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Come along and join the crew of Captain One Eye, in this two part story as they set sail for riches and glory aboard the Pirate ship Sea Witch. A ship stolen by the Captain one night off the shores of the Philippines, as it set anchored. Sneaking aboard he takes the crew left on board by surprise, killing their captain throwing his body over board, and taking control of the crew as well as the Sea Witch. Now they set sail for a mystery Island called Skull Rock seeking their fame and fortune. What awaits them on this perilous voyage, only time will tell. So come aboard mates, as the compass ...

ABOUT THE BOOK Based in part on the real-life adventures of Sayyida al Hurra, Legend of the Pirate Queen is a historical fiction book involving piracy, mayhem, murder, sex, and women’s empowerment. Keela has a good life in Ireland, painting pictures and fishing. But in 1594, her village is raided by brutal slave traders. Keela’s daughter, Caitlin, is ripped from her and taken to the Canary Islands, where the traders’ evil leader, John Deas, takes her as his own daughter. And Keela is shipped to Haiti, where she begins her new life as a slave. Vowing to find her daughter no matter the ...

Billy Budd is a "handsome sailor" who strikes and inadvertently kills his false accuser, Master-at-arms John Claggart. The ship's Captain, Edward Vere, recognizes Billy's lack of intent, but claims that the law of mutiny requires him to sentence Billy to be hanged.

South Sea Tales (1911) is a collection of short stories written by Jack London. Most stories are set in island communities, like those of Hawaii, or are set aboard a ship. Contents: The House of Mapuhi / The Whale Tooth / Mauki / "Yah! Yah! Yah!" / The Heathen / The Terrible Solomons / The Inevitable White Man / The Seed of McCoy

With federal marshals on his tail, Shaun O'Dwyer is out of time. He must confront the board of directors for an international charity on an Alaskan cruise. They've embezzled from orphanages and framed him for the crime. Will he get satisfaction before time runs out?

"If you like a jolly good yarn, with plenty of swashbuckling and magic thrown in, you’ll love Queen of Black Sails." - Grant Leishman for the Readers' Favorite. Sarah Chartimands is a captain in a magic world. Her ship: The Lady Flotsam. Her crew: pirates. After rescuing an old friend and mentor, Sarah sets out for the haul of a lifetime: the King's gold. However, when not all goes according to plan, she finds herself on the run, outnumbered, and questioning her reality; all in a city trying to kill her. This adventure is loaded to the brim with guns, swords and spells. Can Sarah salvage ...

William Dandurand tells the stories his grandfather told him. Treasure stories about treasure and seekers of fortune who sometimes become finders of lost treasures or sometimes go mad. Published by Jongleur Books.

В 1760 году Гийом Лежантиль, астроном короля Людовика XV, отправляется в плавание к берегам Индии, чтобы наблюдать редкое астрономическое явление — транзит Венеры, с помощью которого надеется вычислить расстояние от Земли до Солнца. Капризы судьбы превратили обычно простое и недолгое путешествие в невероятное приключение длиной в одиннадцать лет. 250 лет спустя парижский агент по недвижимости Ксавье Лемерсье находит в проданной им квартире не востребованный прежними хозяевами ящик, в котором обнаруживает принадлежавший Лежантилю телескоп.

A humpback whale mysteriously takes a mixed-blood American Indian professor to sea. While struggling to survive, the man begins to reclaim his indigenous roots, and in the process discovers thousands of whales on a suicide mission in the North Pacific. When he theorizes the dire effects the whale's action could have for all of life on earth, he and a sympathetic woman marine biologist, influenced by a Hawaiian shaman's dream, against all odds, try to warn the world in time.

Friedrich Gerstäcker (1816 - 1872) verbrachte einen guten Teil seines Lebens in den Vereinigten Staaten. Literarisch gilt er als Vorläufer Karl Mays - seine Geschichten und Romane waren äußerst populär und trugen nicht unwesentlich zur Auswanderungswelle jener Zeit bei. Diese Sammlung von drei Geschichten zeigt, warum der so wandelbare Autor seinerzeit so beliebt war: Die Geschichte Germelshausen erzählt von dem rätselhaften Mädchen, in das sich ein junger Wanderer verliebt. Es wohnt in einem noch rätselhafteren Ort...

Un viaggio terrificante, dove il mare diventa il teatro di orrori senza nome. Naufragio nell'ignoto racconta la storia di un gruppo di sopravvissuti che si trova a dover lottare contro forze oscure, mostri marini e creature immonde. Un'esperienza audio mozzafiato, arricchita da musiche e sound design, che trascinerà l'ascoltatore nel cuore del racconto. William Hope Hodgson, scrittore inglese vissuto tra il 1877 e il 1918, è stato uno dei pionieri del genere weird e horror.

Wenn einen das Leben zu neuen Ufern trägt, wartet das Glück oft schon am Horizont: Mit leeren Konten sitzengelassen, bleibt Tammy nichts anderes übrig, als zu ihrer Mutter nach Usedom zu ziehen. Doch um ihre innere Mitte wiederzuerlangen, findet sie in der kleinen Wohnung einfach keine Ruhe. Für ihre Yogastunden nutzt sie daher heimlich ein Musterhaus, zu dem ihr die befreundete Maklerin Mirjam den Schlüssel gibt. Nick wurde von seiner Frau vor die Tür gesetzt, aber ein Hotel kommt für ihn nicht infrage. Stattdessen zieht er sich ins Musterhaus seiner Baufirma zurück.