Narrow Search
Last searches

Results for *

Displaying results 1 to 12 of 12.

  1. Audacity, Privateer Out of Portsmouth
    Continuing the Account of the Life and Times of Geoffrey Frost, Mariner, of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, as Faithfully Translated from the Ming Tsun Chronicles and Diligently Compared with other Contemporary Histories
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  University Press of New England, Lebanon

    The second volume of the adventures of Geoffrey Frost more

    Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt / Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt
    No inter-library loan

     

    The second volume of the adventures of Geoffrey Frost

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781584653165
    Series: Hardscrabble Books-Fiction of New England
    Subjects: New Hampshire ; History ; Revolution, 1775-1783 ; Fiction; Portsmouth (N.H.) ; Fiction; Privateering ; Fiction; Sailors ; Fiction; United States ; History ; Revolution, 1775-1783 ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (313 p)
    Notes:

    Description based upon print version of record

    Cover; Title Page; I; I I; I I I; I V; V; V I; V I I; V I I I; I X; X; X I; X I I; X I I I; X I V; X V; X V I; X V I I; X V I I I; X I X; Historical Note;

  2. Nostromo
    A Tale of the Seaboard
    Published: 1917
    Publisher:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    Nostromo is a classic anti-hero, who lives in a fictitious mining village on the coast of a fictitious South American country. Many regard the imagined setting of the novel to be some of Conrad's finest work. The characters in the novel are also more... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
    No inter-library loan

     

    Nostromo is a classic anti-hero, who lives in a fictitious mining village on the coast of a fictitious South American country. Many regard the imagined setting of the novel to be some of Conrad's finest work. The characters in the novel are also more highly-developed than those of his other novels, and were inspired by a group of mental patients Conrad had met shortly before beginning the novel

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
    Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781775414414; 9781775566991
    Subjects: Revolutions ; Fiction; Sailors ; Fiction; Political fiction; Sea stories; Latin America ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (800 p.)
    Notes:

    Description based upon print version of record

    Title; Contents; Author's Note; PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MINE; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; PART SECOND THE ISABELS; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; PART THIRD THE LIGHTHOUSE; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen;

  3. Typee
    A Peep at Polynesian Life
    Published: 1892
    Publisher:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    Typee is a fictional, but heavily autobiographical book by Herman Melville. Based on his own three weeks as a captive on Nuku Hiva, Melville's protagonist spends four months trapped on the island. Melville also fleshed out the story with details... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
    No inter-library loan

     

    Typee is a fictional, but heavily autobiographical book by Herman Melville. Based on his own three weeks as a captive on Nuku Hiva, Melville's protagonist spends four months trapped on the island. Melville also fleshed out the story with details provided by contemporary explorers. The book was his most popular during his lifetime and provided significant groundwork for later tales of European and Pacific cultures meeting

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
    Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781775567639; 9781775410034
    Subjects: Indigenous peoples ; Fiction; Sailors ; Fiction; Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (539 p.)
    Notes:

    Description based upon print version of record

    Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction to the Edition of 1892; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty-One; Chapter Twenty-Two; Chapter Twenty-Three; Chapter Twenty-Four; Chapter Twenty-Five; Chapter Twenty-Six; Chapter Twenty-Seven; Chapter Twenty-Eight; Chapter Twenty-Nine; Chapter Thirty; Chapter Thirty-One

    Chapter Thirty-TwoChapter Thirty-Three; Chapter Thirty-Four; The Story of Toby; Endnotes;

  4. The Piazza Tales
    Published: 1856
    Publisher:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    The critically acclaimed author of that behemoth of nineteenth-century fiction, Moby-Dick, Herman Melville was also an accomplished short story writer whom critics say did much to advance the form. The Piazza Tales collects many of Melville's... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
    No inter-library loan

     

    The critically acclaimed author of that behemoth of nineteenth-century fiction, Moby-Dick, Herman Melville was also an accomplished short story writer whom critics say did much to advance the form. The Piazza Tales collects many of Melville's best-known short works, including "Bartleby the Scrivener" and "Benito Cereno.&quot

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
    Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781776512119; 9781775418115
    Subjects: Executions and executioners ; Fiction; Ship captains ; Fiction; Sailors ; Fiction; Impressment ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (350 p.)
    Notes:

    Description based upon print version of record

    Title; Contents; The Piazza; Bartleby, the Scrivener; Benito Cereno; The Lightning-Rod Man; The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles; The Bell-Tower; Endnotes;

