In the Heart of the Sea

Author:   Nathaniel Philbrick ,  Scott Brick ,  Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Publisher:   Bolinda Publishing
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9781489055743


Publication Date:   10 November 2015
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The sinking of the whaleship Essex by an enraged spermwhale in the Pacific in November 1820 set in motion one of the most dramatic sea stories of all time: the twenty sailors who survived the wreck took to three small boats (one of which was again attacked by a whale) and only eight of them survived their subsequent 90-day ordeal, after resorting to cannibalising their mates. Three months after the Essex was broken up, the whaleship Dauphin, cruising off the coast of South America, spotted a small boat in the open ocean. As they pulled alongside they saw piles of bones in the bottom of the boat, at least two skeletons' worth, with two survivors - almost skeletons themselves - sucking the marrow from the bones of their dead ship-mates.

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Author:   Nathaniel Philbrick ,  Scott Brick ,  Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Publisher:   Bolinda Publishing
Imprint:   Bolinda Audio Books
Edition:   Film Tie-In
ISBN:  

9781489055743


ISBN 10:   1489055746
Publication Date:   10 November 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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'Utterly gripping.' -- The Daily Telegraph 'Brilliant.' -- The Times 'As gripping as it is grissly ... a cracking narrative, a complex cast of characters and a terrible moral dilemma at its heart.' -- The Daily Mail 'Elegantly written ... a compelling study of the infinite human meanings of the sea itself.' -- The Guardian


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Nathaniel Philbrick grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and earned a BA in English from Brown University and an MA in America Literature from Duke University, where he was a James B. Duke Fellow. He was Brown University's first Intercollegiate All-American sailor in 1978, the same year he won the Sunfish North Americans in Barrington, RI. After working as an editor at Sailing World magazine, he wrote and edited several books about sailing, including The Passionate Sailor, Second Wind, and Yaahting: A Parody. In 2000, Philbrick published the New York Times bestseller, In the Heart of the Sea, which won the National Book Award for nonfiction. The book is the basis of the forthcoming Warner Bros. motion picture, directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Ben Wishaw, and Tom Holland, which is scheduled for release at the end of 2015. Philbrick's writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and The Boston Globe. He has appeared on the Today Show, the Morning Show, Dateline, PBS's American Experience, C-SPAN, and NPR. He and his wife live on Nantucket. Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter and actor, has performed on film, television and radio. His stage appearances throughout the US include Cyrano, Hamlet and Macbeth. Scott has also won over 20 Earphones Awards, as well as the 2003 Audie Award in the Best Science Fiction category for Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. After recording nearly 250 books in five years, AudioFile named Scott 'one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy' and proclaimed him one of their Golden Voices.

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