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The wreckers The wreckers Iain Lawrence Shipwrecked after a vicious storm, fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded. OL116318W
Shipwreck Shipwreck Richard Platt Describes the history of shipwrecks, famous wrecks, causes, navigation and rescue techniques, and underwater archeology and the exploration of wrecks. OL11871W
LOSS OF THE WAGER: THE NARRATIVES OF JOHN BULKELEY AND THE HON. JOHN BRYON LOSS OF THE WAGER: THE NARRATIVES OF JOHN BULKELEY AND THE HON. JOHN BRYON John Byron,Bulkeley, John.,JOHN BULKELEY xxvi, 240 p. ; 22 cm OL13633342W
L'isola del giorno prima L'isola del giorno prima Umberto Eco En el verano de 1643 y en los mares del Sur, un joven piamontés, Roberto de la Grive, arriba como náufrago a una nave desierta. La nave está llena de animales desconocidos y de extrañas máquinas y ar… OL14852922W
Loving a Lost Lord Loving a Lost Lord Mary Jo Putney In the first of a dazzling series, Mary Jo Putney introduces the Lost Lords--maverick childhood friends with a flair for defying convention. Each is about to discover the woman who is his perfect mat… OL14854365W
The Ghost Ship Mystery The Ghost Ship Mystery Gertrude Chandler Warner,Charles Tang,Aimee Lilly While visiting the seaport town of Ragged Cove, Massachusetts, the Alden children find the ship's log of the Flying Cloud, shipwrecked in 1869, supposedly during a mutiny. OL15061157W
The fourth adventure The fourth adventure Dustin Evans,Baron Specter While on vacation in Maine, Joey, Tank, and Gill explore an eighteenth century shipwreck that is uncovered by a storm and soon find themselves part of its ghostly crew. OL15082658W
Il Vascello Fantasma Il Vascello Fantasma Elisabetta Dami Nadat professor Van Kraken een lezing heeft gegeven over een gezonken schip, verdwijnt hij. De Thea Sisters gaan op zoek naar de professor en naar het gezonken schip. Voorlezen vanaf ca. 7 jaar, zelf… OL15168086W
Deadliest Sea Deadliest Sea Kalee Thompson Soon after 2:00 A.M. on Easter morning, March 23, 2008, the fishing trawler Alaska Ranger began taking on water in the middle of the frigid Bering Sea. While the first mate broadcast Mayday calls to … OL15174484W
Ghosts of the deep Ghosts of the deep Daniel Cohen A collection of encounters with ghostly sailors and other nautical apparitions. OL15218564W
Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe Fran Hunia Experiences of an Englishman stranded by shipwreck on a desert island, where he survives for time thirty years. OL15397084W
Dive: the discovery Dive: the discovery Gordon Korman "Kaz, Adriana, Star, and Dante are diving to study sea creatures. But they find something much more exciting than fish--sunken treasure! Too bad there are adults who will stop at nothing to get the t… OL15854172W
Born in the year of courage Born in the year of courage Emily Crofford In 1841, having been shipwrecked and picked up by an American whaling ship outside Japanese territorial waters, fifteen-year-old Manjiro decides to go live in America and work towards opening trade b… OL16100288W
Titanic Titanic Melissa Stewart Discusses the Titanic, including its design, how the ship sank, the passengers onboard, and why the ship's legacy lives on. OL16703381W
Mordosauri in mare... tesoro da salvare! Mordosauri in mare... tesoro da salvare! Elisabetta Dami Prehistoric mouse Geronimo Stiltonoot and his family help a shipwrecked rodent search for a missing treasure that can help him return home. OL17082169W
"Unsinkable" "Unsinkable" Daniel Allen Butler Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the ocean liner Titanic struck an iceberg. Less than three hours later, she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, having taken with her more than 1,500 of t… OL17919185W
Where divers dare Where divers dare Randall S. Peffer "In the tradition of Shadow Divers, this is the gripping true account of the search for German U-boat U-550, the last unfound, diveable wreck of a U-boat off the United States coast, and the battle i… OL19670534W
The last days of the Titanic The last days of the Titanic Edward Eugene O'Donnell,E. E. O'Donnell,Frank Browne Features the photography of Francis Browne, including his photo-essay "On the day a liner sailed," and the "Titanic" album facsimiles. OL19696590W
The Titanic mission The Titanic mission Dan Gutman Luke, Julia, David, and Isabel are headed to the deck of the doomed Titanic. Their mission? Capture a shot of the sinking ship, then come right back. The only problem is, once they arrive aboard the … OL19711619W
The sunken gold The sunken gold Joseph A. Williams On January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was carrying 44 tons of gold bullion to the still-neutral United States via Canada in order to f… OL19719721W
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