The Sea Saw

Reducere. Scared witless and surrounded by a sea of people, Lizzy Hawker stands in the church square at the centre of Chamonix on a late August evening, wait...

Reducere. From the creators of the Academy Award-winning documentary My Octopus Teacher, an immersive journey into the underwater world that inspired it--and...

Reducere. Be prepared to learn a lot about the culture while you follow Amanda on her adventure."--Laura Best, author, Bitter, Sweet "What a great way for a ...

Reducere. Have you ever been so touched by a story that it changed your life? One Year on Broadway is the unlikely true story of two musical theater fans who...

Reducere. Found in the Qumran caves of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Qumran Cave 4) and presumed to be written before 170 BC, chapters 1-36 of 1 Enoch are also refer...

This is a very different book from the traditional speed-merchant genre. In his book Take Risk! Richard Noble tells the extraordinary stories of hi...

Written after the First World War when he was living in Sicily, Sea and Sardinia records Lawrence's journey to Sardinia and back in January 1921. I...

Reducere. His career derailed by the Great Recession, Romulus is lucky to land a community-college teaching job. There he meets young, African-American, Bobb...

Reducere. The Taney was one of seven Secretary-class cutters built for the US Coast Guard during the Great Depression. Commissioned in 1936, she served conti...

Reducere. From Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author Lucinda Riley comes the latest installment in the epic multimillion-selling series, The Seven Sisters.The...

Reducere. Liz Holt is bewitched, bothered, and bewildered when a wicked killer objects to a wiccan wedding . . . Island life can get pretty weird. Wiccan wed...

*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts of Britain *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading" The Romans] thinking tha...

Reducere. Architect Jonathan West is on a big project when he learns his wife, Patrice, has been unfaithful. On a fishing trip in North Carolina's Outer Bank...

Reducere. Dalton Black never thought he'd find his true mate. His dark past convinced him that he could never be worthy of one, but the Great Luna did not ag...

The story of Uwe Johnson, one of Germany's greatest and most-influential post-war writers, and how he came to live and work in Sheerness, Kent in t...

'I'll see the world, ' Jim McLoughlin told his parents as he set off to join the Royal Navy in 1939. 'It'll be fun.' Months later, this Liverpool l...

Reimagines the American 19th century through a sweeping interdisciplinary engagement with oceans, genres, and timeEmergent Worlds re-locates ninete...

Both volumes of Alfred Thayer Mahan's superbly detailed commentary of French naval prowess during the years of the French Revolution and the subseq...

Reducere. In this newest installment of the acclaimed New York Times bestselling series, Scotland Yard's Ian Rutledge is faced with his most perplexing case ...

Leading Seaman Charlie Erswell saw much more than his fair share of action during the Second World War. He was present at the 1942 landing in North...

One of the largest estuaries on the North Atlantic coast, Narragansett Bay served as a gateway for colonial expansion in the seventeenth century an...

Reducere. What if a rattlesnake and a secretary bird had a fight? Who do you think would win? This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two ferocious ani...

Reducere. Sixteen different bugs battle it out in an epic fightWho will be the champion?This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts 16 ferocious insects. R...

Reducere. What if a walrus and an elephant seal had a fight? Who do you think would win? This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two ferocious animals....

DescriptionThis title explores the history of the US Navy's guided missile cruisers, its most powerful surface ships during the Cold War, which wer...

Reducere. New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker brings an exotic tale of adventure and creates his most memorable character ever. The story of how I, ...

Reducere. Following in the apocalyptic visions of Daniel, Ezekiel, and Revelation, The War Scroll reveals the conflict between good and evil in the final day...

Yuhudi Brown, a sommelier waiter with a second part-time job as an Uber driver; Sarah, an undocumented immigrant financier; and Jennifer, a deep-se...

DescriptionThe Douglas Dauntless was a Second World War American naval scout plane and dive bomber that saw active service during the course of thi...

DescriptionThe purpose of this book is to provide a resource of guidance. The purpose is also to facilitate and encourage the mental growth, spirit...

Mick and Margery Jennings's comfortable life in Singapore ended with the Japanese invasion in late 1941. Margery was captured in Sumatra after HMV ...

Reducere. What would happen if a hornet and a wasp had a fight? Who do you think would win?This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two ferocious insect...

Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter was possibly the single greatest seafaring military leader in European history, leading his nation's fleet into bat...

Reducere. What if green ants and army ants had a fight? Who do you think would win?This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two ferocious insects. Reade...

Reducere. What if a hyena picked a fight with a honey badger? Who do you think would win?This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two ferocious animals....

Reducere. What would happen if a wolverine and a Tasmanian devil had a fight? Who do you think would win?This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two fe...

Reducere. What if a lobster and a crab had a fight? Who do you think would win? This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two ferocious sea creatures. Re...

