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Books & documents
- The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe — Daniel Defoe Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Robinson Crusoe — Daniel Defoe Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Voyage Out — Virginia Woolf Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World — James Cook Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Loss of the S. S. Titanic — Lawrence Beesley Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- White Fire — John Oxenham Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons — Lawrence Beesley Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea — Charles H. L. Johnston Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post — Thomas Rainey Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The cave girl — Edgar Rice Burroughs Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean — R. M. Ballantyne Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant — Jules Verne Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text · 🎬 films of this book]
- Dorothy's Travels — Evelyn Raymond Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story — active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Scientific American handbook of travel : With hints for the ocean voyage, for European tours and a practical guide to London and Paris. — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The nigger of the "Narcissus" : A tale of the forecastle — Joseph Conrad Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket; — Owen Chase Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania — Jewett C. Gilson Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Truth about the Titanic — Archibald Gracie Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Elson Grammar School Literature, book 4 — William H. Elson and Christine M. Keck Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Memories and Adventures — Arthur Conan Doyle Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Max Havelaar (Dutch) — Multatuli Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text · 🎬 films of this book]
- The cruise of the Snark — Jack London Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Mercy Ocean's Hidden Treasure's (1981) — Various Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CE Line One Corporation Limited f/k/a Five Ocean's Trading Asia Limited v. Masters — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://www.usa.gov/government-works]
- This is the sea that feeds us (1998) — Baldwin, Robert F Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Ocean's end : travels through endangered seas (2000) — Woodard, Colin, 1968- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Life and death in a coral sea (1971) — Cousteau, Jacques, 1910-1997 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Come to the ocean's edge : a nature cycle book (2003) — Pringle, Laurence, 1935- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Navy Medicine Fast Facts Special Edition 33: VANGUARD OF MEDICAL INNOVATION - SATURATION DIVING (2025) — U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]
- Pacific houses (2004) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- DTIC ADA628147: Development and Applications of Technology for Sensing Zooplankton (2001) — Defense Technical Information Center Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- DTIC ADA629232: Field Measurements of the Influence of Bubbles on the Inherent Optical Properties of the Upper Ocean: Renewal (2003) — Defense Technical Information Center Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- DTIC ADA609856: Acoustical Technology for the Study of Marine Organisms (2000) — Defense Technical Information Center Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Flyer: Break Point (1996) — Ocean Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Hydrospace : frontier beneath the sea (1966) — Coggins, Jack Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- World War History: Articles and Editorials from July 31, 1918 – Wartime Industry, Espionage, and Allied Politics (1918) — Various (including Herman Bernstein, Georgiana Harriman, Nowell) Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]
- The night lives on (1986) — Lord, Walter, 1917-2002 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Demon fish : travels through the hidden world of sharks (2012) — Eilperin, Juliet Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Sharks (2010) — Jackson, Tom, 1972- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- There used to be a greying tower alone on the sea (2020) — dreamkatcha Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/]
- Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers (2015) — Winchester, Simon, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The outlaw sea : a world of freedom, chaos, and crime (2004) — Langewiesche, William Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Pacific air : how fearless flyboys, peerless aircraft, and fast flattops conquered a vast ocean's wartime skies (2011) — Sears, David, 1947- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Notes on the Paranormal — Ben Steigmann Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Coastal habitats (2014) — Stephens, David, 1945- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp75-00001r000200280001-5: THE INDISPENSABLE CAMERA (1966) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013) — Neil Gaiman Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- blue ocean strategy (2004) — Unknown Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Olive's ocean (2001) — Kevin Henkes, Kevin Henkes Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Oceans apart (2004) — Karen Kingsbury Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- In the Ocean of Night (1977) — Gregory Benford Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Islands in the Net (1977) — Bruce Sterling Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus (1963) — Isaac Asimov Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Commotion in the ocean (1998) — Giles Andreae Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The light between oceans (2012) — M. L. Stedman Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Blue ocean strategy (2005) — W. Chan Kim Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Oceans of fire (2005) — Christine Feehan, Jessica Blair Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Ocean Prey (2021) — John Sandford Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Monkey beach (1950) — Eden Robinson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Coral Island (1858) — Robert Michael Ballantyne, Ralph Crane, George Dalziel, Edward Dalziel Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Oceano mare (1993) — Alessandro Baricco Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Gem of the Ocean (2006) — August Wilson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Shannon the Ocean Fairy (2008) — Daisy Meadows Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- A Door into Ocean (1986) — Joan Slonczewski Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The golden ocean (1956) — Patrick O'Brian, Obrian Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The deep end of the ocean (1996) — Jacquelyn Mitchard Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor (1992) — Joanna Cole Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Demons of the ocean (2005) — Justin Somper Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Ocean Between Us (2004) — Susan Childress Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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