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Captain Hawaii
Par Anthony Arkin. 1994
Captain Dan's Zodiac Pirate Tours sounds exciting to Arron, who is a nature lover. Unlike his parents, he didn't come…
to Hawaii just to sit by the pool. And he is pleased that Kate, the captain's daughter, is pretty too. But then events erupt when a rival tour company tries to put Captain Dan out of business, involving Kate and Arron in the process. For junior and senior high readersShe
Par H. Haggard. 1994
An Englishman journeys to Africa to track down the evil queen who, according to an ancient manuscript, murdered one of…
his ancestors. In the jungle he meets with the beautiful, ageless white goddess, "She," who falls in love with him and shares the secret of the Pillar of Life. Some violenceTreason's harbour
Par Patrick O'Brian. 1983
Following a battle off the Ionian islands, Captain Jack Aubrey and Dr. Stephen Maturin are in Malta, where both of…
Aubrey's ships, the Worcester and the Surprise, are undergoing repairs. While Aubrey concerns himself with the reconditioning work, Maturin, surgeon and spy, learns that agents of Napoleon are planning to sabotage Aubrey's next missionThe reverse of the medal
Par Patrick O'Brian. 1986
Having successfully completed his mission in the Atlantic, Captain Jack Aubrey is now back in London. While there he makes…
some investments that suddenly put his career in jeopardy. Once again his ship's surgeon, Stephen Maturin, comes to his rescueAround the world in eighty days
Par Jules Verne. 1990
Phileas Fogg is certain that he can travel around the world in eighty days--an incredibly short period of time in…
1873. He's so sure that it can be done that he's wagered half of his fortune and set off on the grand adventure with his servant Passepartout. For high school and older readersThe celestine prophecy: an adventure
Par James Redfield. 1993
The author embarks on a search for an ancient Peruvian manuscript that predicts a massive transformation in human society. He…
meets with resistance from government and church authorities in Peru, who attempt to suppress knowledge of the manuscript. He persists, however, discovering nine spiritual insights in separate encounters, beginning with the most common--an awareness of coincidences in life. Some strong language. BestsellerThe truelove
Par Patrick O'Brian. 1992
Captain Jack Aubrey and surgeon/spy Stephen Maturin are assigned to a merchant ship in the South Pacific. When a young…
woman is smuggled aboard by a midshipman in Sydney, a shipboard wedding is hastily arranged. The bride causes trouble, but her knowledge proves useful. Meanwhile, the ship's command receives new orders and their mission becomes the recapture of a British whaler, the TrueloveThe land that time forgot
Par Edgar Burroughs. 1992
A man vacationing in Greenland finds a thermos bottle washed up on shore. Inside is the journal of Bowen Tyler,…
Jr. Tyler's tale begins on the afternoon of June 3, 1916, when he skirmishes with Germans and boards their submarine. Soon Tyler, his dog, a few fellow crew members, and the young girl he rescues are on the forgotten island of Caspak, where time apparently stopped with the Bronze Age. Prequel to The People That Time Forgot (BR 9216)Out of time's abyss
Par Edgar Burroughs. 1992
Bradley, who landed on the primitive island of Caspak with Bowen Tyler, Jr., and others, is now searching for Tyler…
and a young girl within its ancient jungles. But Bradley is not prepared for the terrible secret he comes upon when he enters the city at the heart of the island. Nor is he prepared for the deadliest challenge of all. Sequel to The People That Time Forgot (BR 9216)Jurassic Park: a novel
Par Michael Crichton. 1990
Something is terribly wrong at Jurassic Park on a remote island off the coast of Costa Rica. Visitors and residents…
are being attacked by strange-looking animals that maul them and leave behind a sticky saliva. In reality, dinosaurs cloned and raised by a genetic engineering firm have escaped. Consultants are brought in to solve the problem, but soon everyone is running for dear life. Some strong language. BestsellerA cat abroad: the further adventures of Norton, the cat who went to Paris, and his human
Par Peter Gethers. 1993
Sequel to The Cat Who Went to Paris (RC 34131/BR 8854). Gethers and his Scottish Fold cat Norton go on…
