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River of smoke
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Amitav Ghosh |
In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When … |
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Captains Courageous
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Rudyard Kipling |
Captains Courageous tells of the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the North Atlanti… |
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The ebb-tide
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Robert Louis Stevenson |
For a full account of this important binding see page 4, American Decorated Publishers' Bindings 1872-1929 Richard Minsky 2006 |
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The Ship and the Storm
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Jim Carrier |
In October 1998, one of the most savage storms in Atlantic history cornered a 282-foot passenger sailing ship against an exposed Caribbean coastline. With nowhere to hide and no time to run, Fantome … |
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Ivan takes a wife
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Janet Evanovich |
Dear Reader:In a previous life, before the time of Plum, I wrote twelve short romance novels. Red-hot screwball comedies, each and every one of them. Nine of these stories were originally published b… |
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The Ebb Tide
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Robert Louis Stevenson |
From the book:Throughout the island world of the Pacific, scattered men of many European races and from almost every grade of society carry activity and disseminate disease. Some prosper, some vegeta… |
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