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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.

The Navy has its new submarines and must discover what to do with them. They cannot fall back upon Nelson as a precedent, and Their Lordships of the Admiralty are at a loss to create a strategy. Gilbert Maltravers is given a new E Class boat and sent off to the Mediterranean, in the hope that...

En route to the Galapagos Islands for a deep-sea diving trip with a group of international college students under his care, marine biologist Chris Black leaves his research vessel for a single night to enjoy dinner with friends. When he returns, the ship has vanished. With crew and passengers on board. Modern-day pirates hijacked the boat, hoping to collect a lucrative ransom. Amidst the storm of the century, indomitable Chris Black chases the pirates from island to island, fighting back to save the students under his care in a battle royal aboard the pirates' mysterious flagship.

Barry's not just any old fish - he's a fish with fingers! Fish come from all over the ocean to see Puffy the Puffer Fish's amazing bubbles. Big bubbles, small bubbles, square bubbles . . . they've never seen anything quite so amazing, that is until Barry arrives on the scene. Barry is a fish...

Fort Niagara is the key to the American continent. Whoever owns that lonely outpost at the edge of civilisation controls the entire Great Lakes region. Pitt’s grand strategy for 1759 is to launch a three-pronged attack on Canada. One army would move north from Lake Champlain, a second would sail up the St Lawrence to capture Quebec, and a third force would strike across the wilderness to Lake Ontario and French-held Fort Niagara. Commander George Holbrooke is seconded to command the six hundred boats to carry the army through the rivers and across Lake Ontario.

Ein junger englischer Seemann besteigt in Bangkok ein Schiff für seine erste Fahrt als Kapitän. Doch schnell wird das Abenteuer zum Albtraum: Innerhalb der Mannschaft wütet das Tropenfieber, das Schiff gerät in eine Flaute und treibt tagelang nur noch im Kreis. Wollen die Männer überleben, muss der verträumte Protagonist Stärke zeigen und die "Schattenlinie" zwischen Jugend und Erwachsensein überqueren. Helmut Krauss leiht Joseph Conrads autobiografisch gefärbtem Roman seine ausdrucksstarke Stimme.

In 1856, Lieutenant Henry Aaron Bird makes a startling discovery: a speechless, shipwrecked young girl, living a feral existence on a remote Pacific island. When he exhibits her as a "wild girl" in the chaotic sprawl of early San Francisco, this golden-haired child without a past will be seen by the populace as a scientific curiosity, a titillating image of female savagery, or, for many, a symbol of the unspoiled body of that young country. For Bird, she is a fragile ward in need of protection, whom he keeps drugged and confined when not using her to further his reputation.

Trapped on a breath-taking Alaskan cruise together, these exes must decide whether to let go, or risk it all for a love that refuses to sink … From bestselling and award-winning author Mason Deaver comes a delightful second-chance romance with trans representation! A year ago, Owen Henson had...

In the windswept Scottish Hebrides of 1916, London-born governess Seraphina Tighinn MacKenzie arrives seeking refuge from scandal, only to uncover a world far more mysterious and alluring than the one she left behind. When she discovers a century-old journal belonging to Kate Morag, a spirited island woman caught in a forbidden love with a mythical selkie-man, Seraphina is entangled in secrets that refuse to stay buried.

"Entdecken Sie'Backfisch nach dem Kirchgang' Ein Nordseekrimi voller Spannung und Humor! Begleiten Sie Kommissar Günner Vogtländer in die malerische Küstenstadt Seehof, wo ein Bankraub und ein grausamer Mord die Gemeinschaft erschüttern. Dunkle Machenschaften und überraschende Verbindungen kommen ans Licht, während Günner, unterstützt von seiner engagierten Kollegin Hansen und seinem treuen Freund Kröger, in ein Netz aus Lügen und Verrat eintaucht. Ein mitreißendes Katz-und-Maus-Spiel beginnt, bei dem die Ermittler knifflige Rätsel lösen und die Wahrheit ans Licht bringen müssen.

The Narrow Corner is a novel by the British writer W. Somerset Maugham, published by William Heinemann in 1932.

A cold front has blown through the islands, scattering abandoned stone crab traps across Pine Channel. What should be a simple cleanup turns sinister when Mac, Bear, and Trufante haul up a trap packed with more than old line and algae—inside is a cache of engineered chemicals capable of destroying entire sections of reef.

THE BOND BETWEEN SURFERS is an authentic surf story of two childhood friends. Her ambition is to become world champion and he is trying to find the meaning of life through surfing. Follow a crew of surfers and immerse yourself into their world. THE SURFING WORLD… and find out what it means to be a surfer. The book has been adapted from the actual screenplay that will be used to make THE BOND BETWEEN SURFERS into a Feature Length Film. As you are reading the story, transport yourself into the "Director's Chair", and visualize how You would film the scenes of the movie.

It is the 1970s. A young woman, Rosie, moves to a small remote seaside village, readying to welcome her first child. Before long, Rosie notices strange noises and unexplained shadows in the corners of the cottage. As her birth date moves closer and the blackouts intensify, her isolation begins to consume her until she feels that she is losing her grip on reality.

Haven Ambrose, eine der führenden Meeresarchäologinnen, ist in das sonnige Städtchen Positano gekommen, um die mysteriösen Schiffswracks an der Amalfiküste zu untersuchen. Nach Havens Ankunft beginnen jedoch seltsame Unglücke die Stadt heimzusuchen. Bei der Suche nach dem Schatz entdeckt Haven eine Erzählung über uralte Magie und eine Frau, die durch die legendäre Kraft der Stregheria, der Macht des Ozeans, ihren Geliebten und ihr Dorf retten wollte. Haven muss den Fluch von Amalfi lösen, bevor alles zerstört wird.

They had found paradise. What would they do to keep it? With a quick spin of the globe, Kitty and Lana escape their grey reality and journey to the Philippines. There they discover The Blue - a beautiful yacht with a wandering crew. They spend day after languorous day exploring the pristine, white beaches and swimming beneath the stars, and Lana drifts further away from the long-buried secrets of home. But the tide turns when death creeps quietly on deck.

Bloody Nick returns from the Mediterranean tired—he has done too much, seen too much, and needs rest at home. His ship, HBMS Hawke, needs time in the yard. A year of half-pay leaves Nick rested and anxious to get back to sea. He is close to the top of the Captain's List and automatic promotion to Rear Admiral must be due in two to four years—the actual date varying at the Admiralty's convenience. Captains sitting at home without a command are more likely to be yellowed, made without squadron, and never employed again.

The Mediterranean Fleet under Lord Collingwood is at its greatest ever—more than a hundred vessels—and is far too small for the tasks demanded of it. The French have invaded Spain, their former ally, and are ravaging the land in a fashion unseen since the Thirty Years War in the Germanies. The Barbary Corsairs are resurgent, slaving and raiding across the whole Sea. The Two Sicilies, an ally, has collapsed into corrupt desuetude. Turkey is rumbling in the East, and there is a renewed Russian interest in the old aim of achieving access to warm waters from the Black Sea.