Download or read book The Shark Caller written by Dianne Wolfer and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only a twin from a shark calling family can appease the ancestors and bring a community back together in this powerful and haunting story. Isabel is on a plane heading back to her island birthplace in Papua New Guinea. Izzy is looking forward to seeing her family again, but there’s another tragic reason for the trip. Izzy’s twin brother, Ray, died in a freak diving accident, and Izzy and her mum are taking his ashes home for traditional death ceremonies. After they arrive, Izzy realises things have changed since their last visit. Logging threatens the community’s way of life and sharks no longer answer the song of the shark callers. Izzy’s cousin Noah explains that the clan needs someone to undertake a traditional diving ritual. The person must be a twin from the shark calling lineage. The dive will be perilous. And Izzy is the last twin. Will she have the courage to attempt the dive? And what deep, dark secrets will the ocean reveal if she does?

Download or read book Shark Trouble written by Peter Benchley and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2002-06-04 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on more than three decades of experience writing about sharks and other marine animals, the bestselling author of Jaws combines high adventure with practical information in a book that is at once a thriller and a valuable guide to being safe in, on, under, and around the sea. “Shark attacks on human beings generate a tremendous amount of media coverage,” Benchley writes, “partly because they occur so rarely, but mostly, I think, because people are, and always have been, simultaneously intrigued and terrified by sharks. Sharks come from a wing of the dark castle where our nightmares live—deep water beyond our sight and understanding—and so they stimulate our fears and fantasies and imaginations.” Benchley describes the many types of sharks (including the ones that pose a genuine threat to man), what is and isn’t known about shark behavior, the odds against an attack and how to reduce them even further—all reinforced with the lessons he has learned, the mistakes he has made, and the personal perils he has encountered while producing television documentaries, bestselling novels, and articles about the sea and its inhabitants. He tells how to swim safely in the ocean, how to read the tides and currents, what behavior to avoid, and how to survive when danger suddenly strikes. He discusses how to tell children about sharks and the sea and how to develop, in young and old alike, a healthy respect for the ocean. As Benchley says, “The ocean is the only alien and potentially hostile environment on the planet into which we tend to venture without thinking about the animals that live there, how they behave, how they support themselves, and how they perceive us. I know of no one who would set off into the jungles of Malaysia armed only with a bathing suit, a tube of suntan cream, and a book, and yet that’s precisely how we approach the oceans.” No longer. Not after you’ve read Shark Trouble.

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Download or read book I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916 written by Lauren Tarshis and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes an excerpt from Hurricane Katrina, 2005.

Download or read book English for Life 3 written by Cecil Gray and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A four-book course satisfying all language needs from lower secondary to CSEC examination level.

Download or read book Real Miracles Divine Intervention and Feats of Incredible Survival written by Brad Steiger and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including more than 200 true, thought-provoking stories, this inspirational collection provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of unexplained phenomena and survival against overwhelming odds. A wide range of topics and circumstances is covered, including angelic interventions, surviving airplane crashes and cataclysmic natural disasters, medical miracles, amazing sea rescues, miracles on the highway, and near-death experiences. Remarkable stories include how a sky diver plummeted more than 4,000 feet and walked away with only a cut, how a mother and her children ride out a tornado atop an airborne mattress and survive, and how a group of dolphins rescued a swimmer from a shark attack.

Download or read book Heart of Steele written by Brad Strickland and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hunt is on! It is 1688 and the Aurora is still sailing under cover, searching for the real pirate king, Jack Steele. Young Davy Shea is a full member of the crew now, helping his uncle in the ship's surgery whenever casualties arrive. And there are many casualties. Captain Hunter has become obsessed in his search for Steele, because the pirate has taken to plundering ships and small isolated towns in a devastating manner...and leaving behind a calling card indicating it is the work of Captain Hunter! Now the crew of the Aurora will have to make allies from enemies and beard the pirate in his den, for the deadly Red Queen has put in to port and Hunter will let nothing stop his final showdown!

Download or read book No Time for Pity and Other Tales written by Barbara Yates Rothwell and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From more than 150 short stories produced during four decades of professional writing, Barbara has picked twenty that show a variety of themes, from humour to tragedy, love to hate, revealing a wide range of human emotions and yearnings, and the highs and lows that make humanity such a fascinating study. The opening story, No Time for Pity, is a new look at an old crime: the murders of two young princes in the Tower of London, 1483. Australians are all too aware of the theme of Beached Spirit - the unwelcome arrival of beached whales. For light relief, The Cornish Pot introduces a real fairy, and in Whatever Happened to Love? the eccentricities of the aristocracy meet head-on with the end result of an ungentlemanly act. Malcolm, 15, goes to The Island to escape the irritations of family life, but the island's peace is transitory. The Old Bloke introduces us to a tramp, whose unchanging routine is shattered when he finds a dollar coin outside a fairground. How wrong can you be? The author in Breakfast in Paradise fancies himself as a student of human nature. But his confidence is deflated when breakfast at the Hotel Paradiso turns briefly into chaos. Are people ever what they seem? The final story, The Wallflower, has been included because of its special status in Barbara's career - it was the first she ever sold, and it was broadcast by the BBC.

