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The Last Slave Ships
- New York and the End of the Middle Passage
- By: John Harris
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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A stunning behind-the-curtain look into the last years of the illegal transatlantic slave trade in the United States.
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The Last Slave Ships
- New York and the End of the Middle Passage
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 24-11-20
- Language: English
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Titanic
- The Most Complete Story Ever Told
- By: Matthew Vollbrecht
- Narrated by: James Michael Shetler
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook attempts to answer as many of those questions as possible through an informal, narrative style. It focuses on the overall experience and the feelings and emotions of the people going through it rather than just on facts and figures. It covers every aspect of the Titanic saga from inception and construction to the recent rediscovery of the ship. It also examines the impact of the disaster on society and culture.
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Titanic
- The Most Complete Story Ever Told
- Narrated by: James Michael Shetler
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 22-04-22
- Language: English
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Collision Course
- The Classic Story of the Collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm
- By: Alvin Moscow
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the largest, fastest, and most beautiful ships in the world, the Andrea Doria was en route to New York from Italy. Departing from the United States was the much smaller Stockholm. On the foggy night of July 25, 1956, 53 miles southeast of Nantucket, the Stockholm sliced through the Doria's steel hull. Within minutes, the sea was pouring into the Italian liner. Eleven hours later, she capsized and sank into the ocean.
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Collision Course
- The Classic Story of the Collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 06-12-16
- Language: English
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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
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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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The Death of the Lusitania
- By: Phoebe Amory
- Narrated by: Robin Siegerman
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
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This is a harrowing survivor account of the sinking of the Lusitania, a luxury, trans-Atlantic passenger ship which was struck by a German torpedo on May 7, 1915 during WWI. The Foreword and Afterword contain other survivor accounts as well as the backstory of the ocean liner and the events (and cover-up, suppressed for a hundred years) which led to that fateful journey during which 1198 British, Canadian, and American souls, including dozens of children and babies, were tragically drowned just eleven miles off the coast of Ireland and one day away from their destination in England.
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The Death of the Lusitania
- Narrated by: Robin Siegerman
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Release date: 29-04-25
- Language: English
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Les Naufragés du Wager [The Wager Shipwrecks]
- By: David Grann
- Narrated by: Renaud Bertin
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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En 1740, le vaisseau de ligne de Sa Majesté le HMS Wager, deux cent cinquante officiers et hommes d'équipage à son bord, est envoyé au sein d'une escouade sous le commandement du commodore Anson en mission secrète pour piller les cargaisons d'un galion de l'Empire espagnol. Après avoir franchi le cap Horn, le Wager fait naufrage.
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Les Naufragés du Wager [The Wager Shipwrecks]
- Narrated by: Renaud Bertin
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 02-11-23
- Language: French
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Navy Gazette
- An Historical Eye-Witness Account of Life in the British Navy: A Full-Cast Production
- By: Sue Rodwell
- Narrated by: Eileen Atkins, Alex Jennings, Hugh Laurie, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
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Experience first-hand the reality of life in the British Navy sailing from the Viking invasion of Anglo Saxon England to a young sailor’s grief at the death of Lord Nelson, from the Spanish Armada to the Battle of Jutland and from organised press gangs to murderous mutinies. Told entirely in the words of those who were there.
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Navy Gazette
- An Historical Eye-Witness Account of Life in the British Navy: A Full-Cast Production
- Narrated by: Eileen Atkins, Alex Jennings, Hugh Laurie, Geoffrey Palmer, Prunella Scales, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 14-04-22
- Language: English
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Inside the Britannic
- Uncovering the Wreck of the Titanic's Sister Ship
- By: Simon Mills
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The Olympic Class ships were intended to be the greatest liners to ever sail the oceans, but the Britannic sank only four years after her sister ship the Titanic. While the wreck of the Titanic is two miles below the surface and rapidly deteriorating, the Britannic is much more accessible (only 400 ft down) and remains largely intact. One of the largest passenger ships ever to have sunk, her wreck presents a unique opportunity to explore the interior of the Olympic Class liners, and examine areas which on the Titanic simply no longer exist.
