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Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A new Soviet sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast. Government experts think it is planning to attack- that is, all the experts but one. He thinks the sub's commander is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find the sub and prove his theory.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c1954
Language
English
Description
A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate. They are promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine.
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c1999
Language
English
Description
Tells the tale of an extraordinary man who lives a remarkable life without setting foot on land. Abandoned atop a piano and raised by a lowly crew member in the bowels of a luxurious cruise ship, the boy is dubbed 1900 for the year he was born. As he grows up, he is drawn to the piano and discovers he has an amazing gift for creating music. His reputation spreads, but he refuses to leave the ship. Only when he spots a beautiful girl on-board does...
4) Boats go
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In simple text this board book shows the different sea vessels and the noises they make.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Shipbuilding and shipping have always been key elements in the life of Essex. Since the seventeenth century, the men and women of the lower Connecticut River Valley sustained maritime traditions that spanned the globe in splendid wooden sailing vessels. Their accomplishments include building the first warship of the Connecticut navy and the world's first submarine. They also served as packet ship captains, navigators and skilled crew members who crossed...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides an illustrated account of the construction of Egyptian pharaoh Cheops' funeral boat, and discusses its discovery centuries later during an archaeological dig.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Covers over one thousand of the worlds best-known ships with descriptions of physical characteristics, construction, and history; illustrations detailing the grandeur of oceangoing vessels; and chronologies providing a perspective on underwater archaeological sites, disasters at sea, and more.
11) In enemy hands
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
American P.O.W.'s on a German U-boat fight for their lives against an outbreak of meningitis.
Author
Publisher
Braunfell Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
PERHAPS no man in the past century has had as much to do with the shape of history as Simon Lake. That statement is intended as a query rather than as a statement of fact. It may be debatable, but it is also defendable. He is responsible for the modern submarine. The World War pivoted on him. Not on the Kaiser or Lloyd George or Hindenburg or Wilson or Ludendorff. He had nothing to do with the provocations or the settlements. He was an engineer almost...
16) Icebreaker
Author
Series
Hidden trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Petrel is an outcast on the ancient ship, an icebreaker, that has been following the same course for 300 years. In that time, the ship's crew has forgotten its original purpose and broken into three warring tribes. Everyone has a tribe except Petrol. Nicknamed the Nothing Girl, Petrel has been ostracized ever since her parents were thrown overboard as punishment for a terrible crime. But Petrel is a survivor. She lives in the ship's darkest corners,...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"For centuries, living afloat on Britain's waterways has been a rich part of the fabric of our social history, from the fisherfolk of ancient Britain to the bohemian houseboat dwellers of the 1950s and beyond. Whether they have chosen to leave the land behind and take to the water or been driven there by necessity, the history of the houseboat is a unique and fascinating seam of British history. In Water Gypsies , Julian Dutton - who was born and...
18) Submarines
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text provide information about submarines, explaining what they are, looking at different types of submarines, and discussing how they are used.
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