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Written in clear, nontechnical language and enhanced with illustrations, this book traces the evolution of the sailig ship over the course of 6,000 years - from ancient times to the end of the nineteenth century. It provides detailed coverage of ships from ancient Egypt and Crete (4000-1000 B.C.); Phoenician, Greek and Roman ships; and Eurpoean, Asian, and American ships from the Middle ages to modern times.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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An eighteenth-century figurehead, the journal of a ship's quartermaster, and supernatural occurrences at a seaside resort lead twelve-year-old Vicki and her friend Peter on a quest to lift a curse and set right a horrible deed committed two hundred thirty years in the past.
6) Outpost
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Donovan volume 1
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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The first book in a thrilling new sci-fi action adventure, set on Donovan, a treacherous alien planet where corporate threats and dangerous creatures imperil the lives of the planet's inhabitants. A ghost ship, the Freelander, appears in orbit. Missing for two years, she arrives with a crew dead of old age, and reeks of a bizarre death-cult ritual that deters any ship from attempting a return journey. But maybe it's worth the risk, for a brutal killer...
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In 1862, Arabella Lawrence fled past mistakes on a bride ship. Vying for her hand are two very different men who disagree on how the natives should be treated during a smallpox outbreak. Intent on helping a young girl abandoned by her tribe, seeking what's right may cost her everything.
8) Polaris
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"In the 1830s Owen Ward is cabin boy on the "Polaris," a ship on a voyage of scientific exploration, when illness and a mutiny off the coast of Brazil cause the adult crew to abandon the ship, leaving the handful of young cabin attendants and deckhands behind. The young seafarers are determined to bring their ship to safety, but when one of them disappears they begin to suspect that there is something deadly on board with them"--Publisher.
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In 1863, Upon discovering an abandoned baby, Pastor Abe Merivale cares for the infant along with Zoe Hart, one of the newly arrived bride-ship women. With mounting pressure to find the baby a home, they hastily marry-but soon realize their marriage of convenience is not so convenient after all.
10) Sailing to Capri
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When an English tycoon dies mysteriously, he leaves a note naming six people who might have wanted him dead. Daisy Kean and PI Harry Montana team up to take the suspects-and also six red herrings-on a Mediterranean cruise, culminating at his beautiful villa on Capri, where his will is to be read and the killer unmasked. With the beautiful seaside settings plus the beginnings of a romance between loner Montana and wary Daisy, passions flare and the...
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The continuing saga of the Royal Navy's Captain Jack Aubrey, now being sued by slaveholders for the ships he confiscated off Africa. At the same his wife is after him for his affair with a mistress. Things improve when he goes to sea to fight the French and captures a ship with gold.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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"Winter 1945. Four refugees. Four secrets. Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies, war. As thousands desperately flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. But not all promises can be kept." -- Page [4] cover.
13) Still summer
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Back in high school, Tracy, Olivia, and Holly were known as The Godmothers, the girls everyone wanted to be and know. Unlike many friendships, their bond survived the years. But 20 years later, their glamorous leader, Olivia, whose wealthy Italian husband has died, suggests they reunite on her return to the United States with a luxury sailboat crossing in the Caribbean. With Tracy's college-aged daughter and an attentive two-man crew, they sail into...
14) Starfall
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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"A displaced princess and her best-friend-with-benefits must take down an intergalactic mafia endangering the lives of the outer realm's settlers"--publisher.
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In the lower wards of the port city of Kahnzoka, young ward boss Isoka comes to collect when there's money owing. When her ability to access the Well of Combat is discovered by the Empire, she's sent on an impossible mission: steal Soliton, a legendary ghost ship-- a ship from which no one has ever returned. If she fails, her sister's life is forfeit. When Isoka becomes part of the ship's brutal crew, facing off against unimaginable threats, nothing...
16) The United States merchant marine at war: Report of the war shipping administrator to the President
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War Shipping Administration
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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"This report covers the operations of the War shipping administration from its creation on February 7, 1942, through the end of hostilities, and up to December 31, 1945. It attempts to evaluate the part that our Merchant Marine played in the victory of the United States"--P. [2] of cover.
17) Santa cruise
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Reuniting for a state-of-the-art cruise during the holidays--one with hundreds of eligible men--four best friends cheer each other on through speed-dating events and shore excursions, but soon discover things not going as planned as they set sail on surprising new adventures.
18) The ship
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"Lalla has grown up sheltered from the chaos amid the ruins of civilization. But things are getting more dangerous outside. People are killing each other for husks of bread, and the police are detaining anyone without an identification card. On her sixteenth birthday, Lalla's father decides it's time to use their escape route--a ship he's built that is only big enough to save five hundred people. The ship is a haven, bountiful and safe from the destruction...
19) Starflight
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Former high school enemies Solara Brooks and Doran Spaulding must team up when they find themselves aboard a renegade spaceship.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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After her parents and brother are killed by Loyalists, fourteen-year-old Hannah leaves their farm and eventually, disguised as a boy, joins a pirate ship that preys on other ships to get supplies for the American Revolution.
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