Fiction - Sea Stories

Following the hugely popular Treasury of Folklore: Seas and Rivers and Woodlands and Forests comes Treasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies, an exploration of the mysteries of the stars, skies, and heavens above. People have gazed up at the same stars for millennia, trading...

20,000 Leagues under the Sea ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details Ebook Number: 6538 Author: Verne, Jules Release Date: Sep 1, 2004 Format: eBook Language: English

"[T]hree men embark on an epic journey under the sea with the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard his submarine the Nautilus. Over the course of their fantastical voyage, they encounter the lost city of Atlantis, the South Pole and the corals of the Red Sea,...

"I am going to sink it.""You are not!""I am," he coldly replied. "Do not take it on yourself to judge me, monsieur." French naturalist Dr Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down a sea monster, but discovers instead the Nautilus, a self-contained world...

Typhoon [PG NOTE: The other stories usually included in this volume (Amy Foster, Falk: A Reminiscence, and To-morrow) being already available in the PG catalog, are not entered them here.] The main characteristic of this volume consists in this, that all the stories composing...

Under Sail"The longer I live" said Nichols from the darkness of his corner "the less of difference I see between the East and the West. I've been listening closely to you fellows. We are fond of saying that we don't understand the Oriental; but,...

Valtameren salaisuusEdgar Allan Poe syntyi tammikuun 19 p. 1809 Bostonissa Yhdysvalloissa. Hnen isns ja itins olivat nyttelijit, is suvultaan englantilais-irlantilaista lht. Vanhemmat olivat hyvin kyhi ja kuolivat aikaisin. Edgar oli keskiminen kolmesta sisaruksesta ja joutui varakkaan skotlantilaisen kauppiaan, John Allan'in ottopojaksi, saaden hnen mukaansa...

VanderdeckenGeorge was an orphan with guardians. Twenty-four years and five months of age, his property would not be decontrolled for another seven months when, on his twenty-fifth birthday, he would find himself the actual possessor of something over two million, five hundred thousand dollars....

The "heir to Clancy's throne" (The Real Book Spy) returns with his most compelling, explosive techno-thriller ever.Despite decades of treaties, military missions, and covert actions devoted to preventing it, Iran has finally assembled its first nuclear bomb and the U.S., with UN backing, has...

Vingt mille lieues sous les mersL'anne 1866 fut marque par un vnement bizarre, un phnomne inexpliqu et inexplicable que personne n'a sans doute oubli. Sans parler des rumeurs qui agitaient les populations des ports et surexcitaient l'esprit public l'intrieur des continents, les gens de...

"Written like a sea story should be written, with all the legendary action. A fascinating read." --Clive CusslerAcademy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman spins a cinematic tale of pirates, shipwrecks, and sea adventure. Co-written with Daniel Lenihan, one of America's leading authorities on shipwrecks and...

Walking Shadows: Sea Tales and OthersThe position of a light-house keeper, in a sea infested by submarines, is a peculiar one; but Peter Ramsay, keeper of the Hatchets' Light, had reasons for feeling that his lonely tower, six miles from the mainland, was the...

Wednesday the Tenth, A Tale of the South PacificOn the eighteenth day out from Sydney, we were cruising under the lee of Erromangaof course you know Erromanga, an isolated island between the New Hebrides and the Loyalty groupwhen suddenly our dusky Polynesian boy, Nassaline,...

Weird Fishes is an underwater tale of friendship against monstrous odds.When Ceph, a squid-like scientist, discovers proof of the ocean's slowing currents, she makes the dangerous ascent from her deep-sea civilization to the uncharted surface above. Out of her depths and helpless in her...

White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War Conceive him now in a man-of-war; with his letters of mart, well armed, victualed, and appointed, and see how he acquits himself. FULLERS Good Sea-Captain. NOTE. In the year 1843 I shipped as ordinary seaman on...

Wild Justice: Stories of the South SeasDeep in every heart there seems to be a longing for a more primitive existence; and though in practice it is often an illusion, the South Seas lend themselves better to such dreams than any other part of...

Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old SailorMy father, Eric Wetherholm, was a Shetlander. He was born in the Isle of Unst, the most northern of those far-off islands, the Shetlands. He loved his native land, though it might be said to be somewhat...

Williwaw: A NovelNO PART of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper or radio...

Within the CapesCERTAIN members of Captain Tom Grangers family have asked him, time and time again, why he did not sit down and write an account of those things which happened to him during a certain period of his life. These happenings, all agree,...

Wolves of the Sea - Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" Title: Wolves of the Sea Subtitle: Being a Tale of the Colonies from...