Títulos em Aventuras Marítimas

Sarah Mitchell stood at the helm of the fishing vessel, Serenity, her steady gaze sweeping over her crew. The wind ruffled her wind blown brown hair as she cleared her throat and addressed them, her voice carrying the weight of experience. "Alright, everyone gather round," she called out, her words cutting through the murmur of anticipation that tinged the air. The crew quickly assembled on deck, their faces reflecting a mix of excitement and solemnity.

Знайдений у пляшці манускрипт (англ. MS. Found in a Bottle) — оповідання Едгара Аллана По в жанрі пригод, в якому описується морська подорож героя, який пройшов через важкі випробування і став свідком фантастичних подій. Оповідання викладено у формі послання, яке герой опустив у пляшку і викинув за борт у момент загибелі, що наближається.«Знайдений у пляшці манускрипт» був одним із шести оповідань, які Едгар По відправив на конкурс, організований тижневиком Baltimore Saturday Visiter. Рішенням членів журі він став переможцем і приніс автору приз – 50 доларів.

A MYSTERY AT SEA plunges forensic geologists Cassie Oldfield and Walter Shaws into deadly waters. When a boat is found deserted off the California coast, it looks to be a simple fishing accident. But there is nothing ordinary going on here. The geologists track the strange incident to an even stranger project. Someone with toxic skills is at work in this sea.

Abenteuerlich und ergreifend. Die 15-jährige Lilly Thomson reist in den 1980er-Jahren mit Vater und Schwester Anna auf dem Trawler "Blue Star" von Flensburg aus um die halbe Welt, um nach Jamaika auszuwandern. Dabei konkurriert der Ruf des Abenteuers mit ihrem inneren Konflikt, die kranke Mutter zurücklassen zu müssen. Lilly trotzt nicht nur den Herausforderungen der langen Schiffsreise und der Enge an Bord, den Gefahren durch Piraten, Verrat und Korruption, sondern auch ihrer angeborenen Spastik und ihrem strengen Vater.

Captured by pirates and brought to the west coast of Africa, young British seaman Andrew Battell longs for his home in seventeenth-century England. His only hope of returning is to work hard and be awarded freedom by his Portuguese captors—a freedom he is consistently denied. As he is moved farther and farther inland, away from the coast and any hope of a boat back to England, Battell’s dreams of freedom begin to dwindle. Finally, taking matters into his own hands, he escapes and takes sanctuary among the Jaqqas, a tribe of cannibalistic warriors lead by the sinister Lord of Darkness.

A greedy energy baron risks everything to pursue vast supplies of power trapped deep in the Pacific Ocean sea bed off the Oregon coast. But the man's psychopathic scheme is about to launch a terrifying tsunami that will destroy the entire west coast of the United States. Strider's beautiful, brilliant partner in law and love joins the fight, and Jack leads a desperate attack on the largest offshore platform ever built. Jack Strider may be the only man who can stop the disaster that is already underway . . . or maybe no one can.

One of the many engineers that keep Beta, the city under the sea, running, Mira only wants to make her family proud and to prove herself worthy. She knows the mysterious city better than anyone and it's her dream to help it flourish. Then, on a solo job in an abandoned section of the city, she encounters a monster of legend: an undine, a dangerous merman from an ancient civilization, long forgotten.

The New Atlantis is a utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon. In this work, Bacon portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humankind. The novel depicts the creation of a utopian land where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendor, piety and public spirit" are the commonly held qualities of the inhabitants of "Bensalem".

Whitt Rogers has been dreaming. Horrible dreams. Dreams that stretch the very fabric of the real and the unreal as he is pulled by a voice across the country to a small crab fishing ship set to depart into the Bering Sea. At sea, the memories piece themselves together in cracked fragments. But there is something out there, something speaking to Whitt in his dreams. A voice from a long-forgotten memory that promises peace at the cost of madness. A voice that leads to a place unimaginable and inescapable.

Caught in a redundant housewife existence, Ann never leaves her beige suburban home, her schlubby do-nothing son Brian is directionless after graduating high-school, and it looks like nothing will ever change. But when Brian is swallowed by a whale and Ann receives a garbled phone call from him, she is determined to find that monstrous beast and rescue her son. Experts, her ex, the press—everyone thinks she’s crazy—but she’s committed to her worthy quest.

