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Tout au long de ma vie j'ai aimé les nuques déliées, les femmes comme des gerbes et le secret des graines dans les épis... Bernard Giraudeau nous embarque, au fil des amours de ses héros, de l'Afrique à l'Amérique du Sud, à la recherche de cet inconnu qui toujours fascine, avec un don irrésistible pour dire le clair-obscur des sentiments. Son regard précis s'exprime dans une prose drue, nette, crue et poétique qui échappe à toute nostalgie et qui rend aux histoires rapportées ici toute leur puissante charge de réalité magnifique.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Unbelievably good' James Holland, bestselling author of Normandy '44 The Tom Hanks film originally published as The Good Shepherd and acclaimed as C.S. Forester's wartime classic It's 1942. America has just joined the war. Greyhound, an international convoy of...

In this BBC full-cast production of The Tempest, a magical storm washes some sailors up on a peculiar island, changing the course of their lives forever... Raging storms and rich beautiful music combine to magical effect in this production of Shakespeare's allegorical last play, where mystical...

Call me Ishmael. These three famous words begin one of America's most epic novels, a tale of one obsessed captain, his doomed crew, and an elusive white whale named Moby-Dick. The massive original, however, can be very hard for young listeners to navigate. This beautifully abridged and adventure-filled version will thrill children and whet their appetite for the complete work - when they are ready to tackle it.

Hundreds of feet beneath the ocean's surface, a graveyard waits. Years ago, the SS Arcadia vanished without a trace during a routine voyage. Though a strange, garbled emergency message was broadcast, neither the ship nor any of its crew could be found. Sixty years later, its wreck has finally been discovered more than three hundred miles from its intended course: a silent graveyard deep beneath the ocean's surface, eagerly waiting for the first sign of life.

Edmund Talbot is sailing to Australia in the early 19th century. In his journal, he records mounting tensions aboard the ancient, stinking warship, as officers, sailors, soldiers and emigrants jostle in the cramped darkness below decks. But when something happens to Reverend Colley that brings him into a 'hell of self-degradation', it seems that shame is a force deadlier than the sea itself....

The companions' journey across Lake Huron is interrupted by a pirate attack during a furious storm, and Krysty is pulled overboard during the fray. The companions seek refuge on a submerged freighter occupied by ex-pirate “Mean Pete" Kellogg and his crew. They tell stories of "He Who Shouts in the Lake", a creature under the control of Heidecker labs. The stories say the director of Heidecker labs is brutal and unforgiving, burning local villages to the ground and infecting them with disease. Forget the stories. Ryan knows only one truth. He must get Krysty back.

Ea has always felt like an outsider. She suffers from a type of deafness that means she cannot master the spinning rituals that unite her pod of spinner dolphins. When tragedy strikes her family and Ea feels she is partly to blame, she decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and leave. As Ea ventures into the vast, she discovers dangers everywhere, from lurking predators to strange objects floating in the water. But just as she is coming to terms with her solitude, a chance encounter with a group of arrogant bottlenoses will irrevocably alter the course of her life.

En la isla de los Estados, una isla de la Patagonia argentina, donde se confunden los océanos Atlántico y Pacífico, habita una banda de piratas dirigidos por el terrible Kongre. Estos piratas se dedican a atacar embarcaciones que encallan en la zona. Su modo de vida se ve seriamente amenazado cuando el gobierno argentino construye y pone en funcionamiento un faro (el llamado Faro del Fin del Mundo) que dejan al cuidado de tres fareros. Los piratas dan muerte a dos de ellos, y dejan con vida únicamente al jefe, Vázquez, que ha logrado ocultarse.

En La isla misteriosa se aprecia la admiración de su autor por la ciencia aplicada, tan presente en toda su obra, sintetizándola a través de uno de sus personajes que encierra en sí mismo el conocimiento y la capacidad de adaptación al medio del hombre: el ingeniero Cyrus Smith. Dicho personaje, dotado con un amplio conocimiento general, articula la historia y la hace verosímil. El libro forma parte de una trilogía que además componen Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino y Los hijos del capitán Grant.

