Hinter diesem harmlosen Titel verbirgt sich ein aufregender Kriminalfall, bei dem die Brüder Kip zu Unrecht beschuldigt werden. Aber wie wollen sie ihre Unschuld an dem Mord am Kapitän ihres Schiffes beweisen? Alles spricht gegen sie, bis der Reeder Hawkins seine detektivischen Nachforschungen aufnimmt und verblüffende Details entdecken kann, die schließlich zur Ermittlung der Täter führen.

It is 1811 and Napoleon's French Empire dominates Europe. Desperate to stem the encroaching French tide and avert war with the emerging power of the United States, the Royal Navy orders Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater to the Chesapeake Bay to heal the rift between London and Washington.

Quite by chance, on the banks of the Potomac, Drinkwater discovers the first clue to a bold plan by which the U.S. could defeat the Royal Navy, collapse the British government and utterly destroy the British cause. Amid personal crisis, Drinkwater takes command of a squadron sent against the Americans in the South Atlantic, audaciously risking his reputation and, in a climactic confrontation, coming face-to-face with the horror of an interminable war.

The year is 1813. Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater succeeds Lord Dungarth as head of the Royal Navy's Secret Department. While the Grand Army of Napoleon faces defeat on the battlefields of Germany, the discovery of a secret treaty with America leads Drinkwater into the forbidding fjords of Norway, and one of the most desperate missions of his career.

Increasingly isolated and affected by the long war with France and her allies, Drinkwater pursues his personal odyssey against often daunting odds. In a compelling narrative the author brings vividly to life conditions at sea during the Napoleonic wars.' The fate of one of Napoleon's most charismatic marshals is linked with American privateers, escaped prisoners and the Danish Navy resulting in a violent confrontation set beneath the aurora.

The fourth book in the Nathaniel Drinkwater series

In The Bomb Vessel, a young Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is given command of the old VIRAGO, to be sent to the Baltic as a cargo ship. Drinkwater's ambition is to turn VIRAGO back into a fighting ship, but he is thwarted by Lord Nelson. At the same time, Drinkwater's brother appeals for help in his desperate attempt to escape the gallows. As Sir Hyde Parker's fleet approaches the Danish coast, the VIRAGO is nearly caught in their destructive path. Amid gales and ice, Drinkwater strives to save his ship and his brother. In the spring of 1801, Napoleon had reached supreme power in France and allied himself with Tsar Paul of Russia. Against this hazardous backdrop of the Baltic expedition, Drinkwater's actions in the complex and bloody battle of Copenhagen are crucial.

The fifth book in the Nathaniel Drinkwater series

Commander Drinkwater's experience of battle was what mattered when Earl St Vincent entrusted Drinkwater with his new command — as escort to the Arctic whaling fleet on its annual expedition to the Greenland seas. With the French established as masters of the war upon trade, violent action ensued.

The sixth book in the Nathaniel Drinkwater series

Another installment in Woodman's ongoing series featuring Nathaniel Drinkwater of the British Navy. Here, Drinkwater is the skipper of the British vessel Antigone, which is massing with other Royal Navy ships as part of Admiral Nelson's blockade against Napoleon's fleet in what would be the disastrous Battle of Trafalgar. Drinkwater, however, is captured by the French and soon is on the receiving end of the British bombardment.

It is 1814 and Napoleon has abdicated as Emperor of the French. King Louis XVIII is brought out of his English exile and escorted back to France by an Allied squadron commanded by the Duke of Clarence. The 'Great War' is at an end and Europe prepares to celebrate the return of legitimate monarchy.

But the victorious Allies are increasingly suspicious of one another. Alexander I, the capricious Tsar of Russia, believes he is the savior of the world, while Great Britain whose sea-power has guaranteed victory at sea and contributed to the military success of Russia, Austria and Prussia, remains at war with the United States of America. Out of the ashes of defeat, France's greatest survivor, Tallayrand, prepares to restore his beaten country to the forefront of European pollitics. Amid this upheaval, discontented Bonapartists plot to restore the eagle whose shadow still lies across the continent.

 Attending King Louis, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is alarmed to receive secret intelligence that a new and imminent threat exists to peace.

It is 1843 and Captain Nathaniel Sir Drinkwater embarks on the paddle-steamer for an inspection of lighthouses on the west coast of England. Bowed with age and honors, the old sea officer has been drawn from retirement on half-pay to fulfill his public duty. The following day, tragedy strikes, and Drinkwater is confronted with his past life: his sins and follies, his triumphs and his disasters.

