From The Wreck

From The Wreck
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Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Total Pages : 179
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781529006575
ISBN-13 : 1529006570
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis From The Wreck by : Jane Rawson

‘This strange story of love and loneliness, which explores how we all long to belong, is simply wonderful.’ Daily Mail When, in 1859, George Hills is pulled from the wreck of the steamship Admella, he carries with him the uneasy memory of a fellow survivor. Someone else – or something else – kept him warm as he lay dying, half-submerged in the freezing Southern Ocean, kept him bound to life. As George adapts to his life back on land, he can’t quite escape the feeling that he wasn’t alone when he emerged from the ocean that day, that a familiar presence has been watching him ever since. What the creature might want from him – his life? His first-born? Simply to return to its home? – will pursue him, and call him back to the water, where it all began. ‘[A] singular novel . . . [From the Wreck] movingly explores themes of loss, loneliness and guilt.’ Guardian ‘An absorbing, disturbing read, full of deep currents and lurking fears.’ Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of The Children of Time

The Wreck & Rise of Whitson Mariner

The Wreck & Rise of Whitson Mariner
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1951305264
ISBN-13 : 9781951305260
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wreck & Rise of Whitson Mariner by : Sam Smith Smith

King Whitson Mariner leads the displaced rabbits as they weather every challenge on their quest for a new home.

The Wreck

The Wreck
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Publisher : HTJB, Inc.
Total Pages : 341
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780983475422
ISBN-13 : 0983475423
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wreck by : Marie Force

Wrenched apart by tragedy, they’re brought back together by love. Carly Holbrook and Brian Westbury are weeks away from their high school graduation. The young couple plans to marry before they head to college, and their future seems bright with promise. Everything changes one spring night when their six closest friends, including Brian's younger brother, are killed in a fiery car accident that Carly and Brian witness. The trauma leaves Carly unable to speak, and Brian is forced to make unimaginable decisions about a future that once seemed so certain. With Carly incapable of going forward with their plans, Brian leaves home and Carly for good. Fifteen years later, disturbing new clues indicate the accident that wrecked so many lives wasn't an accident at all, bringing Brian home to face a past—and a love—he's never forgotten.

The Wreck of the Medusa

The Wreck of the Medusa
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Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Total Pages : 434
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781555848675
ISBN-13 : 1555848672
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wreck of the Medusa by : Jonathan Miles

A “thrilling . . . captivating” account of the most famous shipwreck before the Titanic—a tragedy that inspired an unforgettable masterpiece of Western art (The Boston Globe). In June 1816, the Medusa set sail. Commanded by an incompetent captain, the frigate ran aground off the desolate West African coast. During the chaotic evacuation a privileged few claimed the lifeboats, while 147 men and one woman were herded aboard a makeshift raft that was soon cut loose by the boats that had pledged to tow it to safety. Those on the boats made it ashore and undertook a two-hundred-mile trek through the sweltering Sahara, but conditions were far worse on the drifting raft. Crazed, parched, and starving, the diminishing band fell into mayhem. When rescue arrived thirteen days later, only fifteen were alive. Among the handful of survivors were two men whose bestselling account of the maritime disaster scandalized Europe and inspired promising artist Théodore Géricault, who threw himself into a study of the Medusa tragedy, turning it into a vast canvas in his painting, The Raft of the Medusa. Drawing on contemporaneously published accounts and journals of survivors, The Wreck of the Medusa is “a captivating gem about art’s relation to history” (Booklist) and ultimately “a thrilling read” (The Guardian).

