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361) The hunted
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Simon & Schuster Canada export edition.
Language
English
Description
"Stevie Erickson is looking for a fresh start. The sudden loss of her grandmother has sent her life into a tailspin, dredging up old losses and putting a strain on her relationship with her boyfriend, Jacob. So when Jacob is offered a job as a diver for GoEco, a dive operation for ecotourists on Rafiki, a beautiful, secluded island off the coast of Tanzania, he thinks it's just the adventure they need and Stevie reluctantly agrees to go with him....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It';s summertime on Cranberry Island, and things are heating up for innkeeper Natalie Barnes. She may be hosting a yoga retreat, but the mood at the Gray Whale Inn is anything but Zen. Between juggling dietary restrictions and managing flaring tempers, Natalie's about ready for a retreat of her own... far away from the inn's fit but finicky guests. Unfortunately, there's no reprieve on the island. The lobster co-op and pier are under threat once again,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"The island of East Pukapuka lies in the path of a tsunami that will kill everyone but Butter, a little girl more worried about the lives of the injured animals she cares for than her own. Butter is rescued by a Loggerhead sea turtle who carries her away on his back. As she and her exhausted savior begin to sink, the girl is plucked out of the sea by Jesus Dobby, the boozy owner of a salvage boat who is thrilled, at first, to have found a genuine...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"One minute, twenty-four-year-old Sophie Hansa is in a San Francisco alley trying to save the life of the aunt she has never known. The next, she finds herself flung into the warm and salty waters of an unfamiliar world. Glowing moths fall to the waves around her, and the sleek bodies of unseen fish glide against her submerged ankles. The world is Stormwrack, a series of island nations with a variety of cultures and economies--and a language different...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Awakening the handsome prince is supposed to end the fairy tale, not begin it. But the Highvalley witches have rarely done things the way they're supposed to. On the north Pacific island of Eidolonia, hidden from the world by enchantments, Prince Larkin has lain in a magical sleep since 1799 as one side of a truce between humans and fae. That is, until Merrick Highvalley, a modern-day witch, discovers an old box of magic charms and cryptic notes...
Author
Series
Mirovai͡ volume a klassika
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Russian
Description
"Gulliver's Travels is the most significant work of Jonathan Swift, an Anglo-Irish satirist, publicist, poet and public figure. At first glance, "Gulliver's Travels" is an allegory, a parable, the author who is a ruthless and brilliant master of words, ridiculing human and social vices. Masterfully using all shades of humor, from good-natured, gentle irony to angry sarcasms and venomous ridicule, Swift has created one of the greatest satirical books...
367) Dog Island
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
First North American edition.
Language
English
Description
"The Dog Islands are a small, isolated cluster of islands in the Mediterranean - so called because together, when viewed from above, they form the shape of a dog, twisting and baring its teeth against a brilliant blue sea. One of the only inhabited islands (the one that takes the place of one of the dog's teeth) is dominated by a gently smoking volcano, fringed by black volcanic beaches and under the iron rule of the heads of community who are loath...
Author
Series
Flying beaver brothers volume 5
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Ace and Bub must stop a team of smooth-talking baboons from stealing Beaver Island's water to supply their water park.
369) The siren
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the midst of a sizzling hot summer, some of Hollywood's most notorious faces are assembled on the idyllic Caribbean island of St. Genesius to film The Siren. Written and directed by Cole Power's son, the thriller promises to entice audiences with its sultry storyline and intimately connected cast. Three very different women arrive on set, each with her own motive. Stella, an infamously unstable actress, is struggling to reclaim the career she...
370) Florida man: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Florida, circa 1980. Reed Crowe, the eponymous Florida Man, is a middle-aged beach bum, beleaguered and disenfranchised, living on ill-gotten gains deep in the jungly heart of Florida. When sinkholes start opening on Emerald Island, not only are Reed Crowe's seedy businesses---a moribund motel and shabby amusement park---endangered but so are his secrets. Crowe, amateur spelunker, begins uncovering artifacts that change his understanding of the island's...
