The Mad Ship

Reducere. From the author of the Fall 2015 Disney movie The Finest Hours, the "thrilling and perfectly paced" (Booklist) story of the sinking and rescue of B...

Here, Peter Moore sets out to explore the different lives of this remarkable ship - from the acorn that grew into the oak that made her, to her ric...

Reducere. DescriptionFlashes in the Night captures the tragic story of the sinking of M/S Estonia in dark, cold Baltic waters on September 28, 1994. Caught i...

The battered hulk of a huge ship looms out of the stinging spray of a furious gale. Only one man, half-mad, remains aboard, working without sleep o...

Reducere. Determined to stake their claim on the dark waters, renegade Vampirates are expanding. But the Pirate Federation and the once-neutral Nocturnal Vam...

Reducere. The incredible true story of the last ship to carry enslaved people to America, the remarkable town its survivors founded after emancipation, and t...

Reducere. A ship of legend sails toward the very edge of the world in this fantasy saga. Many on Gor do not believe the great ship of Tersites, the lame, sco...

DescriptionWritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab and torn from the universe of the Shades of Magic sequence, this third volum...

Reducere. The fog released more of the ship. As he watched the bow slowly emerge, Stanton saw something that made his gut twist. "This can't be." Stanton sta...

Winner of the Casa de las Am�rica Prize for Brazilian Literature, The Story of Rufino reconstructs the lively biography of Rufino Jos� Maria, set a...

'Hobb is a remarkable storyteller' GUARDIAN The second volume in this superb trilogy from the author of The Farseer trilogy continues the dramatic ...

Off the coast of Somalia a battered, old freighter is boarded by pirates whose sights are set on a hefty ransom. But these pirates have made a mist...

Reducere. On the night of April 14, 1912, as it made its first voyage, the luxury steamship Titanic struck an iceberg. Then, a few hours after midnight on Ap...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the disasters *Includes a bibliography for further reading "The appearance of safety was mistaken for safe...

The first great British aero-engine manufacturer Sunbeam made a vital contribution to victory in the First World War. Fitted to the first aircraft ...

Reducere. "A love story as passionate and intelligent as it is beautiful."- Alta Hensley, USA TODAY bestselling authorI've seen the way he looks at me.The Ca...

"A truly extraordinary saga . . . The characterizations are consistently superb, and Hobb] animates everything with love for and knowledge of the s...

Reducere. How do you maintain discipline on a ship when someone murders your first lieutenant-and a part of you agrees with their action? December 1796. It w...

Reducere. Oh no! The Goliath has wrecked in a storm. First the crew has to be rescued, then the ship has to be made safe, refloated, and winched off the rock...

Reducere. This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preserva...

By the author of Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force. From the moment when the launching of HMS Dreadnought made every ca...

Reducere. The riveting story of the slave ship Whydah, captured by pirates and later sunk in a fierce storm off the coast of Massachusetts, energizes this la...

Reducere. "A fascinating historical account...A snapshot of the American Dream culminating with this country's mid-century greatness" (The Wall Street Journa...

WINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE ``I devoured Act of War the way I did Flyboys, Flags of Our Fathers and Lost in Shang...

Reducere. Describes the events of the 1914 Shackleton Antarctic expedition when, after being trapped in a frozen sea for nine months, the expedition ship, th...

A gothic and playful take on fairy tale elements. A young woman sets out for the forest, finding herself before long on a journey taking in a well ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mike ShepherdThe victory parades are over and half the fleet is back in mothballs. The Navies better start getting them bac...

The Nautical Laundry is in peril at sea! The dastardly Archibald Snatcher has seized control of the ship and made himself captain. Anyone who cross...

Reducere. Protestant sermons used theTitanic to condemn the budding consumer society ("We know the end of . . . the undisturbed sensualists. As they sail the...

DescriptionFrom master storyteller Patricia Polacco comes the tragic and beautiful story inspired by Wallace Hartley--the musician who played with ...

Reducere. Daddy is a sailor in the United States Navy. Learn the words Daddy knows about his ship and his mates. Join Ollie the Octopus and travel with Daddy...

DescriptionStar Trek Shipyards is a series of lavishly illustrated books that provide in-universe profiles of Star Trek ships, building into the ul...

DescriptionDiscover the history of Phippsburg, Maine, where the English initially attempted to settle and the first European ship in the New World ...

Wellfleet is among the most picturesque villages on Cape Cod. Its rich history weaves a tale of sailors and boatbuilders, travelers and artists, an...

More than 50 years since her maiden crossing to New York, the 'Queen Elizabeth 2', remains an icon in the cruise and maritime industries. Wherever ...

DescriptionThe French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars encompassed a period when rival European fleets vied for naval supremacy, and naval tactics...

