Showing results for title "The Castaways" in Literature & Fiction

Eine kleine Insel im Südwestpazifik, Sonne, Palmen und wunderschöne Korallenriffe – für die Schwestern Erin und Lori sollte es ein Traumurlaub werden. Doch auf dem Hinflug kommt es zwischen den beiden zum Streit, und Erin lässt ihre Schwester nach einem Zwischenstopp alleine weiterfliegen. Eine Entscheidung, die sie bitter bereut. Denn die Maschine verschwindet spurlos, Lori kommt nie an ihrem Ziel an. Erins Welt gerät ins Wanken. Fieberhaft sucht sie nach einem Lebenszeichen ihrer Schwester, ohne Erfolg.

Sydney Whitmore, a forensic psychologist, moves to Shipwreck Island and renews her relationship with Ezra Reinhold, a reclusive billionaire who enjoys poking around in cold cases. In book four, Arden Haynsworth has been kidnapped after being sentenced to death for her part in the death of the kidnapper's daughter Daisy. Arden insists she’s innocent of the crime she’s been accused of and is certain she was set up to take the fall. With only five days to prove the woman’s innocence or watch her perish, the team jumps into action.

As the billionaire pulls Lucy deeper into his world of high stakes business deals and ruthless takeovers, he demands nothing less than her complete surrender. But Jeremiah has no place in his life for love, and as Lucy falls deeper for him, she risks having her heart shattered. Making matters worse, Jeremiah's fiercest rival is determined to steal Lucy's affection... and to do it, he'll show her the sinister side of Jeremiah's opulent world.

This is volume 6 of the Tom Swift series, Tom Swift and his Wireless Message where our hero, the young inventor, Tom Swift helps a fellow inventor get his airship the Whizzer off the ground. So far off the ground in fact that he and his fellow travelers are caught in a storm stranding them on an uninhabited tropical island fraught with earthquakes.

Sydney Whitmore, a forensic psychologist, moves to Shipwreck Island and renews her relationship with Ezra Reinhold, a reclusive billionaire who enjoys poking around in cold cases and has the means to hire the best people to find the answers no one else has been able to.

A forensic psychologist working for the FBI moves to Shipwreck Island and renews her relationship with her sisters, aunt, best friend, and old flame. While on the island she is introduced to Ezra Reinhold, a reclusive billionaire who enjoys poking around in cold cases and has the means to hire the best people to find the answers no one else has been able to. In book 9 in the series, Sydney goes with Emily to visit Beverly in the rehabilitation hospital she has been moved to.

On a cool night, an ill-formed man darkens the doorway of Mrs. Boxer. Her trepidation turns to instant joy when she discovers it to be her long-lost husband, who has been lost at sea for the past three years. But the supposed Mr. Boxer has a suspicious mother-in-law. And when she secretly connives with an ancient fortune-teller, new discoveries show that Mr. Boxer isn't the man he proclaims himself to be.

"The Castaway" is a short story by W. W. Jacobs, telling of the return of a husband, who was thought lost and buried at sea for three years. Mrs. Boxer immediately welcomes him, but his mother-in-law suspects him to be a fraud. A visit to the local fortune-teller only deepens her suspicions. "The Castaway" is a brilliant mystery story that questions reality in a remarkable way, leaving no stone unturned and dwelling into each the characters’ suspicions and fears. Recommended to short story fans and mystery fiction enthusiasts. B. J.

Ahoy, fellow lovers of all things tropical and naughty! This fun and steamy tale features everyone's favorite island castaways as you've never experienced them before! Along with the skipper, his first mate, the millionaire and his wife, and the professor, are two of the most beautiful and lusted-after lovelies in the history of television...that is to say: One luscious redheaded movie star and one sweet and tempting little farmgirl extraordinaire!

