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Men Against the Sea
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Mutiny on the Bounty
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Michael Carman
- Duración: 22 h y 32 m
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The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave.
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5 out of 5 stars
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You don't know the whole story.
- De Justin Sluyter en 05-01-19
De: Peter FitzSimons
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Treasure Island
- De: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 7 h y 18 m
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Young Jim Hawkins quiet life as the son of an innkeeper changes when an ancient sailor takes up lodging at the inn. When the old man dies without paying his bill, Jim must search the sailor's one possession, a large sea-chest, for payment. He finds a map that is the key to a fortune. This commences a Caribbean treasure hunt, with pirate Long John Silver only steps behind!
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4 out of 5 stars
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Truly a pleasure to listen too.
- De Richard en 09-04-03
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Typee
- A Peep at Polynesian Life
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 11 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 78
Herman Melville is one of the greatest figures in literary history. His classic Moby Dick is generally considered the finest novel ever written by an American. Yet in Melville’s day, Typee was a far more popular book. Largely autobiographical, this classic adventure story is set in the South Seas, where a runaway sailor is captured by the Typees. Described as “a fierce and unrelenting tribe of savages," the islanders have no intention of letting their captive go.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Peeping Typee is Tapu; Reading Typee is Noa!
- De Darwin8u en 04-21-14
De: Herman Melville
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Jules Verne Collection
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in 80 Days and The Mysterious Island
- De: Jules Verne
- Narrado por: Jim D. Johnston
- Duración: 43 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 154
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From the pen of one of the literary world’s finest explorers of the imagination, these classic tales of fantastical habitats and intrepid adventurers delve deep into every mysterious corner of planet Earth. Whether you’ve adventured with Verne before or are only just setting off on your maiden voyage, this collection encompasses the most extraordinary adventures the father of science fiction has to offer.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Classics, But Hours of Scientific Exposition.
- De Sarah en 05-02-21
De: Jules Verne
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The Sea Wolf
- De: Jack London
- Narrado por: Will Patton
- Duración: 6 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Jack London worshiped strong and virtuous heroes, and his stories give great weight to the inevitable triumph of good over evil. His telling of the adventures of Humphrey van Weydon in The Sea Wolf is in keeping with this theme of moral man. His powerful and gripping saga of van Weydon's capture by a seal-hunting ship and the ensuing tangles with its dreaded captain, Wolf Larsen, makes this a classic American tale of peril and victory.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I won the lottery!
- De Bill en 08-11-17
De: Jack London
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Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex
- Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex (Original News Stories of Whale Attacks & Cannibals)
- De: Owen Chase, Thomas Nickerson
- Narrado por: Paul J. McSorley
- Duración: 4 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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In one of the most spellbinding accounts of men who go down to the sea in ships, the modern listener is given a seat in the whale boat of Owen Chase as he and his fellow crew and their captain make way in three boats after the wreckage of the Whaleship Essex. The account of how the Essex was wrecked inspired the infamous book Moby Dick and countless movies, including In the Heart of the Sea.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent telling of the true story
- De Vicki Goodwin en 03-03-16
De: Owen Chase, y otros
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Batavia
- De: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrado por: Richard Aspel
- Duración: 17 h
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 516
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The story begins in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, laden down with the greatest treasure to leave Holland. The magnificent ship is already boiling over with a mutinous plot that is just about to break into the open when, just off the coast of Western Australia, it strikes an unseen reef in the middle of the night. While Commandeur Francisco Pelsaert decides to take the longboat across 2,000 miles of open sea for help, his second-in-command Jeronimus Cornelisz takes over....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Disaster, Mutiny, Murder, Survival
- De Todd en 02-07-13
De: Peter FitzSimons
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His Majesty's Dragon
- Temeraire, Book 1
- De: Naomi Novik
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,740
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,696
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,696
When HMS Reliant captures a French frigate and seizes its precious cargo - an unhatched dragon egg - fate sweeps Captain Will Laurence from his seafaring life into an uncertain future and an unexpected kinship with a most extraordinary creature. Thrust into the rarified world of the Aerial Corps as master of the dragon Temeraire, he will face a crash course in the daring tactics of airborne battle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent AU period fantasy
- De Melanie en 07-08-10
De: Naomi Novik
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Under Enemy Colors
- De: S. Thomas Russell
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 611
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At the time of the French Revolution, one of Britain's most skillful naval officers, Charles Saunders Hayden, is a young lieutenant, the son of an English father and a French mother. His abilities and his loyalty to the king of England are beyond dispute, yet his career seems doomed by his "mixed" heritage and lack of political connections. Consequently, Hayden is assigned to an aging frigate, the Themis, under the command of Captain Josiah Hart, a man known as "Faint Hart" throughout the service.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect for first timer
- De Blackmac en 08-07-08
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Billy Budd
- De: Herman Melville
- Narrado por: Peter Joyce
- Duración: 3 h y 54 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 57
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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On one level...Melville’s tale is an historical adventure telling the story of life aboard ship shortly after the mutiny at Spithead in 1797. Billy is taken from a homeward bound merchantman to serve on the ‘Seventy Four’ HMS Indomitable. He falls foul of Claggart, the ‘Master at Arms’, and the final confrontation results in death. Billy becomes an unwilling martyr - what passes for justice must be implemented because of the rebellious climate of the time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well done, a pleasure to listen to!
