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The island of Doctor Moreau / by Wells, H. G.(Herbert George),1866-1946,author.; Atwood, Margaret,1939-writer of introduction.; McLean, Steven,1973-writer of supplementary textual content.; Parrinder, Patrick,1944-editor.;
Includes bibliographical references.Dr. Moreau, a scientist, finds an isolated island that gives him the freedom to create hideous creatures with manlike intelligence.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Novels.; Classics; Literary; Animal experimentation; Castaways; Islands; Shipwreck survival; Survival;
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The disappeared [videorecording] / by Campbell, William,1959-; Doucette, Ryan.; Downey, Brian,1944-; Mitchell, Shandi.; Movie Central (Firm); Movie Network.; Telefilm Canada.;
Billy Campbell, Ryan Doucette, Brian Downey.The surviving crew of a sunken fishing boat avoids a watery death in the North Atlantic by escaping in a pair of barges, and attempts to row for shore while battling hunger, thirst, exhaustion, and injury. With their energy fading fast and no rescue in sight, the exhausted sailors soon realize that their greatest adversary may not be ocean that threatens to swallow them up, but the paralyzing fear of never seeing their loved ones again.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fishers; Seafaring life; Shipwreck survival; Shipwrecks; Survival at sea;
© c2014., Two Dories Film, Inc.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Surviving Savannah / by Callahan, Patti,author.; Henry, Patti Callahan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."It was called "The Titanic of the South." The luxury steamship sank in 1838 with Savannah's elite on board; through time, their fates were forgotten--until the wreck was found, and now their story is finally being told in this breathtaking novel from theNew York Times bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis. When Savannah history professor Everly Winthrop is asked to guest-curate a new museum collection focusing on artifacts recovered from the steamship Pulaski, she's shocked. The ship sank after a boiler explosion in 1838, and the wreckage was just discovered, 180 years later. Everly can't resist the opportunity to try to solve some of the mysteries and myths surrounding the devastating night of its sinking. Everly's research leads her to the astounding history of a family of eleven who boarded the Pulaski together, and the extraordinary stories of two women from this family: a known survivor, Augusta Longstreet, and her niece, Lilly Dawson, who was never found, along with her child. These aristocratic women were part of Savannah's society, but when the ship exploded, each was faced with difficult and heartbreaking decisions. This is a moving and powerful exploration of what women will do to endure in the face of tragedy, the role fate plays, and themyriad ways we survive the surviving"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Steamboats; Shipwrecks; Shipwreck survival; College teachers; Women;
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Adrift : a true story of love, loss, and survival at sea / by Ashcraft, Tami Oldham,1960-author.; McGearhart, Susea,author.; revision of:Ashcraft, Tami Oldham, 1960-Red sky in mourning.;
Subjects: Ashcraft, Tami Oldham, 1960-; Shipwrecks; Yachting accidents; Survival at sea.; Shipwreck survival.;
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Deadly voyage : RMS Titanic / by Brewster, Hugh.;
James Laidlaw, the last Canadian still alive from the Titanic, recalls his experiences aboard the ship as a fourteen-year-old returning home to Canada with his family.LSC
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Diary fiction.; Titanic (Steamship); Teenage boys; Shipwrecks; Shipwreck survival;
© c2011., Scholastic Canada,
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The wild robot / by Brown, Peter,1979-;
Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Adventure fiction.; Robots; Shipwreck survival; Animals; Friendship; Islands;
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Survival / by Korman, Gordon.;
"RL4, 008-012"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Castaways; Shipwreck survival; Islands; Shipwrecks;
© c2001., Scholastic,
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: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Graveyard of the Pacific : shipwreck and survival on America's deadliest waterway / by Sullivan, Randall,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A vivid portrait of the Columbia River Bar that combines maritime history, adventure journalism, and memoir, bringing alive the history--and present--of one of the most notorious stretches of water in the world. Off the coast of Oregon, the Columbia River flows into the Pacific Ocean and forms the Columbia River Bar: a watery collision so turbulent and deadly that it's nicknamed the Graveyard of the Pacific. Two thousand ships have been wrecked on the bar since the first European ship dared to try to cross it in the late eighteenth century. For decades ships continued to make the bar crossing with great peril, first with native guides and later with opportunistic newcomers, as Europeans settled in Washington and Oregon, displacing the natives and transforming the river into the hub of a booming region. Since then, the commercial importance of the Columbia River has only grown, and despite the construction of jetties on either side, the bar remains treacherous, even today a site of shipwrecks and dramatic rescues as well as power struggles between small fishermen, powerful shipowners, local communities in Washington and Oregon, the Coast Guard, and the Columbia River Bar Pilots--a small group of highly skilled navigators who help guide ships through the mouth of the Columbia. When Randall Sullivan and a friend set out to cross the bar in a two-man kayak, they're met with skepticism and concern. But on a clear day in July when the tides and weather seem right, they embark. As they plunge through the waves, Sullivan ponders the generations of sailors that made the crossing before him-including his own abusive father, a sailor himself who also once dared to cross the bar--and reflects on toxic masculinity, fatherhood, and what drives men to extremes. Rich with exhaustive research and propulsive narrative, Graveyard of the Pacific follows historical shipwrecks through the moment-by-moment details that often determined whether sailors would live or die, exposing the ways in which boats, sailors, and navigation have changed over the decades. As he makes his way across the bar, floating above the wrecks and across the same currents that have taken so many lives, Randall Sullivan faces the past, both in his own life and on the Columbia River Bar"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Sullivan, Randall.; Shipwrecks;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Making the moose out of life / by Oldland, Nicholas,1972-;
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Subjects: Moose; Animals; Sailing; Shipwreck survival; Friendship; Conduct of life;
© 2010., Kids Can Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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