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Author
Series
Seven sisters volume 2
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
An Olympic yachting hopeful traces her heritage to Norway, following an intriguing clue left by her deceased father, which leads her to uncover the story of a woman linked one hundred years ago to the composer of "Peer Gynt," Edvard Grieg.
Author
Series
Publisher
Peachtree Publishing Company Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
45 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Meet Trim, a new ship's cat. Join Trim as he learns about: the parts of the ship, how to climb up--and down--the mast, and how to make friends with the crew. Trim wants to be the best ship's cat ever. Can he find the purr-fect way?
Author
Series
Black tide rising volume 2
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With human civilization annihilated by a biological zombie plague, a rag tag fleet of yachts and freighters known as Wolf Squadron scours the Atlantic, searching for survivors. Within every abandoned liner and carrier lurks a potential horde of zombies but also holds the flickering hope of survivors. Now Wolf Squadron must clear the assault carrier USS Iwo Jima of infected before the trapped Marines and sailors succumb to starvation"--
Author
Language
English
Description
A memoir by a USS Arizona survivor describes his experience with the attacks that left him with burns over more than sixty-five percent of his body. He details his resolve to re-enter service after a grueling recovery and his contributions to some of the Pacific's most violent battles.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
334p. 22cm.
Language
English
Description
It's the great age of fighting sail, when the seven seas are stalking grounds for prey and prize money…Aboard the crack frigate HMS Artemis, life can be invigorating-and short. Now a fully-fledged Jack Tar, Kydd sails into Portsmouth Harbour and a hero's welcome after a ferocious battle against the French. However his jubilation is cut short when a family matter threatens to take him from the life he has grown to love. But the sea beckons and Kydd...
8) Inferno
Author
Series
Kydd sea adventures volume 17
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
435 pages : 22 cm. map ;
Language
English
Description
"Napoleon Bonaparte's ambitions for world domination are growing apace, when Captain Sir Thomas Kydd returns to take up command of his ship Tyger, he finds himself called to be part of a great armada on a mission of the utmost urgency. Britain is alone and isolated in Europe. If the kingdom is to thwart a deadly threat she must move very quickly to secure her position with neutral Denmark. A desperate decision is made by the Cabinet. It sends a sea...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Trim is eager to be the best ship's cat ever. Everyone else on board seems so busy.
Captain Flinders is at the helm, steering the ship. Cook is in the galley, making nice, warm biscuits. Will is high in the crow's nest, painting the sea and the sky.
Trim wants to help too. Can he find the purr-fect way?
Author
Series
Thomas Kydd volume 5
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Physical Desc
320 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Thomas Kydd volume 9
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
318 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Thomas Kydd volume 8
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Thomas Kydd sea adventure volume 15
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
360 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Word has come from the British ambassador Arbuthnot that the neutral Turks are being wooed by the French and if the ancient city of Constantinople falls into their hands, Napoleon's route to India will be completely unfettered and his plans for world domination a reality. Concerned for his safety, Arbuthnot is demanding a large fleet presence to take him off and bring the Turks to their senses. Braving treacherous currents, unreliable winds, and...
Author
Series
Thomas Kydd volume 6
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Physical Desc
335 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
15) All is lost
Language
English
Description
An open-water thriller about 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...
Author
Series
Thomas Kydd volume 4
Publisher
Distributed to the trade by National Book Network
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
352 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
17) When a loose cannon flogs a dead horse there's the devil to pay: seafaring words in everyday speech
Author
Publisher
International Marine
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
x, 134 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
18) Kidnapped
Author
Language
English
Description
Kidnapped was published in 1886 amid one of the most productive periods of Robert Louis Stevenson's career. Although it was immediately met with popular success and critical acclaim, the novel was derided for decades as a story for children before being recognized as a major work of English literature.
Set in the aftermath of the Jacobite uprising of 1745, and full of a rich blend of English and Scots, Kidnapped is a powerful work with strong Scottish...
19) The Baltic prize
Author
Series
A Thomas Kydd novel volume 19
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
384 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
xiii, 399 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
More than the story of a single, savage engagement, Unsinkable traces the individual journeys of five men on one ship from Casablanca in North Africa, to Sicily and Salerno in Italy and then on to Plunkett defining moment at Anzio, where a dozen-odd German bombers bore down on the ship in an assault so savage, so prolonged, and so deadly that one Navy commander was hard-pressed to think of another destroyer that had endured what Plunkett had. After...