Author
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Edition
First United States edition.
Language
English
Description
"The English-language debut of an exciting new award-winning voice from Taiwan--a stunning novel that is at once fantasy, reality, and dystopian environmental saga, in which the lives of two people from very different worlds intertwine under the shadow of a man-made catastrophe. On the mythical island of Wayo-Wayo, young Atile'i has just seen his 180th full moon and, following the tradition of his people, is sent out alone into the vast Pacific as...
372) To a darker shore
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
To keep the devil at bay, her beauty-obsessed kingdom sacrifices unattractive children to hell's entrance every season, prompting plain, poor, plus-sized, autistic Alesta to travel to the very depths of hell to avenge her best friend's death and stop the sacrifices forever.
"Plain, poor, plus-size, and autistic, Alesta grew up trying to convince her beauty-obsessed kingdom that she's too useful to be sacrificed. Their god blessed their island Soladisa...
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Ready for high-speed, high-seas, treasure hunting? Set sail with Blaze and Pegwheel the Pirate-Truck to search for three keys to unlock the golden treasure! Then, use a treasure map to find the most amazing treasure there is, race to The Island of Lost Treasure for more riches, and speed through an ancient race track in search of a magical Wishing Wheel!
375) Shutter island
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
2. edición.
Language
Español
Description
Verano de 1954. El agente federal Teddy Daniels llega a Shutter Island, isla en la que esta ubicado el hospital Ashecliffe, un centro penitenciario para enfermos mentales. Junto con su companero, Chuck Aule, se propone encontrar a una paciente desaparecida, una asesina llamada Rachel Solando, a medida que un huracan azota la isla. No obstante, nada es lo que parece en el hospital Ashecliffe. Y Teddy Daniels tampoco. Ha ido hasta alla para encontrar...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Russian
Description
"Jonathan Swift's book "Gulliver's Travels" includes the first two parts of the book about Doctor Lemuel Gulliver: "Journey to Lilliput" and "Journey to Brobdingnag". There are many unexplored corners of our world, inhabited by amazing peoples. Some people are as tall as toy dolls, while others are incredible giants to whom we are living dolls. The brave traveler Gulliver visited both the land of the Lilliputians and the land of giants. leaving his...
Author
Series
Murder she wrote volume 37
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Doubleday Large Print Home Library edition.
Language
English
Description
" While on vacation in Bermuda, Jessica Fletcher is surprised to hear the local population is abuzz over a trio of murders, each bearing an eerie resemblance to the 1888 Jack the Ripper killings. Jessica dismisses the panicked chatter as just that-until her friend Thomas Betterton's niece is found dead on the beach after a party. And when Scotland Yard Inspector George Sutherland arrives to investigate, Jessica can't help but get involved-an act that...
378) Santorini sunsets
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Brigit Palmer is thrilled to be on the Greek Island of Santorini. She's here for her wedding to Hollywood heart-throb Blake Crawford, one of America's most eligible bachelors. Brigit's parents have rented a villa, and soon guests will arrive from all over the world for the intimate ceremony. Brigit is a New York socialite, and she's just given up her position at a Manhattan law firm to run her father's philanthropic foundation. Things are finally...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the author of the critically acclaimed The Mermaids Singing comes a haunting, luminous novel set on an enchanted island off the west coast of Ireland where magic, faith, and superstition pervade the inhabitants' lives and tangled relationships--perfect for fans of Eowyn Ivey, Sarah Waters, and Angela Carter. May 1959. From one side of St. Brigid's Island, the mountains of Connemara can be glimpsed on the distant mainland; from the other, the...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Hailed as groundbreaking by David Donachie, author of the John Pearce Naval Series and the Privateersman Mysteries -- "All sea stories should tell you something new, and The Bermuda Privateer meets that criterion in spades. Fast paced and covering an area new to me; I was enthralled by the author's encyclopedic knowledge of the Caribbean. There are battles and conspiracies galore, with engaging characters and thrilling actions. Nicholas Fallon is...
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