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Capt. Hook: the adventures of a notorious youth
Par James V Hart, J. M Barrie. 2005
The youth of notorious villain Captain Hook, from his days at Eton. When he arrives at the famous school, James…
(the future Hook) has never known his mother and barely knows his father, so he channels his loneliness and rage into plotting revenge against sadistic classmates. At last, he escapes to the high seas, but he unwittingly boards a slave ship that reveals horrifying brutality and family secrets. Some strong language. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 2005.Canadian stories of the sea
Par Victor Suthren. 1993
A sampling of stories which capture Canada's long and exciting history of sea-faring. The tranquillity of Edwardian yachting, bloody sea…
battles, and special ships like the Bluenose are featured. Writers include Thomas Raddall, E. Pauline Johnson, and Farley Mowat. 1993.Band of brothers (Richard Bolitho ; #2)
Par Alexander Kent. 2006
The new year seems to offer Richard Bolitho and his friend Martyn Dancer the culmination of a dream. Both have…
been recommended for promotion, although they have not yet gained the coveted lieutenant's commission. But a routine passage from Plymouth to Guernsey in an untried schooner becomes, for Bolitho, a passage from midshipman to King's officer, tempering the promise of the future with the bitter price of maturity. Sequel to "Midshipman Bolitho". 2006. (Richard Bolitho ; 2)At odds with love
Par Betty Neels. 1993
Nikolaas van der Vollenhove was a workaholic surgeon, who didn't need complications in his well ordered life, yet he went…
out of his way to help Jane when she badly needed a friend, which seemed to indicate that he was interested in her. However, his subsequent proposal of marriage was not that of a man head over heels in love. Had Jane any hope of changing his feelings? 1993.All else confusion
Par Betty Neels. 1982
Probably Annis should never have married Jake Royle: he had said from the start that he didn't think that love…
was necessary to make marriage work - meaning that he didn't love her! But she loved him even more than she loved her own family. 1982.Adrift
Par Allan Baillie. 1983
Feeling every inch the pirate under his crimson shirt and black swimming trunks, Flynn rocked the upturned crate a little.…
Of course, small sister Sally was poor material for a crew, but at least the thing was floating. "We're sailing for the Caribbean" he announced. The trouble was, they were! Grades 3-6. 1983.A walk to remember
Par Nicholas Sparks. 1999
Fifty-seven-year-old Landon thinks back to 1958, the year that changed his life. Pious, bible-carrying Jamie Sullivan asks seventeen-year-old Landon to…
costar with her in the Christmas play written by her preacher father. As they spend time together, Landon is shocked to realize he's falling in love. Bestseller. 1999.Abigail
Par Joan Druett. 1988
Abigail, born and raised on her father's whaling ship in New Zealand, meets Captain Seth Morgan when she sails to…
New England to live with relatives. She returns to New Zealand to find her father's murderer and to solve the riddle that her father left her. 1988.A ship is dying
Par Brian Callison. 1976
A rebel princess
Par Barbara Cartland. 1985
Balkan Princess Tora has been promised in marriage to an elderly king. She is horrified at having to marry a…
man she has never met. Disguising herself, she goes to the palace as a musician, where she has many adventures, and discovers true love. 1985.A king's trade (Alan Lewrie naval adventure series. #13.)
Par Dewey Lambdin. 2006
Captain Alan Lewrie of HMS Proteus avoids charges of slave-stealing by escorting an East India Company convoy to Cape Town…
and points east. The fleet encounters a seagoing circus in need of protection. Sequel to “The Captain’s Vengeance” (DC29443). Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of violence and some descriptions of sex. c2006. (Alan Lewrie naval adventure series ; 13)A duel with destiny
Par Barbara Cartland. 1977
A dream came true
Par Betty Neels. 1982
After her parents die Jemima has to make a new life for herself. She finds a job as a companion…
help to Lady Manderly. But her new job is not easy, perhaps because she has to cope with Lady Manderly's nephew, Professor Alexander Cator. 1982.A kind of magic
Par Betty Neels. 1992
Rosie knew that the man she married must dote on her and love her even when she was bad tempered…
or sneezing her head off, but Fergus Cameron didn't fit the bill at all. Annoying, exasperating, determined to have his own way, he would annoy any girl, and Rosie was no exception. Of course he could be charming when it suited him ... not that it mattered to Rosie; he'd already told her he'd found the girl he was going to marry. 1992.A happy meeting
Par Betty Neels. 1992
Cressida had nobody to turn to for help, so she was grateful when Aldrik van der Linus interested himself in…
her affairs, and glad to accept the job he found her in Holland. Not that he was interested in her as a woman, of course - and she couldn't blame him for not noticing her when he was involved with the glamorous Nicola van Germert - but that didn't stop her falling in love with him. 1992.A girl in a million
Par Betty Neels. 1993
Marius van Houben was the sort of man who could have any woman he wanted. Rich, attractive, successful, he was…
still a bachelor and apparently not looking for a wife, although it was inevitable that he would marry one day. When he chose his bride it wouldn't be a student nurse like Caroline, with nothing to attract a man's attention except common sense and a talent for plain speaking. 1993.A girl to love
Par Betty Neels. 1982
Sadie was appalled at the idea of leaving not only the cottage but also the village where she had spent…
twenty of her twenty-three years. Then, at the eleventh hour, Mr. Oliver Trentham saved the situation, by buying her cottage and then offering her a job as his housekeeper. 1982.Roman inspiré de Joshua Slocum, marin et aventurier, Canadien de la Nouvelle-Écosse, émigré aux États-Unis, qui fut le premier à…
faire le tour du monde en solitaire entre 1895 et 1898. 1989.A company of swans
Par Eva Ibbotson. 2008
Escaping her father’s stifling household and pursuing her dream to join a ballet company, Harriet Morton journeys up the Amazon…
to perform in Brazil’s famous opera house in Manaus. Pursued by her outraged father, she is rescued by a dashing, wealthy Englishman. 2008.A common life: the wedding story (The Mitford Years series. #6.)
Par Jan Karon. 2001
Father Tim Kavanagh finally gets up the courage to ask Cynthia Coppersmith to marry him. Tensions mount as each struggles…
with doubt and preparations. Meanwhile the entire town becomes involved in the planning. Bestseller. Sequel to "New song" (DC20871), followed by "In this mountain". 2001. (The Mitford years ; 6)