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1) Moby-Dick
Author
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young seaman joins the crew of the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Looking for adventure and a new life, Ishmael, the story's narrator, decides to find work on a whaling boat. On arriving at the Massachusetts harbour to begin his search, the only bed available is already half occupied by a "cannibal" named Queequeg. Although Queequeg has limited English, a friendship forms and the two men sign up for work together aboard the Pequod under the infamous Captain Ahab.
3) Piazza tales
Author
Pub. Date
1962
Physical Desc
xii, 250 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The Piazza Tales (1856) is a collection of short stories by American writer Herman Melville. Before publication, five of its six stories appeared in Putnam's Monthly during a period of productivity with which Melville sought to achieve popular success as a writer of literary fiction. After the failure of his novels Moby-Dick (1851) and Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852), Melville struggled to find a publisher who would accept his work, and contemporary...
Author
Pub. Date
1929
Physical Desc
xxvii, 505 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852) is a novel by American writer Herman Melville. Published the year after Moby-Dick-a critical and commercial failure-Pierre: or, The Ambiguities is a psychological novel in the tradition of Gothic fiction. Melville struggled to find a publisher who would pay him in advance for the book, and its appearance prompted widespread ridicule and condemnation in the press, with some critics claiming that Melville himself had...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1948
Physical Desc
xviii, 296 pages 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
On April Fool's Day in 1856, a shape-shifting grifter boards a Mississippi riverboat to expose the pretenses, hypocrisies, and self-delusions of his fellow passengers. The con artist assumes numerous identities - a disabled beggar, a charity fundraiser, a successful businessman, an urbane gentleman - to win over his not-entirely-innocent dupes. The central character's shifting identities, as fluid as the river itself, reflect broader aspects of human...
Author
Series
Perennial classic volume P3094
Pub. Date
1969
Edition
2nd Perennial classic ed.
Physical Desc
510 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Early American writer Herman Melville is best known for his great American novel "Moby Dick." However, Melville was also a prolific and honest short story writer. His stories play with irony, twisting the fates of his protagonists and making sure that the reader is left with a deep sense of wonder and enlightenment. Many of his works are set from an "outsider's" perspective of immigrants in early America, which is interesting considering that Melville...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (78 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Ishmael and Queequeg set out on the Pequod with their hearts set on adventure. But the ship's captain is bent on revenge against a white whale that caused him to lose his leg. And the ship's quest becomes an epic adventure that leaves only one man standing.
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xix, 668 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
From the opening line-"Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last"-you will know that you are in the hands of a master storyteller and in the company of a fascinating woman hero. Inspired by a brief passage in Moby-Dick, Sena Jeter Naslund has created an enthralling and compellingly readable saga, spanning a rich, eventful, and dramatic life. At once a family drama, a romantic adventure, and a portrait of a real and loving marriage, Ahab's...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (77 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Offers an adaptation of Melville's "Moby Dick," starring Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, and nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. When Moby the white whale steals Captain Quackhab's lucky dime, the captain chases Moby across the seas to get it back.
Author
Pub. Date
1925
Physical Desc
xviii pages, 1 leaf, 301 pages : frontispiece, plates ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile is the eighth book by American writer Herman Melville. When Israel Potter leaves his plow to fight in the American Revolution, he's immediately thrown into the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he receives multiple wounds. However, this does not deter him, and after hearing a rousing speech by General George Washington, he volunteers for further duty, this time at sea, where more ill fortune awaits him. Israel is...
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
158 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Presents a twist on themes from Moby Dick in the story of a proud warrior whale pod that attacks a ship before pursuing a near-mythical adversary on a vengeful hunt that risks the worlds of both whales and humans." --
Author
Publisher
Franklin Library
Pub. Date
1979
Edition
A limited ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 299 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Typee is a fast-moving adventure tale, an autobiographical account of the author's Polynesian stay, an examination of the nature of good and evil, and a frank exploration of sensuality and exotic ritual.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
GN 490L
Physical Desc
78 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The icy waters of the northern seas hide a creature that is already a legend among all seafarers. The fearsome white leviathan, the chimera of all whalers, Moby Dick. The young Ishmael, along with his faithful friend Queequeg, will board the Pequod, to satisfy their craving for adventure. But soon, he will discover that his work goes beyond whaling, and that the whole crew is at the mercy of the mysterious Captain Ahab's thirst for revenge." --
20) Mighty Moby
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
A bedtime story of a whale hunt inspired by the classic tale of the hunt for Moby Dick, here with a new twist. Deep in the dark ocean, Mighty Moby lurks. Up above the ocean waves, a one-legged captain pursues the whale he clashed with long ago.