In this gripping tale of turmoil and triumph on the high seas, Horatio Hornblower emerges from his apprenticeship as midshipman to face new responsibilities thrust upon him by the fortunes of war between Napoleon and Spain. Enduring near-mutiny,...
October 1991. It was “the perfect storm”—a tempest that may happen only once in a century—a nor’easter created by so rare a combination of factors that it could not possibly have been worse. Creating waves ten stories high and winds of 120...
Maddy is determined to provide the perfect home for her beautiful tortoiseshell kitten, Biscuit. She spends all her time with the new arrival, playing and giving her cuddles. Before long, Biscuit is old enough to go outside. But little does she know...
The greatest treasures from the ancient world have been brought together in one place… a magnificent floating exhibition aboard a luxury cruise line… and the wealthy, powerful and famous have come to bask in the glow of ancient riches....
A swashbuckling triumph of storytelling, Flint and Silver provides a thrilling ride back to the rich and wondrous world of Long John Silver and his fiendish nemesis Joseph Flint in this prequel to the beloved classic Treasure Island.
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In Buffalo Palace, the young Titus Bass sights, and then sets out into, the vast Rocky Mountain country, where he has his initial experiences with trapping beaver, surviving the freezing winter, fighting fierce Indians and even fiercer fellow...
A British man, ill and largely inactive since the Second World War, inherits land in the Canadian Rockies. He travels there to investigate his grandfather’s instinct that there are valuable oil reserves under the...