Reducere. By the author of Grounded: The Case for Abolishing the United States Air Force "Farley deploys an incisive and brutally direct style" --Warships: I...

In the thrilling second book in a series best described as Alien meets The Darkest Minds, Kenzie and her friends find themselves on the run and up ...

Reducere. Thanksgiving is almost HereIt's time for Mrs. Madoff's class to put on the Thanksgiving play. Charlie is the ship called the Mayflower, Sarah is a ...

Reducere. In a world where infants with magical powers are torn from their parents to be raised exclusively by the mysterious and powerful Danisoba, Kestrel ...

Reducere. The summer of 1975 promised excitement and adventure for twin brothers and college students Mike and Mark, working aboard the greatest ship on the ...

Fifteen-year-old Carter Ellen Key has lived her entire life on the waves, traveling across oceans on the merchant ship known as the Adventurer, a s...

Reducere. The Good Shepherd was described as one of the best novels of 1955. In it, C.S. Forester departs from the age-of-sail Hornblower genre that made him...

Reducere. In the deepest reaches of space, on a ship that no longer exists, six travelers stare into the abyss . . . and the abyss stares back. Man has final...

Reducere. Ahoy, mateysSet sail for fun and adventure on a pirate ship full of puppies. Fighting like cats and dogs? ExactlyThe puppy pirates played a prank o...

Reducere. "Top Secret" mystery missions, many without other ships in support, were becoming uncomfortably familiar for the crew of the USS Nashville CL43. It...

Reducere. Award NameBoston Globe-Horn Book AwardsAward categoryNonfictionDescriptionIn a text that mirrors their language and thoughts, Marcia Sewall has mas...

Reducere. In May 1607, English settlers stepped off their ship in North America. They were about to start the first permanent English settlement in North Ame...

Reducere. In May 1607, English settlers stepped off their ship in North America. They were about to start the first permanent English settlement in North Ame...

Reducere. 035When Count Dracula departs Transylvania on a Russian ship, crew members begin to mysteriously disappear. After the ship docks, and more people a...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: MR George AdamskiWhat has happened to George Adamski since he wrote the famous incidents in Flying Saucers Have Landed? Sin...

Reducere. Myths! Lies! Secrets! Smash the stories behind famous moments in history and expose the hidden truth. Perfect for fans of I Survived and Nathan Hal...

Myths Lies Secrets Smash the stories behind famous moments in history and expose the hidden truth. Perfect for fans of I Survived and Nathan Hale's...

Suspended high above a dying Earth at Space Station Delta, the light ship Altares readies to launch for mankind's first intergalactic mission to th...

Reducere. The start of a swashbuckling adventure from New York Times bestselling author Margaret Weis and Robert Krammes set in the land of the exciting Drag...

Explains in graphic manner how to build a small 1/16th scale model of the American privateer schooner Prince de Neufchatel. She was one of a class ...

Reducere. Farewell to the Master is Harry Bates science fiction story written first published in 1940. It provided the basis of the noted 1951 film The Day t...

There's a tiny little rocket that will take you to the stars.It only flies there once a year but zips you out past Mars.Its fins are solid silver w...

Reducere. He had been born on a mad, impossible world Sun-blasted by day, cold-wracked by night-his was a life condensed by radiation into eight days Sim eye...

Reducere. 1. God Bless The Child (From Original Soundtrack "Enron")2. Son of a preacher man (From Original Soundtrack "Enron")3. That Old Black Magic (From O...

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DescriptionCaptain Woodfield made 20 seasonal voyages to the Antarctic on three research ships between 1955 and 1974. Starting as a Junior Deck Off...

Reducere. Juan Cabrillo and his crew aboard the Oregon take on modern-day pirates for a surprising new client in this novel in the #1 New York Times-bestsell...

Reducere. Bestselling author Melody Carlson (more than 5 million books sold) continues her Homeward on the Oregon Trail series with this second romantic adve...

Reducere. Doctor Dolittle's Post Office (1920) is a children's fantasy novel by Hugh Lofting. The novel is the third in a series of fifteen books featuring D...

Reducere. The USS Texas was built when dreadnought battleships were kings of the seas. It was the world s most powerful battleship when first commissioned in...

"An amusing combination of comical cat story and science fiction for the youngest fans, made even more amusing by the artist's interpretation of a ...

Laser-sharp zingers and out-of-this-world puns pile up at an astronomical pace in this zero gravitas sci-fi spoof from the author of Witches Be Cra...

DescriptionForget the hype and the sexy headlines, this is where you'll make your fortune. In this revealing new book Jamie Waller, entrepreneur an...

Reducere. If Adamski and the six companions who swore an affidavit to his Space Man encounter are not trying to pull off a gigantic hoax, then this is quite ...