This is the story of a madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel...
Melville's book is a beautiful and haunting descriptive work written following a tour of the Galapagos - the islands that formed the inspiration for Charles...
'Moby-Dick' is the story of a madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just...
In 1820 a sperm whale rammed and sank the Nantucket whaling ship Essex. These are the original memoirs of members of the crew and their captain about...
When Ishmael sets sail on the whaling ship Pequod one cold Christmas Day, he has no idea of the horrors awaiting him out on the vast and merciless ocean...