Life Boat

If you want to get to know eleven-year-old Samantha Ali-O’Connor, you need to know three things: One, she isn’t the only one of her siblings who is adopted, but she is the only one whose name isn't inspired by the ocean. Two, she and Harbor always compete with each other to be the best Oldest Sibling—and just about everything else. And three, she is determined to prove she's a real Ali-O'Connor by taking over the family business, repairing and chartering boats. Except there's a Capital-P Problem: Her mothers have been Serious Whispering about selling the business before summer's end!

Burt catches himself a lot more than a fish when he and his trusty boat, the Tidely-Idely, put out to sea. A whale of a tale!

One day Ellie builds up the courage to approach an older girl playing on her own in a beached rowboat. Piper has a gift, an imagination so great that she whisks Ellie off on grand adventures, going high in the air, deep below the ocean and everywhere in between in their little blue boat, their magic boat. When Piper has to leave, Ellie discovers she has her own vivid imagination.

Cat brothers Cecil and Anton are as different in personality as they are in looks. Cecil, stocky and black with white patches, thirsts for seafaring adventure as he roams the docks of his harborside home, taking day trips on fishing boats when the chance comes along. Slim, gray Anton prefers listening to the sailors' shanties at the town saloon. But one day when Anton does venture to port, he's stolen off the dock, and the next thing he knows, he's at sea.

Inspired by the true history of the SS Great Britain, Starboard is about the friendship, heroism and bravery that you can find in others, whether they’re made of flesh or iron. It’s about taking control of your own life and going on epic adventures. But most of all, it’s about finding out who you really dare to be, when you’re completely out of your depth.

With their father en route to Africa for Doctors without Borders, city-kids Nicholas and younger twin sisters Haley and Hetty are off to spend the summer with their Great-Uncle Nick at his house on Forsaken Lake. Despite some initial doubts, Nicholas is right at home in the country: He learns to sail, learns about his father as a boy, and makes fast friends with a local girl, the tomboy Charlie. The summer takes a turn toward the mysterious, though, when Nicholas discovers an old movie that his father made as a boy.

X Minus One premiered in April 1955 on NBC and ran until January 1958. Like its predecessor series, Dimension X, X Minus One featured stories by the greatest names in modern science fiction: Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Clifford Simak, Robert Bloch, and many more.

It is a love story about family, about starting over, and about making dreams come true. It is about making friends you know will last you your whole life. This is a story about a small town in West Virginia, overcoming our differences and working together, and a dog named Rock and how he finds his place in life.

The Chinese Economic miracle is happening despite, not because of, China's 900 million peasants. They are missing from the portraits of booming Shanghai, or Beijing. Many of China's underclass live under a feudalistic system unchanged since the 15th century. Wu Chuntao and Chen Guidi undertook a three-year survey of what had happened to the peasants in one of the poorest provinces, Anhui, asking the question: have the peasants been betrayed by the revolution undertaken in their name by Mao and his successors?

From the beloved New York Times best-selling Luanne Rice comes a heartwarming yet heart-wrenching portrait of three far-flung sisters who come home to Martha's Vineyard one last time. Their mother's beach house is the only place any of them ever found true happiness and they need to begin the difficult process of letting go. Memories of their grandmother, mother, and their Irish father, who sailed away the year Dar turned 12, rise up and expose the fine cracks in their family myth.

Rick, Ava und Emilio erkunden den Fluss einer tropischen Insel. Da treiben ihnen riesige Baumstämme entgegen, die mit sonderbaren Zeichen markiert sind. Ein finsterer Kerl bedroht sie, und geheimnisvolle Spuren führen sie in den tiefsten Dschungel hinein. Was geht hier vor sich? Plötzlich befinden sich die drei Freunde mitten in einem gefährlichen Abenteuer, bei dem sie nicht nur sich selbst retten müssen! Der neunte Teil der fesselnden Reihe von Bestsellerautor Ulf Blanck ("Die drei ??? Kids") für alle Abenteurer, Wasserratten und Leichtmatrosen – gelesen von Oliver Rohrbeck.

