"Po wydrukowaniu książki Znaczy kapitan zacząłem otrzymywać od Czytelników wiele listów. Na wszystkie otrzymane listy nie mogłem odpowiedzieć wyczerpująco, tak jak należałoby to zrobić, wobec tego w miarę moich możliwości usiłowałem opisać to o co proszono — tak powstał "Krążownik spod Somosierry".

Ivans JefremovsKuriļu salu virkneAprakstīta ģeoloģiska ekspedīcija gar Kuriļu salām, kurā piedalījies pats autorsTULKOJIS Eižens RauchvangersLVI RĪGĀ 1954Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants LočmelisЮ. К. Е ф р е м о в КУРИЛЬСКОЕ ОЖЕРЕЛЬЕ ДетгизМосква 1953 Ленинград

Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized by the press gang, to be a part of the crew of the 98-gun line-of-battle ship Royal William. The ship sails immediately and Kydd has to learn the harsh realities of shipboard life fast. Despite all that he goes through in danger of tempest and battle he comes to admire the skills and courage of the seamen – taking up the challenge himself to become a true sailor.KYDD launches a masterly new writing talent and a thrilling new series. Based on dramatic real events, it is classic storytelling at its very best, rich with action with exceptional characters and a page-turning narrative.

InhaltsangabeEin wichtiger Abschnitt im Leben des jungen Horatio Hornblower führt ihn mitten in den Seekrieg Englands gegen Spanien und das napoleonische Frankreich. Als fünfter Offizier fährt er auf der RENOWN mit 740 Mann Besatzung, während eine Meuterei ausbricht. Seine Kaltblütigkeit trägt ihm die Achtung seiner Vorgesetzten ein, doch die verdiente Beförderung wird durch den inzwischen unterzeichneten Friedensschluß verhindert...Der AutorCecil Scott Forester (sein bürgerl. Name war Cecil Lewis Troughton Smith) wurde 1899 in Kairo als Sohn eines Beamten im Dienst der ägyptischen Regierung geboren. Er wuchs in England auf, absolvierte das Dulwich College und besuchte danach die Guy's Hospital Medical School, um Medizin zu studieren. Doch dann wandte er sich der Literatur zu. Er schrieb zunächst Gedichte und Artikel über Magazine und veröffentlichte mit 24 Jahren seinen ersten Bestseller. Danach schrieb er fast ununterbrochen Romane, Bühnenstücke, Filmdrehbücher und Geschichtsbücher, usw. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg lebte er in Kalifornien und starb 1966 während er weiter an Hornblowers Lebenslauf schrieb.Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)Horatio Hornblower, Band 2

In this gripping tale of turmoil and triumph on the high seas, Horatio Hornblower emerges from his apprenticeship as midshipman to face new responsibilities thrust upon him by the fortunes of war between Napoleon and Spain. Enduring near-mutiny, bloody hand-to-hand combat with Spanish seamen, deck-splintering sea battles, and the violence and horror of life on the fighting ships of the Napoleonic Wars, the young lieutenant distinguishes himself in his first independent command. He also faces an adventure unique in his experience: Maria.

¿Quién no recuerda a Long John Silver, el famoso Pata de Palo de La isla del tesoro? Espíritu rebelde, audaz y mujeriego, el intrépido marino surcó los mares a las órdenes de piratas tan temidos como England o Flint, contrabandeó en las costas de Francia y fue vendido como esclavo en las Antillas, convirtiéndose en el personaje más carismático y controvertido de R. L. Stevenson.Este hombre seductor, capaz de mil traiciones y siempre dispuesto a pactar para sobrevivir, nos cuenta ahora su intensa vida desde su retiro en la isla de Madagascar: así es como la magia de la letra impresa consigue hacernos llegar una autobiografía imposible y sin embargo tan real como las mejores páginas de la buena literatura.Björn Larsson, escritor y navegante, es el autor de este doble salto mortal que nos regala la voz de Pata de Palo para que él mismo nos diga la verdad, y nada más que la verdad, sobre sus andanzas de hombre y marinero.

In this, the tenth volume in C.S. Forester's series of classic naval adventure tales, Horatio Hornblower must rescue a man he knows to be a tyrant from the mutiny of his crew—a dubious chore, but one that leads Hornblower, with the aid of his old love, Marie, to the glorious conclusion of his own battle with Napoleon.

