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Billy Budd, sailor

an inside narrative
1962

A battle won

2010
After being tasked with taking HMS Themis into battle against the French for the strategically located island of Corsica, Master and Commander Charles Hayden soon must land his ship on Corsica, where his men join forces with native insurgents.

Heart of darkness

and, The secret sharer
2008
Presents two novels by Joseph Conrad, "Heart of Darkness", in which Marlow experiences the depths of moral depravity as he travels through a dangerous jungle, and "The Secret Sharer", which recounts a young sea captain's first command through the Gulf of Siam, where he must face the demons of his unconscious mind.

Moby-Dick, or, The whale

2004
Presents Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick" about Captain Ahab's obsession with finding and killing the great white whale that took off his leg.

Pirates of the Caribbean

2007
Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from the land of the dead and set out to call together the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe in order to stand against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.

Moby Dick

2009
Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick" written in graphic novel format about a sea captain intent upon killing the great white whale.

Pirates of the Caribbean #3: At World's End

2007
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 want to release the goddess Calypso, Davy Jones's damned lover, from the trap they sent her. The Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. All pirates will stand together and make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.

The apocalypse troll

1999
Captain Richard Aston thinks he can have a relaxing vacation as he sails across the Atlantic, but when he rescues a woman who claims to be an alien from the future, he finds himself involved in an interstellar war that threatens to destroy Earth and the future of the universe.

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