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Sea Stories
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Various
Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirat…
Stories of Ships and the Sea
Read by William Tomcho
Jack London
Stories of Ships and the Sea brings together five captivating short stories by renowned author Jack London, celebrated for his vivid storyte…
The Sailor's Word-book
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William Henry Smyth
An encyclopaedia (a digest, the author calls it) of nautical terms and other words relevant to navigation, the character of seamen, this boo…
South Sea Tales
Read by Warren Kati
Jack London
The eight short stories that comprise South Sea Tales are powerful tales that vividly evoke the early 1900’s colonial South Pacific islands.…
The Sailor's Word-book
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William Henry Smyth
An encyclopaedia (a digest, the author calls it) of nautical terms and other words relevant to navigation, the character of seafarers, fish …
The Isle of Dead Ships
Read by Roger Melin
Crittenden Marriott
There is a floating island in the sea where no explorer has set foot, or, setting foot, has returned to tell of what he saw. Lying at our ve…
Toilers of the Sea
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Victor Hugo
Toilers of the Sea is a powerful tale of love and perseverance set against the backdrop of the unforgiving sea. Victor Hugo weaves a narrati…
The Ghost Ship
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John C. Hutcheson
This book intentionally veers in and out of the supernatural, as the title implies. The officers get more and more bewildered as they work o…
Wappin' Wharf
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Charles S. Brooks
We had hoped that our drama's scene might lie on a pirate ship at sea. We had wished for a swaying mast, full-set with canvas—a typhoon to s…
The Sea
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Frederick Whymper
Everything about the sea: history of ships, famous mariners and life on shipboard, adventure, shipwrecks and daring rescues. - Summary by K…
The Book of the Ocean
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Ernest Ingersoll
The Book of the Ocean is precisely what its title promises. It contains a rather broad overview of all topics connected to the ocean, such a…
The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'
Read by Jason Mills
William Hope Hodgson
Eighteenth-century sailors adrift in a lifeboat encounter strange lands and weird creatures in their search for home. A creepy tale of nauti…
The Three Midshipmen
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William Henry Giles Kingston and W. H. G. Kingston
This is the start of a series of four books following three friends through their career in the navy. Terence, Jack and Alick first meet at …
Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts
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Frank R. Stockton
Buccaneers and Pirates of our Coasts is a non-fiction, rollicking story of the origins of piracy and of the famous pirates of the coasts of …
The Mystery of the 'Ocean Star'
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William Clark Russell
The Mystery of the 'Ocean Star' invites listeners into a world of intrigue and adventure on the high seas. This collection of short stories …
Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy
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William James McGlothlin
A collection of true stories of the high seas, from the nineteenth century. Shipwrecks, mutiny, life and death decision-making -- all far fr…
Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship 'Pirate'
Read by Mark F. Smith
Thornton Jenkins Hains
This is the tale of a perilous voyage aboard a clipper ship told by the second mate. He looks up to Trunnell, the first mate, who somehow ma…
Mr. Midshipman Easy
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
Frederick Marryat
One of the first novel-length pieces of nautical fiction, MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY (1836) is a funny and easygoing account of the adventures of J…
The Ocean Waifs
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Thomas Mayne Reid
"The “vulture of the sea,” borne upon broad wing, and wandering over the wide Atlantic, suddenly suspends his flight to look down upon …
The Sailor's Word-book
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William Henry Smyth
A digest of sea terms and phrases, compiled with precision and humour for the instruction of sailors new and old, as well as their land-lubb…