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Kid Pirates: Their Battles, Shipwrecks, & Narrow Escapes (Ten True Tales)
By Allan Zullo. 2007
Some volunteered. Others were forced to serve. But each of these young people sailed with the world's most feared pirates…
-- from the notorious Blackbeard and Captain Kidd to Sir Henry Morgan and others. Some of these kids fought side-by-side with the pirates, and others tried to escape. You will never forget their incredible true stories.A Firm Merger
By Stephanie Ganon. 2011
Working at a law firm has taught Emily Dawson a thing or two about mergers and acquisitions. This serves her…
well when the two men she's dating learn about each other. It's time for a compromise that will satisfy them all!For nearly a year, Emily Dawson has quietly dated two men, Nick Scott and William Drake--both smart, attractive and great in bed. Because they all work at the same law firm, her various needs are met at a moment's notice. During an out-of-town business trip, the men put their heads together and discover their girlfriend has two boyfriends. But when Nick and William confront Emily about her refusal to commit to a relationship, an unusual compromise is reached--one that satisfies them all. Content Notes: Partner sharing; gay sexThe Treasure of Malaga Cove
By John Gillgren. 2015
Join Sir Francis Drake on his flag ship the Golden Hind in 1577 as he searches for a shorter route…
to Asia. On his dangerous journey around the tip of South America and up the west coast of the Americas, his crew faces violent storms at sea and battles with Spanish and Portuguese Men-O-War. Finally, Drake must deal with a mutiny on his own flag ship. Four hundred years later, Carmine Cali is learning to dive off the coast of southern California when his partner Nelson Bartlett swears he sees a skull hidden in the grasses off Malaga Cove. Another dive that day reveals nothing. Carmine spends the next 39 years trying to confirm that the skulls exists. Follow Carmine, his wife Elaine, and their children Snail, Carmen and Caroline in their diving adventures and search for the enigmatic skull.The Sound
By Sarah Drummond. 2016
The Sound is set in the 1820s, in the violent and lawless world just before the English established colonial law…
in Western Australia. It is a historical fiction about the men of many nations who made their way across the southern waters of Australia from Tasmania to WA, plundering seal colonies, and stealing women and children from indigenous communities as they went. It follows the journey of Wiremu Heke of Aramoana, who begins his journey on the quest to avenge the destruction of his village, but ends it older, wiser, and looking at the world in an entirely different way.In My Dark Dreams: A Novel
By J. F. Freedman. 2008
A public defender must defend the rarest of clients--someone she believes to be innocent Jessica Thompson is training for a…
marathon, running fifty miles a week not just to stay in shape, but to help her forget that she spends her days in service to some of California's worst criminals. As a public defender in Los Angeles, this is par for the course. But Roberto Salazar is an unusual client: a kind, mild-mannered man with a clean record who has been accused of trafficking stolen goods. Jessica is happy to get this churchgoing gardener acquitted, but she's shocked when he's accused of murder. Roberto is arrested in connection with three savage murders, each committed on the night of a full moon. Is he innocent? Or did Jessica let a madman go free?Hawkfall
By George Mackay Brown. 2004
This collection of sharply-etched fables, dealing with death, legend, love and violence create an Orcadian world that spanning myth and…
reality - a world set firmly between the sea and the sky - a collection of islands which are life-sustaining and soul refreshing.Dark Chapter
By Winnie M. Li. 2017
'An important and moving book' --Cathy Rentzenbrink'I have never found myself rooting for a heroine with more urgency' --Kate Rhodes'Deftly…
written, pacey and unflinching, I could not put it down. Winnie Li is a rare talent with an explosive and timely story. Do not miss it.' --Marti Leimbach, best-selling author of Dying Young and Daniel Isn't TalkingHighly Commended for the CWA Debut Dagger 2015Shortlisted for the Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize 2015Shortlisted for the Pat Kavanagh Prize 2015Runner-up in the SI Leeds Literary PrizeVivian is a cosmopolitan Taiwanese-American tourist who often escapes her busy life in London through adventure and travel. Johnny is a 15-year-old Irish teenager, living a neglected life on the margins of society.On a bright spring afternoon in West Belfast, their paths collide during a horrifying act of violence.In the aftermath, each is forced to confront the chain of events that led to the attack.Inspired by true events, this is a story of the dark chapters and chance encounters that can irrevocably determine the shape of our lives. *2018 Edgar Award Best First Novel NomineeIron Tide Rising (The Map to Everywhere #4)
