Download or read book What Happened at Seacliffe written by Denise Kirby and published by Hueber Verlag. This book was released on 2009 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cully Robinson is traveling by backpack in Europe. Her ancestor John Preston was deported to Australia as a convict, and she wants to use the trip to find out more about her family. In the idyllic English port town Seacliffe she finds traces of their relatives, but it leads to a dark secret... Graded reader with exercises, answers, and 2 audio CDs. Suitable for self-study, building vocabulary, and developing reading and listening skills.
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Download or read book The Day of the Flood written by Denise Kirby and published by Hueber Verlag. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Niveau A1 2. Lernjahr / 6. Klasse 500 Wörter Abenteuer Der 16-jährige Ryan beobachtet zusammen mit seinem Hund, Rosie, den strömenden Regen. Ryans Vater arbeitet beim Rettungsdienst in einer australischen Kleinstadt, und Rosie ist ein ausgebildeter Rettungshund. Plötzlich kommt ein Anruf - Menschen müssen evakuiert werden, da eine Flutwelle auf die Stadt zukommt. Die Evakuierung beginnt, aber da kommt die Flutwelle. Zwei kleine Kinder werden vermisst. Jetzt kommt es auf Ryan und Rosie an - werden sie die beiden finden? Autorin Denise Kirby lives in Sydney, Australia. She has worked as both an actress and an author. She has written a number of fiction readers for learners of English, including The Key, Between the Flags, Hot Air, Worm Juice, Racing the Tide, Murder Weekend, What Happened at Seacliffe and Body on the Rocks in the Hueber Lektüren Englisch series. She has also written short stories for school magazines and several plays for Theatre in Education. Denise Kirby has appeared in many stage productions in Australia and in television series such as Neighbours, Home and Away, All Saints, Water Rats and Police Rescue. She appears in the feature films Blackrock and Charlotte’s Web.
Download or read book Claimed by the Sea Long Island Shipwrecks written by Adam M. Grohman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-06-02 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claimed by the Sea - Long Island Shipwrecks - provides an intimate look at eleven shipwrecks and maritime disasters that occurred in the waters of New York and Long Island. Diver, researcher and author Adam Grohman dives into the archives to explore the histories of various wrecks including the Savannah, Lexington, U.S.S. Ohio, Circassian, Seawanhaka, Oregon, Louis V. Place, General Slocum, U.S.S. San Diego, Andrea Doria, and the Gwendoline Steers. The chapters provide an in depth history of the vessel, the circumstances surrounding their eventual demise, and subsequent exploration by divers and explorers. Claimed by the Sea is heavily illustrated and contains extensive footnotes, source listings and several appendices including a glossary of nautical and diving terminology. Claimed by the Sea is an excellent opportunity for armchair historians and seasoned underwater explorers to dip beneath the waves of history to explore the tragedy and triumph of man versus the sea.
Download or read book Dragons of Fyre written by Janet Lane Walters and published by BWL Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After escaping from the temple of Fyre, Drakon returns to his home to find only two people and a yellow dragon. He and the Old One learn as much as they can about the land at present. The lord of Sea Cliff Tower has gathered the remaining dragons at his keep. On learning the High Peaks Tower’s red dragon is with egg they arrange her escape and rescue her eggs. Now they must find a way to defeat their enemy and return the dragons to the other towers. Arana, sold by the temple priestesses to the slavers is bought by the lord of High Tower and made a part of the family. Before they are able to adopt her the lord of Sea Cliff Tower invades and destroys the family, taking her and her friend prisoner. Drakon is sold. Arana because she can speak to the dragons is made a slave care-giver. She saves a green egg and raises the green dragon. After helping the High Peaks Tower’s red dragon escape she is in danger and must find a way to escape. Her attempt to ride the green dragon succeeds and she arrives injured and ill. Once she recovers she and Drakon attempt to find a way to rescue the other dragons of Fyre.
Download or read book Sea Cliff written by Mary Deal and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachael Connor has great looks, money and a home of her own, but childhood abuse has left her fearful of men. When Rachael meets Matthew, she begins to rethink her life. He falls in love with her, but Rachael rebukes him, living by the "rules" her father taught her. She soon has an epiphany about how to overcome her father's grip on her life. The next time she falls in love, she will know how to deal with it. But will Matthew let her get away so easily?
Download or read book The Killing Sea written by Richard Lewis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2030-12-31 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aceh, Indonesia. December 2004. Two teens find each other surrounded by the destruction left in the wake of the most devastating tsunami the world has ever seen: Ruslan, a native of Aceh, in search of his missing father, whom he hopes has not been added to the fallen; and Sarah, an American girl, who has already lost her mother and is now struggling to find medical treatment for her sick brother. Only together can they find what they're searching for.
