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Author
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 18
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Captain Alan Lewrie of the Royal Navy is ordered to head to Cuba and Spanish Florida to search for French and Spanish privateers who have been preying on British merchantmen and discover if the privateers have been getting aid from the Americans.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Aboard the Pequod, seventeen-year-old Ishmael arrives on the planet Cretacea to hunt down great ocean-dwelling beasts to harvest and send back to the resource-depleted Earth. But the ship's captain, Ahab, who lost his leg to the Great Terrafin years ago, is obsessed with hunting down the beast. The classic tale of Moby Dick as set in the future.
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 20
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The year 1807 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie. His frigate HMS Reliant has a new captain, he's living at his father's estate at Anglesgreen among spiteful neighbors and family and he's recovering from a wound suffered in the South Atlantic. At last, there's a bright spot. When fit, Admiralty awards him a new commission. Lewrie's ordered to Gibraltar but Foreign Office Secret Branch's spies and manipulators have use for him again.
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 22
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Dewey Lambdin is the reigning master of maritime fiction, celebrated as the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester. For over twenty years, his devoted fans have followed the adventures of Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, from his days as a midshipmen to captain of his own ship and, though on somewhat dubious grounds, a baronetcy. 1809 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, and his ship, HMS Sapphire. They've extracted the sick, cold survivors of...
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 24
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
To attack Napoleon's army in Italy, Captain Sir Alan Lewrie relies on the help of a Sicilian underworld boss and Calabrian partisans, but after his reinforcements arrive, his success is threatened by powerful enemies from his past.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"The roguish, yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's ... idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa ..., steals his ship the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal, kidnapping the governor's daughter, Elizabeth. ... In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner ... joins forces with Jack. What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has doomed...
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Series
Language
English
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The fourth of the Aubrey/Maturin series opens with Captain Jack Aubrey gloomily ashore on half-pay until Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a commodore's pennant. Once there he is to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La Reunion. But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains: Lord Clonfert, a pleasure-seeking...
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 23
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Dewey Lambdin is the reigning master of maritime fiction, celebrated as the heir to Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forester. For over twenty years, his devoted fans have followed the adventures of Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, from his days as a midshipman to captain of his own ship and, though on somewhat dubious grounds, a baronetcy. Summer, 1809, and Captain Alan Lewrie, RN, wins fame, glory, and prize-money leading his squadron to victory over four French...
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Language
English
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Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend, surgeon Stephen Maturin, sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy--and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the undermanned, outgunned Leopard sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic, where, in mountainous seas, the Dutchman closes...
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English
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After Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa rescue Captain Jack Sparrow, who is trapped in Davy Jones' Locker, they must face their foes. Lord Cutler Beckett, now has control of Jones' heart and forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng, together. The Pirate Lords...
73) Persuasion
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Jane Austen's final novel is her most mature and wickedly satirical. It follows the story of Anne Elliott, a teenager engaged to a seemingly ideal man, Frederick Wentworth. But after being persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that he is too poor to be a suitable match, Anne ends their engagement. When they are reacquainted eight years later, their circumstances are transformed: Frederick is returning triumphantly from the Napoleonic War, while Anne's...
Author
Series
Journals of Matthew Quinton volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Having sunk the first man-of-war under his command within weeks, Matthew Quinton is determined to complete his second mission without loss of life or honor. His suspicion grows that the previous captain of the "Jupiter" was murdered and many among his crew have something to hide.
Author
Series
Temeraire volume 6
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A dazzling blend of military history, high-flying fantasy, and edge-of-your-seat adventure, Naomi Novik’s Temeraire novels, set in an alternate Napoleonic era in which intelligent dragons have been harnessed as weapons of war, are more than just perennial bestsellers—they are a worldwide phenomenon. Now, in Tongues of Serpents, Naomi Novik is back, along with the dragon Temeraire and his rider and friend, Capt. Will Laurence. Convicted of treason...
80) The Sea Hawk
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A dashing, patriotic pirate raids Spanish ships for England, and finds himself drawn into a conspiracy.
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