  5. The Adventures of Roderick Random
    Published: 1753
    Publisher:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    Famed Scottish satirist Tobias Smollett effortlessly blends humor and adventure in The Adventures of Roderick Random. Based on Smollett's own experiences in the military and heavily influenced by Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, this book is a... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
    No inter-library loan

     

    Famed Scottish satirist Tobias Smollett effortlessly blends humor and adventure in The Adventures of Roderick Random. Based on Smollett's own experiences in the military and heavily influenced by Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, this book is a hilarious romp that takes the title character on a series of misadventures around the globe

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
    Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781776513185; 9781775418863
    Subjects: Scots ; England ; Fiction; Rogues and vagabonds ; Fiction; Impressment ; Fiction; Warships ; Fiction; Sailors ; Fiction; England ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (728 p.)
    Notes:

    Description based upon print version of record

    Title; Contents; The Author's Preface; Apologue; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Chapter XIV; Chapter XV; Chapter XVI; Chapter XVII; Chapter XVIII; Chapter XIX; Chapter XX; Chapter XXI; Chapter XXII; Chapter XXIII; Chapter XXIV; Chapter XXV; Chapter XXVI; Chapter XXVII; Chapter XXVIII; Chapter XXIX; Chapter XXX; Chapter XXXI; Chapter XXXII; Chapter XXXIII; Chapter XXXIV; Chapter XXXV; Chapter XXXVI; Chapter XXXVII; Chapter XXXVIII; Chapter XXXIX; Chapter XL

    Chapter XLIChapter XLII; Chapter XLIII; Chapter XLIV; Chapter XLV; Chapter XLVI; Chapter XLVII; Chapter XLVIII; Chapter XLIX; Chapter L; Chapter LI; Chapter LII; Chapter LIII; Chapter LIV; Chapter LV; Chapter LVI; Chapter LVII; Chapter LVIII; Chapter LIX; Chapter LX; Chapter LXI; Chapter LXII; Chapter LXIII; Chapter LXIV; Chapter LXV; Chapter LXVI; Chapter LXVII; Chapter LXVIII; Chapter LXIX; Endnotes;

  6. Dick Sand
    A Captain at Fifteen
    Author: Verne, Jules
    Published: 1878
    Publisher:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    Although French science fiction innovator Jules Verne is best known for fantastical tales such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth, he also wrote a number of fast-paced action-adventure stories. Dick Sand:... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
    No inter-library loan

     

    Although French science fiction innovator Jules Verne is best known for fantastical tales such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth, he also wrote a number of fast-paced action-adventure stories. Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen falls into this category, following the protagonist of the title through an around the world whaling trip that goes horribly wrong

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
    Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781775450504; 9781776515943
    Subjects: Sailors ; Fiction; Shipwrecks ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (602 p.)
    Notes:

    Description based upon print version of record

    Title; Contents; PART I; Chapter I - The Brig-Schooner "Pilgrim"; Chapter II - Dick Sand; Chapter III - The Wreck; Chapter IV - The Survivors of the "Waldeck"; Chapter V - S. V.; Chapter VI - A Whale in Sight; Chapter VII - Preparations; Chapter VIII - The Jubarte; Chapter IX - Captain Sand; Chapter X - The Four Days Which Follow; Chapter XI - Tempest; Chapter XII - On the Horizon; Chapter XIII - Land! Land!; Chapter XIV - The Best to Do; Chapter XV - Harris; Chapter XVI - On the Way; Chapter XVII - A Hundred Miles in Two Days; Chapter XVIII - The Terrible Word; PART II

    Chapter I - The Slave TradeChapter II - Harris and Negoro; Chapter III - On the March; Chapter IV - The Bad Roads of Angola; Chapter V - Ants and Their Dwelling; Chapter VI - The Diving-Bell; Chapter VII - In Camp on the Banks of the Coanza; Chapter VIII - Some of Dick Sand's Notes; Chapter IX - Kazounde; Chapter X - The Great Market Day; Chapter XI - The King of Kazounde is Offered a Punch; Chapter XII - A Royal Burial; Chapter XIII - The Interior of a Factory; Chapter XIV - Some News of Dr. Livingstone; Chapter XV - Where a Manticore May Lead; Chapter XVI - A Magician

