Southern Adventures

Explore the wild natural beauty and exotic culture of Ecuador with this comprehensive travel companion for your next vacation! Jam-packed with fascinating facts, expert traveller’s tips, and seasoned wisdom for exploring this amazing South American country, this handy Ecuador travel guide provides you with a wealth of helpful resources and insights for the perfect vacation. Whether you want to visit the soaring Andes mountains, explore the diverse wildlife in the thick Amazon rainforest or on the Galapagos islands, or soak up authentic Ecuadorian culture and cuisine, you’ll discover how...

More an origin story than a traditional novel, Jack July's Amy Lynn follows the coming-of-age of a charming little Southern girl. Raised in a family of bootleggers and scoundrels, the motherless Amy is adopted by her Aunt Carla Jo, who teaches her everything about being a woman. A triumvirate of male Southern characters teach her other lessons: How to survive, how to live off the land, and how to be a winner. By the time Amy enlists in the United States Navy, she is the sort of heroic figure who commands respect and surprises everyone with her strength, skills, and heart.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you. Greater than a Tourist - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA by Amy Sylvestre offers the inside scoop on Myrtle Beach.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Ciudad Valles. Greater than a Tourist - Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosi, Mexico by Author Andrea Bieber offers the inside scoop on the city of Ciudad Valles and the Huasteca Potosina. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

As Captain Jack Aubrey cools his heels in a Maltese harbour, awaiting repairs to his ship, war rages on. Fearing that hostilities will end before he has any further opportunities for fame and fortune, Aubrey accepts several secret missions, but all is not as it seems.

Forced to come out of the closet to prove his innocence in a brutal murder, Detective Derek Cooper is warned by the police chief not to get involved in the case. Consumed with guilt, Derek knows he must unravel the secrets of his own drunken actions on the night of the murder in order to help find the killer. When he is asked to work with the detectives on the case he must face his own personal demons that he has ignored for years. As they struggle to solve the bizarre murder, Derek realizes the pieces of the puzzle aren't going to fit and a more sinister element could be involved. He then ...

In the fight against the French, a treaty with the Sultan of Pulo Prabang, a piratical Malay state, may prove decisive. Captain Jack Aubrey and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin, along with a hand-picked crew, must survive the dangers of the high forties and convey a diplomatic envoy to ensure this key alliance, but dangers, both natural and man-made, will dog their every move.

Jack Aubrey’s long service has at last been rewarded with promotion to the rank of commodore, and a squadron of ships to command. His new commission is twofold – first, inhibit the slave trade off the coast of West Africa, and then, on his return, intercept a French fleet loaded with weapons intended for the disaffected Irish.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist audiobook is for you.

A gloriously moving and entertaining, picaresque debut novel about a young man’s sentimental education in late 19th-century Europe; inspired by a real historical figure: ‘Captain’ Paul Boyton - the ‘Fearless Frogman’.

A true tale of individual triumph on the gridiron of the University of Southern California (USC) campus in the early 1900s-a story with as much heart as Notre Dame's beloved Rudy's.

A Gardener’s Tale a Novel by Julian Bound ‘It’s funny the people you meet in a lifetime. Looking back it wasn’t so much how many crossed my path, more so it was what they had to say.’ With these opening lines a sheltered man recounts his life spent working as a gardener in his hometown’s park. Recalling those encountered he tells how they shared their problems with him, resulting in him offering them his own unique perspective on life and so touching the hearts of all he meets. Unbeknown to them all, his wise insights for their woes arrive from the numerous jigsaw puzzles he and...

This is volume 3 in The Madame Timbu Adventures Series. An ancient jewel with an evil past- and a horrible secret- threatens a small southern community. In this stirring sequel to The Madames of Pinkerport, renowned occultist Madame Timbu comes face to face with malevolent forces that lead her to the Scottish home of deceased magician Aleister Crowley. The dead know secrets, as do two old Southern families. Our Daring Diva of the Divine comes face to face with ancient adversaries in this latest Madame Timbu adventure.

Ordered home by despatch vessel, Captain Jack Aubrey and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin have been tasked with bringing the news of the latest victory in the war with America back to the government in Britain. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought upon the French intelligence network in the New World, and the attentions of two privateers who pursue their ship soon become menacing.

Jack Aubrey is a naval officer, a post-captain of experience and capacity. When The Letter of Marque opens he has been struck off the Navy List for a crime he has not committed. With Aubrey is his friend and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin, who is also an unofficial British intelligence agent.

Second choice. These words haunt Leah Smith as she agrees to marry Reverend Jonah Adams, the man she has loved since childhood, the man who first proposed to another woman. Placing God’s will above her own heart’s longing to be loved by Jonah, she accepts his businesslike proposal and sails with him to the distant South Pacific Island of her birth. Rejected. The word beats against Jonah Adams’s mind like the violent waves of adversity that batter his every move. Why has God rejected his well-designed plan of missionary service? A novella.

Unleash Your Inner Explorer: Get Inspired by Scott’s Heroic Journeys "Robert Falcon Scott: A Pioneer of Antarctic Exploration" is a thrilling account of Robert Falcon Scott's incredible journey as an explorer. Read about the incredible challenges that Scott faced and the triumphs he achieved during his Antarctic expeditions. Scott was a multifaceted figure, blending bravery, scientific curiosity, and leadership to navigate one of Earth's harshest environments. This book takes you on a journey into Scott's life, exploring his motivations, groundbreaking expeditions, and the legacy of his ...

En route to England and his next command, Captain Jack Aubrey, and his friend, ship’s surgeon and secret agent Stephen Maturin, find themselves swept up in the War of 1812. As Aubrey convalesces from his wounds in a Boston hospital, awaiting the next prisoner exchange, Maturin’s past activities as a spy return to haunt him and precipitate both men into new and unexpected dangers.

Thirteen-year-old Dove Boone has always known there was something different about her talent with plants. But on an island where old magic is forbidden and ancient family rifts run deep, some secrets are better left buried. When her aunt's elaborate society wedding brings the divided island families together, Dove's carefully hidden gift becomes harder to control. Something dark is stirring on the forbidden side of Knot Island, where Dove's father vanished nine years ago. As the summer solstice approaches, Dove and her cousins uncover an ancient journal that hints at the truth: the three ...

Moins connu que Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer, Les Aventures de Huckleberry Finn est souvent considéré comme le chef-d'œuvre de Twain, et comme le livre fondateur de la littérature américaine moderne. Il est raconté à la première personne par Huckleberry "Huck" Finn. La Vie et Les Aventures de Robinson Crusoé, l'un des romans les plus publiés de l'histoire, raconte l'histoire d'un jeune Anglais naufragé dans une tempête et contraint de se débrouiller seul sur une île isolée... du moins le croit-il.