The Wreck

The Wreck
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Publisher : Landon Beach Books
Total Pages : 300
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1732257809
ISBN-13 : 9781732257801
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wreck by : Landon Beach

Are you ready for an underwater adventure? Witness the mystery unfold as you dive in!Nate Martin finds something unfathomable on the beach-something impossible-that creates a frenzied search for answers amongst people who hold life less dear than their more desirous pursuits.On the famous beaches of Hampstead, Michigan, what was once a small community of summer cottage holders has turned into a beachfront full of gaudy mansions owned by the mega-rich. Among the few remaining cottage folk are Nate and Brooke Martin, two teachers who have settled in for the summer to relax and rekindle their relationship. And on a remote peninsula resides Abner Hutch, retired Coast Guard Officer and Great Lakes master of the deep-a man with a mysterious past and a core wound that will not heal.Everything changes on the sunny day in June when Nate takes a walk on the beach.Put on some sunscreen, unfold a beach chair, and get ready to discover The Wreck.

Wreck This Picture Book

Wreck This Picture Book
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 65
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780593111024
ISBN-13 : 0593111028
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Wreck This Picture Book by : Keri Smith

An Indie Next List Selection Keri Smith, creator of the mega-bestselling Wreck This Journal, now brings her imagination and inspiration to children with this picture book that explores the very active experience of reading. What if there were a book that changed every time you read it? Actually, every book does this. We are all part of the books we read, because our individual reactions, ideas, and emotions make the book whole, and these things are changing all the time. Keri Smith has helped millions of people free their creativity and find their own voice with her interactive books, and now she brings that sensibility to children and to the act of reading. This picture book is an invitation to honor your own vision and to welcome imperfection. Kids will discover that reading can engage all five senses, and that what they themselves bring to a book is an important contribution. (And of course they'll be invited to do a bit of harmless "wrecking"!)

The Wreck of Heaven

The Wreck of Heaven
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 511
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ISBN-10 : 9780061835704
ISBN-13 : 0061835706
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wreck of Heaven by : Holly Lisle

There are doors into other worlds -- and those who cross over are changed forever ... Two women have discovered the way into a new reality -- one so close to Earth that events there have shattering repercussions here. On Oria -- a wondrous paradise and nightmare both -- Molly McColl has powers she never imagined ... and a destiny that threatens her life, her love, and her soul. While Lauren Dane must use an extraordinary, newfound magic to protect her young son -- and to join with her sister on a quest that will shake the foundations of Heaven itself. For a serpentine evil now threatens the worldchain -- a soulless, immortal enemy who feeds on the death of worlds, and who is now turning its hungry, malevolent gaze on Oria ... and Earth.

Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972

Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 81
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780393345759
ISBN-13 : 0393345750
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972 by : Adrienne Rich

In her seventh volume of poetry, Adrienne Rich searches to reclaim—to discover—what has been forgotten, lost, or unexplored. "I came to explore the wreck. / The words are purposes. / The words are maps. / I came to see the damage that was done / and the treasures that prevail." These provocative poems move with the power of Rich's distinctive voice.

Wreck of the Carl D.

Wreck of the Carl D.
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 284
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780253222589
ISBN-13 : 0253222583
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis Wreck of the Carl D. by : Michael Schumacher

, Michael Schumacher reconstructs the terrible accident, perilous search, and chilling aftermath for the small Michigan town so intimately affected by the tragedy.

The Wreck

The Wreck
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Publisher : Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
Total Pages : 249
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781838771386
ISBN-13 : 1838771387
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wreck by : Meg Keneally

A warm, intelligent and powerful novel, rich in history but deeply relevant to today's world, perfect for fans of Kate Grenville and Hannah Kent. I will go with the men when they rise. Women hunger, and women die, so women must also fight. 1820, London. Sarah McCaffrey, fleeing arrest for her part in a failed rebellion, finds herself alone and on the run. She boards the Serpent, bound from London to the colony of New South Wales - and when the captain's reckless actions lead the ship to be dashed onto Sydney's notorious rocks, Sarah is the only survivor. Adopting a false identity, Sarah determines to make a new life for herself. She takes the first work she can find, under the formidable Molly Thistle, who runs a sprawling trade empire. Sarah begins to see that there is more than one way of changing the world, but her new life is thrown into chaos when her past follows her across the seas.