Sea Adventures

"The Necklace" is a short story about Mathilde Loisel, a middle-class woman who dreams of a luxurious life. She borrows a diamond necklace from her wealthy friend, Madame Forestier, to wear to a ball, where she feels glamorous. However, after losing the necklace, Mathilde and her husband spend ten years in poverty to repay the debt incurred to replace it.

Discover a thrilling collection of maritime tales from Frank Thomas Bullen, a master of nautical fiction and a real-life seaman. Originally published in 1901, Deep-Sea Plunderings captures the raw mystery, romance, and peril of life upon the open ocean. From intense whaling expeditions and...

*Shortlisted for the Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award 2019!* When Lottie’s Gran dies she leaves one last request; save Greenley Theatre. Faced with a decaying building, a mayor who most definitely isn’t on board with the project and a group of actors who just can’t get along, Lottie...

The fiercely independent daughter of famous adventurers, she grew up travelling the world on the environmental flagship The Watch. So when Harriet's ship sinks in Antarctica and she has to be rescued by Commander Per Amundsen, an infuriatingly capable Norwegian naval officer and living breathing action hero, her world is turned upside down. Per thinks Harriet is an accident waiting to happen; Harriet thinks Per is a control freak. But when Harriet realises that Per is the only one who can help her fund the new ship she desperately wants, she is forced to cooperate with him.

Der Buchclub des englischen Küstendorfs St Tredock ist eine eingeschworene Gemeinschaft: Die Rentnerin Phyllis kennt alle Agatha-Christie-Krimis in- und auswendig, Arthur liest seiner Frau Liebesgeschichten vor, und der schüchterne Teenager Ash flüchtet sich am liebsten in Science-Fiction-Romane. Eines Tages bekommt die bunte Runde unerwarteten Zuwachs: Der geheimnisvolle Michael taucht auf – und verschwindet während eines Treffens genauso plötzlich wieder. Kurz darauf wird seine Mutter tot aufgefunden, und 10.000 Pfund fehlen in der Kasse des Gemeindezentrums.

‘यार बटोही’ किताब की यात्रा अपने-आप में एक दिलचस्प कहानी है। इस कहानी के 14 किरदार (लेखक) एक-दूसरे से अनजान, देश के अलग-अलग हिस्सों में अपनी कहानियाँ जी रहे थे।

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...

Das "Café Inseltraum" ist mehr als nur ein Erfolg – es ist Hannas Herzstück und ein beliebter Treffpunkt auf Süderwind geworden. Zum ersten Mal seit langer Zeit fühlt sich ihr Leben sicher an, und die Liebe zum attraktiven Wattführer Malte gibt ihr die Kraft, von einer gemeinsamen Zukunft zu träumen. Hanna weiß, dass sie nie wirklich frei sein wird, solange sie nicht die Eigentümerin ihres kleinen Glücks ist.

This is a radio version of the famous Jules Verne classic about Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus, scouring the oceans of the world in a mad search for vengeance. This 1 hour version was originally broadcast on Historyradio.org, and is narrated by Michael Henrik Wynn...

Set in the late nineteenth century, A High Wind in Jamaica recounts the perilous fate of seven children, as they board a ship which soon becomes captured by pirates. The Bas-Thornton siblings, raised on a plantation in Jamaica, are sent home to England after a high wind obliterates their family house. But once the pirates seize their ship, the Captain flees the scene, abandoning the children to fend for themselves. As gripping as it is brutal, A High Wind in Jamaica is a poignant tale of survival, adventure and having to grow up long before one's own time.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the thing a man hunts is only the shadow of the madness already inside him? In *Moby-Dick*, Herman Melville transforms a whaling voyage into one of the most powerful meditations on obsession, fate, nature, faith, and the limits of human...

« Les Contes pour ENFANTS pas Sages » est un recueil de trois nouvelles : La fiancée du Mal de William Lucas, nouvelle extraite du recueil Elle, qui rôde, influencée par H.P. Lovecraft et son univers ; Murderage Town, de Davy Artero et de Jean-Christophe Malevil, une nouvelle extraite du recueil Transfusion dans laquelle les deux auteurs vous content une petite histoire fantastique teintée d'horreur également influencée par H.P.

USA TODAY Bestseller! "Filled with tension, excitement, and brilliant plot twists, the story moves at a breakneck pace against the backdrop of Gerstenblatt’s meticulous research. Luminous." —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Queen From award-winning author Julie...

On the storm-lashed island of Guernsey, one man risks everything to salvage a wrecked steamship from the sea. A haunting portrait of obsession, solitude, and the brutal beauty of nature. In Victor Hugo's hands, the ocean becomes both enemy and witness as Gilliatt battles tides, machinery, and fate itself for the chance to earn love and redemption.

It’s been years since Ellie fished the Alaskan coastline—not since her mother died. But when she finds her father beat up behind the local bar, she learns he’s done the unforgivable: gambled away the family’s commercial fishing boat—her five-year-old son’s inheritance and the life she longs to reclaim. For nefarious reasons of his own, the bookie gives them one season to earn the money to buy it back.