By Carrie Ryan, John Parke Davis. 2018
Magical worlds and incredible creatures fill the pages of this epic, action-packed finale of the Map to Everywhere series, from…
John Parke Davis and New York Times bestselling author Carrie Ryan!Intrepid travelers Fin and Marrill have shared countless thrilling and treacherous adventures on the magical waters of the Pirate Stream. But neither could have expected that their final adventure would force them to team up with their oldest enemy: the evil wizard Serth! With the fate of the Stream and all their friends hanging in the balance, can they challenge the most frightening power they've ever come up against? Find out in this mind-blowing conclusion to the Map to Everywhere series!Offerings: A Novel
By Richard Smolev. 2012
Kate Brewster's quest to become the first woman to run a Wall Street institution is about to come to fruition.…
Wooed away from a top job at a competing firm by Ed Roth with promises of breaking the glass ceiling when she succeeds him as the head of the investment bank Drake Carlson, Kate learns that she has real potential for the top spot. First, she must prove her worth by unconventionally putting together an IPO for a small games maker whose most valuable but unknown asset may be a painting stolen from a Jewish family as they fled Austria after the Nazi invasion.Kate's professional challenges play out amid a family crisis: her husband's company is imploding and he may have to relocate to a remote part of China to save even a small portion of his business. Her integrity is challenged when she's accused of slowing down a deal to sell her husband's company to divert the sizeable sales commission to Drake, her new company. As a result, Kate uncovers an illegal trading scheme involving her partners, and their downfall triggers another firm's attempt at a hostile takeover of Drake.Against seemingly impossible odds, Kate is able to strike a balance between the demands of the deal she is running and the right of a patriarch's family to seek closure for wounds that date back generations.In Plain Sight (A Casey Cort Novel #3)
By Sylvie Fox. 2016
Struggling to pull together the pieces of her life after another falling out with Ohio's most powerful political dynasty, Casey…
Cort turns her attention toward her budding relationship with rising assistant U.S. Attorney Miles Siegel. Things come to an abrupt halt when circumstances catapult them onto the scene of a horrific crime. Miles investigates the identity of an unlikely criminal mastermind, known on the street as Sledge Hammer. Meanwhile Casey discovers she may hold the key to solve the crime--and to the freedom of innocent women and children in the sex trafficking ring. Can Miles and Casey put the clues together to solve the mystery before the trail runs cold? In this continuation of the Casey Cort series, Sylvie Fox--a former trial lawyer in Cleveland--weaves a tale that blends the best of today's top legal thrillers with the heart and soul of women's fiction, in a story ripped from real-world headlines.Home Fires (Deborah Knott #6)
By Margaret Maron. 1998
Wilf the Mighty Worrier: Battles a Pirate (Wilf The Mighty Worrier Ser. #2)
By Georgia Pritchett. 2016
Things Wilf was worried about before: 1. Lion dentists. 2. Creepy crawlies wearing wigs. 3. Marmite. Things Wilf is worried…
about now: 4. The most evil man in the world. 5. Actually, anyone named Alan. 6. Alan deciding to become a pirate and destroy the world. Alan is Wilf's self-styled evil lunatic next-door-neighbor. He has a grumpy robot sidekick and a silent, right-hand-dog, Kevin Phillips. All in all, he is kind of ridiculous. But when Alan decides that pirating is an excellent way to destroy the world, Wilf knows he will have to overcome his fear of parrots and walking the plank to stop him . . .Breath of the Dragon
By A. L. Tait. 2015
The prize for winning the race around the world is almost within reach. But sometimes the biggest danger can lie…
