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Crash Dive: The Complete Series chronicles the adventures of Charlie Harrison as he fights the Imperial Japanese Navy during WW2. Gripping, action-packed, authentic, and filled with larger-than-life men and women of the Greatest Generation, Crash Dive puts you aboard a submarine during the war. You'll stand alongside Charlie as he proves himself time and again by keeping his wits and being decisive in crisis, though each encounter leaves him more heavily scarred for it.

This opus is loosely based on a true story—and it is dedicated to the twenty-nine men who lost their lives on Michigan’s Lake Superior, the evening that the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald mysteriously went down.

Pursued by a Mexican billionaire deluded by Aztec visions, Dee and his friends chart a course that includes lost Spanish galleons, stolen art, a trip across the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, and some shocking revelations about the past and the present.

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.

‘Delightfully romantic and touching.’ Phillipa Ashley on Sunrise at Butterfly Cove Don’t miss Summer at Lavender Bay, the second book in the enchanting Lavender Bay trilogy! When Eliza Barnes said ‘I do’ to her husband all those years ago, she thought that they’d be together forever...

Der zweite Teil der "Harry Ludlow"-Reihe – fesselnd und voller Intrigen. Die ligurische Küste im Jahre 1794: Eigentlich sollte es ein einfacher Botendienst werden – doch als Harry Ludlow, der sich als "Detektiv der Meere" einen Namen gemacht hat, und sein Bruder James, der als Künstler zu Ansehen gekommen ist, im schmutzigen Hafen von Genua ankommen, sind schon bald ihre ungleichen Fähigkeiten gefragt: Der gewaltsame Tod eines britischen Kapitäns hat die Stadt in Aufruhr versetzt, die Stimmung ist zum Zerreißen gespannt.

‘Delightfully romantic and touching.’ Phillipa Ashley A second chance by the sea? When Kiki Jackson’s marriage falls to pieces, there’s only one place that she knows she can escape to – her sister’s little guesthouse in Butterfly Cove. But she’s worried that turning up on...

Desde que Homero contó las venturas y desventuras de Ulises, la humanidad conoce dos metáforas sobre la vida del hombre y su destino: el viaje y el mar, ese espacio mágico donde todo puede ocurrir. En esta ocasión, Javier Alonso plantea una adaptación en prosa del poema clásico de Homero...

One of BBC Radio's most popular and long-running sitcoms, The Navy Lark sailed the airwaves for an impressive 13 series between 1959 and 1977. Included here are the complete Series 1 and 2, featuring the madcap escapades of the merry crew of HMS Troutbridge, a Royal Navy frigate based on an unnamed island just off Portsmouth.

A greedy energy baron risks everything to pursue vast supplies of power trapped deep in the Pacific Ocean sea bed off the Oregon coast. But the man's psychopathic scheme is about to launch a terrifying tsunami that will destroy the entire west coast of the United States. Strider's beautiful, brilliant partner in law and love joins the fight, and Jack leads a desperate attack on the largest offshore platform ever built. Jack Strider may be the only man who can stop the disaster that is already underway . . . or maybe no one can.

"Dhara"—These short stories are intricately woven around the element of water, reflecting a profound truth of life. As we journey alongside, we encounter the moisture, the flow, and the current that define our experiences—what we call perception. The short stories in Dhara could very well mirror your own life tales, offering solace to the soul and ultimately delivering a delightful literary experience. Immerse yourself in these water-themed narratives and feel the positive flow they bring.

En el primer volumen de la saga Océano conocimos a Yáiza Perdomo, la hija de una familia de Lanzarote imbuida de un fantástico poder: es capaz de aplacar a las bestias, aliviar a los enfermos y agradar a los muertos. Su hipnótica belleza la hace deseada por muchos, pero le esperan grandes infortunios. En este segundo volumen, el asesinato cometido por uno de sus hermanos obliga a la familia entera a huir de Lanzarote hasta Venezuela. Allí se creen a salvo, pero los poderes de Yáiza y la atracción que despierta en los hombres no se lo pondrán nada fácil.

"Kind, du musst mal raus, am besten an die Ostsee. Dort findest du garantiert Antworten auf all deine Fragen." Eher widerstrebend folgt Helen dem Rat ihrer Mutter und macht sich auf den Weg nach Warnemünde. Sie ahnt, dass ihr Leben, so wie es ist, nicht weitergehen kann und fragt sich, ob in der Zukunft noch mehr auf sie wartet, als ein Dasein zwischen Garten, Haushalt und Enkelkindern. Doch am Meer angekommen, findet Helen statt Antworten einen ziemlich gut aussehenden Mann, der ihr gehörig den Kopf verdreht.

In his final tour of duty after a remarkable career at sea, Dan Lenson is appointed Superintendent of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis. He begins at a difficult time: Congress is cutting military budgets in the wake of the devastating world war with China, calls for radical reform are upending traditions, and Dan himself faces legal jeopardy for his actions during the war. And when a Category 5 hurricane threatens to overwhelm the coast, Dan must fight to rescue the Academy itself.

When a top secret, undercover mission goes wrong for one of the company's operatives, Ballantine must call on Team Grendel and the crew of the Beowulf III to take down a drug lord and stop Southern California from being overrun by a new substance more addictive and deadly than any drug on the planet. But things are never that simple as Team Grendel find they are under siege by cloned Megalodon sharks that developed a taste for the new substance, sending the monsters on a drug fueled rampage of bloody violence along the Baja Mexico coastline.

Frieda Lieken, die junge Inselkommissarin, steht vor einer schweren Entscheidung. Doch ihre Überlegungen finden ein jähes Ende, als drei Menschen spurlos verschwinden. Sie waren bei einem Klassentreffen. Ihr letzter Kontakt: eine als Weihnachtsengel verkleidete Person. Niemand weiß, wer sich unter dem Kostüm verbarg. Und niemand ahnt, was seither in einem unscheinbaren Ferienhäuschen am Südstrand von Fehmarn vor sich geht. Jemand sinnt auf Rache. Rache für ein Geschehen vor vielen Jahren.

Marcus Baxter may have survived one naval battle, but his troubles are far from over. Despite serving with the Russian navy aboard the Yaroslovich, he is arrested by the Tsarist secret police for conspiracy and sent west on the Trans-Siberian railway to St. Petersburg. Competing factions within the secret police disrupt his journey and he finds himself in Odessa. Odessa, though, is in the grip of revolutionary riots and Baxter finds himself trapped in the city as violence and anarchy spreads.