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Ocean Boulevard - Adventures On The High Seas: An Epic and Exhilarating Journey All the Way... from a Boy to a Man [Kindle Edition]

David Baboulene (Author)

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`This hair raising and incredible adventure had me laughing out loud... strongly recommend you join `Windy' on this epic voyage.'
--Sea Breezes magazine, November 2009

Adventure Travel magazine, June 2007

'Entertaining and funny, this is the important journey towards
manhood'

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 712 KB
Print Length: 320 pages
Publisher: Dreamengine Media Ltd.; 2 edition (2 Feb 2011)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B004M18TEW
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #13,308 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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Jim Atkins ex deck cadet 31 Oct 2009

By James E. Atkins

Format:Paperback

Ignore Victors review,obviously AB's had a different life to cadets. I was also a deck cadet through the 70's ,with a totally different company and route,but it brought back so many memories that it could have been a diary of my first trip.A fantastic tale, well written and extremely funny, (Oh to be 17 again!) I couldn't put it down and went straight out to buy the sequel,

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Highly Recommended 5 May 2011

By The Full English

Format:Kindle Edition

This is EASILY the funniest book I ever read. that's probably all you need to know but it's also a touching read, with the dodgy stuff to do with sailors and their lifestyle handled hilariously and sensitively. To have experienced a journey like this AND to have the writing ability to deliver it AND to be so funny... It all comes together in this book. Having read it, I feel I know Windy as if I grew up with him on the journey and I can't wait to read the sequel. I pray that if it's even half as good as Ocean Boulevard then I have a treat still in store, and THEN I'm going to turn round and read this one all over again. Pure magic.

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Great stuff 30 July 2007

By rhino

Format:Paperback

Really amusing and highly entertaining - you can't help but love Windy as he takes you through the highs and lows of his sea-faring journey. Was so funny, I couldn't put it down.

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