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Deep Blue

Author : Nate Hardcastle
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560253136
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (531 download)

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Download or read book Deep Blue written by Nate Hardcastle and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep Blue is a book about things that go wrong at sea (and under the sea), and what happens when they do. It features the best writing from the literature of shipwrecks, nautical survival, and cannibalism as well as tales of submarine adventure including an excerpt from Peter Maas’s The Terrible Hours. In addition to such authors as Neil Hanson and Gary Kinder, Deep Blue includes classic writers like Melville, Conrad, and Crane, perennials such as Patrick O’Brian and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and far-flung, little-known surprises, from free divers in trouble to arctic explorers fatally marooned in the marshes of Siberia.

Last Man Off

Author : Matt Lewis
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0147515343
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Last Man Off written by Matt Lewis and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A sinister version of The Perfect Storm. Thrilling.”—Sunday Times (UK) For readers of The Perfect Storm, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, and Into the Wild There’s nothing that armchair adventure lovers relish more than a gripping true story of disaster and heroism, and Last Man Off delivers all that against a breathtaking backdrop of icebergs and killer whales. On June 6, 1998, twenty-three-year-old Matt Lewis had just started his dream job as a scientific observer aboard a deep-sea fishing boat in the waters off Antarctica. As the crew haul in the line for the day, a storm begins to brew. When the captain vanishes and they are forced to abandon ship, Lewis leads the escape onto three life rafts, where the battle for survival begins.

Adrift

Author : Steven Callahan
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547526563
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Adrift written by Steven Callahan and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2002-10-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before The Perfect Storm, before In the Heart of the Sea, Steven Callahan’s dramatic tale of survival at sea was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than thirty-six weeks. In some ways the model for the new wave of adventure books, Adrift is an undeniable seafaring classic, a riveting firsthand account by the only man known to have survived more than a month alone at sea, fighting for his life in an inflatable raft after his small sloop capsized only six days out. “Utterly absorbing” (Newsweek), Adrift is a must-have for any adventure library.

Island of the Lost

Author : Joan Druett
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1743439350
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Island of the Lost written by Joan Druett and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1864, five seamen from the wrecked schooner Grafton are stranded on an isolated speck of land some 300 miles south of New Zealand. Battling ferocious winds, relentless freezing rain and an impenetrable coastal forest, their chances of survival are slim. But under the leadership of Captain Thomas Musgrave, they miraculously cling to life for nearly two years before building a vessel and setting off on one of the most courageous sea voyages ever. Meanwhile, in May 1864, on the same island but twenty miles of impassable cliffs and chasms away, another ship is wrecked and nineteen men struggle ashore. This crew, however, succumbs to utter anarchy and only three remain to be rescued a year later. Using the survivors' journals, Joan Druett tells a gripping tale about leadership, endurance, and the fine line between order and chaos. 'Those yearning for a classic man vs. nature, triumph-over-terrible-odds story, get ready to set sail.' Paste, US 'Swashbuckling maritime history.' Kirkus Reviews 'One of the finest survival stories I've read.' Seattle Times

Shipwreck

Author : Jason Porterfield
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9781404210004
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Shipwreck written by Jason Porterfield and published by The Rosen Publishing Group. This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how people survived various shipwrecks, including the Essex, the Titanic, and the Endurance.

Survival: Shipwreck!

Author : Frieda Wishinsky
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
ISBN 13 : 1443146420
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Survival: Shipwreck! written by Frieda Wishinsky and published by Scholastic Canada. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From avalanches to shipwrecks, this brand-new fiction series hurtles its characters into dangerous situations, leaving them with only their wits and and courage to survive! At 1:55 AM on the morning of May 29, 1914, two young friends, Sarah and Albert stand on the deck of the Empress of Ireland, a ship sailing from Canada to Liverpool, England. But excitement soon turns to terror, as the friends feel a sharp jolt. The ship begins to tilt. People scream. Stewards order passengers to head for the lifeboats. It is a full-on nautical disaster, and only one question remains. Will they survive?

Sea Venture

Author : Kieran Doherty
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312354534
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (545 download)

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Download or read book Sea Venture written by Kieran Doherty and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher description

Skeletons on the Zahara

Author : Dean King
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0759509697
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book Skeletons on the Zahara written by Dean King and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2004-02-16 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: b.A masterpiece of historical adventure, ISkeletons on the Zahara The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub -- and its barren and ever-changing coastline has baffled sailors for centuries. In August 1815, the US brig Commerce was dashed against Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery and quick thinking the ship's captain, James Riley, managed to lead all of his crew to safety. What followed was an extraordinary and desperate battle for survival in the face of human hostility, starvation, dehydration, death and despair. Captured, robbed and enslaved, the sailors were dragged and driven through the desert by their new owners, who neither spoke their language nor cared for their plight. Reduced to drinking urine, flayed by the sun, crippled by walking miles across burning stones and sand and losing over half of their body weights, the sailors struggled to hold onto both their humanity and their sanity. To reach safety, they would have to overcome not only the desert but also the greed and anger of those who would keep them in captivity. From the cold waters of the Atlantic to the searing Saharan sands, from the heart of the desert to the heart of man, Skeletons on the Zahara is a spectacular odyssey through the extremes and a gripping account of courage, brotherhood, and survival.

