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2) The sea wolf
Author
Language
English
Description
Humphrey becomes an unwilling sailor on a seal hunting expedition in this classic story of good against evil.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate. They are promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine.
10) Dare the wind
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Describes how Ellen Prentiss received sailing lessons from her father during childhood, married a ship captain, and helped set a world speed record during the Gold Rush era.
Pub. Date
[2010], c1943
Language
English
Description
This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. French battleship passes New York City's skyline.; French sailors parade in New York City. 2. Madame Chiang Kai-shek is welcomed by the Roosevelts and speaks to members in the House of Representatives. 3. Allied tank destroyers blast German tanks in Tunisia; city officials surrender in Tripoli, Libya. 4. An armored division on the California desert.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Evangeline Hussey has made a home for herself on Nantucket, though she knows she is still an outsider to the island’s small, close-knit community, one that by 1849 has started to feel the decline of a once-thriving whaling industry. Her husband, Hosea, and the life they built together, was once all she needed-but now Hosea is gone, lost at sea. Evangeline is only able to hold on to his inn, and her place on the island, by employing a curious gift...
20) All is lost
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
An open-water thriller about one man's battle for survival against the elements after his sailboat is destroyed at sea. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling, and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself facing his mortality as directly...
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