Drawing on a true incident, Richard Woodman deftly concludes the career of his sea hero. Drinkwater's complex character is revealed in its entirety. Far from being the reminiscences of an old man, the novel skillfully weaves the past with the present; the personal tensions below decks, the straining creak of a man-of-war under sail, the crack of a cannon shot and the plaintive mews of the trailing gulls are never far away. To the end, Nathaniel Drinkwater's life is full of incident and the unexpected, so typical of the sea officers of his day.

Захоплива історія пригод юного капітана у відкритому морі й у нетрях тропічної Африки. Завдяки своїй мужності й витримці Дік Сенд врятував себе і своїх друзів від неминучої загибелі.

Для дітей середнього шкільного віку.

Ілюстрації Олени Чичик

Знакаміты прыгодніцкі раман майстра фантастычных сюжэтаў Жуля Верна расказвае пра кругасветнае вандраванне і дзіўныя прыгоды ў марскіх глыбінях даследніка і вынаходніка капітана Нэма і яго таварышаў.

“Дзеці капітана Гранта” – адзін з самых вядомых твораў французскага класіка навукова-прыгодніцкай літаратуры Жуля Верна. Упершыню выйшаў у свет у 1868 годзе. Раман складаецца з трох частак, у кожнай з якой галоўныя героі - лорд і лэдзі Гленарван, маёр Мак-Наббс, Жак Паганэль, Мэры і Роберт Грант, Джон Манглс - у пошуках капітана Гранта падарожнічаюць вакол Зямлі па Паўднёвай Амерыцы, Аўстраліі і Новай Зеландыі, кіруючыся толькі 37-й паралеллю паўднёвай шыраты.

ВИДАВНИЦТВО ХУДОЖНЬОЇ ЛІТЕРАТУРИ «ДНІПРО» КИЇВ — 1969

ДЖЕК ЛОНДОН

ТВОРИ У ДВАНАДЦЯТИ ТОМАХ ТОМ ТРЕТІЙ

МОРСЬКИЙ ВОВК

ГРА

БІЛОЗУБ

ПЕРЕКЛАД З АНГЛІЙСЬКОЇ

РЕДАКЦІЙНА КОЛЕГІЯ:

Дмитро Затонський, Віталій Коротич, Микола Лукаш, Василь Мисик,

Тетяна Якимович.

VOYAGE AU CENTRE DE LA TERRE Legendinio prancūzų rašytojo, mokslinės fantastikos pradininko Žiulio Verno knyga „Penkiolikos metų kapitonas“ išsiskiria gausybe žinių apie geografiją, gamtą ir įtraukiančiu pasakojimu apie nepaprastą, nuotykių kupiną kelionę, kurioje išbandoma draugystė ir žmogiškumas.   Dikas Sendas yra brigantinos „Piligrimas“ įgulos narys. Paprastai brigantina plaukioja Ramiajame vandenyne, o jos įgula medžioja banginius. Tačiau šį kartą medžioklė pasitaiko nesėkminga ir visi jau planuoja grįžti namo. Tad kai horizonte pasirodo banginis, medžiotojai nusprendžia nepraleisti pasitaikiusios progos ir palikę penkiolikmetį Diką vadovauti laivui, išplaukia medžioti. Kaip seksis Dikui Sendui vadovauti laivui ir kodėl visa laivo įgula galiausiai atsidurs ne Amerikoje, į kurią plaukė, o Afrikoje, ar tikrai dėl to kalta kapitono patirties stoka, o gal kažkas laive turi niekam nežinomų kėslų?  Knyga „Penkiolikos metų kapitonas“ buvo išleista 1878 metais ir daugiausiai dėmesio joje skirta vergijos kritikai. Čia daug kalbama apie vergų pardavimus ir žalą, kurią juodaodžių vergų prekyba padarė visam Afrikos žemynui. Ši Žiulio Verno knyga nuo kitų rašytojo kūrinių skiriasi tuo, kad joje nėra rašytojui įprastų mokslinės fantastikos elementų. Pagrindinis jos tikslas - suteikti skaitytojams geografijos, biologijos, botanikos žinių. Todėl pasakojime nemažai detalių tiek apie koordinačių, krypties nustatymą, tiek apie gyvūniją ir gamtos sąlygas. Žiulis Vernas (Jules Verne, 1828–1905) – prancūzų rašytojas, mokslinės fantastikos žanro pradininkas. Žymiausios jo knygos: „Kelionė į Žemės centrą“, „Nuo Žemės į Mėnulį“, „20000 mylių po vandeniu“, „Aplink pasaulį per 80 dienų“. Daugybe savo kūrinių Ž. Vernas siekė sudominti jaunimą mokslu ir suteikti žinių. Todėl knygose jis sujungė mokslą ir išradimus su nuotykiais. Vertė Ramutė Ramunienė

