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Ships & Shipbuilding Audiobooks

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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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    Under Pressure: Living Life and Avoiding Death on a Nuclear Submarine

    by Richard Humphreys ...
    Narrated by Richard Humphreys ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 49 min

    ‘One of the finest memoirs published in recent years.’ Dan Jones‘An utterly fascinating and wonderfully detailed insight into the hidden world of the modern submarine.’ James HollandA candid, visceral, and incredibly entertaining account of what it’s like to live in one of the most extreme environments in the world.Imagine a world without natural light, where you can barely stand up straight for ... Read more

    $26.99 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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    Sailing Alone

    A History

    by Richard J. King ...

    Unabridged

    Brought to you by Penguin.Sailing on a boat by yourself out at sea and out of sight of land can be exhilarating or terrifying, compelling or tedious - sometimes it can be all of these things just in one morning. It is an adventure at odds with our normal, sociable lives, carried out floating on a medium wholly inimical to our existence. But the deep ocean is also a remarkable place on which to ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Voyage of the Liberdade, The

    by Joshua Slocum ...
    Narrated by Andre Stojka ...
    series American Adventure Library

    Unabridged

    4 hours 40 min

    A tall ship if trapped on a sandvar in 1885, broadsided by heavy seas and doomed to destruction and break-up on a lonely Brazilian beach. This is just the beginning of an incredible sea adventure by a North American sea Captain, his wife and two sons. To returnm his family to saftey, Captain Slocum builds a new boat our of the wreckage of the old. He sails his family along the perilous ocean of ... Read more

    $14.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Titanics forlis

    by Orage ...
    Narrated by Peter Milling ...
    series Historie

    Unabridged

    19 min

    Klokken 12.15 den 31. maj 1911 blev verdens hidtil største skib søsat og skabte en ikke ringe bølge på floden Lagan i Nordirland, da dets 52.000 tons landede i vandet. Pressen og titusinder af tilskuere var mødt op til den store begivenhed, som der ligefrem var blevet solgt billetter til. Og det var ikke bare en national begivenhed, men noget, der fik stor international opmærksomhed – afsløringen ... Read more

    $3.99 AUD

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    Satans til Higginbottom

    by Jørn Riel ...
    Narrated by Jørgen Weel ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 23 min

    Den sagtmodige London-sagfører Julius Higginbottom repræsenterer den hårdhjertede forretningskvinde Mary Hooper, der ved et ulykkeligt tilfælde har arvet en tredjepart i den forunderlige skude S/S Mongolia – en rusten plimsoller med medfødt slagside og fire grader permanent skrånende dæk. Nu vil hun have skibet hjem, så det kan blive ombygget til et anstændigt turistfartøj, og hun sender den ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD

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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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    Pestskibet

    by Jack Du Brul, Clive Cussler ...
    Narrated by Bjarne Mouridsen ...
    series Oregon Files

    Unabridged

    16 hours 32 min

    Alt er på spil i PESTSKIBET. Hæsblæsende action du ikke kan slippe, før sidste side er vendt.En ung nazisoldat gør en usædvanlig opdagelse, da han under 2. verdenskrig i en gletsjer finder det mest legendariske skib nogensinde.60 år senere er Juan Cabrillo og hans agenttrænede mandskab på det tophemmelige militærskib Oregon på vej mod deres mest ekstraordinære mission til dato. De støder på et ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD

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    Du bliver aldrig sømand, Kaj

    by Kaj Lund ...
    Narrated by Povl Marstal ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 27 min

    I sine erindringer fortæller Kaj Lund om sit liv på nogle af de sidste sejlskibe, der var i fragtfart, inden de moderne maskindrevne handelsskibe i 1930’erne for alvor tog over. Kaj Lund fortæller så levende om skibskost, at man næsten selv kan smage det, og så medrivende om indefrysninger og overisning, at man selv gyser ved tanken.Erindringsbogen "Du bliver aldrig sømand, Kaj" efterfølges af ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

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    Den forliste drøm

    Historien om Titanic

    by Anders Haubart Madsen ...
    Narrated by Anders Haubart Madsen ...
    Audiobook 3 - Historiens store skæbner

