Bestsellers
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The Gales of November
- The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- By: John U. Bacon
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall838
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Performance806
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Story806
Focused on those directly affected by the tragedy, The Gales of November is both an emotional tribute to the lives lost and a propulsive, thrilling narrative history of America’s most-mourned maritime disaster.
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Extensive research; suspect editing
- By Anonymous on 12-14-25
By: John U. Bacon
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Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- By: Alfred Lansing
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27,069
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Performance24,013
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Story23,972
In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice
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The best book I've had
- By Thomas Allen on 09-17-08
By: Alfred Lansing
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The Great Museum of the Sea
- A Human History of Shipwrecks
- By: James P. Delgado
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance3
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Story3
The sea is the largest museum on earth, with more than a million lost ships resting in its depths. Those shipwrecks date back thousands of years, some from civilizations long vanished, others from more recent history. Some are famous, others obscure and unremembered but each has a story to tell.
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Coulda Shoulda Been Excitinger
- By David Robinson on 03-23-26
By: James P. Delgado
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The Sea and Civilization
- A Maritime History of the World
- By: Lincoln Paine
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 29 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall193
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Performance160
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Story162
A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean, river, lake and stream....
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Comprehensive
- By Than on 12-29-19
By: Lincoln Paine
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A Night to Remember
- The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic
- By: Walter Lord
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,436
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Performance1,277
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Story1,273
The Titanic collided with an iceberg on April 14, and 1,500 people died in the freezing waters. It's a story that has spurred legends and still sends shivers down the spine....
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A gripping story grounded in historical fact
- By Abigail Carney on 05-30-20
By: Walter Lord
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The Wreck of the Mentor
- A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
- By: Eric Jay Dolin
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
An astonishing true story―one of the most gripping maritime sagas of the nineteenth century―told by our era’s “expert literary steersman” (Washington Post).
By: Eric Jay Dolin
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The Gales of November
- The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- By: John U. Bacon
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall838
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Performance806
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Story806
Focused on those directly affected by the tragedy, The Gales of November is both an emotional tribute to the lives lost and a propulsive, thrilling narrative history of America’s most-mourned maritime disaster.
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Extensive research; suspect editing
- By Anonymous on 12-14-25
By: John U. Bacon
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Endurance
- Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
- By: Alfred Lansing
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27,069
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Performance24,013
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Story23,972
In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice
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The best book I've had
- By Thomas Allen on 09-17-08
By: Alfred Lansing
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The Great Museum of the Sea
- A Human History of Shipwrecks
- By: James P. Delgado
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance3
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Story3
The sea is the largest museum on earth, with more than a million lost ships resting in its depths. Those shipwrecks date back thousands of years, some from civilizations long vanished, others from more recent history. Some are famous, others obscure and unremembered but each has a story to tell.
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Coulda Shoulda Been Excitinger
- By David Robinson on 03-23-26
By: James P. Delgado
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The Sea and Civilization
- A Maritime History of the World
- By: Lincoln Paine
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 29 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall193
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Performance160
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Story162
A monumental retelling of world history through the lens of maritime enterprise, revealing in breathtaking depth how people first came into contact with one another by ocean, river, lake and stream....
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Comprehensive
- By Than on 12-29-19
By: Lincoln Paine
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A Night to Remember
- The Classic Account of the Final Hours of the Titanic
- By: Walter Lord
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,436
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Performance1,277
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Story1,273
The Titanic collided with an iceberg on April 14, and 1,500 people died in the freezing waters. It's a story that has spurred legends and still sends shivers down the spine....
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A gripping story grounded in historical fact
- By Abigail Carney on 05-30-20
By: Walter Lord
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The Wreck of the Mentor
- A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
- By: Eric Jay Dolin
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
An astonishing true story―one of the most gripping maritime sagas of the nineteenth century―told by our era’s “expert literary steersman” (Washington Post).
By: Eric Jay Dolin
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Batavia
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 17 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall639
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Performance554
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Story553
The story begins in 1629, when the pride of the Dutch East India Company, the Batavia, is on its maiden voyage en route from Amsterdam to the Dutch East Indies, laden down with the greatest treasure to leave Holland....
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Disaster, Mutiny, Murder, Survival
- By Todd on 02-07-13
By: Peter FitzSimons
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Deadliest Sea
- The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History
- By: Kalee Thompson
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall171
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Performance148
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Story147
Deadliest Sea by Kalee Thompson is the spellbinding true story of the greatest rescue in US Coast Guard history. Recounting the tragic sinking of the fishing trawler, Alaska Ranger, in the Bering Sea and its remarkable aftermath in March 2008....
