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    • A Maritime History of the World
    • By: Lincoln Paine
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 29 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 01-24-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 160 ratings
    • 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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    • Fifty Books to Know the Sea
    • By: Adm. James Stavridis USN (Ret.)
    • Narrated by: Robert Fass
    • Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 04-19-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • Admiral Stavridis, a leader in military and national security circles, shares his love of the sea and some of the sources of that affection. The Sailor's Bookshelf offers synopses of fifty books that illustrate the history, importance, lore, and lifestyle of the oceans....

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    • The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
    • By: Eric Jay Dolin
    • Narrated by: Paul Brion
    • Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 10-16-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,251 ratings
    • Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy's "Golden Age" - spanning the late 1600s through the early 1700s - when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond....

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    • A Maritime History of World War II
    • By: Evan Mawdsley
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 28 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 05-26-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 143 ratings
    • Command of the oceans was crucial to winning World War II. In this definitive account, Evan Mawdsley traces events at sea from the first U-boat operations in 1939 to the surrender of Japan....

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    • The White European Slaves of Islam
    • By: Simon Webb
    • Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
    • Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 09-20-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
    • A century before Britain became involved in this terrible business, whole villages and towns in England, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and other European countries were being depopulated by slavers, who transported the men, women, and children to Africa, where they were sold....

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    • Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition
    • By: Stephen R. Bown
    • Narrated by: Steven Crossley
    • Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 04-30-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 213 ratings
    • The 18th-century story of the world's largest, longest, and best-financed scientific expedition of all time, triumphantly successful, gruesomely tragic, and never before fully told....

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    • A Global History
    • By: Craig L. Symonds
    • Narrated by: Eric Martin
    • Length: 25 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 12-04-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1,385 ratings
    • Craig Symonds shows how any limitations on naval warfare would become irrelevant before the decade was up. World War II at Sea offers a global perspective, focusing on the major engagements and personalities and revealing both their scale and their interconnection....

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    • Shackleton, My Father and a World Without End
    • By: Darrel Bristow-Bovey
    • Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
    • Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 04-06-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • The discovery of Endurance briefly swept the anxiety and rancour of 2022 from the headlines of the world, and new generations thrilled again to one of the greatest tales of all time....

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    • A History of the American Lighthouse
    • By: Eric Jay Dolin
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
    • Brilliant Beacons traces the evolution of America's lighthouse system, highlighting the political, military, and technological battles fought to illuminate the nation's hardscrabble coastlines....

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    • The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf
    • By: William C. Davis
    • Narrated by: Paul Woodson
    • Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 02-01-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • An "engrossing and exciting" account of legendary New Orleans privateers Pierre and Jean Laffite and their adventures along the Gulf Coast (Booklist, starred review)....

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    • The Unfinished Battle
    • By: Nick Jellicoe
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Length: 18 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 97 ratings
    • This book not only retells the story of the battle from both a British and German perspective based on the latest research, but also helps clarify the context of Germany's inevitable naval clash and the aftermath after the smoke had cleared....

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    • The World War II Story of Five Fearless Heroes, the Sinking of the Dorchester, and an Awe-Inspiring Rescue
    • By: Steven T. Collis
    • Narrated by: Traber Burns
    • Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 140 ratings
    • The Immortals explores the power of faith and religious conviction and powerfully narrates the lives of five heroic men who believed in something greater than themselves, living lives of service and sacrifice for their country and their fellow man....

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    • Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates
    • By: Des Ekin
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
    • Release date: 06-14-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The Stolen Village is a fascinating tale of international piracy and culture clash nearly 400 years ago and is the first book to cover this relatively unknown and under-researched incident in Irish history....

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    • A History of the Most Notorious Sea Robbers
    • By: Angus Konstam
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
    • Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 02-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • Often romanticized in print and on the silver screen, real-life pirates were a brutal menace that plagued the high seas. In this book, Angus Konstam separates myth from reality, tracing the history of piracy through the centuries....

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    • A Human History of the Oceans
    • By: David Abulafia
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 41 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • From the author of the acclaimed The Great Sea, David Abulafia's new book guides listeners along the world's greatest bodies of water to reveal their primary role in human history....

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    • By: Charles D. Stanton
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 19 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
    • In a world of few roads and great disorder, the sea is the medium on which power is projected and wealth sought. Yet this confused period in the history of maritime warfare has rarely been studied; it is little known and even less understood....

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    • Alan Lewrie, Book 24
    • By: Dewey Lambdin
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Series: Alan Lewrie, Book 24
    • Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 10-13-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 119 ratings
    • Three mismatched troop transports, lots of 29-foot barges, and an under-strength regiment of foot - a waste of Royal Navy money, a doomed experiment, or a new way to bedevil Napoleon's army in Italy? Either way, it's Capt. Sir Alan Lewrie's idea, and it seems to be working....

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    • By: Kevin F. McMurray
    • Narrated by: Michael Prichard
    • Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 08-03-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • On May 29, 1914, after a collision in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the Empress of Ireland sank in minutes, taking 1,012 passengers and crew to their deaths. Now, in Dark Descent, acclaimed author and diver Kevin McMurray revives the story of this forgotten maritime catastrophe....

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    • Strategy, Tactics and Technology
    • By: Norman Friedman
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 30 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 12-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 74 ratings
    • Melding strategic, technical, and tactical aspects, Friedman approaches World War I from a fresh perspective and demonstrates how its perceived lessons dominated the way navies prepared for World War II....

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