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  • The Billionaire’s Substitute Bride

    A Billionaire Marriage of Convenience Romance

    by Edward Belcher ...
    Translated by Romy Faber ...
    The wedding is planned. The bride is gone. And the woman holding the clipboard is about to be offered her place.Delaney Kirk knows how to manage a disaster without letting the guests see it. Her own life is another matter: a failed business partnership has left her responsible for a debt she cannot pay, and starting over is becoming harder by the day.Wells Harrington has a deadline of his own. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Sailor's Word-Book

    Enriched edition. A 19th-Century Glossary of Maritime Terminology, Shipbuilding, Navigation, and Seafaring Lore

    by W. H. Smyth ...
    In "The Sailor's Word-Book," W. H. Smyth compiles an extensive glossary of nautical terminology, capturing the rich lexicon of maritime culture during the 19th century. The book is characterized by its meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to precision, reflecting the depth of Smyth's own maritime experience. His prose blends accessibility with scholarly rigor, making it an essential ... Read more

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  • The Sailor's Word-Book (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. An Encyclopedic Guide to Nautical Terminology, Royal Navy Vocabulary, Seamanship, Navigation, and Maritime Lore

    by W. H. Smyth, Delia Penmere ...
    The Sailor's Word-Book is far more than a maritime dictionary: it is an encyclopedic treasury of naval language, seamanship, ship construction, weather lore, gunnery, navigation, and custom. Arranged alphabetically yet animated by anecdote and precision, it belongs to the nineteenth-century tradition of practical learned reference works, preserving the idiom of the Royal Navy at a moment when sail ... Read more

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  • The Sailor's Word-Book

    Enriched edition. An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc

    by W. H. Smyth, Nolan Taylor ...
    W. H. Smyth's "The Sailor's Word-Book" stands as a crucial reference work that meticulously catalogues the specialized vocabulary of seafaring, illuminating the rich tapestry of maritime life in the early 19th century. Smyth adopts a lexicographical style that not only defines terms but also contextualizes them within the naval traditions of his time, providing readers with a comprehensive ... Read more

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  • The Sailor's Word-Book (Summarized Edition)

    Enriched edition. A nautical reference guide to maritime terminology and seafaring vocabulary, with shipbuilding terms and oceanic language for enthusiasts

    by W. H. Smyth, Abigail Hill, Abigail Hill ...
    The Sailor's Word-Book is an encyclopedic lexicon of the sea's technical and vernacular speech, arranged alphabetically and ranging from seamanship, navigation, gunnery, rigging, shipbuilding, to messroom slang and ceremonial usages. Smyth's definitions are concise yet richly allusive, with cross-references and etymological notes drawn from Admiralty practice, voyages, and classical sources. ... Read more

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  • Sailing Alone around the World

    by Joshua Slocum ...
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    Full of astounding adventures, Sailing Alone around the World is the true story of the first man ever to circle the globe alone entirely by sea. In a little over three years, Captain Joshua Slocum completed the feat many experts believed couldn't be done—and he has the stories to prove it. During his historic voyage, Slocum was chased by pirates in Gibraltar, soaked by a "rain of blood" in ... Read more

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  • WHACK JOB

    by Kendel Lynn ...
    Series Book 2 - An Elliott Lisbon Mystery
    Elliott Lisbon blends her directorship of the Ballantyne Foundation with her PI-in-Training status by planning parties and performing discreet inquiries for charitable patrons. But when the annual Wonderland Tea Party makes everyone go mad as a hatter, Elli gets pulled into a shooting, a swindle, and the hunt for a Faberge egg.From seedy pawn parlors to creepy antique shops, Sea Pine Island’s ... Read more

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  • Astounding Sea Stories

    Fifteen Ripping Good Tales

    Edited by Tom McCarthy ...
    Stories that will entertain, inform, and inspire.Few people would want to test their mettle in an ice-encrusted boat with Ernest Shackleton, or search for the Northwest Passage with Franklin’s doomed crew, or watch their mates being beheaded by angry pirates like Daniel Collins. But it’s quite another thing to read these true accounts while settled into a favorite chair. Here are stoic and hardy ... Read more

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  • Death in the Off-Season

    by Francine Mathews ...
    Series Book 1 - A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery
    The first Merry Folger Nantucket mysteryWhen Rusty Mason, scion of one of Nantucket's oldest and wealthiest families, is found dead in a flooded cranberry bog one foggy fall night, thirty-two-year-old detective Merry Folger is faced with her first murder case. Merry is the daughter of the local police chief and granddaughter of his predecessor; her father is a strict boss and Merry feels pressure ... Read more

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  • The Ice Passage

    A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness

    by Brian Payton ...
    **SHORTLISTED FOR THE HUBERT EVANS NON-FICTION PRIZELONGLISTED FOR BC's NATIONAL AWARD FOR CANADIAN NON-FICTIONA thrilling account of suffering and survival, The Ice Passage charts an epic quest from desire to destiny.**It begins as a mission of mercy. Four and a half years after the disappearance of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and his two ships, HMS Investigator sets sail in search of them. ... Read more

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  • The Cat Who Blew the Whistle

    by Lilian Jackson Braun ...
    Series Book 17 - Cat Who...
    Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum, investigate the disappearance of a wealthy railroad buff in this mystery in the New York Times bestselling Cat Who series.Floyd Trevelyan’s historic steam locomotive, newly restored, is the newest attraction in Moose County. But the excitement is eclipsed by shock when Trevelyan disappears—along with millions of investors’ dollars. Puzzled ... Read more

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