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  1. When the World Shook
    Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot
    Erschienen: 2012
    Verlag:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    A cantankerous trio of friends sets off on a grand nautical adventure, determined to see the world and shake off the lingering effects of the tragedies and disappointments that each of them have experienced in recent years. But when their boat voyage... mehr

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    A cantankerous trio of friends sets off on a grand nautical adventure, determined to see the world and shake off the lingering effects of the tragedies and disappointments that each of them have experienced in recent years. But when their boat voyage is thrown off course, they stumble across the vestiges of a mysterious lost civilization. Will the friends be able to escape its evil clutches and make it back home?

     

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    Sprache: Englisch
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    ISBN: 9781776523047; 9781775458869
    Schlagworte: Shipwrecks ; Fiction; Castaways ; Fiction; Adventure stories; Oceania ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Umfang: Online-Ressource (418 p)
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    Title; Contents; Dedication; Chapter I - Arbuthnot Describes Himself; Chapter II - Bastin and Bickley; Chapter III - Natalie; Chapter IV - Death and Departure; Chapter V - The Cyclone; Chapter VI - Land; Chapter VII - The Orofenans; Chapter VIII - Bastin Attempts the Martyr's Crown; Chapter IX - The Island in the Lake; Chapter X - The Dwellers in the Tomb; Chapter XI - Resurrection; Chapter XII - Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Years!; Chapter XIII - Oro Speaks and Bastin Argues; Chapter XIV - The Under-World; Chapter XV - Oro in His House; Chapter XVI - Visions of the Past

    Chapter XVII - Yva ExplainsChapter XVIII - The Accident; Chapter XIX - The Proposals of Bastin and Bickley; Chapter XX - Oro and Arbuthnot Travel by Night; Chapter XXI - Love's Eternal Altar; Chapter XXII - The Command; Chapter XXIII - In the Temple of Fate; Chapter XXIV - The Chariot of the Pit; Chapter XXV - Sacrifice; Chapter XXVI - Tommy; Chapter XXVII - Bastin Discovers a Resemblance; Chapter XXVIII - Note by J. R. Bickley, M.R.C.S.; Endnotes;

  2. The Ebb-Tide
    Erschienen: 1894
    Verlag:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    Best known for rip-roaring adventure tales such as Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson penned the novella The Ebb-Tide in collaboration with his stepson, Lloyd Osbourne. Regarded by... mehr

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    Best known for rip-roaring adventure tales such as Kidnapped, Treasure Island, and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson penned the novella The Ebb-Tide in collaboration with his stepson, Lloyd Osbourne. Regarded by critics as a sharp rebuke of British imperialism, the plot revolves around three transients who board a ship that they think is carrying a large quantity of champagne, only to find that their attempted heist has backfired in the worst way imaginable

     

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    ISBN: 9781775451372; 9781776516841
    Schlagworte: Schooners ; Fiction; Sea stories; Adventure stories; Oceania ; Fiction; Electronic books
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    Title; Contents; PART I - A TRIO AND QUARTETTE; Chapter 1 - Night on the Beach; Chapter 2 - Morning on the Beach -The Three Letters; Chapter 3 - The Old Calaboose- Destiny at the Door; Chapter 4 - The Yellow Flag; Chapter 5 - The Cargo of Champagne; Chapter 6 - The Partners; PART II - THE QUARTETTE; Chapter 7 - The Pearl-Fisher; Chapter 8 - Better Acquaintance; Chapter 9 - The Dinner Party; Chapter 10 - The Open Door; Chapter 11 - David and Goliath; Chapter 12 - Tail-Piece;

  3. South Sea Tales
    Autor*in: London, Jack
    Erschienen: 1911
    Verlag:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    Set sail for nautical adventure with Jack London, the author of the action/adventure classic Call of the Wild. These stories are set on islands, ships, and the open sea, and all offer the vivid descriptions and bracing action for which London was... mehr

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    Set sail for nautical adventure with Jack London, the author of the action/adventure classic Call of the Wild. These stories are set on islands, ships, and the open sea, and all offer the vivid descriptions and bracing action for which London was best known. A must-read for fans of ripping sea yarns

     

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    ISBN: 9781776513475; 9781775419068
    Schlagworte: Oceania ; Fiction; Electronic books
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    Title; Contents; The House of Mapuhi; The Whale Tooth; Mauki; "Yah! Yah! Yah!"; The Heathen; The Terrible Solomons; The Inevitable White Man; The Seed of Mccoy;

  4. Hell's Hatches
    Erschienen: 2015
    Verlag:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    American author Lewis Ransome Freeman lived a remarkable life, serving as a fearless war correspondent, traveling the world, and even serving as one of the first football coaches for the University of Southern California while he himself was still... mehr

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    American author Lewis Ransome Freeman lived a remarkable life, serving as a fearless war correspondent, traveling the world, and even serving as one of the first football coaches for the University of Southern California while he himself was still enrolled as an undergraduate at Stanford. In the novel Hell's Hatches, set in the islands of the South Seas, a trio of travelers come to the aid of a beautiful and brave indigenous woman

     

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    ISBN: 9781776589845
    Schlagworte: Oceania ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Umfang: Online-Ressource (273 p)
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    Title; Contents; Chapter I - A Reputation Questioned; Chapter II - Hard-Bit Derelicts; Chapter III - The Girl Herself; Chapter IV - ""Slant"" Allen Retires Again; Chapter V - A Ship of Death; Chapter VI - Compulsory Volunteering; Chapter VII - Rona Comes Aboard; Chapter VIII - I Leave the Island; Chapter IX - A Grim Tale of the Sea; Chapter X - Art and Suspense; Chapter XI - A Hero's Homecoming; Chapter XII - A Bad Man's Plea; Chapter XIII - The Scene of the Final Drama; Chapter XIV - Hell's Hatches Off; Chapter XV - The Face; Chapter XVI - A Sudden Visitor; Chapter XVII - Down the Flume

    Chapter XVIII - The MasterpieceChapter XIX - After All