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    The Ship Beneath the Ice

    The Discovery of Shackleton's Endurance

    by Mensun Bound ...
    Narrated by Charles Armstrong ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 55 min

    The extraordinary story of how the Endurance, Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, was found in the most hostile sea on Earth in 2022On 21 November 1915, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, finally succumbed to the crushing ice. Its crew watched in silence as the stern rose twenty feet in the air and then, it was gone. The miraculous escape and survival of all twenty-eight men on board have entered ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Wager

    by David Grann ...
    Narrated by Dion Graham ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours

    From the international bestselling author of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z, a mesmerising story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth.On 28th January 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Summary of Rachel Slade’s Into the Raging Sea

    by Falcon Press ...
    Narrated by Paul Bartlett ...

    Unabridged

    23 min

    Buy now to get the main key ideas from Rachel Slade’s Into the Raging SeaIn Into the Raging Sea (2018), Rachel Slade takes readers on a journey aboard El Faro’s final voyage from Jacksonville to Puerto Rico, re-creating the tense, eerie final hours before the cargo ship got caught in Hurricane Joaquin and sank. Slade chronicles a series of bad decisions by the captain, unreliable weather forecasts ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    How to Build a Tin Canoe

    Confessions of an Old Salt

    by Robb White ...
    Narrated by Robb White ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 50 min

    While still a young boy, Robb White built his first boat, hewn from the tin roof of an abandoned chicken coop in the back yard. Today, without any formal training, White constructs some of the most sought-after wooden boats around.In How to Build a Tin Canoe, this Southern raconteur and self-taught, expert wooden-boat builder builder recounts tall tales of a life lived on the water, from his ... Read more

    $20.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Wreck of the Portland

    A Doomed Ship, A Violent Storm, and New England's Worst Maritime Disaster

    by J. North Conway ...
    Narrated by Gary Bennett ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 33 min

    The SS Portland was a solid and luxurious ship, and its loss in 1898 in a violent storm with some 200 people aboard was later remembered as “New England’s Titanic.” The Portland was one of New England's largest and most luxurious paddle steamers, and after nine years' solid performance, she had earned a reputation as a safe and dependable vessel. In November 1898, a perfect storm formed off the ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    U.S.S. Seawolf

    Submarine Raider of the Pacific

    by Gerold Frank, James D. Horan, Joseph Eckberg ...
    Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 16 min

    The USS Seawolf was one of the greatest submarine raiders of all time. Having narrowly avoided the attack on Pearl Harbor the Seawolf set out for the seas of the Pacific to wreak havoc on Japanese shipping. Joseph Melvin Eckberg was on the Seawolf from her maiden voyage and remained with her until January 1943. As chief radioman he was instrumental in assisting Captain Frederick Warder to find and ... Read more

    $23.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Sea Was in Their Blood

    The Disappearance of the Miss Ally's Five-Man Crew

    by Quentin Casey ...
    Narrated by Costas Halavrezos ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 48 min

    It was a frigid night in February 2013 when the five young fishermen vanished. The crew of the Miss Ally—a 12-metre Cape Islander from Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia—was fishing for halibut far off the Nova Scotia coast when their boat's spotlight malfunctioned. A vicious winter storm was approaching from her south, and all other boats at the fishing grounds were steaming for shore. Unable to locate ... Read more

    $37.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Surface at the Pole

    The Extraordinary Voyages of the USS Skate

    by James Calvert ...
    Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 31 min

    On 17 March 1959, the USS Skate became the first submarine to surface at the North Pole. Under the guidance of James Calvert this nuclear submarine had navigated through polar ice packs, braved atrociously cold conditions, and broken through layers of thick ice to arrive at their destination; the northernmost point of the world. This mission, however, was not just about completing a seemingly ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Tin Cans and Greyhounds

    The Destroyers that Won Two World Wars

    by Clint Johnson ...
    Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 34 min

    This action-packed narrative history of destroyer-class ships begins with destroyers' first incarnation as torpedo boats in 1898 through the last true combat service of the ships in the Vietnam War. Nicknamed "tin cans" or "greyhounds," destroyers were quick naval ships used to defend larger battleships-and they proved indispensable in America's military victories. In Tin Cans and Greyhounds, ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Gulf of Mexico

    A Maritime History

    by John S. Sledge ...
    Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 13 min

    The Gulf of Mexico presents a compelling, salt-streaked narrative of the earth's tenth 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. Many famous figures who sailed the Gulf's viridian waters are highlighted, including Ponce de Leon, Robert Cavelier de La Salle, Francis ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Titanic, The Voices From The BBC Archive

    by Mark Jones ...
    Narrated by Tim Pigott-Smith ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 26 min

    The RMS Titanic sailed from Southampton en route for New York on her maiden voyage with 2228 passengers and crew on board. On the 14th April at twenty minutes before midnight, sailing at almost full speed, she struck an iceberg and sank in just two and a half hours. Over 1500 lives were lost. This is the story of a great tragedy described by the surviving passengers, officers and crew who were on ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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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 ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 2 min

    Over one hundred years ago, the mightiest “unsinkable” ship began her maiden voyage to cross the Atlantic. An engineering feat eleven stories high, the Titanic contained a list of passengers collectively worth $250 million when she left port on April 10, 1912, but she would never reach her destination. The Titanic collided with an iceberg on the night of April 14, and 1,500 people died in the ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Invasive Aliens: The Plants and Animals From Over There That Are Over Here

    by Dan Eatherley ...
    Narrated by Roger Davis ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 56 min

    ‘The story of “invasive species” is really the story of human history, and Eatherley tells it with great verve … Fascinating’ Daily TelegraphA unique history of plant and animal invaders of the British isles spanning thousands of years of arrivals and escapes, as well as defences mounted and a look to the future.As Brits we pride ourselves as stoic defenders, boasting a record of resistance dating ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Die letzten 160 Minuten der Titanic

    by Wolf Schneider ...
    Narrated by Wolf Schneider ...

