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Mutiny on the Bounty
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 22 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave.
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great read. couldn't stop listening to this book
- By Anna on 25-08-19
By: Peter FitzSimons
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Seashaken Houses
- A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet
- By: Tom Nancollas
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Lighthouses are striking totems of our relationship to the sea. For many, they encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose is much more utilitarian than that....
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A light in the Dark.
- By Jack Harrison on 07-07-19
By: Tom Nancollas
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Enemy of All Mankind
- A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times best-selling author of The Ghost Map and Extra Life, the story of a pirate who changed the world....
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A good book ruined by shoddy production
- By Anonymous User on 13-08-20
By: Steven Johnson
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Jack Tar
- Life in Nelson's Navy
- By: Lesley Adkins, Roy Adkins
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousands of sailors and marines to man the great wind-powered wooden warships....
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very good
- By shane vearer on 22-02-24
By: Lesley Adkins, and others
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Men-of-War
- Life in Nelson’s Navy
- By: Patrick O’Brian
- Narrated by: Ronald Pickup
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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What was daily life in Nelson's navy really like, for everyone from the captain down to the rawest recruit? What did they eat? What songs did they sing? What was the schedule of watches? How were the officers and crew paid, and what was the division of prize-money? Find out....
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Insight into the world of Aubrey and Maturin
- By Guru Bob on 20-07-21
By: Patrick O’Brian
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Titanic on Trial
- The Night the Titanic Sank, Told Through the Testimonies of Her Passengers and Crew
- By: Nic Compton
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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April 15, 2012, marked 100 years since the Titanic sank. Since that fateful night, stories about the sinking have become legendary....
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Poor narration of an excellent book
- By David Darrell on 24-01-19
By: Nic Compton
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Mutiny on the Bounty
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 22 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plants from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave.
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great read. couldn't stop listening to this book
- By Anna on 25-08-19
By: Peter FitzSimons
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Seashaken Houses
- A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet
- By: Tom Nancollas
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Lighthouses are striking totems of our relationship to the sea. For many, they encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose is much more utilitarian than that....
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A light in the Dark.
- By Jack Harrison on 07-07-19
By: Tom Nancollas
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Enemy of All Mankind
- A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt
- By: Steven Johnson
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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From the New York Times best-selling author of The Ghost Map and Extra Life, the story of a pirate who changed the world....
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A good book ruined by shoddy production
- By Anonymous User on 13-08-20
By: Steven Johnson
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Jack Tar
- Life in Nelson's Navy
- By: Lesley Adkins, Roy Adkins
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The Royal Navy to which Admiral Lord Nelson sacrificed his life depended on thousands of sailors and marines to man the great wind-powered wooden warships....
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very good
- By shane vearer on 22-02-24
By: Lesley Adkins, and others
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Men-of-War
- Life in Nelson’s Navy
- By: Patrick O’Brian
- Narrated by: Ronald Pickup
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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What was daily life in Nelson's navy really like, for everyone from the captain down to the rawest recruit? What did they eat? What songs did they sing? What was the schedule of watches? How were the officers and crew paid, and what was the division of prize-money? Find out....
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Insight into the world of Aubrey and Maturin
- By Guru Bob on 20-07-21
By: Patrick O’Brian
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Titanic on Trial
- The Night the Titanic Sank, Told Through the Testimonies of Her Passengers and Crew
- By: Nic Compton
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 9 hrs
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April 15, 2012, marked 100 years since the Titanic sank. Since that fateful night, stories about the sinking have become legendary....
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Poor narration of an excellent book
- By David Darrell on 24-01-19
By: Nic Compton
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The Dutch Moment
- War, Trade, and Settlement in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World
- By: Wim Klooster
- Narrated by: Fred Filbrich
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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In The Dutch Moment, Wim Klooster shows how the Dutch built and eventually lost an Atlantic empire that stretched from the homeland in the United Provinces to the Hudson River and from Brazil and the Caribbean to the African Gold Coast....
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I learned a lot...
- By Jon lanģley on 01-04-22
By: Wim Klooster
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The Forgotten Slave Trade
- The White European Slaves of Islam
- By: Simon Webb
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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A century before Britain became involved in this terrible business, whole villages and towns in England, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and other European countries were being depopulated by slavers, who transported the men, women, and children to Africa, where they were sold....