    Chapter XVII - DriftingChapter XVIII - Various Incidents; Chapter XIX - S. V.; Chapter XX - Conclusion;

  7. Youth
    A Narrative
    Published: 1898
    Publisher:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad's novels and short stories usually involve grizzled sailors past their prime battling their inner demons. The story "Youth: A Narrative" represents something of a departure from the formula that made Conrad famous.... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
    No inter-library loan

     

    Polish-born writer Joseph Conrad's novels and short stories usually involve grizzled sailors past their prime battling their inner demons. The story "Youth: A Narrative" represents something of a departure from the formula that made Conrad famous. It's a semi-autobiographical tale that features Marlow, the same character that stood in for the author in Heart of Darkness recounting an early sea voyage that went terribly awry

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
    Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781776517589; 9781775451983
    Subjects: Sailors ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (42 p.)
    Notes:

    Description based upon print version of record

    Title; Youth;

  8. White Jacket
    Or, the World in a Man-of-War
    Published: 1850
    Publisher:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    Long before penning Moby-Dick, which many regard as the quintessential American novel, author Herman Melville was captivated by life on the open sea. White Jacket adopts a different perspective, focusing on the brutal treatment that many sailors... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
    No inter-library loan

     

    Long before penning Moby-Dick, which many regard as the quintessential American novel, author Herman Melville was captivated by life on the open sea. White Jacket adopts a different perspective, focusing on the brutal treatment that many sailors received at the hands of their superiors. In particular, it has been noted that this novel proved to be instrumental in banning the practice of flogging in several branches of the U.S. military

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
    Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781776517817; 9781775452218
    Subjects: Naval discipline ; Fiction; Flagellation ; Fiction; Warships ; Fiction; Sailors ; Fiction; United States ; History, Naval ; To 1900 ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (529 p.)
    Notes:

    Description based upon print version of record

    Title; Contents; Chapter I - The Jacket; Chapter II - Homeward Bound; Chapter III - A Glance at the Principal Divisions, into Which a Man-Of-War's Crew is Divided; Chapter IV - Jack Chase; Chapter V - Jack Chase on a Spanish Quarter-Deck; Chapter VI - The Quarter-Deck Officers, Warrant Officers, and Berth-Deck Underlings of a Man-Of-War; Where They Live in the Ship; How They Live; Their Social Standing on Ship-Board; And What Sort of Gentlemen They Are; Chapter VII - Breakfast, Dinner, and Supper; Chapter VIII - Selvagee Contrasted with Mad-Jack

    Chapter IX - Of the Pockets that Were in the JacketChapter X - From Pockets to Pickpockets; Chapter XI - The Pursuit of Poetry Under Difficulties; Chapter XII - The Good or Bad Temper of Men-Of-War's Men, in a Great Degree, Attributable to Their Particular Stations and Duties Aboard Ship; Chapter XIII - A Man-Of-War Hermit in a Mob; Chapter XIV - A Draught in a Man-Of-War; Chapter XV - A Salt-Junk Club in a Man-Of-War, with a Notice to Quit; Chapter XVI - General Training in a Man-Of-War; Chapter XVII - Away! Second, Third, and Fourth Cutters, Away!; Chapter XVIII - A Man-Of-War Full as a Nut

    Chapter XIX - The Jacket AloftChapter XX - How They Sleep in a Man-Of-War; Chapter XXI - One Reason Why Men-Of-War's Men Are, Generally, Short-Lived; Chapter XXII - Wash-Day and House-Cleaning in a Man-Of-War; Chapter XXIII - Theatricals in a Man-Of-War; Chapter XXIV - Introductory to Cape Horn; Chapter XXV - The Dog-Days Off Cape Horn; Chapter XXVI - The Pitch of the Cape; Chapter XXVII - Some Thoughts Growing Out of Mad Jack's Countermanding His Superior's Order; Chapter XXVIII - Edging Away; Chapter XXIX - The Night-Watches

    Chapter XXX - A Peep through a Port-Hole at the Subterranean Parts of a Man-Of-WarChapter XXXI - The Gunner Under Hatches; Chapter XXXII - A Dish of Dunderfunk; Chapter XXXIII - A Flogging; Chapter XXXIV - Some of the Evil Effects of Flogging; Chapter XXXV - Flogging Not Lawful; Chapter XXXVI - Flogging Not Necessary; Chapter XXXVII - Some Superior Old "London Dock" from the Wine-Coolers of Neptune; Chapter XXXVIII - The Chaplain and Chapel in a Man-Of-War; Chapter XXXIX - The Frigate in Harbour-The Boats-Grand State Reception of the Commodore

