Títulos em Aventuras Marítimas

Ascoltare il mare è come ascoltarsi dentro, un ascoltare forgiante di energia, per vivere il passato ancora una volta testimone della nostra attuale esistenza. Il racconto non vuole essere l'autobiografia dell'autore, ma una miscellanea di esperienze che convergono tutte, tra fantasia e realtà, verso la ricerca dei valori più importanti di un uomo. Il mare è il comune denominatore di tutta la scrittura.

Né lors d'une traversée, Novecento, à trente ans, n'a jamais mis le pied à terre. Naviguant sans répit sur l'Atlantique, il passe sa vie les mains posées sur les quatre-vingt-huit touches noires et blanches d'un piano, à composer une musique étrange et magnifique, qui n'appartient qu'à lui : la musique de l'Océan dont l'écho se répand dans tous les ports. Sous la forme d'un monologue poétique, Baricco allie l'enchantement de la fable aux métaphores vertigineuses.

Porywająca historia o ludziach, dla których morze jest całym życiem. Autorka opisuje życie marynarzy oraz ich rodzin pozostających na lądzie. Głównym bohaterem powieści jest żegnający się z pracą kapitan żeglugi wielkiej. Mężczyzna w sile wieku zmuszony jest zakończyć karierę z powodu chorego serca. Planuje dopłynąć do Gdyni i zacząć nowe życie na lądzie. Jednak jego ostatni rejs może zakończyć się tragicznie. W trakcie podróży dowiaduje się, że na pokładzie znajduje się bomba. Do wybuchu zostały zaledwie dwie godziny.

When Emily Thornton discovers a will linked with the murder of a sea captain in Hull in the 1860's, she is determined to discover what happened - but a vital witness is missing. So, Emily enlists the help of Thomas Laycock, a young man who has come to Hull to open his own detective agency. As the pair travel to Middlesborough and Whitby, the investigation unfolds, and their attention is brought to a locket worn by a mysterious young woman. Emily and Thomas are convinced that this is a crucial link in the case. Can they unravel the meaning behind this unusual locket?

After losing her husband in a Christmas tragedy, Tamara Brannigan is desperate to find a father figure for her six-year-old daughter, Belle. Her attempts fail spectacularly. Getting weary of cleaning up her relationship mess, the superstitious single mum vows to never fall in love again. In a bid to lift Belle’s spirits and to gain back her own sanity, Tamara accepts an invitation to travel halfway around the world to the West Coast of America, where a fishing trawler she inherited from her grandma awaits its fate.

Der Kater Kaptein Nauti ist Neptuns erster und einziger U-Boot-Kapitän. In großer Not trifft er auf den Jungen Timmi. Timmi kann, ausgestattet mit besonderen Fähigkeiten und einer großen Portion Mut, helfen. Und so tauchen Kaptein Nauti und Timmi zusammen in die Abenteuer der Tiefsee ab. Ein plattdeutsches Hörbuch zum Lauschen und Träumen für Kinder ab 5 Jahren. Das Hörbuch eignet sich für den plattdeutschen Schulunterricht in den Bundesländern Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Bremen und Nordniedersachsen.

Lord Randolph Cavanaugh is loyal and devoted - but only to family. To the rest of the world he’s aloof and untouchable, a respected and driven entrepreneur. But Rand yearns for more in life, and when he travels to Buckinghamshire to review a recent investment, he discovers a passionate woman who will challenge his ruthless self-control....

On the day of his marriage to Maria, Hornblower is ordered to take the Hotspur and head for Brest – war is coming and Napoleon will not catch His Majesty’s navy with its britches round its ankles. With thoughts of his new life as a husband intruding on his duties, Hornblower must prove himself to be not only the most capable commander in the fleet, but also its most daring if he is to stop the French gaining the upper hand. This is the third of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester’s inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.

Lill surfe depuis qu'il sait marcher. Il adore Malibu, cette vie entre le sable et l'eau ; son père et ses amis, la tranquillité de son quotidien. Tout pourrait être parfait, sans remous et sans houle, si Lara, sa grande sœur, n'avait pas débarqué de New York quelques années plus tôt. Si elle n'était pas comme un rappel constant que Diane, leur mère, n'a jamais voulu de lui. Quand il regarde Lara, Lill a l'impression de ne pas être "assez"... Un sentiment qui le hante depuis son plus jeune âge.

