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Cosa accadrebbe se "la Natura, a titolo di esperimento, riportasse nel suo seno due boccioli cresciuti in serra” e preservati da ogni duro contatto con la realtà? Cosa ne sarebbe di due bambini cresciuti senza sapere che cosa sono nascita e morte, e costretti poi a scoprire la vita da soli? Questo libro, reso di nuovo celebre oggi dal film che ne è stato tratto, è, per alcuni versi, difficile e crudele. Ma per altri versi l'autore descrive, con la poesia del suo cuore irlandese, una bellezza incontaminata che oggi possiamo soltanto sognare.

This rousing sea adventure follows New England boy Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with its captain’s son, Augustus. The two boys repeatedly find themselves on the brink of death or discovery and witness many terrifying events, including mutiny, cannibalism and frantic pursuits. Poe imbued this deliberately popular tale with such allegorical richness, biblical imagery and psychological insights that the tale has come to influence writers as various as Melville, James, Verne and Nabokov.

The American Revolution is throwing up a new breed of hero, Yankee privateers who dare the might of the Royal Navy to slash at British commerce. Foremost among them are the three Markham brothers, Jehu, Josiah, and Malachi, who link their destiny to that of their young nation and seek their fortune in the cannon’s mouth. 

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne. Jules Verne's classic science fiction story 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea tells the great tale of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus. In 1866 a strange and unknown sea monster is sighted by ships and an ocean liner is attacked. An expedition prepares in New York, to find and destroy the menacing creature. The 20,000 of the title refers to an overall distance traveled under the sea, rather than an impossible measure of descent.

Epidemic investigator Dr. Zol Szabo hopes an extended cruise on the Indian Ocean with his girlfriend and his son will salve the wounds of the rough times they’ve been weathering at home. As they set sail coddled in unaccustomed luxury on the Coral Dynasty, things below deck are a little less sunny for the ship’s physician.

Borkum 1653: Die junge Fenja ist besorgt, weil ihr Verlobter Joris auf einem Walfänger das Kommando übernommen hat. Der Walfang ist ein noch junges Geschäft, die Gefahren unwägbar und die Konkurrenz unerbittlich. Als Joris' Schiff überfallen wird, täuscht sein Bruder dessen Tod vor und drängt Fenja zur Heirat. Doch Fenja ist fest entschlossen, ihr Schicksal selbst in die Hand zu nehmen. Noch ahnt sie nicht, welch dramatische Folgen ihr Wunsch nach Freiheit haben wird... Eine sturmumtoste Insel, ein bitterer Bruderzwist und große Gefühle - tauchen Sie ein in die frühe Zeit des Walfangs auf der Insel Borkum.

The trading ship Narcissus is sailing towards London, but long the way the ship and its crew pick up a West Indian black sailor, James, who shortly after falls ill. To prevent contamination aboard the ship, James must stay in his cabin.

Midwife Jess knows she’ll never have a baby of her own, but she’s determined to still be a mum. So Jess decides to foster, providing love and support for children who desperately need it - something Jess never had as a child when she was in foster care. Jess loves caring for the precious babies who come into her life, but letting them go again breaks her heart every time - can she really be a mum after all?

Bent Haller har skrevet en gribende, eventyrlig fortælling om kærlighed og hemmeligheder, magiske delfiner og en hvid konkylie, der indeholder en vuggesang fra havets dyb.

Two years after losing her husband, Finn, Lexie Turner is still struggling. She knows she needs to move on, but she has no idea where to begin. Packing up her life in London, Lexie heads to the coastal town of Port Kara to spend the summer working out her next move. With only her Labrador for company, it’s the perfect place to start again. But life in Port Kara is nothing like Lexie expected! Soon, she finds herself drawn into the close-knit community, unable to hide away. And when she meets local man Elliott Dorton, Lexie begins to feel her broken heart slowly come back to life.

Die Berliner Apothekerin Ella liebt ihr Leben in der Stadt und ihren Freund. Doch vieles steht plötzlich in Frage, als sie ein Haus auf einer Hallig erbt und damit die Tagebücher ihrer Urgroßmutter Charlotte, die es im 2. Weltkrieg zum wortkargen Fischer Pay auf die Hallig verschlagen hat. Charlottes Schicksal und das so völlig andere Leben auf der kleinen Insel zeigen Ella eine neue Welt. Was im Leben zählt wirklich? Und welches Geheimnis umgibt den Ornithologen Brar, der auf der Hallig lebt?

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.

3.000 Menschen, Martini und Möwen: Eine Kreuzfahrt! Mit dabei eine überforderte Kunstverkäuferin und ein abgebrühter Schürzenjäger hinterm Bartresen, Maya und Joseph. Sie haben ihre Heimat verlassen, um als Besatzungsmitglieder ein Zuhause auf dem Meer zu finden. Dort wo alles anders ist, oder etwa nicht? Sechs Monate verbringen sie an Bord der Seabird, die sich vom Mittelmeer ihren Weg in den Orient bahnt. Die Passagiere wechseln wöchentlich und benehmen sich doch gleich bizarr.

Alla ricerca di un tesoro nascosto in un'isola deserta, la nave pirata Regina dei mari affonda ancora prima di giungere alla costa. Al naufragio sopravvivono solo i quindici uomini che prima della tragedia si erano ammutinati al capitano. Ognuno di loro possiede un indizio per raggiungere il tesoro, ma il percorso si rivela più pericoloso del previsto: uno per uno, gli ammutinati muoiono in circostanze misteriose prima di raggiungere lo scrigno. Il tesoro è davvero maledetto o qualcuno di loro sta architettando un complotto per mettere le mani sul bottino?

Cosa avrebbe da dire un girino che abita uno stagno all'arrogante che cerca in tutti i modi di contaminare l'acqua? E cosa pensano davvero le acciughe sui banconi dei bar liguri di questa tra- dizione alimentare? Com'è, insomma, la vita in questo mondo alla rovescia in cui gli animali e le sirene parlano, si lamentano dell'uomo, lo sfidano e lo contrastano?

A group of European tourists are enjoying their trip to Egypt in the year 1895. They are sailing up the River Nile in "a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler", the Korosko. They intend to travel to Abousir at the southern frontier of Egypt, after which the Dervish country starts. They are attacked and abducted by a marauding band of Dervish warriors. The novel contains a strong defence of British Imperialism and in particular the Imperial project in North Africa. It also reveals the very great suspicion of Islam felt by many Europeans at the time.

This morning I saw a star twinkling just over the fore-yard, the first since the beginning of May. There is considerable discontent among the crew, many of whom are anxious to get back home to be in time for the herring season, when labour always commands a high price upon the Scotch coast. As yet their displeasure is only signified by sullen countenances and black looks, but I heard from the second mate this afternoon that they contemplated sending a deputation to the Captain to explain their grievance.

"Der Hotelier sagt, das ist kein Wind. Ich versuche, die Basstölpel zu fotografieren, aber der Wind, der keiner ist, schlägt mir immer wieder die Kamerahand weg. Ich habe meine Kapuze festgezurrt und lehne mich bei jedem Schritt nach vorn, um überhaupt voranzukommen." In der erlesenen MARE-Inselreihe folgt in diesem Sommer ein Ausflug mit Isabel Bogdan nach Helgoland, wo der Wind so weht und das Meer überall und so blau ist, Erinnerungen an James Krüss aufkommen und das Schreiben leicht von der Hand geht.

Horatio Hornblower wird als Kommodore eines britischen Geschwaders in die Ostsee entsandt, wo er die britische Seemacht demonstrieren und den russischen Zaren für das Bündnis gegen Napoleon gewinnen soll. Hörspiel nach der Buchserie von Cecil Scott Forester.

Hörspiel nach der Buchserie von Cecil Scott Forester um den Seehelden Horatio Hornblower, der als Kapitän an Bord eines Kriegsschiffes der britischen Marine auf geheimer Mission die Meere durchkreuzt und dabei Abenteuerliches erlebt.