Geschickt steuern Rick, Ava und Emilio die Nautilus durch das Meer. Da entdecken sie plötzlich einen sonderbaren Schatten im Wasser. Beherzt folgen sie ihm in die Tiefe. Doch das Wesen ist alles andere als harmlos: Es handelt sich um einen riesigen Wasserdrachen! Und das ist nicht die einzige Gefahr, die dort unten lauert. Weitere dunkle Schatten warten auf die drei Freunde.

Hai-Alarm vor der Küste! Die Urlauber auf der paradiesischen Insel im Südmeer haben panische Angst. Rick, Ava und Emilio glauben erst nicht so recht an die Gerüchte. Doch dann werden sie selbst von Haien und Kraken attackiert! Was hat die Tiere so aufgebracht? Oder steckt mehr hinter den Angriffen? Die drei Freunde begeben sich auf eine gefährliche Mission. Teil 7 der spannenden Reihe von Bestsellerautor Ulf Blanck ("Die drei ??? Kids") für Abenteurer, Wasserratten und Leichtmatrosen – ungekürzt gelesen von Oliver Rohrbeck.

Rick, Ava und Emilio entdecken sonderbare Wrackteile auf dem Wasser. Was hat es damit auf sich? Ohne zu zögern, gehen die Freunde mit der Nautilus auf Tauchfahrt. Am Meeresgrund stoßen sie auf ein schillerndes Objekt: Es ist ein Ufo! Und die außerirdischen Wesen darin brauchen dringend Hilfe. Klar, dass die drei Abenteurer sofort loslegen. Doch dabei geraten sie selbst in Gefahr... Teil 5 der spannenden Reihe von Bestsellerautor Ulf Blanck ("Die drei ??? Kids") für Abenteurer, Wasserratten und Leichtmatrosen - ungekürzt gelesen von Oliver Rohrbeck.

With millions of people searching for meaning in their lives, this audiobook shows how each of us holds the key to building the life of our dreams. Though his boat hasn’t flipped over, Pliszka uses the metaphor as a reminder to remain positive in the face of challenge and adversity. This book is chock-full of tools, ideas, and anecdotes that will help set a course for personal success and life fulfillment.

Sugar Mountain is a cautionary tale about an all-too-possible catastrophe: a deadly flu epidemic that starts in China and spreads throughout the world, slowly at first, then unbelievably fast. And there is no cure. People who prepare for such possibilities are variously referred to as “homesteaders”, “preppers”, or “survivalists”.

The entertaining style and solid research of the Lives of…. series of biographies have made it a favorite with families and educators for twenty years. This new volume takes readers through the centuries and across the globe, profiling the men and women whose curiosity and courage have led them to discover our world.

Rätselhafte Zeichen führen Rick, Ava und Emilio an Bord der Nautilus tief hinab ins Meer. Ob ein sagenhafter Piratenschatz auf sie wartet? Tatsächlich stoßen die drei Freunde auf ein uraltes Geisterschiff! Doch als sie es erkunden wollen, werden sie in einen gefährlichen Strudel gerissen. Und was sie dann entdecken, hätten sie nie für möglich gehalten!

Rick, Ava und Emilio jagen durchs Wasser - so schnell war die Nautilus noch nie! Plötzlich tauchen zwei völlig verängstigte Delfine auf und führen die Freunde zu einer geheimnisvollen Insel. Wovor habe die Tiere solche Angst? Die drei Abenteurer begeben sich im Landesinneren auf Erkundungstour.

Il y avait un bourg fort sympathique sur la côte atlantique où parents, enfants, petits et grands pêchaient 365 jours par an. Mel, lui, préférait chanter à tue-tête. Un jour, il largua les amarres, et s'en fut trouver l'inspiration.