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The Coin of the Realm    by Roger Dubin
Price: $7.99 USD. 85070 words. Published on May 22, 2010. .

Rick Weisman, a young American merchant seafarer, inherits a priceless relic of the Romanov dynasty, and the legend which has followed it through the ages: that he who bears the Zevi Coin will be led to whatever his soul is seeking, be it love, gold, glory, or God. So begins Rick's journey across the Atlantic and into the labyrinth of North Africa. What he finds there will change his life forever.
The Cottage by the Lake    by Amanda Brenner
Price: $4.00 USD. 73220 words. Published on December 22, 2011. .

Sid Langdon didn’t believe in the Greenwood ghost—until murder changed his mind!
The American Occupation of Japan 1945-1952: A Look Back    by David Arturi
Price: $2.99 USD. 85930 words. Published on May 17, 2012. .

Against the background of the Occupation, a tragic love story unfolds that centers on an adventurous American merchant seaman and the surviving daughter of a Japanese military family whose father and sons, killed in sea battles during World War II, studies under her Zen master in an attempt to gain peace of mind.
Blowing Out The Stink: Life on a Lumber and Cod Schooner, 1897-1947    by Joe Follansbee
Price: $2.99 USD. 66570 words. Published on May 23, 2012. .

Blowing Out the Stink—a fisherman’s phrase for doing laundry at sea—tells the story of the lumber and cod schooner Wawona and the quirky adventures of her captains and crews in the North Pacific.
Overlooked Careers in the Maritime Industry    by Marvin Perkins
Price: Free! 1920 words. Published on September 6, 2012. .

Overlooked Careers in the Maritime Industry is a step by step guide to finding lucrative employment in the maritime industry. An industry that employs over 1.2 million people in the U.S. and millions more worldwide. Yet the industry is grealtly overlooked. In this short but informative guide a new door can be opened. All you have to do is step through it.
They Go To Sea: The Story of an American Merchant Ship and the Battle of the Atlantic in WWII    by David Arturi
Price: Free! 84120 words. Published on October 15, 2012. .

Nazi U-boats in a feeding frenzy are sinking dozens of ships along the US East Coast and out to sea. On his second convoy run to England from New York, young Ken Mason and his shipmates must now face the U-boat menace in the North Atlantic for the second time. His ship, damaged in a storm, however, has turned around steaming for Nova Scotia and repairs. She is alone on the dangerous high seas.
The Bucko Mate: Twenty Years in the Merchant Marine    by Kevin Zahn
Price: $3.99 USD. 141890 words. Published on November 11, 2012. .

The Bucko Mate describes the author's seafaring experiences sailing as an officer in the American merchant marine. Mates lived a colorful life few have ever experienced. From the storms, fog, waterfront bars and union halls, to the near collisions, deaths at sea, fights, dangerous cargo and foreign lands, it is an exciting life. This is my way of getting some of that colorful era written down.
Sail Away: Journeys of a Merchant Seaman    by Jack Beritzhoff
Price: $4.99 USD. 14780 words. Published by stillpointdigitalpress on January 6, 2013. .

An officer in the US Merchant Marine from World War II to the Korean War, Jack Beritzhoff sailed from the South Pacific to Casablanca to Kuwait to Liverpool to Pusan... and back. Sail Away follows him from port to port, around the globe to five continents, discovering friendship and heroism (as well as occasional cowardice and deceit), and of course the beautiful girl in every port.