Pirates Of Darksea

Author : Catherine Doyle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781526655080

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Pirates of Darksea by Catherine Doyle Pdf

'Utterly brilliant. Sensationally swashbuckling. Completely magical' – A.F Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief From the award-winning author of The Storm Keeper's Island, set sail on Catherine Doyle's latest perilous adventure to the magical islands of Darksea Deep in the heart of the Atlantic Ocean, where the full moon rests on the horizon, lies a secret kingdom called Darksea. Ruled by the Pirate King, Captain O'Malley, Darksea's tranquil waters have, of late, been haunted by an invisible and deadly monster – a monster that is eating the once-beautiful islands in gigantic bites. On the other side of the horizon, at his home in Galway, Max Reid and his family are battling a different monster. His big brother Christopher is in hospital and getting sicker – and his parents have begun to talk of miracles. Then one night a loud, bright red parrot taps on Max's bedroom window, carrying an invitation from the pirate king. Captain O'Malley needs a new crew member for a dangerous quest; and the reward is everything Max has been hoping for. But in Darksea, not everyone is as they seem. When Captain O'Malley's secret threatens to upend their mission and destroy Max's chance to help his family, Max realises he's going to have to navigate much more than he bargained for...

Author : Mel Odom
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2003-07-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429965811

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Hunters of the Dark Sea by Mel Odom Pdf

They were the whalers of the nineteenth century, leaving home for months, nay years at a time, in search of the largest creatures of the earth. It was their job to hunt these mammoth sea dwellers for their oil and feed the trade in hopes of raising enough coin to feed their families back in port. They are the hunters of the dark sea, in search of the deadly behemoth that is their stock and trade. It is a life and death profession where even the greenest member of the crew knows the odds of survival . . . until these odds are changed by an even deadlier hunter than themselves: an unearthly predator that is now stalking them. "Smartly told," "a surefire pageturner," "Mel Odom really knows how to keep a reader turning pages," are only some of the accolades bestowed on award-winning author Mel Odom. Turning his attention away from his usual fantasy kingdoms to the high seas of the nineteenth century in this pageturning adventure of the whaling trade, Odom combines the suspense of Alien with the historical storytelling of Caleb Carr and Michael Crichton. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Zhang Wei
Publisher : Devneybooks
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781304492678

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Pirate legend by Zhang Wei Pdf

Tulip Bar is the most famous entertainment place in Alexandria, a port city, and even one of the most famous bars in the whole kingdom of Egypt. Because Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt, second only to Cairo. At the same time, Alexandria is also the largest seaport in Egypt, and its superior geographical position and good natural environment make its industry and commerce extremely prosperous. In this water country famous for its navy on several continents, its position plays an important role

Author : Thomas Cahill
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307755124

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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea by Thomas Cahill Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization takes us on a journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago. “A triumph of popularization: extraordinarily knowledgeable, informal in tone, amusing, wide ranging, smartly paced.” —The New York Times Book Review In the city-states of Athens and Sparta and throughout the Greek islands, honors could be won in making love and war, and lives were rife with contradictions. By developing the alphabet, the Greeks empowered the reader, demystified experience, and opened the way for civil discussion and experimentation—yet they kept slaves. The glorious verses of the Iliad recount a conflict in which rage and outrage spur men to action and suggest that their “bellicose society of gleaming metals and rattling weapons” is not so very distant from more recent campaigns of “shock and awe.” And, centuries before Zorba, Greece was a land where music, dance, and freely flowing wine were essential to the high life. Granting equal time to the sacred and the profane, Cahill rivets our attention to the legacies of an ancient and enduring worldview.

Author : Andrew Peterson
Publisher : Waterbrook Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781400073849

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On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson Pdf

Three siblings experience many fantastic adventures while looking for a lost treasure.

Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393063691

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The Wine-Dark Sea (Vol. Book 16) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels) by Patrick O'Brian Pdf

The sixteenth volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series, and Patrick O'Brian's first bestseller in the United States. At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue an American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strange color of the ocean reminds Stephen of Homer's famous description, and portends an underwater volcanic eruption that will create a new island overnight and leave an indelible impression on the reader's imagination. Their ship, the Surprise, is now also a privateer, the better to escape diplomatic complications from Stephen's mission, which is to ignite the revolutionary tinder of South America. Jack will survive a desperate open boat journey and come face to face with his illegitimate black son; Stephen, caught up in the aftermath of his failed coup, will flee for his life into the high, frozen wastes of the Andes; and Patrick O'Brian's brilliantly detailed narrative will reunite them at last in a breathtaking chase through stormy seas and icebergs south of Cape Horn, where the hunters suddenly become the hunted.

Author : Richard Nell
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798491490837

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Dark Sea's End by Richard Nell Pdf

Set in the same epic world as the award winning Kings of Paradise...this new series from author Richard Nell can be read on its own, or as a continuation of the Ash and Sand trilogy. Feared pirate and scoundrel 'Lucky' Chang has a dirty secret: he loves his crew, and would die to protect them. As he's dragged from prison to face the dark sea and a dangerous new world, he just might have to. Zaya, warrior and skald from the land of ash, knows she has a destiny. Having left her homeland with only a knife and a dream of adventure, she finds herself captured by pirates. To discover her fate, and become a hero from the book of legends, she must first survive the sea. With a monstrous pilot as guide, and an ex-assassin as captain, Chang, Zaya, and the crew of the mighty Prince sail into uncharted waters. There they may find new lands and wealth, as well as glory beyond their dreams, or nothing but their doom.

