Island of sea women

Island of Sea Women

The new novel from Lisa See, the New York Times bestselling author of The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, about female friendship and family secrets

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Lonely Sea and Sky

A gripping, wartime, coming-of-age adventure based on real events.

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Cocktail Bar

Throughout these tales, Hoult reveals the contemporary realities of class and disability, office politics and women's lives, with a sharp gaze and a g

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Glass Shore

The Glass Shore: Short Stories by Women Writers from the North of Ireland, compiled by Sinead Gleeson, provides an intimate and illuminating insight i

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Pirate Queens: Notorious Women of the Sea

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Sea Of Troubles

The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian lagoon, draws Commissario Brunetti into the close-kn

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Song of the Sea

In 1755, a spirited young woman leaves her comfortable island home of Guernsey and travels to Nova Scotia, Canada to join her fisherman husband. But E

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Tindims of Rubbish Island and the Deep Sea Treasure

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Tindims of Rubbish Island

The tiny Tindims are like the Borrowers-on-Sea, who turn our everyday rubbish into treasure. A world of characters and adventures to inspire conservat

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Ibiza Island of Dreams

Ibiza Island of Dreams focuses on the paradise Spanish holiday island of Ibiza in the warm Mediterranean blue azure sea explored in words and artwork pictures by Norfolk watercolour artist Alan R. Massen. We have holidayed on the island in the past and it really is a journey into the sunshine. Situated just of the coast of Valencia, Ibiza is in the Spanish Balearic Island...

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Wombs of Women

Françoise Vergs examines the scandal of white doctors forcefully terminating the pregnancies of thousands of poor women of color on the French island

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Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Sea Dragon

Crumble cakes! A red rogue wind is blowing and a wicked pirate captain and his crew are marauding the seven seas near the island left off the map of t

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Sea Lions of Los Islotes

Prepare to be charmed by the Sea Lions of Los Islotes. Luke Inman introduces the magical islets of Espiritu Santo Island and their exuberant residents

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Secrets of the Sea House

A multi-generational historical debut set in a beautiful manor house on an island in the Outer Hebrides, Secrets of the Sea House is a beguiling tale

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Sea Gate

One house, two women, many secrets... A novel about the lives of two women, seventy years apart, and the secrets that bind them together.

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Candid Sea

The Candid Sea is an anthology of assorted poems that endeavors to transport the reader to a sequestered island of abstraction and awe. It is concocte

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Silent Sea

December, 1941. Four brothers investigate the secrets of a treasure pit on a small island in the Pacific. But a sudden death and the coming war allow

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Thirsty Sea

Debut novel written in first person about a 32-year-old women. Immersed in her thoughts in the course of a day, we learn about her insecurities, anxie

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Nim's Island

Nim lives on a beautiful island in the middle of the wide blue sea with her father, Jack, an iguana called Fred, a sea lion called Selkie and a turtle

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Treasure Island

This work of fiction is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck. When young Jim Hawkins finds a package in Captain Flint's sea ch

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Treasure Island

This work of fiction is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck. When young Jim Hawkins finds a package in Captain Flint's sea ch

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Bunny Island

A picture guide to Okunoshima Island in the Sea of Japan, where the only inhabitants are loveable rabbits who are surprisingly tame and accustomed to

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Treasure Island

Audiokniha MP3 Robert Louis Stevenson, čte Rodilý mluvčí Audiokniha Treasure Island namluvená rodilým mluvčím. Jazyková úroveň A2 pro mírně pokročilé posluchače. After Jim Hawkins finds a map in an old sea chest, he starts an exciting adventure which will take him to a far off island in search of treasure. He sets sail with his friends, but they do not realise that ma...

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Mother Island

This is the story of two women, Nula and Maggie, joined by old family history and love for the same little boy. Nula, struggling with her new baby a

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Treasure Island

Treasure Island is an adventure novel, narrating a tale of “pirates and buried gold”. Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action. In this Reader you will find: Focus on… | difficult words | Comprehension activities | Test yourself | CLIL activity Tags Adventure | Courage After Jim Hawkins finds a map in an old sea chest, he starts...

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Brief History of British Sea Power

How the island eventually fell in love with ships and the sea

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Island at the End of the World

Famed for its breathtaking isolation, Easter Island was a verdant South-Sea idyll when a small canoeful of Polynesians arrived in c AD 700. Centuries

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Tress of the Emerald Sea - Sanderson Brandon

Anotace: The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorcer...

