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The Baltic prize / by Stockwin, Julian,author.;
1808. Parted from his new bride, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is called away to join the Northern Expedition to Sweden, now Britain's only ally in the Baltic. Following the sudden declaration of war by Russia and with the consequent threat of the czar's great fleet in St Petersburg, the expedition must defend Britain's dearly-won freedom in those waters. However Kydd finds his popular fame as a frigate captain is a poisoned chalice; in the face of jealousy and envy from his fellow captains, the distrust of the commander-in-chief and the betrayal of friendship by a former brother-in-arms now made his subordinate, can he redeem his reputation?
Subjects: Sea fiction.; Historical fiction.; Kydd, Thomas (Fictitious character); Seafaring life; Ocean travel; Ships; Sailors;
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The stowaway : a young man's extraordinary adventure to Antarctica / by Shapiro, Laurie Gwen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-223) and index.The spectacular, true story of a scrappy teenager from New York's Lower East Side who stowed away on the Roaring Twenties' most remarkable feat of science and daring: an expedition to Antarctica. It was 1928: a time of illicit booze, of Gatsby and Babe Ruth, of freewheeling fun... The night before the expedition's flagship launched, Billy Gawronski--a skinny, first generation New York City high schooler desperate to escape a dreary future in the family upholstery business--jumped into the Hudson River and snuck aboard. Could he get away with it? From the grimy streets of New York's Lower East Side to the rowdy dance halls of sultry Francophone Tahiti, all the way to Antarctica's blinding white and deadly freeze, Laurie Gwen Shapiro's The Stowaway takes you on the unforgettable voyage of a gutsy young stowaway who became an international celebrity, a mascot for an up-by-your bootstraps age.
Subjects: Travel writing.; Biographies.; Gawronski, Billy, 1910-1981; Adventure and adventurers; Ocean travel; Stowaways; Teenage boys;
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The Mitford trial / by Fellowes, Jessica,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A timeless murder mystery with the fascinating, glamorous Mitford sisters at its heart, The Mitford Trial is the fourth installment in the Mitford Murders series from Jessica Fellowes, inspired by a real-life murder in a story full of intrigue, affairs and betrayal ..."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Mosley, Diana, 1910-2003; Mitford family; Aristocracy (Social class); Ocean travel;
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A marriage at sea : a true story of love, obsession, and shipwreck / by Elmhirst, Sophie,author.;
"The electrifying true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea: a mind-blowing tale of obsession, survival, and partnership stretched to its limits. Maurice and Maralyn make an odd couple. He's a loner, awkward and obsessive; she's charismatic and ambitious. But they share a horror of wasting their lives. And they dream -- as we all dream -- of running away from it all. What if they quit their jobs, sold their house, bought a boat, and sailed away? Most of us begin and end with the daydream. But Maurice began to study nautical navigation. Maralyn made detailed lists of provisions. And in June 1972, they set sail. For nearly a year all went well, until deep in the Pacific, a breaching whale knocked a hole in their boat and it sank beneath the waves. What ensues is a jaw-dropping fight to survive on the wild ocean, with little hope of rescue. Alone together for months in a tiny rubber raft, starving and exhausted, Maurice and Maralyn have to find not only ways to stay alive but ways to get along, as their inner demons emerge and their marriage is put to the greatest of tests. Although they could run away from the world, they can't run away from themselves. Taut, propulsive, and dazzling, A Marriage at Sea pairs adrenaline-fueled high seas adventure with a gutting love story that asks why we love difficult people, and who we become under the most extreme conditions imaginable"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Bailey, Maralyn; Bailey, Maurice; Adventure and adventurers; Married people; Shipwreck survival; Shipwreck victims; Shipwrecks; Voyages and travels.;
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Ready to come about : a memoir / by Williams, Sue,1956 October 26-author.;
"Three hundred nautical miles from shore, I'm cold and sick and afraid. I pray for reprieve. I long for solid ground. And I can't help but ask myself, What the hell was I thinking? When Sue Williams set sail for the North Atlantic, it wasn't a mid-life crisis. She had no affinity for the sea. And she didn't have an adventure-seeking bone in her body. In the wake of a perfect storm of personal events, it suddenly became clear: her sons were adults now; they needed freedom to figure things out for themselves; she had to get out of their way. And it was now or never for her husband, David, to realize his dream to cross an ocean, so she'd go too. Ready to Come About is the story of a mother's improbable adventure on the high seas and her profound journey within, through which she grew to believe that there is no gift more precious than the liberty to chart one's own course, and that risk is a good thing ... sometimes, at least."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Williams, Sue, 1956 October 26-; Adventure and adventurers; Boats and boating; North Atlantic Ocean; Sailors; Transatlantic voyages.;
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Crossfire / by Smith, Wilbur A.,author.; Churchill, David,1959-author.;
1943. The tide of the Second World War is turning. The Russian victory at Stalingrad, the bloodiest battle in history has opened the door for the Allies. Now, they must strike decisively at the heart of Hitler's Reich. But military success cannot be guaranteed without total secrecy. Special Operations Executive, Saffron Courtney, is sailing from the west coast of Scotland to New York on the Queen Mary. Her mission, to identify the mole in the British Embassy in Washington, DC before Churchill and Roosevelt begin the talks that will determine British and American military strategy in the wake of the Russian victory. Haunted by the ghosts of her previous mission in the Low Countries, and with dangerous agents on her tail, Saffron must find the spy who could derail the Allied advance. Time is running out. Will Saffron complete her mission? Or will she succumb to the shadows of her past?
