The elegant, ultra-modern SS Koombana arrived in Western Australia in March 1909; after only three years of service in the North West of Australia, the ship and her entire complement disappeared in a late-summer cyclone off the Pilbara coast in 1912. All 156 lives were lost but the wreck was never found. This thoroughly researched and compelling book comes closer than ever before to solving the mystery of Australia's most significant maritime disaster....

Humphrey Van Weyden is thrown overboard while unsuccessfully investigating a smuggling ring. The ship's formidable captain, Wolf Larsen puts Humphrey to a series of violent tests, but nothing can prepare Van Weyden for a final confrontation with Larsen himself.

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces ships to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--

"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about Littoral Combat Ships. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.

Learn why submarines are important, how submarines float and sink, and who works on submarines.

"Learn about the history of submarines, their parts, and submarines in action in this informative look at a military machine."--Provided by publisher.

Originally published in 1870, Vernes amazing undersea adventure is one of the earliest science fiction novels ever written. Since that time, generations of readers have plunged below the ocean?s waves with Captain Nemo and his first-ever submarine, The Nautilus. Its a voyage of exploration and the imagination.

Still pursued by the evil Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans attempt to reach a very important VFD meeting, but first they must travel in a rattletrap submarine to the Gorgonian Grotto, a dangerous underwater cave, in search of the sugar bowl.

While on a cruise with their grandfather, the Alden children help discover who is behind the mysterious troubles of the ship--disconnected phone lines, engine trouble, a man overboard--and still have fun sightseeing, eating, and swimming.

In the eighteenth century sixteen-year-old John Spencer sails from England in his schooner, the Dragon, to the Caribbean, where he and the crew encounter pirates, fierce storms, fever, and a strange man who some fear may be cursed.