Bøger om Atlantic Islands

Hvem er Lirael, og hvad er hendes skæbne …?Lirael har aldrig følt sig som en ægte Clayr. Nu, da Synet ikke er vågnet i hende – som det gør i alle unge Clayrer – føler hun sig alene, forladt og usikker på, hvem hun er. Men da Ondskabens Skygge breder sig over Det Gamle Rige, må Lirael og hendes trofaste følgesvend, Den Æreløse Hund, påtage sig en desperat mission. Det Gamle Riges skæbne ligger i hendes hænder."Lirael" udkom første gang i 2005 og er anden del af Abhorsen-serien.Garth Nix (f. 1963) er en australsk ungdomsforfatter. Efter en kort karriere i australsk politik, tog han på en lang rejse i Europa. Da han kom tilbage besluttede han sig for at forfølge sin drøm om at leve af litteratur og har siden arbejdet både i forlagsbranchen og som populær fantasyforfatter. Udover en lang række bøger har han også skrevet scenarier til rollespilsfænomener, blandt andet Dungeons & Dragons.Garth Nix (f. 1963) er en australsk ungdomsforfatter. Efter en kort karriere i australsk politik, tog han på en lang rejse i Europa. Da han kom tilbage besluttede han sig for at forfølge sin drøm om at leve af litteratur og har siden arbejdet både i forlagsbranchen og som populær fantasyforfatter. Udover en lang række bøger har han også skrevet scenarier til rollespilsfænomener, blandt andet Dungeons & Dragons.

T¿puna Rock is a tale of two teenage siblings raised in Canada by their M¿ori mother and Canadian father. While on vacation in Aotearoa New Zealand, their borrowed sloop is disabled in a storm with only the two teens aboard. Having lost their navigation gear, after six days adrift with no sense of direction, they beach their damaged boat on a desolate 'rock'. With no idea where they are and their boat damaged beyond repair, the teens recognize that they cannot save themselves unless they listen to the spirits of their Polynesian ancestors. Recalling knowledge shared by their M¿ori grandparents and basic science and mathematics, the protagonists reinvent enough traditional non-instrument navigation to determine where they are, design and build a boat and plot a course to sail one thousand kilometres back to Aotearoa after more than three months on their 'rock'.T¿puna Rock is written to appeal to a broad range of ages, including secondary-school students among whom engagement in science and mathematics is often declining, particularly among indigenous students. The reader becomes invested in the protagonists and their situation on a purely human level in the novel's first two chapters. In subsequent chapters the protagonists come to understand and value ancestral knowledge in the context of modern science and mathematics. In the process, the teens teach each other, and the reader.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLEREngland, 1852. Guvernanten Helen Davenport har varetaget husholdningen hos en af Londons mondæne familier det meste af sit liv. Da hun ser en annonce i avisen, som søger unge kvinder til giftermål med hæderlige ungkarle i New Zealand, beslutter hun at bryde op og forlade alt, hvad hun har kært.I Wales er den smukke Gwyneira Silkham ved at være godt træt af high society-livets kedsommelige rutiner. Men da en mystisk newzealandsk fårebaron trumfer hendes far i blackjack, bliver hendes hånd i ægteskab pludselig en del af den samlede gevinst. De to kvinder mødes på det skib, der skal føre dem til Christchurch på den anden side af kloden. Gwyn rejser på første klasse, Helen på tredje, men deres skæbner skal vise sig at blive bundet uløseligt sammen i deres nye, fælles hjemland – det, der af generationer er blevet kaldt ‘De lange, hvide skyers land’.De lange, hvide skyers land – del 1 er første bind i Sarah Larks storslåede New Zealand-saga.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLEREngland, 1852. Guvernanten Helen Davenport har varetaget husholdningen hos en af Londons mondæne familier det meste af sit liv. Da hun ser en annonce i avisen, som søger unge kvinder til giftermål med hæderlige ungkarle i New Zealand, beslutter hun at bryde op og forlade alt, hvad hun har kært.I Wales er den smukke Gwyneira Silkham ved at være godt træt af high society-livets kedsommelige rutiner. Men da en mystisk newzealandsk fårebaron trumfer hendes far i blackjack, bliver hendes hånd i ægteskab pludselig en del af den samlede gevinst. De to kvinder mødes på det skib, der skal føre dem til Christchurch på den anden side af kloden. Gwyn rejser på første klasse, Helen på tredje, men deres skæbner skal vise sig at blive bundet uløseligt sammen i deres nye, fælles hjemland – det, der af generationer er blevet kaldt ‘De lange, hvide skyers land’.De lange, hvide skyers land – del 2 er andet bind i Sarah Larks storslåede New Zealand-saga.

Smoke is award-winning children's author Nicola Winstanley's first work for adults and it showcases her ability to create the unforgettable characters she's known for. This deftly written linked short story collection moves between New Zealand and Canada following the lives of a fascinating collection of characters.

Whether you want to visit Big Island's Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, relax on Waikiki Beach, or take a boat tour of Kauai's Napali Coast, the local Fodor's travel experts in Hawaii are here to help! Fodor's Essential Hawaii guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time.

