http://www.feedbooks.com/list/19 Sailors, pirates, nautical adventures and strange sea creatures: a list of stories from the sea. Moby-Dick Herman Melville http://www.feedbooks.com/book/54 urn:isbn:0553213113 en 1851 Novels Adventure Moby-Dick is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. The story tells the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaling ship Pequod, commanded by Captain Ahab. Ishmael soon learns that Ahab seeks one specific whale, Moby-Dick, a white whale of tremendous size and ferocity. Comparatively few whaling ships know of Moby-Dick, and fewer yet have encountered him. In a previous encounter, the whale destroyed Ahab's boat and bit off his leg. Ahab intends to exact revenge. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/54.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/54.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/54.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/54.mobi Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2158 urn:isbn:1595478809 en 1922 Novels Adventure A gentlemanly Irish physician is innocently condemned to a life of slavery in the English colonies across the sea. There, on a Caribbean Island plantation, the good Dr. Peter Blood, toils as a slave. A chance raid by Spaniards affords Blood his opportunity to escape into a life of piracy and crime upon the high seas. But Blood is a pirate with a sense of honor. How Blood distinguishes himself against his enemies, is the tale in this enjoyable historical adventure. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2158.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2158.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2158.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2158.mobi The Sea-Hawk Rafael Sabatini http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2160 urn:isbn:0393323315 en 1915 Novels Adventure Set in the late 16th century, this pirate tale follows a Cornish sea-faring gentleman, Sir Oliver Tressilian, as he is villainously betrayed by his jealous brother. Forced to serve as a slave on a Spanish galley, Sir Oliver is liberated by Barbary pirates, whom he joins under the name 'Sakr-el-Bahr', the hawk of the sea, and swears vengeance against his brother. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2160.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2160.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2160.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2160.mobi Lost in the Fog James De Mille http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2364 en 1870 Novels Adventure http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2364.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2364.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2364.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2364.mobi The Chronicles of Captain Blood Rafael Sabatini http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2159 en 1931 Short Fiction Adventure Collections This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2159.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2159.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2159.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2159.mobi Freya of the Seven Isles Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/742 en 1910 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/742.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/742.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/742.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/742.mobi The Secret Sharer Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/741 urn:isbn:1599869004 en 1909 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/741.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/741.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/741.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/741.mobi A Smile of Fortune Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/740 urn:isbn:184391428X en 1910 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/740.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/740.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/740.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/740.mobi The Sea Wolf Jack London http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2848 urn:isbn:0553212257 en 1904 Novels Adventure Chronicles the voyages of a ship run by the ruthless Wolf Larsen, among the greatest of London's characters, and spokesman for an extreme individualism London intended to critique. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2848.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2848.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2848.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2848.mobi Typhoon Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/720 urn:isbn:0192801732 en 1902 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/720.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/720.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/720.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/720.mobi Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/97 urn:isbn:1416500294 en 1883 Novels Adventure While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/97.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/97.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/97.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/97.mobi The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' Joseph Conrad http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718 urn:isbn:1406921297 en 1897 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/718.mobi Moonfleet John Meade Falkner http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1606 urn:isbn:0140367047 en 1898 Novels Adventure Moonfleet is a tale of smuggling by the English novelist J. Meade Falkner, first published in 1898. The book was extremely popular among children worldwide up until the 1970s, mostly for its themes of adventure and gripping storyline. It remains a popular story widely read and is still sometimes studied in schools. The novel is set in a fishing village in Dorset during the mid 18th century. The story concerns a 15 year old orphan boy, John Trenchard, who becomes friends with an older man who turns out to be the leader of a gang of smugglers. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1606.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1606.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1606.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1606.mobi The Boats of the 'Glen-Carrig' William Hope Hodgson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2425 en 1907 Novels Horror This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2425.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2425.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2425.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2425.mobi Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3584 urn:isbn:1406819034 en 1897 Novels Young Readers Adventure The adventures of Harvey Chaney Jr., an arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. Washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by fishermen on the Grand Banks, Harvey cannot persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince them of his wealth. However, the captain of a passing schooner offers him a job as crew until they return to port. With no other choice, Harvey accepts, and there begins a series of trials and adventures where the boy learns to adjust to his rough new life, and takes the first steps towards becoming a man. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3584.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3584.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3584.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3584.mobi 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/182 urn:isbn:0812550927 en 1870 Novels Science Fiction Adventure Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, published in 1870. It is about the fictional Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus, as seen by one of his passengers, Professor Pierre Aronnax. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/182.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/182.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/182.