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1) Moby Dick

Author:

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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English

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One of the great works of American literature, Moby-Dick is the epic tale of one man's fight against a force of nature. The outcast youth Ishmael, succumbing to wanderlust during a dreary New England autumn, signs up for passage aboard a whaling ship. The Pequod sails under the command of the one-legged Captain Ahab, who has set himself on a monomaniacal quest to capture the cunning white whale that robbed him of his leg: Moby-Dick. Capturing life

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2) Moby Dick, or, The whale

Author:

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Penguin classics

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English

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[1996]

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T. Doherty Associates

604 pages ; 18 cm

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2003

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li, 654 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.

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The itinerant sailor Ishmael begins a voyage on the whaling ship Pequod whose captain, Ahab, wishes to exact revenge upon the whale Moby-Dick, who destroyed his last ship and took his leg. As they search for the savage white whale, Ishmael questions all aspects of life. The story is woven in complex, lyrical language and uses many theatrical forms, such as stage direction and soliloquy. It is considered the exemplar of American Romanticism,

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3) Herman Melville's Moby Dick

Author:

Fields, Jan

Series:

Calico illustrated classics

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Magic Wagon

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[2010]

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English

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Illustrated retelling of Herman Melville's classic story of Ishmael, a young seaman who joins the crew of the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.

4) Moby-Dick

Author:

Olmstead, Kathleen

Series:

Classic starts

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Sterling

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[2010]

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English

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149 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

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An abridged retelling of the adventures of a young seaman when he joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick.

5) Dayswork: a novel

Author:

Bachelder, Chris

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W. W. Norton & Company

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[2023]

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English

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W. W. Norton & Company

240 pages ; 22 cm

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"Dayswork tells the story of a woman who spends the endless days of the pandemic sorting fact from fiction in the life and work of Herman Melville. Obsessed by what his devotion to his art reveals about cost, worth, and debt, she delves into Melville's impulsive purchase of a Massachusetts farmhouse, his fevered revision of Moby-Dick there, his intense friendship with neighbor Nathaniel Hawthorne, and his troubled and troubling marriage to Elizabeth...

6) The Great American Read

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Here are some books that staff member Daniel enjoyed reading. Maybe you will too!

8) Ahab's wife, or, The star-gazer: a novel

Author:

Naslund, Sena Jeter

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Harper Perennial

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2005, c1999

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English

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2005, c1999

1st Harper Perennial ed

Harper Perennial

xvii, 668, 16 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

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10) Railsea: A Novel

Author:

Miéville, China

Pub. Date:

2012

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English

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2012

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“Other names besides [Herman] Melville’s will surely come to mind as you read this thrilling tale—there’s Dune’s Frank Herbert. . . . But in this, as in all of his works, Miéville has that special knack for evoking other writers even while making the story wholly his own.”—Los Angeles Times

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11) CliffsNotes: Melville's Moby-Dick

Author:

Baldwin, Stanley P.

Publisher:

IDG Books Worldwide

Pub. Date:

[2001]

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English

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Provides a biographical sketch of the author, an introduction to the novel, character map and analyses, themes, and review.

12) Surf's up

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Alexander, Kwame

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English

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"Surf's up! Not yet, Dude! Books are boring! Not this one! Bro and Dude have very different ideas about how to spend the day at the beach. But as Bro continues to gasp and cheer as he reads his book (Moby Dick), Dude can't help but get curious. Before you can shout 'Surf's up!' both frogs are sharing the same adventure, that is, until they get to the beach"--Excerpt from Amazon.com.

13) The beast of Cretacea

Author:

Strasser, Todd

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Candlewick Press

Pub. Date:

2015

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English

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A futuristic reimagining of "Moby Dick" finds young Ishmael awakening aboard a ship on an unpolluted faraway planet where he harvests resources for a depleted Earth before witnessing his captain's growing obsession with a great sea creature.