An elegant and atmospheric literary thriller that will delight fans of The Interpretation of Murder and The Shadow of the WindEighteenth century France: the Age of Enlightenment.
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZEFEATURED ON BBC'S BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUBPenelope Fitzgerald's Booker Prize-winning novel of loneliness and connecting is set among the houseboat community of the Thames, with an introduction from Alan Hollinghurst.
Another brilliantly conceived and breathlessly executed thriller international bestseller and multi-million copy selling author Patrick Robinson, HMS Unseen is a dazzling, high-octane page-turner.
On his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past.
UNA DENUNCIA IMPLACABLE DEL COLONIALISMO EUROPEOEl capitán Charles Marlow recibe el encargo de adentrarse en el Congo en busca de Kurtz, un agente comercial de una compañía dedicada a la explotación del marfil de quien no se tiene noticia desde hace mucho tiempo.
Filled with the myths and legends of the deep, this new illustrated edition of the cult classic folklore collection reveals the stories that swirled on the open seas, and the customs that remain part of maritime life.
'Fascinating' Observer'Engrossing' i News'Elegant' Sunday Telegraph'Profound and poignant' Sunday Post'Remarkable and complex' George McGavinA memoir and investigation exploring loss, community and the climate crisis in the Shetland Islands by environmental journalist Marianne Brown.
The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1953, and the year after, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Ernest Hemingway in 1954.
Dieses eBook: "Meuterei auf der Elsinore" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
A PIRATE OF THE CARIBBEES & THE PIRATE ISLAND brings together two vigorous sea adventures steeped in the romance of sail, hidden coves, pursuit, mutiny, and perilous encounters with lawless men beyond imperial order.
Dieses eBook: "Geschichte eines dicken Mannes" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
Dieses eBook: "Kasper Ohm un ick (Seemannsroman)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.
IM NEBEL LAUERT DAS WISPERN DES VERGESSENSInnerhalb kürzester Zeit hat Vanelle alles verloren: Das Vertrauen ihrer Crew und Rivays Rückhalt, denn nun soll sie der Hinrichtung der Alverre-Bande durch die Hand ihres Vaters beiwohnen.
The Boats of the Glen Carrig (1907) is a strange maritime romance of shipwreck, endurance, and cosmic dread, framed as an eighteenth-century survivor's narrative.
The Devil's Admiral is a vigorous sea-adventure romance set amid the treacherous commercial and colonial waterways of the Far East, where questions of loyalty, greed, and survival unfold under the shadow of piracy and illicit trade.
The "e;Genius"e; traces the rise, dispersion, and moral bewilderment of Eugene Witla, a gifted painter whose artistic hunger is inseparable from erotic appetite, social ambition, and commercial compromise.
Captain Blood & The Sea Hawk brings together two of Rafael Sabatini's finest historical romances, works in which adventure is shaped by moral irony, political violence, and the restless motion of the sea.
My visions were of shipwreck and famine; of death or captivity among barbarian hordes; of a lifetime dragged out in sorrow and tears, upon some gray and desolate rock, in an ocean unapproachable and unknown.
Joseph Conrad's The Complete Novels compiles all 20 of his masterpieces into one comprehensive edition, showcasing the diversity and complexity of his literary genius.
Die beiden Abenteuerromane 'Der rote Freibeuter' und 'Die Wassernixe' von James Fenimore Cooper entführen den Leser in eine Welt voller gefährlicher Seefahrten, mutiger Helden und exotischer Schauplätze.
In "e;The Complete Sea Tales of Joseph Conrad,"e; readers are immersed in the haunting and atmospheric worlds of the sea, exploring themes of isolation, moral ambiguity, and the complexities of human nature.
The first in the New York Times bestselling DemonWars: The Buccaneers trilogy follows the invasion of the realm of Corona as resistors begin to fight back for their land from the legendary million-selling author and creator of Drizzt Do'Urden.
If you love adventure, tight plotting, excellent characterization and vivid writing, set your course for this compelling and captivating naval adventure from multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent.
Lucy Maud Montgomery's 'EMILY STAR - Complete Collection: Emily of New Moon + Emily Climbs + Emily's Quest' is a delightful series filled with intricate characters, vivid descriptions of Prince Edward Island, and a captivating coming-of-age story.
Moby Dick, escrita por Herman Melville, es una obra maestra de la literatura inglesa que se destaca por su complejidad narrativa y su profundo análisis de la obsesión y la venganza.
Hardtack and Coffee is one of the few to give a vivid, detailed picture of what ordinary soldiers endured every day-in camp, on the march, at the edge of a booming, smoking hell.
Martha Finley's 'The Greatest Works of Martha Finley' is a collection of the author's most renowned literary works that provide a captivating glimpse into the 19th-century American society.