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Good story line
- By Jayson on 03-31-20
By: Kalee Thompson
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A General History of the Pyrates
- From Their First Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the Present Time
- By: Daniel Defoe
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall186
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Performance166
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Story165
This work is the prime source for the biographies of many well-known pirates of that era and shaped the popular notions about pirates of the day....
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Horrendous Waste of John Lee’s Time and Ours
- By Blake on 01-22-20
By: Daniel Defoe
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The Titanic: Disaster of the Century
- By: Wyn Craig Wade
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall227
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Performance203
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Story202
In this centennial edition of the definitive book on the Titanic, new findings and interviews shed light on the world’s most famous marine disaster....
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The disaster and the disaster hearings
- By Tad Davis on 02-21-12
By: Wyn Craig Wade
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Adrift
- A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell about It
- By: Brian Murphy, Toula Vlahou
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall77
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Performance73
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Story73
A story of tragedy at sea where every desperate act meant life or death The small ship making the Liverpool-to-New York trip in the early months of 1856 carried mail, crates of dry goods, and more than one hundred passengers, mostly Irish emigrants. Suddenly an iceberg tore the ship asunder and...
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Engrossing
- By Trish on 04-20-22
By: Brian Murphy, and others
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Deadly Voyage
- The S.S. Daniel J. Morrell Tragedy
- By: Andrew Kantar
- Narrated by: Todd Curless
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall35
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Performance35
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Story35
Twenty-eight men drowned in the icy waters of Lake Huron, but one sailor - 26-year-old Dennis Hale - miraculously survived the treacherous storm....
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What a way to make a Living!
- By StBarth on 12-02-25
By: Andrew Kantar
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Ten Hours Until Dawn
- The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do
- By: Michael J. Tougias
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall152
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Performance102
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Story97
He gathered his crew of four, readied his 49-foot steel boat, the Can Do, and entered the maelstrom of the blizzard that was to become known as the "Storm of the Century"....
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A riveting story
- By Christopher on 11-30-07
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Graveyard of the Lakes
- Great Lakes Books Series
- By: Mark L. Thompson
- Narrated by: Scott MacDonald
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance32
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Story31
In Graveyard of the Lakes, Thompson suggests that most of the accidents and deaths on the lakes have been the result of human error, ranging from simple mistakes to gross incompetence....
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Graveyard of the Lakes
- By Bernard Slicker on 02-11-18
By: Mark L. Thompson
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Be Free or Die
- The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero
- By: Cate Lineberry
- Narrated by: J. D. Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall271
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Performance246
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Story243
Facing death rather than enslavement - a story of one man's triumphant choice and ultimate rise to national hero....
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Great Book about a Great man
- By Evan on 02-19-18
By: Cate Lineberry
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Ghost Ship
- The Mysterious True Story of the Mary Celeste and Her Missing Crew
- By: Brian Hicks
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance11
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Story11
On 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 trace of the captain, his wife and daughter, or the crew....
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An Answer to the Mystery?
- By rlh1236 on 03-15-26
By: Brian Hicks
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The Slave Ship
- A Human History
- By: Marcus Rediker
- Narrated by: Cornell Womack
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance6
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Story6
In a chilling exploration of a nearly forgotten chapter of history, Marcus Rediker delves into the dark depths of slave ships in the 18th century. In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of the...
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Sadly I wanted to love this book
- By Eve on 08-28-25
By: Marcus Rediker
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The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria
- The Sinking of the World's Most Glamorous Ship
- By: Greg King, Penny Wilson
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance36
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Story36
In the tradition of Erik Larson's Dead Wake comes The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria, about the sinking of the glamorous Italian ocean liner. In 1956, a stunned world watched as the famous Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria sank after being struck by a Swedish vessel off the coast of Nantucket...
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Great!
- By Andrea C. Shebuski on 01-10-21
By: Greg King, and others
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Lusitania
- Triumph, Tragedy, and the End of the Edwardian Age
- By: Greg King, Penny Wilson
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance31
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Story32
Lusitania: She was a ship of dreams, a microcosm of the last years of the waning Edwardian Era and the coming influences of the 20th century....
