Download or read book Trade Winds written by Christina Courtenay and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweden, 1732. Strong-willed Jess van Sandt knows only too well that it's a man's world. She believes she's being swindled out of her inheritance by her stepfather and she's determined to stop it. When help appears in the unlikely form of handsome Scotsman Killian Kinross, Jess finds herself both intrigued and infuriated by him. In an attempt to recover her fortune, she proposes a marriage of convenience.

Download or read book Trade Wind written by M. M. Kaye and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American missionary encounters disease, revolution, intrigue, and a renegade slave trader in a faraway land in this classic historical adventure. When Boston bluestocking Hero Athena Hollis travels to Zanzibar to visit her uncle, an American consul, she arrives filled with self-righteousness and bent on good deeds. She believes that slavery is wrong and is determined to do what she can to stop it. But she soon finds that maintaining her ideals is not so easy. Then she meets Rory Frost, a cynical, wicked, shrewd, and good-humored trader in slaves. What is Hero to make of him—and of her feelings for him? “Irresistibly romantic.” —Cosmopolitan

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Download or read book Porch Swing Girl written by Taylor Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if friendship cost you everything? Dumped at her grandmother¿s house in Hawaii after a family tragedy, sixteen-year-old Olive Galloway is desperate to return to Boston before her dad loses all common sense and sells the family house. But plane tickets cost money. With the help of a quirky guy named Brander, and a mysterious girl named Jazz, Olive lands a summer job and launches a scheme to buy a plane ticket home by the end of the summer. They talk her into hanging out at their church youth group, but Olive can¿t help remembering how God didn¿t answer her prayers the last time it was really important. Why should He help now? It¿s up to her to make it home. When Jazz reveals a painful secret, Olive¿s plans are challenged. Jazz needs money¿lots of it. Olive and Brander are determined to help their friend but, when their fundraising efforts are thwarted, Olive is caught in the middle. Helping Jazz means giving up her ticket home. And time is running out.

Download or read book Trade Wind Lyrics written by Herbert Milton Ayres and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and edited book of poetry about the Hawaiian Islands.

Download or read book Under the Trade Winds written by Alfred Mason Williams and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Warli People written by Hye-eun Shin and published by Eerdmans Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poetic depiction of ancient India The Warli people, who live in ancient India, work hard throughout the year. They plant seeds in the spring so that the summer monsoons will help the plants grow, and they harvest their crops in the fall and store the food for the long winter ahead. But despite the hardships they face, they also find time to celebrate life's joyous moments. This Trade Winds book highlights the day-to-day life in an agricultural society and offers historical information about one of the world's earliest civilizations.

Download or read book In the Shadows of the Trade Winds written by Juliet Henry and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean's accidental meeting with Marie has him thinking this daring lady with the green eyes is a lady of the night. His being twice her age does not stop the intrigued Marie from becoming attracted to the fisherman, who isn't afraid to come to her aid when she needs, although she knows what he thinks she is, one of "those" women. It isn't long before love blossoms and they marry. Their destiny takes them to his island in the sea, his Spanish Land Grant, where their short life together produces three children. Only one child survives to go on to carry on the family name. That child, Jean Joseph Voisin Jr., (JJ), is burdened early on in his life by the loss of his mother and his namesake Jean Voisin Sr. He is raised by his Aunt Mary's family. He later realizes, as he's embarking on manhood, life as a commercial fisherman and landowner on the island inherited from his father, would have no meaning without the love of his life, his aunt Mary's daughter, Amelie. "The Shadow of the Trade Winds" backdrop is one of the barrier islands of South Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico.

Download or read book The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Atlas written by William Dwight Whitney and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Physical Geography of the Sea written by M. Maury and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-30 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

Download or read book The Physical Geography of the Sea and its Meteorology written by Matthew Fontaine Maury and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-26 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

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Download or read book Sand Castle Dreams written by Taylor Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have to face our greatest fears in order to become whole again. Returning to Maui, sixteen-year-old Olive is ready for things to return to normal-or at least, a new normal. But once she's back on the island she loves, nothing is the same. Olive's friend Jazz is hiding a secret-Olive finds herself face-to-face with her biggest fear.

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Download or read book Salt Water Ballads written by John Masefield and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Salt-Water Ballads" by John Masefield is a book of poetry on themes of seafaring and maritime history. It was first published in 1916 by Macmillan, with illustrations by Charles Pears. Many of the poems had been published in Masefield's earlier collections. This edition includes "Sea-Fever" and "Cargoes", two of Masefield's best-known poems. Many of the book's poems have been set to music by many composers while others have been quoted in other media such as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Star Trek.