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/182.mobi The Mutiny of the Elsinore Jack London http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3110 urn:isbn:0935180400 en 1914 Novels Romance Written during a time of tragedy, this novel of sea life fails in either its story or doctrinaire intentions. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3110.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3110.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3110.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3110.mobi Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe http://www.feedbooks.com/book/102 urn:isbn:0375757325 en 1719 Novels Adventure The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (of York, Mariner Who lived Eight and Twenty Years all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, where in all the Men perished but Himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates) is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719 and sometimes regarded as the first novel in English. The book is a fictional autobiography of the title character, an English castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela, encountering Native Americans, captives, and mutineers before being rescued. This device, presenting an account of supposedly factual events, is known as a "false document" and gives a realistic frame story. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/102.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/102.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/102.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/102.mobi Dick Sands the Boy Captain Jules Verne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2885 urn:isbn:1406554162 en 1878 Novels Adventure http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2885.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2885.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2885.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2885.mobi The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe http://www.feedbooks.com/book/665 urn:isbn:1406943266 en 1719 Novels Adventure http://www.feedbooks.com/book/665.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/665.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/665.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/665.mobi The Sea Raiders H. G. Wells http://www.feedbooks.com/book/606 urn:isbn:1842124021 en 1896 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/606.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/606.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/606.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/606.mobi Dutch Courage and Other Stories Jack London http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3142 en 1922 Short Fiction Adventure Collections A collection of very early stories published posthumously, with a preface by his wife Charmian. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3142.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3142.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3142.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3142.mobi The Offshore Pirate Francis Scott Fitzgerald http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1422 urn:isbn:1419175971 en 1920 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1422.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1422.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1422.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1422.mobi The Free Fishers John Buchan http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1194 urn:isbn:1842327666 en 1934 Novels This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1194.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1194.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1194.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1194.mobi The Swimmers Francis Scott Fitzgerald http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1158 en 1929 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1158.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1158.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1158.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1158.mobi Maelstrom Peter Watts http://www.feedbooks.com/book/975 urn:isbn:0312878060 en 2001 Novels Science Fiction An enormous tidal wave on the west coast of North America has just killed thousands. Lenie Clarke, in a black wetsuit, walks out of the ocean onto a Pacific Northwest beach filled with the oppressed and drugged homeless of the Asian world who have gotten only this far in their attempt to reach America. Is she a monster, or a goddess? One thing is for sure: all hell is breaking loose. This dark, fast-paced, hard SF novel returns to the story begun in Starfish: all human life is threatened by a disease (actually a primeval form of life) from the distant prehuman past. It survived only in the deep ocean rift where Clarke and her companions were stationed before the corporation that employed them tried to sterilize the threat with a secret underwater nuclear strike. But Clarke was far enough away that she was able to survive and tough enough to walk home, 300 miles across the ocean floor. She arrives carrying with her the potential death of the human race, and possessed by a desire for revenge. Maelstrom is a terrifying explosion of cyberpunk noir by a writer whose narrative, says Robert Sheckley, "drives like a futuristic locomotive." Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/975.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/975.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/975.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/975.mobi Starfish Peter Watts http://www.feedbooks.com/book/974 urn:isbn:0312868553 en 2000 Novels Science Fiction A huge international corporation has developed a facility along the Juan de Fuca Ridge at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to exploit geothermal power. They send a bio-engineered crew--people who have been altered to withstand the pressure and breathe the seawater--down to live and work in this weird, fertile undersea darkness. Unfortunately the only people suitable for long-term employment in these experimental power stations are crazy, some of them in unpleasant ways. How many of them can survive, or will be allowed to survive, while worldwide disaster approaches from below? Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/974.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/974.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/974.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/974.mobi Behemoth Peter Watts http://www.feedbooks.com/book/973 urn:isbn:0765307219 en 2007 Novels Science Fiction Lenie Clarke-rifter, avenger, amphibious deep-sea cyborg-has destroyed the world. Once exploited for her psychological addiction to dangerous environments, she emerged in the wake of a nuclear blast to serve up vendetta from the ocean floor. The horror she unleashed-an ancient, apocalyptic microbe called ßehemoth- has been free in the world for half a decade now, devouring the biosphere from the bottom up. North America lies in ruins beneath the thumb of an omnipotent psychopath. Digital monsters have taken Clarke's name, wreaking havoc throughout the decimated remnants of something that was once called Internet. Governments have fallen across the globe; warlords and suicide cults rise from the ashes, pledging fealty to the Meltdown Madonna. All because five years ago, Lenie Clarke had a score to settle. But she has learned something in the meantime: she destroyed the world for a fallacy. Now, cowering at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, rifters and the technoindustrial "corpses" who created them hide from a world in its death throes. But they cannot hide forever: something is tracking them, down amongst the lightless cliffs and trenches of the Midatlantic Ridge. The consequences of past acts reach inexorably towards the very bottom of the world, and Lenie Clarke must finally confront the mess she made. Redemption doesn't come easy with the blood of a world on your hands. But even after five years in purgatory, Lenie Clarke is still Lenie Clarke. There will be consequences for anyone who gets in her way-and worse ones, perhaps, if she succeeds. . . . Please read the legal notice included in this e-book and/or check the copyright status in your country. