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By Neil Munro. 2002
A collection of beloved short stories starring the Scottish seaman and his quirky crew. Master mariner Para Handy, a.k.a.…
Peter Macfarlane, has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening News in 1905. He and his crew—Dougie the mate, Macphail the Engineer, Sunny Jim, and the Tar—all play their parts in evoking the irresistible atmosphere of a bygone age when puffers sailed between West Highland ports and the great city of Glasgow. This definitive edition contains all three collections of short stories published in the author&’s lifetime, as well as those that were unpublished, and a new story that was discovered in 2001. Extensive notes accompany each story, providing fascinating insights into colloquialisms, place-names, and historical events. This volume also includes a wealth of contemporary photographs, depicting the harbors, steamers, and puffers from the age of the Vital Spark.By Robert Olen Butler. 2015
An intrepid reporter boards the Lusitania in a &“vivid . . . ripping good&” spy thriller from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author (The Wall…
Street Journal). It&’s 1915, World War I is in full swing, and foreign correspondent Christopher &“Kit&” Marlowe Cobb is tasked with following a German intellectual and possible secret service agent who&’s just boarded the British ocean liner Lusitania. But Cobb is soon distracted from his mission by the sultry Selene Bourgani, a world-renowned silent film star who also appears to be working with German Intelligence. The secrets Selene harbors have the potential to set the whole international conflict further aflame—and they&’re about to be ignited by a German U-boat attack off the Irish coast. From the perilous waters of the Atlantic, Cobb tails Selene into London&’s darkest alleyways, then on to the powder keg that is Istanbul. Across the war-torn stages of Europe and the Middle East, Cobb must venture deep behind enemy lines, knowing full well he may not return. The second book in the Christopher Marlowe Cobb Thrillers, The Star of Istanbul &“has it all: history galore, exotic foreign settings, a world-weary yet engaging protagonist, villains in abundance and a romance worthy of Bogart and Bergman&” (BookPage). &“[An] outstanding work of historical fiction.&” —The Huntington News &“Butler . . . holds the reader transfixed, like a kid at a Saturday matinee.&” —Booklist, starred review &“An exciting thriller with plenty of action, romance, and danger . . . [a] fast-paced journey through a world at war.&” —Library JournalBy Jewell Parker Rhodes. 2023
Bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes reimagines the classic novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson in this thrilling…
adventure set in modern-day Manhattan, in which three children must navigate the city's hidden history, dodge a threatening crew of skater kids, and decide who they can really trust in order to hunt down a long-buried treasure. Three kids. One dog. And the island of Manhattan, laid out in an old treasure map. Zane is itching for an adventure that will take him away from his family's boarding house in Rockaway, Queens. So when he is entrusted with a real treasure map, leading to a spot somewhere in Manhattan, Zane wastes no time in riding the ferry over to the city to start the search with his friends Kiko and Jack and his dog, Hip-Hop. Through strange coincidence, they meet a man who is eager to help them find the treasure: John, a sailor who knows all about the buried history of Black New Yorkers of centuries past—and the gold that is hidden somewhere in those stories. As a vicious rival skateboard crew follows them around the city, Zane and his friends begin to wonder who they can really trust. And soon it becomes clear that treasure hunting is a dangerous business... Jewell Parker Rhodes has written a version of Treasure Island like none you've never seen—one that takes the reader through little-known Black history, and under the city of Manhattan itself. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobookBy Sophie Hannah. 2015
Single mom Chloe leaves her nine-year-old daughter's audition music in the car. They are rescued when a bicyclist offers to…
retrieve it. After Chloe brings him a thank-you gift at his work, she receives an odd warning from the receptionist about how dangerous he is. Strong language. 2015By Rafael Sabatini. 2012
By James L. Nelson. 2015
Nineteen-year-old Jack Biddlecomb has taken control of his first command, the merchant ship Abigail. On a run to Barbados, Jack…
must deal with two irritating passengers and threat of attack from French privateers. Deeper intrigues confuse matters even further. Violence. 2015By Susan Mallery. 2016
Sisters Courtney, Sienna, and Rachel are all happy that their long-widowed mother, Maggie, has found a great guy and plans…
to marry. After helping Maggie get ready for her big day, the sisters are inspired to search out their own happy endings. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2016By Shannon Stewart. 2008
Jake loves to hunt for treasure, so when the famous pirate Captain Kidd asks him to be his cabin boy,…
he can't refuse. But Jake soon learns that bringing home an invisible pirate can be a real disaster, particularly when the pirate is mortally terrified of his teenage sister. There are many rules of the sea, and Captain Kidd's own cabin boy, Richard Barleycorn, teaches Jake how to face his biggest fear, Boris Baxter, the meanest boy in the whole school.By Julian Stockwin. 2023
Following his recovery after a savage wounding in America, Kydd returns to England to re-assume command of his ship-of-the-line, Thunderer,…
which is sent to the remote station of Bermuda.'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line' Daily ExpressBy Julian Stockwin. 2023
Following his recovery after a savage wounding in America, Kydd returns to England to re-assume command of his ship-of-the-line, Thunderer,…
which is sent to the remote station of Bermuda.'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line' Daily ExpressBy Will Montgomery. 2023