    Unabridged

    49 min

    Ein Buch über den Mythos der als unsinkbar geltenden Titanic: Als der Luxusliner am 15. April 1912 auf seiner Fahrt von Southampton nach New York im Atlantik versank, hat diese Katastrophe die Menschen wie kaum ein anderes Schiffsunglück bewegt – und tut es bis heute. Der Journalist und Sachbuchautor Wolf Schneider gewährt einen Einblick in die letzten Stunden und Minuten auf diesem Schiff, das in ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD

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    The White Empress

    A heart-warming saga of chasing your dreams

    by Lyn Andrews ...
    Narrated by Julie Maisey ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 24 min

    A young woman will stop at nothing to achieve her dreams...The White Empress, by bestselling author Lyn Andrews, is a moving saga of a young woman who is determined to make her own way in life - and see the world whilst doing so. Perfect for fans of Anne Baker, Dilly Court and Maureen Lee.Cat Cleary is a sixteen-year-old Irish 'slummy' arriving in Liverpool to seek her fortune. Joe Calligan, a ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Ship and the Storm

    Hurricane Mitch and the Loss of the Fantome

    by Jim Carrier ...
    Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 57 min

    Captain Guyan March had spent his entire professional career aboard Windjammer Barefoot Cruises’ fleet of extravagant tall ships that carry passengers on weeklong fantasy cruises spiced with rum and sun. When he agreed to command the Fantome, Windjammer’s marquee ship, a beautiful 282-foot schooner that “sailed like a pig” in the Gulf of Honduras, he knew that a storm would leave him little space ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Heavy Metal

    The Hard Days and Nights of the Shipyard Workers Who Build America's Supercarriers

    by Michael Fabey ...
    Narrated by Paul Heitsch ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 39 min

    An extraordinary story of American can-do, an inside look at the building of the most dangerous aircraft carrier in the world, the John F. Kennedy.Tip the Empire State Building onto its side and you’ll have a sense of the length of the United States Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, the most powerful in the world: the USS John F. Kennedy. Weighing 100,000 tons, Kennedy features the most futuristic ... Read more

    $42.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Through Ice & Fire

    by Sarah Laverick ...
    Narrated by Fiona Macleod ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 56 min

    The wild and desolate expanses of Antarctica have been the setting for many famous exploits and misadventures: a place where every decision has life-or-death consequences.Legendary explorers such as Shackleton, Mawson and Scott continue to inspire to this day, and their faithful ships, the Endurance, Aurora and Terra Nova are vivid characters in their fateful voyages of discovery.The first and ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Ship Asunder

    A Maritime History of Britain in Eleven Vessels

    by Tom Nancollas ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 53 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.If Britain's maritime history were embodied in a single ship, she would have a prehistoric prow, a mast plucked from a Victorian steamship, the hull of a modest fishing vessel, the propeller of an ocean liner and an anchor made of stone. We might call her Asunder, and, fantastical though she is, we could in fact find her today, scattered in fragments across the country's ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-three mariners, one megastorm and the sinking of El Faro

    by Rachel Slade ...
    Narrated by Erin Bennett ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 36 min

    In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade’s Into the Raging Sea is a nail-biting account of the sinking of the container ship El Faro, the crew of thirty-three who perished onboard, and the destructive forces of globalisation that put the ship in harm’s way.On 1 October 2015, Hurricane Joaquin barreled into the Bermuda Triangle and swallowed the container ship El Faro ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Silver State Dreadnought

    The Remarkable Story of Battleship Nevada

    by Stephen M. Younger ...
    Narrated by Sean Runnette ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 50 min

    USS Nevada (BB-36) was America's first modern battleship. When her keel was laid in 1912, kings and emperors still ruled much of the world. When she finally slipped beneath the waves in 1948, America was the undisputed global superpower. Nevada was revolutionary for her time: the first "superdreadnought"; the first U.S. warship to be oil fired; the first to have a triple-gun main turret; and, the ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Adrift

    A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell about It

    by Brian Murphy ...
    Narrated by Dan Woren ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 22 min

    A story of tragedy at sea where every desperate act meant life or deathThe 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 five lifeboats were lowered. As four lifeboats drifted into the fog and icy water, never to be heard from ... Read more

    $51.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War

    by Mark E. Stille ...
    Narrated by Joe Barrett ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 17 min

    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. This was a remarkable turnaround for a navy that only began to modernize in 1868, although defeats inflicted on the Russians and Chinese in successive wars at the turn of the century gave a sense of the threat the IJN was to ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Summary of Alfred Lansing's Endurance

    by Everest Media ...
    Narrated by AI Marcus ...

    Abridged

    52 min

    Please note:This audiobook has been generated using AI Voice. This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The order to abandon ship was given at 5 P. M. For most of the men, however, no order was needed because by then everybody knew that the ship was done and that it was time to give up trying to save her. They accepted their defeat almost apathetically. #2 The ... Read more

    $4.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial