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Sea of Poppies
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Sea of Poppies

By Amitav Ghosh ,

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Fable
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Fable

By Adrienne Young ,

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Bloody Jack
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Bloody Jack

By L. A. Meyer ,

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Billy Budd, Sailor
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Billy Budd, Sailor

By Herman Melville ,

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Two Years Before The Mast
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Two Years Before The Mast

By Richard Henry Dana ,

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Lord Jim
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Lord Jim

By Joseph Conrad ,

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Slave Ship Sailors and Their Captive Cargoes, 1730-1807
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Slave Ship Sailors and Their Captive Cargoes, 1730-1807

By Emma Christopher ,

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Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's Odyssey in World War II
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Crossing the Line

By Alvin Kernan ,

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With Sails Whitening Every Sea: Mariners and the Making of an American Maritime Empire
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With Sails Whitening Every Sea

By Brian Rouleau ,

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Sailors: English Merchant Seamen 1650 - 1775
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Sailors

By Peter Earle ,

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The Evil Necessity: British Naval Impressment in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
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The Evil Necessity

By Denver Brunsman ,

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The Last Detail
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The Last Detail

By Darryl Ponicsán ,

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Set To Sea
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Set To Sea

By Drew Weing ,

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Namesake
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Namesake

By Adrienne Young ,

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Gentle Rogue
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Gentle Rogue

By Johanna Lindsey ,

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A Path in the Mighty Waters: Shipboard Life and Atlantic Crossings to the New World
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A Path in the Mighty Waters

By Stephen R. Berry ,

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The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'
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The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'

By William Hope Hodgson ,

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River of Smoke
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River of Smoke

By Amitav Ghosh ,

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Swell: A Sailing Surfer's Voyage of Awakening
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Swell

By Liz Clark , Daniella Manini (illustrator) ,

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Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Price Of Freedom
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Pirates Of The Caribbean

By A.C. Crispin ,

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May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth: Letters of the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition
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May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth

By Russell A. Potter (editor) , Regina Koellner (editor) , Peter Carney (editor) , Mary Williamson (editor)

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Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories
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Billy Budd, Bartleby, and Other Stories

By Herman Melville ,

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The Long Way: Sheridan House Maritime Classic
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The Long Way

By Bernard Moitessier , William Rodarmor (translator) ,

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Ultramarine
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Ultramarine

By Malcolm Lowry ,

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So Long for Now: A Sailor's Letters from the USS Franklin
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So Long for Now

By Jerry L. Rogers ,

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