    Chapter XL - Some of the Ceremonies in a Man-Of-War Unnecessary and InjuriousChapter XLI - A Man-Of-War Library; Chapter XLII - Killing Time in a Man-Of-War in Harbour; Chapter XLIII - Smuggling in a Man-Of-War; Chapter XLIV - A Knave in Office in a Man-Of-War; Chapter XLV - Publishing Poetry in a Man-Of-War; Chapter XLVI - The Commodore on the Poop, and One of "the People" Under the Hands of the Surgeon; Chapter XLVII - An Auction in a Man-Of-War; Chapter XLVIII - Purser, Purser's Steward, and Postmaster in a Man-Of-War

    Chapter XLIX - Rumours of a War, and How They Were Received by the Population of the Neversink

  9. The adventures of Roderick Random
    Published: c2012
    Publisher:  University of Georgia Press, Athens

    Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt / Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, Universitätsbibliothek Erfurt
    No inter-library loan
    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt / Zentrale
    No inter-library loan
    Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Universitätsbibliothek
    No inter-library loan
    Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Heidenheim, Bibliothek
    e-Book Academic Complete
    No inter-library loan
    Bibliothek LIV HN Sontheim
    ProQuest Academic Complete
    No inter-library loan
    Bibliothek LIV HN Sontheim
    ProQuest Academic Complete
    No inter-library loan
    Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart, Campus Horb, Bibliothek
    eBook ProQuest
    No inter-library loan
    Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, Zentralbibliothek
    No inter-library loan
    Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Lörrach, Zentralbibliothek
    eBook ProQuest
    No inter-library loan
    Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Mannheim, Bibliothek
    ProQuest
    No inter-library loan
    Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Mosbach, Bibliothek
    E-Books ProQuest Academic
    No inter-library loan
    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
    No inter-library loan
    Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Ravensburg, Bibliothek
    E-Book Proquest
    No inter-library loan
    Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart, Bibliothek
    eBook ProQuest
    No inter-library loan
    Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim
    No loan of volumes, only paper copies will be sent
    Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Villingen-Schwenningen, Bibliothek
    EBS ProQuest
    No inter-library loan
    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0820321656; 9780820321653
    Series: Works of Tobias Smollett
    Subjects: Scots; Sailors; Rogues and vagabonds; Impressment; Warships; Scots ; England ; Fiction; Rogues and vagabonds ; Fiction; Impressment ; Fiction; Warships ; Fiction; Sailors ; Fiction; England ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (lix, 620 p), ill., map
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-605) and index

    Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

    ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""The Adventures of Roderick Random""; ""VOLUME ONE""; ""CHAPTER I""; ""CHAPTER II""; ""CHAPTER III""; ""CHAPTER IV""; ""CHAPTER V""; ""CHAPTER VI""; ""CHAPTER VII""; ""CHAPTER VIII""; ""CHAPTER IX""; ""CHAPTER X""; ""CHAPTER XI""; ""CHAPTER XII""; ""CHAPTER XIII""; ""CHAPTER XIV""; ""CHAPTER XV""; ""CHAPTER XVI""; ""CHAPTER XVII""; ""CHAPTER XVIII""; ""CHAPTER XIX""; ""CHAPTER XX""; ""CHAPTER XXI""; ""CHAPTER XXII""; ""CHAPTER XXIII""; ""CHAPTER XXIV""

    ""CHAPTER XXV""""CHAPTER XXVI""; ""CHAPTER XXVII""; ""CHAPTER XXVIII""; ""CHAPTER XXIX""; ""CHAPTER XXX""; ""CHAPTER XXXI""; ""CHAPTER XXXII""; ""CHAPTER XXXIII""; ""CHAPTER XXXIV""; ""CHAPTER XXXV""; ""CHAPTER XXXVI""; ""VOLUME TWO""; ""CHAPTER XXXVII""; ""CHAPTER XXXVIII""; ""CHAPTER XXXIX""; ""CHAPTER XL""; ""CHAPTER XLI""; ""CHAPTER XLII""; ""CHAPTER XLIII""; ""CHAPTER XLIV""; ""CHAPTER XLV""; ""CHAPTER XLVI""; ""CHAPTER XLVII""; ""CHAPTER XLVIII""; ""CHAPTER XLIX""; ""CHAPTER L""; ""CHAPTER LI""; ""CHAPTER LII""; ""CHAPTER LIII""; ""CHAPTER LIV""; ""CHAPTER LV""; ""CHAPTER LVI""

