{"product_id":"stories-of-the-sea-hardcover","title":"Stories of the Sea - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiana Secker Tesdell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gathering of the best maritime fiction from the last two hundred years: tales of adventure, shipwrecks, storms at sea, creatures from the deep, and voyages that test human limits on the wild and limitless waters.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Classic adventures stories by Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jack London mix with marvelously imaginative tales by Isak Dinesen, Patricia Highsmith, and J. G. Ballard. Robert Olen Butler explores the memories of a Titanic victim who has become part of the sea that swallowed him; Ray Bradbury's \"The Fog Horn\" summons something primeval and lonely from the ocean depths; John Updike's vacationing lovers retrace the route of Homer's \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e on a cruise ship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 18 stories here, as wide-ranging and entrancing as the sea itself, include: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - \"After the Storm\" by Ernest Hemingway\u003cbr\u003e - \"Cruise\" by John Updike\u003cbr\u003e - \"The Cruise of \u003ci\u003eThe Jolly Roger\u003c\/i\u003e\" by Kurt Vonnegut\u003cbr\u003e - \"The Open Boat\" by Stephen Crane\u003cbr\u003e - \"The House of Mapuhi\" by Jack London\u003cbr\u003e - \"John Marr\" by Herman Melville\u003cbr\u003e - \"Now Wakes the Sea\" by J.G. Ballard \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This appealing collection joins Everyman's Library's small Pocket Classics, perfect for gift giving and pleasure reading. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Secker Tesdell\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of the Everyman's Pocket Classic anthologies \u003ci\u003eChristmas Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLove Stories, Dog Stories, Cat Stories, Horse Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBedtime Stories, Stories of Art and Artists, Stories of Fatherhood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStories of Motherhood, Stories of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStories from the Kitchen, \u003c\/i\u003eand of the Everyman's Library Pocket Poet \u003ci\u003eLullabies and Poems for Children.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 7.46 x 4.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754161668384,"sku":"9780307592651","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2c9944913f45a98168d1bc4d90ca797e.webp?v=1780034725","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/stories-of-the-sea-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}