Download or read book Fire in the Tail written by Mary Randall and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hang on tight to your lucky baseball cap and get ready for an action packed adventure that will lead you on the journey of a lifetime! Join Bobby and his new pals as they take you to the mystical Queensland outback, the coastal plains, and discover prehistoric mysteries of the Great Barrier Reef. Come face to face with a mythical Aboriginal outback creature called a "Bunyip." Hear the eerie sounds of ghosts of a long ago penal colony calling out to you as you ride your skateboard along the banks of the Brisbane River. Find out what was created after a falling comet struck the northern Queensland outback. Feel your heart pumping in your chest and the hair rising up on the back of your neck as you come up against evil creatures who want to become the great race. Enjoy secrets, magic, suspense, talking "Aussie" animals, and just plain fun as you wind your way along with Bobby and his pals way down under. You too may find yourself wondering just what's going to happen next! "It's so-way-cool!"

Download or read book The Stones of Summer written by Dow Mossman and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Episodic coming of age saga.

Download or read book Socrates Wild Ocean Adventure written by Tom McGee and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socrates is a wise, young fish who lives in a dangerous underwater world. His sister is sick, the ocean is overfished, and growing pollution threatens his very existence. Tragedy causes him to leave his home in the Aegean Sea and focus his life on finding answers to the problems threatening his marine environment. He comes face-to-face with danger at every turn. However, these extreme circumstances often lead to his developing unusual and often comical friendships. The experiences of his new friends help Socrates to understand the oceans delicate balance. Working together is their only hope for survival. His adventures and travels turn him into a hero. Lifes trials mold him into a legend. Come along on Socrates adventures and youll meet some new friends along the way!

Download or read book Wyoming written by Barry Gifford and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman and her young son travel by car through the southern and midwestern United States in this heartbreakingly spare novel-in-dialogue. As the mother drives, she and the boy, Roy, trade impressions of the landscape and of life, in the process approaching an understanding of each other and their shared inner landscape. "Mom, can we drive to Wyoming?" "You mean now?" "Uh-huh. Is it far?" "Very far. We're almost to Georgia." "Can we go someday?" "Sure, Roy, we'll go." "We won't tell anyone, right, Mom?" "No, baby, nobody will know where we are." "And we'll have a dog." "I don't see why not." "From now on when anything bad happens, I'm going to think about Wyoming. Running with my dog." "It's a good thing, baby. Everybody needs Wyoming." —from Wyoming

Download or read book Simon Thorn and the Shark s Cave written by Aim�e Carter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This the rousing third book in a high stakes adventure series about "a hero worthy of Harry Potter," from bestselling author Aimée Carter.

Download or read book Boys Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1981-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.

Download or read book A Promise Kept written by Morag Campbell and published by MWI Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an enigmatic stranger promises to cure a young Englishman's recurring bouts of asthma it seems too good an opportunity to miss. At the time there was no indication that in the process he would end up being possessed by a 1500 year old Hawaiian Kahuna with a mission. A Kahuna, or priest magician, well versed in the ancient arts of enacting the death spell, sorcery and the native healing rituals of the time. A man, whose life since birth, had been dedicated to the service of the gods, but who had miraculously found the love of a young island woman with whom he shared the secrets of his art. It soon becomes apparent that this powerful kahuna has travelled across time and space from the island of Kaua'i to fulfil a promise. A promise made over the dead body of his beautiful apprentice to somehow let her know of the depth of his unspoken love for her. To finally free his spirit, he is honour bound to make restitution for calling upon the gods to bring swift and violent death to the warriors who killed her, thus violating the code by which he had vowed to live. Helping him fulfil his promise, was to expose the Englishman, and those close to him, to a series of bizarre and magical events that took him close to the edge of madness.

Download or read book The pearl lagoon written by Charles Nordhoff and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-07-09 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The pearl lagoon" by Charles Nordhoff. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Download or read book Sharkpunk written by Cox, Kit and published by Snowbooks Ltd. This book was released on 2015-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHARKPUNK: an anthology of killer shark stories. Sharks – the ultimate predators, masters of their watery domain, a world that is entirely alien and inhospitable to man. So many aspects of the shark are associated with humankind’s most primal fears. The tell-tale dorsal fin slicing through the water, the dead eyed-stare, the gaping jaws full to unforgiving teeth, the remorseless drive to kill and feed… Inspired by such classic pulp movies as Jaws and Deep Blue Sea – as well as such ludicrous delights as Sharknado and Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus – the stories contained within are rip-roaring page-turners and slow-build chillers that celebrate all things savage, pulp and selachian. Covering the whole range of speculative fiction genres, from horror and Steampunk, through to SF and WTF, these are stories with bite! Come on in. The water’s fine…