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The popular classic by R. L. Stevenson has been adapted by the editorial board of V&S Publishers to enrich children with adventurous sea voyages. It happens to be one of the timeless masterpieces of yesteryear writers.

The story begins when Jim, a young boy and protagonist of the story, decides to embark on a sailing ship - the Hispaniola – to trace the treasure supposedly buried in a mysterious island. Along the way, he faces shipwreck, a pirate mutiny, and sword fights.

In a quiet suburb of Utah, a Mormon man killed his wife, before committing suicide. Multiple neighbors described them as a normal couple whom they had never seen quarrel. But this isn't a whodunit. The police investigation never wavered on who committed the crime. The question is, why? Why did the lives of this seemingly normal couple end in such tragic fashion. Finding the answers will take us from Catholic Italian New Jersey to a very non-Mormon lifestyle in Los Angeles to a funeral in Florida. And we'll learn the answers from many woman, living around the country, all of whom felt like they...

Brought to you by Penguin. A mind-blowing murder mystery on a ship full of magical passengers. If Agatha Christie wrote fantasy, this would be it! ----------- For a thousand years, Concordia has been able to maintain peace between its provinces, protected by a wall known as the Bandage. To mark...

A well-to-do Australian woman meets and falls in love with a mysterious man, with a beautiful yacht, and plans to marry him and spend the rest of their days sailing around the world together. What actually happens is infidelity, loss of more than a million dollars, and attempted murder. Narrated by Tony Dalton (AMC's Better Call Saul). A new true crime story from Voyage Media, producers of the hit true crime podcast Borderline, in the vein of Dirty John and The Tinder Swindler.

Based on a true story: when her daughter dies of a drug overdose, a mother suspects there is more to the story and launches her own investigation. Taking great risks and diving into the underworld, the mother confronts the criminals who led her daughter down a tragic path and discovers a powerful truth. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY MURDER is a scripted audio drama with an original score and immersive soundscapes, uniquely narrated from beyond the grave. A production of Voyage Media.

"Nous avons tous rêvé un jour de porter notre regard par-delà ce mur invisible et pourtant si réel de l'impossible. Dans nos rêves, nous avons eu la sensation de trouver la faille, l'infime fracture par où nous allions glisser dans la béatitude. Tout cela n'était qu'illusion, nous n'avions pas eu la révélation. Mais peut-être que d'autres plus sensibles à ces mondes parallèles ont trouvé le passage secret et témoigné de ce qu'ils avaient vu. Les récits que vous allez écouter rapportent leurs témoignages."

"Nous avons tous rêvé un jour de porter notre regard par-delà ce mur invisible et pourtant si réel de l'impossible. Dans nos rêves, nous avons eu la sensation de trouver la faille, l'infime fracture par où nous allions glisser dans la béatitude. Tout cela n'était qu'illusion, nous n'avions pas eu la révélation. Mais peut-être que d'autres plus sensibles à ces mondes parallèles ont trouvé le passage secret et témoigné de ce qu'ils avaient vu. Les récits que vous allez écouter rapportent leurs témoignages."

"Nous avons tous rêvé un jour de porter notre regard par-delà ce mur invisible et pourtant si réel de l'impossible. Dans nos rêves, nous avons eu la sensation de trouver la faille, l'infime fracture par où nous allions glisser dans la béatitude. Tout cela n'était qu'illusion, nous n'avions pas eu la révélation. Mais peut-être que d'autres plus sensibles à ces mondes parallèles ont trouvé le passage secret et témoigné de ce qu'ils avaient vu. Les récits que vous allez écouter rapportent leurs témoignages."

"Nous avons tous rêvé un jour de porter notre regard par-delà ce mur invisible et pourtant si réel de l'impossible. Dans nos rêves, nous avons eu la sensation de trouver la faille, l'infime fracture par où nous allions glisser dans la béatitude. Tout cela n'était qu'illusion, nous n'avions pas eu la révélation. Mais peut-être que d'autres plus sensibles à ces mondes parallèles ont trouvé le passage secret et témoigné de ce qu'ils avaient vu. Les récits que vous allez écouter rapportent leurs témoignages."