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Inside the Britannic
- Uncovering the Wreck of the Titanic's Sister Ship
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 27-05-25
- Language: English
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Herman Melville Collection
- Moby Dick, Bartleby the Scrivener and Sailor Billy Budd
- By: Herman Melville
- Narrated by: Tom Chandler
- Length: 29 hrs
- Unabridged
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Are you ready to be engulfed in a world in which man battles with deep emotions of vengeance, the pressures of society, and passive resistance? Herman Melville’s descriptive style of storytelling captivates and thrills listeners as he deftly reveals the undertones and themes of racial conflict, truth, and social injustice.
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Pure Genius! Excellent Narration!
- By Amazon Customer on 13-09-23
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Herman Melville Collection
- Moby Dick, Bartleby the Scrivener and Sailor Billy Budd
- Narrated by: Tom Chandler
- Length: 29 hrs
- Release date: 20-01-21
- Language: English
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Blame Not the Wind
- A tragedy at sea. A cover-up. One mother’s search for justice.
- By: Shirley Cooklin
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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"Very occasionally a tragedy turns into a triumph. This wonderful, searing book is such a moment. Rush to read it & be thankful." – Miriam Margolyes Last night Ben phoned from Bermuda, collect as usual. I’d asked – though heaven knows why, as we avoid soppy talk – if he still loved me...
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A tribute to a beloved child.
- By Gerard on 07-09-25
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Blame Not the Wind
- A tragedy at sea. A cover-up. One mother’s search for justice.
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 14-08-25
- Language: English
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Lusitania
- An Epic Tragedy
- By: Diana Preston
- Narrated by: Anne Twomey
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
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A brilliantly sunny day, and then the explosion; on what had been an ordinary weekday, there is suddenly fire, smoke, confusion, bodies, panic... On May 7, 1915, the ocean liner Lusitania was struck by a terrifying new weapon-and became a casualty of a terrible new kind of war. This is a vivid...
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Lusitania
- An Epic Tragedy
- Narrated by: Anne Twomey
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 07-05-02
- Language: English
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In the Heart of the Sea
- The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner)
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
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From the author of Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson star in the film based on this National Book Award–winning account...
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In the Heart of the Sea
- The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (National Book Award Winner)
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 13-06-05
- Language: English
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Los pueblos del mar [The People of the Sea]
- Una guía fascinante de los navegantes que invadieron el antiguo Egipto, Anatolia oriental, el Imperio hitita, Palestina, Siria y Chipre, y del fin de la Edad de Bronce Tardía
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Luis Trumper
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
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Es difícil conocer íntimamente a los pueblos del mar porque los registros sobre ellos no son muy completos. Pero nos hemos propuesto explorar las muchas preguntas que la gente se hace sobre esta misteriosa civilización. ¿Quiénes eran? ¿De dónde procedían? ¿Hacían algo más que asaltar? ¿Qué impacto tuvieron en la sociedad y el comercio? ¿Le sorprendería saber que este misterioso pueblo era algo más que una banda de piratas?
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Los pueblos del mar [The People of the Sea]
- Una guía fascinante de los navegantes que invadieron el antiguo Egipto, Anatolia oriental, el Imperio hitita, Palestina, Siria y Chipre, y del fin de la Edad de Bronce Tardía
- Narrated by: Luis Trumper
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 11-07-24
- Language: Spanish
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Indianapolis
- By: Lynn Vincent, Sara Vladic
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
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Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the Philippine Sea when she is sunk by two Japanese torpedoes. For the next five nights and four days, almost 300 miles from the nearest land, nearly 900 men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. Only 316 will survive. Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic tell the complete story of the ship, her crew, and their final mission to save one of their own.
