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El corazón de las tinieblas es una novela corta, intensa y perturbadora escrita por Joseph Conrad. Aunque en la superficie relata un viaje fluvial por el Congo durante la era del colonialismo europeo, en su fondo más profundo es un viaje al alma humana. Esta obra se convierte, leída desde la óptica del desarrollo personal, en una parábola sobre la confrontación con nuestras sombras, la fragilidad de la moral y la importancia de cultivar la conciencia interior.

It is the autumn of 1852, and the British warship Spartan, commanded by James Rutherford, continues her mission for the East India Company, to destroy a criminal consortium led by the Scorpion, a Chinese criminal named Liang Ziu, who controls an alliance of ruthless pirates, complicit local rulers and corrupt western traders. Attack is followed by counter-attack, including an attempt on Rutherford’s own life, with treachery, extending to the higher echelons of the company, an additional threat, as the hunt for the Scorpion and his allies ranges across the Far Eastern Seas.

It is the summer of 1853 and Commander James Rutherford leaves Calcutta once more to renew his campaign against organised Oriental piracy. The principal pirate leader Liang Ziu is dead, but Rutherford obtains intelligence that his criminal organisation continues to operate from a heavily fortified base, secure from conventional attack. Beset anew by intrigue and treachery, Rutherford must somehow confront and destroy this final stronghold, a task which poses difficulties and trials unlike any he has yet encountered.

It is the spring of 1864 and the Confederate raider Palmetto is off the Philippines, pursuing her campaign against US shipping. For her captain, Thomas Grover there is much to consider, for with the ship’s previously sustained engine damage not fully repaired, he learns that these seas are now patrolled by a new Union warship that vastly overmatches his own ship. As the war turns increasingly against the south, Grover must redouble his efforts against the enemy, but the hidden threats facing him are as dangerous as the known ones.

Billy Budd, a handsome sailor working on a British naval ship in the eighteenth century, is falsely accused of mutiny against the ship’s captain by the master-at-arms, John Claggart. Billy, who unfortunately obtains a speech impediment, is overcome by the accusation and unable to verbally defend himself against Claggart’s unfounded hate for him. Instead, he lashes out at Claggart, much to his own demise. An instant classic once published, Billy Budd is a tragic tale that has been adapted into film, plays and even an opera. This audiobook edition is narrated by the talented Christopher Ragland.

It is 1861 and Thomas Grover has resigned from the US Navy to go with his native state of South Carolina which has left the Union. For two years his career in the new Confederate Navy is tedious and unrewarding. He is posted to Britain as a naval attaché, again denied his wish for active service, until he is transferred to Liverpool where he is offered command of a new warship.

When Lieutenant James Rutherford of the Honourable East India Company is summoned to Government House in Calcutta, he has no inkling of what awaits him there. To his great surprise, he is offered command of the Spartan, a newly converted steam warship, receiving orders to proceed to sea to hunt a Chinese pirate, but, though those orders appear straightforward enough, they initiate a deadly sequence of events during which the hunter all too often is the quarry.

It is early 1854, and war looms with Tsarist Russia. James Rutherford and his ship Spartan are transferred to Royal Navy service and given a role patrolling Oriental waters in search of a powerful enemy warship which seeks to prey upon allied shipping. Reluctant to be confined to such tedium, Rutherford adopts a more proactive approach but this will lead to grave risks for Spartan’s crew.

Moby Dick by Herman Melville is one of the most celebrated works of fiction in the English language, a cornerstone of American literature, and an unflinching exploration of the human spirit. First published in 1851, this timeless classic has captivated generations with its daring narrative and profound themes, earning its place as a touchstone of literary excellence.

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the sixth volume of the Temeraire series, as Will Laurence and Temeraire are exiled to Australia in the ever expanding war between Napoleon and Britain. “Temeraire and his fellow dragons are surely Novik’s finest...

Set in Cornwall, coastal erosion and flooding take on a near mythical power as the short stories in this collection weave in and out of the recent past and near future, as lives and relationships ebb and flow with the tide. From one maritime tragedy to another, the community, and three generations of women from the same family, struggle with their over-close affinity for the sea.

