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1) The sea-wolf
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Humphrey Van Weyden is thrown overboard while unsuccessfully investigating a smuggling ring. The ship' s formidable captain, Wolf Larsen puts Humphrey to a series of violent tests, but nothing can prepare Van Weyden for a final confrontation with Larsen himself.
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"In 1879, Faith Kenner is pursuing her dream to become a doctor and use her gift to help the native populations. When she meets Andrew Gratton, an injured riverboat captain, a friendship grows between them-but will secrets and rising tensions prevent them from finding true happiness?"--
Faith Kenner is pursuing her dream to become a doctor at Willamette University's medical college so she can use her gift for healing to help those in need, especially...
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Brides of Lehigh Canal volume 3
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Widowed Sarah Turner has her hands full, raising three young children, tending the lock on the canal, baking bread, and washing clothes for boatmen. Although she's not looking for love, she's vowed not to lose her heart to a boatman. Yet she didn't count on meeting Captain Elias Brooks. Will she follow her heart where it leads or accept the proposal of a handsome land-loving blacksmith?
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A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale who defied capture. October 18th, 2001, marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of the greatest novel in American literature. The Modern Library trade paperback edition exclusively features the timeless illustrations of Rockwell Kent, an Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick, commentary by Herman Melville and William T. Porter, contemporary reviews from John Bull and The...
6) Persuasion
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 19
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In this, Jane Austen's last novel, appears her most honorable heroine- Anne Elliot, a young women of perfect breeding, profound depth of emotion, and unswerving integrity. These virtues, however, exist in a world - the world of country gentry in Regency England- in which shallowness and hypocrisy thrive and ever threaten to win domination.
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Oregon files volume 15
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"Juan Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives return in this latest entry in Clive Cussler's Oregon Files series. While interrupting an attack on a Kuwaiti oil tanker, Cabrillo and his team discover something even more dangerous: a ruthless billionaire's dying wish has allowed a paralyzing chemical to end up in the hands of a terrorist group. When an Oregon crew member falls victim to the poison, Juan Cabrillo will stop at nothing to find an antidote...
8) Moby-Dick
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
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A masterpiece of storytelling, this epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding and fanatical sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. In telling the tale of Ahab's passion for revenge and the fateful voyage that ensued, Melville produced far more than the narrative of a hair-raising journey; Moby-Dick is a tale for the ages that sounds the deepest depths of the human soul. Interspersed with graphic sketches of life aboard a whaling vessel,...
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Mary Kay Andrews takes us back to Savannah, Georgia, in Savannah Breeze, the uproarious sequel to her blockbuster New York Times bestseller, Savannah Blues. Breeze is the story of BeBe Loudermilk, a Southern belle who'd dearly like to get back at the handsome, two-faced con man who swindled out of everything she owns except for a broken-down 1950s-era motel on Tybee Island. Joining BeBe on a revenge-inspired road trip south to Fort Lauderdale is her...
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Heartbreaker Bay novels volume 1
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2016
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English
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As captain of a San Francisco Bay tour boat, Pru can handle rough seas. The hard part is life on dry land. Pru loves her new apartment and her neighbors. Problem is, she's in danger of stumbling into love with Mr. Right for Anybody But Her.
11) The charm school
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Calhoun chronicles volume 1
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A woman running from her family and a man who walked away from his meet on the ship he captains.
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The Riverhaven years volume 2
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In Where Grace Abides, the compelling second book in the series, Hoff offers her readers an even closer look at the Amish community of Riverhaven and the people who live and love and work there. Secrets, treachery, and persecution are only a few of the challenges that test Rachel's faith and her love for the forbidden "outsider," while Gant's own hopes and dreams are dealt a life-changing blow, rendering the vow he made to Rachel seemingly impossible...
13) Scandalous
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Zebra Books
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2019.
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"Straight-laced missionary Sarah Fisher has never met a man like Captain Martin Bouchard. He is the most beautiful person-male or female-she's ever seen. Overwhelmingly masculine, elegantly attired despite months at sea, he is in complete command of everyone and everything around him- everyone, that is, except Sarah. But that's about to change because Sarah has bought Bouchards mercy with the only thing she has to sell- her body. "None at all . ....
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Victoria "Smokey" Simmons stands silently on deck as her father's body is lowered into the Atlantic, asking God for the strength she will need to command the Aramis alone. Not wanting to remain at sea forever, Smokey dreams of the time when she can trade her life aboard ship for a home and family. When she meets another captain, Dallas Knight, Smokey believes her dream will finally come true. But circumstances beyond their control and the schemes...
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The adventurers quartet volume 2
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2016
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English
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Wanting to settle down after a decade of captaining diplomatic and covert missions for the crown, Captain Robert Frobisher takes a final assignment in West Africa gathering information against a slaver camp, where he falls for a woman trying to find and rescue her missing brother.
16) Shadow tyrants
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2018.
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"Nearly two thousand years ago, an Eastern emperor charged a small group with safeguarding secrets powerful enough to change the history of mankind. They went down in legend as the Nine Unknown Men--and now two rival factions of their descendants are fighting a mighty battle. Both sides think they are saving the world, but their tactics could very well bring about the end of humankind. Soon, Juan Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives aboard the...
17) Devil in tartan
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2018.
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"Under threat of losing their home, Lottie Livingstone and her clan take to the seas to sell a shipload of illegal whiskey. When an attack leaves them vulnerable, she transforms from maiden daughter to clever warrior. She orchestrates the siege of a rival's ship and now holds the devilish Scottish captain under her command. Tied, captive and forced to watch a stunning siren commandeer his ship, Aulay Mackenzie burns with the desire to seize control...
18) The silent sea
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Oregon files volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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In December 7, 1941, five brothers exploring a shaft on an island off the coast of Washington State make an extraordinary discovery, but a tragic accident suspends further investigation. In the present, Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon team, chasing the remanants of a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle, stumble upon a shocking revelation. His efforts to untangle the mystery lead first to that island, and then much farther back, to an ancient Chinese...
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Keys of promise volume 1
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2015.
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English
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"When her mother dies, Elizabeth Benjamin heads home to Key West, determined to transform herself into the perfect Southern belle her parents always wished her to be. But nothing goes according to plan. As family secrets come to light, Elizabeth is faced with a difficult choice: to do her duty or follow her dreams"--
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Sourcebooks
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[2023]
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English
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"A daring and magnificent account of Iceland's most famous female sea captain who constantly fought for women's rights and equality-and who also solved one of the country's most notorious robberies. Many people may have heard the old sailing superstition that having women onboard a ship was bad luck. Thus, the sea remains in popular knowledge a male realm. When we think of examples of daring sea captains, swashbuckling pirates, or wise fishermen,...
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