Fiction - Sea Stories

The final, unfinished volume in C. S. Forester's beloved Hornblower saga sees the indomitable naval hero engage in espionage to thwart Napoleon's forces ahead of the Battle of Trafalgar. Although unfinished at the time of C. S. Forester's death, Hornblower During the Crisis delivers...

Four sisters. One family secret. And a chance to fix the past...Kate Hannigan is in charge of her late mother's estate, and she has a plan: divide everything evenly, including the old family house on the harbor. What she doesn't realize is that her...

Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates - Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main The author of this narrative cannot recall that, in any history of the famous pirates, he has ever read a detailed and sufficient account of...

Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates - Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main ......Buy Now (To Read More)Product details Ebook Number: 8610 Author: Pyle, Howard Release Date: Aug 1, 2005 Format: eBook Language: English

Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates - Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish MainWhy is it that a little spice of deviltry lends not an unpleasantly titillating twang to the great mass of respectable flour that goes to make...

A mythic story of love, loss, and return.Born into a whaling family in a small fishing village near Newport, a young man inherits a legacy shaped by tradition, labor, and blood. From an early age, he feels a pull toward the ocean that places...

In Great Waters: Four StoriesTranscriber's Notes: Blank pages have been eliminated. Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few typographical errors have been corrected. The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain....

Insula thesaurariaDisciplin lingu Latin, litterarumque Romanarum ac Latinarum studiosi et cultores vi nostri universim in duo castra abeunt. Una eorum sunt, qui Latina lingua in rebus scholasticis veluti sermone vivo ac prsenti tamquam adminiculo utuntur, quos ideo Scholasticos appellamus. Hi fere sunt Magistri ac...

New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant, author of the renowned Newsflesh series, returns with a novel that takes us to a new world of ancient mysteries and mythological dangers come to life. The ocean is home to many myths, But some are deadly....

Isle o' DreamsAs the tubby little China Coast steamer marched up Manila Bay, Trask stood under the bridge on the skimpy "promenade deck" and waited impatiently for the doctor's boat to come alongside. He was the only white passenger among a motley lot of...

Jack RustigMeneer Nicodemus Rustig leefde als welgesteld man op zijn buitengoed Boschlust in het Engelsche graafschap Hampshire. Dolgraag zou hij zoon paar kleine kleuters om zich heen hebben zien springen; maar, ofschoon reeds tien jaar getrouwd, nog altijd bleef hij met zijn vrouwtje alleen....

Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef This work has already appeared in Graham's Magazine, under the title of Rose Budd. The change of name is solely the act of the author, and arises from a conviction that the appellation given in this publication is...

Jacob FaithfulGentle reader, I was born upon the waternot upon the salt and angry ocean, but upon the fresh and rapid-flowing river. It was in a floating sort of box, called a lighter, and upon the river Thames, at low water, when I first...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The shark-versus-man classic that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie--now in a fiftieth anniversary edition with an exclusive foreword from the author's wife, renowned ocean conservation advocate Wendy Benchley "A tightly written, tautly paced study of terror."--The Washington Post...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The shark-versus-man classic that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg movie--now in a fiftieth anniversary edition with an exclusive foreword from the author's wife, renowned ocean conservation advocate Wendy Benchley "A tightly written, tautly paced study of terror."--The Washington Post...

John Corwell, Sailor and Miner; and, Poisonous Fish - 1901 Am I to have no privacy at all? demanded the Governor irritably as the orderly again tapped at the open door and announced another visitor. Who is he and what does he want? The...

Kapteeni Singletonin seikkailutAlkusanat. ENSIMINEN LUKU Kapina laivassa. TOINEN LUKU Purjehdus Eptoivon niemelle. KOLMAS LUKU Matka Afrikan mantereelle. NELJS LUKU Minusta tulee kapteeni. VIIDES LUKU Kultavirralla Sis-Afrikassa. KUUDES LUKU Rynnistys rannikolle. SEITSEMS LUKU Merirosvo ja kveekari. KAHDEKSAS LUKU Orjalaiva tuuliajolla. YHDEKSS LUKU Laivasto Afrikan vesill....

It's Moby Dick from the whale's point of view. Near the end of his life, beached on the New England coast, the White Whale finally sets the record straight, spinning a tale of high adventure and rich emotion, of love and loss, of loathing...

Kolme kutteria: MeriseikkailukertomusHistoriallisen romaanin ensiminen mestari Walter Scott kuvasi merielmkin ensi kerran kaunokirjallisessa muodossa, v. 1822 ilmestyneess "Merirosvossa." Se tapahtui tosin ohimennen, mutta oli kuitenkin sytyttvn alotteena laajalle kirjallisuuden haaralle, joka muutamissa vuosissa psi suureen vauhtiin ja yleiseen suosioon kaikissa sivistysmaissa. "Merirosvosta" lausuttujen arvostelujen...

La isla del tesoro Prlogo de la edicin espaola Parte I: Captulo I, II, III, IV, V, VI. Parte II: Captulo VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII. Parte III: Captulo XIII, XIV, XV. Parte IV: XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI. Parte V: Captulo...