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South Sea Tales (1911) is a collection of short stories written by Jack London. Most stories are set in island communities, like those of Hawaii, or are set aboard a ship. Contents: The House of Mapuhi / The Whale Tooth / Mauki / "Yah! Yah! Yah!" / The Heathen / The Terrible Solomons / The Inevitable White Man / The Seed of McCoy

In den Tiefen der Keltischen See, verborgen vor dem menschlichen Auge, lebt ein uraltes längst vergessenes Volk. Im Einklang mit dem Wasser spüren sie jede Veränderung, denn sie sind der wahre Puls des Meeres. Mit ihren Kräften orchestrieren sie meisterhaft das Zusammenspiel von Leben und Tod, Ebbe und Flut. Während Seefahrer sie fürchten, werden sie von Kindern vergöttert. Von Sirene bis Nixe haben sie viele Namen und unzählige Mythen erzählen ihre Geschichten. Dies ist eine weitere über das Volk der Meermenschen.

Voor Maxim is één nacht niets meer dan eenmalig het bed delen met een vrouw. Voor Julia is één nacht niets meer dan een complete verwoesting van haar toekomst. Ondanks de verschillende levens van Maxim en Julia is er ook een overeenkomst: geen van beiden is op zoek naar een relatie. Maar hoe hard ze ook hun best doen om dat te blijven volhouden, het wordt steeds moeilijker. Zal één nacht samen ervoor zorgen dat ze dichter bij elkaar komen of drijft het ze juist verder uit elkaar? Sheila Devaro schrijft feelgood boeken.

Thomas lives a slow, deliberate life with his mother in Longferry, working his grandpa’s trade as a shanker. He rises early to take his horse and cart to the grey, gloomy beach to scrape for shrimp; spending the rest of the day selling his wares, trying to wash away the salt and scum, pining for Joan Wyeth down the street and rehearsing songs on his guitar. At heart, he is a folk musician, but it remains a private dream.

Wenn einen das Leben zu neuen Ufern trägt, wartet das Glück oft schon am Horizont: Mit leeren Konten sitzengelassen, bleibt Tammy nichts anderes übrig, als zu ihrer Mutter nach Usedom zu ziehen. Doch um ihre innere Mitte wiederzuerlangen, findet sie in der kleinen Wohnung einfach keine Ruhe. Für ihre Yogastunden nutzt sie daher heimlich ein Musterhaus, zu dem ihr die befreundete Maklerin Mirjam den Schlüssel gibt. Nick wurde von seiner Frau vor die Tür gesetzt, aber ein Hotel kommt für ihn nicht infrage. Stattdessen zieht er sich ins Musterhaus seiner Baufirma zurück.

1822: Taran MacNarn, verfolgt von den Schatten seiner Vergangenheit, kehrt zurück in das wilde schottische Hochland – denn der Tod seines Vaters hat ihn zum widerwilligen Oberhaupt des MacNarn-Clans gemacht. Doch nicht nur der verlorene Sohn, auch eine uralte Fehde hält Wiedereinzug in Strathnarn: Der benachbarte Kilcraig-Clan nimmt Tarans Neffen gefangen. Er kann nur eins tun, um den Jungen zu retten – er muss die Tochter des Kilcraig-Lairds heiraten. Chola ist ebenso wunderschön wie geheimnisvoll, doch für Taran ist sie nur eine Natter im Nest seiner Familie.

Whirlaway is mind and body adventure of the double-edge 80s, beyond idealism to Columbian snuff for confidence in the short term. It cost a bit but beat depression for a bit. Nature began its deep descent in the 80s. Population and trash had doubled since the 50s, along with traffic and growth. Free love or sex got risky on pesky new diseases. But the 80s still held potential for a bold player to float a bank loan on a form from the lobby display, easily submitted with personal returns. The P. O. had racks of blank tax forms. Friendly accounting services helped the numbers align.

When the death rate of sperm whales rises dramatically, a well-respected environmental activist puts together a ragtag team to hit the high seas to investigate the matter. They suspect that the deaths are due to poachers and they are all driven by a need for justice. Elsewhere, an experimental government vessel is enhancing deep sea mining equipment. They see one of these dead whales up close and personal...and are fairly certain that it wasn't poachers that killed it.