Moby-Dick meets The Bone Shard Daughter in this swashbuckling queer fantasy adventure packed with piracy, political intrigue, and the eternal souls of the drowned, for fans of The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi and Black Sun. An exiled pirate queen hunts a killer whale on the high seas, while...

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense – an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Constant patrols have pushed the crew of the HMS Ulysses beyond the limits of endurance. And now they must be put...

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown’s schooldays, now with a Victoria Cross, has three main talents – horsemanship, facility with foreign languages and fornication. A reluctant military hero, Flashman plays a key part in most of the defining military campaigns of the 19th...

Its appetite is ravenous. Its teeth scalpel-sharp. Its power unstoppable as it smashes the steel doors holding it in a Monterey, California, aquarium. The captive 20-ton Megalodon shark has tasted human blood, and it wants more.

In the aftermath of a hurricane, a series of strange events plague the coastal waters off Florida. People go into the water and never return. Corpses of killer whales drift ashore, ravaged from enormous bite marks. A fishing trawler is found adrift, with a mysterious gash in its hull. Transferred to the coastal town of Merit, police officer Leonard Riker uncovers the horrible reality of an enormous thresher shark lurking off the coast. Forty feet in length, it has taken a territorial claim to the waters near the town harbor. 

In Key West, the water remembers everything. Lena Cruz lives between the dock and the stage. By day, she works the decks of a charter boat. By night, she sings in a historic hotel on Duval Street. Her life is measured by tides, routines, and things left unsaid—until one ordinary day on the water leaves a feeling that won’t settle. She doesn’t investigate. She doesn’t accuse. She pays attention. As quiet decisions ripple outward, Lena must decide what it means to do the right thing when the truth can’t be proven and silence feels safer than speaking.

“Manuscript Found in a Bottle” by Edgar Allan Poe is a haunting tale of maritime terror, mystery, and the unknown. First published in 1833, this classic short story follows a doomed narrator who survives a violent storm only to find himself aboard a ghostly ship crewed by silent, ancient...

As she gears up for her sister’s destination wedding in Hawaii, the countdown is on for Gigi to find a date. Just someone to prove to her friends and family that she's ok, and to stop the pitying looks would be great! Of course she can’t wait to be bridesmaid for her sister, but it’s just not ideal that the best man is also her ex… especially when he is bringing his hot new reality star girlfriend! But when Gigi arrives at the hotel in Hawaii to find there has been a mix-up with her room, and she’s been upgraded to a suite, things start to look up.

The year is 1798 and it is known that Napoleon is putting a fleet and army together to attack Egypt, from where he might be able to threaten and even attack India to join with Tipu Sahib the ruler of Mysore, a known ally of the French. A British fleet under Admiral Nelson is hoping to intercept him but there is no word of their progress. Merriman has been ordered to take the Treasury Agent Mr Grahame to Bombay where their orders are to help The East India Company protect their shipping from pirates and also to find out how far Tipu’s naval building has progressed.

Kurz nachdem sich Emmas Mann von ihr trennt, erbt sie von ihrer Großtante Beth ein kleines Cottage in dem beschaulichen Fischerdörfchen Port Isaac. Will lebt sehr zurückgezogen und verdient sich das Nötige als Handwerker. Als er Emma das erste Mal trifft, sprühen die Funken. Er erkennt, dass er sich den Schatten seiner Vergangenheit endlich stellen muss. Jedes Buch der Reihe ist in sich abgeschlossen und kann unabhängig von den anderen gelesen werden.

In Das Ende vom Lied entwirft Joseph Conrad das eindrucksvolle Porträt eines alternden Kapitäns, der zwischen Loyalität, wirtschaftlichem Druck und innerer Würde zerrieben wird. Mit leiser Dramatik, emotionaler Tiefe und sprachlicher Präzision erzählt Conrad von einem späten Lebensabschnitt, der zur existenziellen Prüfung wird. Ein literarisch anspruchsvolles Werk über Ehre, Selbstaufopferung und das stille Scheitern in einer Welt ökonomischer Zwänge – voller Melancholie und humanistischer Größe.

