Maritime English

Maritime Law for Master (Unlimited) CandidatesThis audiobook covers the regulatory and legal framework required for Master (Unlimited) Certificate of Competency oral examinations.

In Maritime Power and the Struggle for Freedom, Peter Padfield presents a superb description and analysis of naval campaigns conducted between 1788 and 1851 that shaped the modern world. Winner of the Mountbatten Maritime Prize, this is the second of Padfield's masterful trilogy that traces the impact of naval power on modern history, and the means by which it has been enacted. 

A Brief Guide to Maritime Strategy is a deliberately compact introductory work aimed at junior seafarers, those who make decisions affecting the sea services, and those who educate seafarers and decision-makers. It introduces listeners to the main theoretical ideas that shape how statesmen and commanders make and execute maritime strategy in times of peace and war.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Two brothers. One murder. A court that has already made up its mind. Karl and Pieter Kip are Dutch sailors, castaways in the South Pacific, when they are rescued by the brig James Cook and prove their worth by helping to suppress a mutiny during a storm...

This audiobook covers the commercial and contractual aspects of maritime law required for Master (Unlimited) Certificate of Competency oral examinations. The content aligns with the UK MCA MIN 653 syllabus and is equally applicable to candidates in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and other Commonwealth jurisdictions.

Maritime Law, Volume III: The Master's Wider Responsibilities. The final volume of this essential three-part series addresses the practical legal responsibilities that every master mariner must understand. Volume III contains ten chapters.

From a leading Brookings Institution fellow and author of To Rule the Waves comes a vivid and bracing examination of today’s most secretive geopolitical conflict: the battle for dominance beneath the oceans. Sub War explores a high-stakes, largely invisible race that is reshaping global...

The Lost Continent, a new HarperNorth book, full description to follow when available...

Now an AMC+ original miniseries event starring Colin Farrell and Jack O'Connell! A nineteenth-century whaling ship sets sail for the Arctic with a killer aboard in this dark, sharp, and highly original tale that grips like a thriller One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the...

Discover a thrilling collection of maritime tales from Frank Thomas Bullen, a master of nautical fiction and a real-life seaman. Originally published in 1901, Deep-Sea Plunderings captures the raw mystery, romance, and peril of life upon the open ocean. From intense whaling expeditions and...

"Sean Patrick Hopkins offers exactly the kind of narration this audiobook deserves...He makes this story of America's first significant overseas aid effort and the two people most responsible--a sea captain and a Catholic priest--come alive." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner The...

The shocking story of corruption, violence and organised crime inside the CMFEU In 2024, the spotlight fell on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), and specifically the Victorian branch. Whistleblowers and witnesses pointed to the union's sinister links with outlaw...

The twenty-fifth title in Dewey Lambdin's beloved series of historical naval adventure. Lewrie loses his ship and his command when he receives news that Vigilance must return to England to be decommissioned and turned over to the dockyards for a complete refit. Lewrie is grounded, put on...

"It isn't every one who's been a god," said the sunburnt man. "But it's happened to me..." When the Ocean Pioneer sinks in twenty fathoms of water, she takes fifty thousand pounds of pure gold dust down with her. Desperate to strike it rich, a crew of rogue salvagers launches a secret expedition...

The once idyllic island of West Uist had turned deadly… The Scottish Hebrides The Flotsam & Jetsam TV show has gained a cult following throughout Scotland by highlighting that money can be made from the debris that washes up onto remote beaches. But for the locals at West Uist the search for...

Delaware's Forgotten Cavalry: A Failure of Command tells the remarkable true story of the First Delaware Cavalry during the American Civil War and the leadership crisis that nearly destroyed the regiment. Drawing from soldiers' diaries, letters, military records, and contemporary newspapers, historian David L. Tabler reveals a forgotten chapter of Civil War history through the eyes of the men who lived it. The story begins in June 1863 when Delaware cavalrymen unexpectedly faced J.E.B. Stuart's Confederate horsemen during the Gettysburg Campaign.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to The Maritime History of Massachusetts and learn about 18th and 19th century Massachusetts history.

After leaving the only family she's ever had on the Marigold, Willa has made a new start on a remote island carving out her own stake in the future of the Narrows. She's found an unexpected business partner in Koy and whether she likes it or not, they are suited in more ways than one. Together...