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Alliances; Courtney family (Fictitious characters); Moles (Spies); Ocean travel; Undercover operations; Women intelligence officers; World War, 1939-1945;
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Life of Pi [videorecording] / by Tabu,1970 Nov. 4-; Belur, Gautam.; Danna, Mychael.; Depardieu, Gérard,1948-; Hussain, Adil.; Khan, Irrfan,1962-; Lee, Ang,1954-; Martel, Yann.Life of Pi.Videorecording.; Sharma, Suraj,1994-; Spall, Rafe,1983-; Tandon, Ayush.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.;
Camera, Claudio Miranda ; editor, Tim Squyres ; production designer, David Gropman ; music, Mychael Danna.Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Rafe Spall, Gérard Depardieu, Gautam Belur, Ayush Tandon.Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 ; widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Martel, Yann.; Bengal tiger; Feature films.; Human-animal relationships; Ocean travel; Orphans; Shipwreck survival; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Zoo animals;
© c2013., Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,
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Moana. [videorecording] / by Cravalho, Auli'i,2000-voice actor.; Derrick, David G.,1978-film director.; Fraser, Awhimai,voice actor.; Hand, Jason,film director.; House, Rachel,voice actor.; Johnson, Dwayne,1972-voice actor.; Matafeo, Rose,1992-voice actor.; Miller, Dana Ledoux,film director,screenwriter.; Morrison, Temuera,voice actor.; Scherzinger, Nicole,1978-voice actor.; Tudyk, Alan,voice actor.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Walt Disney Animation Studios,production company.;
Voices: Auli'i Cravalho, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Alan Tudyk, Rachel House, Nicole Scherzinger, Temuera Morrison, Rose Matafeo, Awhimai Fraser.An epic animated musical takes audiences on an expansive new voyage with Moana, Maui and a brand-new crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her way-finding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she's ever faced.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Children's films.; Musical films.; Comedy films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; Māui (Polynesian deity); Moana (Fictitious character); Adventure and adventurers; Gods, Polynesian; Ocean travel; Polynesians; Women heroes; Quests (Expeditions); Women adventurers; Women explorers;
For private home use only.
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The outlaw ocean : journeys across the last untamed frontier / by Urbina, Ian,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and with no clear international authority, the oceans have become the setting for rampant criminality--from human trafficking and slavery to environmental crimes and piracy. Now, in The Outlaw Ocean, Ian Urbina--prize-winning reporter for The New York Times--gives us a galvanizing account of the several years he spent exploring and investigating the high seas, the industries that make use of it, and the people who make their--often criminal--living on it. He traveled on fishing boats and freighters, visited port towns and hidden outposts. He witnessed both environmental vigilantes and transgressors in action, and faced a near-mutiny aboard a police ship conveying him to a meeting point miles from the coast. He describes pursuing employment agencies and shipowners to hold them accountable for labor abuses, and traveling with a maritime repo man. Combining high drama, an investigative reporter's eye for detail, and a commitment to social justice, The Outlaw Ocean is both a gripping adventure story and a stunning exposé of some of the most disturbing realities that lie behind fishing, shipping, and, by turn, the entire global economy"--
Subjects: Travel writing.; Urbina, Ian; Fisheries; Law of the sea.; Oceania.;
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I cheerfully refuse : a novel / by Enger, Leif,author.;
"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate and illiterate people, a malignant billionaire ruling class, crumbled infrastructure and a lawless society. Amidst the Gulliver-like challenges of life at sea and no safe landings, Rainy is lifted by physical beauty, surprising humor, generous strangers, and an unexpected companion in a young girl who comes aboard. And as his innate guileless nature begins to make an inadvertent rebel of him, Rainy's private quest for the love of his life grows into something wider and wilder, sweeping up friends and foes alike in his strengthening wake."--
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Novels.; Boats and boating; Grief; Love; Missing persons; Musicians; Ocean travel; Oligarchy; Quests (Expeditions); Sailing;
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