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2) Moonfleet
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Series
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English
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This story of smugglers' coves and buried treasure centers on the adventures of John Trenchard, a young orphan who goes to live with the mysterious Elzivir Block in the sleepy seaside village of Moonfleet.
3) Shadow shark
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
"Two fourteen-year-old cousins join a group of fishermen in pursuit of a massive shark off the coast of Southern Australia." --
4) Nostromo
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Language
English
Description
Writing in 1904, Conrad invented a complex Central American country with a turbulent history and a potentially explosive population, ranging from the wealthy gringo running the Sulaco silver mine to the poorest worker loading cargo on the docks. Although the story teems with lively characters, the dazzling figure of Nostromo eclipses them all. A natural leader--brave, handsome, and incorruptible--he naturally becomes the epicenter of the revolution...
5) The truelove
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English
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Dispatched with his ship, the Surprise, to restore order after an attack on a British whaler in Tonga, Captain Aubrey discovers Clarissa Harvill, an escaped female convict, stowed away in the cable-tier. Reprint.
6) Black storm
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Series
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
"Six days before America invades Iraq, Saddam Hussein issues an ultimatum; if coalition forces cross the border, he will turn Israel into "a crematorium." In the four days left before the ground war begins, Gunnery Sergeant Marcus Gault and his marine-army-navy team must land in Iraq, locate Saddam's ultimate deterrent, and target it for destruction with U.S. cruise missiles."--Jacket.
8) Touch and go
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English
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With his Royal Navy commission in hand, Richard Delancey is posted to Gibraltar to command the sloop Merlin for convoy protection in the Mediterranean. Overcoming problems with his crew, Delancey quickly proves his mettle during the siege of Valletta and during the battle at Cadiz.
With his Royal Navy commission in hand, Richard Delancey is posted to Gibraltar to command the sloop Merlin for convoy protection in the Mediterranean. Overcoming
...10) The sea fairies
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English
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Enchanting fantasy by creator of beloved "Oz" stories whisks young readers away on an exciting underwater adventure where they meet a school of beguiling fairy mermaids, an aristocratic codfish and a bashful octopus, attend an elegant banquet, confront an awesome sea monster, and much more.
11) Ramage
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English
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When a British ship captain is killed in a naval battle of the Napoleonic War, Lieutenant Ramage is assigned the task of rescuing a British sympathizer, a beautiful Italian Marchesa.
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English
Description
His voyage home should be a period of rest, but his ship is riven with treachery and threatened by the Revenant, a French sea-raider that is terrorizing British shipping in the Indian Ocean. Betrayed and defeated, Sharpe is imprisoned on the Ile de France, doomed to rot there until the war ends.
13) Devil to pay
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English
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In the late 1700's, a British Naval lieutenant gains a temporary command and a chance to restore his tarnished reputation.
14) Ramage's prize
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Series
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1975]
Language
English
Description
The West Indian bases are desperate: post vessels-a vital communications link between England and the West Indies in the war against France-are mysteriously disappearing and no packets have arrived with orders in months. Were the privateers out in full force again? Had Napoleon's navy a secret new weapon? Lieutenant Lord Nicholas Ramage sets out from Jamaica to discover what treachery is threatening to throw the British navy into chaos.
15) Gentle rogue
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Language
English
Description
When Georgina Anderson sails to London in search of her fiance and finds him happily married to someone else, she dresses as a cabin boy aboard a ship bound for America and falls for the ship's arrogant owner.
16) The Sea Venture
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[1961]
Language
English
Description
Enroute to Jamestown, a group of settlers, including a number of social outcasts, are shipwrecked at Bermuda. Based on a true historical incident.
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
In 1805, British soldier Richard Sharpe is faced with a new enemy when the ship carrying him to England is attacked by a French warship and he discovers that the French vessel is carrying a treaty that ignites hostilities against the British in India.
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English
Description
"Alexis, a 12-year-old native Hawaiian, is terrified of the ocean and the creatures that live there because of an encounter she had early in her life with a moray eel. Her mother, a civilian contractor for the Navy, likes to give Alexis elaborate puzzles to solve when she's away on assignments. One puzzle gets her working for her grumpy neighbor, who everyone calls Uncle Tanaka, helping him gather marine samples. She has to use all her problem-solving...
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