A collection of short stories set in Vancouver, in and around the port, about working men grappling with masculinity and responsibility. Includes the title story, winner of the 2014 Journey Prize. 2018.
Pacific Ocean
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Author:Keevil, TylerSummary: -
Author:Philbrick, NathanielSummary:On November 20, 1820, the whale ship Essex was rammed and sunk by an angry whale. Within minutes, the twenty-one man crew, including the fourteen-year-old cabin boy Thomas Nickerson, found themselves stranded in three leaky boats in the...
- Author:Newman, PatriciaSummary:
Plastic: it's used to make everything from drink bottles and bags to toys and toothbrushes. But what happens when it ends up where it doesn't belong-like in the Pacific Ocean? How does it affect ocean life? Is it dangerous?...
- Author:MARTEL, YannSummary:
Sixteen-year-old Pi's father owns a zoo in India, until the family decides to immigrate to Canada. On the way tragedy strikes and the ship sinks. Pi finds himself in a lifeboat with a hyena, a zebra, a tiger and an orangutan. He...
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Author:Philbrick, NathanielSummary:In the Heart of the Sea brings to new life the incredible story of the wreck of the whaleship Essex. In a harrowing page-turner, Nathaniel Philbrick restores this epic story to its rightful place in American history.
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Author:Roy, PhilipSummary:Ghosts of the Pacific, the fourth volume in the best-selling Submarine Outlaw series, begins with Alfred and his crew of Seaweed the seagull and Hollie the dog undertaking a harrowing journey through the icy gauntlet of the Northwest...
- Author:Kershaw, AlexSummary:
In this harrowing war saga, Kershaw recounts the incredible story of the U.S. Navy's deadliest World War II submarine, the USS Tang. Across the Pacific theater, dodging mines and depth charges, the 80 men of the Tang became legends. By...
- Author:Thompson, JerrySummary:
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Author:Salmond, AnneSummary:"In Bligh, the story of the most notorious of all Pacific explorers is told through a new lens as a key episode in the history of the world, rather than simply of the West. Award-winning anthropologist Anne Salmond recounts with a fresh...
