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Captains of the Sands

Author : Jorge Amado
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 014310635X
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Captains of the Sands written by Jorge Amado and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Brazilian Lord of the Flies, about a group of boys who live by their wits and daring in the slums of Bahia A Penguin Classics They call themselves “Captains of the Sands,” a gang of orphans and runaways who live by their wits and daring in the torrid slums and sleazy back alleys of Bahia. Led by fifteen-year-old “Bullet,” the band—including a crafty liar named “Legless,” the intellectual “Professor,” and the sexually precocious “Cat”—pulls off heists and escapades against the right and privileged of Brazil. But when a public outcry demands the capture of the “little criminals,” the fate of these children becomes a poignant, intensely moving drama of love and freedom in a shackled land. Captains of the Sands captures the rich culture, vivid emotions, and wild landscape of Bahia with penetrating authenticity and brilliantly displays the genius of Brazil’s most acclaimed author. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Dick Sands the Boy Captain

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dick Sands the Boy Captain written by Jules Verne and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-07-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For several years the command of the “Pilgrim” had been entrusted to Captain Hull, an experienced seaman, and one of the most dexterous harpooners in Weldon's service. The crew consisted of five sailors and an apprentice. This number, of course, was quite insufficient for the process of whale-fishing, which requires a large contingent both for manning the whale-boats and for cutting up the whales after they are captured; but Weldon, following the example of other owners, found it more economical to embark at San Francisco only just enough men to work the ship to New Zealand, where, from the promiscuous gathering of seamen of well-nigh every nationality, and of needy emigrants, the captain had no difficulty in engaging as many whalemen as he wanted for the season. This method of hiring men who could be at once discharged when their services were no longer required had proved altogether to be the most profitable and convenient...FROM THE BOOKS.

Captain of the Sands

Author : Keith Dewhurst
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 : 9780670203512
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Captain of the Sands written by Keith Dewhurst and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1981 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray

Author : Jorge Amado
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101603542
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray written by Jorge Amado and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Penguin Classic Widely considered the greatest work by the foremost Brazilian author of the twentieth century, The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray comes to Penguin Classics in a new translation by the dean of Portuguese-language translators, Gregory Rabassa. It tells the story of Joaquim Soares da Cunha, who drops dead after he abandons his life of upstanding citizenship to assume the identity of Quincas Water-Bray, a “champion drunk” and bum who is whisked along on a postmortem journey that climaxes in his loss at sea. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The City of Sand

Author : Tianxia Bachang
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0553524119
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book The City of Sand written by Tianxia Bachang and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multimillion-copy bestseller in China—now available in English! In this heart-pounding adventure, a group of individuals who have come together for an expedition, each with a specific interest, soon find themselves motivated by one common goal: the sheer will to survive. THE QUEST: To find the lost city of Jingjue, a once-glorious kingdom, along with the burial chamber of its mysterious queen. Both lie buried under the golden dunes of the desert, where fierce sandstorms and blazing heat show no mercy. THE TEAM: Teenagers Tianyi, who has the ability read the earth and sky through feng shui, and Kai, Tianyi’s best friend and confidant; Julie, a wealthy American whose father vanished on the same trek a year ago; Professor Chen, who wants to fulfill a lifelong dream; and Asat Amat, a local guide gifted in desert survival. THE OBSTACLES: Lethal creatures of the desert and an evil force that wants to entomb the explorers under the unforgiving sands of China’s Taklimakan Desert forever. Translated from the Chinese by Jeremy Tiang, whose recent work includes NEVER GROW UP, the translation from Chinese of the autobiography from action movie superstar Jackie Chan.

Marching Sands

Author : Harold Lamb
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Marching Sands written by Harold Lamb and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fictional adventure book leads readers to follow the journey of a former U.S. Army captain, Robert Gray. A scientific organization wanted Gray to traverse the unforgiving terrain of Gobi Desert to seek the hidden city of Sungan, where the reclusive race of Wusun supposedly lived. In his expedition, Gray has to race against other teams from China and Britain who are trying to find the people of Wusun for their own nefarious needs.

Captain of the Sands

Author : Keith Dewhurst
Publisher : Jonathan Cape
ISBN 13 : 9780224016193
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Captain of the Sands written by Keith Dewhurst and published by Jonathan Cape. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dick Sands, the Boy Captain

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Standard Ebooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Dick Sands, the Boy Captain written by Jules Verne and published by Standard Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-09-04T03:33:31Z with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After an accident on board a whaling ship the captain is lost at sea, making the fifteen-year-old apprentice Dick Sands the acting captain. Through traitorous scheming by the ship’s cook, and bad weather, the ship is blown from the South Pacific around Cape Horn and onto the west coast of Africa. Dick continues to lead the survivors through various trials among the slave traders of Angola. As in many of his other books, Verne touches on scientific topics like entomology, flora, and fauna. He also recounts the adventures of the notable white explorers of Africa. Dick Sands can be read both as an adventure story, and as a condemnation of the horrible cruelties of slavery. When it was written, many countries had already banned the slave trade, but it was still active in Africa. Only when colonial explorers and missionaries started to penetrate the continent did the practice really come under pressure. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3849645800
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen written by Jules Verne and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story of the extraordinary adventures that befell Joshua Barney during his earliest years at sea, at the time of the Revolutionary war. He shipped as second mate on the brig "Cormorant," to sail from Baltimore to the Mediterranean. The first mate left the ship at Norfolk: the captain died; and Barney, only fifteen years old, was master of the ship and responsible for the safe delivery of her cargo at Nice. Everything in the book is true, though written in the form of fiction.

