Titres dans Aventures maritimes

Die Flucht aus seiner Heimat Island führt Einar Unnersson im Jahr 915 auf die Orkney-Inseln und an den Hof seines Onkels. Jarl Thorfinn gilt als grausam und empfängt Einar keineswegs mit offenen Armen, im Gegenteil: Einar muss seine Treue erst beweisen. Er schließt sich den brutalen Wolfmäntel-Wikingern und der nord-irischen Kriegerprinzessin an, um in der Schlacht der Götter und Könige zu kämpfen.

Die Jagd nach dem sagenumwobenen Rabenbanner wird zum Überlebenskampf auf der eiskalten See. AD 935: Einar ist dazu bestimmt, ein großer Krieger zu werden. Seine Gabe für den Kampf macht ihn zu einer tödlichen Waffe. Dennoch will er alles aufgegeben, um seiner Passion, der Musik, nachzugehen. Die nordisch-irische Prinzessin Affreca ist fest entschlossen, ihn auf den rechten Weg des Kriegers zurückzubringen: Er soll sie bei der Suche nach dem berüchtigten Rabenbanner unterstützten. Der Legende nach wird jede Armee siegreich, die das sagenumwobene Banner besitzt.

Für Amora, Prinzessin des Königreichs Visidia, ist der wichtigste Moment ihres Lebens gekommen: Um den Thron zu besteigen, soll sie beweisen, dass sie die gefährliche Seelenmagie gemeistert hat. Doch als die Demonstration ihrer Kräfte fürchterlich schiefgeht, muss Amora fliehen. Der attraktive, mysteriöse Pirat Bastian hilft ihr und sie schließen einen Pakt, auch wenn er ihr etwas zu verschweigen scheint. Auf ihrer Mission, das Vertrauen ihres Volkes zurückzugewinnen und ihren Anspruch auf den Thron zu beweisen, muss Amora jedoch schnell feststellen, dass sie ihr Königreich nicht so gut kennt.

La missione di Alosa è finalmente completata. Non solo ha recuperato tutti e tre i pezzi della mappa che conduce al leggendario tesoro, ma i pirati che l'avevano catturata sono ora prigionieri sulla sua nave. Riden, bello in modo sempre più sleale, è una distrazione costante, però, almeno questa volta, è ai suoi ordini. Ma quando il malvagio Vordan le svela un segreto che suo padre ha tenuto nascosto per anni, Alosa e la sua ciurma si ritrovano in una gara mortale contro il temutissimo re dei pirati. Nonostante il pericolo, Alosa sa che raggiungerà il tesoro per prima.

When French scientist Professor Aronnax agrees to investigate a series of attacks by a mysterious sea monster, he begins an incredible underwater journey, taking along his loyal assistant Conseil and master harpooner Ned. They eventually join Captain Nemo and traverse a distance of thousands of leagues throughout many seas, finding exotic settings, surprise encounters, and unforeseen dangers in their epic adventure, a tour-de-force of imagination.

In the ordinary course of a commercial education, in New England, boys are transferred from school to the merchant's desk at the age of fourteen or fifteen. When I had reached my fourteenth year it was my good fortune to be received into the counting-house of Elias Hasket Derby, Esq., of Salem; a merchant, who may justly be termed the father of the American commerce to India; one whose enterprise and commercial sagacity were unequalled in his day, and, perhaps, have not been surpassed by any of his successors.

Rocks and Shoals is the seventh of the Carlisle & Holbrooke naval adventures. The series follows Carlisle and his protégé George Holbrooke through the Seven Years War and into the period of turbulent relations between Britain and her American colonies in the 1760s.

Dieses Buch ist für Sie geeignet, wenn Sie auf der Suche nach wunderschönen Meeresgeschichten sind, die Wellen, Sand und Salz zu Ihnen nach Hause bringen, auf der Suche nach einem tollen Geschenk sind für Menschen, die das Meer lieben, Ihren seesüchtigen Lieben eine kleine Freude bereiten wollen, das Meer lieben, gerne reisen, lesen und viele Orte auf der ganzen Welt entdecken möchten, gerne seelenfrohe, positive und emotionale Erzählungen lesen, die sich am Ozean zutragen, wundervolle Geschichten vom Meer mit Seele suchen, die verzaubern und berühren.

The Nightingale & The Rose is one of Oscar Wilde’s most poignant short stories. A nightingale overhears a student lamenting that he hasn’t a red rose to give to his true love, so she sets out to find a rose, but must sacrifice a great deal to get it. The Nightingale & The Rose was first published in The Happy Prince and Other Tales in 1888.

