sailors

Powerful tale of innocence victimized by harsh reality on the high seas.

The constellations come to life in this imaginative fantasy adventure debut.

Aircraft carriers are some of the most amazing military machines in the world. Learn about the mechanisms and uses of aircraft carriers.

When Anderson and his friends discover a trunk full of old military memorabilia, the ghost of a World War II sailor visits them, asking for help to solve a seventy-year old mystery.

"Provides ... accounts of Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines servicemen and servicewomen who showed exceptional courage during combat"--Provided by publisher.

"The tale of an old salty sailor who swallows a krill which makes him ill, and who cures his terrible bellyache by eating each animal in the sea, one after another"--OCLC.

Captain Elijah Twain rescues a mermaid from the Hudson River and nurses her back to health in the secrecy of his cabin, while the owner of the steamboat Twain captains, Lafayette, harbors secrets of his own. Meanwhile, reclusive author C.G. Beaverton publishes a new book that may hold answers for both men.

At age fifty-nine, Harold Snow knows that death is creeping closer than ever, and his new post as boatswain aboard a decrepit tanker carrying a lethal cargo of chemicals tests his courage and endurance as he embarks on a dangerous quest to steal a black-market fortune.

Chronicles the life of Tristan Jones, one of the most successful sailing writers of the twentieth century, discussing his childhood in Liverpool, his years in the Royal Navy, his love of sailing, his battle with alcohol, his writing career, and other related topics.