On the Edge of Survival

Author : Spike Walker
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429989033
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book On the Edge of Survival written by Spike Walker and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author whose beloved books inspired the hit television show, The Deadliest Catch, comes a thrilling true adventure tale in the Alaskan seas A Malaysian cargo ship on its way from Seattle, Washington to China ran aground off the coast of western Alaska's Aleutian Islands on December 8, 2004 during a brutal storm, leading to one of the most incredible Coast Guard rescue missions of all time. Two Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopters lifted off immediately from Air Station Kodiak during the driving storm in an effort to rescue the ship's eighteen crew members before it broke apart and sank in the freezing waters. Nine of the crew were lifted from the ship and dropped aboard a nearby Coast Guard cutter. But during attempts to save the last eight crew members, one of the Jayhawks was engulfed by a rogue wave that broke over the bow of the ship. When its engines flamed out from ingesting water, the Jayhawk crashed into the sea. The seven crew members from the ship who had been hoisted into the aircraft, along with the chopper's three-man crew, plunged into the bitterly cold ocean where hypothermia began to set in immediately. Interviewing all the surviving participants of the disaster and given access to documents and photos, acclaimed author Spike Walker has once again crafted a white-knuckle read of survival and death in the unforgiving Alaskan waters.

Surviving the Essex

Author : David O. Dowling
Publisher : University Press of New England
ISBN 13 : 1611689422
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Surviving the Essex written by David O. Dowling and published by University Press of New England. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surviving the "Essex" tells the captivating story of a ship's crew battered by whale attack, broken by four months at sea, and forced - out of necessity - to make meals of their fellow survivors. Exploring the Rashomon-like Essex accounts that complicate and even contradict first mate Owen Chase's narrative, David O. Dowling examines the vital role of viewpoint in shaping how an event is remembered and delves into the ordeal's submerged history - the survivors' lives, ambitions, and motives, their pivotal actions during the desperate moments of the wreck itself, and their will to reconcile those actions in the short- and long-term aftermath of this storied event. Mother of all whale tales, Surviving the "Essex" acts as a sequel to Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea, while probing deeper into the nature of trauma and survival accounts, an extreme form of notoriety, and the impact that the story had on Herman Melville and the writing of Moby-Dick.

Shipwreck!

Author : Jake Maddox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781434214058
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Shipwreck! written by Jake Maddox and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When their whale-watching trip goes horribly wrong, Skylar, Gabby, and Miles find themselves on an inflatable raft in the middle of the ocean. Sharks circle, their water supply dwindles, and Gabby begins to hallucinate. Will they survive, or are they lost at sea forever?

Survival at Sea

Author : Bernard Robin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Survival at Sea written by Bernard Robin and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Four Against the Arctic

Author : David Roberts
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743272315
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Four Against the Arctic written by David Roberts and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-09-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1743, four stranded Russian sailors survived the next six years in the Arctic with no provisions. Making a bow and arrows from driftwood--since there are no trees there--they survived on reindeer meat until another ship blown off course rescued them.

South!

Author : Ernest Shackleton
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789506344
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (895 download)

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Download or read book South! written by Ernest Shackleton and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We had seen God in His splendours, heard the text that Nature renders. We had reached the naked soul of man." In 1914, Ernest Shackleton set out on an 1,800-mile trek across Antarctica. During the three-year expedition, his team overcame shipwreck, treacherous glaciers, and a bitterly hostile climate. They faced the elements on this icy continent with extraordinary determination, resourcefulness, and courage. This account by one of Britain's greatest explorers is at once thrilling, harrowing, and inspiring.

The Titanic Diaries

Author : Anthony Cunningham
Publisher : Silver Link Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781857942316
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book The Titanic Diaries written by Anthony Cunningham and published by Silver Link Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A childhood fascination of shipwrecks and a meeting with Millvina Dean, the youngest Titanic survivor, inspired the author to meet more survivors of both the titanic and other disasters. They are the people who tell the stories here - all tales of overcoming adversity and personal loss and living and moving on in the aftermath.

Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

Author : Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101911093
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor written by Gabriel García Márquez and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN eBOOK! In 1955, Garcia Marquez was working for El Espectador, a newspaper in Bogota, when in February of that year eight crew members of the Caldas, a Colombian destroyer, were washed overboard and disappeared. Ten days later one of them turned up, barely alive, on a deserted beach in northern Colombia. This book, which originally appeared as a series of newspaper articles, is Garcia Marquez's account of that sailor's ordeal. Translated by Randolf Hogan.

Lord of the Flies

Author : William Golding
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571290582
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Lord of the Flies written by William Golding and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance. First published in 1954, Lord of the Flies is one of the most celebrated and widely read of modern classics. Now fully revised and updated, this educational edition includes chapter summaries, comprehension questions, discussion points, classroom activities, a biographical profile of Golding, historical context relevant to the novel and an essay on Lord of the Flies by William Golding entitled 'Fable'. Aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 students, it also includes a section on literary theory for advanced or A-level students. The educational edition encourages original and independent thinking while guiding the student through the text - ideal for use in the classroom and at home.