The Viking raiders' devastation has been halted once more by the shields of Mercia as opposed to Wessex. But their whereabouts are unknown. King Wiglaf of Mercia is keen to ensure the Viking raiders are swept from his shared border with Wessex but these Viking ships are quick and difficult to track and Icel is once more deployed with Ealdorman Ælfstan warriors to do his King's bidding. However, Icel's quest is beset with many more obstacles and it's not all about the seax and shield. Worrying news from home overshadows Icel's every deadly encounter.

Resilient Tides: Love and Legacy on Bonne Bay tells the story of the Simms family, rooted deeply in the rugged, beautiful landscape of Newfoundland’s Bonne Bay. Spanning decades from the early 20th century through moments of joy, struggle, and resilience, the novel follows Matthew Simms as he navigates life's unpredictable seas—both literal and figurative.

Die junge Kolonie Sydney droht an einer Hungersnot zu scheitern. Nur die Second Fleet kann sie noch retten. Das Warten zermürbt John und Daniel, die, um dem Hungertod zu entgehen, einen Plan schmieden. Indessen machen sich Daniels große Liebe Maja und ihr Vertrauter Pater Benedikt auf den Weg in das ferne Australien. Auch Lorelie, versucht eine Möglichkeit zu finden, ihren Verlobten John Timberland endlich wieder zu sehen.

A deathly funny, unputdownable murder mystery filled with delicious twists and devious suspects - perfect for fans of KNIVES OUT! 'Highly original and relentlessly funny!' M. W. CRAVEN A shocking murder. A ship full of suspects. On a luxury cruise from Southampton to New York, the annual...

An unbreakable name. A buried fortune. A century of silence. In 1832, George Diamond—son of a Royal Navy captain turned privateer—committed his greatest act of defiance. To protect his family from the shifting tides of Caribbean politics and the greed of empires, he scuttled his ship, the Diamond’s Edge, in the indigo depths of a secret Blue Hole. With it went a legendary hoard of silver and gold liberated from the Spanish fortress of Omoa.

Es ist Februar. Eisiger Wind treibt die Wellen gegen die Küste der Ostseeinsel Fehmarn. Der Himmel bleibt auch am Tag düster. Kalter Regen fällt. Inselkommissarin Frieda Lieken genießt die winterliche Ruhe, ahnt nicht, in welcher Gefahr sie schwebt. Statt Spuren zu sichern, wird sie dieses Mal selbst Opfer – gefangen an einem Ort, an dem jede falsche Entscheidung ihr Ende bedeuten könnte. Entführt, isoliert und einem Gegner ausgeliefert, der keine Gnade zu kennen scheint, beginnt ihr bisher schwerster Kampf: der ums eigene Überleben.

When Spain joined the Seven Years War on the side of France, one of its aims was to conquer Britain’s ally, Portugal. They launched three separate land invasions, each of them ultimately unsuccessful, but each a deadly, existential threat to their neighbour. Portugal, meanwhile, was determined to hit back at Spain’s sprawling colonial empire, and the Debatable Lands between Brazil and the River Plate Estuary offered a tempting target.

Un marinero estadounidense vive lo peor que podría pasarle a un tripulante que se considera valioso para su embarcación: que su barco parta sin él. Todo lo que posee para probar su identidad e incluso su propio hogar están en altamar, en el Tuscaloosa. Sin pasaporte, sin nombre y ni un centavo, el marinero experimenta la crueldad burócrata y la opresión de aquellos que ejercen poder, por lo que se ve forzado a tomar un trabajo en el Yorikke, un navío condenado a la destrucción.

From the barren rocks of Aden to the west coast of Ireland, the war under the sea is subverting the certainties of the Victorian Navy. While the dreadnoughts hide away at Scapa Flow and Kiel, the submarines and small ships of both sides are taking the war to the enemy coast. The Royal Navy is at war with itself and, as in any civil war, the conflict is merciless. Gilbert Maltravers takes his tiny E Class boat to war against both navies in this final book of the trilogy.