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While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate ...

A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale who defied capture.

As the sole survivor of a shipwreck, an Englishman lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island, surviving by his wits and accompanied only by his native ...

Captain Nemo and his somewhat reluctant cohorts have great undersea adventures in the high-tech submarine, the Nautilus.

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin form a friendship in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Life aboard a man-of-war in Nelson's navy is described.

In this powerful historical novel a thirteen-year-old boy is kidnapped and brought aboard a slave ship, where he is forced to play music that will entice the ...

Two of Conrads BEST-KNOWN worksin a single volume In this pair of literary voyages into the inner self, Joseph Conrad has written two of the most chilling, ...

Thirteen-year-old Sophie's journey across the vast ocean with her uncles and two cousins teaches her a great deal about herself and the family she loves.

Chapter II scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth's credit. He kept a summer cottage in ...

A white-haired German reached for a sandwich; and grunted between bites: "I know der breed.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea PART I CHAPTER IA SHIFTING REEF The year was signalized by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable ...

Interned in France where he was seeking refuge from creditors when Napoleon broke the Peace of Amiens, Captain Jack Aubrey must escape and return to England

Journeying to New York aboard the Titanic, Barry O'Neill resists leaving his grandparent's loving home to reunite with his parents and worries about the ...

After rescuing a friend from French torture chambers, Captain Aubrey attempts to save the British merchant fleet in the Indian Ocean

Juan Cabrillo, captain of the Oregon, and his crew of expert Navy and intelligence agents come up with a plan to return Tibet to the Dalai Lama by striking a ...

Having barely escaped with his life, Jonas must prove to the world that Meg still exists.

The author of the bestselling NUMA and Dirk Pitt series returns with an all-new novel of adventure and intrigue featuring his unbeatable hero of the high seas ...

Despite the hostile and often dangerous conditions on board the ship Seahawk, lone passenger Charlotte Doyle transforms herself from a powerless young girl to ...

Called the "Handsome Sailor" by the other sailors aboard the warship, Bellipotent, Billy Budd is admired by all men but Master-at-Arms Claggart, an envious man ...

When an ancient artifact with dangerous radioactive power is found in Greenland, Juan Cabrillo, the captain of The Oregon, and his spies find themselves between ...