Download or read book Enchantment Bridge of Dreams written by Christina Skye and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enchantment The search for a priceless painting drew Kacey Mallory to Draycott Abbey—the lure of white-hot passion holds her there. Could enigmatic Lord Draycott guard the key to her past…and the promise of her future? Bridge of Dreams Behind the walls of a beautiful English abbey, Cathlin O’Neill is forced to confront deepest sorrow and the ghosts of an ancient love as she and rugged bodyguard Dominic Montserrat, haunted by his own shadowed past, race against time to solve a centuries-old mystery…and free a forgotten passion that burns anew.
Download or read book Young Woman and the Sea written by Glenn Stout and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PERFECT MILE meet SWIMMING TO ANTARCTICA in this compelling tale of how nineteen-year-old Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel.
Download or read book The Whole Enchilada written by Nicole Hollander and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1986-09-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A veritable treasury of the wit and wisdom of the indomitable Sylvia, celebrating her tenth book. 16 page color insert.
Download or read book The Language of Ghosts written by Heather Fawcett and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Penderwicks meets Howl’s Moving Castle in this thrilling middle grade fantasy adventure about a trio of royal siblings who unlock a long-forgotten magical language in their bid to reclaim their stolen throne—from Ember and the Ice Dragons author Heather Fawcett. Perfect for fans of Kelly Barnhill and Robert Beatty. Forced into exile on an enchanted, moving island, ex-princess Noa Marchena has two missions: reclaim her family’s stolen throne and ensure that the dark powers her older brother, Julian, possesses don’t go to his head in the process. But between babysitting her annoying little sister, Mite, and keeping an eye on the cake-loving sea monster that guards the moving island, Noa has her hands full. When the siblings learn that their enemies are searching for a weapon capable of defeating Julian—whose legendary spell weaving is feared throughout the kingdom—once and for all, they vow to get to it first. To everyone’s surprise, the key to victory turns out to be a long-lost magical language—and only Noa can speak it. But what if by helping her brother, Noa ends up losing him?
Download or read book Beyond the Bright Sea written by Lauren Wolk and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Winner of the 2018 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction - From the bestselling author of Echo Mountain and Newbery Honor–winner Wolf Hollow, Beyond the Bright Sea is an acclaimed best book of the year. An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Parents’ Magazine Best Book of the Year • A Booklist Editors' Choice selection • A BookPage Best Book of the Year • A Horn Book Fanfare Selection • A Kirkus Best Book of the Year • A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year • A Charlotte Observer Best Book of the Year • A Southern Living Best Book of the Year • A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year “The sight of a campfire on a distant island…proves the catalyst for a series of discoveries and events—some poignant, some frightening—that Ms. Wolk unfolds with uncommon grace.” –The Wall Street Journal ★ “Crow is a determined and dynamic heroine.” —Publishers Weekly ★ “Beautiful, evocative.” —Kirkus The moving story of an orphan, determined to know her own history, who discovers the true meaning of family. Twelve-year-old Crow has lived her entire life on a tiny, isolated piece of the starkly beautiful Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. Abandoned and set adrift in a small boat when she was just hours old, Crow’s only companions are Osh, the man who rescued and raised her, and Miss Maggie, their fierce and affectionate neighbor across the sandbar. Crow has always been curious about the world around her, but it isn’t until the night a mysterious fire appears across the water that the unspoken question of her own history forms in her heart. Soon, an unstoppable chain of events is triggered, leading Crow down a path of discovery and danger. Vivid and heart-wrenching, Lauren Wolk’s Beyond the Bright Sea is a gorgeously crafted and tensely paced tale that explores questions of identity, belonging, and the true meaning of family.
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Download or read book Salt to the Sea written by Ruta Sepetys and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal! "A superlative novel . . . masterfully crafted."--The Wall Street Journal Based on "the forgotten tragedy that was six times deadlier than the Titanic."--Time Winter 1945. WWII. Four refugees. Four stories. Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies, war. As thousands desperately flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. But not all promises can be kept . . . This paperback edition includes book club questions and exclusive interviews with Wilhelm Gustloff survivors and experts.
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Download or read book The Sea of Lucidity written by David Mackay and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perception is everything... Losing his way in Farnwaar Forest, Ranger Taro Brook stumbles upon a startling discovery… Unaware of the imminent threat of hooded riders approaching his settlement, Morusk begins to suspect that things may not be all they seem... In the sparkling city of Craton, Procrastinator Vardoger is about to be presented with his greatest dilemma to date … And in the land of Enntonia, Token ScriptScratcher, the Scribe of Bog-Mire Towers, fears the impending return of a dark menace he had hoped would stay forever banished... Stranded in unfamiliar surroundings, where the concept of time appears to hold no relevance, Taro Brook reluctantly accepts assistance from the Drifter Sanna Vrai; a woman with the ability to navigate between worlds, and Messenger Two Cups; a chattering individual with an insatiable tea addiction. As events unfold, Brook suspects there may be more to the Messenger’s claims than he was first willing to concede. In his efforts to return to normality, Taro Brook finds himself faced with a daunting prospect… Reality may be nothing more than an illusion.