Captain Rufus “Sweet Smellin’” McGraw is not your ordinary pirate. While most cutthroats plunder gold and rum, McGraw has a more refined obsession—the world’s rarest and most intoxicating scents. And he’ll rob, swindle, or seduce anyone to get them.

Set in Cornwall, coastal erosion and flooding take on a near mythical power as the short stories in this collection weave in and out of the recent past and near future, as lives and relationships ebb and flow with the tide. From one maritime tragedy to another, the community, and three generations of women from the same family, struggle with their over-close affinity for the sea.

Cousins at Arms offers listeners the thunder of guns and the clash of cutlasses, but at its heart it’s a thoughtful analysis of a nation’s ill-judged slide into war. This is the thirteenth Carlisle and Holbrooke novel. It continues the journey through the Seven Years War and into the period of turbulent relations between Britain and her American colonies, and ultimately to their bid for independence.

Aboard the Titanic, where opulence knows no bounds and the horizon seems limitless, two women fight for the futures they dream of, fraught with secrets that could change everything. Hannah Martin is clinging to the hope that six days on this grand ship will heal the wounds in her marriage to Charles. Beneath her poised exterior lies a desperation to mend what was shattered and conceal a secret that could upend their lives forever.

Alex Coleman had a chance to end World War III before it started. Instead, he lost an unwinnable battle. Now, he finally has command of his own submarine, but USS Jimmy Carter is old enough to drink, his crew is a few beers short of a six pack, and no one—particularly the admiral who hates him—expects him to make a difference.

Talia Stolfi has seen more than her share of loss in her 21 years. But then fate brought her Bran Lockhart, and her dark world was suddenly and spectacularly illuminated. So if being with Bran means leaving her colorless SoCal life for rugged and wild Australia, then that's what she'll do. But as much as Talia longs to give herself over completely to a new beginning, the fears of her past are still lurking in the shadows.

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When Jim Hawkins picks up the oilskin packet from Captain Flint's sea chest and finds a treasure map, he is catapulted into the adventure of a lifetime. As cabin-boy on the ship Hispaniola, with its crew of treacherous pirates led by Long John Silver, Jim finds himself in a world of villains and unexpected heroes...

Two nations at war. One prize beyond compare. For generations, the Hundred Isles have built their ships from the bones of ancient dragons to fight an endless war. The dragons disappeared, but the battles for supremacy persisted. Now the first dragon in centuries has been spotted in far-off waters, and both sides see a chance to shift the balance of power in their favor. Because whoever catches it will win not only glory, but the war.

When Corin Hayes is offered a lucrative job, utilising his specialist skills honed from his time in Navy’s Special Forces, he sees the chance to leave the misery of his old life behind. Nothing is as it seems and betrayals lie around every corner. When everything is lost, Corin has no one to rely on but himself and the most advanced diving suit ever created. Can he become the weapon he was trained to be?

While visiting her 92 year old grandfather in Devon, Kirsten's life changed forever. On the night before his death he asked her to go and get an old box hidden in the wall in his attic. Inside was a long thin gold bar wrapped in a piece of dark brown leather that was also a map.

Eine Inselromanze mit Herz, Humor und einem Hengst der besonderen Art. Melli sieht sich in ihrem Leben am absoluten Tiefpunkt angelangt. Da sorgt eine spontane Zugreise nach Sylt für willkommene Abwechslung. Zusammen mit ihrer Großmutter besucht sie dort ihre Schwester, die mit ihrem Mann einen Pferdehof auf der beliebten Ferieninsel betreibt. Trotz jahrelanger Funkstille wird sie mit offenen Armen empfangen und lernt dabei nicht nur ihre neue Familie zum ersten Mal richtig kennen. Denn sie begegnet hier auch dem attraktiven Sven, der als Stallbursche auf dem Hof lebt.

Jules Verne is considered to be an important author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. VOLUME 2: We now come to the second part of our journey under the sea. The first ended with the moving scene in the coral cemetery which left such a deep impression on my mind. Thus, in the midst of this great sea, Captain Nemo's life was passing, even to his grave, which he had prepared in one of its deepest abysses.