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THE ELECTRIFYING NEW ADVENTURE OF THE NUMA CREW, FROM THE GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, CLIVE CUSSLERA terrifying discovery. A cutting-edge weapon. A life-or-death showdown in the skies . . . A distress call from a nearby freighter in the Caribbean brings a NUMA training mission to an abrupt halt. Leaping into action, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala locate the damaged vessel, where they make an eerie discovery. The captain lies face down and clutched beneath him - an empty shotgun. When Kurt and Joe search for clues, the situation grows stranger - and more dangerous. Lying hidden in wait are the rest of the crew: paranoid, disoriented and ready to fight. Could a mind-altering sickness have struck down an entire ship? Or is something much more sinister going on? Following the crew's tale of mysterious lights leads Kurt and Joe to a cadre of Cuban mercenaries, and when they learn of their plan to use magnificent modern airships to hijack a nuclear submarine, this impromptu mission moves from the seas to the skies. Faced with an irrepressible enemy and a new arena of fighting, stopping this plot could be the NUMA crew's toughest task yet... Praise for Clive Cussler: The Adventure King - Sunday Express Cussler is hard to beat - Daily Mail Just about the best in the business - New York Post

Faye Lippitt is a journalist who found her inspiration in the happy chaos that enveloped their home as she and her husband raised their six children. The six arrived in eight years, sometimes arriving two by two, which made for interesting times. This book is a series of snapshots of the family at their home in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. It is also about choices. As Faye puts it, when chaos rains, your response is your choice. Laugh? Cringe? Cry? Laughter feels a whole lot better. It's the author's hope that busy parents will steal five minutes of the day to read one of the stories, and another five to write their own in the back pages of the book. For time flies, and memories fade and the things our children do and say are crazy enough and precious enough to keep forever. Faye, and her husband Greg, now live in the Caribbean and are blessed with enough grandchildren to keep the laughter coming.

This book explores three key issues to understand the redefinition of relations between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC): the international context, foreign policies of EU member states towards Latin America, and crucial topics on the EU-LAC agenda. At the theoretical level, the book aims to rebalance two debates on EU-LAC relations. First, in the debate between agency and structure, the book stresses that context is a limiting factor of the agent¿s preferences and actions. Second, in the debate between values and interests, it finds that interests should not be made invariably dependent on values.At the empirical level, two aspects stand out. First, the change and continuity in EU member states¿ foreign policies also impact the EU¿s own role in the continent. Second, new topics on the bi-regional and global agenda have the potential to redefine the relations between the two regions.At a time of European alleged decline, this volume argues that the EU remains a highly significant actor in Latin America and the Caribbean."EU-Latin American relations are in a phase of redefinition. This timely book addresses both the structural obstacles and the prospects and areas for deeper cooperation. Against the background of diverging positions of Latin America and the EU in international politics, the proposed decoupling of political and functional agendas should be considered."Detlef Nolte, German Institute für Global and Area Studies (GIGA)"This book makes an original and significant contribution to the study of the relations between the European Union and Latin American and the Caribbean. The volume blends wisely the right doses of scholarly research and policymaking sensitivity, thus making for an innovative read for academics and an insightful contribution for practitioners."Andrés Malamud, University of Lisbon

This new account explores the most notorious pirates in history and how their rise and fall can be traced back to a single pirate haven, Nassau. Angus Konstam, one of the world's leading pirate experts, has brought his 30 years of research to create the definitive book on the Golden Age of Piracy. Many of the privateers the British had used to prey on French and Spanish shipping during the War of the Spanish Succession turned to piracy. The pirates took over Nassau on the Bahamian island of New Providence and turned it into their own pirate haven, where shady merchants were happy to buy their plunder. It became the hub of a pirate network that included some of the most notorious pirates in history: Blackbeard, "Calico Jack" Rackam, Charles Vane and Bartholomew Roberts. The growth of piracy led to a major surge in attacks in the Caribbean and along North America's Atlantic seaboard. With the fragile maritime economy of the Americas threatened with collapse, major ports were threatened and trade brought to a standstill, the British government finally declared war on the pirates. The Pirate Menace draws on extensive research, as well as a wide range of first-hand accounts, to produce a new history of the heyday of historical piracy.

