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“sten nadolny”

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  • The Discovery of Slowness

    by Sten Nadolny ...
    Translated by Ralph Freedman ...
    An extraordinary literary journey of Sir John Franklin, a man dedicated to continually pushing boundaries and making history.German novelist Sten Nadolny recounts the life of the nineteenth-century British explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847). The reader follows Franklin's development from awkward schoolboy and ridiculed teenager to expedition leader, governor of Tasmania, and icon of adventure. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Joy of Sorcery

    by Sten Nadolny ...
    "An exuberant fantasy . . . a daring book."―Der Spiegel"In Sten Nadolny’s masterful The Joy of Sorcery, magic, love, and family illuminate a tragic time in world history...Quirky, well-drawn characters inhabit a believable world that’s rich with possibilities...This book should be savored. Each letter to Mathilda is a tasty buffet of wise, whimsical insights into the richness of human experiences. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    by Brian Lavery ...
    What was it really like to be at sea in the Navy with Nelson? Were the sailors excited about the Battle of Trafalgar, or suffering scurvy? How did life compare between those of a high range, and those who served them? What were conditions like below the decks, living among the rats and the filth? How did you cope if you suffered from sea sickness? This book takes you back in time to see, hear, ... Read more

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  • The Wild Frontier

    More Tales from the Remarkable Past

    by Pierre Berton ...
    Canada’s wild frontier—a land unsettled and unknown, a land of appalling obstacles and haunting beauty—comes to life through seven remarkable individuals, including John Jewitt, the young British seaman who became a slave to the Nootka Indians; Dr. Wilfred Grenfell, the eccentric missionary; Sam Steele, the most famous of all Mounted Policemen; and Isaac Jorges, the 17th-century priest who courted ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Astounding Sea Stories

    Fifteen Ripping Good Tales

    Edited by Tom McCarthy ...
    Stories that will entertain, inform, and inspire.Few people would want to test their mettle in an ice-encrusted boat with Ernest Shackleton, or search for the Northwest Passage with Franklin’s doomed crew, or watch their mates being beheaded by angry pirates like Daniel Collins. But it’s quite another thing to read these true accounts while settled into a favorite chair. Here are stoic and hardy ... Read more

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  • The Fortune of War

    by Patrick O'Brian ...
    Series Book 6 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels
    "A marvelously full-flavored, engrossing book, which towers over its current rivals in the genre like a three-decker over a ship's longboat." —Times Literary SupplementCaptain Jack Aubrey arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the British Navy. He and his friend, surgeon Stephen Maturin, take passage for England in a ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • 21

    The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey

    by Patrick O'Brian, Richard Snow ...
    Series Book 21 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels
    The final, partial installment of the Aubrey/Maturin series in a beautiful new package.Patrick O’Brian’s Blue at the Mizzen—novel #20 in the widely celebrated Aubrey/Maturin series—ended with Jack Aubrey getting the news, in Chile, of his elevation to flag rank: rear admiral of the Blue Squadron, with orders to sail to the South Africa station. The next novel, unfinished and untitled at the time ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Shipwrecked!

    Deadly Adventures and Disasters at Sea

    by Evan L. Balkan ...
    For readers who relish the image of clinging to a sinking makeshift raft while fighting off sword-wielding and delirious mutineers wrenching the last cask of water from a sailor's sun-scorched hands (while sharks circle in famished anticipation), Shipwrecked! Adventures and Disasters at Sea is an irresistible read. A heady voyage through human suffering at the hands of unforgiving oceans, cruel ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Shipwrecks, Monsters, and Mysteries of the Great Lakes

    by Ed Butts ...
    In 1679, a French ship called the Griffon left Green Bay on Lake Michigan, bound for Niagara with a cargo of furs. Neither the Griffon nor the five-man crew was ever seen again. Though the Griffon’s fate remains a mystery, its disappearance was probably the result of the first shipwreck on a Great Lake.Since then, more than six thousand vessels, large and small, have met tragic ends on the Great ... Read more

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  • The Last of the Beothuk

    A Canadian Tragedy

    by Barbara Whitby ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    The arrival of Europeans in the New World forever changed the fate of the Beothuk. As more settlers arrived, the Beothuk were forced inland. They were tracked, abducted, and even murdered. Their plight was epitomized by the tragic story of Shanawdithit - the last of the Beothuk. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Cold Edge of Heaven

    by Whit Fraser ...
    Set in 1924 at a desolate police outpost on Devon Island in Canada’s far north, this is a story of murder, mystery, and love—intensified by a clash of cultures between Inuit guides and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers who live and work alongside them. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Three Sheets to the Wind

    by Adam Courtenay ...
    How a motley crew of merchant seamen walked 600 miles to save 7000 gallons of rumBy the bestselling author of The Ship That Never WasWhen, in 1796, Calcutta-based Scottish merchants Campbell & Clark dispatched an Indian ship hurriedly renamed the Sydney Cove to the colony of New South Wales, they were hoping to make their fortune. The ship's speculative cargo was comprised of all kinds of goods to ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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