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• Life of Pi

  a Novel

  Martel, Yann

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  After the sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a wounded zebra, an orangutan, and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger.

• The Caine Mutiny

  a Novel of World War II

  Wouk, Herman, 1915-2019

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  Pulitzer Prize-winning and a New York Times Bestseller, this World War II sea adventure set aboard a U.S. Navy ship explores the complexities and psychology of war.

• Master and Commander

  O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000,

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  Ardent, gregarious British naval officer Jack Aubrey is elated to be given his first appointment as commander: the fourteen-gun ship HMS Sophie. Meanwhile-after a heated first encounter that nearly comes to a duel-Aubrey and a brilliant but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter

  Pook, Lizzie,

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  A pearldiving boat captained by Eliza's eccentric father returns after months at sea without Eliza's father on it. Whispers from the townsfolk point to mutiny or murder. Headstrong Eliza knows it is up to her to discover who, or what, is really…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Whalefall

  a Novel

  Kraus, Daniel, 1975-

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  Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool's errand--to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Monastery Beach. He knows it's a long shot, but Jay feels it's the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea

  a Novel

  Chang-Eppig, Rita,

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  When Shek Yeung sees a Portuguese sailor slay her husband, a feared pirate, she knows she must act swiftly or die. Instead of mourning, Shek Yeung launches a new plan: immediately marrying her husband's second-in-command, and agreeing to bear him a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sail

  a Novel

  Patterson, James, 1947-

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  The Dunnes have set off on a ten-day boat trip, a trip that hopefully will bring them closer together, despite the father, Stuart staying behind on land. But only an hour into the trip they're already falling apart. The teenage daughter plans to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Migrations

  McConaghy, Charlotte,

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  Franny Stone has always been a wanderer. By following the ocean's tides and the birds that soar above, she can forget the losses that have haunted her life. But when the wild she so loves begins to disappear, Franny can no longer wander without a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sea Wife

  Gaige, Amity, 1972-

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  Juliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kids - Sybil, age seven, and George, age two -…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Danger on the Atlantic

  Neubauer, Erica Ruth, 1979-

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  For young American widow Jane Wunderly, there are worse fates than adventuring aboard a transatlantic liner with the only man who could change her mind about romance. Unfortunately, her first-class itinerary has an unexpected - and deadly - addition…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lost Ark Dreaming

  Okungbowa, Suyi Davies,

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  Off the coast of West Africa, decades after the dangerous rise of the Atlantic Ocean, the region's survivors live inside five partially submerged, kilometers-high towers created as a playground for the wealthy. Now the towers' most affluent rule…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sea-wolf

  London, Jack, 1876-1916

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  A1904 psychological adventure novel whose protagonist is a literary critic. He survives an ocean collision and comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him.

• A Long Petal of the Sea

  a Novel

  Allende, Isabel,

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  A pregnant young widow, finds her life irreversibly intertwined with an army doctor who is the brother of her deceased love. To survive the two must unite in a marriage neither of them wants, and together are sponsored by poet Pablo Neruda to embark…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Murder on the Spanish Seas

  Church, Wendy (Consultant),

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  Jesse O'Hara is profane, introverted, and not frequently sober - and has just lost another job. With nothing better to do, Jesse reluctantly accepts the gift of a luxury cruise around the Iberian Peninsula. She's not sure she can drink enough to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Sea of Troubles

  Leon, Donna,

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  On a beautiful spring morning on the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, a small boat moored at the docks suddenly explodes, killing two local clam fishermen. When it becomes clear that the fire was deliberately set,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sea Storm

  a Thriller

  Mayne, Andrew, 1973-

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  A distress call draws rescuers Sloan McPherson and the Underwater Investigation Unit to a cruise ship off the coast of Fort Lauderdale that’s sinking from a mysterious explosion. When it appears to be the work of an ecoterrorist and other ships are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mountain in the Sea

  Nayler, Ray,

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  Following a mysterious murder on an island off the coast of Vietnam, a research team convenes to study an octopus community that seems to be developing its own language and culture. Humans, AIs, and animals are swept up in the machinations of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Salt to the Sea

  a Novel

  Sepetys, Ruta,

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  World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia, and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom. When their paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, Joana, Emilia, and Florian find their strength, courage,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Betrayal

  Stockwin, Julian

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  Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Thomas Kydd's daring commander-in-chief Commodore Popham: South America's Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest. Rumors of a treasure hoard of Spanish silver spur him to assemble a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Restless Wave

  a Novel of the United Sates Navy

  Stavridis, James,

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  The first in a series of historical novels about the 20th century US Navy, centered around an American naval officer and his key relationships, professional and personal, set during WWII.