"Dagon" is a short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in July 1917, one of the first stories he wrote as an adult. It was first published in the November 1919 edition of The Vagrant (issue #11). Dagon was later published in Weird Tales and is considered by many to be one of Lovecraft's most forward looking stories.

The Caribbean, 1718. A time when some of the most feared pirates during the Golden Age of Piracy sailed the seas. Plundering, murdering, stealing from cargo ships, slave trading, and attacking naval ships. There is a living to be made from these illicit activities that make life for merchants and governments problematic. Having left Europe, a young aspiring pirate captain named William Teach sails to Charleston on a slave trader ship, hoping to make a new life for himself.

The year 1792. With French revolutionary agents traveling freely but secretly between Ireland and England and war with France inevitable, the English government of Mr. Pitt is desperately anxious to uncover any plots between Irish rebels and the French. Lieutenant James Merriman with his ship, the sloop Aphrodite, is ordered to the Irish Sea to assist the principal treasury agent Mr. Grahame in this work. Merriman is plunged headlong into the world of espionage, and when Grahame is seriously wounded, it falls to Merriman to carry on the investigation.

John Seton, ein gealterter britischer Seemann, jagt Seeungeheuer. Als er den Auftrag eines exklusiven Yachtclubs in Südostasien annimmt, rechnet er nicht mit Problemen. Immerhin ist es nur eine Bestie. Aber schnell müssen John und seine Crew feststellen, dass sie in großen Schwierigkeiten stecken. Ein uralter Schrecken der Tiefe ist wiedererwacht - und auf Rache aus.

Admiral James Harrington spent 40 years commanding and training elite special forces operatives. A war hero and revered leader, he was a father figure to thousands of elite warriors. Then, less than two months after retiring, he disappeared. Vanished without a trace. Armed with only a cryptic lead, former Navy SEAL Logan Dodge teams up with brothers in arms from his past to search for their lost leader.

Five months after the end of the Civil War, Acting Navy Lieutenant Everett Townsend is awaiting discharge in Key West. The end of the war has left him uncertain about his future and full of regret about the end of his relationship with Emma, the Cuban American daughter of a Havana boarding house owner. His Spanish grandmother—a slave owner who runs a prosperous sugar plantation in the Cuban countryside—is dreaming that Everett will return and take over the family business, a prospect that sickens him.

Over two hundred years ago, in the dark of night, a child vanished from his bed never to be seen again - and Pixie must discover the truth of those final moonlit hours. As the story undulates between the past and the present, secrets are revealed, love affairs exposed and, ultimately, Pixie will be forced to make a devastating choice that will change everything.

The Lonely Sea is a collection of riveting tales of the sea including the story that launched Alistair MacLean's writing career and the account of the epic battle to sink the German battle ship, Bismarck.

Dieses Hörbuch "Wellengeflüster, wie alles begann...", erschienen in der 2. Auflage im Tuschel Verlag, bietet fünf Kurzgeschichten von Brina Stein, die in ihren ersten zwei Büchern "Wellengeflüster" I und II zu Beginn ihrer Autorenkarriere erschienen sind. Mit dabei ist natürlich die Geschichte "Wellengeflüster", die später die Vorlage der Buchreihe und schließlich 2019 sogar zum Verlagsnamen wurde. Die drei chaotischen Landfrauen Rita, Ute und Rosi aus Wülferode, die so gern reisen und ermitteln, sind inzwischen aus dem Buchleben der Autorin nicht mehr wegzudenken.

Embark on a swashbuckling adventure with "The Three Musketeers," a captivating part of "The d'Artagnan Romances" by Alexandre Dumas. This audiobook transports you to 17th-century France, where the heroic d'Artagnan joins forces with the charismatic musketeers to protect the throne and navigate a world of intrigue and swordplay. Dumas' rich narrative weaves together action, humor, and romance, bringing to life unforgettable characters and daring escapades. With its themes of loyalty, honor, and friendship, the story resonates across generations.

John Pearce faces a court martial, but will a cowardly chief witness stand up to questioning? With the matter unresolved, HMS Hazard is put under the command of Horatio Nelson. In London, the government denies prize money for the cargo of silver Pearce took off the Santa Leocadia, claiming it as property of the Crown. Pearce’s prize agent seeks to fight this, only to be outmanoeuvred by devious Henry Dundas. From Elba, Pearce is sent on a mission to collect fleeing members of the Corsican government.