Series: Sailing ThrillersHaving already lost a son in a terrorist attack, Tim Blackburn must now cope with the death of his beloved wife, killed in a mysterious explosion at sea. All that remains of his decimated family is his missing daughter, Nicole, last seen in the company of the mad, charismatic leader of the shadowy environmental activist group Genesis. Caspar von Rellsteb, self-proclaimed “protector of the planet,” presides over his fanatically dedicated followers with an iron fist—and Tim is determined to free his child from his grip....
|  | Under False Colours: A Nathaniel Drinkwater Novel (Mariner's Library Fiction Classics)
Publication Date: October 25, 1999| Series: Mariners Library Fiction Classic (Book 10) In 1809, operating under the orders of the Admiralty's Secret Department, Capt. Nathaniel Drinkwater goes ashore with the dregs of London's dockland. Disguised as a Merchant Marine shipmaster of low character, he has an encounter with a known French agent in a brothel, deliberately advertising the fact that he will shortly be carrying a cargo of military stores to Russia. The scheme is intended to flout Napoleon's Continental System and drive a wedge between the French Emperor and his new ally, Czar Alexan...
|  | Sacred Stone (Oregon Files (Paperback))
Publication Date: October 5, 2004Clive Cussler debuted his new series, The Oregon Files, with the incredible adventure of Golden Buddha. Now he follows that triumph with Sacred Stone, a rollicking new tale featuring the enigmatic captain of The Oregon, Juan Cabrillo. In the remote wastelands of Greenland, an ancient artifact possessing catastrophic radioactive power is unearthed. But the astounding find puts the world at risk. Caught between two militant factions bent on wholesale slaughter, Juan Cabrillo and his network of spies known as The Corporation must fight to protect the stone ...
|  | Peregrine: Book Five of the Fighting Anthonys
Publication Date: April 22, 2012July 1778. A French fleet of mighty warships under Comte d'Estaing arrives off Sandy Hook to aid the colonies. The British Navy finds itself hard pressed to fulfill the duties cast upon it.Vice Admiral Lord Anthony has temporarily transferred his flag to the frigate, HMS Peregrine for diplomatic duty.The ship's captain is Lord Anthony's brother, Gabe.The mission is to transport prisoners of war and their families to Norfolk, Virginia in exchange for British prisoners.Sailing under a flag of truce Peregrine is viciously attacked. The roar of cannons and smell...
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