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The Penguin Book of Pirates
- By: Katherine Howe
- Narrated by: Jaime Lamchick, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Jerome Harmann-Hardeman, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Spanning three centuries and eight thousand nautical miles, and compiled by a direct descendant of a sailor who waged war with pirates in the early nineteenth century, The Penguin Book of Pirates takes us behind the eye patches, the peg legs, and the skull and crossbones of the Jolly Roger and into the no-man’s-land of piracy that is rife with paradoxes and plot twists.
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The Penguin Book of Pirates
- Narrated by: Jaime Lamchick, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Jerome Harmann-Hardeman, Katherine Howe
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 30-04-24
- Language: English
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Pirate Queens
- The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read
- By: Rebecca Alexandra Simon
- Narrated by: Rebecca Alexandra Simon
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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Between August and October 1720, two female pirates named Anne Bonny and Mary Read terrorized the Caribbean in and around Jamaica. Despite their short career, they became two of the most notorious pirates during the height of the eighteenth-century Golden Age of Piracy. In a world dominated by men, they became infamous for their bravery, cruelty and unwavering determination to escape the social constraints placed on women during that time.
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Pirate Queens
- The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read
- Narrated by: Rebecca Alexandra Simon
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 07-02-23
- Language: English
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Dark Descent
- By: Kevin F. McMurray
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
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On May 29, 1914, after a collision in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Empress of Ireland sank in minutes, taking 1,012 passengers and crew to their deaths. The disaster shocked the world but then was forgotten with the torpedoing of the Lusitania and the engulfing cataclysm of World War I. Now, in Dark Descent, acclaimed author and diver Kevin McMurray revives the story of this forgotten maritime catastrophe.
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Dark Descent
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 03-08-21
- Language: English
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The Ghost Ships of Archangel
- The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis
- By: William Geroux
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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On the fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic separated from their decimated convoy to head further north into the ice field of the North Pole, seeking safety from Nazi bombers and U-boats in the perilous white maze of ice floes, growlers, and giant bergs. Despite the risks, they had a better chance of survival than the rest of Convoy PQ-17, a fleet of 35 cargo ships carrying $1 billion worth of war supplies to the Soviet port of Archangel - the limited help Roosevelt and Churchill extended to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to maintain their fragile alliance.
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Misdirected Convoy
- By Jack Harrison on 29-07-24
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The Ghost Ships of Archangel
- The Arctic Voyage That Defied the Nazis
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 14-05-19
- Language: English
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Superstitions of the Sea
- A Digest of Beliefs, Customs, and Mystery
- By: James G. Clary
- Narrated by: John Rayment
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Jim Clary presents a compelling and riveting digest of beliefs, customs, and mystery in Superstitions of the Sea. Clary focuses on the vast array of strange, mythical, and often comical beliefs of mariners from ancient times to the present. Collecting the various topics for years, Clary found that maritime superstition was weaved throughout every fabric of his study. The folklore was so interesting that it often lured him far away from his subject search and held him spellbound for hours at a time.
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Surprising anyone ever sets foot on a ship.
- By Darren on 17-08-23
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Superstitions of the Sea
- A Digest of Beliefs, Customs, and Mystery
- Narrated by: John Rayment
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 27-08-15
- Language: English
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Saved at the Seawall
- Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift
- By: Jessica DuLong, Mitchell Zuckoff - foreword
- Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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Saved at the Seawall is the definitive history of the largest ever waterborne evacuation. Jessica DuLong reveals the dramatic story of how the New York Harbor maritime community heroically delivered stranded commuters, residents, and visitors out of harm's way. Even before the US Coast Guard called for "all available boats," tugs, ferries, dinner boats, and other vessels had sped to the rescue from points all across New York Harbor. In less than nine hours, captains and crews transported nearly half a million people from Manhattan.
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Another side to-9-11
- By Ian on 30-08-24
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Saved at the Seawall
- Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift
- Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 12-09-23
- Language: English
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Villains of All Nations
- Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
- By: Marcus Rediker
- Narrated by: Cornell Womack
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Villains of All Nations explores the "Golden Age" of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates.
