ship captains

Presents two novels by English writer Joseph Conrad, including "Heart of Darkness, " a story that exposes the European exploitation of Africa, and "The Secret Sharer" which describes the conflict of a captain torn between his duty to his ship and his loyalty to a young officer.

Anne Elliot, persuaded by family and friends that the charming and handsome Frederick Wentworth is not worthy of her regard, questions her decision to send him away until he returns seven years later, his circumstances much improved.

Juan Cabrillo, captain of the spy ship "Oregon" make a very dangerous living working for high-powered Western interests; however, their most recent clients are Japanese shipping magnates who are being threatened by pirates roaming the waters of Southeast Asia.

Juan Cabrillo takes on two of the most dangerous nations on Earth to help a man of peace return to his home.

Fernanda Capel, a Yorkshire sea captain obtains a magical key that will open the door to the fabled Atlantis and all the secrets that it holds for him.

The dragon Temeraire, after learning his captain Laurence has been sentenced to death for treason, leads other uncaptained dragons of Britain's Aerial Corp into battle during the Napoleonic War and eventually reunites with his commander and demands freedom, pay, and a voice in the war counsel for dragons.

Presents a comprehensive graphic novel in which Army Shanks is on a mission to find the mystical island known as "Far Arden." Army will need to cope with circus performers, undergraduates, and the Royal Canadian Arctic Navy to achieve his lofty goal.

Captain Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the "Oregon," while searching for a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle, make a shocking discovery that leads to further revelations involving a Chinese curse hundreds of years old.

Captain Ahab's determination to find and kill the great white whale becomes an obsession driving him to disaster.

Humphrey Van Weyden, having endured weeks of brutality at the hands of Captain Wolf Larsen, decides to take desperate measures to save himself and rest of the crew aboard the "Ghost.".