Here is a refreshingly different sort of yachting book — not the memoirs of some super-tough global adventurer or seawise master mariner, but an account of how one of the most demanding of all sea voyages, the Observer Singlehanded Transatlantic Race, was taken on by a yachtsman who was starting virtually from scratch. Eighteen months before the start of the race, Stuart Woods was nearly thirty-seven (“approaching my prime, really”), overweight (“not actually fat, mind you, just a bit heavy”), and not very fit (“It has always been my belief that strenuous exercise destroys the tissues”). He had never held a sextant or sailed a yacht single-handed. The only boat he had ever owned was an eleven-foot plywood dinghy (“At the Mirror Nationals we came twenty-ninth out of sixty boats. It was my finest hour”). This is his entertaining account of how he learned to sail; how he absorbed enough navigation, learned enough seamanship, and acquired enough practical experience to convince a demanding Race Committee that he was not mad or a fool; how he chose his designer, his yacht, and his boatyard; and. finally, how he fared in the Big Race. This book should not be missed by any yachtsman who is struggling to raise enough courage to leave harbor, by any dinghy sailor who aspires to bigger things; or by anybody who has ever stood on a shore, watched a sailboat go by, and wondered what it’s all about.

1941: Lt. Hamilton, commander of the only British Submarine in the Far East, relies on his own unorthodox daring to deal the Japanese a savage blow.

Careening was a very necessary operation for the old pirate. On his superior speed he depended both for overhauling the trader and escaping the man-of-war. But it was impossible to retain his sailing qualities unless he periodically–once a year, at the least–cleared his vessel’s bottom from the long, trailing plants and crusting barnacles which gather so rapidly in the tropical seas. For this purpose he lightened his vessel, thrust her into some narrow inlet where she would be left high and dry at low water, fastened blocks and tackles to her masts to pull her over on to her bilge, and then scraped her thoroughly from rudder-post to cutwater.

A huge ship was trapped in the ice — the greatest disaster since the loss of the Titanic. This is the strange story of what happened after all messages ceased, except the shrill, insistent signal, Calling the Southern Cross! An eight-part adventure in the Antarctic, as told by one of the survivors.

Gleich mit seinem ersten Kommando, der Brigg SANDPIPER, hat Richard Bolitho eine harte Bewährungsprobe zu bestehen, denn die Flotte Seiner Majestät, des englischen Königs, hat Befehl, dem Piratenunwesen vor der Küste Senegals ein Ende zu bereiten. Doch wird Bolitho die Falle, die der Korsar Haddam für das Linienschiff GORGON aufgebaut hat, sprengen können?

Dezember 1773: Nach vierzehn strapaziösen Monaten auf See an Bord der Gorgon kehrt Midshipman Richard Bolitho zurück nach England. Während das Linienschiff in Plymouth im Dock zur dringend notwendigen Überholung liegt, will er Weihnachten bei seinen Eltern in Falmouth verbringen. Doch daraus wird nichts, denn an der Küste Cornwalls treiben übelste Strandräuber, die gezielt Schiffsstrandungen herbeiführen, ihr Unwesen. Für Richard Bolitho heißt es, deren tödlichem Spuk ein Ende zu setzen…

Richard Bolitho ist Leutnant geworden und läuft 1774 als Dritter Offizier auf der Fregatte 'Destiny' nach Rio de Janeiro aus. Ihr Auftrag ist die Suche nach einem verschwundenen Goldtransporter, denn die Admiralität in London befürchtet, daß mit diesem Gold der Aufstand in den jungen amerikanischen Kolonien unterstützt wird. Am schweren Borddienst unter einem harten Kommandanten, am jähen Tod guter Freunde, aber auch an einer ersten Liebe reift Richard Bolitho zu dem Mann heran, der den späteren Seehelden schon ahnen läßt. Dieser Roman steht chronologisch an vierter Stelle der inzwischen auf dreiundzwanzig Titel angewachsenen marinehistorischen Romanserie um den Seehelden Richard Bolitho.