A Royal Navy commander is tasked with stopping a German convoy, in this thrilling novel of love, courage, and honor…
in the midst of World War II. Harry Scott has served honorably in the Royal Navy since 1939—including at Dunkirk, where he evacuated hundreds of soldiers before his own boat was blown up and he lost many of his crew. By 1942, the tide of the war is flowing against the Allies. A worried Churchill needs to block a fleet of German reinforcements and knows his large ships would never survive. But a force of smaller vessels might just have a chance—if their voyage is kept from the enemy until it&’s too late and the group is led by the right man . . . Now Harry, with the help of officer Annie Lenton, has been tasked to bring this new flotilla together and train the officers and crew. The two gradually develop a respect and a love for each other, a love that could make or destroy them both, as a vicious sea battle looms . . .By Julian Stockwin. 2023
The 26th Kydd adventure from veteran writer Julian Stockwin.Following his recovery after a savage wounding in America, Kydd returns to…
England to re-assume command of his ship-of-the-line, Thunderer, which is sent to the remote station of Bermuda.'Paints a vivid picture of life aboard the mighty ship-of-the-line' Daily Express(P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton LimitedBy Kim Norman. 2019
By Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 1994
On a cold, rainy day in the magic tree house, Annie spies a book open to a picture of a…
sunny beach scene. Annie and her older brother, Jack, are transported to the days of deserted islands, secret maps, hidden treasure, and nasty pirates. For grades 2-4. 1994By Jewell Parker Rhodes. 2023
Bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes reimagines the classic novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson in this thrilling adventure…
set in modern-day Manhattan, in which three children must navigate the city’s hidden history, dodge a threatening crew of skater kids, and decide who they can really trust in order to hunt down a long-buried treasure. Three kids. One dog. And the island of Manhattan, laid out in an old treasure map. Zane is itching for an adventure that will take him away from his family’s boarding house in Rockaway, Queens. So when he is entrusted with a real treasure map, leading to a spot somewhere in Manhattan, Zane wastes no time in riding the ferry over to the city to start the search with his friends Kiko and Jack and his dog, Hip-Hop.Through strange coincidence, they meet a man who is eager to help them find the treasure: John, a sailor who knows all about the buried history of Black New Yorkers of centuries past—and the gold that is hidden somewhere in those stories.As a vicious rival skateboard crew follows them around the city, Zane and his friends begin to wonder who they can really trust. And soon it becomes clear that treasure hunting is a dangerous business…Jewell Parker Rhodes has written a version of Treasure Island like none you’ve never seen—one that takes the reader through little-known Black history, and under the city of Manhattan itself.By Malcolm Lowry. 1962
From the author of Under the Volcano: A novel of a young man&’s flight from the upper class to join…
the hard-living crew of a freighter bound for South Asia. In this debut novel by the acclaimed novelist and poet, Dana Hilliot seeks absolution from his wealthy British upbringing, escaping the bourgeois provincialism of his origins by setting out to sea as a messboy amid a crew of weathered, world-weary sailors. Lost somewhere between Singapore and Bombay, Hilliot has fled his oppressive life—and his first love—for a world that has no interest in his problems. Part Moby Dick, part A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ultramarine draws on Malcolm Lowry&’s own early experience—and displays the flair for character and dazzling prose that distinguished him as one of English literature&’s greatest modern talents.By James Hanley. 2015
Five shipwrecked passengers fight panic, thirst, and the sea itself One minute, sailor Joseph Curtain is in his bunk. The…
next, he is submerged in the ocean. A German torpedo has struck the Aurora, and she is sinking fast. Curtain makes his way to a lifeboat and guides the survivors aboard. There are only six of them, and when the submarine&’s machine gun rakes the side of their boat, the number dwindles to five. Alongside Curtain are three men of various character and an elderly chaplain who is too sick to speak. Hope is slim, but Curtain will do what he must to survive. He organizes the party into watches, rationing their food and enforcing strict discipline. But as their time in the boat stretches on, Curtain realizes that this tiny craft and its flagging crew are hardly a match for the power of the ocean.By David Shannon, Melinda Long. 2003
By Jules Verne, Dan Andreasen, Lisa R. Church. 2006
A retelling of Jules Verne's original tale follows the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they…
sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo. For grades 3-6. 2006By Robert Graves. 2014
Swashbuckling historical fiction from the author of I, Claudius. &“A cleverly balanced mixture of spice, fact, humor and adventure on…
and off the high seas&” (Kirkus Reviews). Set in the Age of Exploration, The Islands of Unwisdom tells the story of the ill-fated Don Álvaro de Mendaña y Neyra, a Spanish explorer set on finding the Solomon Islands, the mythical source of King Solomon&’s vast wealth. Driven by greed, ambition, and lust, Don Alvaro and his wife, the beautiful and dangerous Ysabel, lead a crew of adventurers beyond the horizon in search of the wealth of their wildest dreams. However, that&’s not exactly what they find. In the hands of master historical novelist, classicist, and poet Robert Graves, this tale offers a fascinating look at a brutal and bloody era, and insights into the reasons for Spain&’s failure to ultimately dominate world exploration during this time.