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Publisher
BFS Entertainment & Multimedia Limited
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When Steve Myers is told the lightning that struck and obliterated his fishing boat was an Act of God and not a penny shall he receive, he decides that this excuse is not good enough. And so he sues God.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
367 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"In the summer of 1951, Miranda Schuyler arrives on elite, secretive Winthrop Island as a schoolgirl from the margins of high society, still reeling from the loss of her father in the Second World War. When her beautiful mother marries Hugh Fisher, whose summer house on Winthrop overlooks the famous lighthouse, Miranda's catapulted into a heady new world of pedigrees and cocktails, status and swimming pools. Isobel Fisher, Miranda's new stepsister-all...
Series
Hallmark hall of fame volume 43
Publisher
Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Widowed fisherman Quinn sees only a grim future until a beautiful and mysterious woman he calls Mairead arrives and something magical changes his life.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
xix, 136 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white photographs ; 22 cm.
Description
The story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent twentieth-century classic
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Series
Bellinger sisters romances volume 2
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Description
King crab fisherman Fox Thornton has a reputation as a sexy, carefree flirt. Everyone knows he's a guaranteed good time-in bed and out-and that's exactly how he prefers it. Until he meets Hannah Bellinger. She's immune to his charm and looks, but she seems to enjoy his... personality? And wants to be friends? Bizarre. But he likes her too much to risk a fling, so platonic pals it is. Now, Hannah's in town for work, crashing in Fox's spare bedroom....
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Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 22 x 25 cm.
Description
Learn what it's like to work as a commercial fisherman, including daily tasks, unique challenges, and the special gear and tools used. Readers will also learn about the history of commercial fishermen, safety methods, and required education and experience.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
p2005, c1952
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Bitter and lonely, big city girl Mae Doyle, returns home to the sleepy fishing village of her childhood where she meets and marries Jerry, a local fisherman. Mae attempts to settle into her marriage and motherhood, but old habits die hard. Soon boredom and frustration take over and Mae finds herself entangled in an affair with a man she knows is no good--her husband's best friend.
10) Black swan
Author
Series
Publisher
Permanent Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
304 p. ; 23 cm.
Description
A sudden storm drives Sam, Amanda, and their sailboat into harbor at Fishers Island. The owner of the Black Swan, a small hotel, reluctantly gives them lodging. When a fellow lodger dies in circumstances that suggest a killer in their midst, Sam must ferret out the corporate secrets behind the murder.
13) Gone
Author
Series
Hannah Smith novels volume 1
Formats
Description
Florida native and fishing guide Hannah Smith uses uncommon resourcefulness, a keen sense of justice, and unorthodox methods to track down a missing girl, a case that puts Hannah on the wrong side of violent adversaries.
Author
Description
Captains Courageous is a novel by Rudyard Kipling, that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic.
The book's title comes from the ballad "Mary Ambree", which starts, "When captains courageous, whom death could not daunt". Kipling had previously used the same title for an article on businessmen as the new adventurers,...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
297 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Description
"Told from the point of view of nine-year-old Benjamin, the youngest of four brothers, The Fishermen is the Cain and Abel-esque story of an unforgettable childhood in 1990s Nigeria. When their father has to travel to a distant city for work, the brothers take advantage of his extended absence to skip school and go fishing. At the forbidden nearby river, they encounter a madman who predicts that one of the brothers will kill another. What happens next...
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Julio Madiaga, a simple fisherman from the province, travels to Manila to find Ligaya, the woman he loves, after she went away with a mysterious woman promising a better future in the City. When he arrives, he becomes immersed in the city lifestyle and gets involved with its inhabitants experiencing extreme poverty, hard luck, and the overbearing need to grind for daily sustention. While Julio relentlessly searches for Ligaya, the city changes him...
Author
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
259 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
"Joe, Miles, and Harry are growing up on the remote southern coast of Tasmania--a stark, untamed landscape swathed by crystal blue waters. The rhythm of their days is dictated by the natural world, and by their father's moods. Like the ocean he battles daily to make a living as a fisherman, he is wild and volatile--a hard drinker warped by a devastating secret. Unlike Joe, Harry and Miles are too young to move out, and so they attempt to stay as invisible...
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