An exhilarating tale of modern espionage and adventure featuring US Navy intelligence officer Alan Craik. In Tel Aviv, Commander Alan Craik, a US Navy veteran agrees to check out the death of a former Navy enlisted employee. He plans to be out the door and on to his real work in half an hour. But the task quickly turns dangerous, and what should have been a routine investigation becomes something very ugly. Nominal American allies in Israel withhold...

His powers could save the ocean. Her vendetta could sink a kingdom. Captain Elouise Farrington, the youngest pirate on the Caviar Sea, seeks revenge on her father's killer. But when her oddly hypnotic foe proposes a pact to kill the Siren Queen and end the War of the Sea's bloodshed, she must make a choice. Put aside her long-brewing retribution or act as the underhanded pirate and use the alliance to claim the life of the man who destroyed her family....

Au bistrot de la place T'sertsevens, comme partout à Thuin, on adorait parler de ceux de l'Avalant. Le dimanche midi, quand le café était bondé et que les bateliers commençaient à être bourrés, on aurait pu penser qu'il s'y tenait un colloque tellement il y avait de l'animation. On parlait du Père et de la Mère jusqu'à l'écluse de Charleroi et on y allait gaiement car on l'avait bien remarqué, ces indiscrétions ne semblaient pas affecter...

Get swept up in this historical Newberry Award winner about pirates and the open seas Fans of the Pirates of Caribbean movies and Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island will love this original, award-winning young adult story! In seventeenth-century London, Phil, a nineteen-year-old sailor, has been recently orphaned. After an accident involving a gun, Phil runs away, soon ending up on a sailing ship, Rose of Devon. Phil works his way up in the...

Le danger rencontré en Sicile pourrait-il suivre Livia et finalement la rattraper? Livia, la fille d'un fonctionnaire romain établi à Pompéi, est fiancée à un jeune centurion en garnison à Carthage. La vie lui paraît joyeuse et heureuse dans une ville prospère et bien ordonnée. Mais alors que la sécurité que lui offre son père, ainsi que les projets d'alliances qui semblent lui assurer un avenir de femme comblée, l'occasion d'un voyage...

A powerful debut exploring the dark side of Cornwall – the wrecking and the drowned sailors – where poverty drove villagers to dark deeds… Shipwrecks are part of life in the remote village of Porthmorvoren, Cornwall. And as the sea washes the bodies of the drowned onto the beach, it also brings treasures: barrels of liquor, exotic fruit, the chance to lift a fine pair of boots from a corpse, maybe even a jewel or two. When, after a fierce...

The Christmas Cocktail Campervan – bringing love, laughter and friendship from coast to coast . . . The gorgeously romantic new novel in the 'Cosy Campervan series' – next stop: Christmas markets, mince pies and kisses under the mistletoe! Christmas feels like a real gift for Lucy this year. Her cosy coastal cottage is starting to feel like home, her new pizza business is getting the locals 'All Fired Up', and she can't wait to spend it with her...

Moonfleet (1898) is an adventure novel by J. Meade Falkner. Largely forgotten by today's readers, Falkner was more widely known in his lifetime for his nonfiction works on history and topography, as well as his role as chairman of a major arms manufacturer. Far from the amateur musings of a bored millionaire, Falkner's writing shows a mastery of genre fiction while benefitting from his extensive geographical knowledge. Moonfleet has been adapted several...

Extrait : "Comparables à la circulation du sang, les mouvements de la mer et des fleuves entretiennent la vie du globe rafraîchi et fécondé par leurs eaux. Mais voici le chant du coq ; dans les arbres rabougris par l'âpre brise du large les oiselets y répondent ; leurs gazouillements saluent le crépuscule qui blanchit l'horizon ; les oiseaux de la mer ont pris leur vol, goëlands et mouettes battent des ailes ; la terre s'éveille, la marine...

"The Cruise of the Dazzler" is a 1902 boy's adventure novel by Jack London. Set in his home town of San Francisco, the story revolves around a boy called Joe Bronson who, unhappy with his mundane life at school, runs away to become a member of the crew of a boat in San Francisco Bay. However, he soon realizes that the captain and its screw are involved in illicit activities. The story is based on London's own experiences as an oyster pirate in San...