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Harriet Theresa Comstock - Janet of the Dunes

Known primarily for her children's books, Harriet T. Comstock would occasionally depart from that genre and showcase her writing talent in adult prose as well. Janet of the Dunes is one such departure wherein she...

Roger Melin 7 hours 37 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

527

William Clark Russell - Frozen Pirate

Sailing adventure with storms, icebergs, shipwrecks, treasure, and the reawakening of a pirate frozen in suspended animation for nearly fifty years (Summary by P. Cunningham)

Patti Cunningham and 5 more 11 hours 39 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

476

Wilkie Collins - Frozen Deep

The Frozen Deep is a story of a love triangle between Clara, Frank and Richard, spiced up with dangerous expeditions, mysterious visions and life-threatening circumstances. The end is as surprising and unexpected as...

Diana Majlinger 3 hours 6 minutes

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Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

Action & Adventure Fiction

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Herman Melville - Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas

Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is Herman Melville's sequel to Typee , and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leaving Nuku Hiva, the main character ships aboard a whaling vessel which...

TriciaG 11 hours 31 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

556

Herman Melville - Benito Cereno

On an island off the coast of Chile, Captain Amaso Delano, sailing an American sealer, sees the San Dominick, a Spanish slave ship, in obvious distress. Capt. Delano boards the San Dominick, providing needed...

Nullifidian and 5 more 3 hours 53 minutes

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Francis Marion Crawford - Man Overboard

Peculiar happenings aboard the schooner Helen B. Jackson when one night during a storm, the small crew found themselves diminished by one. Somebody had gone overboard, and it was surmised that it was one of the twin...

Roger Melin 1 hour 46 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Samuel Merwin - Merry Anne

This 1904 maritime adventure is set in the Great Lakes region, upon water and in wood. Our hero is caught in a smuggling scheme and may lose his boat and his sweetheart. With a fast pace and interesting plot, the...

Betsie Bush 6 hours 55 minutes

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Thornton Jenkins Hains - Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship 'Pirate'

This is the tale of a perilous voyage aboard a clipper ship told by the second mate. He looks up to Trunnell, the first mate, who somehow manages to hold things together between a murdering former captain, a captain...

Mark F. Smith 6 hours 36 minutes

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Captain Charles Johnson - General History of the Pyrates

A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most notorious Pyrates is a 1724 book containing biographies of contemporary pirates. It's author uses the name Captain Charles Johnson, generally considered a...

Barry Eads and 10 more 12 hours 47 minutes

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Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora

Nautical & Marine Fiction

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George Hamilton - Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora

George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty mutineers and bring them back to England for trial. The commander, Captain...

Roy Schreiber 2 hours 54 minutes

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Life, Adventures & Piracies of Captain Singleton

Nautical & Marine Fiction

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Daniel Defoe - Life, Adventures & Piracies of Captain Singleton

The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a «bipartite adventure story whose first half covers a traversal of Africa, and whose second half taps into the contemporary fascination with piracy....

Denny Sayers 13 hours 24 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Howard Pyle - Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates

Swashbuckling tales of legendary pirates, buccaneers, and marooners, terrors of the Spanish Main.(Summary by Epistomolus)

Epistomolus and 4 more 8 hours 12 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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