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Arghal et le mystère des Deux-Îles (Récréphilo)
By Claire Bernas-Martel. 2007
Chaque titre de cette collection se propose d'éclairer, par le biais des aventures d'un jeune garçon prénommé Arghal, la pensée…
d'un grand auteur. Le récit est suivi d'un dossier pédagogique intitulé "Jeux et mystères". Ce dernier fait la lumière sur la symbolique que revêtent certains éléments du texte ainsi que sur les grands concepts sous-tendant la philosophie du maître à penser abordé, qui fait l'objet d'une courte biographie. Un test de compréhension de lecture ainsi que des énigmes à élucider tentent quant à eux d'amener l'enfant à élaborer sa propre réflexion. Ici: Darwin et la théorie de l'évolution. Années 3-6. 2007.Barracuda 945: roman (Romans, Nouvelles, Recits (domaine Etranger) Ser. #Vol. 6102040)
By Patrick Robinson. 2005
Et si le meilleur moyen de détruire l'Amérique était encore d'utiliser contre elle ses propres armes? Israël à feu et…
à sang. Les actions terroristes du Hamas atteignent de plein fouet les gouvernements britannique et américain. Qui se cache derrière ces opérations menées de main de maître? Auraient-elles un lien avec la disparition mystérieuse du major Kerman? 2004, c2005.Corsaires du Levant: roman (Aventures du capitaine Alatriste.)
By Arturo Pérez-Reverte, François Maspero. 2008
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.Five on a Treasure Island
By Enid Blyton. 1991
There's a shipwreck off Kirrin Island! But where is the treasure? The Famous Five are on the trail. Someone else…
has got the same idea. Time is running out for the Famous Five. Who will follow the clues and get to the treasure first?Jester's fortune: an Alan Lewrie naval adventure (Alan Lewrie naval adventure series. #8.)
By Dewey Lambdin. 2002
In 1796, Naval Commander Alan Lewrie's ship is part of a British squadron patrolling the Adriatic Sea against Napoleon's forces.…
They battle Balkan pirates and rescue an English widow and her child from enemy soldiers. Sequel to "A King's Commander" , followed by "King's captain". 2002. (Alan Lewrie naval adventure series ; 8)Tough Boris
By Mem Fox. 1994
Boris von der Borch is a mean, greedy old pirate--tough as nails, through and through, like all pirates. Or is…
he? When a young boy sneaks onto Boriss ship, he discovers that even pirates cry. And so does he.The Stowaway
By Kristiana Gregory. 1995
The year is 1818, and the coastal village of Monterey, California, is a peaceful home for 11-year-old Carlito and his…
family ... until pirate ships appear on the horizon. Carlito and his friends are excited at first.The gun ketch (Alan Lewrie naval adventures ; #5)
By Dewey Lambdin. 1993
No one is more surprised than ne'er-do-well rake Alan Lewrie when he marries Caroline Chiswick, saving her from dismal alternatives.…
A lieutenant with the Royal Navy, Alan is given command of the gun ketch "Alacrity." While Alan performs heroically at sea, Caroline holds her own against an unwelcome admirer in Nassau. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Sequel to "The King's privateer", followed by "H.M.S. Cockerel". c1993. (Alan Lewrie naval adventures ; 5)Flying colours (Horatio Hornblower ; #8)
By C. S Forester. 1966
Hornblower, his first mate, and his servant are captured by the French and charged with piracy. Sequel to "Ship of…
the line". Followed by "Commodore Hornblower". 1966. (Horatio Hornblower ; 8)The life and times of Horatio Hornblower: A Biography Of C. S. Forester's Famous Naval Hero
By C. Northcote Parkinson. 1996
Horatio Hornblower was the central character in C.S. Forester's series of novels set in the age of fighting sail. In…
this fictional biography of Hornblower, the author chronicles his rise to eminence of the Navy officer and evokes life at sea in a British man o'war during the Napoleonic period. 1996.Hungry as the sea
By Wilbur A Smith. 1978
Nicholas Berg, the once legendary head of Christy Marine, loses his big shipping company along with his wife and two…
children. Left with only two salvage ships and millions in debts, he gambles everything to answer a distress call from a cruise ship in the Antarctic. In the process, he saves the life of marine biologist Samantha Silver. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1978.Lord Hornblower (The Hornblower Saga, Book #5)
By C. S. Forester. 1974
These thrilling tales of high-seas adventure in the Napoleonic era, which Winston Churchill found "vastly entertaining" and Ernest Hemingway recommended…
to "every literate I know", are being eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers.The First Voyage (A Drift House Voyage)
By Dale Peck. 2005
Sent to stay with their uncle in a ship-like home called Drift House, twelve-year-old Susan and her two younger stepbrothers…
embark on an unexpected adventure involving duplicitous mermaids, pirates, and an attempt to stop time forever.Dinosailors
By Howard Fine, Deb Lund. 2003
A tale of high jinks on the high seas begins when a crew of novice dinosailors sets sail for adventure,…
only to find that something even better awaits them back home. Grades K-3. c2003.Captain Grey
By Avi. 1977
Following the Revolution, an eleven-year-old boy becomes the captive of a ruthless man who has set up his own "nation,"…
supported by piracy, on a remote part of the New Jersey coast.Ghost sea: a novel (Dugger/nello Ser. #0)
By Ferenc Maté. 2006
An action-packed sea adventure that's also an anthropological thriller. Ghost sea takes the reader on a terrifying search for a…
kidnapped woman, into the waters and cultures of British Columbia's wild coast of nearly a century ago. 2006.The Phantom Chronicles: New Tales of the Ghost Who Walks!
By Craig Shaw Gardner, Clay Griffith, Trina Robbins, Nancy Kilpatrick, Len Kody, David Michelinie, Will Murray, Mike Oliveri, Martin A. Powell, Ed Rhoades, Dan Wickline, Jim Alexander, David Bishop, Martin Powell, Mike Bullock, Ron Fortier, Steven Grant, Susan Griffith, C. J. Henderson. 2007
Nearly five centuries ago, pirates took the life of merchant ship captain Christopher Standish. In the heat of the battle…
aboard the ship, Standish's son was knocked overboard to wash ashore on a remote beach. After stumbling upon the body of his father's killer, young Standish swore an oath on the murderer's skull to devote his life, and the lives of his sons and their sons, to the destruction of piracy, greed, cruelty and injustice. To the outside world, this man, seemingly immortal, has always worn the mask. As the legend grew, it transcended the life of any one mortal. And that legend became The Phantom!Sea of poppies (The ibis Trilogy #Bk. 1)
By Amitav Ghosh. 2008
At the heart of this epic saga, set just before the Opium Wars, is an old slaving-ship, The Ibis. Its…
destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its crew a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts. Fate has thrown together a truly diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a bankrupt Raja to a widowed villager, from an evangelical English opium trader to a mulatto American freedman. As their old family ties are washed away they, like their historical counterparts, come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais or ship-brothers. An unlikely dynasty is born, which will span continents, races and generations. 2008.Pacifique sud: roman
By Michel Peyramaure. 1994
Depuis quatre mois, la frégate La Boudeuse, commandée par le comte Bougainville, vogue en plein Pacifique. Et puis, un beau…
matin, un cri tombe de la vigie. Les Français viennent de découvrir Tahiti. Pour l'équipage, c'est le paradis. 1994.