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Back in the year 1984, on the picture-poster tropical island of Rarotonga, I literally fell into whaling history when I tumbled into a grave. A great tree had been felled by a recent hurricane, exposing a gravestone that had been hidden for more than one and a half centuries. It was the memorial to a young whaling wife, who had sailed with her husband on the New Bedford ship Harrison in the year 1845. And so my fascination with maritime history was triggered ... resulting in 18 books (so far). The latest -- number nineteen -- is a biography of a truly extraordinary man, Tupaia, star navigator and creator of amazing art.

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eBook sales slowing

Over 40% sounds like a wonderful increase in annual sales

But according to the Christian Science Monitor, it is not.

The good news: The number of e-books sold last year grew by 43 percent.

The bad news: After three years of triple-digit increases in sales, that’s a serious slowdown.
That’s the latest news from the Association of American Publishers, which released its annual BookStats study Wednes... Read more of this blog post »

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Joan Druett's Books

Average rating: 3.77 · 818 ratings · 187 reviews · 21 distinct works · Similar authors

	Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 413 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	She Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea 3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Wake of Madness: The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon 3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2003 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hen Frigates 3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Watery Grave (Wiki Coffin Mysteries #1) 3.11 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shark Island (Wiki Coffin Mysteries #2) 3.44 of 5 stars 3.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadly Shoals (Wiki Coffin Mysteries #4) 3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2007	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Petticoat Whalers: Whaling Wives At Sea, 1820 1920 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tupaia: The Remarkable Story of Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator 4.62 of 5 stars 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Wiki Coffin Mysteries (5 books)
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