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Carsten Jensen; Charlotte Barslund In 1848 a motley crew of Danish sailors sets sail from the small island town of Marstal to fight the Germans. Not all of them return - and those who... | Jane Struthers Can you remember why the sea is salty? How does the moon affect the tide? And what was the mystery of St Michael's Mount? Answering such questions as what to... |
Philip Hoare The story of a man's obsession with whales, which takes him on a personal, historical and biographical journey - from his childhood to his fascination with Moby-Dick and his excursions... | John Banville Winner of the 2005 Man Booker Prize |
Ian McEwan In a hotel overlooking Chesil Beach, Edward and Florence, who got married that morning, are sitting down to dinner in their room. Neither is entirely able to suppress their anxieties... | John Steinbeck; Richard Astro In 1940, the author sailed in a sardine boat with his great friend the marine biologist, Ed Ricketts, to collect marine invertebrates from the beaches of the Gulf of California... |
Ernest Hemingway Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, this work presents the tale of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. It is a story... | Paul Theroux After eleven years living as an American in London, the author set out to travel clockwise round the coast and find out what Britain and the British are really like... |
Iris Murdoch; John Burnside When Charles Arrowby retires from his glittering career in the London theatre, he buys a remote house on the rocks by the sea. He hopes to escape from his tumultuous... | Jonathan Raban 'This is Raban at his best, which is saying a great deal' Ian McEwan |
Marcus Rediker The human drama of the slave trade told from a new perspective, from the decks of the slave ship | Patrick O'Brian Set sail for the read of your life ... Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest... |
Gavin Pretor-Pinney A humorous, original guide to the waves that surround us and through which we experience the world, by the bestselling author of The Cloudspotter's Guide. | Travis Elborough A fascinating look into how and why the English love to be beside the seaside. |
John Julius Norwich The Mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the birth or growth of three of our greatest religions and links three of the world's six... | Tim Winton A mesmeric new novel from a writer at the height of his powers |