Whether you want to explore Auckland, bungee-jump in Queenstown, or visit The Lord of the Rings sights in Middle-earth, the local Fodor's travel experts in New Zealand are here to help! Fodor's Essential New Zealand guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated recommendations, and everything else you need to simplify your trip-planning process and make the most of your time. This new edition has been fully-redesigned with an easy-to-read layout, fresh information, and beautiful color photos.Fodor's "Essential" guides were named by Booklist as the Best Travel Guide Series of 2020!Fodor's Essential New Zealand travel guide includes: AN ILLUSTRATED ULTIMATE EXPERIENCES GUIDE to the top things to see and doMULTIPLE ITINERARIES to effectively organize your days and maximize your timeMORE THAN 45 DETAILED MAPS and a FREE PULL-OUT MAP to help you navigate confidentlyCOLOR PHOTOS throughout to spark your wanderlust!HONEST RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCALS on the best sights, restaurants, hotels, nightlife, shopping, performing arts, activities, side-trips, and morePHOTO-FILLED "BEST OF" FEATURES on "Best National Park Adventures," "Best Wineries," "Best Beaches," and moreTRIP-PLANNING TOOLS AND PRACTICAL TIPS including when to go, getting around, beating the crowds, and saving time and moneyHISTORICAL AND CULTURAL INSIGHTS providing rich context on the local people, politics, art, architecture, cuisine, music, geography and moreSPECIAL FEATURES on "Maori Art," "Searching for Middle-earth," and "Tramping New Zealand," "Wines of New Zealand," and moreLOCAL WRITERS to help you find the under-the-radar gemsUP-TO-DATE COVERAGE ON: Auckland, Wellington, Bay of Islands, Queenstown, Abel Tasman National Park, Christchurch, Hawke's Bay, Milford Sound, Rotorua, Waitomo, and more.Planning on visiting other destinations in Southeast Asia or the Pacific? Check out Fodor's Essential Australia, Fodor's Essential Vietnam, and Fodor's Essential Thailand.*Important note for digital editions: The digital edition of this guide does not contain all the images or text included in the physical edition.ABOUT FODOR'S AUTHORS: Each Fodor's Travel Guide is researched and written by local experts. Fodor's has been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for over 80 years. For more travel inspiration, you can sign up for our travel newsletter at fodors.com/newsletter/signup, or follow us @FodorsTravel on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. We invite you to join our friendly community of travel experts at fodors.com/community to ask any other questions and share your experience with us!

Viktor Haas served with distinction during the Andevan Wars as Captain of the Sydney. The Sydney was a Deep-Space Class, Heavy Cruiser in the fleet of the Terran Space Exploration Administration, or TSEA.Captain Haas takes command of a very different ship - the Admiral Byrd. The Admiral Byrd, affectionately known as the 'Byrd,' is a Scout-Class science vessel. The Byrd has been tasked with a mission that is very different to those Captain Haas usually undertakes.Although Captain Haas brings certain of his Sydney crew with him, the crew on board the Byrd, and the ship itself, requires that the Captain embrace a very different command style than he usually employs. He has been told, however, that if this mission is a success, his captaincy of the Sydney will be revisited.The Byrd is known throughout the fleet for having problems. Will Engineer Siksika be able to fix those problems and allow the ship to finish its mission?In these pages is an adventure that takes you not only to different planets but to other places of interest in space where you will meet very different creatures and societies.

At just sixteen, Alethea is not your average teenager. Fiercely protective of her Pacific island, she leads a band of students in a David vs. Goliath struggle against a foreign power encroaching on their land and legacy. Their weapon of choice? Guerrilla tactics and relentless harassment, aimed at thwarting the takeover of an ancient gold mine.Suspense mounts as Alethea grows wary of a stranger surveying their beaches, sparking a daring confrontation with a ship and a submersible on a covert mission. Amidst the chaos, Alethea's heartstrings tangle with Ty's, just before she's abruptly captured and forced to labor on a vessel scoping out military sites across the islands.But Alethea's spirit remains unbroken, her creativity undimmed, her poetry and stories a testament to her resilience. The pressing questions linger: Will Alethea's and her comrades' bold actions make a mark against the invaders? And what fate awaits the mysterious spy who crossed paths with Alethea on the sands of her homeland?

By 1930, no place in the world was less well explored than Greenland. The native Inuit had occupied the relatively accessible west coast for centuries. The east coast, however, was another story. In August 1930, Henry George Watkins (nicknamed "Gino"), a twenty-three-year-old British explorer, led thirteen scientists and explorers on an ambitious expedition to the east coast of Greenland and into its vast and forbidding interior to set up a permanent meteorological base on the icecap, 8,200 feet above sea level. The Ice Cap Station was to be the anchor of a transpolar route of air travel from Europe to North America.The weather on the ice cap was appalling. Fierce storms. Temperatures plunging lower than -45° Celsius in the winter. Watkins's scheme called for rotating teams of two men each to monitor the station for two months at a time. No one had ever tried to winter over in that hostile landscape, let alone manage a weather station through twelve continuous months. Watkins was younger than anyone under his command. But he had several daring trips to the Arctic under his belt and no one doubted his judgement.The first crisis came in the fall when a snowstorm stranded a resupply mission halfway to the top for many weeks. When they arrived at the ice cap, there were not enough provisions and fuel for another two-man shift, so the station would have to be abandoned. Then team member August Courtauld made an astonishing offer. To enable the mission to go forward, he would monitor the station solo through the winter. When a team went up in March to relieve Courtauld, after weeks of brutal effort to make the 130-mile journey, they could find no trace of him or the station. By the end of March, Courtauld's situation was desperate. He was buried under an immovable load of frozen snow and was disastrously short on supplies. On 21 April, four months after Courtauld began his solitary vigil, Gino Watkins set out inland with two companions to find and rescue him.David Roberts, "veteran mountain climber and chronicler of adventures" (The Washington Post), draws on firsthand accounts and archival materials to tell the story of this daring expedition and of the epic survival ordeal that ensued.

