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1) Shipwrecked
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Feoandir and his shipmates are lost.
Feoandir and his shipmates are lost.Feoandir and his shipmates are lost.The escape from Ralvaniar did not go smoothly. Thanks to the magical maelstrom that destroyed the island, Feoandir's ship got separated from the rest of the elven fleet.
The escape from Ralvaniar did not go smoothly. Thanks to the magical maelstrom that destroyed the island, Feoandir's ship got separated from the rest of the elven fleet.Now...
2) Shipwrecked
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The Goonies meets Book Scavenger in the second book of this middle grade duology about three sisters hunting for Blackbeard's legendary treasure!
Savannah Dare has taken up the mantle of treasure hunter, passed down by her grandfather-and she's recruited her two sisters to join the crew!
But it turns out there's a reason Blackbeard's treasure has been missing for centuries. Most of Savannah's neighbors think it doesn't even exist. But the sisters...
3) Shipwrecked
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Ferdinand Columbus is the son of the world's most famous explorer, but that doesn't mean he's cut out for adventure. His worst fears come true when he and the rest of his father's crew are stranded on an island far from home. Surrounded by sharks and running low on supplies, the sailors seem doomed. But does the son of Columbus somehow hold the key to their salvation?
4) Shipwrecked
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All is going well for Zombie Steve, until the tides change
Young, adventurous Zombie Steve has everything going for him. He adores his lovely girlfriend Viv, and his construction business is booming. In fact, he has just won a bid to build a new colony on the Isle of Mists.
Everything seems to be going his way, until he mysteriously winds up on what he thought was an uninhabited island on his boat that was originally, headed for the Isle of Mists....
5) Shipwrecked
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The Shipwrecked audio story is based on the animated film by the same name, featuring the well loved children's character Donkey Ollie. Farmer John wants his children, Jehu and Elizabeth to take the sheep's wool to market. Donkey Ollie, Esau, Jeremy and Isa carry the wool in big baskets. It all goes well until a group of Samaritan Thieves steal the donkeys and leave the children to the jackals. They transport the stolen treasure only to be sold to...
6) Shipwrecked: a true Civil War story of mutinies, jailbreaks, blockade-running, and the slave trade
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"The riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-nineteenth century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, and Cuban liberation to the Civil War and Reconstruction"--
7) Shipwrecked!
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This is a true tale of survival from 1899. Shipwrecked in a typhoon, Hjalmar Johnson survived on a raft for 45 days, walked across
South Africa during the Boer War and battled the elements of the Southern Ocean around the Horn. Written with scenes and dialogue, Koepf presents a captivating tale you will not want to put down. Hardship and adversity are overcome in this story, a testament to the hardiness of men in this age of sail.
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The battle has begun, and the pirates want blood.
Twelve-year-olds Emma and Scott are on board the dive boat the Sea Urchin, anchored at night off Dragon Island, when a band of trigger-happy marauders board their boat.
So begins their battle to survive a modern-day pirate raid and escape their hostage situation so they can return home to their families. But not before having to fight for their lives and escape to a savage land and the last place...
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May 1914-St. Lawrence River, Canada
"The Empress was listing to starboard at a dangerous angle. Alice and her son Jamie, a little boy in a sailor suit, sat perched on the railing, looking down at the lifeboat in the water. Several dozen people had jumped into the water in desperation. Tom crawled over to Alice and Jamie with two lifebelts under his arm.
“Alice put this on,” said Tom.
“But I can swim, Tom. You put it on,” replied Alice.
“Do...
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Brothers Mason and Asher discover an abandon shipwreck in the fifth Aquatic Adventures in the Overworld book!
When Mason and Asher discover an abandoned shipwreck on the ocean floor, they begin to explore. Does the ship hold valuable loot? Maybe! But before they can claim any treasure for their own, they discover they're not alone. The shipwreck is home to two griefers. And now that the brothers have stumbled upon the ship, the griefers aren't about...
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All she remembers...
...is feeling safe in his arms!
Part of The Governess Swap: Shipwrecked governess Claire Tilson wakes in Captain Lucien Roper's arms-with amnesia! Her handsome rescuer believes she's a member of the aristocracy he detests, yet he risks all to see her "home," where she learns she's betrothed to a wealthy stranger. Claire is convinced she doesn't belong here...and Lucien is the only man she trusts to uncover her past and claim...
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For readers who relish the image of clinging to a sinking makeshift raft while fighting off sword-wielding and delirious mutineers wrenching the last cask of water from a sailor's sun-scorched hands (while sharks circle in famished anticipation), Shipwrecked! Adventures and Disasters at Sea is an irresistible read. A heady voyage through human suffering at the hands of unforgiving oceans, cruel captains, and implacable fate, this latest collection...
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Reframing the American story from the vantage point of the nation's watery edges, Jamin Wells shows that disasters have not only bedeviled the American beach-they created it. Though the American beach is now one of the most commercialized, contested, and engineered places on the planet, few people visited it or called it home at the beginning of the nineteenth century. By the twentieth century, the American beach had become the summer encampment of...
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The quiet daily routine of the sea goblin village is upended by the wreck of a pirate ship in the harbor. Tellop, who wrangles magical goats, rushes down to help the hapless crew, only to be instantly smitten with the dashing Captain Heron.Heron has been navigating one disaster after another since her twin sister, Haven, gave birth to a rare goblin baby two years ago, and now she just wants to get her ship patched up so she can get back to raiding...
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A collection of Colette's best writings that have never before appeared in English.
The French writer Colette (1873–1954) is best known in the United States for such classic novels as Gigi and Cheri, which were made into popular movies, but she was a prolific author. This meticulously translated collection offers some of her best fiction, personal essays, articles, and talks, all appearing in English for the first time. The pieces showcase Colette's...
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This stunning collection of short stories captures the lives of women in Iran in the aftermath of the revolution. Evoking the enormous isolation of daily existence, and the persistence of a people living under a repressive regime, these literary gems reward us with an inside view of a turbulent and closed society.
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Donald Margulies aims to invigorate the imagination of theatergoers with a story about the nature of storytelling. Based on a Victorian hoaxer's tale of being a castaway in the South Pacific-complete with buried treasure, a giant killer octopus, and cannibals-Margulies revisits themes of authenticity and loss as he returns to what theater does best.