Showing results for "The Captain" in Literature & Fiction

The United Earth Fleet has established its home base on the terraformed island of Kauai, where humankind is starting over. But when an act of sabotage threatens their existence, Captain Bartholomew Quasar and his intrepid crew must return to space to hunt down the saboteur. Unbeknownst to them, rifts have opened between parallel worlds, and our heroes are flung into a dangerous reality where they encounter alternate versions of themselves as well as new friends and foes along the way.

A summer cruise should be just the ticket for a few weeks of luxury and relaxation—but for the passengers and crew of the Empress of the Ocean, the sights of the Mediterranean are nothing compared to the excitement on board. But as unlikely friendships are forged, feuds bubble in the laundry room, and everyone jostles for a seat at the captain's table, they might find all their plans going overboard.

A razor-sharp satire on the rise and fall of Tony Blair, told as an Edwardian boy’s school story. A wickedly funny tale of jam puffs and missing rifles in which the guilty, as usual in politics, escape punishment. Any resemblance to real people, living or dead, is pure coincidence. The animals, however, are real.

Thirty years after his death, Capt. Stormfield is still speeding across the universe, on his way to the next life, though he doesn't know yet where or when his journey will end. It's not a spoiler to tell you that he does get into heaven (it's in the title after all), but you may be surprised at some of the customs, characters, and spectacles he finds there.

"Eine Seefahrt, die ist lustig" - besonders, wenn ER an Bord ist: Captain Comedy! Stand-Up-Comedian Michael Eller ist Kreuzfahrt-Experte. Auf über 40 Reisen mit den Schiffen der AIDA Flotte hat er als Gast-Komiker in mehr als 150 Shows schon über 100.000 Passagiere auf der ganzen Welt begeistert und sie dabei mit dem wachen Auge eines UNO-Inspektors studiert. Nun wirft der Klabautermann der deutschen Comedy-Szene den Anker und bringt den geballten Wahnsinn der Kreuzfahrtindustrie an Land.