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  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998

    0006497950 / 9780006497950

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The second book Patrick OBrian wrote about the sea and a brilliant sequel to The Golden Ocean.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: Independently published, 2019

    1711888125 / 9781711888125

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2008

    0393333167 / 9780393333169

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. This story begins where Patrick O'Brian's devoted fans would want it to, with a sloop in the South China Sea barely surviving a killer typhoon. The time is the 1930s and the protagonist a teenaged American boy whose missionary parents have just died. In the company of his rough seafaring uncle and an elderly English cousin, an eminent archaeologist, Derrick sets off in search of ancient treasures in central Asia. Along the way they encounter a charismatic Chinese bandit and a host of bad characters, including Russian agents fomenting unrest. The narrative touches on surprising subjects: astronomy, oriental philosophy, the correct identification of ancient Han bronzes, and some very local cuisine. It ends in an ice-bound valley, with the party caught between hostile Red-Hat monks and the Great Silent Ones, the Tibetan designation for the yeti.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 2016

    0062393928 / 9780062393920

    Serie: Buch 2 von 3 - Fizzopolis

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    Hardback. Zustand: Good. Harold Fuzzwonker, Floyd, and the Fizzies are under attack: Floozombies have invaded Pflugerville! Bestselling author Patrick Carman and Emmy-winning illustrator Brian Sheesley return with the second book in the hilarious and zany Fizzopolis series, perfect for fans of Big Nate and Stick Dog. What do you get when you mix burptastic Fuzzwonker Fizz with crummy Flooze candy in the Fizzomatic machine? Floozombies, of course! Harold Fuzzwonker, his best good buddy, Floyd, and the Fizzies have a real problem on their hands, in the shape of slimy, gloppy monsters. Not only must Harold protect Floyd and the secret recipe for Fuzzwonker Fizz from the sneaky Snood family, he also has to stop the Floozombies before they take over the town, all while guarding the biggest secret of all: Fizzopolis. Sheesley, Brian (illustrator).…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 2016

    0062393928 / 9780062393920

    Serie: Buch 2 von 3 - Fizzopolis

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    Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Harold Fuzzwonker, Floyd, and the Fizzies are under attack: Floozombies have invaded Pflugerville! Bestselling author Patrick Carman and Emmy-winning illustrator Brian Sheesley return with the second book in the hilarious and zany Fizzopolis series, perfect for fans of Big Nate and Stick Dog. What do you get when you mix burptastic Fuzzwonker Fizz with crummy Flooze candy in the Fizzomatic machine? Floozombies, of course! Harold Fuzzwonker, his best good buddy, Floyd, and the Fizzies have a real problem on their hands, in the shape of slimy, gloppy monsters. Not only must Harold protect Floyd and the secret recipe for Fuzzwonker Fizz from the sneaky Snood family, he also has to stop the Floozombies before they take over the town, all while guarding the biggest secret of all: Fizzopolis. Sheesley, Brian (illustrator).…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2008

    0393333167 / 9780393333169

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This story begins where Patrick O'Brian's devoted fans would want it to, with a sloop in the South China Sea barely surviving a killer typhoon. The time is the 1930s and the protagonist a teenaged American boy whose missionary parents have just died. In the company of his rough seafaring uncle and an elderly English cousin, an eminent archaeologist, Derrick sets off in search of ancient treasures in central Asia. Along the way they encounter a charismatic Chinese bandit and a host of bad characters, including Russian agents fomenting unrest. The narrative touches on surprising subjects: astronomy, oriental philosophy, the correct identification of ancient Han bronzes, and some very local cuisine. It ends in an ice-bound valley, with the party caught between hostile Red-Hat monks and the Great Silent Ones, the Tibetan designation for the yeti.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2003

    0393324761 / 9780393324761

    Serie: Buch 10 von 21 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels

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    Zustand: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2003

    0393324761 / 9780393324761

    Serie: Buch 10 von 21 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and fearless captain in Nelson's navy, accepts a mission to intercept a frigate intent on wreaking havoc among British whalers. As HMS Surprise and her crew draw nearer to the enemy, their journey grows perilous, and murder and a shipwreck ensue.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 2003

    0393324761 / 9780393324761

    Serie: Buch 10 von 21 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and fearless captain in Nelson's navy, accepts a mission to intercept a frigate intent on wreaking havoc among British whalers. As HMS Surprise and her crew draw nearer to the enemy, their journey grows perilous, and murder and a shipwreck ensue.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 1992

    0393309053 / 9780393309058

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    paperback. Zustand: Fair.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1991

