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Cerulean chronicles volume 2
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
In the sequel to The House in the Cerulean Sea, Arthur Parnassus, headmaster of a strange orphanage, and the other inhabitants of Marsyas Island must fight to save the dangerous and magical children of the orphanage or risk the entire island falling apart.
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Publisher:
Pan Macmillan
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
Can you fall in love with someone before you've even met? Seren MacArthur is living a life she never intended. Trying to save the Cornish seaside business her late father built-while grieving for his loss-she has put her own dreams on hold and is struggling. Until she discovers a half-finished seaglass star on her favourite beach during an early morning walk. When she completes the star, she sets into motion a chain of events that will steal her heart...
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Publisher:
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
A gripping adventure and poignant love story about two idealistic people who dedicate their lives to sea mammals to forget about themselves. Join Liz, an emotionally wounded American animal rights journalist, as she ventures to Japan on a mission to expose the capturing of dolphins for human entertainment. She clashes with the rigid culture and with Kaito, a repressed Japanese dolphin trainer fixated on communicating with dolphins to help humankind....
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Third in the series of Aubrey–Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon
...5. Nostromo
Author:
Language:
English
Description:
"Conrad's pessimistic worldview colors this novel depicting the brutality of Latin American politics and the tragedies that inevitably ensue."
Publisher:
RLJ Entertainment
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Against the backdrop of post-World War II Australia, Sarah Adams is a nurse who becomes involved in the affairs of the wealthy Bligh family. The drama is dealing with themes such as anti-Semitism, sexuality, and social class.
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Series:
Swans' war volume 1
Language:
English
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The cataclysm began more than a century earlier, when the King of Ayr died before naming an heir to the throne, and damned his realm to chaos. The cold-blooded conspiracies of the Renne and the Wills-each family desirous of the prize of rule-would sunder the one kingdom, and spawn generations of hatred and discord. Now Toren Renne, leader of his great and troubled house, dreams of peace-a valiant desire that has spawned hostility among his kinsmen,...
10. Red side story
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Series:
Shades of Grey volume 2
Language:
English
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"Civilization has been rebuilt after an unspoken "Something that Happened" five hundred years ago. Society is now color vision-segregated, professions, marriages, and leisure activities all dictated by an individual's visual ability, and everything run by the shadowy National Color in far-off Emerald City. Out on the fringes of Red Sector West, twenty-year-old Eddie Russett is being bullied into an arranged marriage with the powerful DeMauve family,...
11. The Fisherling
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Publisher:
Xlibris UK
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
Description:
The simple life of a Fisherling was never enough for Grohg, a young Sch'nibbit from the eastern lands, for he had always believed his true calling lay somewhere beyond the deeper waters, in the lands beyond the sea. This story chronicles his first journey into a larger world, and of his voyage to the dark and perilous land of El'ehc'orh, where he attempts to unravel the secrets surrounding an ancient prophecy. And it is there, beneath the mountains,...
12. Referent
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Series:
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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In Referent, Ray Bradbury crafts a thought-provoking and imaginative short story that delves into the complexities of human memory, identity, and the connections we form with the world around us. Set in a future where technology and human consciousness intertwine in new and unsettling ways, the story explores the idea of "referents"-objects or experiences that serve as anchors for personal memory and identity. Through Bradbury's poetic and vivid prose,...
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Series:
Tarzan volume 12
Language:
English
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Description:
"Tarzan and the Lost Empire" by Edgar Rice Burroughs takes readers on an exciting and adventurous journey deep into the heart of Africa, where the legendary Tarzan encounters an ancient civilization shrouded in mystery. In this gripping tale, the mighty Tarzan, lord of the jungle, becomes entangled in a quest to uncover the secrets of a long-forgotten empire, hidden away from the outside world for centuries. When Tarzan discovers evidence of a lost...
14. Tales of Mitya
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Publisher:
Erythian Publishing
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
An ancient land from faraway lays hidden beyond rocky cliff faces and dangerous seas, holding captive beautiful creatures and secrets man has yet to discover. The people of Mitya have stories lasting millenniums - of their creation, of prophecies completed and yet to be, of the war, and of the races that all share the same air. Here, you can read these stories of their world and be transported somewhere new with a whole world to explore. Millennia...
Author:
Publisher:
Daniel J Taylor
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
Sofia is in love with Marc Cassell, but she shouldn't be. In fact, as an unassigned Whisperer she should not be anywhere near him. Passing dreams from the stars and guiding them with a whisper, the interdimensional beings, the Whisperers, send elaborate messages in the hope to prevent a staged third world war that, thanks to the devious Lords of Time and their machine dream monitoring system, target the Dreamers of Earth.After Marc's midnight visions...
Author:
Publisher:
Daniel J Taylor
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
Sofia is in love with Marc Cassell, but she shouldn't be. In fact, as an unassigned Whisperer she should not be anywhere near him. Passing dreams from the stars and guiding them with a whisper, the interdimensional beings, the Whisperers, send elaborate messages in the hope to prevent a staged third world war that, thanks to the devious Lords of Time and their machine dream monitoring system, target the Dreamers of Earth.After Marc's midnight visions...
17. Stout Men
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Publisher:
Author's Republic
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
Description:
Somewhere beyond the Salish Sea lived the Stout Men who did the Megin River, and Tibet, and the Amazon. There was Tictac and Poldy, Cliffy and Madame, Captain and Gung, and Papa Smurf, who would die someday, but not yet. These are the stories of where they rushed headlong, towards adventure and suffering, and how it all took place.
Author:
Publisher:
Daniel J Taylor
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
Sofia is in love with Marc Cassell, but she shouldn't be. In fact, as an unassigned Whisperer she should not be anywhere near him. Passing dreams from the stars and guiding them with a whisper, the interdimensional beings, the Whisperers, send elaborate messages in the hope to prevent a staged third world war that, thanks to the devious Lords of Time and their machine dream monitoring system, target the Dreamers of Earth.After Marc's midnight visions...
Author:
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
Somewhere beyond the When Alexa Fisher finds herself trapped on a twelve-day cruise to celebrate her younger sister's hen-do - just the two of them - she wishes she'd jumped overboard. Despite the age difference, India has always been the judgemental sibling, and there's been even more friction than usual since 'the big engagement'. With India constantly obsessing over wedding plans, Alexa has never felt more single, or more of a failure. She longs...
Author:
Publisher:
BLM GOLD
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
The ocean has always been a place of mysteries.In its endless depths,where the sunlight is barely penetrating,hiding secrets than time.From colorful reefs,where life pulsates in harmonious rhythms,to dark abysses,where umbrellas seem to take life,every corner of the seas has its own story.This is the story of Blue.Blue was a young dolphin,curious and full of energy,born in a reef protected by the gentle waves of a quiet ocean.He had looked up at the...