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The Song of Mountain, Forest and Sea

Tři příběhy tří domorodých kmenů Rukai, Atayal a Pangcah (Amis) nás vrací zpět na počátek ke kořenům tchajwanské domorodé kultury. Tchaj-wan známý též pod názvem Formosa, neboli Krásný ostrov, leží v Tichém oceánu nedaleko čínské provincie Fu-ťien, mezi Filipínami a Japonskem. Zde jej omývá teplý mořský proud Kurošio, který k jeho břehům přináší bohatý mořský život. Horna...

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Tress of the Emerald Sea - Brandon Sanderson

<p>#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us deeper into the Cosmere Universe with a standalone adventure that will appeal to fans of The Princess Bride.The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listeni...

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Level 3: Island of Dr. Moreau

Classic / British English Edward Prendick is travelling in the South Pacific when his ship goes down. He is saved after many days at sea by another ship, and a passenger, Montgomery, nurses him back to health. Prendick becomes interested in the mystery of Montgomery's life. Why does he live on an unknown Pacific island? Why is he taking animals there? And should Prendick ...

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Pirates and Sea Monsters

Tia and her mum start an adventurous new life on Gull Haven Island, finding lots of animals who need their help along the way.

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Gift from the Sea

Glorious' Emma Thompson 'Women need solitude in order to find again the true essence of themselves.' Holidaying by the sea, and taking inspiration fro

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Hayling Island Branch

New historical information on The Hayling Island Branch, one of Britain's most iconic sea side lines.

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Cardiff, by the Sea

A collection of four never-before-seen novellas. In these psychologically daring, chillingly suspenseful pieces, Joyce Carol Oates writes about women

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Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season (PC)

While explosively stripping the evil pirate LeChuck of his demonic mojo, Guybrush Threepwood inadvertently infects the entire Caribbean with the arch-fiend's expelled voodoo, which threatens to transform buccaneers into unruly pirate monsters. Pursued by a notorious cut-throat Pirate Hunter and a creepy French Physician who believes that Guybrush's eerily-infect...

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Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Season

While explosively stripping the evil pirate LeChuck of his demonic mojo, Guybrush Threepwood inadvertently infects the entire Caribbean with the arch-fiend's expelled voodoo, which threatens to transform buccaneers into unruly pirate monsters. Pursued by a notorious cut-throat Pirate Hunter and a creepy French Physician who believes that Guybrush's eerily-infected hand ho...

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Happy Little Island

Lars Sund's prescient novel is the story of a remote community caught up in a human tragedy on a vast scale - asylum-seekers drowning at sea. Initiall

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Oxford Playscripts: Treasure Island

Why is the old sailor so terrified of the blind man? What is hidden inside his mysterious sea chest? What lies behind his cruel, drunken songs? This i

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Our Island Story

Denis Klamm, feckless scion of two former Leaders, returns to the Island for his father’s funeral, only to find it sinking. Or the sea rising – it d

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Escape from the Island

As five friends paddle around the bay in their dinghy, none of them see a storm coming until it's too late. Swept out to sea, the children end up on a

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At Sea with a Song

On the Thai island of Koh Samui, Thanikarn, a masseuse with traditional values, has never fallen in love - until she meets Lucas, a dashing French Am

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Tindims of Rubbish Island and the Spooky Secret

The tiny Tindims are like the Borrowers-on-Sea, who turn our everyday rubbish into treasure. A world of characters and adventures to inspire conservat

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Adventure Island: The Mystery of the Drowning Man

Jack, Scott, Emily and Drift the dog rescue a drowning man from the sea and find themselves embroiled in a whole new adventure!

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters

After a summer spent trying to prevent a catastrophic war among the Greek gods, Percy Jackson finds his seventh-grade school year unnervingly quiet. His biggest problem is dealing with his new friend, Tyson--a six-foot-three, mentally challenged homeless kid who follows Percy everywhere, making it hard for Percy to have any "normal" friends. But things don't stay quiet fo...

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Tress of the Emerald Sea: A Cosmere Novel - Brandon Sanderson

<p>#1 New York Times Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us deeper into the Cosmere Universe with a standalone adventure that will appeal to fans of The Princess Bride.The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listeni...