close to home.Quinn, Ash, Zain and the crew of the Libertas are racing against the clock to get back to Verdania before the King's deadline. Will they make it in time? Will Quinn complete the first map of the whole world? Will Zain bring back enough treasure to satisfy the King? Will they win the race to the end of the world?Or will their enemies stop them from getting back at all?For fans of international bestseller John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series and Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books.The first book in the series was named one of the best middle-grade books of 2014 by Readings.'Not since Emily Rodda's Deltora Quest series has there been such an exciting adventure tale from an Australian author. Echoes of Robinson Crusoe make this feel like a classic with a new twist, and it's perfect for readers aged 8 to 12 who are looking for some escapism in the sea of contemporary stories' - Readings on Prisoner of the Black HawkThe Mapmaker Chronicles1. Race to the End of the World2. Prisoner of the Black Hawk3. Breath of the Dragon (October 2015)The Last Treasure
By Erika Marks. 2016
From the author of It Comes in Waves and The Guest House comes a novel of three lives entangled in…
the secrets of the sea and the enduring bonds of love.As students with a shared passion for shipwrecks, Liv, Sam, and Whit formed a close bond searching for the mysterious Patriot, a schooner that disappeared off the Carolina Coast in 1812 with Aaron Burr's daughter Theodosia aboard. But as the elusive ship drew them together, love would bring them even closer--and ultimately tear them apart.It's been nine years since Liv left Sam to be with Whit, and the once close-knit triowent their separate ways. Liv has given up her obsession with Theodosia Burr to focus on her career as a salvage diver and her passionate but troubled marriage to the reckless and hedonistic Whit. But when a diary of Theodosia's is discovered in a collector's estate, she is pulled back to the world of the Patriot, this time with startling new clues to what might have really happened. Diving back into the lost history of the Patriot could be just what Liv needs to find closure to a mystery that still haunts her. But when she and Whit reunite with Sam for one last salvage in North Carolina's Outer Banks, buried romantic tensions begin to resurface, and once again Liv must choose between two men with very different hearts.From the Trade Paperback edition.Perfect Justice (Ben Kincaid Series #4)
By William Bernhardt. 1993
The Pirates of Ersatz
By Murray Leinster. 2015
Bron Hoddan never wanted to be a pirate, but he was born into a family of pirates, who expected him…
to join the family business. Bron stows away on a space ship and runs away from home. But even though he has never committed an act of space piracy, he'll soon learn it's not that easy to leave his family's legacy behind. A wild, funny science fiction romp that will leave you smiling long after you've turned the final page.The Filibusters
By Charles John Hyne. 2012
This story deals with the participants in an expedition that successfully captures the presidency of a Central American republic. It…
is very exciting, the incidents being fresh and daring with not too much reliance placed on coincidence.A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle
By Charles John Hyne. 2012
The Most Wanted
By Jacquelyn Mitchard. 1999
Arley, a 14-year-old honor student in Texas, begins writing to Dillon LeGrande, an inmate of the nearby correctional facility. Gradually,…
she falls in love with him, and they are secretly married. When she becomes pregnant, she is rejected by her family and moves in with an activist lawyer, a woman who is having troubles with her boyfriend, a death row attorney.…The Sea Captain's Wife
By Beth Powning. 2010
Azuba Galloway, daughter of a shipwright, sees ships leaving for foreign ports from her bustling town on the Bay of…
Fundy and dreams of seeing the world. When she marries Nathaniel Bradstock, a veteran sea captain, she believes she will sail at his side. But when she becomes pregnant she is forced to stay behind. Her father has built the couple a gabled house overlooking the bay, but the gift cannot shelter her from the loneliness of living without her husband. When Azuba becomes embroiled in scandal, Nathaniel is forced to take her and their daughter, Carrie, aboard his ship. They set sail for London with bitter hearts. Their voyage is ill-fated, beset with ferocious storms and unforeseen obstacles that test Azuba's compassion, courage and love. Alone in a male world, surrounded by the splendour and the terror of the open seas, she must face her fears and fight to keep her family together.