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Villains of All Nations
- Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
- Narrated by: Cornell Womack
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 26-03-19
- Language: English
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Paradise in Chains
- The Bounty Mutiny and the Founding of Australia
- By: Diana Preston
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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Celebrated historian Diana Preston presents betrayals, escapes, and survival at sea in her account of the mutiny of the Bounty and the flight of convicts from the Australian penal colony. The story of the mutiny of the Bounty and William Bligh and his men's survival on the open ocean for 48 days and 3,618 miles has become the stuff of legend. But few realize that Bligh's escape across the seas was not the only open-boat journey in that era of British exploration and colonization.
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Hugely enjoyable
- By rezonville on 02-04-21
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Paradise in Chains
- The Bounty Mutiny and the Founding of Australia
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 07-11-17
- Language: English
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The Last Night on the Titanic
- Unsinkable Drinking, Dining, and Style
- By: Veronica Hinke
- Narrated by: Gary J. Chambers
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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April 14, 1912. It was an unforgettable night. In the last hours before the Titanic struck the iceberg, passengers in all classes were enjoying unprecedented luxuries. Innovations in food, drink, and décor made this voyage the apogee of Edwardian elegance. Veronica Hinke’s painstaking research and deft touch bring the Titanic’s tragic but eternally glamorous maiden voyage back to life. In addition to stirring accounts of individual tragedy and survival, The Last Night on the Titanic offers tried-and-true recipes, newly invented styles, and classic cocktails.
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Interesting look back into the Titanic
- By Elizabeth Frounks on 08-10-19
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The Last Night on the Titanic
- Unsinkable Drinking, Dining, and Style
- Narrated by: Gary J. Chambers
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 26-08-19
- Language: English
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Two Years Before the Mast
- By: Richard Henry Dana Jr.
- Narrated by: Robert G Slade
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
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Two Years Before the Mast is Richard Henry Dana Jr.’s captivating account of life as a common sailor on board a merchant ship in the early 1830s. Dana captures the cruel conditions on board the ship, the injustices of merchant seamen at the hands of brutally unforgiving captains, and the treacherous icy weather at Cape Horn. An iconic maritime memoir said to have influenced Herman Melville, Two Years Before the Mast remains one of America’s greatest and most vivid seafaring tales.
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Two Years Before the Mast
- Narrated by: Robert G Slade
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 11-02-22
- Language: English
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Collision Course
- The Classic Story of the Collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm
- By: Alvin Moscow
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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One of the largest, fastest, and most beautiful ships in the world, the Andrea Doria was en route to New York from Italy. Departing from the United States was the much smaller Stockholm. On the foggy night of July 25, 1956, 53 miles southeast of Nantucket, the Stockholm sliced through the Doria's steel hull. Within minutes, the sea was pouring into the Italian liner. Eleven hours later, she capsized and sank into the ocean.
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Collision Course
- The Classic Story of the Collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 06-12-16
- Language: English
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Herman Melville Collection
- Moby Dick, Bartleby the Scrivener and Sailor Billy Budd
- By: Herman Melville
- Narrated by: Tom Chandler
- Length: 29 hrs
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Are you ready to be engulfed in a world in which man battles with deep emotions of vengeance, the pressures of society, and passive resistance? Herman Melville’s descriptive style of storytelling captivates and thrills listeners as he deftly reveals the undertones and themes of racial conflict, truth, and social injustice.
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Pure Genius! Excellent Narration!
- By Amazon Customer on 13-09-23
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Herman Melville Collection
- Moby Dick, Bartleby the Scrivener and Sailor Billy Budd
- Narrated by: Tom Chandler
- Length: 29 hrs
- Release date: 20-01-21
- Language: English
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To Rule the Waves
- How Control of the World's Oceans Determines the Fate of the Superpowers
- By: Bruce Jones
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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For centuries, oceans were the chessboard on which empires battled for supremacy. But in the nuclear age, air power and missile systems dominated our worries about security, and for the United States, the economy was largely driven by domestic production, with trucking and railways that crisscrossed the continent serving as the primary modes of commercial transit.
