A mysterious broken sword transports a modern teen through time to the deck of a pirate ship. Stranded in the past, and surrounded by strangers, she is forced to sign on as crew. But a pirate's life is bloody and brief, and as she learns about the dark magic that brought her there, she forms a desperate scheme to get home--one that risks everything in a duel to the death with a villainous pirate captain

An alien force has descended upon Earth. Fighters bombard the ruins. Monsters hunt the wastes - some humans serving the Welorin in order to indulge their petty cruelties. The last free survivors struggle against starvation and capture. It's a world where friendship costs too dearly and heroics verge on suicide.

One young man simply can't resist either. Welorin torture machines ravage his world, filling it with literal nightmares. Cannibalistic aerobics instructors hunt him and snatcher teams dog his every step. Alaric attempts one rescue after another, hoping someone might possess...

The Girl from Everywhere, the first of two books, blends fantasy, history, and a modern sensibility. Its sparkling wit, breathless adventure, multicultural cast, and enchanting romance will dazzle readers of Sabaa Tahir and Leigh Bardugo.

As the daughter of a time traveler, Nix has spent sixteen years sweeping across the globe and through the centuries aboard her father's ship. Modern-day New York City, nineteenth-century Hawaii, other lands seen only in myth and legend--Nix has been to them all.

But when her father gambles with her very existence, it all may be...

Robert Louis Stevenson: Die Schatzinsel

Edition Holzinger. Taschenbuch

Berliner Ausgabe, 2015

Vollstandiger, durchgesehener Neusatz bearbeitet und eingerichtet von Michael Holzinger

• Treasure Island. Erstdruck: 1881-82 in der Zeitschrift Young Folks. Buchausgabe London, 1883. Erste deutsche Ubersetzung von E. A. Witte, Freiburg i. Br., Fehsenfeld, 1897. Hier in der Ubersetzung von Heinrich Conrad., Leipzig, Hesse und Becker, 1927.

Herausgeber der Reihe: Michael Holzinger

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There will be plenty of time for me to beat him soundly once I've gotten what I came for.

Sent on a mission to retrieve an ancient hidden map--the key to a legendary treasure trove--seventeen-year-old pirate captain Alosa deliberately allows herself to be captured by her enemies, giving her the perfect opportunity to search their ship.

More than a match for the ruthless pirate crew, Alosa has only one thing standing between her and the map: her captor, the unexpectedly clever and unfairly attractive first mate Riden. But not to worry, for Alosa has a few tricks up her...

The breathtaking sequel to the acclaimed The Girl from Everywhere.

Nix has spent her whole life journeying to places both real and imagined aboard her time-traveling father's ship. And now it's finally time for her to take the helm. Her future lies bright before her--until she learns that she is destined to lose the one she loves.

Desperate to change her fate, Nix sails her crew to a mythical utopia to meet another Navigator who promises to teach her how to manipulate time. But everything in this utopia is constantly changing, and nothing is what it seems. Not even...

The Girl from Everywhere, the first of two books, blends fantasy, history, and a modern sensibility. Its sparkling wit, breathless adventure, multicultural cast, and enchanting romance will dazzle readers of Sabaa Tahir and Leigh Bardugo.

As the daughter of a time traveler, Nix has spent sixteen years sweeping across the globe and through the centuries aboard her father's ship. Modern-day New York City, nineteenth-century Hawaii, other lands seen only in myth and legend--Nix has been to them all.

But when her father gambles with her very existence, it all may be...

Deep in the Caribbean, at sea on board a merchant ship, Sarafina is forced to cook for a crew of miscreants. As she strives to uncover the secret behind an ancient spyglass, cutthroats attack the ship. Sarafina is kidnapped and made part of the crew. During the voyage, she hears tales of the ghostly legend of Stowaway Jaye, rumored to be aboard. Will Sarafina solve the mystery of the spyglass, or will she be discovered and hanged for crimes of piracy?

Edward "Teach" Drummond is setting sail to the Caribbean as first mate on the most celebrated merchant ship in the British fleet--until he rebels against his captain. Mutiny is a capital offense and Teach knows it could cost him his life, but he believes it worth the risk in order to save his crew from the attacking Spanish ships.

Sailing on the same blue waters, Anne barely avoids the...

Azria is a mage of Miz, trained to wield the magic her country is famous for. When her estranged mother, alleged pirate Captain Apzana of the Hen & Chick, shows up on her 16th birthday offering her adventure, Azria leaves the life she knows for the promise of riches, renown and danger at her mother's side.

But more mysteries than answers surface when Apzana reveals why she's called on Azria after years of absence: the treasure of the Marauders' Island, an island sunk into the Sapphire Sea generations ago by the infamous mage Iyzani. If Azria can raise the island, the score of a...

An award-winning YA adventure-packed romance steeped in Middle Eastern culture and set in the Asian Pacific amongst dangerous oceans and tropical islands.

Seventeen-year-old refugee Lux plots her escape from the island where her family is stranded, denying that her home was lost in the Floods. Lux is determined to get her old life back by any means possible. But before her feet even leave the sand, she's taken hostage by a vengeance-driven pirate nearly as young as she is.

Her capture is the key to his freedom...

Captain Draven's scarf veils...