Eigentlich wollte Kriminalhauptkommissar Mikkel Tvorsen den ruhigen Winter in Büsum genießen, doch ein Mord ändert alles. Als frühmorgens die Leiche von Roxie Kessler im Watt entdeckt wird, deuten alle Hinweise auf ihn als Täter hin. Er kann sich an nichts erinnern, doch seine eigene Pistole scheint die Tatwaffe zu sein, und belastende Indizien tauchen an Orten auf, an denen sie nicht sein sollten.

A romance about a storm that separates a family.

Marie hat Mist gebaut. Um einer Strafe mit drastischen Folgen zu entgehen, soll sie den Sommer über in der kleinen Pension ihrer Tante auf Norderney unterkommen und auf der Insel Sozialstunden ableisten - unentgeltlich, versteht sich. Marie ist wenig begeistert, zumal sie dadurch aus dem Umfeld ihrer Freunde gerissen wird. Es ist klar, dass sie auf der kleinen Nordseeinsel schnell für ordentlich Wirbel sorgt, denn auf die vorlaute junge Frau ist keiner vorbereitet. Mit Marie hat somit niemand gerechnet, Lasse erst recht nicht, denn die beiden haben sich seit Jahren nicht gesehen.

Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers (1870) de Jules Verne est un roman d’aventures qui raconte le voyage épique du professeur Pierre Aronnax, de son fidèle serviteur Conseil et du harponneur Ned Land, capturés par le capitaine Nemo à bord du Nautilus, un sous-marin révolutionnaire. À travers ce voyage sous-marin, ils sondent les mystères des océans, découvrent des espèces marines inconnues et affrontent des dangers inimaginables.

Zeit der Sühne auf Föhr: Der Fall um den toten Kapitän der Friesenmöwe geht weiter: Bei einer Beerdigungsfeier wird Polizeiobermeisterin Hilla Petersen von einer Föhrer Künstlerin um ein dringendes Gespräch gebeten. Als sie jedoch zur vereinbarten Zeit in Oldsum im Atelier ankommt, findet sie Jo Kreutzer tot in ihrem Auto. Sowohl der Inselarzt als auch die Kripo vom Festland haben keinen Zweifel, dass es sich um einen tragischen Suizid handelt. Während David in einem anderen Fall hinter berüchtigten Kunstdieben her ist, geht Hilla der vermeintliche Selbstmord nicht aus dem Kopf.

Beneath the still blue waters off Key Largo, a woman dives into a dazzling array of color. But behind the shimmering schools of fish, somewhere in the shadows of the reef, a death trap awaits. In minutes one life will be expertly, brutally taken, and another plunged into a mean season of fury, obsession, and revenge.

Ordered to relieve an alcoholic skipper, Dan finds he has inherited a damaged ship, an untrustworthy crew, and an ambiguous mission. He is to take the USS Oliver C. Gaddis, soon to become the PNS Tughril, on her final voyage to be donated to Pakistan. But in Kirachi, Dan gets new orders: take Gaddis still further east, and operate against modern pirates preying on commercial shipping in the remote, dangerous South China Sea.

The Navy's most sophisticated destroyer, the USS Barrett, carries a top-secret computer that can pilot an unmanned ship and send it into battle. As the weapons officer charged with its first mission Lieutenant Dan Lenson has a chance to make naval history. The voyage takes a chilling turn as the state-of-the-art system is infected by a malignant virus, and a sailor's life ends in heartbreaking circumstances, casting a sinister shadow over the crew.

Eine dramatische Seeschlacht. Eine tragische Liebe. Ein Mann, der nichts zu verlieren hat. Nordeuropa, 1471. Zwischen der Hanse und England tobt ein erbitterter Seekrieg um die Vorherrschaft über die Nordsee. Till Landers, ein junger Kaufmann aus Wismar, heuert auf dem "Mariendraken" an, mit dem der Kaperfahrer Paul Beneke gegen England segelt. Benekes Ruf als genialer Seeheld und grausamer Krieger ist legendär. Wie Landers herausfindet, sind es dunkle Dämonen, die ihn antreiben. Seit dem Verlust seiner großen Liebe Margreta ist Beneke ein gebrochener Mann.