Títulos em Aventuras Marítimas

An hour on this rock is a lifetime. A Penguin Classic Drowning in the freezing North Atlantic, Christopher “Pincher” Martin, temporary lieutenant, happens upon a grotesque rock, an island that appears only on weather charts. To drink, there is a pool of rainwater; to eat, there are weeds and...

Life is hard in Ireland in 1867. Eliza Carthy moves with her lighthouse-keeper husband James and sons Peter and Joseph to the remote island of Skellig Michael. When assistant keeper Edmund and his wife Ruth arrive, Eliza hopes for respite. But her new neighbours are not what she'd expected.

On the 50th anniversary of one of the most important blockbusters of all time, a menace surfaces. When strange happenings begin to occur, the first logical conclusion is that a shark is responsible. Evidence suggests a crocodile but the public thinks otherwise. History will repeat itself but not in the way anyone expected. A mysterious predatory creature is claiming its territory and the town must come together to stop it.

Una desafortunada misión a la zona abisal del océano Pacífico libera a una Charcharodon Megalodon, el depredador más temible que el planeta haya visto y que se creía extinta desde hacía varios millones de años. El tiburón de más de 20 metros de largo y 20 toneladas de peso, desata una monstruosa cacería devorando todo lo que se cruza a su paso mientras que los científicos a cargo de la misión y el ejército le dan caza, los primeros para capturarlo vivo y los segundos para acabar con la amenaza que representa.

A standalone story in Kevin J. Anderson’s Terra Incognita universe. What happens when a close-minded prester is confronted with a mythical creature that his faith will not let him believe in?

William Dandurand tells the stories his grandfather told him. Treasure stories about seekers of fortune who sometimes found lost treasures—or sometimes go mad.

In Book 18 of The Jerry McNeal Series, Mr. Bigsby, the spirit who’s been seeking April’s assistance, is back and insisting she drop everything to help save his wife before it’s too late. The wife is leaving on a cruise in two days and Mr. Bigsby fears the man will successfully swindle her out of her inheritance. While Jerry’s former boss, Seltzer, and his wife, June, are slated to be on the same cruise, the spirit insists April go along to make sure his wife isn’t duped by the man suspected of catfishing her.

Aboard the Mariner's Dream, the atmosphere was thick with the scent of salt and decay, a haunting reminder of the world that had been left behind. The vessel, once a proud cruise liner, now served as a floating fortress for the few survivors who dared to call it home.

Jane’s future, the desperate dreams she’s locked in her heart for so long, rest on faraway shores, but being ashore comes with its own challenges; ones that force Jane and Bennett to change their identities, yet again. But, in a life of piracy, grudges are often long-held and blood-tainted. Jane couldn’t have known that when pirates crossed long ago set their vengeful gazes upon her. She isn’t the same woman she was when she climbed aboard Sneaky Lass a lifetime ago. Watching her hopes of beginning a new and lawful life deflate like sails on a windless sea is not who she is anymore.

A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK BBC CULTURE ‘BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026’ A VOGUE BEST DEBUT 2026 ‘Profoundly moving’ Elif Shafak (on Instagram) ‘The horrors of 2004 are told with verve in this debut about a woman haunted by survivor guilt . . . there are stunning descriptions of island...

“A thrilling escape.” —Marie Claire (UK) “An elegant, sinister, beautiful nightmare.” —Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colours of the Dark Long Bright River meets Lost in this adrenaline-fueled thriller of a missing plane, a remote island, and two sisters torn apart when a vacation...

After Liza Maclean's cruel husband decides to do away with her, she finds herself tied up and left to die on a rock in the middle of the sea. All hope seems lost until she is unexpectedly saved… by pirates. Alec Rankin's name is legend among the Western Isles. He and his crew have carved a reputation as bloodthirsty and ruthless. But when he rescues the distraught lady from certain death, Alec's life takes an unexpected turn.

В 1760 году Гийом Лежантиль, астроном короля Людовика XV, отправляется в плавание к берегам Индии, чтобы наблюдать редкое астрономическое явление — транзит Венеры, с помощью которого надеется вычислить расстояние от Земли до Солнца. Капризы судьбы превратили обычно простое и недолгое путешествие в невероятное приключение длиной в одиннадцать лет. 250 лет спустя парижский агент по недвижимости Ксавье Лемерсье находит в проданной им квартире не востребованный прежними хозяевами ящик, в котором обнаруживает принадлежавший Лежантилю телескоп.

'Truly a book for our time' PAUL LYNCH FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE SPECKLED PEOPLE Fleeing his failed marriage in Berlin, Lukas Dorn revisits the West of Ireland, the place of his honeymoon two decades earlier. While his former wife is being cancelled at work and his daughter is...

Sylt wird zum Albtraum: Eine Mordserie erschüttert die Insel. Kommissarin Hedda Poulsen, frisch strafversetzt und skeptisch gegenüber ihrer neuen Umgebung, wird noch vor Dienstantritt in einen brutalen Fall gezogen. Eine Leiche im Watt, festgebunden und dem steigenden Wasser ausgeliefert, ist nur der Anfang. Bald folgt ein weiteres Opfer, ohne erkennbare Verbindung.

It's easy to become invisible in the Florida Keys. Mac Travis was doing his best to keep a low profile: diving, fishing, and enough salvage work to pay his bills. It's a good life until he discovers something while spearfishing that could change the pristine Keys forever.

El corazón de las tinieblas es una novela corta, intensa y perturbadora escrita por Joseph Conrad. Aunque en la superficie relata un viaje fluvial por el Congo durante la era del colonialismo europeo, en su fondo más profundo es un viaje al alma humana. Esta obra se convierte, leída desde la óptica del desarrollo personal, en una parábola sobre la confrontación con nuestras sombras, la fragilidad de la moral y la importancia de cultivar la conciencia interior.

Früh am Morgen bei Niedrigwasser fährt er mit Pferd und Kutsche los, um sich den Unterhalt für den Tag zu verdienen, ein Leben von der Hand in den Mund. Als der amerikanische Regisseur Edgar Acheson in der Stadt eintrifft, wird Thomas' vermeintlich einfaches Leben erschüttert. Er bekommt eine Ahnung von der großen, weiten Welt, davon, was da draußen auf ihn warten könnte, und schließt Freundschaft mit dem Mann, der in jeder Hinsicht anders ist als er.

Recalled home from the West Indies, Lieutenant James Merriman is promoted to the rank of Post Captain and given command of the frigate "Lord Stevenage." It is known that the French are amassing an army and a fleet to invade Ireland and join with Irish rebels. If it succeeds, then England will be ringed by enemy countries under the control of Napoleon Bonaparte, and only the navy stands between France and England.

На долю Зельды Марш выпало немало горестей и жизненных испытаний. Рано лишившись матери, она воспитывалась у тетки, строгие порядки и правила которой совсем не нравились юной девушке. У Зельды была мечта – она хотела стать великой актрисой, поэтому в один из дней попросту убежала из ненавистного ей дома. Совершив немало ошибок на пути к достижению своей цели, девушка несмотря ни на что смогла добиться успеха став в конечном итоге мудрой, самодостаточной, независимой женщиной.