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Should be in every school and university!
- By Mother Ship Adrift Family Travel and Sailing Blogs on 25-01-23
By: Simon Webb
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The Stolen Village
- Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates
- By: Des Ekin
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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The Stolen Village is a fascinating tale of international piracy and culture clash nearly 400 years ago and is the first book to cover this relatively unknown and under-researched incident in Irish history....
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A must read for anyone interested in history.
- By Camillus Comaskey on 01-03-23
By: Des Ekin
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Villains of All Nations
- Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age
- By: Marcus Rediker
- Narrated by: Cornell Womack
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Villains of All Nations explores the "Golden Age" of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie our modern, romanticized view of pirates....
By: Marcus Rediker
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In Search of a Kingdom
- Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
- By: Laurence Bergreen
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
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In this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer of Magellan, Columbus, and Marco Polo brings alive the singular life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, the pirate/explorer/admiral whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed....
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A good book, shame about the narration
- By silverweed on 06-02-24
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Into the Deep
- A Memoir from the Man Who Found Titanic
- By: Robert D. Ballard, Christopher Drew
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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The legendary explorer of the Titanic shares inside stories of danger, suspense, and discovery - plus previously untold stories about his own dyslexia and how it has shaped his life....
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Deeply absorbing
- By Mel Black on 14-06-22
By: Robert D. Ballard, and others
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Born to Be Hanged
- The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
- By: Keith Thomson
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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The year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than 300 daring, hardened pirates—a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers—gather on a remote Caribbean island....
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Splendid!
- By Simon M. on 10-01-24
By: Keith Thomson
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Mutiny on the Spanish Main
- HMS Hermione and the Royal Navy’s Revenge
- By: Angus Konstam
- Narrated by: Sid Sagar
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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Mutiny on the Spanish Main tells the dramatic story of HMS Hermione, a British frigate which, in 1797, was the site of the bloodiest mutiny in British naval history, which saw the death of her captain and many of her officers....
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Angus at his best.
- By D Paterson on 24-12-20
By: Angus Konstam
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The Middle East in the 20th Century
- By: Eamonn Gearon, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Professor Eamonn Gearon
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
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It is impossible to understand our world today without understanding the last 100 years of Middle Eastern history. The history of the region in the 20th century is so varied and complex that it defies easy explanations....
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Fascinating and enlightening
- By Jon Payne on 14-01-22
By: Eamonn Gearon, and others
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Les Naufragés du Wager [The Wager Shipwrecks]
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Renaud Bertin
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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En 1740, le vaisseau de ligne de Sa Majesté le HMS Wager, deux cent cinquante officiers et hommes d'équipage à son bord, est envoyé au sein d'une escouade sous le commandement du commodore Anson en mission secrète pour piller les cargaisons d'un galion de l'Empire espagnol....
By: David Grann
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Sinkable
- Obsession, the Deep Sea, and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
- By: Daniel Stone
- Narrated by: Daniel Stone
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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On a frigid April night in 1912, the world’s largest—and soon most famous—ocean liner struck an iceberg and slipped beneath the waves. She had scarcely disappeared before her new journey began, a seemingly limitless odyssey through the world’s fixation with her every tragic detail...
By: Daniel Stone
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Finding Endurance
- Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End
- By: Darrel Bristow-Bovey
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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The discovery of Endurance briefly swept the anxiety and rancour of 2022 from the headlines of the world, and new generations thrilled again to one of the greatest tales of all time....
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Pirate Hunters
- Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship
- By: Robert Kurson
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Finding and identifying a pirate ship is the hardest thing to do under the sea. But two men—John Chatterton and John Mattera—are willing to risk everything to find the Golden Fleece, the ship of the infamous pirate Joseph Bannister....
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Teased until the end
- By S on 19-03-24
By: Robert Kurson
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Empire of Ice and Stone
- The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
- By: Buddy Levy
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 14 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it....
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crazy story
- By Anonymous User on 14-07-23
By: Buddy Levy
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Mutiny on the Bounty
- An Award-Winning Three-Part Classic Serial: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Drama
- By: Mr Punch
- Narrated by: Oliver Reed, Linus Roach, Roger Daltrey, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 41 mins
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This epic three-part serial tells the true story of Fletcher Christian’s dramatic mutiny against his tyrannical Captain....
