Maritime History & Piracy
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
$32.50 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. T
- Author: Grann, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 18, 2023
- ISBN10: 0385534264
- Language: English
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Deep Water: The World in the Ocean
$18.99 Add to cart2025 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS GOLD WINNER
“Deep Water is a major achievement….Bradley’s skills both as novelist and essayist converge here to create this wise, compassionate and urgent book, characterize
- Author: Bradley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 0063390175
- Language: English
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The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
$32.00 Add to cartFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveal… [more below]
- Author: Grann, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0593678257
- Language: English
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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
$21.99 Add to cartDiscover the “fascinating and outrageously readable” account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in a sensational trial back in England–perfect for re
- Author: Thomson, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 16, 2023
- ISBN10: 031670363X
- Language: English
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Tampa’s Gasparilla Pirate Festival
$24.99 Read morePirate history, costumes, and decorated boats and ships have been the center of the famed Gasparilla Pirate Festival for over a century.
Since 1904, Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla has staged an annual
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 20 2026
- ISBN10: 1467162973
- Language: English
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The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
$27.99 Read moreFrom the best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters comes the story of the American whaleship Mentor, wrecked in 1832 on a remote reef in the western Pacific. With supplies dwindling, the eleven
- Author: Dolin, Eric Jay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 1324096322
- Language: English
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Seattle’s Locks and Ship Canal: A History and Guide
$24.95 Add to cartHow one canal reshaped Seattle’s history, economy, and environment
Seattle’s waterways are central to the city’s identity, and none more so than the Lake Washington Ship Canal and Ballard (Hiram M. Ch
- Author: Williams, David B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 029575494X
- Language: English
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The Shipyard Agent
$26.95 Add to cartAs an undercover investigator, Augusta Clawson was assigned to Portland’s Swan Island Shipyard to join the ranks of female welders in World War II. Meanwhile, she surreptitiously sent reports back to
- Author: Hodgins, Beverly Lionberger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1493087630
- Language: English
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Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder
$18.99 Add to cart- Author: Pearl, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 0063338076
- Language: English
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Ghost Ship: The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew
$20.00 Add to cartOn December 4th, 1872, a 100-foot brigantine was discovered drifting through the North Atlantic without a soul on board. Not a sign of struggle, not a shred of damage, no ransacked cargo–and not a tr… [more below]
- Author: Hicks, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 28 2005
- ISBN10: 0345466659
- Language: English
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The Band That Played on: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic
$19.99 Add to cartThe movies, the documentaries, the museum exhibits. They often tell the same story about the “unsinkable” Titanic, her wealthy passengers, the families torn apart, and the unthinkable end. But never b
- Author: Turner, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 26 2012
- ISBN10: 1595555463
- Language: English
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Hidden History of Lake Erie
$24.99 Add to cartAuthor Jennifer Boresz Engelking explores the intriguing history of Lake Erie. What lies below the surface of Lake Erie? Gold coins from long-ago shipwrecks, like the tragic sinking of the G.P. Griffi
- Series: Hidden History
- Author: Engelking, Jennifer Boresz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1467159670
- Language: English
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Inside the Britannic: Uncovering the Wreck of the Titanic’s Sister Ship
$38.00 Add to cartDocumenting one of the most comprehensive surveys of a shipwreck ever conducted, Simon Mills’ new book takes you inside the SS Britannic for a unique dive into the past.
The Olympic Class ships were i- Author: Mills, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 139941450X
- Language: English
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Great Lakes Shipwrecks & Survivals
$27.99 Add to cartIn this breathtaking chronicle of the most spectacular shipwrecks and survivals on the Great Lakes, William Ratigan re-creates vivid scenes of high courage and screaming panic from which no reader can… [more below]
- Author: Ratigan, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 386
- Publish Date: August 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0802886086
- Language: English
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The Sea Captain’s Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World
$30.00 Add to cartThe true story of the first female captain of a merchant ship and her treacherous navigation of Antarctica’s deadly waters, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow Clicquot
Summer, 1856- Author: Mazzeo, Tilar J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1250352584
- Language: English
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Along Lake Michigan: Shipwreck Stories of Life and Loss
$24.95 Read moreNotable shipwrecks of Lake Michigan throughout a century of enterprise, industry, heroism, and disaster on the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are graveyards of a vast number of shipwrecks (30,000 by some
- Author: Schumacher, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 26 2025
- ISBN10: 1517916771
- Language: English
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The Book of Sea Monsters: Leviathans of Literature
$35.00 Add to cartA fascinating and beautifully illustrated journey across the world and through the centuries in search of the sea monster.
‘They rave for food with unceasing frenzy, being always ahungered and never a- Author: Arasu, Prema
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1399414526
- Language: English
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Piracy on the Great Lakes: True Tales of Freshwater Pirates
$15.95 Add to cartWaiting in the night, hidden behind a remote island, no lights showing, pirates would lure unsuspecting ships into unknown waters. Then they would silently slide up to them and board the ship. The cre
- Author: Classen, Mikel B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: December 10 2024
- ISBN10: 9798896560036
- Language: English
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The Zorg: A Tale of Greed and Murder That Inspired the Abolition of Slavery
$30.00 Add to cartFrom Pulitzer finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Cobalt Red: A notorious slave ship incident that led to the abolition of slavery in the UK and sparked the US abolitionist movement
In la- Author: Kara, Siddharth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1250348226
- Language: English
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The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
$35.00 Add to cartFor three decades following World War II, the Great Lakes overtook Europe as the epicenter of global economic strength. The region was the beating heart of the world economy, possessing all the power … [more below]
- Author: Bacon, John U.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1324094648
- Language: English