    Unabridged

    5 hours 44 min

    Atlanterhavet, 1912. Gennem den iskolde aprilnat sejler verdens største passagerskib, oceandamperen RMS Titanic; et teknologisk og luksuriøst vidunder, der efter sigende ikke kan kuldsejle. Om bord er over 2.000 mennesker, der rejser fra Europa mod Amerika. Verdens magtelite på 1. klasse, en nyforelsket dansk bondepige på 3. klasse. Hvert dæk gemmer på sine egne historier om en af ... Read more

    $38.99 AUD

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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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    Endurance

    Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage

    by Alfred Lansing ...
    Narrated by Simon Prebble ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 21 min

    This is a new reading of the thrilling account of one of the most astonishing feats of exploration and human courage ever recorded.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. For five months, Sir Ernest Shackleton and his men, drifting on ice packs ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A Short History of Seafaring

    by Brian Lavery ...
    Narrated by Elliot Fitzpatrick ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 47 min

    A fascinating journey through more than 5,000 years of seafaring history in this essential guide to the most impressive seafaring tales, explorers, and maritime environments.For more than 5,000 years, the seas have challenged, rewarded, and punished the brave sailors who set forth to explore it. This history of the seas and sailing tells the remarkable story of those individuals - whether they ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Cork Boat

    by John Pollack ...
    Narrated by John Pollack ...

    Abridged

    5 hours 25 min

    In the late 1990s John Pollack was working as a Washington speechwriter when, frustrated by the cynicism and hypocrisy on Capitol Hill, he quit his job to pursue a boyhood dream: to build a boat made entirely of wine corks and take it on an epic journey.Cork Boat tells the story of Pollack’s improbable quest. Overcoming one obstacle after another, he convinces skeptical bartenders to save their ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days

    From Forecastle to Quarter-Deck

    by John D. Whidden ...
    Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 34 min

    Orphaned at five, nothing held Whidden back from embarking on sea life seven years later. Serving as an apprentice, he quickly proved his worth, and earned himself a mate's position by his early twenties. Graduating to third, second, and first office, he ended his career in command of, and having part-ownership of his own vessel. This memoir, Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days, records a ... Read more

    $36.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Hurricane Hutch's Top 10 Ships of the Clyde (Unabridged)

    by Captain Robin L. Hutchison ...
    Narrated by Bill Paterson ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 5 min

    HURRICANE HUTCH'S TOP 10 SHIPS OF THE CLYDE by Captain Robin L Hutchison. Narrated by Bill Paterson. The story of one of the Clyde's longest-serving captains and life on board some of Scotland's most iconic ships. 'Wry, sometimes daunting ... a lifetime as a Master Mariner' Scottish Daily Mail. Maid of Argyll, Queen Mary II, Cowal, Caledonia, Jupiter, Jeanie Deans, Waverley, Talisman, Glen Sannox, ... Read more

    $41.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    In the Wake of Madness

    The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon

    by Joan Druett ...
    Narrated by Dennis Boutsikaris ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 16 min

    The true story of a bloody mutany that inspired a young writer named Herman Melville. ... Read more

    $30.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    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

  • Audiobook

    Rowing the Pacific

    7,000 Miles from Japan to San Francisco

    by Mick Dawson ...
    Narrated by Mick Dawson ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 41 min

    'If you love thrilling adventure books that'll keep you on the edge of your seat, then you're going to love this one' - Naomi Dunbar, Adventure Travel'I am an ocean rower, and have read a lot of books by fellow ocean rowers, and enjoyed them, BUT, this one beats them all. It was brilliant, so gripping that once started I could not put it down, read it in one go, neglecting all my work and chores. ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Sailing Elysium

    by Helen Olson ...
    Narrated by Helen Olson ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 43 min

    On a boat they built themselves, two determined souls chartered a life of dreams and discovery.Helen Olson and her husband, Elmer, retired in their late forties to sail the Pacific Ocean and Oceania from 1979 - 1989 on a fifty -foot yacht they built themselves. "Sailing Elysium" is a personal account of that ten year adventure, as they immersed themselves in the cultures and traditions of the ... Read more

    $58.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial