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Fed up with an outlaw existence, Calico Jack Rackam swears off the pirate life, but he hasn’t reckoned with Anne Bonny, a woman who would as soon stab a man as give him a good tumble—that is, unless he’s a pirate. Soon Jack finds himself out on the high seas again, with Anne by his side and his men spoiling for action. And when they capture a Dutch merchant ship, they pick up an unlikely crewmate as well, an expert sword fighter and topmast seaman who has a secret: he just happens to be a woman named Mary. Together they cut a bold swath through the West Indies.

The year is 1950, and a great tragedy has struck the town of Crowford. Three local men have been killed in a storm, after their fishing boat the Mercy Belle sank. A mysterious fourth man, however, was rescued. Nobody knows who he is, or what he was doing on the Mercy Belle...and the man has lost his memory.

Wind, Wellen - und ein fatales Unglück. Der Yachthafen von Calvi auf Korsika. Sieben Segelfreunde, zwei Frauen und fünf Männer, machen sich bereit, in Richtung Südfrankreich auszulaufen. Der Urlaub geht zu Ende, die Stimmung auf dem Boot ist ausgelassen. Bis sie über Nacht in schweres Wetter geraten. Plötzlich brechen alte Konflikte auf, und am Ende - fehlt jemand an Bord. Ein Unglück in stürmischer See.

Twins are supposed to be similar, but the Yeld brothers could not be more different and they detest each other. But then jealousy and rivalry bubble over when they both fall for Ivy Dene, and a deep-sea mission turns deadly.

A steam yacht is sailing the North Atlantic when they spot a mysterious light. Upon investigation, they discover a derelict cargo ship but when they board, superstitions soon turn to very real fears for the safety of the crew.

It’s not unusual for ships to vanish, lost to bad weather, but what isn’t so easy to explain are the abandoned ships, left floating on the waves, eerily silent with no sign of attack or destruction. In this short story, our unnamed protagonist recalls his experience aboard the Robert Sutter, an abandoned ship he was forced to take charge of during his journey from Sydney to Callao.

A Swedish freighter is on a special mission to locate and survey a number of wrecks after the First World War. The first on their list was torpedoed exactly one year to the day, and this proves to be no coincidence when the commander is suddenly tormented by an impossible Morse code transmission from beyond the grave.

A smoking cigar is seen in the fog, but not the man behind it. Could it be the final smoke of Charlie Devereux? The crew aboard the Königen Teresa recall this ghostly story as they themselves plough into fog across the Mid-Atlantic.

Les jours heureux s’écoulent sur la petite île de Guernesey. Gilliat, le plus doué, sans doute, des marins de l’île tombe secrètement amoureux de Déruchette, fille adoptive de Mess Lethierry, un armateur et un notable de l’île, sans espoir car qui est-il pour espèrer pouvoir lui plaire. Mais voilà qu’à la suite d’un sabotage, le bateau de Mess Lethierry, un steamer nommé la Durande, s’échoue sur de dangereux récifs.

Friedrich Gerstäcker (1816 - 1872) verbrachte einen guten Teil seines Lebens in den Vereinigten Staaten. Literarisch gilt er als Vorläufer Karl Mays - seine Geschichten und Romane waren äußerst populär und trugen nicht unwesentlich zur Auswanderungswelle jener Zeit bei. Die Abenteuergeschichte "Der Walfänger" porträtiert detailliert und spannend erzählt das Leben auf See - und die Gefahren dabei!

L'arrogante marchese di Halifax ha rapito Mary di Wentort, la donna amata dal capitano William Mac-Lellan che è immediatamente partito per salvarla sulla sua nave, la Tuonante. Con il capitano Mac-Lellan c'è la sua fedele ciurma tra cui l'imbattibile artigliere Testa di Pietra e il giovane gabbiere Piccolo Fiocco. È l'inizio di un lungo inseguimento all'insegna di burrasche e arrembaggi mentre sullo sfondo scorre sanguinosa la guerra d'indipendenza americana.

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.

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.

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.

In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Hornblower arrives in London to take command of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop barely large enough to require a captain. Her first assignment under Hornblower's command is as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson.

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?

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.