"Simple text and supportive full-color photographs introduce young readers to ships. Intended for kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.

"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about Arleigh Burke destroyers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses piracy during its height in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Describes pirate vessels and their operation. Tells the stories of several famous pirates, including Sir Francis Drake, Captain William Kidd, Blackbeard, and Bartholomew Roberts (Black Bart).

"In this outstanding work, Ishmael, the narrator, recounts the epic story of the insane quest that he becomes a part of as he boards the whaleship Pequod. It is the story of Captain Ahab, the vengeful whaler and his pursuit of Moby Dick, the elusive white whale, who on a previous voyage destroyed his boat and left Ahab a crippled and obsessive monomaniac. The insanity and the blind need for vengeance evoke fear and doubt in his crew members as Ahab...

A historic cruise ship, a haunted ship, the Celtic American Line's Destiny sets sail from the Port of New Orleans--with a killer on board. He's known as the Archangel because of the way he displays his victims in churches. And the way he places a different saint's medallion on each one. No one knows exactly who he is or why he's doing this."--Book jacket.

Describes wooden ships or caravels of the fifteenth century and follows archaeologists as they uncover a lost caravel in the Caribbean Sea.

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Armed with stolen U. S. military technology, the Chinese are producing a frightening new breed of weaponry, led by the ICBM submarine Xia III--a vessel that just might be able to launch a nuclear warhead across the Pacific Ocean and take out an American West Coast city. National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan can't let that happen, and he dispatches the most stealthy hunter-killer submarine in the U. S. fleet, the 9, 000-ton ultrasecret Seawolf,...

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