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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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Goodbye Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War more books like this by William Manchester In this war memoir, historian William Manchester recalls his experiences as a soldier in the Pacific during World War II. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.79! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Descent more books like this by Jeff Long In a remote Himalayan cave a group of New Age tourists come across the mummified corpse of an RAF flyer. Before they can investigate the mystery, all except the guide are ritually massacred. In Bosnia, an American Air Cavalry patrol investigates a disturbance at a mass grave site and its commander catches a fleeting glimpse of a creature straight ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.17! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Log from the 'Sea of Cortez' more books like this by John Steinbeck In 1940, Steinbeck and his friend, biologist Ed Ricketts, ventured into the Gulf of California to search for marine invertebrates along the beaches. This exciting, day-by-day account of their trip, drawn from the longer work, Sea of Cortez, is a wonderful combination of science, philosophy, and high-speed adventure that provides a fascinating ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	War Without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War more books like this by John W Dower Now in paperback, this monumental history has been hailed by the New York Times as "one of the most important books ever written about World War II in the Pacific". 20 pages of illustrations. see all copies from $2.51! new only from $9.79! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Island of the Day Before more books like this by Umberto Eco The year is 1643. Roberto, a young nobleman, survives war, the Bastille, exile and shipwreck as he voyages to a Pacific island straddling the date meridian. There he waits now, alone on the mysteriously deserted Daphne, separated by treacherous reefs from the island beyond: the island of the day before. If he could reach it, time - and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Guadalcanal Diary more books like this by Richard Tregaskis history U.S.A. $14.95 Canada $22.50 This celebrated classic gives a soldier's-eye-view of the Guadalcanal battles--crucial to World War II, the war that continues to fascinate us all, and to military history in general. Unlike some of those on Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, Richard Tregaskis volunteered to be there. An on-location news ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.30! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Helmet for My Pillow more books like this by Robert Leckie Robert Leckie, one of America's greatest military historians, was both an eyewitness and participant to some of the greatest battles in the Pacific. This is Leckie's vivid account of combat and survival in World War II. In January 1942, in the aftermath of the infamous Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the United States Marines ... see all copies from $7.15! new only from $49.00! \| first editions
15 view cover	Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft more books like this by Thor Heyerdahl "Kon-Tiki" is the record of an astonishing adventure - a journey 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 the mythical hero Kon-Tiki. He decided to prove his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Clear the Bridge!: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang more books like this by Richard H O'Kane Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, commander of the submarine force in the Pacific during World War II, described the fifth patrol as "one of the great submarine cruises of all time". O'Kane was Tang's skipper throughout her brief but gallant career, and Clear the Bridge! is his account of the life of Tang and her crew. see all copies from $6.64! new only from $11.11! \| first editions
17	The Dragon's Triangle more books like this by Charles Berlitz see all copies from $1.99! new only from $44.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	Racing Through Paradise: A Pacific Passage more books like this by William F Buckley, Jr. William F. Buckley conveys love of sailing in this memoir of a month-long cruise in the Pacific. As with AIRBORNE and ATLANTIC HIGH, the author's previous sailing memoirs, Buckley writes about the joys of navigation, and includes excerpts from journals kept by his mates, including his son, writer Christopher Buckley. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $59.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Pacific War more books like this by John Costello John Costello's "The Pacific War" has now established itself as the standard one-volume account of World War II in the Pacific. Never before have the separate stories of fighting in China, Malaya, Burma, the East Indies, the Phillipines, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Aleutians been so brilliantly woven together to provide a clear ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Survive the Savage Sea more books like this by Dougal Robertson After their 43-foot schooner was stove in by a pod of killer whales, the six members of the Robertson family spent 37 days adrift in the Pacific. With no maps, compass, or navigation instruments, and rations for only three days, they used every survival technique they could as they battled 20-foot waves, marauding sharks, thirst, starvation, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.09! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Cruise of the Snark more books like this by Jack London The true tale of his 1906 South Sea odyssey aboard the Snark. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Miracle at Midway more books like this by Gordon William Prange The Battle of Midway was perhaps the most significant naval battle since Trafalgar. With the infamy of Pearl Harbor still fresh in minds, the men of the US Pacific Fleet waited for the Japanese Imperial Navy at Miday Island. This time the element of surprise had shifted, and the American forces became victors in the battle that marked the turning ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
23 view cover	Mister Roberts more books like this by Thomas Heggen The successful World War II novel about the crew of the Reluctant, an imaginary cargo ship in the back waters of the Pacific. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.67! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Raft more books like this by Robert Trumbull, Tom Parker (Read by) A gripping account of three naval airmen adrift in the Pacific for 34 days. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.81! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	A Tale of Two Subs: An Untold Story of World War II, Two Sister Ships, and Extraordinary Heroism more books like this by Jonathan J McCullough In 1943, the sub USS Sculpin, under attack by the Japanese, sank for the last time in what becaome one of the most remarkable stories in U.S. Naval history. Not only did several crew survive the sinking - an extremely rare event in WW II sub warfare - but several were aboard a Japanese aircraft carrier en route to a POW camp, when it was torpedoed ... see all copies from $11.59! new only from $14.54! \| first editions \| SVS

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