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  Aubrey-Maturin: Book 1

  Master & Commander

  by Patrick O'Brian

  The beginning to the sweeping Aubrey/Maturin series and inspiration for the major new motion picture starring Russell Crowe. "The best sea story I have ever read."—Sir Francis Chichester This, the first in the splendid series of Jack Aubrey novels, establishes the friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, against a thrilling backdrop of the Napoleonic... (more)
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  Kydd Sea Adventures: Book 1

  Kydd

  by Julian Stockwin

  Europe is ablaze with war. The British prime minister is under pressure to intimidate the French and dispatches a Navy squadron to appear off the French coast. To man the ships, ordinary citizens must be press-ganged. Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized and taken across the country to be part of the crew of the ninety-eight-gun line-of-battle ship Duke William. The ship sails... (more)
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  Storm Tactics Handbook

  Modern Methods of Heaving-To for Survival in Extreme Conditions

  by Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey

  A new, completely revised and expanded version of this book is now available. Storm Tactics Handbook 3rd edition was released in July. It contains all of the information in this edition plus nine additional chapters including: Notes from a voyage around Cape Horn, Preventing Rudder damage, Storm Staysails, An interview with the Late Sir Peter Blake on storm tactics. The new edition also has updates on important... (more)
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  Handbook of Knots: EXPANDED EDITION

  by Des Pawson

  This expanded edition of the bestselling Handbook of Knots includes 16 additional pages with new photography. Clear instructions and annotated step-by-step photographs will help you learn how to tie more than 100 knots. Choose knots for fishing, camping, sailing, climbing, and for general or decorative use with the help of a quick reference guide.
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  Steering to Glory: A Day in the Life of a Ship of the Line

  by Nicholas Blake

  In the summer of 1805 the Mediterranean Fleet made a 6,686-mile round trip to the West Indies: the Franco-Spanish fleet it was chasing buried a thousand men at Martinique, but Nelson reported his fleet in the most perfect health, except some symptoms of scurvy, with no death from sickness. This was the standard set by the Royal Navy that was maintained until Napoleon was finally defeated, and not surpassed until... (more)
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  Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain

  by Robert Harvey

  The life and exploits of the daring seaman Thomas Cochrane, who rose from midshipman to admiral and was called "the sea wolf" by Napoleon, are so extraordinary that his life reads like a compelling work of fiction. In one sense it became so, for the novelist Patrick O'Brian took Cochrane's exploits and used them as the basis for Jack Aubrey, the main protagonist of naval novels set during the Napoleonic War. His... (more)
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  A Social History of the Navy 1793-1815

  by Michael Lewis

  This finely researched book is a portrait of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars; in particular, a portrait of the Navy's people, of the officers and men who formed that formidable fighting force made popular by the novels of C. S. Forester and Patrick O'Brian. Covering parentage and social background, the author follows his subjects from the cradle to the grave, describing how men came to go to sea and... (more)
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  The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

  by Avi

  An ocean voyage of unimaginable consequences. Not every thirteen-year-old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial, and found guilty. But I was just such a girl, and my story is worth relating even if it did happen years ago. Be warned, however: If strong ideas and action offend you, read no more. Find another companion to share your idle hours. For my part, I intend to tell the truth as I lived it.
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  Horatio Hornblower: Book 1

  Mr. Midshipman Hornblower

  by C. S. Forester

  The year is 1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Horatio Hornblower, a seventeen-year-old boy unschooled in seafaring and the ways of seamen, is ordered to board a French merchant ship and take command of crew and cargo for the glory of England. Though not an unqualified success, this first naval adventure teaches the young midshipman enough to launch him on a series of increasingly glorious exploits. This... (more)
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  Horatio Hornblower: Book 6

  Beat to Quarters

  by C. S. Forester

  a.k.a. The Happy ReturnAnother exciting addition to our growing collection of sea stories, BEAT TO QUARTERS is a favorite among devotees of Horatio Hornblower, England's most durable sailor. The creation of C.S. Forester (AFRICAN QUEEN, THE GOOD SHEPHERD), Hornblower is known and admired throughout the Western world. Winston Churchill was a notable enthusiast; he mentioned Hornblower in his WW II memoirs.... (more)
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  Heavy Weather Sailing

  by K. Adlard Coles

  An all-time nautical classic and the standard work on seamanship under gale conditions. With more than 100,000 English-language copies and six translated editions, it has thrilled, sobered, and instructed sailors worldwide.
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  The War for All the Oceans