The Hotel Under the Sand

Author : Kage Baker
Publisher : Tachyon Publications
ISBN 13 : 1616960116
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book The Hotel Under the Sand written by Kage Baker and published by Tachyon Publications. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine-year-old Emma is lost at sea in a terrible storm. She awakens on a desolate island, frightened and lonely. Yet brave, quick-witted Emma will not be alone for long, as the ghost of a bellboy appears with the tragic tale of the Grand Wenlocke. More than a century ago, a brilliant inventor built a splendid Victorian resort, the Grand Wenlocke. The hotel was powered by a Difference Engine, a miraculous device that could slow down time (making your vacation just as long as you’d like). But just before it was scheduled to open, the Grand Wenlocke mysteriously sank under the sand. Now the storm that brought Emma to the island has awakened the hotel, perfectly preserved and as incredible as ever. While exploring the magical hotel, Emma encounters a kind-hearted cook and her faithful little dog, a seemingly fearsome pirate captain, and the imperious young heir to the Wenlocke fortune (should it ever be recovered). Adventure, friendship, peril, and perhaps even treasure—all these and more await Emma at the hotel under the sand.

Dick Sand

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Dick Sand written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dick Sand: Or, A Captain at Fifteen by Jules Verne, first published in 1878, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

The Shadow in the Sands

Author : Sam Llewellyn
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781574090895
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book The Shadow in the Sands written by Sam Llewellyn and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: a continuation of the celebrated story of intrigue, treachery and adventure at sea begun in Erskine Childers' epoch-making thriller The Riddle of the Sands, this affectionate tribute to the world's first spy novel is a brilliantly original, utterly enthralling thriller in its own right.

On These Black Sands

Author : Vanessa Rasanen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781732765238
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (652 download)

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Download or read book On These Black Sands written by Vanessa Rasanen and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN HEIR ON THE RUNIn one month, Aoife Cascade will turn twenty and take her seat on the Council of Cregah, an honor she's been preparing for her whole life. But when she lets a secret slip to her mother with devastating consequences, all her plans for the future crumble. Believing her people to be better off without her, she flees Cregah, stowing away aboard a pirate ship bound for dangerous waters.A PIRATE CAPTAIN WHO NEEDS HER HELPCaptain Declan McCallagh is young compared to the pirate lords, but after twelve years on the grueling sea, he has earned a well-respected ship and the attention of the lords, who'd like nothing better than to see his ruin. All he wants is to leave the Aisling Sea-and his past-behind him. But when his sister demands he find the enchanted dagger her rebel faction needs to overthrow the ruling Council, he'll have to decide whether to cast off all family ties or take the perilous voyage to waters guarded by sirens, only passable with the help of the last remaining fae, currently imprisoned by the Council.With murder and betrayal at every turn, can Aoife and Declan learn to rely on one another?Or will the secrets they carry destroy their people-and each other?

Blood and Sand

Author : C. V. Wyk
Publisher : Tor Teen
ISBN 13 : 0765380099
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book Blood and Sand written by C. V. Wyk and published by Tor Teen. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legendary Spartacus is recast as a fierce female warrior in this action-packed tale of a 17-year-old princess and a handsome gladiator who dared take on the Roman Republic.

Dick Sand

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 160977079X
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Dick Sand written by Jules Verne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1878 appeared Dick Sands, the epic of the slave trade. This picture of the wilds of Africa, its adventures and its dangers, the savage hunting both of beasts and men, has always been a favorite among Verne's readers. It contains no marvels, no inventions, but merely, amid stirring scenes and actions seeks to convey two truthful impressions. One is the traveler's teaching the geographical information, the picture of Africa as explorers, botanists, and zoologists have found it. The other is the moral lesson of the awful curse of slavery, its brutalizing, horrible influence upon all who come in touch with it, and the absolutely devastating effect it has had upon Africa itself.

Skeletons on the Zahara

Author : Dean King
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0759509697
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book Skeletons on the Zahara written by Dean King and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2004-02-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: b.A masterpiece of historical adventure, ISkeletons on the Zahara The western Sahara is a baking hot and desolate place, home only to nomads and their camels, and to locusts, snails and thorny scrub -- and its barren and ever-changing coastline has baffled sailors for centuries. In August 1815, the US brig Commerce was dashed against Cape Bojador and lost, although through bravery and quick thinking the ship's captain, James Riley, managed to lead all of his crew to safety. What followed was an extraordinary and desperate battle for survival in the face of human hostility, starvation, dehydration, death and despair. Captured, robbed and enslaved, the sailors were dragged and driven through the desert by their new owners, who neither spoke their language nor cared for their plight. Reduced to drinking urine, flayed by the sun, crippled by walking miles across burning stones and sand and losing over half of their body weights, the sailors struggled to hold onto both their humanity and their sanity. To reach safety, they would have to overcome not only the desert but also the greed and anger of those who would keep them in captivity. From the cold waters of the Atlantic to the searing Saharan sands, from the heart of the desert to the heart of man, Skeletons on the Zahara is a spectacular odyssey through the extremes and a gripping account of courage, brotherhood, and survival.

Twelve Kings in Sharakhai

Author : Bradley P. Beaulieu
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 075640973X
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Twelve Kings in Sharakhai written by Bradley P. Beaulieu and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sharakhai, the great city of the desert, center of commerce and culture, has been ruled from time immemorial by twelve kings--cruel, ruthless, powerful, and immortal. With their army of Silver Spears, their elite company of Blade Maidens and their holy defenders, the terrifying asirim, the Kings uphold their positions as undisputed, invincible lords of the desert. There is no hope of freedom for any under their rule--or so it seems, until ðCeda, a brave young woman from the west end slums, defies the Kings' laws by going outside on the holy night of Beht Zha'ir"--Back cover.