“WHERE PELICANS FLY” is a literary masterpiece that transports readers to a world of adventure, danger, and survival. From the very first page, we are captivated by the rich tapestry of storytelling the author has skillfully weaved. His ability to craft vivid descriptions, evoking the sights, sounds, and emotions of characters, happenings, and surroundings, is truly exceptional.The characters in “Where Pelicans Fly” come alive, inducing an emotional investment in the journey. Tracey...

ALL BUT ONE is a 19th Century account of the Putman children of Gonzales, Texas, who were kidnapped by Comanche's, and their father’s relentless search to find and bring them home.Spanning four decades—the 1820s to 1860s—this dramatic novel, rich in historical detail, begins with Mitchell Putman—who fought in the War of 1812 and Indian Creek War—before migrating from South Carolina to Mexican Texas. Like thousands of Americans, lured by the promise of cheap land by the Mexican gove...

THE ENTHRALLING LIFE STORY OF THE LEGENDARY DJ, NORMAN JAY MBE'Norman Jay's contribution to club culture is immeasurable . . . He brought new life to undiscovered classics and in doing so turned on a whole new generation' David Rodigan'Full of the heart and spirit Norman Jay brings to his music, but it also offers a salutary account of growing up as part of the Windrush generation in London's Notting Hill, the viole...

In eighty-four days he was unable to catch anything. Now the old Santiago feels like he's been struck by a curse. Only the solidarity of the young Manolo and the legendary example of Joe di Maggio, the unbeatable baseball player, will allow him to find the strength to go back fishing in the sea again to mark a symbolic and new initiation. In the desperate hunt for a huge swordfish, and in a fight against the sharks snatching his prey piece by piece, Santiago establishes a true brotherhood ...

In 1957, Farley Mowat shipped out aboard one of Newfoundland’s famous coastal steamers, tramping from outport to outport along the southwest coast. The indomitable spirit of the people and the bleak beauty of the landscape would lure him back again and again over the years. In the process of falling in love with a people and a place, Mowat also met the woman who would be the great love of his life.A stunningly beautiful and talented young artist, Claire Wheeler insouciantly climbed...

A Newbery Honor BookA Walter Dean Myers Honor Book for Teen Readers"An engrossing adventure."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)In a fantasy adventure every bit as compelling and confident in its world building as her Newbery Honor Book A Wish in the Dark, Christina Soontornvat explores a young woman’s struggle to unburden herself of the past and chart her own destiny in a world of secrets. As assistan...

A moving story which is now a major motion picture, Storm Boy is one of the classics of Australian writing for children.Storm Boy saves the life of Mr Percival, and in return the pelican helps Storm Boy’s father with his fishing and joins in the rescue of a shipwrecked crew. The boy and the pelican prove friends to the end.A favourite story, beautifully told.

In Hard Light, Michael Crummey retells and reinvents his father's stories of outport Newfoundland and the Labrador fishery of a half century ago. Speaking through generations of storytellers, he conjures a world of hard toil and heavy weather, shot through with stoicism, grim humour, endurance, and love. This is writing that is supple and charged with intensity, language that vivifies --- electrifies --- whoever and whatever it describes. "Michael Crummey's lucid, dexterous writing shies a...

A castaway on a rocky island is captured by a gang of evil menHe was born Conan of Orme, but Orme is no more. When nuclear war causes the oceans to swallow up the Western world, Conan escapes by chance, washing up on a craggy, desolate isle. After years of privilege, island life is a hard adjustment, but he grows strong—learning to fish, to make fire, and to befriend the birds. On moonless nights, he screams into the darkness, tortured by a loneliness he cannot over...

"There can be no better writer of modern sea adventure around today." – Clive Cussler“Poyer has an accurate ear for dialogue and he fleshes out his characters.” – New York Times Book Review“Poyer’s ability to hold the reader’s interest is fantastic.” – Roanoke Times-UnionUSA Today -bestselling author David Poyer writes gripping undersea thrillers in the tradition of Clive Cussler and John D. MacDonald.Salvage diver and ex-con Tiller Gallowa...

In a last-ditch stab at fortune and glory, middle-aged adventurer Bill Conan enters a 30,000-mile single-handed round-the-world race. This ultimate test of skill, strength, and endurance leads him across the treacherous Atlantic Ocean's vast expanse, where a sudden change in wind throws him off balance and sends him overboard. Alone in the still, open sea, he struggles to keep from drowning, knowing it is a fight that he will eventually lose. But Conan has stumbled into the migratory path ...

"It's Joseph Conrad meets Elmore Leonard."—Vancouver SunA spellbinding tale of the sea: love, murder, and mysticism: At the turn of the century, a Kwakiutl warrior from British Columbia's wild northern islands raids an artifact collector's yacht to reclaim stolen sacred masks. He takes the collector's wife, Kate, as hostage on his 200-mile canoe voyage home. The collector hires Dugger, a coastal trader living on the edges of the law, to give chase in his k...