Call me Ishmael. These three famous words begin one of America's most epic novels, a tale of one obsessed captain, his doomed crew, and an elusive white whale named Moby-Dick. The massive original, however, can be very hard for young listeners to navigate. This beautifully abridged and adventure-filled version will thrill children and whet their appetite for the complete work - when they are ready to tackle it.

An American research ship disappears in the Arctic's Chukchi Sea only to reappear a few days later. When a special US Coast Guard unit boards the vessel, they find it deserted, its power grid wrecked, two bombs waiting to explode, and an even darker secret hidden below her decks. A few miles across the international maritime boundary, a massive Russian oil platform harbors its own secret. Below the behemoth lies a mysterious energy source so powerful it threatens to topple the balance of world power in favor of Moscow. The Russians will to kill to protect it.

Anna Maria Island was always Morgan’s favorite place in the world. Her grandmother’s home on the beautiful beaches of the Gulf Coast of Florida was inviting and captivating. Surrounded by crystal clear blue water and white sandy beaches, her Grandma Lizzy’s home was a piece of heaven on hearth. That was until Morgan heard the news that her sweet Grandma had passed, leaving Morgan broken-hearted. Returning back to her childhood hometown of Anna Maria Island and spending time with Cade, Morgan begins to remember what matters the most to her.

Before Key West was the party capital of the Florida Keys, it was built by wrecking skippers who, in feats of derring-do, raced to shipping disasters to save valuable cargo from the ocean depths. But when a friend is killed, Seychelle begins to suspect a chilling scenario: that modern-day wreckers are causing yachts to crash onto the reefs - and killing off whoever gets in the way. Seychelle's dear friend, Nestor Frias, was piloting a billionaire’s luxury power yacht on its maiden voyage when it ran up on a reef. A few days later, Frias was dead.

From the best-selling author of the MEG series comes an action-packed trilogy that takes place during the four-year gap between Meg (book one) and The Trench (book two). While the stories focus on Angel, the Megalodon pup that was captured at the end of book one, in Survival, Steve Alten delves into the major characters and the challenges they faced in being caretakers of the apex predator of all time.

Recently widowed, Katherine Chambers is taking her young son to visit her husband's family when disaster strikes. The ship they are sailing on runs into a severe storm off Robin Hood's Bay on the Yorkshire Coast. The Whitby lifeboat goes to their rescue but the freak weather conditions mean that not only is the ship lost but the lifeboat crew as well. However, among the bodies on the beach, a survivor is found.

Die Profi-Taucher der Klabauter GmbH haben einen neuen Auftrag an Land gezogen. Sie sollen die Bergung einer stillgelegten Forschungsstation im Meer vor der Küste Italiens vorbereiten. Doch in 700 Metern Tauchtiefe erwartet die vier Freunde kein Routine-Job... sondern der blanke Horror.

A new edition of this exciting tale of pirates, skulduggery and buried treasure. Young Jim Hawkins, thanks to a pirate map that has come into his possession, is the only one who can sucessfully get a schooner to a legendary island known for buried treasure. But aboard the ship is a mysterious cook named Long John Silver, whose true motivation on the journey challenges Jim's trust in the entire crew.

When Anna's partner walks away from their relationship, she is shattered. But it is her little girl Ava who takes it hardest of all. The six year old falls silent for three days. When she does speak, her words are troubling. Ava wants to go home. To a place called Seal. To her other mother. Anna knows to unravel the mystery she must find Seal and take Ava there. She hopes this tiny island will unlock her daughter's memories. But could it also offer a new life...and unexpected love...for Anna too?

Billy Budd, Sailor is a classic confrontation between good and evil, and the story of an innocent young man unable to defend himself against a wrongful accusation.

Behold the man: Stinking, drunk, brutal and bloodthirsty, Henry Drax is a harpooner on the Volunteer, a Yorkshire whaling ship bound for the hunting waters of the Arctic Circle. Also aboard is Patrick Sumner, an ex-army surgeon with a shattered reputation, no money, and no better option than to embark as ship's medic on this ill-fated voyage.