Títulos em Aventuras Marítimas

Calder was in command of the new stealth ship The Kharon, specifically made for the mission. Christened after the mythical ferry boat of the underworld, she was to pursue, raid, and pillage enemy merchant ships along the trade route south of Bantam and leave no survivors! However, the unpredictable cloak-and-dagger mission itself could not have foreseen the captain and crew being entangled in mass murder, hoards of treasure, discovery of new lands, and revenge that would span the best part of 20 years.

With Commander Kieron Phillips very much looking forward to holidaying on the ocean waves and the chance to catch up with his daughter, a dancer onboard the cruise ship he’s just embarked, Stuart St Paul sets the scene for his action-packed thriller, Cruise Ship Heist. Realizing all too quickly that there was nothing coincidental about him being on board this specific voyage, Commander Phillips brings into play the full arsenal of his military background, in order to return the MV Lady Diana to holiday mode.

New York, 1915. RMS Lusitania, one of the world’s most luxurious ocean liners, departs for war-torn Europe. Among those on board is Patrick Gallagher, a civil servant in Her Majesty’s government tasked with escorting a British diplomat back to England. When a fellow passenger is believed to have shot himself in his cabin, Gallagher is asked by the captain to investigate the scene but one crucial detail doesn’t fit. The man’s body was discovered in a locked cabin with the key inside and no gun to be found. Was it really suicide? Or murder?

Das hat Okko Knudsen gerade noch gefehlt: Der frischgebackene Outdoor-Unternehmer ist mit Professor Bubendey im Süden Amrums verabredet. Im Dünenhaus am Wriakhörnsee wollen sie ein Naturschutzprojekt für Jugendliche vorbereiten. Doch statt des Biologen findet der Bruder von Hauptkommissar Kuno Knudsen die Leiche einer jungen Frau in dem Gebäude vor. Hat Bubendey den Mord begangen? Oder handelt es sich um einen gezielten Akt der Amrumer gegen Ulf Janssen? Der verhasste Unternehmer aus Hamburg will das Dünenhaus erwerben und stößt dabei auf heftigen Widerstand der Insulaner.

Embárcate en un viaje épico bajo las olas, donde el misterio, la maravilla y el peligro chocan en un mundo que no ha sido tocado por los ojos humanos en este clásico de la ciencia ficción.

As a superstar trader at his elite Dallas wealth management firm, Chase decided he was ready to cash out, so he sold his client base. There was just one catch. To close the deal, he had to agree to a three-year contract overseeing the transition.

A beautiful discovery outside the window of her underwater home prompts the reclusive E. to begin a correspondence with renowned scholar Henerey Clel. The letters they share are filled with passion, at first for their mutual interests, and then, inevitably, for each other. Together, they uncover a mystery from the unknown depths, destined to transform the underwater world they both equally fear and love. But by no mere coincidence, a seaquake destroys E.'s home, and she and Henerey vanish.

Maritime salvage expert Sam Reilly is flown in to find out what went wrong, and how to re-float the ocean-going behemoth. Something about the accident just doesn’t seem right…. In Sudan, a team of archaeologists exploring the ancient tombs buried within the Pyramids of Meroë discover one of the greatest archaeological hauls since King Tutankhamun’s tomb was uncovered in the Valley of the Kings.

They identify and locate the others through senses, except for a singular anomaly, whom they call the Black Hole or the Black Sheep. Their immortality derives from their ability to flow into another living host when the original host dies. This ability allows them to have a renewed body or escape detection as they take over a host of a different species.

In "Promises", during the late 1960s, the ketch, Mercy, sinks during a sea storm off Culebra near the Virgin Islands. Ciara Malloy assumes custody of her drowned fiancé’s son, and learns a devastating secret about the boy that changes her life forever.

Southampton, 1910. When the Oceanic sets sail its ultimate destination is New York. But it must make one very important stop first: at Cherbourg, to pick up internationally renowned financier and art collector J. P. Morgan, fresh from a continental buying spree. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield, the ship’s detectives, are nervous about the presence of such an important passenger, not to mention his valuable cargo. After all, it is rare for a transatlantic voyage to pass without incident for the two sleuths.

