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Tom Breckin knew the moment he saw the masked woman across the dance floor that he'd lost his heart. Then, she disappeared, only to reappear as a stowaway on his ship. What would he do with a woman on a pirate ship? Things are about to get interesting, but very dangerous.

A major drug deal is underway and loose ends are being taken care of when two things go wrong: two murders that were supposed to look like a suicide and an accident get noticed – one on an English railroad, and one on board an ocean-going barge. As police are sent to investigate both seemingly unrelated incidents, the men at sea find themselves in dangerous waters. Who among them is on the take, and who is on the level? Who can be trusted when all of them are enduring the special man-made hell of life on an oil barge?

On a seemingly normal day in paradise, a local treasure hunter is murdered just hours after discovering the biggest find of his life. Sensing a storm brewing, former Navy SEAL Logan Dodge puts his island lifestyle on hold and takes a well-armed boat trip to the Upper Keys to investigate. Logan and his former mercenary wife quickly discover that an infamous white supremacist group is behind the murder, and that the ruthless band of criminals is out for more than just blood.

Teddy Dollarhide, a rough man with ruddy skin and pearl-white hair whom everyone calls “Old Salt”, is plagued by reoccurring dreams in which he is a crew member on the Spanish galleon La Gracia that he believes went down in a violent hurricane in the 17th century with countless jewels and gold on board. His four-man crew, The Pearlmakers, have been searching around the waters of Latchawatchee, Florida, for the last six years.

The fishing industry near Daytona Beach is crippled when the shrimp stop coming up in nets, when the trout and flounder stop taking the bait...and when mysterious black sea life begins to attack the boats, the swimmers, and the land. Can anyone escape the horror as the oceans fight back?

A young fisherman named Jacques Montus is about to discover why certain things should remain hidden in the shadows of the deep blue sea. For, what he finds will change his life forever.

Still feeling the stinging betrayal of her ex, Serena Westwood has no intention of looking for love in her new home town of Crescent Key, Florida. But when family connections and her new job as an interior designer have her and Luke Thornton crossing paths, avoiding his seductive charm proves a lot harder than she expected. Will the wounds of Serena’s past prevent her from moving forward, or will she throw caution to the wind and let her heart get swept away with the tide?

Finn and Mary accept a mission to find the true identity of an internet influencer. "Harry Sledge" uses his army of followers to rally voters behind his chosen candidates. Besides his political efforts, Sledge is manipulating several militias. He's using them to smuggle drugs, arms, and people. Finn and Mary are soon caught in a power struggle between two factions within Sledge's empire. Will they survive to identify the man behind the Sledge persona?

Die Gefährten Karge, Anselmo und Anna haben sich eben an ihr neues Leben in Ceuta unter Heinrichs Schutz gewöhnt, als eine Depesche von König Johann eintrifft: Karge soll einen neuen Stützpunkt für die portugiesische Krone finden! Doch bevor das Segelabenteuer beginnt, muss Anselmo sein Geschäft einem Tollpatsch überlassen, Anna bekommt Besuch aus ihrer Kindheit, ein neuer Mönch tritt in das Leben der Freunde und alte Bekannte aus Venedig tauchen wieder auf. Gemeinsam erleben sie eine aufregende Entdeckungsfahrt, auf der Suche nach der Insel im Atlantik.

"The "Line" was an artificial barrier more than 100 miles off the coast of New England that separated American and Canadian fisheries resources. It was established in the 1980s by the International Court in the Hauge, hence the name "the Hauge Line". Nearly from the outset, it became a tempting target for American fishermen, but when the Atlantic scallop resource collapsed on the American side of the Line, desperation drove American fishermen to tempt ruin or worse to maintain their livelihood.

The gruesome death of a girl, a protest of new development, and the systematic destruction of coral reefs on Grand Cayman all alert photojournalist Mike Scott that criminal elements are at work on the idyllic island. When Mike’s buddy Kelly is kidnapped, it is a race against time for Mike to save his friend and bring down the greedy developer putting his own wealth before the beauty of the island and the welfare of the people.

Poppy Legend, 40 years old and feeling just a touch behind in life, is sailing back to the last place she wants to go: home. Sure, she snagged a fantastic concierge gig on the inaugural voyage of a billionaire’s cruise line, which promises to revitalize her island home Celebration Cay - the place she ran away from years ago. Not that she has time to worry about what’s waiting in the future.

