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1	Life of Pi more books like this by Yann Martel Pi, the precocious animal-loving son of an Indian zookeeper, loses his family in a shipwreck en route to North America--and is left alone in a lifeboat with a man-eating Bengal tiger named Richard Parker, with whom he manages (thanks to his zoo background) to strike up an ingenious truce. When they finally reach land and the tiger disappears, Pi ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Walter the Farting Dog more books like this by William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray, Audrey Colman (Illustrator) Walter is a wonderful dog, except for one small problem. Gas. He can't help it. But Father says he's got to go because he's smelling up the house. Poor Walter is going back to the dog pound tomorrow. How will he escape this terrible fate? The answer will have you rolling on the floor with laughter. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant more books like this by W Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne Written by the business world's new gurus, "Blue Ocean Strategy" continues to challenge everything you thought you knew about competing in today's crowded market place. Based on a study of 150 strategic moves spanning more than a hundred years and thirty industries, authors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne argue that lasting success comes from ... see all copies from $15.24! new only from $18.74! \| SVS
4	In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex more books like this by Nathaniel Philbrick The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century which was the inspiration for Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick". The author uses a hitherto unknown diary of one of the survivors discovered in an attic in Connecticut in spring 1998 to tell the tale. The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.22! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition more books like this by Caroline Alexander In August 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 set sail aboard the "Endurance" bound for the South Atlantic. Their goal was to be the first men to cross Antarctica. Caroline Alexander tells the story of Shackleton's expedition accompanied by the photographs of Australian Frank Hurley. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Night to Remember more books like this by Walter Lord It was perhaps the most shocking disaster of the century when 1500 people died, drowned in the freezing sea. For towards midnight on a clear but moonless night, the Titanic struck an iceberg and was lost. Legends proliferated and stories grew. They are presented in this text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Emperor of Ocean Park more books like this by Stephen L Carter Years ago, Oliver Garland--an African-American judge--was nominated to the Supreme Court, but was unable to accept because of a shocking scandal. Now he is dead, and one of his legacies is another scandal, the details of which are encoded in a mysterious set of clues that his son Talcott must follow to reveal the truth, terrible though it may be. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Serpent more books like this by Clive Cussler INTRODUCING KURT AUSTIN From the classic novel "Raise the Titanic " to his latest blockbuster "Flood Tide," Clive Cussler and his fictional alter ego Dirk Pitt® have earned legions of fans worldwide. Now, the author of fifteen consecutive bestsellers unleashes a hero for the next millennium in an electrifying new series of unrelenting action and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Judas Strain more books like this by James Rollins The crack, ultrasecret Sigma Force team, made up of former Special Forces officers, returns in another "New York Times" bestseller, which finds them scouring the world for technologies that could help or threaten the U.S. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Birds of Prey more books like this by Wilbur Smith It is 1667 and Sir Francis Courteney and his son Henry "Hal" Courteney are on patrol in their fighting caravel off the Agulhas Cape of Southern Africa. They have a letter from Charles II sanctioning them to hunt down and capture enemy ships "beyond the line". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Decked more books like this by Carol Higgins Clark The daughter of a successful mystery writer and a P.I. with pizzazz, Regan Reilly is attending her class reunion at St. Polycarp's England, when the long-dead body of her former roommate turns up under the bushes. It's a case Regan would love to solve, but a prior commitment puts her on a transatlantic cruise. She shouldn't have fretted. The clues ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors more books like this by Doug Stanton The USS Indianapolis was the last ship sunk during World War II. Savaged by a salvo of torpedoes from a Japanese submarine, the warship, one of the fastest in the US Navy, sank in a matter of minutes. One thousand two hundred men went into the water, and only 321 were to survive. This is their story. The Indianapolis was captained by the dashing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Deep End of the Ocean more books like this by Jacquelyn Mitchard 'A blockbuster...a rich, moving and altogether stunning first novel. Readers will find this compelling and heartbreaking story -- sure to be compared to The Good Mother -- impossible to put down.' Publishers Weekly 'Watch your brother,' says Beth Cappadora to her seven-year-old son Vincent. Only minutes later she turns again and asks, 'Where's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Tales of the South Pacific more books like this by James A. Michener Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize, Michener's first book is a collection of short stories, linked both thematically and with recurring characters, which portray a World War II anti-Japanese operation called "Alligator." This book was later the basis for the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical "South Pacific". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Mysterious Island more books like this by Jules Verne At a time when Verne is making a comeback in the US as a mainstream literary figure, Wesleyan is pleased to publish a new translation of one of his best-known novels, The Mysterious Island. Although several editions under the same title are in print, most reproduce a bowdlerized nineteenth-century translation which changes the names of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.05! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey more books like this by Linda Greenlaw Linda Greenlaw was the first female sea captain in the swordfishing fleet and has skippered a boat through two terrible storms. In this book, she relives some of the most exciting and frightening trips of her life, including the five-day trip during which she encountered a 48-hour ocean storm. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea more books like this by Steven Callahan When Callahan's small sloop sank west of the Canary Islands, he found himself adrift in the Atlantic in a five-foot raft, with only enough food and water for 18 days. For 76 days he drifted 1800 miles, the only man in history to survive more than a month alone at sea in an inflatable raft. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Kon-Tiki more books like this by Thor Heyerdahl "Kon-Tiki" is the record of an astonishing adventure -- a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, Kon-Tiki. He decided to prove ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.49! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Ocean Between Us more books like this by Susan Wiggs Grace Bennett has devoted 18 years of her life to her marriage and her husband's career as a navy captain. But Steve Bennett's lack of emotional support for her and their children has left Grace longing for change. That longing becomes all the more compelling when Steve meets the son he fathered when he way younger--a son he hadn't known existed. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea more books like this by Gary Kinder In September 1857, the side-wheel steamer SS "Central America", carrying 500 passengers and tons of gold from California, sank in a hurricane 200 miles off the Carolina coast. Lost in legend for more than a century, its tragic story resurfaced in 1989, when Tommy Thompson, an ocean engineer, sailed into Norfolk harbour with over ten tons of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan more books like this by Ronald H Spector Between December 1941 and August 1945 the United States and Japan engaged in a brutal and often dramatic struggle for control of the Pacific Ocean. Drawing on declassified intelligence files, Spector recreates the events of this conflict in spectacular detail, to provide a masterful contribution to the history of World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Cruel Sea more books like this by Nicholas Monsarrat A powerful novel of the North Atlantic in World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Sea Around Us more books like this by Rachel Carson Here is the strange story of the seas - how they were born, how life emerged from them, and the marine world within them. Rachel Carson's writing teems with images - the newly-formed Earth cooling beneath an endlessly overcast sky; volcanic action throwing up huge masses on the ocean floor to create immense mountains and desolate canyons; giant ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Walter the Farting Dog Goes on a Cruise more books like this by William Kotzwinkle, Glenn Murray, Elizabeth Gundy Walter is banished to a lifeboat traveling behind an ocean liner because of his powerful farts. When the liner loses power, the great cruise ship, its frightened passengers--and Walter--are marooned on the high seas. Full color. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $4.07! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Inside the Titanic more books like this by Ken Marschall, Hugh Brewster This volume features cut-away illustrations revealing the inside of the liner "Titanic". Readers are invited to explore every deck and feature of the legendary liner, including the Grand Staircase, the huge dining saloon and the Turkish baths. A four-page fold-out section provides an overview of the "floating city" which was home to over 2000 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.49! \| first editions \| SVS

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