A heady mix of thrills, mystery, atmosphere and memorable characters, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson is a classic adventure story that has...
The book is semi-autobiographical and recounts the adventures of a refined youth among coarse and brutal sailors and the seedier areas of Liverpool. M...
In 1787, Lieutenant William Bligh set sail from England on the HMS Bounty to Tahiti to procure breadfruit trees to transport to the West Indies, to be...
It sometimes happens, when we are dispirited, that God's gracious gift of reviving comes to us along a very ordinary channel--in the form, perhaps, of...
Volume 2 begins as our hero winds up his story. But the question remains, what happened to the other boat? Hugh and Helga have been picked up by a sma...
At an age when he should, by rights, be embarking on a well-deserved and comfortable retirement, Captain Whalley, a sailor of the old school — and eve...
Terence, Jack, and Alick met as boys at a boarding school, and later entered the Navy together. While sailing with different ships, their paths have i...
This novel opens in 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars between England and France. A retired sailor, Captain Acton, reminisces about his time at sea now...
A Personal Record is an autobiographical work (or "fragment of biography") by Joseph Conrad, published in 1912.
It has also been published under the...
It tells the story of a sailor who must climb the rigging of a ship during a violent storm to save the main-truck, a piece of equipment that holds the...
The book recounts the thrilling journey of a group of sailors as they navigate the treacherous waters of the Amazon River and the perilous jungles tha...
It is an exciting collection of short stories that will captivate the imagination of young readers. This book offers a thrilling journey through tales...
Embark on a nautical adventure through the seas of language with "The Sailor's Word-book, D - G" by the illustrious William Henry Smyth. Dive into a t...
Stanton H. King was from Barbados and followed his brothers to sea at the age of twelve in 1880. He spent only twelve years at sea for reasons given i...
Two Years Before the Mast is a firsthand account of a young man's experiences as a sailor on a merchant ship in the 1830s. Richard Henry Dana Jr., a H...
The Magic Pudding is a classic Australian children's story about a magical pudding that never runs out, no matter how much is eaten. The story follows...
A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea is a classic British sea-song, written by Allan Cunningham, a Scottish poet and author. Though Cunningham was a landsman...