Author : Elke Bippus,Anne Ganzert,Isabell Otto
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839449011

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Taking Sides by Elke Bippus,Anne Ganzert,Isabell Otto Pdf

Is there an option to oppose without automatically participating in the opposed? This volume explores different perspectives on dissent, understanding practices, cultures, and theories of resistance, dispute, and opposition as inherently participative. It discusses aspects of the body as a political instance, the identity and subjectivity building of individuals and groups, (micro-)practices of dissent, and theories of critique from different disciplinary perspectives. This collection thus touches upon contemporary issues, recent protests and movements, artistic subversion and dissent, online activism as well as historic developments and elemental theories of dissent.

Author : Meredith Francesca Small
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781639364206

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Here Begins the Dark Sea by Meredith Francesca Small Pdf

The remarkable story of the cartographic masterpiece—the Venetian mappa mundi—that revolutionized how we see the world. In 1459 a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro completed an astonishing map of the world. Seven feet in diameter, Fra Mauro’s mappamundi is the oldest and most complete Medieval map to survive into modernity. And in its time, this groundbreaking mappamundi provided the most detailed description of the known world, incorporating accurate observation, and geographic reality, urging viewers to see water and land as they really existed. Fra Mauro's map was the first in history to show that a ship could circumnavigate Africa, and that the Indian “Sea” was in fact an ocean, enabling international trade to expand across the globe. Acclaimed anthropologist Meredith F. Small reveals how Fra Mauro’s mappamundi made cartography into a science rather than a practice based on religion and ancient myths. Here Begins the Dark Sea brings Fra Mauro’s masterpiece to life as a work of art and a window into Venetian society and culture. In telling the story of this cornerstone of modern cartography, Small takes the reader on a fascinating journey as she explores the human urge to find our way. Here Begins the Dark Sea is a riveting testament to the undeniable impact Fra Mauro and his mappamundi have had over the past five centuries and still holds relevance today.

Author : Vicki E. Szabo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047432418

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Monstrous Fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea by Vicki E. Szabo Pdf

Drawing on historical, legal, literary, ethnographic and archaeological evidence, this book offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the use, acquisition and perception of whales in the medieval Norse North Atlantic world.

Author : Jessica Bryan
Publisher : Fanfare
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1991-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0553289810

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Across a Wine-Dark Sea by Jessica Bryan Pdf

Author : Eric Linklater
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:410399451

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The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea by Eric Linklater Pdf

Author : Catherine Doyle,Katherine Webber
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780063116122

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Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle,Katherine Webber Pdf

A high-stakes fantasy rom-com about twin princesses separated at birth—one raised as the crown princess, and the other taken as an infant and raised to kidnap her sister, steal the crown, and avenge the parents' murders—the first novel in a new YA duology from bestselling UK authors Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber. Perfect for fans of The Selection, My Lady Jane, and Caraval. Wren Greenrock has always known that one day she’d steal her sister’s place on the throne. Trained from birth to return to the palace and avenge her parents’ murder, she’ll do anything to become queen and protect the community of witches who raised her. Or she would, if only a certain guard wasn’t quite so distractingly attractive, and if her reckless magic would stop causing trouble. . . . Princess Rose Valhart knows that with power comes responsibility—and she won’t let a small matter like waking up in the desert with an extremely impertinent (and very handsome) kidnapper get in the way of her duty. But life outside the palace is wilder and more beautiful than she ever imagined, and the witches she has long feared might turn out to be the family she never had. But as coronation day looms and each sister strives to claim her birthright, an old enemy becomes increasingly determined that neither will succeed. Who will ultimately rise to power and wear the crown?

Author : Michael A. Stackpole
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553902402

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Cartomancy by Michael A. Stackpole Pdf

New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole returns with the second book of a groundbreaking trilogy charting exciting new territory in fantasy fiction. Cartomancy follows a group of trailblazing mapmakers with the power to discover new worlds—and shape reality itself. . . . Under the shadow of invasion by a nameless enemy, there seems only one way to save Nalenyr from oblivion. The old heroes who once defended the land must be awakened. And accomplishing that requires a journey across the magical wasteland where they’re rumored to be trapped—a wasteland rife with magic and danger. Grandson of the Royal Cartographer, Keles Anturasi finds himself trapped in an enemy nation where his skill may well be his death sentence. His brother Jorim is an ocean away, captive in an altered realm in which he’s regarded as a god. And their sister Nirati resides in a paradise that exists between life and death with her insane grandfather and an ancient sorcerer bent on the world’s destruction. Now they and their companions must struggle to survive in a world where war on earth mirrors war in heaven. What the gods themselves fear, men must brave. Heroes and mystics they may be, but can any of them survive in a world where things are seldom what they seem: a place where dreams can become reality—and reality can turn into a nightmare. . . . “Michael A. Stackpole is incapable of writing a book that isn’t imaginative and intelligent.”—Stephen R. Donaldson, author of The Chronicle of Thomas Covenant

Author : David Hatcher Childress
Publisher : Adventures Unlimited Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 1931882185

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Pirates and the Lost Templar Fleet by David Hatcher Childress Pdf

When the Templars were disbanded by papal order in 1307, their fleet disappeared from its base at La Rochelle. The author maintains that a portion of the fleet became the first pirates to fly the Skull and Crossbones - marauding through the Mediterranean, and later preying on the ships of the Vatican coming from the rich ports of the Americas as the Pirates of the Caribbean. Another portion of the fleet fled to the deep fiords of Scotland and came under the command of the St Clair family of Rosslyn - the founders of freemasonry. These Templars made a voyage to Canada in the year 1398, nearly 100 years before Columbus.