Herman Melville
62) Moby Dick
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Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
A classic of the sea, telling of the pursuit of Moby Dick, the white whale who defied capture.
65) Moby Dick
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
The most authentic version of Herman Melville's classic best seller ever produced. A dramatazation of the classic in which one actor plays thirteen roles. Considered by Time magazine as one of the 5 great one-man shows.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When his ship is destroyed and his lucky dime stolen by the monstrous white whale Moby Dick, Captain Quackhab sets sail on a voyage of revenge against the fearsome leviathan. Joined by Ishmael, his first mate Mr. Storkbuck, and the island triplets, Huqueg, Duqueg, and Luqueg, and his crew of ne'er-do-wells, Quackhab won't rest until he gets his prize. But whales aren't the only danger the seas have to offer. Our heroes must contend with giant squids,...
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English
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Featuring an appendix of discussion questions, the Diversion Classics edition is ideal for use in book groups and classrooms. In this collection of classics, five seminal tales come together to form a picture of America in its youth, but on the cusp of growing up. These stories defined and challenged the standards of American literature, and their influence is immeasurable. Including Nathaniel Hawthorne's THE SCARLET LETTER, Herman Melville's MOBY...
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English
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Content:
Letters:
Browne's Folly (a letter for the Essex Institute)
Love Letters (To Miss Sophia Peabody) - Volume I&II
Letter to the Editor of the Literary Review
Memoirs:
American Notebooks (Volume I & II)
English Notebooks (Volume I & II)
French and Italian Notebooks (Volume I & II)
Biographies and Reminiscences of Hawthorne:
The Life and Genius of Hawthorne by Frank Preston Stearns
Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne
Memories of Hawthorne...
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English
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When Ishmael joined the crew of a whaling ship called the Pequod, he was eager for a life of adventure on the high seas. But he didn't know that what he was about to embark on would be the adventure of a lifetime. With Captain Ahab at the helm, Ishmael and his crewmates quickly learned that they weren't simply hunting whales. They were on a quest for the biggest catch there ever was: the great white whale of legend, Moby Dick.
72) Moby Dick
Author
Language
English
Description
When Ishmael joined the crew of a whaling ship called the Pequod, he was eager for a life of adventure on the high seas. But he didn't know that what he was about to embark on would be the adventure of a lifetime. With Captain Ahab at the helm, Ishmael and his crewmates quickly learned that they weren't simply hunting whales. They were on a quest for the biggest catch there ever was: the great white whale of legend, Moby Dick.
Author
Language
English
Description
This eBook edition has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
Content:
Randall Parrish:
Wolves of the Sea
Charles Boardman Hawes:
The Dark Frigate
The Mutineers
Rafael Sabatini:
Captain Blood
The Sea-Hawk
Captain Charles Johnson:
The History of Pirates
R. L. Stevenson:
Treasure Island
Jack London:
The Sea Wolf
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
A Son of the Sun
Daniel Defoe:
Robinson Crusoe
Captain Singleton
Tobias...
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Language
English
Description
Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection of the greatest books ever written, perfect for the holiday season:
American:
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
The Call of the Wild
White Fang
Moby-Dick
The Scarlet Letter
Little Women
My Antonia
The Age of Innocence
The Awakening
The Portrait of a Lady
The Wings of the Dove
The Yellow Wallpaper
Walden
Leaves of Grass
The Madman
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Life of Frederick Douglass
Ben-Hur
The Last of the...
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English
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Few people would want to test their mettle in an ice-encrusted boat with Ernest Shackleton, sail the Straits of Magellan with Joshua Slocum, or watch with Owen Chase as an angry whale sends his ship to the bottom, thousands of miles from the nearest land. But it's quite another thing to read these true accounts while settled into a favorite chair. Shackleton and Chase persevered in the face of travails that would have given even Job pause. Their stoic...