In 1789 HMS Bounty under the command of Lieutenant William Bligh sailed off on a voyage to Tahiti in the South Pacific to obtain breadfruit trees for transplanting in the Caribbean. After a long, difficult voyage, in which a passage of Cape Horn had to be abandoned, the ship finally reached its destination. Within a few months, the Bounty was loaded with breadfruit plants and fresh provisions. But the return voyage never materialized.

Un'opera divenuta leggenda rivive nelle parole di Pratt, che torna a intrecciare in un romanzo i destini di personaggi indimenticabili come il capitano Rasputin, i giovani Pandora e Cain, e naturalmente Corto Maltese. Seguendo il filo del racconto, ci addentriamo nel raffinato gioco psicologico tra amici e complici, pirati e guerrieri, sullo sfondo dei celebri paesaggi del maestro del fumetto italiano. In un viaggio senza meta, dai vicoli bui di Cordova alle tempeste sull'Oceano Pacifico, assaporiamo di nuovo tutto il piacere puro dell'avventura.

Un gruppo di pescatori norvegesi con la loro barca si imbatte in una improvvisa e violenta tempesta. La piccola imbarcazione viene sospinta dai flutti delle onde al centro di un immenso vortice perenne presente in quella zona, chiamato maelström. Per i pescatori è impossibile sfuggire a quel fenomeno naturale: una volta che si viene attirati verso il centro, infatti, si apre un abisso a forma di cono, che scaraventa la barca sul fondale con incredibile violenza. I marinai vengono risucchiati dal vortice, ma uno di loro si salva aggrappandosi a un barile vuoto.

"La laguna" è un racconto breve composto nel 1896 e pubblicato per la prima volta nel "Conrhill Magazine". La storia narra di un uomo bianco, riferito come "Tuan" (l'equivalente di Lord o Sir) che viaggia attraverso la foresta pluviale indonesiana. L'uomo è costretto a fermarsi per una notte con un amico malesiano di nome Arsat. Al suo arrivo trova Arsat sofferente perchè la sua amata sta morendo. Arsat racconta all'uomo la storia del suo passato. La storia è colma di simbolismi, quali l'uso del chiaro/scuro, bianco/nero, alba/tramonto.

Questo libro, pubblicato nel 1851 senza alcun successo, e riscoperto nel 1921, quando evidentemente il pubblico, maturato, poteva apprezzarlo, è considerato un capolavoro della letteratura americana, e si è talmente tanto radicato nell'inconscio collettivo che il nome di Moby Dick ha assunto ovunque il significato dell Assoluto irraggiungibile e della inevitabile sconfitta dell'orgoglio umano di fronte alle forze metafisiche.

Kapitän Bligh ist ein harter Hund. Ein Teil seiner Untergebenen will seinen Befehlsstil auf dieser Südseereise nicht länger hinnehmen. Angeführt von Fletcher Christian werden Bligh und seine Getreuen in einem Boot ausgesetzt. Doch der Kapitän ist ein ausgezeichneter Navigator und schafft es bis nach England. Unverzüglich wird von dort ein Schiff ausgesandt, um den Meuterern den Prozess zu machen... Diese berühmte Seemanns-Geschichte ist zahlreich verfilmt worden!

Salzige Meeresluft, Möwenschreie, ein strahlend blauer Himmel: Aufbruchstimmung auf der MS Kristiana, die Kurs nach Norwegen nimmt. Adrian, der Kapitän des neuen umweltfreundlichen Kreuzfahrtschiffes, tritt die Reise mit gemischten Gefühlen an. Er ist gerade von einer Arktis-Expedition zurück, die ihm Abstand zu seiner Frau Eva bringen sollte. Nun ist sie überraschenderweise als Schiffsärztin mit an Bord. Sie möchte Adrian zurückgewinnen, aber sie ist nicht die Einzige, der etwas an Adrian liegt.

Feierlich tritt die "Star of the Ocean" von Hamburg aus ihre Jungfernfahrt zu den Metropolen Westeuropas an. Mit an Bord ist Wilhelmina Nissen, Matriarchin einer Hamburger Kaffeerösterei. Sie hütet ein schreckliches Geheimnis, das bis in die Kriegswirren von 1942 zurückreicht. Eva Bredin begleitet ihre Großtante. Sie folgt den Spuren ihrer Freundin Sanne, die vor zwanzig Jahren auf mysteriöse Weise verschwand.