A true story of crime on the high seas, this account details the life and misdeeds of pirate Captain Phillips.
George Lowther had an early career as second mate on a slave ship and he turned to piracy in the Caribbean. This is his true story.
A boy finds a poetry-loving dragon and befriends it, but the townspeople call St. George to slay it. A plot twist results in a happy ending.
A strange creature haunts the fishermen and pearl divers of the La Plata Bay. The superstitious local villagers call it the Sea Devil. When a pearl merchant decides to capture the strange being at all costs, the truth turns out to be far more tragic and complex than anyone had imagined.
Adventures of English woman disguised in male attire and joined French Foreign Legion. Very interesting book but too much of "officers club verbal banter". Lots of different foreign accents.
prehistorical adventure
prehistorical adventures of the early man
The story takes place in 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic, the Red Death,[1] has depopulated the planet. James Smith is one of the survivors of the era before the scarlet plague hit and is still left alive in the San Francisco area, and he travels with his grandsons Edwin...
This is a delightful children's book of magic and adventure. Set in London, it is a great read for all ages.
White Fang is part dog and part wolf, and the lone survivor of his family. In his lonely world, he soon learns to follow the harsh law of the North--kill or be killed. But nothing in White Fang's life can prepare him for the cruel owner who turns him into a vicious killer. Will White Fang ever...