Award-winning author Caryl Phillips presents a biographical novel of the life of Jean Rhys, the author of Wide Sargasso Sea, which she wrote as a prequel to Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. Caryl Philli
One of the most unique crime series ever continues with a missing persons investigation. Cal McGill is the sea detective: an oceanographer and one-of-a-kind investigator who uses hi
Hundreds of miles off the Korean coast in the East Sea lies Dokdo, a small group of tiny volcanic islets sheltering a rich but fragile ecosystem. This rugged, lonely outpost, which constitutes the cou
A special edition of this bestselling pirate adventure with a super-shiny red foiled cover. Ten little pirates sailing out to sea, looking for adventure, happy as can be. Are they hunting treasure? Ar
Colonel Mulberry Sellers is a mad scientist who invents such things as a Cursing Phonograph, which stores up profanity to use when you're out with sailors at sea. This tale borders on science fiction
Valéry’s Graveyard is in two parts. The first part presents the French text of Paul Valéry’s poem Le Cimetière marin (The Graveyard by the Sea) and a facing English translation, followed by a descript
Jules Gabriel Verne (February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905) was a French author who pioneered the science fictiongenre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), A Jour
The Bhel Sea: A brackish haven for opportunists, lined with coral and bones after centuries of conflict. Korsar pirates hold it with a bloody grasp from their keep on the volcanic island of Ashenborg
In 1997 Michael Flecker investigated a shipwreck in the north Java sea. The wreck comprised the remains of a mid 10th-century ship with its cargo of thousands of ceramic and non-ceramic artefacts.
Although never named as such, the landscape of Sanremo was a constant visual source for Calvino's fiction. In its recognizable pattern of sea-city-hills, it appears in sixteen works written over a per
William Sydney Graham (1918-1986) was born in Greenock, Scotland, ‘beside the sugar house quays’ – a setting open to the sea. He remained a Celt, moving from Scotland to Cornwall whe
Hetta Coffey is a sassy Texan with a snazzy yacht, and she’s not afraid to use it!She’s living aboard her forty-five foot boat in Mexico’s spectacular Sea of Cortez, taking work where she can get it a
This story is based on one found on a papyrus scroll of hieroglyphs from the nineteenth century B.C., Egypt. It tells the tale of a voyage on the Red Sea to a mysterious and enchanted land of riches l
Stripped of her fortune and rejected by her fiance+a7's family, Eliza is made into an indentured servant and sent to accompany a spoiled girl on a sea voyage, but she is captured by a buccaneer who mi
A hypothetical city is the sum of those things which can be said of it: giant and autumnal, a palimpsest of competing histories and traditions bounded by high black mountains and an excrement sea, the
A visceral and sonic world of teeth and tornadoes, Sea Sharp’s The Swagger of Dorothy Gale explores a Midwestern past muddied by L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz fantasy and the realities of
'She's done for...' The crew aboard a ramshackle steamer faces a treacherous storm in this gripping tale, inspired by Conrad's own time at sea. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Clas
“Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive y
An 8x8 storybook based on the deep-sea adventures of the Octonauts! As they travel through deep, dark waters, the Octonauts find themselves in a battle with a colossal squid! The squid is determined t
PANAMA captures the sweep of this country's tumultuous history. Moving from pivotal events in Panama's past to the American withdrawal in 1999, this is the action-filled saga of a man and a nation sea
San Timoteo Canyon, known locally as "the canyon," has always been a major thoroughfare for the area. Once a favorite passage for desert tribes traveling to the sea to trade their wares, it
A family is holidaying in a little cottage near the sea. It should be an idyllic time, but the eldest daughter is furiously unhappy with her father's new wife, and finds her incredibly irritating. She