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To Rule the Waves
- How Control of the World's Oceans Determines the Fate of the Superpowers
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 14-09-21
- Language: English
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Waves Across the South
- A New History of Revolution and Empire
- By: Sujit Sivasundaram
- Narrated by: Raj Ghatak
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
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After revolutions in America and France, a wave of tumult coursed the globe from 1790 to 1850. It was a moment of unprecedented change and violence especially for indigenous peoples. By 1850 vibrant public debate between colonised communities had exploded in port cities. Yet in the midst of all of this, Britain struck out by sea and established its supremacy over the Indian and Pacific Oceans, overtaking the French and Dutch as well as other rivals.
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Waves Across the South
- A New History of Revolution and Empire
- Narrated by: Raj Ghatak
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 20-08-20
- Language: English
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The Last Slave Ships
- New York and the End of the Middle Passage
- By: John Harris
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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A stunning behind-the-curtain look into the last years of the illegal transatlantic slave trade in the United States.
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The Last Slave Ships
- New York and the End of the Middle Passage
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 24-11-20
- Language: English
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The Titanic Sisters
- By: Patricia Falvey
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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Sisters Nora and Delia have been given the chance of a lifetime – to escape their poor Irish farm and travel on the Titanic to a new life in America. Nora is to become a treasured governess for a rich family, while Delia has only a lowly maid's position. But when disaster strikes, and Nora dies, a small misunderstanding leads to Delia taking Nora's place as governess. As Delia grows closer to her charge, and the girl's father, will she be able to reveal the truth to find a chance at happiness?
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The Titanic Sisters
- Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 08-01-20
- Language: English
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The Code of the Zombie Pirate
- How to Become an Undead Master of the High Seas
- By: Scott Kenemore
- Narrated by: Bernard Setaro Clark
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
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Yet another brilliant entry in Kenemore’s zombie canon - Cap’n Hook meets the undead. Set in the Caribbean of the eighteenth century, the epicenter of piracy, voodoo, and the dark arts, The Code of the Zombie Pirate reveals all the secrets to selecting, customizing, and managing a motley crew of pirates-cum-zombies.
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The Code of the Zombie Pirate
- How to Become an Undead Master of the High Seas
- Narrated by: Bernard Setaro Clark
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 08-02-13
- Language: English
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American Slavers
- Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644–1865
- By: Sean M. Kelley
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
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A total of 305,000 enslaved Africans arrived in the New World aboard American vessels over a span of two hundred years as American merchants and mariners sailed to Africa and to the Caribbean to acquire and sell captives. Using exhaustive archival research, including many collections that have never been used before, historian Sean M. Kelley argues that slave trading needs to be seen as integral to the larger story of American slavery.
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American Slavers
- Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644–1865
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 30-05-23
- Language: English
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Wrecked on a Reef
- Twenty Months among the Auckland Isles
- By: F.E. Raynal
- Narrated by: Charles Robert Fox
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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In December 1864, five men stood on the desolate shore of a subantarctic island watching their ship break apart in the waves and sunken rocks as they contemplated an uncertain fate, In the constant presence or icy rain and howling wind, the crew of the Grafton spent the next twenty months both enduring and leveraging the unforgiving elements of Auckland Island as they awaited a rescue ship that never arrived.
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Wrecked on a Reef
- Twenty Months among the Auckland Isles
- Narrated by: Charles Robert Fox
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 14-08-24
- Language: English
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A Wild Rough Lot
- Whaling and Sealing from the Moray Firth
- By: Malcolm Archibald
- Narrated by: Alan Roy
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
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The Moray Firth of Scotland has a fine maritime history. This audiobook introduces the nearly forgotten sealing and whaling industry of the 19th century. It includes ships, masters, men, and anecdotes from Fraserburgh and Banff, with a year-by-year breakdown of the industry. A recognized expert on the Scottish whaling industry, Malcolm Archibald has authored a number of books on the subject, including Whalehunters (Mercat Press, 2004), Ancestors in the Arctic (Black and White, 2013), and The Dundee Whaling Fleet (Dundee University Press, 2013).
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A Wild Rough Lot
- Whaling and Sealing from the Moray Firth
- Narrated by: Alan Roy
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 07-11-19
- Language: English
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