The fate of a shipping company depends upon the successful maiden voyage of their new liner ARCADIA, the greatest liner of them all. Flappers, affairs, elegant balls, intrigue and treachery in this 1920s tale.The magnificent saga of the greatest ocean liner of them all.Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press, 1984

Antigua, 1817 and every harbour and estuary is filled with ghostly ships, the famous and the legendary now redundant in the aftermath of war. In this uneasy peace, Adam Bolitho is fortunate to be offered the seventy-four gun Athena, and as flag captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune once more follows his destiny to the Caribbean. But in these haunted waters where Richard Bolitho and his 'band of brothers' once fought a familiar enemy, the quarry is now a renegade foe who flies no colours and offers no quarter, and whose traffic in human life is sanctioned by flawed treaties and men of influence. And here, when Athena's guns speak, a day of terrible retribution will dawn for the innocent and the damned.

Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O'Brian's now famous Aubrey/Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written. It establishes the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey RN and Stephen Maturin, who becomes his secretive ship's surgeon and an intelligence agent. It contains all the action and excitement which could possibly be hoped for in a historical novel, but it also displays the qualities which have put O'Brian far ahead of any of his competitors: his depiction of the detail of life aboard a Nelsonic man-of-war, of weapons, food, conversation and ambience, of the landscape and of the sea. O'Brian's portrayal of each of these is faultless and the sense of period throughout is acute. His power of characterisation is above all masterly. This brilliant historical novel marked the debut of a writer who grew into one of our greatest novelists ever, the author of what Alan Judd, writing in the Sunday Times, has described as 'the most significant extended story since Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time'.

1806 — Vizeadmiral Sir Richard Bolitho hat das Kap der Guten Hoffnung von den Holländern zurückerobert. Aber in London ist man von dieser Leistung nicht sonderlich beeindruckt, dort ist er wegen seiner Affäre mit Lady Catherine Sommervell gesellschaftlich geächtet. Man beordert ihn schleunigst nach Dänemark, wo die zweite Schlacht um Kopenhagen bevorsteht. Denn Enlgand schickt seine "hölzernen Mauern" — seine Schiffe — weltweit aus, um sich dahinter unbehindert auszudehnen.

This story is set in the winter of 1773, in and around the West Country of England. Midshipman Bolitho's ship, the Gorgon, is laid up for refit, and he with some other 'young gentlemen' is allowed home for Christmas. Bolitho, now seventeen, returns to his family in Falmouth, taking with him his best friend and fellow midshipman, Martyn Dancer. Bolitho soon discovers that all is not well in Cornwall. There are rumours of an increase in smuggling, even of witchcraft, and when a murdered man is found near the Bolitho house, ugly rumour becomes reality. Wrecking, the most savage of all crimes, is a further cause for alarm. Only a small and agile man-of-war can be of use against such restless enemies. To Falmouth comes one such vessel, the Avenger, and thoughts of a carefree leave are quickly forgotten by Richard Bolitho, especially when he learns the name of the Avenger's commander.

Fifteen-year old Septimus Quinn is not your everyday hero. He makes his mark aboard HMS Althea in spite of his spectacles, which he always wore when he wanted to think. His keenness for scientific experiments — no matter how successful — gets him in trouble with authority.

The extraordinary new novel in the #1 New York Times — bestselling series from the grand master of adventure.In October 1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax — but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren’t so sure.There is talk of a new weapon soon to be auctioned, something very dangerous to America’s interests, and the rumors link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who wasworking with the Navy when he died in 1943. Was he responsible for the experiment? Are his notes in the hands of enemies? As Cabrillo races to find the truth, he discovers there is even more at stake than he could have imagined — but by the time he realizes it, he may already be too late.