Seit ihrer Rückkehr aus dem Amazonasgebiet ist es für Ulises, Cassie und Professor Castillo nicht gut gelaufen. Die Berichte über ihre Erlebnisse in der Schwarzen Stadt klingen so bizarr, dass sie als Scharlatane gebrandmarkt und öffentlich lächerlich gemacht werden. Was ein großer Triumph hätte werden sollen, entwickelt sich zu einem dramatischen Rückschlag. Um sich zu rehabilitieren und zu zeigen, dass sie die Wahrheit sagen, bleibt ihnen keine andere Wahl, als sich auf der Suche nach unwiderlegbaren Beweisen erneut ins Ungewisse zu stürzen.

It's a long way from the hills of East Tennessee to the arid islands of the Dutch Caribbean. From the author of the best-selling Deep Series, Boone is a brand-new prequel that follows Boone Fischer in his early years. His passions, his challenges, and the fascinating people he meets along the way... all are parts of the journey that will shape the man he will become, and lead him to the life of a divemaster in Curaçao and Bonaire.

For twenty-one-year-old Belle Madden her first holiday to Ibiza with best friends Gem and Laurie was memorable for all the right reasons: partying the night away, planning a future filled with big dreams and making a promise to return in ten years to celebrate living their best lives – hopefully…Fast forward a decade and Belle is desperate for a change. Eager to escape her relationship troubles, she jumps at a job opportunity that takes her back to the White Isle.

When Adrianna arrives at the small, run-down cottage, near the sea in rural Norfolk, she can’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Here she can forget her life in the city, and the problems she’s left behind there, at least for a while. But – like Adrianna herself – the cottage holds secrets. And when Adrianna finds a mysterious bundle of notes hidden under a floorboard, she can’t shake the idea that they’ve been waiting for her. Especially when – in the rambling, overgrown garden – she then finds a strangely-carved stone, drawing her into a centuries-old mystery…

Nach einem schlimmen Vorfall trennt Leevke sich von ihrem gewalttätigen Freund und hat von Männern erst einmal die Nase voll. Fortan konzentriert sie sich auf ihre Tätigkeit in der Praxis am Meer und ihre Rolle als alleinerziehende Mutter. Als Alexander für einen Filmdreh nach Föhr kommt, stellt er Leevkes Welt gehörig auf den Kopf. Er ist gut aussehend, eingebildet und bringt Gefühle in ihr zum Vorschein, die sie sich nicht mehr gestatten wollte. Selbst ihr schüchterner Sohn Lian ist von ihm begeistert.

Dane Maddock just wants to hunt for treasure and leave his past behind. After a series of tragedies, the former Navy SEAL and his crew travel to the Bahamas in search of the wreckage of Maelstrom, the flagship of notorious pirate Riddick Blackwood. But what they find sets them on a hunt for one of the greatest legends of the New World—The Fountain of Youth!

Princess Maren is a woman with a secret. Ten years ago she sold her soul to the sea witch Edonia, giving up a life underwater in exchange for the love of Prince Aerik on land. But after a decade of abuse and misery inflicted by the cruel prince, Maren wants nothing more than to reverse the spell. An opportunity for escape presents itself when the prince and princess are traveling overseas and are taken hostage by a band of notorious pirates, led by the fearsome Captain Ramsay "Bones" Battista.

They say Mackerel Sky was founded when Captain Burrbank first saw Nimuë the mermaid and forgot the sea. Stricken by love, he moored his tall ship and made camp on the highest cliff, hoping to forever gaze upon her beauty. That camp became a settlement, the settlement a town, the town a community both blessed and cursed by their tempestuous affair.

Josh Peterman's Caribbean vacation has been disrupted by a catastrophic hurricane. Now giant mutated deep sea creatures are washing up on the beach. Out on the open ocean things are about to get ugly as giant Viperfish, Bristle worms and a two-hundred-foot long ceresiosaurus, thought to be long extinct, hunt for prey.

Ein ertrunkener Rettungsschwimmer wird zur Herausforderung für die Inselpolizei Amrum-Föhr. Der spannende, neue Küstenkrimi von den Bestsellerautoren Ella & Tom Hansen: Kriminalhauptkommissar David Kern und Hilla Petersen von der Inselpolizei sind es gewohnt, die kniffligsten Fälle zu lösen. Dieser stellt die erfahrenen Ermittler jedoch vor ein Rätsel, denn am Bein des Toten hängt eine rostige Bärenfalle. Wie ist es möglich, dass ein geübter Schwimmer ertrinkt? Noch dazu an einem Tag mit absolut ruhiger See? Und wie kommt eine Bärenfalle nach Föhr?