Nearly one hundred years before Pocahontas, Capt. John Smith, and the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia, three people and two worlds collide at the sand cliffs of what would become Virginia Beach. The ills and virtues of both worlds are on display. Will they choose accepted brutality or decide upon a different path and discover a deeper truth about life?

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Pick“Well worth your time . . . By adding in new characters while adhering to the original story, the author creates something new, strange and thrilling.”—Los Angeles Times“An astonishingly ambitious undertaking . . . you’re in the hands of a genuine storyteller.”—New York Times Book ReviewFrom the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning au...

A 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. Instead of rescuing lost comrades, the Investigator’ s officers and crew soon find themselves trapped in their own ordeal, facing starvation, madness, and...

A classic tale of nautical adventure from the author of the acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series, now published in eBook for the very first time to commemorate the Patrick O’Brian centenary.When Sullivan and Ross decide to go shark fishing among the atolls of the Great Barrier Reef little do they know what awaits them. With their schooner beached for cleaning they take a small whaler out to sea, but when the very devil of a storm turns the whole of the sea white, it drives them to the n...

A Brief Illustrated look at Baldwins adventures as a big game hunter in equatorial Africa during the mid 19th century.

This early guide is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. A detailed description of big game shooting that will prove of great interest to the hunting enthusiast or historian of the sport. Extensively illustrated with black and white drawings. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the o...

Long considered to be the brilliant dark horse of literary nonfiction, Pulitzer Prize–winning Larry McMurtry delivers a searing and reflective exploration of what paradise is, whether it exists, and how different it is from life in his Texas hometown.In 1999, Larry McMurtry, whose wanderlust had been previously restricted to the roads of America, set off for a trip to the paradise of Tahiti and the South Sea Islands in an old-fashioned tub of a cruise boat, at a ti...

An early exploration briefly describes life with the Inuit peoples during the mid nineteenth century. Illustrated.

In this historical novel set in the Virgin Islands of 1733, Raisha escapes from her Dutch "owners" in time to witness the mass suicide of her fellow slaves, who prefer death to recapture.For Raisha, the price of freedom could be everything she has left.A Fight for Identity: Forced to answer to the name Angelica, Raisha struggles to hold on to who she is in a world designed to break her spirit.Based on a True Story: A meticul...

A remastered version of my Great Great grandparents book highlighting the unique life and culture of the Samoan people in the 19th century

Learn about the real lives of the daring and adventurous people who have sailed the seas, explored new worlds, and rocketed into space . . .You might know that Columbus discovered America, Lewis and Clark headed west with Sacajawea, and Sally Ride blasted into outer space. But what do you really know about these bold explorers? What were they like as kids? What pets or bad habits did they have? And what drove their passion to explore unknown parts of the world? Wit...

Kobbé discusses what life was like for a working diver during the late 19th century.