  From Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo

  by Roy Adkins, Lesley Adkins

  A brutal, action-packed account of the sea battles of the Napoleonic War by the author of the bestselling Nelson’s Trafalgar Roy Adkins (with his wife Lesley) returns to the Napoleonic War in The War for All the Oceans , a gripping account of the naval struggle that lasted from 1798 to 1815, a period marked at the beginning by Napoleon’s seizing power and at the end by the War of 1812. In this ... (more)
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  Sea of Gray

  The Around-the-World Odyssey of the Confederate Raider Shenandoah

  by Tom Chaffin

  The sleek, 222-foot, black auxiliary steamer Sea King left London on October 8, 1864, ostensibly bound for Bombay.  The subterfuge was ended off the shores of Madeira, where the ship was outfitted for war. The newly christened CSS Shenandoah then commenced the last, most quixotic sea story of the Civil War: the 58,000-mile, around-the-world cruise of the Confederacy’s second most successful commerce raider.... (more)
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  New Vanguard 79: American Heavy Frigates 1794-1826

  by Mark Lardas

  By 1805 the 44-gun frigate was probably viewed as a failed experiment whilst the 38-gun frigate was viewed as the vessel of the future. Ten years later every navy was building 44-gun frigates and today it is viewed as the symbol of the Napoleonic-era cruiser. This remarkable transformation resulted from the performance of three ships – the Constitution, United States, and President – 44-gun frigates built for the... (more)
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  Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars

  by Robert Gardiner

  For every naval officer, in fiction or reality, the frigate was the most sought after command. As dashing as a modern destroyer, the frigate offered the excitement of independent service with the prospect of a glorious single-ship battle or a fortune to be made in prize money. Their actions have been the stuff of history and sea fiction for generations, but the ships themselves are hardly documented at all. This... (more)
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  Frigate Commander

  by Tom Wareham

  Frigate Commander is based on the private journal of Lieutenant - and then Captain - Graham Moore, a naval officer serving during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Moore’s journal gives a unique and detailed account of what life was like for a serving naval officer. In particular it reveals the problems an officer had in managing the crew of a frigate, maintaining discipline and turning his ship into an... (more)
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  32-Gun Frigate Essex (Anatomy of the Ship)

  by Portia A. Takakjian

  On the successful completion of the War of Independence, the American navy was disbanded, and it was not until the late 1790s that a regular naval force was reconstituted. Provoked by the need to protect American merchant shipping from the belligerent European nations and the piratical Barbary powers, Congress decided on a programme of frigate building, which included the 32-gun frigate Essex. Designed by William... (more)
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  The Annapolis Book of Seamanship

  by John Rousmaniere

  Since the publication of the widely hailed first edition in 1983, The Annapolis Book of Seamanship has set the standard by which other books on sailing are measured. Used throughout America as a textbook in sailing schools and Power Squadrons, The Annapolis Book of Seamanship thoroughly and clearly covers the fundamental and advanced skills of modern sailing. This edition of Annapolis is a major overhaul.... (more)
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  Seamanship in the Age of Sail: An Account of the Shiphandling of the Sailing Man-Of-War 1600-1860, Based on Contemporary Sources

  by John Harland

  Describes the proper historical development of seamanship among the major navies of the world. In order to explain even the most complex evolution clearly, over 350 line drawings were specially commissioned. Every aspect of handling a man-of-war is detailed and illustrated from original sources.
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  Ships and Seamanship: The Maritime Prints of J. J. Baugean

  by John Harland

  Jean Jerome Baugean was a French marine artist of the Napoleonic era whose engravings are prized by ship historians for their accuracy and detail. Apart from his accomplishments as an artist, Baugean was also an experienced sailor, and he often used his illustrations to demonstrate a specific point of seamanship, shiphandling, or port activity. In this collection of nearly two hundred of Baugean's prints, John... (more)