Hermanis MelvilsMobijs Diks jeb Baltais valisIzcilā amerikāņu rakstnieka Hermaņa Melvila (1819-1891) romāns Mobijs Diks jeb Baltais valis (185i), kurš tiek dēvēts arī par amerikāņu nacionālo eposu, ir viens no amerikāņu literatūras izcilākajiem darbiem un citētākajiem tekstiem pasaules literatūrā. H interpretāciju skaits, dažādība un vēstījuma neaptveramība līdzi­nās ūžeimsa Džoisa Ulisam. Viljams Folkners 1927. gadā sacījis, ka Mobijs Diks ir grāmata, kuru viņš vēlētos būt sarakstījis. Ārēji tas ir piedzīvojumu romāns, bet tā dziļākā jēga, tāpat kā Džozefa Konrā­da jūras piedzīvojumu aprakstos, ir eksistenciāla.Romāna centrā ir sātaniskais, nevis dievišķais; tas prasa no lasī­tāja aktīvu līdzdalību teksta interpretācijā, jo H. Meivila romāns nav paskaidrojošs, tas nesniedz atrisinājumu, nedod atbildi, bet ierosina, aktivizē un pat izsit no līdzsvara.Romāna centrālais tēls Ahābs ir mednieks, atriebējs, apsēstais, bet, tāpat kā Mobija Dika tēls, viņš nav nedz viennozīmīgi ļauns, nedz labs, nedz upuris, nedz upurētājs. Kā savā pētījumā apgalvo Luiss Mamfords: "Ahābs sirds dziļumos ir cildena būtne, kuras tra­ģiskie maldi ir tie, ka viņš cīnās pret ļaunumu tā vietā, lai cīnītos par mīlestību." Vai kā saka pats Ahābs".. es jūtu, ka mans lielākais diženums slēpjas manā vislielākajā postā".tā savādā aina,kādu varēja vērot, KAŠALOTAM MIRSTOT,tik mierpilnā vakarā KĀ šis AHĀBAM šķita nozīmīga un BRĪNUMAINA kā nekad.Kādā vēstulē Natenjelam Hotornam Melvils rakstīja, ka pabeidzis "nekrietnu grāmatu", ar to domādams romānā atainoto ļaunā un labā pretnostatījumu, turklāt ļaunā, nežēlīgā un vājprātā vadmotīvi Melvila teksta dominē, un pats autors reiz izteicies, ka darbs tapis nevis "Dieva, bet Satana kristīts". Romāns ir pilns šādu un citu paradoksu, un, kaut par hrestomatisku kļuvis uzskats, ka Mobijs Diks ir amerikaņu literatūras pērle, Melvila darbs tiek bieži vērtēts arī ļoti kritiski, un par iemeslu tam ir visai vienkāršs fakts, ka Melvila romāns ir piesātināts un pārbagāts ar notiku­miem, aprakstiem un pārstāstiem, nereti pat tādiem, kas līdzinās zinātniskiem traktātiem (piemēram, vaļu klasifikācija), daudziem tēliem, kuri reizēm parādās tekstā, tad atkal pazūd, ar duālistiskiem simboliem, un tas viss drīzāk norada uz pretrunām cilvēka dabā, nevis ir apliecinājums Melvila kā rakst­nieka nepilnībām. Noformējumā izmantotas Rokvela Kenta grafikasMākslinieciskā izveide Aldis AleksNodaļas "Cetoloģija" zinātniskais konsultants ANDRIS PITERANS, Mag. biol. Redaktore MIRDZA GULBE Maketetāja ILZE REITERE© Dagnija Dreika, tulkojums, 2003© Viktors Freibcrgs, pēcvārds, 2003© Aldis Aleks, mākslinieciskā izveide, 2003© Apgāds ..Daugava", izdevums, 2003Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants LočmelisKā pierādījumu savai jūsmai par viņa ģēniju veltīju šo grāmatu NATENJELAM HOTORNAM

The early career of Horatio Hornblower of the British Royal Navy is traced in a series of adventurous episodes. They illustrate the quick thinking, brilliant intuition, and decisiveness characteristic of our hero and leave him with the rank of lieutenant.

The early career of Horatio Hornblower of the British Royal Navy is traced in a series of adventurous episodes. They illustrate the quick thinking, brilliant intuition, and decisiveness characteristic of our hero and leave him with the rank of lieutenant.

1793 — Gibraltar: Die wachsende Macht des revolutionären Frankreich erschreckt die royalistischen Länder Europas, darunter auch England, das wie stets mit seiner Flotte siegen oder untergehen wird. Eines ihrer ältesten Linienschiffe ist die «Hyperion», mit der Kapitän Bolitho, von Gibraltar kommend, in einem kühnen Handstreich die Insel Cozar erobert. Von seinem eifersüchtigen Admiral im Stich gelassen, muß sich Bolitho der französischen Übermacht stellen — eine Seeschlacht, die nicht nur über das Schicksal der Blockade entscheidet, sondern auch darüber, ob Bolitho jemals Falmouth und seine ihn dort erwartende Verlobte wiedersehen wird.