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An illustration from a 1902 printing of Moby-Dick, one of the renowned American sea novels. Nautical fiction, frequently also naval fiction, sea fiction, naval adventure fiction or maritime fiction, is a genre of literature with a setting on or near the sea, that focuses on the human relationship to the sea and sea voyages and highlights nautical culture in these environments.
That book, as well as his first book about his seven summers in the 1970s and 1980s with killer whales, or orcas, are considered classic whale texts. [10] [11] Orca: The Whale Called Killer is still in print after more than 40 years. Among his other books are five written for children and six academic books.
Later he joined a scientific study group and, in 1969, commenced a project aiming to document the entire marine life of Australia, using underwater photography. His first book, Australian marine fishes in colour, was published in 1974 and he subsequently authored more than 50 books. His books included various texts for scuba divers, shell ...
The magazine cover of Amazing Stories vol. 5 #8 (November 1930). Art by Leo Morey. The following is a collection of science fiction novels, comic books, films, television series and video games that take place significantly or partially underwater.
Robert Hugh Leckie (December 18, 1920 – December 24, 2001) was a United States Marine and an author of books about the military history of the United States, Catholic history and culture, sports books, fiction books, autobiographies, and children's books.
Venkatraman's novel in verse, A Time to Dance, [10] was released in May 2014 by Nancy Paulsen Books to starred reviews in five journals (Kirkus, Booklist, Voices of Youth Advocates, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and School Library Journal [11]); received positive reviews in newspapers (such as the Denver Post, Chicago Sun-Times ...
Peter G. Marston as Captain Clement Tyler Granville, C.T.'s grandfather - In real life, Marston was a scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the production of the program and also the owner of the actual Mimi at the time. [11] Ben Affleck as Clement Tyler 'C.T.' Granville; Edwin De Asis as Ramon Rojas; Victoria Gadsden as ...
I thought that on most days I could manage to turn out a page or two of good sentences. I wrote the best book I could. I wanted my book to teach young people things about war I hadn’t been taught or hadn’t wanted to learn when I was a 17-year-old looking to escape a dull suburban life that felt like a prison." [1]