Reducere. It was nearly 50 years ago now that Jaws swam into cinemas and shocked theater goers. In its wake it left numerous sequels and rip-offs like Orca, ...

Reducere. What if a falcon and a hawk had a fight? Who do you think would win? This nonfiction Reader compares and contrasts two ferocious birds. Readers wil...

Reducere. For a very long time, Gullah people dwelling on the Sea Islands of Charleston, South Carolina went unknown and unnoticed. The little which was know...

Reducere. Grace O'Malley was a sea captain and clan leader, pirate and politico, business woman and warrior, as well as a dutiful daughter, wife, and mother....

DescriptionMaritime navigational tools could find latitude, but finding longitude remained elusive until Harrison developed the reliable sea clock,...

Reducere. The youngest captain in His Majesty's Navy, with a reputation for landing impossible assignments, Lord Ramage is dispatched to the Caribbean island...

Reducere. The science behind the gadgets, exploits, and enemies of the world's greatest spy From the sleek Aston Martin that spits out bullets, nails, and pa...

DescriptionWho Would Win? is back with another exciting bind-up featuring five more books in this action-packed animal series What if one dangerous...

DescriptionThe period from 1939 to 1945 saw some of the most devastating and remarkable events in living memory. Laboring beneath a daily burden of...

"The pages of history recall scarcely any parallel episode at once so romantic in character and so extensive in scale." --Winston S. Churchill In 1...

Reducere. Description"Are we the same, I wonder, when all our surroundings, association, acquaintances are changed? I conclude that it is not the person who ...

Reducere. Cid Corman writes, "For the vast majority of Italians and others to whom the name means anything, Matera is synonymous with abject poverty and back...

DescriptionWhen I was about thirteen, my aunt took me to Radio City to see the movie Swashbuckler. The movie was not a hit, but I was enchanted. Ma...

Reducere. From a New York Times-bestselling author: An island off the Georgia coast holds the memory of a broken heart and the secrets of a woman's past. It'...

Reducere. "A must-purchase picture book biography of a figure sure to inspire awe and admiration among readers."--School Library Journal (starred review) Ext...

"Sawat, I want to go into the water..." Phuket, Thailand, seemed to be the perfect getaway choice for twenty-two-year-old Calum Armstrong: What he ...

Reducere. A young man fights to save his father from a spirit's curse in the epic finale to a series starring "a terrific hero" (The New York Times) The sea ...

Contributor(s): Author: Tony WeaverWith: Andrew IngramTo celebrate the 50th anniversary of the NSRI, here is a collection of daring rescues filled ...

Contributor(s): Author: Eve BlauAuthor: Ivan RupnikBaku, the capital of Azerbaijan and formerly part of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union, is the...

Reducere. Ramage hopes to enjoy a well-deserved leave when he receives new orders: commission and take command of the Dido--a massive 74-gun ship, that carri...

Reducere. DescriptionA princess on the run with enemies on all sides...Vi Solaris is on the eve of getting everything she's ever wanted--her family, her home...

Reducere. From Anne Rice, conjurer of the beloved best sellers Interview with the Vampire and Prince Lestat, an ambitious and exhilarating new novel of utopi...

DescriptionTwo Men at Once' is one of Norman MacCaig best known poems. He was indeed two men at once: Edinburgh, the city where he was born and liv...

DescriptionDid a Warner Bros. cartoon prophesize the use of the atom bomb? Did the Allies really plan to use stink bombs on the enemy? Why did the ...

Reducere. The seventh novel in Mercedes Lackey's magical Elemental Masters series reimagines the fairy tale East of the Sun, West of the Moon in a richly-det...

Reducere. DescriptionAdventurer, merchant and mapper of the New World, Amerigo Vespucci's life is fascinating and vivid - his letters, published here in full...

DescriptionFreedom lies on the open sea. Danger lies within it.Rachel Goldstein dreams of the vast oceans, and her job in the Navy seems to offer h...

Reducere. DescriptionAn intimate and poignant memoir about the family of Alan Kurdi--the young Syrian boy who became the global emblem for the desperate plig...

Reducere. Two centuries before the daring exploits of Navy SEALs and Marine Raiders captured the public imagination, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps were alre...

Reducere. DescriptionA princess on the run with enemies on all sides...Vi Solaris is on the eve of getting everything she's ever wanted--her family, her home...

DescriptionThe first illustration of a cannon in Europe can be dated quite precisely to 1326. This book explores the development of gunpowder, the ...

Reducere. Description The U.S. maritime industry hit rock bottom starting in the early 1980's, right around the time the author was graduating from the Calif...

DescriptionThe experiences and achievements of the United States land sea and air forces on 6 June 1944 and the weeks following have been deservedl...