El Caribe, 1665. La isla de Jamaica, colonia lejana de la corona inglesa, muestra su resistencia al asedio del gran Imperio español. La capital, Port Royal, es una ciudad peligrosa plagada de posadas, borrachos, peleas y burdeles. Cuando El Trinidad, un galeón español cargado de oro, fondea en una bahía cercana a la ciudad a la espera de ser reparado, el bucanero inglés Charles Hunter urde un plan extremadamente audaz. Con el apoyo extraoficial del gobernador de la isla, su ataque al galeón es uno de los más atrevidos y sangrientos de la historia real de la piratería.

A myth-like feeling is engendered by dining in Le Jules Verne restaurant in the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It helps stir an appetite for sensational adventures. In this book, Verne used first person narration by top-notch fictional scholar, Professor Aronnax, who is aided by his servant Conseil. They voyage on the Nautilus submarine of Captain Nemo, a man with feelings of omnipotence and obsession for power.

Sea Star is a swashbuckling historical novel that chronicles the adventures of beautiful red-haired, green-eyed Anne Bonny, the Pirate Queen. The saga passionately brings to life Anne's rebellious Southern girlhood, her sensual awakening in the arms of a buccaneer, and the courageous mastery of her own ship and crew. Pamela Jekel's sparkling tale transports you to the exotic Charles Town of the precolonial South; to teeming Port Royal, Jamaica; and to the infamous pirate island of New Providence for duels, plundered treasures, and torrid love scenes on palm-fringed cays.

Jon had a simple and solitary life as a dock inspector in the city of Southvale. That was until a ship with elves arrived. Now, he must contend with a group of beautiful elves that have no idea how to say no or behave in his world. They take what they want, drink what they want, and party how they want. When Jon discovers they are pirates, his life will be turned into a maelstrom of action, intrigue, romance, and seaside humor from which none of them can steer away.

Piratenkapitän Rappee will seinen Großneffen, den jungen Master Ormerod, beim größten Kaperfang seines Lebens mit an Bord haben und entführt ihn aus dem Elternhaus. Ein reich beladenes Schatzschiff der Spanier ist Ziel der Seeräuber. Mit dem Raub des Schatzes verfolgt Rappee als Jakobit politische Ziele, während es seinem wüsten Piratenfreund, Kapitän Flint, und seiner Mannschaft ausschließlich um Rum und das Gold geht.

Alguns pequenos contos sobre temas relativos ao mar (pescadores, sereias, monstros marinhos, vida da praia, maremotos, mensagens na garrafa).

Nina Oletta, one of the world’s foremost information brokers and forgers, had walked on the wrong side of the law for years. Sully had long thought the dark-haired beauty was a prize worth winning. When she breaks the agreement the Cerberus Group negotiated that would have kept her out of prison and alive, Sully uses a cruise to protect her. Can he keep her alive while making sure she regrets breaking her word and teaching her that she belongs to him?

Dans ce petit port de la côte Atlantique, au tournant des années 1960, la vie est simple, rythmée depuis toujours par la mer et la pêche. Joseph, le narrateur, est fils unique. Choyé par sa mère et dans l'adoration de son père, marin-pêcheur. La vie semble toute tracée. Jusqu'à ce qu'un drame fasse voler cette douce enfance en éclats. Un roman poignant sur la vanité du temps et la fin d'un monde. Dans ce petit port de la côte Atlantique, au tournant des années 1960, la vie est simple, rythmée depuis toujours par la mer et la pêche.

Go with Dee and his friends as they experience dissension and danger, separation and insecurity, from the shores of North Africa, the markets of Tangier, and the Atlas mountains, to the streets of Rome, the Acropolis, around to the pyramids of Egypt, the shores of the Israeli Mediterranean, and on to the Bosporus and Istanbul. Taking what they think may be their final cruise together in the Mediterranean, adventure finds the group, separates them, and leaves them pondering the future. Is the thrill really gone? Is it time for them to go their separate ways?