The poems in this collection, representing work from the decade 1980?1990, range from evocations of common objects?a sea shell or a twisted nail?to explorations of an inner world of memory and imagina
Wealthy Evan Cole thought his wife was lost at sea until he spotted her one-of-a-kind wedding ring in a New York City pawn shop. The detective agency he hired to find her was about to make a positive
The bestselling author of the Sea of Freedom Trilogy returns with a sweeping family saga of two women in nineteenth-century New Zealand and their epic journey to survive in a world of their own making
Looking for the definitive World Cup 2018 guide amidst a sea of soccer books? The World Cup 2018 Russia Essential Guide provides a helpful outline to all 32 teams and their standings as they prepare f
Balam is a sleepy town on the eastern coast of Atlua, surrounded by forest and sea. It's a village where nothing happens and everybody knows each other. But now, people are dying.School is out for the
The narrative describes the life of the Englishman, Singleton, stolen from a well-to-do family as a child and raised by Gypsies, eventually making his way to sea. The former half of the book concerns
Invite readers to swim alongside a gray whale as she heads south on the longest migration journey of any mammal on Earth. When Whales Cross the Sea enchants readers with a story-like narrative while s
A delightful seasidethemed sticker book from the multiawardwinning Lucy Cousins. Join Maisy and all of her friends for a sunny day by the sea, using your stickers to fill in the fun on every page! Bui
He who would go to sea for pleasure, would go to hell for a pastime ~ French Proverb.What does boat stand for? Bring On Another Thousand...Colin and Vivian Tripp buy a 'bargain' cement boat called Moo
Two ships converge in the twilight, six hundred sea miles off Dakar. A voice calls across from one to the other. A chorus of powerful voices answers. The national hymn of Southern Free. Sails are furl
Peer and Hilde are thirsty for adventure. When a Viking longship arrives in their village, they set sail, eager to explore the world. The Water Snake is heading for Vinland, a place far across the sea
Please see free book catalogs at www urls: tiny.cc/traditional or tiny.cc/simplified. DESCRIPTION: A picture book translated into Traditional Chinese with Hanyu Pinyin. Contents and illustrations are based on a book by Beatrix Potter. (Greyscale B&W) OTHER PAPERBACK VERSIONS AVAILABLE: 01 Traditional Chinese (B&W ISBN:978-1505871432; COLOR ISBN:978-1503294356); 02 Traditional Chinese Zhuyin Fuhao (B&W ISBN:978-1505871449; COLOR ISBN:978-1503294363); 03 Traditional Chinese Tongyong Pinyin (B&W ISBN:978-1505871456; COLOR ISBN:978-1503294370); 04 Traditional Chinese Hanyu Pinyin (B&W ISBN:978-1505871463; COLOR ISBN:978-1503294387); 05 Simplified Chinese Hanyu Pinyin (B&W ISBN:978-1505871470; COLOR ISBN:978-1503294394); 06 Simplified Chinese (B&W ISBN:978-1505871487; COLOR ISBN:978-1503294400); 07 Traditional Chinese Zhuyin Fuhao with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1505871500; COLOR ISBN:978-1503294417); 08 Traditional Chinese Tongyong Pinyin with IPA (B&W ISBN:978-1
Stories of sailors encountering mermaids have fascinated humans for years. But do these mystical sea creatures really exist? Take a look at the evidence and decide for yourself!
A shark accuses Cyrus of cowardice because he won't sink any ships. The kindly sea serpent almost succumbs to peer pressure, but learns at last to be himself.
The US Navy has been at the forefront of naval aviation at sea for almost a century, its aircraft carriers growing ever larger in size over the decades. A powerful force projector in both war and peac
Before he was a writer, Miguel de Cervantes was a soldier. Enlisting in the Spanish infantry in 1570, he fought at the battle of Lepanto, was seized at sea and held captive by Algerian corsairs, and r
A part of DC Universe Rebirth, the adventures of the King of the Seven Seas continue in AQUAMAN VOL. 3!Aquaman's mission to unite the sea and surface has taken a great leap forward. But N.E.M.O.--the