tour--Gethers signing books and Norton holding court for his growing fan club. The duo and their friend Janis then embark on a year-long visit to France. "Le chat" Norton continues to be showered with attention, both in France and on side trips to Italy and Holland. Some strong languageThe wine-dark sea
Par Patrick O'Brian. 1993
Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this installment of the Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin saga finds the pair aboard…
the HMS Surprise, bound for South America. Smooth sailing it is not, for they endure natural disasters, such as an underwater volcanic eruption and a severe squall, and several violent episodes involving other vessels, including the Franklin, an American ship mastered by a Frenchman. Some strong languageThe thirteen-gun salute
Par Patrick O'Brian. 1991
Captain Jack Aubrey and his good friend physician-spy-naturalist Stephen Maturin take leave of the "Surprise" and set sail on the…
"Diane," bound for a Malaysian island. Their mission is to deliver a British envoy intent on signing with the sultan of Borneo a treaty that undermines Napoleon. They visit a Buddhist monastery, endure the insufferable emissary, and play chamber music. Some strong languageThe surgeon's mate
Par Patrick O'Brian. 1981
Captain Jack Aubrey, accompanied by surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin, is aboard HMS "Ariel" on a mission to persuade Spanish…
troops under Napoleon to abandon the Baltic islands under their control and join British forces. With mission accomplished and en route to report victory, they encounter a bizarre chase off the coast of Brittany and are taken prisoner by the French. Some strong languageThe night before Christmas
Par Alex Pine. 2023
This Christmas, the hunters become the hunted... When four trail hunters go missing in the fells of Cumbria on Christmas…
Eve, the race is on to find them before nightfall – when the temperature plummets. After hours of searching, the first body is found... Not frozen in the snow, but brutally murdered and bearing a warning: the real hunt has begun. As a snowstorm descends, three lives hang in the balance. But can the killer be caught before the trail goes cold?An outcast of the islands
Par Joseph Conrad. 1975
Willems gets out of line and is marooned on a tropical island in Malaya for what he expects to be…
"a short episode--a sentence in brackets, so to speak--in the flowing tale of his life." But it does not turn out that way. He remains a man with an air of mystery, a man that few people are willing to discuss, expect to say that it was he who had "brought the Arabs into the river." But how?Incident at Badamya
Par Dorothy Gilman. 1989
Sixteen-year-old Gen Ferris is now alone in Burma. Her missionary parents are both dead, and she sets out for Rangoon,…
the first step toward New York where she has relatives. Packing her meager possessions, including a mystical puppet named Zawgwi, she knows she is ready for whatever fate has in store for her. But she isn't prepared for being held hostage by the Red Army, or for her eccentric fellow captives. For senior high and older readersNostromo
Par Joseph Conrad. 1951
Set in Costaguana, a fictional South American country torn by revolutions and intrigue, this novel centers on a silver mine…
owned by an Englishman. Conrad's tale of politics and the corrupting influence of material interests is unified by the story of Nostromo, the captain of the dock workers who served the English. First written in 1904, this revised edition includes an introduction by Robert Penn WarrenInto the darkness
Par Barbara Michaels. 1990
At his death, Daniel Mignot, the founder of a majestic jewelry empire, leaves half ownership in his Connecticut antique jewelry…
store to his granddaughter Meg. The other half is left to A.L. Riley, an employee, who is an extremely talented designer and goldsmith. But there are rumors that Riley may have been responsible for Dan's death. Is Riley the one from whom Meg is receiving Victorian rings with scary messages?Beyond the chocolate war: a novel
Par Robert Cormier. 1985
A few months after the astounding events recounted in "The Chocolate War," the secret society known as "the Vigils" is…
still operating at Trinity High. Two of the Vigils' key members are becoming increasingly disenchanted with the devious mastermind Archie, and each turns against him in his own way. Some strong language and some violence. For junior and senior high readers