false 43049 90 This large print title is set in Tiresias 16pt font as recommended by the RNIB. 2062963 book 1904 The Sea Wolf (Large Print) total:1405|5:401|4:508|3:392|2:85|1:19| 1405 5402 1840 128 3 19 false false Wed Jan 07 16:37:35 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 22:17:25 -0800 2009 Valley of the Dolls.

here’s the deal: an effete bookworm gets on a boat that crashes just off the san fransiscan coast and...more...]]> 4 13 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 15:01:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 12:07:37 -0700 2009 "We were talking about this yesterday," he said. "I held that life was a ferment, a yeasty something which devoured life that it might live, and that living was merely successful piggishness. Why, if there is anything in supply and demand, life is the cheapest thing in the world. The...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sat Dec 01 22:13:24 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 01 22:15:53 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Jan 09 11:57:21 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 19 11:32:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 true false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 05 11:20:54 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 10:20:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Jul 07 20:50:45 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 20:55:31 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 08:40:50 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 09:12:46 -0800 2009
The protagonist, Humphrey Van Weyden, is the ultimate moral/altruistic man. But, he is also an inexper...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 11 14:43:12 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 15:12:52 -0700 2009 The Sea Wolf rises to a degree of acclaim for the singularly excellent and rich characterization of Wolf Larsen, the nihilistic and monstrous sea captain of the Ghost, a sealing vessel sailing in the Pacific.

Humphery van Weyden, a sheltered a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Dec 14 06:44:42 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 06:44:53 -0800 2008
Also the Wolf Larsen characters philosophizing in this book led many to believe t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Sep 24 08:42:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 08:53:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 01:51:13 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 06:39:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 07 21:52:44 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 12:53:54 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 21:52:44 -0800 2008
As a psychological novel, TSW was not quite as intense or satisfying. (Also, perhaps it's more sociopsycholo...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Feb 28 10:55:43 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 08 15:54:43 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 15:54:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 06:34:59 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 06:34:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 20:50:04 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 15:45:14 -0700 2009
And I absolutely loved it!

Humphrey Van Weyden is a 35 year old bookish man who has never had to stand on his own two feet. He almost drowns when the boat he is on collides with another in the San Francisco Bay, but he is soon rescued...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 01 09:04:06 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 23 08:16:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 18 14:07:38 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 14:19:24 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 14:07:38 -0700 2008
Fabulous! This is the story of primal, existential survival. The battle for survival occurs at sea, aboard a ship called "Ghost", captained by Wolf ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 08 09:55:21 -0700 2008 Fri May 15 09:24:12 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 15:37:22 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 13:01:11 -0700 2008 Call Of The Wild and White Fang as a kid and enjoyed both tremendously. So, it was with some excitement that I began reading The Sea-Wolf.

This book seems to be about struggle. Struggle and perseverance. Van Weyden’s ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 10 19:09:36 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 10:26:42 -0700 2008 more...]]>