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Indianapolis
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd
- Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 10-07-18
- Language: English
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On Wide Seas
- The US Navy in the Jacksonian Era
- By: Claude Berube
- Narrated by: Larry Peterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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On Wide Seas: The US Navy in the Jacksonian Era details the ways in which the US Navy transformed from an antiquated arm of the nation’s military infrastructure into a more dynamic and effective force that was soon to play a pivotal role in a number of national and international conflicts. Jackson developed a clear, concise naval strategy that policymakers and officers alike could seize and execute. They carried out a collective vision that coincided with the national literary movement that recognized America’s future would rely upon the Navy.
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On Wide Seas
- The US Navy in the Jacksonian Era
- Narrated by: Larry Peterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 21-12-21
- Language: English
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A Wild Rough Lot
- Whaling and Sealing from the Moray Firth
- By: Malcolm Archibald
- Narrated by: Alan Roy
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
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The Moray Firth of Scotland has a fine maritime history. This audiobook introduces the nearly forgotten sealing and whaling industry of the 19th century. It includes ships, masters, men, and anecdotes from Fraserburgh and Banff, with a year-by-year breakdown of the industry. A recognized expert on the Scottish whaling industry, Malcolm Archibald has authored a number of books on the subject, including Whalehunters (Mercat Press, 2004), Ancestors in the Arctic (Black and White, 2013), and The Dundee Whaling Fleet (Dundee University Press, 2013).
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A Wild Rough Lot
- Whaling and Sealing from the Moray Firth
- Narrated by: Alan Roy
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 07-11-19
- Language: English
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The Pirates Laffite
- The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf
- By: William C. Davis
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
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At large during the most colorful period in New Orleans' history, from just after the Louisiana Purchase through the War of 1812, privateers Jean and Pierre Laffite made life hell for Spanish merchants on the Gulf. Pirates to the US Navy officers who chased them, heroes to the private citizens who shopped for contraband at their well-publicized auctions, the brothers became important members of a filibustering syndicate that included lawyers, bankers, merchants, and corrupt US officials.
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The Pirates Laffite
- The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 01-02-22
- Language: English
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Sailing the Graveyard Sea
- The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation
- By: Richard Snow
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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A “compelling” (The Wall Street Journal) account of the only mutiny in the history of the United States Navy—a little-known but once notorious event that cost three young men their lives—part murder mystery, part courtroom drama, and as propulsive and dramatic as the bestselling novels...
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Sailing the Graveyard Sea
- The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 21-11-23
- Language: English
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Mutiny on the Rising Sun
- A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate
- By: Jared Ross Hardesty
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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On the night of June 1, 1743, terror struck the schooner Rising Sun. After completing a routine smuggling voyage where the crew sold enslaved Africans in exchange for chocolate, sugar, and coffee in the Dutch colony of Suriname, the ship traveled eastward along the South American coast. Believing there was an opportunity to steal the lucrative cargo and make a new life for themselves, three sailors snuck below deck, murdered four people, and seized control of the vessel.
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Mutiny on the Rising Sun
- A Tragic Tale of Slavery, Smuggling, and Chocolate
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 14-12-21
- Language: English
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The Disappearance of the Surcouf
- The Mysterious Sinking of the Allies’ Largest Submarine during World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Steve Knupp
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
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Given that there’s such little margin for error in a submersible, many submarine losses remain sources of intrigue and mystery, and during World War II, few sinkings were as controversial as the Surcouf, a Free French submarine that disappeared in the Caribbean in 1942. When the Surcouf launched in 1929, it was a technological marvel. This wasn’t a conventional submarine at all, but a 3,300-ton, 300-foot-long submersible light cruiser.
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The Disappearance of the Surcouf
- The Mysterious Sinking of the Allies’ Largest Submarine during World War II
- Narrated by: Steve Knupp
- Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
- Release date: 21-06-24
- Language: English
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