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The adventurers quartet volume 4
Language
English
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Widely known as the lord of the privateers, Royd Frobisher expects to execute the final stage of the rescue mission his brothers have begun. What he does not expect is to be pressured into taking Isobel Carmichaelhis childhood sweetheart, former handfasted bride and current business partnerwith him.
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Series
Oregon files volume 13
Language
English
Description
Nearly two thousand years ago, an Eastern emperor charged a small group with safeguarding secrets powerful enough to change the history of mankind. They went down in legend as the Nine Unknown Men--and now two rival factions of their descendants are fighting a mighty battle. Both sides think they are saving the world, but their tactics could very well bring about the end of humankind. Soon, Juan Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives aboard the...
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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When one of his trading vessels returns to eighteenth-century London with the remarkable body of a mermaid, Jonah gains entry into high society and falls in love with a highly accomplished courtesan, with unexpected consequences.
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Temeraire volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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In the first novel of the New York Times bestselling Temeraire series, a rare bond is formed between a young man and a dragon, and together they must battle in the Napoleonic Wars.
“A terrifically entertaining fantasy novel.”—Stephen King
Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft...
“A terrifically entertaining fantasy novel.”—Stephen King
Aerial combat brings a thrilling new dimension to the Napoleonic Wars as valiant warriors rise to Britain’s defense by taking to the skies . . . not aboard aircraft...
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Temeraire volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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Captain Will Laurence and his noble dragon Temeraire battle against Bonaparte's invading forces. When China discovers that their rare gift, meant for Napoleon, is now in the hands of the British forces, they demand the return of the dragon.
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Series
Oregon files volume 3
Language
English
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Cabrillo and his crew aboard the clandestine spy ship Oregon have made a comfortable but dangerous living working for high-powered Western interests. Their newest clients are a consortium of Japanese shipping magnates whose fortunes are being threatened by brutal pirates trolling the waters of Southeast Asia.
7) Final option
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Series
Oregon files volume 14
Language
English
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Juan Cabrillo and his team of government-sponsored operatives are sent to rescue three American spies in Brazil who have been compromised, only to realize that their mission is a trap set by Juan's archnemesis.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
The Caribbean, 1665. Pirate captain Charles Hunter, with backing from a powerful ally, assembles a crew of ruffians to take the Spanish galleon, "El Trinidad," guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself.
10) Winterwood
Author
Series
Rowankind sequence volume 1
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
It's 1800, Ross (Rossalinde) Tremayne, cross-dressing privateer captain and witch, inherits two things from her embittered dying mother. One is David, a half-brother she never knew about, and the other is a task she doesn't want: to open a winterwood box, magically sealed by her distant ancestor. On Ross' side she has her rag-tag crew of barely reformed pirates, her conflicted new brother, the jealous ghost of her dead husband, a dashing piratical...
11) Shadow Captain
Author
Series
Revenger novels volume 2
Publisher
Orbit Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Two sisters ran away from home to join the crew of a spaceship. They took on pirates, faced down monsters and survived massacres . . . and now they're in charge. Captaining a fearsome ship of their own, adventures are theirs for the taking - and there's hoards to loot and treasures to find in the darkest reaches of space. But the rules are also more relaxed out on the fringes, as they're about to discover.
12) Golden Buddha
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 19
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English
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Juan Cabrillo's first adventure with the Oregon - a state-of-the-art spy ship disguised as a nondescript lumber hauler - takes him and his crew into dangerous waters as they try to put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama by striking a deal with the Russians and the Chinese. Cabrillo's gambling chip is a golden Buddha containing records of vast oil reserves in the disputed land. But first he'll have to locate - and steal - the all-important...
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Series
Bastion Club volume Prequel
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
"Bored by society's rules and strictures, Kathryn 'Kit' Cramer yearns for adventure -- and she finds it on Britain's rugged eastern coast, dressed as a boy at the head of a rag-tag band of smugglers. But there is another who rules the night: the notorious Captain Jack, the ruthless leader of a rival gang who will allow no trespassers . . .and who stops Kit's breath with his handsome, etched features and powerful physique. In no time, Captain Jack...
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Series
Publisher
Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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"As captain of a San Francisco Bay tour boat, Pru can handle rough seas--the hard part is life on dry land. Pru loves her new apartment and her neighbors; problem is, she's in danger of stumbling into love with Mr. Right for Anybody But Her ... Pub owner Finn O'Riley is six-foot-plus of hard-working hottie who always makes time for his friends. When Pru becomes one of them, she discovers how amazing it feels to be on the receiving end of that deep...
18) The Sea Hawk
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A dashing, patriotic pirate raids Spanish ships for England, and finds himself drawn into a conspiracy.
19) A battle won
Author
Series
Charles Hayden novels volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After being tasked with taking HMS Themis into battle against the French for the strategically located island of Corsica, Master and Commander Charles Hayden soon must land his ship on Corsica, where his men join forces with native insurgents.
20) Post captain
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English
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Aubrey and Maturin take to the sea in pursuit of French and Spanish enemies.
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