"There's mystery in her history; there's gold within her hold..." This vivid picture book takes readers through the swashbuckling tale of the "Whydah." One of the most advanced sailing ships of the early 18th-century when she first set sail from London in late 1716, this vessel brought adventure, wealth, and doom to all who sailed on her. The ...
In order to save her beloved from a greedy pirate king, an Irish maiden named Oonagh must figure out the answer to four tricky riddles such as "How do you capture the wind on the water?" and "How do you count all the stars in the sky?". Illustrated with oil paintings.
She was a Medicine Hat mustang, so named nearly two centuries earlier by Sioux warriors of the Western plains who believed her markings were sacred shields to protect them in battle. So begins the story of Medicine Hat, a mare responsible for leading a herd of wild horses across the rocky expanses and open vistas of the American West. The vivid ...
Part of the award winning Great Explorers series this book details the story of the first circumnavigation of the world. Magellan's four-year journey was marked by extremes of brilliance, courage, brutality and madness. Color paintings throughout.
The story of the first Europeans to survive traveling by boat down the Colorado River. The 1869 3 month exploration reduced 4 boats and 10 men to 2 boats and 6 men, but made them witness to unsurpassed beauty and their true adventure is inspiring.
Ripped from the pages of "Hellboy"! Where greed and the occult walk hand-in-hand, where mobsters and monsters prowl the streets, none escape the justice of Lobster Johnson! In the years before World War II, Jonas Chapel was a respected physician, until his appetite for vice got the best of him and he found himself on the run from one of New York's ...
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