True Adventure

Quit Following Me! provides a real-life glimpse into the challenges parents face in understanding their little ones' unspoken concerns. Perfect for families seeking engaging stories with relatable themes.

Drawing on historical documents and contemporary accounts and on exclusive interviews with Carlsen's family, Delaney opens a window into the world of the merchant marine. With deep affection, and respect, for the weather and all that goes with it, he places us in the heart of the storm, a "biblical tempest" of unimaginable power. He illuminates the bravery and ingenuity of Carlsen and the extraordinary courage that the 37-year-old captain inspired in his stalwart crew.

America's first African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, has a chance encounter with a mysterious Irishman, named Altamont, when they meet at the boxer's restaurant, Café de Champion, in August 1912. Johnson's new relationship with the unusual man, with beady eyes and hawk-like nose, places him in an unusual circumstance to help Altamont get out of a tough situation.

Two Soviet engineers. One abandoned sailboat. A promise made in vodka and brotherhood—to bring her home, no matter the cost. In the early 1990s, Alexei and Nikolai hand-built a sleek racing yacht—Gonta—crafted with grit, sweat, and dreams of freedom on the open sea. But after it’s shipped to Australia under orders from a powerful Soviet director, Gonta is left behind and forgotten. Years later, lost in post-Soviet monotony and cheap vodka, the friends make a pact to retrieve her—an oath that will test the limits of courage, friendship, and survival. What begins as a drunken dream ...

It's 1669, and feisty Isobel de Toledo is betrothed to be married to the son of a rich landowner when she learns people in her Seville, including her friends, are being burned at the stake. Outraged, she joins a revolutionary group of ladies of intrigue and danger, healers, and others who question the Church's preoccupation with sexual crimes and women who heal, shaking her very values and birthright. Isobel flees her homeland with Richard, a handsome sailor who saves her from being burned at the stake. They marry and board a ship, setting sail for the New World.

Dopeworld is a bold and eye-opening exploration into the world of drugs. Taking us on an unforgettable journey around the world, we trace the emergence of psychoactive substances and our relationship with them. Exploring the murky criminal underworld, the author has unparalleled access to drug lords, cartel leaders, hit men and government officials.

If you enjoyed travel, seeing the world, and meeting new and exciting people, how could you package everything and make it a “career”? Simone, Marie, Jane, Adelina, Mary…or whatever name she’s using today, has a unique set of skills and a different outlook on life. Pretty but anonymous, she can use almost anything at her fingertips to get the job done.

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 Message Across Time is a whimsical story that transports you to the summit of your imagination. Venture inside this audiobook to unearth a tale of growth and discovery. Experience adventures with unexpected consequences and heartfelt friendships that defy the odds. In the setting of a small, rural community with its wheat fields, playgrounds, graveyard, and delightful characters, listeners share the timeless experiences of an unforgettable season of life.

Love in the City Love in the Country is the trilogy Whispers Between Pages, Colors of Watonga, and Benjamin the Hero are all combined in this one book. Series description: Whispers Between Pages begins a saga of the life of Emma and James and their children. These are light romantic fiction novellas. Emma and James meet in Emma's bookshop called Whispers of the Past. Emma had inherited this quaint bookshop where she lived in a world of books where she preferred to live instead of the world around her until James quietly walked into her life. Their wedding was a fairy tale and the honeymoon ...

Arriving at their romantic rendezvous at Mirror Pass, Will calls into the void for his missing wife and three-year-old daughter. Once reunited, Will, Faron and Suze, along with hiking companion Matt, discover with an overnight storm that their challenge to survive has just begun. With each paranormal time loop, the plot twists to offer a fresh threat to survival. From flash flood and whiteout, to enraged grizzly and blindside betrayal, Will faces disaster behind every door. Think Groundhog Day meets the Twilight Zone, in the heart of the Canadian wilderness. This magical realist novella was...

J. J. Wedick and Jack Brennan, two fresh-faced FBI agents, were about to go undercover. Their target: the charismatic, globe-trotting con man Phil Kitzer, who was responsible for swindling (and spending) millions of dollars and who some called the world’s greatest.

Parker Rubec is living his new life in Paris, when he gets a call about his parents that crashes down on his whole world. In the meantime, Greysen pulls Parker back into a mess that could get him killed. When Parker learns new information about his past, he questions his relationship with Greysen as he knows it, and the makeup of his whole identity. Parker must determine if it’s worth saving or redefining. The True Man is the third and final book in The Idea Man Trilogy.

I should not have left the garden hoe lying on the ground, but I did. I should have been paying attention. But, I didn’t! I stepped on the blade and the handle hit me in the face, bammm, knocking me out cold! I woke up lying on the ground. It was then that I saw them...gnomes! I couldn’t believe my eyes. They were talking in a strange language, but I could understand them! The old gnome with a beard says, “I think the human sees us and hears us.”

Just a fling, or is it more? All Julie Steffens wants is a quiet couple of days on a Caribbean beach. Just her, a good book, and the balmy sea breeze. But the minute she meets the sizzling hot sailor of her dreams, sparks start to fly, and she’s tempted into the one type of adventure she’s never tried. The only question is, will one night be enough? ** This 14,000 word SHORT STORY prequel to Uncharted and the Serendipity Adventure Romance series is a stand-alone story with no cliffhanger. ** SERENDIPITY ADVENTURE ROMANCE Prequel - Off the Charts Book 1 - Uncharted Book 2 - Entangled ...

We meet the main character, Arc Zex, and he has amnesia.

Philip's remarkable career in law in London led to recommendations from which he gained unprecedented access to leading lights in politics and the trade unions. He warns about the many pitfalls that trap the unwary, even what happened to a High Court judge! He recounts many fascinating events, beginning with a landmark case while articled, all the way through acting for such colourful clients as impresarios, actors, airline captains, and members of both houses of Parliament, to ultimately being chosen out of thousands of solicitors by the Prime Minister himself for his Party's prestigious new London headquarters.

A whitewashed Spanish village. Golden Greek islands. Vast Egyptian deserts. Trouble. Jailed in Spain and stricken with hepatitis, Ken and his wife, Barbara—brand new Christians—later wind up in a Jesus People commune in Germany. Moving to Greece, he enrolls in college and she teaches English. They smuggle Bibles into a communist country. Ken sails the Aegean as a charter skipper to pay the bills. They go on to establish a Church in Athens. Seven years into their marriage and childless, they watch a miracle unfold that could change their lives. Picking Olives and Breaking Bread, Book One...

The official companion to the BBC's hit magazine show, The One Show Book is a compilation of the quirkiest, strangest, most random and most fascinating stories pulled from the brains of Icon Films' The One Show research desk. Did you know that Michael Jackson was once made an honorary director of Exeter City football team? Or that Muhammad Ali owed a chunk of his fortune to his love of Ovaltine?

Monsters deserve love too… From werewolves, vampires, and even Bigfoot, these beasts manage to find love. Whether they are able to sink their claws into that love and keep it is another story. When it comes down to it, don’t judge a book by its cover. This anthology brings a mixture of what ifs and happily ever afters. Featuring stories from T.C. Mill, A.K. Moss, Toni Mobley, Barend Nieuwstraten III, Ashley L. Hunt, Charles Kyffhausen, Lil Deville, Kelly Piner, Jess Monica, and Karen Bayly. Graphic sexual content is included within this anthology.