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/973.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/973.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/973.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/973.mobi Cord and Creese James De Mille http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2366 urn:isbn:080959465X en 1868 Novels Adventure http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2366.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2366.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2366.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2366.mobi The Pit of the Serpent Robert Ervin Howard http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1653 en 1929 Short Fiction Adventure This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1653.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1653.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1653.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1653.mobi The TNT Punch Robert Ervin Howard http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1655 en 1931 Short Fiction Adventure This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1655.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1655.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1655.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1655.mobi The Sign of the Snake Robert Ervin Howard http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1654 en 1931 Short Fiction Adventure This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1654.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1654.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1654.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1654.mobi Blow the Chinks Down! Robert Ervin Howard http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1650 en 1931 Short Fiction Adventure This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1650.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1650.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1650.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1650.mobi Breed of Battle Robert Ervin Howard http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1651 en 1931 Short Fiction Adventure This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1651.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1651.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1651.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1651.mobi Dark Shanghai Robert Ervin Howard http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1652 en 1932 Short Fiction Adventure This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1652.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1652.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1652.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1652.mobi The White Ship Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/297 en 1919 Short Fiction This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/297.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/297.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/297.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/297.mobi South Sea Tales Jack London http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3181 en 1911 Short Fiction Adventure Collections Darker Pacific tales, including "Mauki" and "The Terrible Solomans." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3181.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3181.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3181.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3181.mobi Tales of the Fish Patrol Jack London http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3185 en 1905 Short Fiction Adventure Collections Stories set on the San Francisco Bay of London's youth, including "A Raid on the Oyster Pirates." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3185.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3185.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3185.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3185.mobi The Filibusters Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3329 en 1900 Novels Adventure This story deals with the participants in an expedition that successfully captures the presidency of a Central American republic. It is very exciting, the incidents being fresh and daring with not too much reliance placed on coincidence. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3329.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3329.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3329.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3329.mobi A Master of Fortune Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3398 en 1898 Novels Adventure "The pay is small enough," said Captain Kettle, staring at the blue paper. "It's a bit hard for a man of my age and experience to come down to a job like piloting, on eight pound a month and my grub." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3398.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3398.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3398.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3398.mobi Harrigan Max Brand http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3429 en 1918 Novels Adventure With gusts of wind fanning it roughly, the flame rose fast. Harrigan made other journeys to the rotten stump and wrenched away great chunks of bark and wood. He came back and piled them on the fire. It towered high, the upper tongues twisting among the branches of the tree. They laid Kate Malone between the windbreak and the fire. In a short time her trembling ceased; she turned her face to the blaze and slept. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3429.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3429.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3429.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3429.mobi The Great Quest Charles Hawes http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3483 en 1921 Novels Young Readers Adventure The experiences of Josiah Woods of Topham, and of those others with whom he sailed for Cuba and the Gulf of Guinea. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3483.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3483.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3483.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3483.mobi The Mutineers Charles Hawes http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3484 en 1925 Novels Adventure A tale of old days at sea and of adventures in the Far East as Benjamin Lathrop set it down some sixty years ago. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3484.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3484.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3484.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3484.mobi The After House Mary Roberts Rinehart http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3820 en 1914 Novels Crime/Mystery Romance Thriller When three people are murdered on a yacht everyone must watch their back as the murderer is still on board. But who is it? This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923). http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3820.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3820.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3820.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3820.mobi The Riddle of the Sands Erskine Childers http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3871 urn:isbn:0199549710 en 1903 Novels Adventure War Thriller The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service is a patriotic British 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. It is a novel that "owes a lot to the wonderful adventure novels of writers like Rider Haggard, that were a staple of Victorian Britain"; perhaps more significantly, it was a spy novel that "established a formula that included a mass of verifiable detail, which gave authenticity to the story – the same ploy that would be used so well by John Buchan, Ian Fleming, John le Carré and many others." Ken Follett called it "the first modern thriller." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3871.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3871.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3871.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/3871.mobi