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Entertaining 👏🏻
- By Melinda on 02-12-22
By: Mr Punch
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A Brief History of the Atlantic
- By: Jeremy Black
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The Atlantic has borne witness to major historic events that have drastically shaped humanity with each crossing of its path. Jeremy Black takes the listener through its evolution to becoming one of the most important oceans in the world....
By: Jeremy Black
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The Golden Age of Piracy
- A Captivating Guide to the Role of Pirates in Maritime History During the Early Modern Period, Including Stories of Anne Bonny, Sir Francis Drake, and William Kidd
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 4 hrs and 5 mins
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The history of the Golden Age of Piracy, the one that has shaped the modern conception of a pirate, is complex and long, with lots of information to cover....
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The Last Night on the Titanic
- Unsinkable Drinking, Dining, and Style
- By: Veronica Hinke
- Narrated by: Gary J. Chambers
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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April 14, 1912. It was an unforgettable night. In the last hours before the Titanic struck the iceberg, passengers in all classes were enjoying unprecedented luxuries. Innovations in food, drink, and décor made this voyage the apogee of Edwardian elegance....
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Interesting look back into the Titanic
- By Elizabeth Frounks on 08-10-19
By: Veronica Hinke
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So Others May Live
- Coast Guard's Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying Death
- By: Martha Laguardia-Kotite, Tom Ridge
- Narrated by: Jim Cooper, Martha Laguardia-Kotite
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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So Others May Live: Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying Death is the award-winning untold story of the US Coast Guard's quiet but resolute rescue swimmers....
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interesting
- By Frank on 13-07-20
By: Martha Laguardia-Kotite, and others
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Great South Land
- By: Rob Mundle
- Narrated by: Paul English
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Between 1606 and 1688, while the British had their hands full with the Gunpowder Plot and the English Civil War, it was highly skilled Dutch seafarers who mapped the land masses....
By: Rob Mundle
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Pirate Queens
- The Lives of Anne Bonny & Mary Read
- By: Rebecca Alexandra Simon
- Narrated by: Rebecca Alexandra Simon
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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This first full-length biography about Anne Bonny and Mary Read explores their intriguing backgrounds while examining the social context of women in their lifetime and their legacy in popular culture that exists to the present day....
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Final Voyage
- The World's Worst Maritime Disasters
- By: Jonathan Eyers
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Everyone knows the story of the Titanic, but in terms of loss of life that catastrophe doesn't even figure as one of the 50 worst maritime disasters of the last three hundred years....
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A great listen!!
- By Tony Hearn on 17-03-17
By: Jonathan Eyers
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Saved at the Seawall
- Stories from the September 11 Boat Lift
- By: Jessica DuLong, Mitchell Zuckoff - foreword
- Narrated by: Patricia Santomasso
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Saved at the Seawall is the definitive history of the largest ever waterborne evacuation. Jessica DuLong reveals the dramatic story of how the New York Harbor maritime community heroically delivered stranded commuters, residents, and visitors out of harm's way....
By: Jessica DuLong, and others
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Superstitions of the Sea
- A Digest of Beliefs, Customs, and Mystery
- By: James G. Clary
- Narrated by: John Rayment
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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Clary focuses on the vast array of strange, mythical, and often comical beliefs of mariners from ancient times to the present....
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Surprising anyone ever sets foot on a ship.
- By Darren on 17-08-23
By: James G. Clary
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The Wide Wide Sea
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
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On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a conflict with native Hawaiians. How did Cook, who was unique among captains for his respect for Indigenous peoples and cultures, come to that fatal moment? Hampton Sides' account of Cook's last journey both wrestles with Cook's legacy and provides a narrative of the titanic efforts and continual danger that characterised exploration in the 1700s.
By: Hampton Sides
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The Golden Age of Piracy
- The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates
- By: David Head - Edited by
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The twelve entries in The Golden Age of Piracy discuss why pirates thrived in the seas of the New World, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined. Separating Hollywood myth from historical fact, these essays bring the real pirates of the Caribbean to life with a level of rigor and insight rarely applied to the subject.
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The Notorious Edward Low
- Pursuing the Last Great Villain of Piracy's Golden Age
- By: Len Travers
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Following the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) a decade-long wave of sea-robbery plagued the Atlantic rim—often glamorized as the "Golden Age of Piracy". Boston-based laborer, Edward Low, left his mark on pirate history as the most vicious and sadistic raider of them all.
