Struggling to look after his grieving mother, sixteen-year-old Alex wants nothing more than to leave school. All right, he made some poor decisions during the summer holiday, not least of which was getting involved with Chuck, a stranger hiding out in this remote part of the Scottish Highlands.Chuck was exciting, challenging Alex to take ever-increasing risks. But Chuck wasn't supposed to turn up dead next to Alex's fishing boat.With the bills mounting, Alex has to accept that he is struggling to cope. But things get even worse when his best friend goes missing.
Aimee Friedman. huh?” he asked, grinning at me. I stared at him, unsure if he was referring to our kiss or to the book falling. Had our kiss been intense? I couldn't say. I felt too close to it, too bewildered. “We'd better go make sure ...
"In Sea Change, Sylvia Earle makes it clear that we are currently in a time of pivotal significance regarding the decisions we make for the world's oceans. How we treat...
A lonely woman with a life-long feeling of not quite belonging elopes with a child psychologist she met at a conference and discovers how difficult it is to actually escape your past. Original. 150,000 first printing.
The New York Times has said that "Jorie Graham's poetry is among the most sensuously embodied and imaginative writing we have," and this new collection is a reminder of how startling, original, and deeply relevant her poetry is.
Cam Renton, apprentice at sea, felt he was not getting on fast enough towards his second mate's certificate. It took something very like mutiny and also a dangerous sea rescue to prove to him that efficiency and training are all important.
Police chief Jesse Stone faces the case of his career in this thrilling novel in the New York Times bestselling series.
A thriller that draws on the science of oceanography explores what could happen when science forces nature to work against itself.
A psychosocial analysis of the work of prominent social thinkers who fled fascist regimes in the 1930s, assessing the impact on their personal and professional lives, on American life, and...
Many people go to the sea in boats, but few of them write as movingly about the experience as Peter Nichols does in this enthralling meditation on the wonders of sailing, the mystery of the sea, and the ebbs and flows of love.
A hotel in southern India is home to a host of romantic intrigues and human misadventures in this delightful novel from a New York Times–bestselling author.