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Informative
- By Jean on 03-10-15
By: Greg King, and others
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Into the Raging Sea
- Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of the El Faro
- By: Rachel Slade
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,118
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Performance992
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Story988
“A Perfect Storm for a new generation, Rachel Slade's Into the Raging Sea is a masterful page-turning account of the El Faro's sinking.” —Ben Mezrich, bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook On October 1, 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda...
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This Book is Tragic for More Than Just its Story
- By John A. Tucker on 10-23-19
By: Rachel Slade
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The Shipwreck Hunter
- A Lifetime of Extraordinary Discoveries on the Ocean Floor
- By: David L. Mearns
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall350
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Performance294
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Story293
The Shipwreck Hunter chronicles David L. Mearns' most intriguing finds. It describes the extraordinary techniques used, the detailed research, and the courage required to find a wreck thousands of feet beneath the sea, plus the moving human stories that lie behind these tragedies....
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Delivered More Than I Expected!
- By Jason V. Kilmer on 08-07-18
By: David L. Mearns
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Coming Back Alive
- The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High Seas
- By: Spike Walker
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall345
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Performance304
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Story304
When the fishing vessel La Conte sinks suddenly at night in 100-mile-per-hour winds and record 90-foot seas during a savage storm in January 1998, her five crewmen are left to drift without a life raft in the freezing Alaskan waters and survive as best they can....
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Outstanding Story and Performance
- By One of many Steves on 05-22-18
By: Spike Walker
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Ninety Percent of Everything
- Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and Food on Your Plate
- By: Rose George
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall202
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Performance180
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Story180
On ship-tracking websites, the waters are black with dots. Each dot is a ship; each ship is laden with boxes; each box is laden with goods. In postindustrial economies, we no longer produce but buy. We buy, so we must ship. Without all those dots, the world would not work. Freight shipping has...
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I was quite mislead by the title.....
- By Steve on 10-20-17
By: Rose George
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A Storm Too Soon
- A True Story of Disaster, Survival, and an Incredible Rescue
- By: Michael J. Tougias
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall107
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Performance90
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Story90
A heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster,survival, and daring rescue from a master storyteller....
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Great story ruined by a horrible narrator.
- By Zoltan on 01-08-16
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The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War
- By: Mark E. Stille
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall102
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Performance93
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Story92
The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War details the Japanese ships which fought in the Pacific and examines the principles on which they were designed, how they were armed, when and where they were deployed, and how effective they were in battle....
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Great Technical Reference
- By Dale H. Reeck on 06-09-18
By: Mark E. Stille
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The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War
- By: Mark Stille
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the third most powerful navy in the world at the start of World War II, and came to dominate the Pacific in the early months of the war.
By: Mark Stille
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Heaven’s Ditch
- God, Gold, and Murder on the Erie Canal
- By: Jack Kelly
- Narrated by: Andrew Reilly
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall66
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Performance56
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Story54
The technological marvel of its age, the Erie Canal grew out of a sudden fit of inspiration. Proponents didn't just dream; they built a 360-mile waterway entirely by hand....
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An under told story of the United States.
- By JayHey on 08-28-16
By: Jack Kelly
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Stalking the Red Bear
- The True Story of a U.S. Cold War Submarine's Covert Operations Against the Soviet Union
- By: Peter Sasgen
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall380
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Performance339
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Story336
Stalking the Red Bear, for the first time ever, describes the action principally from the perspective of a commanding officer of a nuclear submarine during the Cold War....
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How it really was on Fast Attack Subs in the 1970’s
- By James B. Cookinham on 01-26-18
By: Peter Sasgen
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Simple Courage
- The True Story of Peril on the Sea
- By: Frank Delaney
- Narrated by: Frank Delaney
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall333
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Performance211
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Story214
“HEAVEN HELP THE SAILOR ON A NIGHT LIKE THIS.” –old folk prayer In late December 1951, laden with passengers and nearly forty metric tons of cargo, the freighter S.S. Flying Enterprise steamed westward from Europe toward America. A few days into the voyage, she hit the eye of a ferocious...
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Well written and read
- By AMS on 03-03-08
By: Frank Delaney
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The Gulf of Mexico
- A Maritime History
- By: John S. Sledge
- Narrated by: Tom Perkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance18
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Story18
The Gulf of Mexico presents a compelling, salt-streaked narrative of the Earth's 10th-largest body of water. In this beautifully written volume, John S. Sledge explores the people, ships, and cities that have made the Gulf's human history and culture so rich....
By: John S. Sledge