By: Len Travers
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Blackbeard
- Pirate Chronicles, Book 2
- By: History Nerds
- Narrated by: Andrew McDermott
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Set sail on a thrilling voyage into the mysterious and treacherous world of the notorious pirate, Blackbeard, in this riveting biography that unveils the man behind the legend. In Blackbeard, the high seas come alive as we chart the tumultuous life of Edward Teach, the infamous pirate who struck fear into the hearts of sailors and coastal communities alike.
By: History Nerds
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Smoke and Ashes
- Opium's Hidden Histories
- By: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrated by: Ranjit Madgavkar
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels, The Ibis Trilogy, ten years ago, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by the precious commodity carried in enormous quantities on those currents: opium. Most surprising at all, however, was the discovery that his own identity and family history was swept up in the story. Smoke and Ashes is at once a travelogue, memoir and an essay in history, drawing on decades of archival research.
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Colonial will and profit
- By R. Abraham Fisher on 08-04-24
By: Amitav Ghosh
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A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
- By: David Gibbins
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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From a Bronze Age ship built during the age of Queen Nefertiti, a Viking warship made for King Cnut himself, Henry VIII's spectacular Mary Rose and the golden age of the Tudor court, to the exploration of the Arctic, the tragic story of HMS Terror and tales of bravery and endurance aboard HMS Gairsoppa in World War Two, these are the stories of some of the greatest underwater discoveries of all time. A rich and exciting narrative, this is not just the story of those ships and the people who sailed on them, the cargo and treasure they carried and their tragic fate.
By: David Gibbins
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The Wide Wide Sea
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a conflict with native Hawaiians. How did Cook, who was unique among captains for his respect for Indigenous peoples and cultures, come to that fatal moment? Hampton Sides' account of Cook's last journey both wrestles with Cook's legacy and provides a narrative of the titanic efforts and continual danger that characterised exploration in the 1700s.
By: Hampton Sides
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The Golden Age of Piracy
- The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates
- By: David Head - Edited by
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The twelve entries in The Golden Age of Piracy discuss why pirates thrived in the seas of the New World, how pirates operated their plundering ventures, how governments battled piracy, and when and why piracy declined. Separating Hollywood myth from historical fact, these essays bring the real pirates of the Caribbean to life with a level of rigor and insight rarely applied to the subject.
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The Notorious Edward Low
- Pursuing the Last Great Villain of Piracy's Golden Age
- By: Len Travers
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Following the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) a decade-long wave of sea-robbery plagued the Atlantic rim—often glamorized as the "Golden Age of Piracy". Boston-based laborer, Edward Low, left his mark on pirate history as the most vicious and sadistic raider of them all.
By: Len Travers
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Blackbeard
- Pirate Chronicles, Book 2
- By: History Nerds
- Narrated by: Andrew McDermott
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Set sail on a thrilling voyage into the mysterious and treacherous world of the notorious pirate, Blackbeard, in this riveting biography that unveils the man behind the legend. In Blackbeard, the high seas come alive as we chart the tumultuous life of Edward Teach, the infamous pirate who struck fear into the hearts of sailors and coastal communities alike.
By: History Nerds
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Smoke and Ashes
- Opium's Hidden Histories
- By: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrated by: Ranjit Madgavkar
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels, The Ibis Trilogy, ten years ago, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by the precious commodity carried in enormous quantities on those currents: opium. Most surprising at all, however, was the discovery that his own identity and family history was swept up in the story. Smoke and Ashes is at once a travelogue, memoir and an essay in history, drawing on decades of archival research.
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Colonial will and profit
- By R. Abraham Fisher on 08-04-24
By: Amitav Ghosh
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A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
- By: David Gibbins
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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From a Bronze Age ship built during the age of Queen Nefertiti, a Viking warship made for King Cnut himself, Henry VIII's spectacular Mary Rose and the golden age of the Tudor court, to the exploration of the Arctic, the tragic story of HMS Terror and tales of bravery and endurance aboard HMS Gairsoppa in World War Two, these are the stories of some of the greatest underwater discoveries of all time. A rich and exciting narrative, this is not just the story of those ships and the people who sailed on them, the cargo and treasure they carried and their tragic fate.
By: David Gibbins