Southern Adventures

A powerfully built man more than six feet tall, Amundsen’s career of adventure began at the age of fifteen (he was born in Norway in 1872 to a family of merchant sea captains and rich ship owners); twenty-five years later he was the first man to reach both the North and South Poles. Lynne Cox, adventurer and swimmer, author of Swimming to Antarctica (“gripping”—Sports Illustrated) and Grayson (“wondrous, and unforgettable”—Carl Hiaasen), gives us in South with the Sun a full-scale account of the explorer’s life and expeditions.

It's 1943 and the Americans and Japanese are fighting a deadly war in the hot, jungle-covered volcanic islands of the South Pacific. The outcome is in doubt and a terrible blow has fallen on American morale. Lieutenant David Armistead, a Marine Corps hero and cousin of the President of the United States, is missing and some say he's gone over to the enemy. Coast Guard Captain Josh Thurlow and his ragtag crew are given the assignment to find Armistead, though not necessarily to bring him back alive.

As a graduation present for her daughter, Tammy, Samantha Moon and the gang head down to South America for the vacation of all vacations. Next stop: Easter Island On a beach in Chile, the unimaginable happens. Magical cultists kidnap Tammy and Paxton in a blink of an eye—literally. Sam and Allison spring into action, chasing a barely visible trail... and end up, of all places, on Easter Island, famous for its massive collection of giant stone heads. Turns out, the cultists were dead set on sacrificing Tammy and Paxton to a local god. That was their first mistake. And as all hell breaks ...

The highly anticipated third volume of the haunting, disturbing, and evocative Southern Reach trilogy.It is winter in Area X. A new team embarks across the border, on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown, navigating new terrain and new challenges, the threat to the outside world becomes only more daunting. In this last instalment of the Southern Reach Trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may have been solved.

In the second volume of the Southern Reach Trilogy, questions are answered, stakes are raised, and mysteries are deepened.… Following the disastrous twelfth expedition chronicled in Annihilation, the second book of the Southern Reach trilogy introduces John Rodriguez, the new head of the government agency responsible for the safeguarding of Area X. His first day is spent grappling with the fall-out from the last expedition. Area X itself remains a mystery.

Three long years after the world Fell, Wildcat Leander Calloway Toler, a deputized lawman—or what passes for one in this Fallen World—finds himself being pursued across the Appalachian wastes with the daughter of a wealthy businessman in tow. Trapped and outgunned, Leander learns that those who took his family and left him for dead in the chaotic days after the Fall have returned. Infuriated by the bureaucracy of a corrupt system, Leander decides to take matters into his own hands and recruits a team of loyal companions.

What would you do if the government took your liberty? California citizens labor under the cruel hand of the UN, brought in to enforce martial law as their Islamist henchmen terrorize the countryside. Some citizens feel safer under martial law, free of the street violence and looting. Other citizens see this for what it is. Globalist tyranny. In Bug Out! California Book 8, the patriots under Ivan the Butcher have matured their operation, and begin recruiting citizens on the internet, using the experience of their fellow patriots in Texas as a guide. Jules’s team is in the north, creating ...

A romantic adventure book set in the South Pacific during the late 19th century. Following a shipwreck, Mabel Miller, a disillusioned socialite from San Francisco, finds herself on the vibrant yet dangerous island of Kaahlanai with a small band of survivors, including Captain Gray and the Gray family. Initially seeking a break from her monotonous lifestyle, Mabel embarks on a journey that takes her far beyond her wildest dreams. Upon their ship's destruction by fire and subsequent arduous days at sea, the survivors finally land on Kaahlanai. They initially face both the harsh realities of ...

Following on from his bestselling novels A Year in the Wild and Back to the Bush, James Hendry returns to the setting of Sasekile Private Game Reserve for another tale that takes the listener behind the scenes with the MacNaughton brothers, Angus and Hugh. It is four and a half years since Angus’s last year in the wild when he was newly appointed to the position of head ranger at Sasekile. Much has happened in the interim.

The Sovereign Order of Monte Cristo begins with a condensed retelling of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, related through the voice of Sherlock Holmes. It includes exhilarating new adventures, characters, and ideas, carrying the reader through books I and II and into book III of an ever-expanding new series based on the classic. The author consulted the original French as well as the oldest English translations of The Count of Monte Cristo, but the style of the retelling, in the distinctive voice of Sherlock Holmes, constitutes a new work. Books II and III, incorporated herein,...