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Level 3: Island of Dr. Moreau - Wells Herbert George

Anotace: Classic / British English Edward Prendick is travelling in the South Pacific when his ship goes down. He is saved after many days at sea by another ship, and a passenger, Montgomery, nurses him back to health. Prendick becomes interested in the mystery of Montgomery`s life. Why does he live on an unknown Pacific island? Why is he taking animals there? And should...

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PER | Level 3: Island of Dr. Moreau - Herbert George Wells

<p>Classic / British English Edward Prendick is travelling in the South Pacific when his ship goes down. He is saved after many days at sea by another ship, and a passenger, Montgomery, nurses him back to health. Prendick becomes interested in the mystery of Montgomery's life. Why does he live on an unknown Pacific island? Why is he taking animals there? And should ...

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Women and Music in Ireland

Explores the world of women's professional and amateur musical activity as it developed on and beyond the island of Ireland.

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Treasure Island - Stevenson Robert Louis

Anotace: `Fifteen men on the dead man`s chest-Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!` Treasure Island is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck, and is perhaps the best adventure story ever written.When young Jim Hawkins finds a packet in Captain Flint`s sea chest, he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Shipping as ...

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Good Will Come From The Sea

A collection of blistering, darkly humorous stories that upend the idyllic image of the Greek holiday island.

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Sea People : In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific - Christina Thompson

<p>For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island. Until the arrival of European explorers they were the only people to have ever lived there. Both the most closely related and the most widely dispersed people in the world before the era of mass m...

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Polynesian Island Myths - Jackson J. K.

Anotace: The Polynesian triangle covers Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand and the many isles in between. The legends of the region are based on the creation of land, fish, sea, valleys and the volcanic outcrops scattered across the long stretches of the Pacific.The beautiful myths of the ancient Polynesians are brought together in this new collection: from Hawaii the Ra...

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Polynesian Island Myths - J. K. Jackson

<p>The Polynesian triangle covers Easter Island, Hawaii, New Zealand and the many isles in between. The legends of the region are based on the creation of land, fish, sea, valleys and the volcanic outcrops scattered across the long stretches of the Pacific. The beautiful myths of the ancient Polynesians are brought together in this new collection: from Hawaii the ...

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Treasure Island, 1. vydání - Robert Louis Stevenson

<p>'Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!' Treasure Island is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck, and is perhaps the best adventure story ever written. When young Jim Hawkins finds a packet in Captain Flint's sea chest, he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Shipping as...

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The Song of Mountain, Forest and Sea, 1. vydání - Kate Dargaw

<p>Tři příběhy tří domorodých kmenů Rukai, Atayal a Pangcah (Amis) nás vrací zpět na počátek ke kořenům tchajwanské domorodé kultury. Tchaj-wan známý též pod názvem Formosa, neboli Krásný ostrov, leží v Tichém oceánu nedaleko čínské provincie Fu-ťien, mezi Filipínami a Japonskem. Zde jej omývá teplý mořský proud Kurošio, který k jeho břehům přináší bohatý mořský živ...

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Level 3: Island of Dr. Moreau Book and MP3 Pack - Wells Herbert George

Anotace: Classic / British EnglishEdward Prendick is travelling in the South Pacific when his ship goes down. He is saved after many days at sea by another ship, and a passenger, Montgomery, nurses him back to health. Prendick becomes interested in the mystery of Montgomery´s life. Why does he live on an unknown Pacific island? Why is he taking animals there? And should ...

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PER | Level 3: Island of Dr. Moreau Bk/MP3 Pack - Herbert George Wells

<p>Classic / British EnglishEdward Prendick is travelling in the South Pacific when his ship goes down. He is saved after many days at sea by another ship, and a passenger, Montgomery, nurses him back to health. Prendick becomes interested in the mystery of Montgomery’s life. Why does he live on an unknown Pacific island? Why is he taking animals there? And should P...

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Elvis Eager and the Golden Egg: Monty's Island 3

Monty lives on a perfect island in the middle of a magical sea. Sometimes the sea throws up something interesting ... and Monty goes on an amazing adv

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Beady Bold and the Yum-Yams: Monty's Island 2

Monty lives on a perfect island in the middle of a magical sea. Sometimes the sea throws up something interesting ... and Monty goes on an amazing adv

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