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North of Havana

Randy Wayne White · 241 pages

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Havana Storm

Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler · 464 pages

While investigating a toxic outbreak in the Caribbean Sea that may ultimately threaten the United States, Pitt unwittingly becomes involved in something even more dangerous -- a post-Castro power struggle for the control of Cuba. Meanwhile, Pitt's children, marine engineer Dirk and oceanographer Summer, are on an investigation of their own, chasing an Aztec stone that may reveal the whereabouts of

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Piranha

Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison · 443 pages

In 1902, the volcano Mt. Pelée erupts on the island of Martinique, wiping out an entire city of thirty thousand -- and sinking a ship carrying a German scientist on the verge of an astonishing breakthrough. More than a century later, Juan Cabrillo will have to deal with that scientist's legacy. During a covert operation, Cabrillo and the crew meticulously fake the sinking of the Oregon -- but when

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Crackdown

Bernard Cornwell · 320 pages

Paradise is the perfect escape for ex-Marine Nick Breakspear, captain of a charter yacht operation in the Bahamas, until he agrees to pilot a "detox cruise" for the drug-addled grown son and daughter of a powerful U.S. senator. Ambushed far from port, he is helpless to prevent the murder of a crew member by modern-day pirates who sink Nick's yacht before vanishing with the senator's kids. Having b

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Wood's Relic

Steven Becker · 238 pages

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The Golden Rendezvous

Alistair MacLean · 278 pages

A luxury cruise...A missing atomic scientist...A hidden nuclear device...A very rich and beautiful woman...A band of desperate hijackers...A ship full of gold. Put them all together with First Officer John Carter, tough, resourceful, and you have a fantastic blend of suspense—adventure and international intrigue.

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The Deep

Peter Benchley · 295 pages

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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

C.S. Forester · 329 pages

As commander-in-chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, Admiral Hornblower faces pirates, revolutionaries, and a blistering hurricane in the chaotic aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Grave Descend

Michael Crichton · 203 pages

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Thunderball

Ian Fleming · 262 pages

"When a stranger arrives in the Bahamas, the locals barely turn their heads, seeing another ex-pat with money to burn at the casino tables. But James Bond has more than money on his mind; he's got less than a week to find two stolen atom bombs hidden among the coral reefs. While acting the playboy, Bond meets Domino, sultry plaything of secretive treasure hunter Emilio Largo. In getting close to t

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Ramage & the Rebels

Dudley Pope · 286 pages

Setting off on a presumably predictable sweep for freebooters in the waters off Jamaica, Ramage and the crew of the Calypso stumble upon a scene of carnage: A sinking British ship, her crew and passengers, men and women alike, ruthlessly murdered at the hands of a French privateer. Supported by his men in a thirst for righteous vengeance, Ramage ferrets out the brigand's name and sets sail to brin

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The Fortunes of Captain Blood

Rafael Sabatini · 240 pages

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The Gun Ketch

Dewey Lambdin · 400 pages

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Buzz Cut

James W. Hall · 450 pages

In Miami, a plot to hijack a gambling cruise ship for ransom sends security men Thorn and Sugarman into action. The villain is a murderer who has a grudge against the ship's owners. By the author of Mean High Tide.

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The Lonely Silver Rain

John D. MacDonald · 255 pages

Someone is trying to kill Travis McGee, someone linked to southern Florida's drug traffickers--either Miami's old-time underworld or the new generation of Latino drug barons--and in order to save his own life, McGee must detonate a drug war.

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The Reef

Nora Roberts · 439 pages

Kurzbeschreibung Der Ruf der Wellen (The Reef) - Nora Roberts Seit über 250 Jahren ruht das geheimnisvolle Amulett "Angeliques Fluch" in den Tiefen des Ozeans. Auf der Suche nach dem Juwel lernt Tate beim Tauchen in der Karibik Matthew kennen, und beide entdecken ihre Liebe zueinander. Doch ein tragischer Unfall stellt sich ihrem Glück in den Weg...

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Double Crossing

Carolyn Keene

The Hardy Boys go undercover on a Caribbean cruise to pursue a thief and team up with Nancy Drew, also aboard investigating her own case to track the clever criminals and a master spy together.

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Crystal Blue

John H. Cunningham

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Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn

Hugo Pratt · 139 pages

This book, the first of twelve volumes, launches the definitive English-language edition of Hugo Pratt's masterpiece, presented in the original oversized B&W format and with new translations made from Pratt's original Italian scripts... The adventures of this modern Ulysses are set during the first thirty years of the 20th Century in such exotic locales as Pratt's native Venice, the steppes of Man

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Washington Black

Esi Edugyan · 432 pages

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Cat Chaser

Elmore Leonard · 306 pages

The hero of Cat Chaser, George Moran, isn't looking for trouble but finds it anyway when he winds up in bed with the wife of a drug-dealing mob-connected Dominican cop -- vicious, macho and ready to follow George to the ends of the earth, which in this case means Miami.

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The Cay

Theodore Taylor · 144 pages

Book Description: Read Theodore Taylor’s classic bestseller and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award winner The Cay. Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the United States on is torpedoed. When Phillip comes to, he is on a small raft in

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Pirate Freedom

Gene Wolfe · 320 pages

A young priest fresh out of seminary, Father Christopher finds himself inexplicably swept back in time to the Golden Age of Piracy, where he finds himself caught up in the life of a buccaneer and trolling the waters of the Caribbean in search of Spanish gold.

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