Sea Discovery

"A treasure of a book."—David McCullough The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye. A New York...

Scuba diver Jake McDonald discovers a large alien probe in an underwater cave and is beamed aboard. He discovers he can communicate with the AI device, which tells him the human race will be extinct in one hundred years. Jake uses the discovered artifact to help solve the problem while attempting to unify and protect his family. He and his family gather a band of people representing a cross-section of Earth and, armed with a plan, head out into the unknown. His ability to think outside the box lets his entourage explore worlds beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Discovery is the first book in the ...

For thousands of years, we have set out sailing for all kinds of reasons - for battle, for infinite wealth, for the excitement of exploring the unknown, and for escape from the mundane. We have always had a primal relationship with the sea - even those who have never been to sea remain fascinated by the seafaring life and tales of salty adventure. Now in a brand–new series collection, The Best Sailing Stories Ever Told brings together such diverse authors as Charles Dickens, Jack London, John Masefield, Stephen Crane, Herman Melville, and dozens more.

Arriving in Greece on the trail of a missing friend, The Adventurers land themselves in a mystery filled with suspense. An ancient map has been discovered, but where does it lead? Who are the menacing figures pursuing them at every turn? Join Lara, Rufus, and the gang as they set sail for an island-hopping escapade!

She finally has a life that belongs to her. Now she has to trust herself enough to live it. Eden Whitfield came to Sea Glass Island to begin again. Now she’s discovering that building a new life takes more than courage—it takes trusting that the woman she has become is ready for whatever comes next. Mercer House is changing. The dusty rooms Eden inherited are slowly becoming warm, welcoming spaces. The belongings she brought from Ohio are finding their places beside the pieces her great-aunt Ruth left behind. And for the first time, Eden is creating a home—and a future—based ...

The perfect dinner. The perfect marriage. Only one would survive the night. Eden Whitfield has always believed that love lives in the little things—remembering birthdays, preparing favorite meals, and making everyone feel at home. For twenty-nine years, she's built a beautiful life around those quiet acts of love, one sacrifice at a time. Then, on the night of the most important dinner party of her husband's career, he asks her to add one more guest to the table. Before the evening is over, everything Eden believes about her marriage begins to unravel, and by morning, she's forced to face...

Over the years, thousands of tales both true and fantastic have been told about the dastardly thievery of pirates. Their rum-drunk exploits and high-seas violence never fail to delight. Now in a brand new series collection, The Best Pirate Stories Ever Told includes many of the very best pirate yarns ever created on history’s most debaucherous scalawags. Anyone who loves a good story full of excitement, adventure, thrills, and laughs will find this collection irresistible.

Explore the Uncharted with The Most Incredible Exploration Stories Ever Told! Embark on an unforgettable journey through time and across the globe with this captivating collection of exploration stories that will ignite your sense of adventure and curiosity. In The Most Incredible Exploration Stories Ever Told, we invite you to dive headfirst into the thrilling tales of intrepid explorers who dared to venture into the unknown, unveiling the mysteries of our world. Among several others, you’ll learn about the exploits and adventures of: Marco Polo, the Venetian explorer who became an ...

She came to Sea Glass Island expecting to find a house. She never expected to find pieces of herself waiting inside. With her marriage behind her and nearly everything she once called home packed away in storage, Eden Whitfield boards a plane for Florida with one simple plan: see the house her great-aunt left her, decide what to do with it, and move on. Then she arrives at Sea Glass Island. At the end of a quiet road sits a sprawling old house overlooking the Gulf—a house filled with faded photographs, forgotten belongings, and fragments of a childhood Eden can barely remember. The longer...

Why are we so fascinated by the Dead Sea Scrolls? In the mid-twentieth century, several Bedouin shepherds happened upon ancient scrolls housed in a cave. These documents, called the Dead Sea Scrolls, are often considered the most important manuscript discovery of the modern era. A veil of...

""Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring…A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting account."" —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and...

"A treasure of a book."—David McCullough The harrowing story of a pathbreaking naval expedition that set out to map the entire Pacific Ocean, dwarfing Lewis and Clark with its discoveries, from the New York Times bestselling author of Valiant Ambition and In the Hurricane's Eye. A New York...

From the acclaimed author of Children of Ash and Elm, an intimate, continent-spanning human journey through the Viking world. For centuries, Vikings have been stereotyped as brutish and violent pillagers. But now, based on the latest archaeological research, preeminent scholar Neil Price reveals...

In 1878, a Jerusalem antiquities dealer named Moses Wilhelm Shapira acquired a curious biblical manuscript consisting of sixteen leather strips. The manuscript, written in ancient, Paleo-Hebrew contained what appeared to be a form of the Bible’s Book of Deuteronomy but with significant variations. It was allegedly discovered by Bedouin tribesmen around 1865, east of the Dead Sea, in a remote cave, high above the Wadi Mujib (biblical Arnon). Shapira believed that his manuscript was both ancient and authentic. In 1883, he presented his scroll to the leading scholars of Europe. Newspapers ...

A Tail Could Tell a Tale Locklyn Adair has never fit in. The legs she inherited as a result of her great-great-grandmother’s curse make it impossible for her to belong under the sea. When her niece is also born without a tail, Locklyn is determined to save her from similar rejection by sending...

"An Ocean Life" is a gripping odyssey brimming with twists in cinematic prose into a harrowing fight for life and self-discovery. "An epic ocean voyage unlike any other" Following years of grappling with financial challenges, Mark at last secures the vital funding required to sustain his ailing company. Filled with a profound sense of relief and newfound optimism, Mark decides to celebrate by treating his family to a long-awaited vacation—a chance to temporarily escape the pressures that have weighed heavily on them for so long. He also yearns to reignite the spark in his marriage. ...

She came to Sea Glass Island to figure out what came next. She never expected to start wanting a life there. Little by little, Eden Whitfield is beginning to find her footing on Sea Glass Island. Mercer House still needs more work than she can afford, but with every room she brings back to life, the old house feels a little less like an inheritance she doesn’t know what to do with—and a little more like home. For the first time in decades, Eden is also learning to ask herself a question she once stopped asking: What do I want? The answer may be more complicated than she expected. Her ...

For the first time in nearly thirty years, Eden Whitfield knows where she belongs. Now she has to find a way to stay. Choosing Sea Glass Island was the easy part. Building a life there may be much harder. Mercer House has given Eden something she thought she’d lost forever—a place that feels like her own. But an aging eight-bedroom house comes with more than beautiful sunsets, wraparound porches, and family history. It comes with repairs, mounting expenses, and questions Eden can no longer afford to put off. Then an unexpected opportunity forces her to decide just how much this new life...

Merle and Pearl meet . . . a talking donkey? Merle and Pearl are still in the clutches of their squirrelnapper. The Gomez family, along with Justin and Sadie, is in hot pursuit. After a wrong turn, they receive a hint from the most unlikely of sources. Meanwhile, Merle and Pearl are having their...

Eden Whitfield has finally built a life that feels like her own—until her past walks through the front door. The Mercer at Sea Glass Island is officially open. For the first time in years, Eden isn’t simply imagining a different future—she’s living it. Guests are arriving, reservations are filling, and the old house she once considered selling has become something she created entirely on her own terms. Then a familiar name appears on the reservation list: Warren Whitfield. But Warren isn’t the only unexpected arrival at The Mercer. When a woman with nowhere to go appears at ...