Sea Adventures

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.

Bloody Nick Turnhouse has returned from Mauritius to Bombay, where he is welcomed with orders received from London by the overland route. He is to frighten the Spanish by showing himself in a powerful ship of war off Manila and then along the Pacific coast of South America, lands which have not...

The Royal Navy is larger than it has ever been—nearly eight hundred ships and one hundred and twenty thousand men—and it is too small for the tasks demanded of it if the war is to be won. British hardwood forests have been destroyed, with the exception of the untouchable New Forest. It is...

Narrated by Ishmael, the novel follows the whaling ship Pequod as it sails under the command of Captain Ahab—a man consumed by his relentless pursuit of a massive white sperm whale that once destroyed his leg. What begins as a maritime voyage unfolds into a profound exploration of obsession, fate, nature, and the limits of human will.

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.

Mientras la ventisca muerde la cubierta y convierte a los barcos en fantasmas, el patrón de la expedición pesquera obliga a los tripulantes a trabajar hasta el agotamiento y les aplica castigos brutales si se atreven a protestar. Poco a poco, se extiende el germen de la revuelta y, a pesar de que buques de la Armada Imperial Japonesa patrullan la zona para mantener el orden entre los pescadores, estalla el inevitable motín. Kanikosen es un clásico de la literatura japonesa.

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 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.

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.

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.