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Encounter / by Luby, Brittany.; Goade, Michaela.;
Under the watchful eye of animals, two strangers from different lands meet in the year 1534.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Strangers; Indigenous peoples; Fishers; Sailors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dark Shores / by Jensen, Danielle L.;
Told from two viewpoints, Teriana, a sea captain's daughter, and Marcus, a soldier, are compelled by Celendor's tyrranical new ruler to undertake the conquest of the West. Includes glossary.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Sea stories.; Best friends; Sailors; Soldiers; Escapes; Betrayal; Secrecy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The cowboy meets his match / by Clare, Jessica.;
Single father Henry "Hank" Watson is a fresh transplant from Alaska to Painted Barrel, Wyoming. He doesn't want anything more from life than to put in a good day's work, then go home to his daughter, Libby. But when Libby needs some emergency work done on her curls thanks to a gum incident, Hank's out of his depth. He takes his daughter into town where he meets Becca, the local salon owner. Becca's still nursing a broken heart after her ex dangled marriage in front of her, then bailed a few days before the wedding. She's done with men...or so she thinks. When she meets Hank and his little girl, she realizes that they need her help with more than just hair. It's clear they both need a woman in their lives. Everyone in town thinks Hank is too gruff for someone as sweet as Becca. But what they don't realize is that he makes Becca feel loved. She can see a future with him and his adorable daughter...if they don't move back to Alaska.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Ranches; Man-woman relationships; Sailors; Love stories;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The sailing bible : the complete guide for all sailors from novice to expert / by Evans, Jeremy.; Manley, Pat.; Smith, Barrie,sailor.;
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Subjects: Sailing;
© 2009., Firefly Books,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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All the gallant men : an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor / by Stratton, Donald,author.; Gire, Ken,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Stratton, Donald.; United States. Navy; Arizona (Battleship); Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941; Sailors; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wild and distant seas : a novel / by Roberts, Tara Karr,author.;
"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 to glimpse and re-form the recent memories of those who would cast her out. One night, an idealistic sailor appears on her doorstep asking her to call him Ishmael. He seeks only a warm bed and a bowl of chowder, and yet suddenly, unsettlingly, her careful illusion begins to fracture. He soon sails away with Ahab to hunt an infamous white whale, and Evangeline is left to forge a new life from the pieces that remain"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Magic; Sailors; Whaling; Widows;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Maiden [videorecording] / by Holmes, Alex,film director,film producer,screenwriter.; Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
In 1989, the Whitbread Around the World Race was considered to be the most dangerous sailing competition on earth. When 26-year-old Tracy Edwards wanted to participate, she was met with resistance and sexism - no team would take her. Left with no other choice, she started an all-female crew, one who would not only take on the vast and foreboding ocean, but also the doubts and attacks from her male competitors and press. In this incredible true story, watch Edwards and her crew attempt to turn the impossible into reality as they take on fifty-foot waves, icebergs and all of the dangers of the great and powerful sea.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.MPAA rating: PG; for language, thematic elements, some suggestive content and brief smoking images.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Documentary films.; Nonfiction films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Edwards, Tracy.; Whitbread Round the World Race.; Sailboat racing; Women sailors;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Treachery / by Stockwin, Julian.;
Subjects: Sea stories.; Kydd, Thomas (Fictitious character); Sailors; Seafaring life;
© 2008., Hodder & Stoughton Ltd,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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All is lost [videorecording] / by Chandor, J. C.; Redford, Robert.; Lions Gate Films.;
Robert Redford.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 staring his mortality in the face.MPAA Rating: PG-13.DVD, widescreen presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital.
Subjects: Feature films.; Sailors; Shipwreck survival; Shipwrecks; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2014., Lionsgate,
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Storm the fortress : the Siege of Quebec / by Trottier, Maxine.;
Fourteen-year-old William Jenkins leaves his job as an inker in Halifax to join the crew of the Royal Navy warship Pembroke as it prepares to take part in the siege of the French stronghold of Quebec.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War stories.; Sea stories.; Teenage boys; Orphans; Sailors; Québec Campaign, 1759; Seven Years' War, 1756-1763;
© c2013., Scholastic Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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