Manchmal fliegen Schmetterlinge auch im Regen! Aber was tust du, wenn dir klar wird, dass sich deine Herzensmenschen gegen dich verschworen haben?Erst findet die eigenwillige Margret Landauer ihr Single-Kleinstadtleben etwas zu beschaulich. Zwar liebt sie ihr Buchcafé, Cupcakes und ihre besten Freundinnen, aber gerade die haben immer weniger Zeit für ein Treffen in Lottes Laden. Doch dann wird es mit einem Schlag turbulent!Sie erhält geheimnisvolle Briefe von einem Fremden, soll heimlich eine Verlobung in Mexiko organisieren und läuft rein zufällig auch noch Avan Wulf über den Weg. Der Bruder ihrer neuen Busenfreundin Mia ist jedoch definitiv ein Hände-weg-Typ. Zu attraktiv, nur auf der Durchreise und anscheinend ohne echten Beruf. Blöd, dass ihr Herz das anders sieht und sie nicht in die Zukunft blicken kann. Noch weiß Margret nämlich nichts von dem Netz aus Lügen und Geheimnissen, das nicht nur Avan um sie herum gesponnen hat.Als er eines Tages bei Regen an ihre Tür klopft und mit ihr zwischen den Bücherregalen zu tanzen beginnt, trifft ihr Herz daher eine folgenschwere Entscheidung, wegen der sie vielleicht all die Menschen verliert, die sie liebt ...»Schließ die Augen«, flüsterte Avan in ihr Ohr. Margret sah ihn erstaunt an, doch er setzte ein »Keine Sorge, ich pass auf dich auf« nach.Also schloss sie die Augen, denn dieses ¿Ich pass auf dich auf¿ hatte wie ein Versprechen über den Tanz hinaus geklungen. Ohne Widerstand ließ sie sich von ihm in etwas entführen, das Margret in dieser Form noch nie gespürt hatte: Vertrautheit, obwohl die Vernunft dagegensprach.In der neuen, romantischen Liebesgeschichte rund um ein kleines Buchcafé von Bestsellerautorin Mira Morton geht es um Freundschaft, aber auch um Lügen und Geheimnisse, die alles zerstören können - selbst die große Liebe. Der etwas andere Boss-Roman ist in sich abgeschlossen und spielt in einem kleinen Buchladen sowie vor der traumhaften Kulisse der Karibik in Tulum, Mexiko.Die Romanreihe ¿Lottes Laden: Zauberhaftes Buchcafé' im Überblick:Prequel (Band 1): Schiffbruch für die LiebeBand 2: Zwei Tage HimmelBand 3: Herzprickeln im ParadiesBand 4: Herzgewitter für die Liebe

Sally Thorne's The Hating Game meets Netflix's The Christmas Prince , you will ADORE this fun and flirty romcom!

The New York Timesbestselling author's memoir of diving in the Caribbean offers ';in precise, lucid, prose, the marvels of the sea bottom' (New Yorker).Author Stephen Harrigan spent months diving on the coral reefs of Grand Turk Island in the Caribbean. In this evocative account, he describes his many explorations, both personal and natural. Though he is there to learn about the history of the coral reef, Harrigan freely admits that his true motivation is to become, at least for a time, his ';underwater self.'';Moving, intelligent and, in the best sense, literary.... Stephen Harrigan is anchored in reality; he knows that the environment hes describing is in serious jeopardy. At the same time, he has made this book sparkle with his remarkable ability to discuss the metaphysical and spiritual aspects of underwater exploration without ever sounding saccharine or murky.' New York Times Book Review