Rakkautta, intohimoa ja menetyksiä Huippuvuorten henkeäsalpaavissa maisemissa – vangitseva historiallinen sarja alkaa!Kun nuori Tora Lyngvik tapaa hurmaavan ja komean Anton Knutsenin, hän tietää löytäneensä vertaisensa. Heidän rakkaustarinansa tuntuu olevan kuin sadusta, eikä mene kauaakaan, kun he menevät kihloihin. Mutta kun Anton saa työpaikan Huippuvuorten ankarista ja armottomista kaivoksista, unelma yhteisestä onnesta joutuu koetukselle. Anton lähtee kohti pohjoista tietämättä juurikaan karusta elämästä arktisilla kaivoksilla. Voiko Tora luottaa siihen, että Anton palaa hänen luokseen? Toralla ei ole muuta vaihtoehtoa kuin seurata sydäntään – päätös, joka muuttaa hänen koko elämänsä. Valtavan menestynyt historiallinen kirjasarja on vihdoin saatavilla myös suomeksi! Vahvaluonteinen ja intohimoinen Tora on nuori nainen, jonka kohtalo vie Arktiksen kylmyyteen kamppailemaan oikeudestaan onneen. Ellinor Rafaelsen norjalainen kirjailija ja toimittaja, joka tunnetaan vangitsevista historiallisista romaaneistaan. Rafaelsen on asunut seitsemän vuotta Huippuvuorilla.

Huippuvuorten yöt ovat täynnä draamaa, intohimoa ja juonittelua – historiallisen norjalaissarjan sydäntäsärkevä tarina jatkuu. Tora Lyngvik on raskaana ja tietää, että hänen on toimittava nopeasti. Tora kaipaa epätoivoisesti Antonia ja päätyy vaaralliselle matkalle kohti Longyear Cityä. Laivamatka on tuskallinen, ja Tora selviää vain uuden ystävänsä Benedikten avulla. Perillä vastaanotto on kylmä: naimattomat naiset eivät ole tervetulleita Huippuvuorille. Toran ilmestyminen Longyear Cityyn asettaa Antonin mahdottoman valinnan eteen, ja Tora joutuu miettimään, sopivatko he todella toisilleen. Kamppaillessaan oman paikkansa löytämiseksi Tora solmii odottamattoman siteen Benedikten kanssa.Valtavan menestynyt historiallinen sarja on vihdoin saatavilla myös suomeksi! Vahvaluonteinen ja intohimoinen Tora on nuori nainen, jonka kohtalo vie Arktiksen kylmyyteen kamppailemaan oikeudestaan onneen. Ellinor Rafaelsen norjalainen kirjailija ja toimittaja, joka tunnetaan vangitsevista historiallisista romaaneistaan. Rafaelsen on asunut seitsemän vuotta Huippuvuorilla.

Discover the magic of Illgaroo in 'Kalajiku and the Yagalu' where myth and nature intertwine. Follow Karlajiku as he guards the sacred Yagalu. Enter a world where the wisdom of old and the spirit of the land lights up the darkest night.

Stories with soul. That's what you'll find between these covers of this collection of short stories longlisted in the 2023 Mansfield Readers and Writers short story competition. How do you write to a theme as abstract as 'soul'? Well, these stories reference the theme in ways that continuously inspire and surprise. Truckers on the Nullarbor, anyone? A trip to Paris? Featuring imperfect families and perfect love, this is a great collection to dip into, or devour in a single reading. And soul runs through all of it. Enjoy

Where will love be found?Join a curious girl on her search for love.Will it be found in the clouds or in the sea?Where could love possibly be?A beautiful rhyming story by Australian author Vikki Speller, designed to encourage children to appreciate themselves and the world around them.Young readers will delight in the illustrations and hidden hearts scattered throughout, engaging in a playful treasure hunt. Plus, as an added BONUS discover valuable mindfulness tools tucked away in the back of the book, making it a heartwarming and educational journey for children.Finding the Magic of Love is a story that not only entertains but also educates about the importance of self-love, making it suitable for children as well as anyone who works with children. Additionally, it features a QR Code, providing access to free downloadable activities and resources.Parents and teachers alike will find this book a valuable addition, nurturing the young hearts of readers as they follow along with our young explorer on her adventure to find love.

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