- De Kindle Customer en 10-17-18
De: Herman Melville
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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
- De: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrado por: Jamie Hanes
- Duración: 6 h y 37 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym is a realistic yet romantic nautical adventure about a young stowaway on the high seas. One day in 1827, Arthur Gordon Pym escapes his dreary life in New Bedford and hides on the Grampus, where he befriends the captain's son, Augustus. The two boys witness and participate in a dazzling series of adventures, including shipwreck, famine, rescue, and voyages all over the world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good but...
- De Marco Berry en 11-17-15
De: Edgar Allan Poe
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Mr Midshipman Hornblower
- De: C. S. Forester
- Narrado por: Christian Rodska
- Duración: 8 h y 18 m
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Shaking off this label, a shy and lonely 17-year-old, Horatio Hornblower, embarks on a memorable career in Nelson's navy on HMS Justinian. In action, adventure, and battle he is forged into one of the most formidable junior officers in the service.
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5 out of 5 stars
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First rate historical fiction
- De Jason en 04-30-17
De: C. S. Forester
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (AmazonClassics Edition)
- De: Jules Verne, Frederick Amadeus Malleson - translator
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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A sixteenth-century cryptogram spurs modern geologist Otto Liedenbrock to embark on the most remarkable human quest ever taken. With his nephew and guide, he leads the descent from a dormant Icelandic volcano into the unexplored realm beneath their feet. There, a vast subterranean ocean, prehistoric creatures, and natural phenomena are but a few of the wonders hidden from all but the boldest eyes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Vernian Jouney
- De Andreea Marin en 11-29-17
De: Jules Verne, y otros
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The Mutiny of the Elsinore
- De: Jack London
- Narrado por: John Bolen
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 54
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Life has lost its savor for Mr. Pathurst. New York, fame, women, the arts, have all become tedious. Searching for excitement, he books passage on a cargo vessel sailing from Baltimore to Seattle on a route that travels around the treacherous Cape Horn.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Just can't listen
- De Michael en 06-25-05
De: Jack London
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Sacred Hunger
- De: Barry Unsworth
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 22 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 176
In this Booker Prize-winning work, Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son, who needs a fortune because he is in love with an upper-class woman; and his nephew, who sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved. The voyage meets its demise when disease spreads among the slaves and the captain's drastic response provokes a mutiny.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wise, Perceptive, Heart-breaking
- De S. Coldsmith en 04-16-16
De: Barry Unsworth
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Sailing Alone Around the World
- De: Joshua Slocum
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 7 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 202
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Joshua Slocum was believed to be the first man to sail single-handed around the world. After a distinguished career, where he worked his way up from cabin boy to captain, Joshua Slocum wrecked his ship off the coast of Brazil. Turning this catastrophe to his advantage, he built a sailing canoe from the wreckage and sailed back to New York. Moreover, he wrote Voyage of the Liberdad, a chronicle of his trip, and earned some literary success.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A REMARKABLE MAN
- De Rod en 05-03-06
De: Joshua Slocum
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Men Against the Sea
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- Arne Erickson
- 07-18-23
A Great Sea Story
Full of sailor dialogue, interesting observations, and well told and skillfully narrated. This is the second time I read this book and I enjoyed it both times.
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- Veronica K. Frangos
- 12-02-22
Men against the sea
Is a very interesting story it shows a lot about the culture during this era. However I still don’t like the racism.
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