Follow the antics of Clyde & Neville as they annoy friends and battle enemies, on water, in the air and deep in the jungles of the South Pacific during W.W. II, where they never lose their sense of humor- fighting the enemy or searching for the perfect beer. They are simple plantation owners on a South Seas Island before being chased off by the Japanese. They volunteer as Coast Watchers, working behind enemy lines. Problems occur, many of their own making and dog them as they confound both the Japanese and the Allies. Never having learned to put up with bureaucrats they go about their work,...

Clyde & Neville lead a charmed life and have survived behind enemy lines in the South Pacific for three years. They are now owners of a tavern in Darwin, but they have some unfinished business. Their partner in their last foray behind enemy lines was killed without receiving his share of the treasure they brought back. It is time to do the right thing and get it to his survivors. Only these two middle-aged, beer-loving Englishmen can find so many ways to get into trouble without being in a war. Their travels end up with them once again going behind the lines to rescue a damsel in distress ...

The society is dangerously polarized. Violent mobs hit the streets. Some whispered a civil war was coming. Then the nukes went off. Survivors recruited freedom-loving citizens to armed resistance in Manhattan, Boston, and Valley Forge. The globalist enemy knows who to target… the hunt is on, but the resistance is wily, and supplied with technology from a billionaire industrialist. In Manhattan, the UN has lost many battles, but the patriots have discovered another enemy, hiding in plain sight. Is it too much for Mayor Fine’s team to handle? Boston resistance groups grow, as UN ...

She agitates me to no end, but I'll do whatever I can to win her. I'm a simple cowboy turned undercover agent navigating a life of danger and intrigue. She's my sister's roommate, best friend, and drop-dead gorgeous. Her first words after we met? “I don't get what the big deal is.” The smirk she threw while sauntering away knocked me off my feet and had my sister laughing hysterically. She's starting life while I'm mingling with dangerous criminals. When we finally get together, I'm smitten. Our chemistry is undeniable—a pure, heaven-help-us blaze. Pint-sized Hazel, with her bigger-...

From her childhood in Norway to the seasons she spent working as a guide on Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, Arnesen courted the cold, and her memoir reflects the knowledge and passion for Arctic and Antarctic exploration that grew with her adventures in the wintry reaches of Norway and beyond. Tracing her path from the heroic stories of explorers like Fridtjof Nansen and Ernest Shackleton to her own crossing of the Greenland Ice Cap in 1992, Arnesen credits the inspiring feats of those who preceded her.

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...

Rebecca grew up in a well-to-do family in Memphis. For years, her father wanted her to marry the son of a family friend, but Rebecca did not love him. No sooner had she turned eighteen, she became pregnant by Vernon; a man she barely knew. Before she could share the good news with him, he suddenly left Memphis, never to return. Devastated, she had no choice but to give up the baby. Her parents sent her away to hide her growing shame and arranged for an adoption. But Rebecca couldn’t go through with the adoption and made her own plans. With her secret secured, she returned home and ...

The society is dangerously polarized. Violent mobs hit the streets. Some whispered a civil war was coming. Then the bombs went off. Survivors recruited freedom-loving citizens to armed resistance, in Manhattan, Boston, and Valley Forge. The globalist enemy knows who to target… the hunt is on, but the resistance is wily, and supplied with technology from a billionaire industrialist. The action is fast and furious on Manhattan, as the UN Peacekeepers fight to take control of the city, the resistance taking them on at every turn. The enemy has new allies coming. Can the resistance handle ...

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Yachting, Human Trafficking, and Revenge Dani Berger's just been rescued from human traffickers. She has a million-dollar yacht and a gut full of anger. She wants to get even. Dani's former captor, irate at his loss, tries to snatch her again. This gives Dani just the opening she’s looking for. Will the traffickers recapture Dani? Or will Dani have her vengeance? Read Bluewater Vengeance and find out. Perfect for fans of thrillers set in the Caribbean. Bluewater Vengeance is the second novel in the trilogy that begins the Bluewater Thriller series. Bluewater Voodoo completes the trilogy. ...