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Dois Anos Antes do Mastro
Two Years before the Mast is but an episode in the life of Richard Henry Dana, Jr., yet the narrative in which he details the experiences of that period is, perhaps, his chief claim to a wide remembrance.
His services in fields other than literary occupied the greater part of his life. Dana was a well known and respected lawyer, a stalwart abolitionist, and an advocate for the rights of common…
Temas em comum: Sailors, Seafaring life, Voyages and travels, Travel
A Chave Mestra
A young boy accidentally summons the Demon of Electricity who gives him certain electrical gifts to show the world.
Temas em comum: Youth, Pirates, Voyages and travels, Conduct of life
Tomada do Mastro
Raised quarterdeck of an 18th-century frigate, between the main mast and the even higher [[poop deck at the stern.]]
Temas em comum: Sailors, Seafaring life
Martin Rattler, ou as Aventuras de um Rapaz nas Florestas do Brasil
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Temas em comum: Nature stories, Conduct of life, Travel, Adventure
Coração das Trevas
Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Charles Marlow. Marlow tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest English writers, and Heart of Darkness is considered his best. His readers are…
Temas em comum: Sailors, Travel
Lord Jim
This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of the time, is at its baseline a book of the sea. An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit, while Joseph Conrad launches the story into both an exercise of his…
Temas em comum: Seafaring life, Travel, Adventure