Sailing Ship Adventure

This book is a collection of Jack London's short stories about his experiences sailing and seal hunting in the Pacific Ocean during the late 1800s. An additional adventure looks at life along the Sacramento River. A special section describes the different types of sailing vessels, and a glossary helps the listener understand nautical terms.

A fun, exciting read somewhere between Joe Abercrombie and Terry Pratchett. Winner of the Literary Titan Book Award for Epic Fantasy. Winner of the International Firebird Book Award. Winner of the Global Book Award. The island kingdom of Ironbay is under siege from Estovia’s warships. Can a street urchin and a tiny band of royal marines break the siege and free Ironbay, or will Estovia’s oppressive, power hungry tyrant, Emperor Solokov, crush their Ironborn home? Ironborn is fast paced, epic fantasy with heart. You’ll laugh out loud, you’ll cry, and you’ll be on the edge of your ...

True accounts of disaster and near disaster by sailing ship men and Masters in the age of sail. Many are a moving account of the hardship and the risks inherent in moving large and unwieldy sailing ships around all the key ports of the world. Told in the main with straightforward no nonsense prose, and highlighting the dangers and uncertainties that were accepted by those engaged in trading under sail, and the families of the Masters in many cases. Shipwreck or worse was common, but the best of the Masters remained afloat for a long and fascinating career, aided by a generous dose of luck, ...

Commodore Isaac Donland has fought the sea and the enemy both — but never at the same time, until now. Fresh from an Atlantic crossing, Captain Isaac Donland barely has time to embrace his wife and daughter before the Admiralty summons him to London. Within days he is given a broad pendant and a small squadron — his own sixty-four gun Hampshire, a frigate, and two sloops — with orders to strangle the flow of timber, iron, and guns feeding the French shipyards at Lorient. What begins as a patrol soon becomes something far more dangerous. A cutting-out expedition ends in bloody retreat....

Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Mummy in Vengeance of the Pirate Queen, a new standalone YA fantasy romance, set in the world of Tricia Levenseller's Daughter of the Pirate King. As an assassin working for the pirate queen, 18-year-old Sorinda is surprised when Alosa’s next task for her is...

The nineteenth novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Captain Kydd series. 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...

All Kyle wanted to do was fish in the English Channel and love his country. Circumstances keep pushing him farther and farther away. Can a war in 1812 help bring him home?

Tales of adventures on the high seas captivate both sailors and those who stand on the shore and gaze out across the oceans. In this original collection of sea stories, edited by veteran writer Dick Durham, the gamut of human experience is mirrored in a world of tragic shipwrecks and sea monsters, epic races and brave rescues, tall ships and tiny dinghies.

Chloe Locke is a dedicated gamer. In 2038 a new game is coming out called Guardian Meta. The game claims to have created full-body immersion VR pods that will allow players to live continuously in the game for weeks and even months at a time. The producers of the game offer Chloe and her entire party complimentary pods. An offer all five of them leap at. The only reason Chloe can’t stay in the game is her job. She doesn’t need her job, so she quits in a spectacular that just might save the forensic accounting firm she worked for. Now free of all obligations, she can stay full-time, but ...

'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' - Guardian 1808. With the Peninsula in turmoil, Napoleon Bonaparte signs a treaty to dismember Portugal and put his brother, Joseph, on the throne of Spain. Meanwhile, Nicholas Renzi, the Lord Farndon...

What can one Taino boy do against a man determined to conquer an empire?Horses, sailing ships, Mayans and conquistadors... Unbroken has been hailed as “a great read for all ages!” Felipe Ferrer's young life is turned upside down when Hernan Cortes rides into the Ferrer stable yard. Cortes, planning his expedition to Mexico, is in desperate need of horses. When Felipe’s father refuses to sell his prize stallion, Majesty, Cortes cheats him out of the horse and sends Ferrer to prison. To save Felipe from the same fate his father arranges for the boy to go along with Cortes as Majesty’s...

In this seminal story of naval life during the Napoleonic wars, Frederick Marryat's young hero embarks upon a life at sea and finds it to be a rough school indeed. Simple's trials and triumphs, with his faithful mentor, Terence O'Brien, at his side, mirror Marryat's personal experiences. Among the exciting events depicted are the hand-to-hand combat of "cutting-out" missions, the devastating hurricane off St. Pierre, and a mutiny aboard the Rattlesnake.