Brought to you by Penguin. What would killing him accomplish? Nothing, mostly. Then again, neither would letting him live. When Hester is diagnosed with cancer on her fortieth birthday, she knows immediately what she must do: abandon her possessions and drive to California to kill her estranged...

Odysseus’s greatest challenge is only just beginning. The armies of Troy have been defeated, and the city lies in ruins. His oath fulfilled, Odysseus can at last sail for Ithaca and the long-awaited reunion with his family. But the gods, who were once his allies, have turned against him. Exiled with the warrior Eperitus, he is thrust into a world of seductive demi-gods and man-eating monsters.

From the author of The Frozen Lake comes an enthralling novel of love, betrayal, and idealism as three very different young women go up to Oxford in the years immediately before World War Two. Vee - the clergyman’s daughter. Boyish, alluring, she plans to use her time at Oxford to put right everything that went wrong in her loveless childhood.

___________________________________ A gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones. A plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina. A...

When a plane crashes high in the mountains of North Carolina, Tempe Brennan is one of the first on the scene. As a forensic anthropologist for the state, she serves on the region's disaster response team. The task that confronts her is a sad and sickening one. Putting normal life on hold, she and her colleagues must painstakingly identify the victims. A chance discovery concerns her: a severed foot, well away from the main crash site.

Uncertain Voyage is certain to hold you spellbound with its tale of a timid young American woman who finds herself in situations that would test anyone’s courage. Melissa Aubrey is touring Europe alone as part of her quest to establish her self-reliance. Still recovering from a nervous breakdown brought on by a disastrous marriage, Melissa is fragile, to say the least. When one of her fellow travelers makes an urgent plea that she deliver a small package to an address in Majorca, Melissa is thrown into a dizzying whirlwind of romance, mystery, and danger.

World War Two is over and the Cold War beginning when Brett Manning is sent to do some business in Archangel. But on his way, in the thick fog and darkness of the Barents Sea, disaster strikes and his ship is run down by a much larger vessel. Only Brett and one other man are picked up. The two survivors find themselves on board a Russian freighter bound for a secret destination. Slowly it dawns on Brett and his companion that they now know too much for their own good.

IL Y A CERTAINS VOYAGES DONT ON NE REVIENT PAS... Ce livre contient une sélection des plus beaux spécimens de meurtres en mouvement de la littérature policière. Le Train perdu, Conan Doyle. Le Crime de l'omnibus, Fortuné de Boisgobey. Les Tribulations de Jacques Cravant, inventeur, Albert-Auguste Péron. Le Compagnon de voyage, Tristan Bernard. La Charrette de la mort, Jean-Joseph Renaud.

A confrontation of nuclear submarines just 200 miles off the American coast is the scenario of this riveting novel by a former U.S. Navy submarine officer. At the center of the deadly conflict are two men on a mission: one wants to find his father's killer, while the other wants to destroy Glasnost and provoke a war. The ensuing underwater chases and battles build to a stunning showdown.

The adventure continues . . . At the time of his death, Patrick O'Brian had begun to write the twenty-first book in his famous and much-loved Aubrey–Maturin series. The chapters he left behind are presented here, both in printed version and a facsimile of his manuscript, which goes several...

This series tells the fascinating and exotic story of the crew of The Scarlet Queen, "the proudest ship to plow the seas." Their quest for a Chinese treasure leads them to remarkable encounters in ports of call throughout the Pacific Ocean and the China Sea. Captain Philip Karney - played by Howard Duff in the audition episode, and thereafter by series creator Elliott Lewis - is at the helm of the 78 foot ketch. At the skipper's side is First Mate Red Gallagher, played by the husky-voiced Ed Max.