Behind every great sea story there is a real-life adventure that inspired it, and this book shines a new light on some of our best-loved maritime authors - from Robert Louis Stevenson to Jack London,
Margriet grew up as a lonely child in the old town of Hull. Her adored father often travelled by sea to the Netherlands, leaving her with an unaffectionate mother and only her imagination of a little
The sequel to When the Heavens Fall features gritty characters, deadly magic, and meddlesome godsOnce a year on Dragon Day the fabled Dragon Gate is raised to let a sea dragon pass from the Southern W
Wanted: Dead or Alive! (Or smashed into little bits and delivered in boxes.) The Steampunk Pirates get a taste of their own medicine when the Leaky Battery is raided by a sea monster that's greedy for
Dido Twite, with the help of some sacred shaman healers, must foil a sinister plot to overthrow the king of a remote South Sea island healers Sailing the high seas in pursuit of Lord Herodsfoot, rovin
A clash between the Titans and The Olympians at sea leaves Zeus and his friends shipwrecked—and in a tidal wave of trouble—in this Heroes in Training adventure.After an encounter with Uranus, God of t
A clash between the Titans and The Olympians at sea leaves Zeus and his friends shipwrecked—and in a tidal wave of trouble—in this Heroes in Training adventure.After an encounter with Uranus, God of t
The governance of seas and oceans, defined as all forms of social participation in decision-making on the marine environment, is here mainly from a legal perspective view with the Law of the Sea as a
In a world where everyone has a counterpart, Rabbit is searching for the Other Rabbit. He flies through the air, walks across the land, travels across the sea but still he cannot find him. Finally, he
An intimate portrait of a forgotten commander of Britain's maritime golden age, which brings to authentic life the world of Jack Aubrey and Horatio HornblowerFrom the day he went to sea as a 13-year-o
A newly revitalized edition of Tomi Ungerer’s children?s classic. Snail, where are you? At a party? At sea? In the mountains? Young sleuths will have hours of fun finding Tomi Ungerer’s snail in his m
Analyzing text is one of the greatest skills a young reader can develop. This book helps readers gain an understanding of what it means to read a text for information, recognize point of view, and sea
Before Edmonds became a town, it was a forest of cedar trees and evergreens. The Puget Sound's various Indian tribes used the land for camping, the sea for fishing and clamming for meals, and the mars
This story, written for military families, is about a visit from “the Santa of Sailors” to those who can’t be home for Christmas. ’Twas the night before Christmas, when way out to sea Not a creature
A new cover edition of this classic story, from the bestselling author of JOURNEY TO THE RIVER SEA. A boarding-school trip takes eleven-year-old Tally to an exotic kingdom where she finds adventure, r
What if the steps you take to avoid marriage... Asher MacGregor's new life as the Earl of Balfour is nothing but a string of obligations, such as squiring a Boston heiress around her first London sea
A Viking to bed, not to wed!Medana Elsadottir, known as the Sea Scourge, never planned to become a pirate, but there’s no denying her talent. Her female-only tribe has an island hideaway, food aplenty
Yosuke's family has a strange tradition - once every sixty years they receive an egg from a mermaid. When the egg matures his family dutifully returns it to the sea, where the whole process is then re
Looking forward to spending a seaside vacation with her family and sharing an adventure on the open sea as a fierce pirate dog, Poppy the Dalmatian loses her courage in the face of numerous bobbing bo
Christopher Wormell's bold block prints are featured on a set of 10 counting nesting blocks that makes for a lovely gift and an engaging toy. Follow one yellow chick as it explores the farmyard in sea
After three years of indecisive but bloody war, guns lay silent in the Chaco Boreal in June 1935. Fifty years of bickering between Bolivia, a landlocked country seeking a river exit to the sea, and Pa
Tamar Robinson knows a lot about loss--more than any teenager should. Her younger sisters are dead, her parents are adrift in a sea of grief, and now Tamar is losing her hair. Nevertheless, she naviga
A rich tale of power and forbidden love revolving around a young medieval queenIn 1002, fifteen--year-old Emma of Normandy crosses the Narrow Sea to wed the much older King Athelred of England, whom s
As per the Orthodox Jewish tradition, the Messiah (the Prophet) will arrive riding a white donkey.A few years ago, as I was photographing near the Dead Sea, a Palestinian man rode past me on his white
Against the wilds of sea and wood, a young immigrant woman settles into life outside Duluth in the 1890s, still shocked at finding herself alone in a new country, abandoned and adrift; in the early 19
Readers are asked to determine what will happen next in various nature scenes, including how people will dress in cold weather, what happens when a baby sea turtle returns to the beach, and how a plan
A title that begins with six children playing in a garden by the sea and follows their lives as they grow up and experience friendship, love and grief at the death of their beloved friend Percival.
Poggle is a most enchantingly funny dragon who lives in a small blue hut overlooking the sea. It's snug and cosy and full of his favourite things. Today, Poggle and his friend, Henry, are searching fo
After a hellish battle against ravenous sea monsters, Guts the Black Swordsman and his companions are forced to seek refuge on a small island so that their ship can be repaired. But this island is not
A gripping, beautifully told story of a young man’s coming-of-age at sea?When John Moynihan decided to ship out in the Merchant Marine during the summer of his junior year at Wesleyan University, his
Shermana€?s Lagoon is a comic strip that combines the upbeat tone of under-the-sea fun with a real-life look at our environment and oceans.Collecting more than 42 weeks of Jim Toomey's Sherman's Lagoo
Ashlyn Baptiste is falling. One moment she was nothing—no memories, no self—and then suddenly, she's plummeting through a sea of stars. Is she in a coma? She doesn't remember dying
Poggle is a most enchantingly funny dragon who lives in a small blue hut overlooking the sea. It's snug and cozy and full of his favorite things. Today, Poggle and his friend, Henry, are searching for
Ushered into the world by a mysterious pair of Tartar midwives late in the summer of 1877 in the town of Constanta on the Black Sea, Eleonora Cohen proves herself an extraordinarily gifted child?a pro
Minnesota has a unique role in U.S. water policy. Hydrologically, it is a state with more than 12,000 lakes, an inland sea, and the headwaters of three major river systems: the St Lawrence, the Red Ri
The Chukchi Bible is a collection of the myths and tales of Yuri Rytkheu's own shaman father. The stories compose both a moving history of the Chukchi people who inhabit the shores of the Bering Sea,
?Existe hoy en Roswell, Nuevo Mexico, evidencia del misterioso desplome de un platillo volador a partir del julio de 1947? Permita que este libro sea su guia a visitar todos los sitios en Roswell y su
Beneath the sea cliffs of the south coast, suicides are a sad but common fact. Yet even the hardened coastguard knows something is wrong when a beautiful young film actress is found lying dead on the
G&L Enterprises is the biggest marketing firm in the country. Each year thousands of intern applicants apply with the hope of securing a position with the illustrious firm. Out of a sea of applica
A trawler is torn to pieces by an enormous sea monster off the Irish coast. Meanwhile Connor's anomaly detector is going off the charts: half a dozen rifts in time have appeared, all on one deserted -