Pil Persins has never seen the sky. He has never felt the fall of rain or seen the stars on a dark night. For thousands of years, Elfin have lived underground, hidden away from the dangers of their world. The coming of the sun aboveground means death; monsters awaken and predators hunt. But it is a small price to pay for freedom. At least that is how Pil and his two best friends, Felicity Falon and Dunken Dirk, see it.

A nearly dead castaway is pulled from the Pacific Ocean in the fishing grounds near Diamond Head. He is obviously a stranger to the islands. Why was he tied hand and foot? Who has tried to kill him? Doctor William Goode treats the young man only to have him escape into the Ko'olau Mountains. The man was part of a crew of Islamic pirates who have been raiding the islands, and killing villagers. Across the Pacific, William's old shipmate, Donovan, finds himself entrenched in the Mexican-American War, accused of murdering an American officer, and is on the run from the Mexican borderlands to ...

A bundle with two wild nymph stories by Sonia Robinson. Experience the lust of the most wild, untamed girls at the edge of the world, where you least expect them. Wild Girl in the Shed: There's a shed with a wild girl living inside. She sneaks out every night, climbing into the nearest house where she searches for new mates to play with. The wild girl prefers married men, as seducing them is a sign of her superiority to their civilized wives. She's a ferocious little creature who targets Stephan, an American dishwasher on vacation with his wife. Surprise sex galore!

A strange and deadly plague, lethal to the Human kindred of New Sylestia, has taken hold in the coastal city of Fairport. While the Militia Commander Velyxi fights alongside the local magistrate to keep the vulnerable seaport quarantined amidst panic and internal forces, her daughter Lorewyn, a young and somewhat unseasoned Elven archer, along with Rhianyn and Shyntiel sail west across the ocean in hopes of finding the distant and mysterious Crown Islands, and the only hope for a cure.

Emily Rogers hoped her most dangerous days were behind her when she escaped from the Island. But soon, she realizes that trying to figure out her relationship with Christopher Williams and dodging nosy reporters are the least of her worries. The evil they uncovered on the island is hunting them down.

DOES GOD CRY?Castaway - Addressing: Murder, Abduction and Kidnapping, Witchcraft, Fortune Telling, Bestiality, Alcoholism, Drug Trafficking, All Manner of Sexual Sins, Vices and Habits.We can’t forget THOSE LITTLE FOXES: Lying, Envy, Jealousy, Hatred… GOD REJECTS!I wonder if God cries, when we do the things we do, Do love drops fill His eyes, Because He loves us oh so true, Sometimes I feel such hurt when I try to realize That even though he is God, I wonder if God cries?I wonder if God cries is His heart filled with pain?Does he bow and weep, when we damn His Holy name?I wish I could see ...

"Castaway" was first published in the April 1947 issue of Fantasy. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

When his brother bumbles a burglary, Finn Bates blasts into space with the cops hot on his heels and his brother's DNA broadcast to every spaceport around. With the number of places he can land approaching zero, Finn must plan one final score that his brother can't possibly screw up, or risk getting kicked off every decent planet in the universe.

This is a story from the Normandy Stories collection. Maupassant is hailed as one of the greatest masters of the short story. This collection focuses upon the land he knew and loved so well - Normandy. Its people and its countryside are portrayed here in vivid color and with great warmth. Amusing, saucy, and sometimes even farcical they may be, but they are also capable of great pathos, often branching off to end tragically.

This short story is based on the amazing true tale of castaway Daniel Foss who, in the 1800s, survived alone on a remote and barren rock island. A fast read of approximately 18 pages.

100 years before Miracle in the Andes... This short story is based on the horrific and heartbreaking story of a young Christian woman named Ann Saunders who boarded a ship in the 1800’s with her then fiancé. They were headed to the New World and a new life until their ship foundered in stormy seas. Starving and adrift in the open ocean, Ann must do the unthinkable to survive. Will she decide against what repulses her or will she choose to do the one thing that will ensure her survival? This shocking story is one you will not soon forget. "An excellent read, and even more impressive as ...