Catalog Search Results
1) Deep blue
Author
Series
Sinclair sisters trilogy volume 3
Formats
Description
"Sexy romance sizzles" in the third novel featuring adventure-seeking sisters from the New York Times bestselling author of Desert Heat (Publishers Weekly).
For reporter Hope Sinclair, writing about the recovery of a sunken Spanish treasure off Pleasure Island should be her big break. Yet Hope can't help feeling she's been hand-picked for this job for all the wrong reasons. Someone wants Hope out of New York—and...
For reporter Hope Sinclair, writing about the recovery of a sunken Spanish treasure off Pleasure Island should be her big break. Yet Hope can't help feeling she's been hand-picked for this job for all the wrong reasons. Someone wants Hope out of New York—and...
Author
Series
Formats
Description
Pretty hairdresser Delaney Shaw has returned home to Truly, Idaho, for the reading of her stepfather's will, which stipulates that, if she wants to collect her inheritance, Delaney must remain in town for an entire year. And she must have nothing to do with sexy Nick Allegrezza. Unfortunately, Nick is as irresistible as ever and Delaney must truly decide if he is truly, madly the man of her heart.
Author
Series
Tide child volume 2
Pub. Date
2020
Description
-- A brilliantly imagined epic fantasy of honor, glory, and warfare, -- New York Times "The Bone Ships The Tide Child TrilogyThe Bone Ships Call of the Bone Ships The Bone Ship's Wake For more from RJ Barker, check out: The Wounded KingdomAge of Assassins Blood of Assassins King of Assassins
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Formats
Description
In 1845, young researcher Eliot Saxby is paid to go on an Arctic expedition to find the remains of the by-now-extinct great auk, a large, flightless bird of mythical status, and is trapped on a hunting ship where the crew and passengers are not what they seem.
Author
Description
The men on board HMS Terror have every expectation of triumph. As part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition, the first steam-powered vessels ever to search for the legendary Northwest Passage, they are as scientifically supported an enterprise as has ever set forth. As they enter a second summer in the Arctic Circle without a thaw, though, they are stranded in a nightmarish landscape of encroaching ice and darkness. Endlessly cold, with diminishing rations,...
Author
Series
Formats
Description
From the author of the number-one international bestseller The History of Bees, a captivating story of the power of nature and the human spirit that explores the threat of a devastating worldwide drought, witnessed through the lives of a father, a daughter, and a woman who will risk her life to save the future. In 2019, seventy-year-old Signe sets sail alone on a hazardous voyage across the ocean in a sailboat. On board, a cargo that can change lives....
8) Air bound
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Formats
Description
When Airiana Ridell is kidnapped and help hostage on a ship by a sinister group that wants to exploit her special abilities, her only hope of escape is Maxim Prakenskii, a mysterious man who hides dangerous secrets of his own.
Author
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"Wynn and Jack have been best friends since freshman orientation, bonded by their shared love of mountains, books, and fishing. Wynn is a gentle giant, a Vermont kid never happier than when his feet are in the water. Jack is more rugged, raised on a ranch in Colorado where sleeping under the stars and cooking on a fire came as naturally to him as breathing. When they decide to canoe the Maskwa River in northern Canada, they anticipate long days of...
10) Victory
Author
Description
Alternating chapters follow the mysterious connection between a homesick English girl living in present-day America and an eleven-year-old boy serving in the British Royal Navy in 1803, aboard the H.M.S. Victory, commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson.
Author
Series
Wild robot volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Life for Roz and the animals on their island is perfect. But when mysterious, dangerous waters surround the island, the animals are forced inland to fight over dwindling resources. Roz calms and organizes the animals, but the poison tide takes a terrible toll on the island. So the wild robot sets out across the ocean, determined to stop the poison tide. During her journey, Roz encounters amazing geological formations and incredible creatures, and...
12) The Open Boat
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Though best known for The Red Badge of Courage, his classic novel of men at war, in his tragically brief life and career Stephen Crane produced a wealth of stories-among them "The Monster," "The Upturned Face," "The Open Boat," and the title story-that stand among the most acclaimed and enduring in the history of American fiction. This superb volume collects stories of unique power and variety in which impressionistic, hallucinatory, and realistic...
13) Man of war
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
Captain Adam Bolitho, of the 74-gun Athena, sails to the West Indies as flag-captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune, who had been a friend of Adam's uncle, Richard. In the torrid waters of the Caribbean, they take on a renegade foe that knows no honor, offers no quarter, and traffics in human life.--Publisher description.
15) Ransom
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Lt. David Archer, an officer in the Royal Navy, is hopelessly in love with his shipmate, Lt. William Marshall. When a pirate kidnaps the two men and forces them to survive in close quarters, William and David must admit their true feelings for each other. And as they attempt to escape, they face yet another challenge. Will their love be strong enough to hold them together in a society where love between men is punishable by death?
Author
Series
Formats
Description
"Harvey Cheyne, the pampered fifteen-year-old son of an American millionaire, is sailing to Europe when he falls overboard. Saved from drowning by a New England fishing schooner, he finds his rough new companions unimpressed by his wealth and shocked by his ignorance. He will have to prove his worth in the only way the captain and crew will accept: through the slow and arduous mastery of skills upon which their common survival depends."--Back cover....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998.
Description
New York, 1777: As the American revolution rages on the mainland, the British Navy prepares for action at sea. In the turmoil of the battle to maintain a blockade of military supplies to Washington, junior officer Richard Bolitho has to make momentous decisions, decisions which could alter the course of history.
Author
Series
Formats
Description
"A captivating, atmospheric return to historical fiction that is every bit as convincing and engrossing as Martin's landmark Mary Reilly. In 1872 the American merchant vessel Mary Celeste was discovered adrift off the coast of Spain. Her cargo was intact and there was no sign of struggle, but the crew was gone. They were never found. This maritime mystery lies at the center of an intricate narrative branching through the highest levels of late-...
Author
Series
Richard Bolitho stories volume 4
Pub. Date
1998.
Description
Aboard the frigate Destiny, Lt. Richard Bolitho is astounded when he learns of the ship's mission: travel 5000 miles to recover a fabulous treasure for His Majesty. As the swift ship moves into the warm seas of Rio, Bolitho sails into an adventure that will alter his career and his heart.
.png)