Round the world voyages back in the 1950's when the stay in exotic and not so exotic ports could be weeks or even months. The voyages detail trips ashore and events at sea way back when it was the sun and stars that guided progress. THe ships still had wood decks, and open rails, and life was not so frenetic as today. The Captains were still 'God' in their little world, and not harangued from Head Office on a minute by minute bsis as happens today. The only communication was by the ' Sparkies' morse key, both of which have regretfully disappeared. The voyages which in this company were a ...

This is a novel for children aged about 8 to 14. It is a story about a young boy who was orphaned in 1857 and becomes a cabin boy on an American Merchant sailing ship. His first voyage is a trip from Providence, Rhode Island to Monterey, California. It is a long voyage that requires sailing between Cape Horn at the tip of South America and the Antarctica Peninsula. The passage around Cape Horn is known by sailors to be a brutal stretch of ocean requiring expert seamanship. The round trip requires navigating around Cape Horn twice, which sailors know as Doubling the Horn. Young readers will ...

A historical fiction book set in the Atlantic Ocean during the late 19th century. Embark on a heart-pounding voyage across the turbulent Atlantic in "The Chancellor's Plight," a gripping tale of survival, desperation, and human resilience. This novel transports you to September 1869, aboard the merchant ship "Chancellor," as it sets sail from Charleston, South Carolina, to Liverpool, England, carrying a precious cargo of cotton and an unforgettable cast of passengers. What begins as a routine journey quickly spirals into chaos and terror as fate intervenes in unimaginable ways. As you delve...

With typical unfettered enthusiasm Deirdre embarks on the most challenging journey so far, encountering the very worst form of danger from man and from nature. But friends matter; and she will give her all for the sake of those she has come to love like family. Even in a city of millions a cheerful fair-haired teenager with an elegant accent is not inconspicuous. So the indefatigable heroine must put to sea once more, desperate to find freedom and a fresh start in the one place in which she expects to find sanctuary for a world-weary soul… so long as the Fates do not intervene. Deirdre, ...

When the space liner Solar Princess tears itself apart, retired shipwright Gus Cartwright escapes in a lifeboat—alone, without a working beacon, and hurtling toward an uncharted ocean world. His only link to his wife Carol is a one-way video channel that posts directly to YouTube. His only ally on the ground is Alyssa, an alien AI embedded in the most extraordinary ship he’s ever seen: a full-rigged galleon that is also, impossibly, a starship. But Alyssa refuses to fly. First, they must finish a yacht race that began twenty-eight thousand years ago—by sailing two thousand miles ...

"Winds of Fortune" is a historical fiction book set in New York during the early 20th century. Alluring with its layered narrative, it presents readers with an intricate mixture of personal rebellion, societal critique, and nail-biting adventure.The protagonist, Clement J. Restivo, is a resilient copyreader whose life witnesses a 180-degree turn, thanks to an unexpected inheritance of $500,000. Liberated from the stifling chains of his routine work, Restivo steps into a turbulent world, dominated by his determination and the whispers of his budding adventurous spirit. Setting & ContextThe ...

The Boy on the Beagle: Volume 2 – The Heart’s Compass by Anautimouse Set against the sweeping seas of the early 19th century, The Boy on the Beagle: Volume 2 continues the journey of young Simon Rook — the runaway who found a new life aboard the HMS Beagle. As the ship sails across uncharted oceans, Simon faces new challenges of loyalty, love, and self-discovery. Bonds forged in secrecy deepen, and hearts are tested in the quiet spaces between duty and desire. Amid storms, strange shores, and the watchful eyes of officers and scientists, Simon learns that courage is not only found in ...

Fresh off her victory over the pirates, Chloe orders her newly captured ship into port. Almost immediately upon entering Potterville Port, she begins to have suspicions about the harbormaster’s office. She and the local league office rep quickly find corruption within the office. After helping the office rep deal with that, she also develops suspicions about the harbormaster’s office being involved with the pirates. Before being able to begin being able to deal with that, Chloe and her party, along with the party her sister is in, are called back to the main league office and assigned ...