    ""CHAPTER LVII""""CHAPTER LVIII""; ""CHAPTER LIX""; ""CHAPTER LX""; ""CHAPTER LXI""; ""CHAPTER LXII""; ""CHAPTER LXIII""; ""CHAPTER LXIV""; ""CHAPTER LXV""; ""CHAPTER LXVI""; ""CHAPTER LXVII""; ""CHAPTER LXVIII""; ""CHAPTER LXIX""; ""Appendix: An Account of the Expedition against Carthagene""; ""Notes to the Text""; ""Textual Commentary""; ""List of Emendations""; ""Word-Division""; ""Historical Collation""; ""Bibliographical Descriptions""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""

    ""U""""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""

  10. Nostromo
    a tale of the seaboard
    Published: ©2012
    Publisher:  AUK Classics, [S.I.]

    Nostromo is a story of revolution and betrayal set in a fictional South American republic called Costaguana. Señor Gould, the owner of a silver-mining company, entrusts his silver to Nostromo, an apparently incorruptible Italian expatriate, but can... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
    No inter-library loan

     

    Nostromo is a story of revolution and betrayal set in a fictional South American republic called Costaguana. Señor Gould, the owner of a silver-mining company, entrusts his silver to Nostromo, an apparently incorruptible Italian expatriate, but can he really be trusted?

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
    Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781781665794
    Subjects: Sailors; Revolutions; Revolutions ; Fiction; Sailors ; Fiction; Latin America ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
    Notes:

    Description based upon print version of record

  11. Tom Cringle's Log
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  The Floating Press, s.l.

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
    No inter-library loan
    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
    Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781776591442
    Subjects: Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 ; Fiction; Sailors ; Fiction; Pirates ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (742 p)
    Notes:

    Description based upon print version of record

    Title -- Contents -- Chapter I - The Launching of the Log -- Chapter II - The Cruise of the Torch -- Chapter III - The Quenching of the Torch -- Chapter IV - Scenes on the Costa Firme -- Chapter V - The Piccaroon -- Chapter VI - The Cruise of the Spark -- Chapter VII - Scenes in Jamaica -- Chapter VIII - The Chase of the Smuggler -- Chapter IX - Cuba Fishermen -- Chapter X - Vomito Prieto -- Chapter XI - More Scenes in Jamaica -- Chapter XII - The Cruise o the Firebrand -- Chapter XIII - The Pirate's Leman -- Chapter XIV - Scenes in Cuba

    Chapter XV - The Cruise of the Wave the Action with the Slaver -- Chapter XVI - The Second Cruise of the Wave -- Chapter XVII - The Third Cruise of the Wave -- Chapter XVIII - Tropical High-Links -- Chapter XIX - The Last of the Log-Tom Cringle's Farewell

  12. The Shout
    Author: Snell, Chris
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  Andrews UK, Luton, Bedfordshire

    The sea is not a playground. A huge wave lifted the stern of the coaster, propeller and rudder, out of the froth and oil just as Bill Hawken tried to swing the Tamar Class lifeboat into a better position… Set in Cornwall, the crew never know what... more

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
    Online-Ressource
    No inter-library loan

     

    The sea is not a playground. A huge wave lifted the stern of the coaster, propeller and rudder, out of the froth and oil just as Bill Hawken tried to swing the Tamar Class lifeboat into a better position… Set in Cornwall, the crew never know what dangers, or even stranger outcomes, a call for a lifeboat launch will bring. The complexities of family life, interaction with hostile holiday-home owners, criminal activity, peer group tensions coupled with the day-to-day business of harbour life and other events, make for an exciting living Cover -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Publisher Information -- The Shout -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- 7 -- 8 -- 9 -- 10 -- 11 -- 12 -- 13 -- 14 -- 15 -- 16 -- 17 -- 18 -- 19 -- 20 -- 21 -- 22 -- 23 -- 24 -- 25 -- 26 -- 27 -- 28 -- 29 -- 30 -- Back Matter -- Also Available

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
      BibTeX file
    Content information
    Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781785383403
    Subjects: Sea stories, American; Sailors ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (145 p)
    Notes:

    Description based upon print version of record