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1181) Jo's boys
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Jo's Boys is the final book in the Little Women series, one of the most beloved classics in children's literature. 'Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.' It has been ten years since Jo and her husband founded their school for orphans. The first of Jo's boys are now young men, making their way in the world. Nat is a musician, touring Europe and prone to romantic...
1182) Hardtack and coffee
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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. John D. Billings of Massachusetts enlisted in the Army of the Potomac and curvived the conditions he recorded.
1183) Unfurled: a novel
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For more than twenty years, Ella has learned to live without her mother, Maggie, who disappeared into a fog of mental illness when Ella turned ten. Despite this trauma, Ella has forged ahead, becoming a veterinarian, getting married, and most of all, developing a deep, trusting bond with her father, John, a ferry captain in Seattle. Ella's contented life is shattered when her father is hit by a car and killed. Going through his papers, she learns...
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Excerpt: "The position of a light-house keeper, in a sea infested by submarines, is a peculiar one; but Peter Ramsay, keeper of the Hatchets' Light, had reasons for feeling that his lonely tower, six miles from the mainland, was the happiest habitation in the world. At five o'clock, on a gusty October afternoon, of the year 1916, Peter had just finished his tea and settled down, with a pipe and the last number of the British Weekly, for five minutes'...
1185) Sea of kings
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"When their island kingdom falls under siege, royal brothers Noa and Dagan must follow a magical map and confront the legendary one-eyed pirate before evil takes over their world"--
1186) Hostile contact
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From the acclaimed author of Night Trap, Peacemaker and Top Hook, an exhilarating tale of modern espionage and flying adventure featuring US Navy intelligence officer Alan Craik — sure to appeal to the many fans of Tom Clancy and Dale Brown. For years, a high-level CIA mole has been passing secrets to china. Now he's gone, but he's left a deadly legacy... In the seas off Seattle, an unidentified submarine is shadowing American ballistic-missile...
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Having survived the bloody Battle of New Orleans and the loss of their ironclad Yazoo River, captain Samuel Bowater, engineer Hieronymus Taylor, and the survivors of their crew are given new orders -- take command of an ironclad warship being built in Memphis, Tennessee. Bowater and his men take passage upriver from "Mississippi" Mike Sullivan, one of the wild, undisciplined captains of the River Defense Squadron, only to find, on their arrival, that...
1188) Always the first to die
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"For fans of Riley Sager with a classic slasher twist, Always the First to Die follows a former horror movie actress as she returns to the set of her most iconic film, only to find that the strange circumstances begin to resemble the plot of her most famous film. After her husband's death, Lexi has refused to return to the Pinecrest Estate on the Florida Keys, too many hard memories on that strip of land. Memories of meeting her husband on the set...
1189) The French admiral
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 2
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Alan Lewrie is a scandalous young rake whose amorous adventures ashore lead to his being shipped off to the Navy. Lewrie finds that he is a born sailor, although life at sea is a stark contrast to the London social whirl to which he had become accustomed. As his career advances, he finds the life of a naval officer suits him.
1190) Ramage's signal
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The Calypso and her captain, Lord Nicholas Ramage, venture further into the French-dominated waters of the Mediterranean on an Admiralty mission to sink, burn, and destroy. Aiming to confuse and distract the enemy, Ramage and his men find themselves isolated and outnumbered as they take on the might of Napoleon's fleet.
1191) Hurricane
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In The Great Escape and Papillon, Steve McQueen embodied the tough guy on the run from captivity and injustice. But when it comes to toughness, McQueen is following in the daring and determined footsteps of Captain Spar. Wrongfully accused, Spar has been condemned to suffer the brutality of the guards and the conditions on Devil's Island. But they haven't broken his will, and now, escaping, he has one mission in life: revenge. Spar's out to kill the...
1192) The Headhunters
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Tom Christian is on the trail of revenge and a fortune in gold. As square-jawed and rugged as Clark Gable in his prime, Tom is headed deep into the jungles of the Solomon Islands to find Punjo Charlie-the ruthless criminal who killed his partner. But these jungles are thick with danger . . . as greed, temptation and sudden violence threaten to draw Tom into the heart of darkness. There's a pile of gold. . . . There's a beautiful blonde. . . . And...
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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...
1194) Moby Dick
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An adaptation of the classic recounts the tale of life aboard a New England whaling ship whose captain is obsessed with the pursuit of a large white whale.
1195) Ramage's diamond
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The youngest captain in His Majesty's Navy, with a reputation for landing impossible assignments, Lord Ramage is dispatched to the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Diamond Rock. The mission seems humdrum: barricade the French within Fort Royal. But sent to sea in the Juno with a crew grown restless and undisciplined under the prior command of a drunk, Ramage realizes his vessel may not be up to battle with the French.
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Des formes sorties de la nuit attaquent les plongeurs.
Quelles sont ces formes sorties de la nuit des profondeurs, qui attaquent les plongeurs avant de disparaître? Quelle est cette épave autour de laquelle errent ces mystérieux gardiens? Quelle légende noire a pris corps dans ce coin de Bretagne, au point de sortir de l'océan par les nuits de tempête? Ce que Gall a vu, nul ne pourrait y croire. Sauf peut-être Morgane, que fascinent aussi...
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In this historical adventure, cultures from China, Korea, Japan, and the United States collide in 1913 over three tons of Japanese gold ingots.
Three ordinary men-a disgraced Korean tribute courier, a bookish naval officer, and a polyglot third-class quartermaster-must foil Japanese subversion and, with sub rosa assistance from Asiatic Station, highjack that gold to finance a Korean insurrection. Three ordinary women complicate, and complement, their...
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Embarquez pour ce recueil de nouvelles d'Hodgson sur le thème de la mer
Voici un livre des plus étranges. Il est d'un auteur anglais, William Hope Hodgson, qui mourut trop jeune - tué sur le front en avril 1918 -, pour avoir pu donner toute sa mesure. Mais si son œuvre est courte, elle témoigne d'une rare originalité. Dès que l'on parle de littérature de la mer, les premiers noms qui viennent à l'esprit sont ceux de Joseph Conrad et d'Herman...
1199) Ara's Song
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Book 1 of The Selkie Chronicles When Selkie Princess Ara loses her sealskin struggling with a fisherman, her fate appears hopeless. Trapped on land, unable to transform back into a seal, she'll be bound by this human beast for life. Young Seamus turns out kinder than expected, though he doesn't return her sealskin and set her free. Not that this would solve the problems she and her Selkie pod are facing. Their North Atlantic Ocean is dying. What...
1200) Cradle of the Deep
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First published in 1929, Cradle of the Deep was the bestselling book that became a scandal!In 1923, Joan Lowell was an aspiring writer and rising silent film star in Hollywood. Young, beautiful, and talented, she was adored by all. Then she published her autobiography in 1929: a rip-roaring memoir of a young girl growing up on a schooner with her hearty sea captain father and a crew of salty sailors and the incredible and death-defying adventures...
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