    039330812X / 9780393308129

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the undermanned, outgunned Leopard sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic, where, in mountain seas, the Dutchman closes.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1991

    039330812X / 9780393308129

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the undermanned, outgunned Leopard sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic, where, in mountain seas, the Dutchman closes. …

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1992

    0393309053 / 9780393309058

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime he did not commit. His old friend Stephen Maturin, usually cast as a ship's surgeon to mask his discreet activities on behalf of British Intelligence, has bought for Aubrey his former ship the Surprise to command as a privateer, more politely termed a letter of marque. Together they sail on a desperate mission against the French, which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1992

    0393309053 / 9780393309058

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Captain Jack Aubrey, a brilliant and experienced officer, has been struck off the list of post-captains for a crime he did not commit. His old friend Stephen Maturin, usually cast as a ship's surgeon to mask his discreet activities on behalf of British Intelligence, has bought for Aubrey his former ship the Surprise to command as a privateer, more politely termed a letter of marque. Together they sail on a desperate mission against the French, which, if successful, may redeem Aubrey from the private hell of his disgrace.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1991

    039330812X / 9780393308129

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy and a treacherous disease that decimates the crew. With a Dutch man-of-war to windward, the undermanned, outgunned Leopard sails for her life into the freezing waters of the Antarctic, where, in mountain seas, the Dutchman closes. …

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2003

    0393324761 / 9780393324761

    Serie: Buch 10 von 21 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2003

    0393324761 / 9780393324761

    Serie: Buch 10 von 21 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels

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    paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991

    039330812X / 9780393308129

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2003

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    Serie: Buch 10 von 21 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels

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    paperback. Zustand: Fair.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991

    039330812X / 9780393308129

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    Zustand: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991

    039330762X / 9780393307627

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1990

    0393307069 / 9780393307061

    Serie: Buch 2 von 21 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. "We've beat them before and we'll beat them again." In 1803 Napoleon smashes the Peace of Amiens, and Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., taking refuge in France from his creditors, is interned. He escapes from France, from debtors' prison, and from a possible mutiny, and pursues his quarry straight into the mouth of a French-held harbor.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1990

    0393307069 / 9780393307061

    Serie: Buch 2 von 21 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. "We've beat them before and we'll beat them again." In 1803 Napoleon smashes the Peace of Amiens, and Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., taking refuge in France from his creditors, is interned. He escapes from France, from debtors' prison, and from a possible mutiny, and pursues his quarry straight into the mouth of a French-held harbor.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1990

    0393307069 / 9780393307061

    Serie: Buch 2 von 21 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. "We've beat them before and we'll beat them again." In 1803 Napoleon smashes the Peace of Amiens, and Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., taking refuge in France from his creditors, is interned. He escapes from France, from debtors' prison, and from a possible mutiny, and pursues his quarry straight into the mouth of a French-held harbor.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1991

    039330762X / 9780393307627

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    Paperback. Zustand: Good. Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command--until Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a commodore's pennant, there to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La R union. But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains--Lord Clonfert, a pleasure-seeking dilettante, and Captain Corbett, whose severity pushes his crew to the verge of mutiny.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1991

    039330762X / 9780393307627

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    Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command--until Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a commodore's pennant, there to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La R union. But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains--Lord Clonfert, a pleasure-seeking dilettante, and Captain Corbett, whose severity pushes his crew to the verge of mutiny.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1991

    039330762X / 9780393307627

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command--until Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a commodore's pennant, there to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La R union. But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains--Lord Clonfert, a pleasure-seeking dilettante, and Captain Corbett, whose severity pushes his crew to the verge of mutiny.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990

    0393307069 / 9780393307061

    Serie: Buch 2 von 21 - Aubrey/Maturin Novels

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    Paperback. Zustand: Fair.

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1995

    0393038599 / 9780393038590

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    Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Patrick O'Brian's first novel about the sea, The Golden Ocean, took inspiration from Commodore George Anson's fateful circumnavigation of the globe in 1740. In The Unknown Shore, O'Brian returns to this rich source and mines it brilliantly for another, quite different tale of exploration and adventure. The Wager was parted from Anson's squadron in the fierce storms off Cape Horn and struggled alone up the coast of Chile until she was driven against the rocks and sank. The survivors were soon involved in trouble of every kind. A surplus of rum, a disappearing stock of food, and a hard, detested captain soon drove them into drunkenness, mutiny, and bloodshed. After many months of privation, a handful of men made their way northward under the guidance of a band of Indians, at last finding safety in Valparaiso. This saga of survival is the background to the adventures of two young men aboard the Wager: midshipman Jack Byron and his friend Tobias Barrow, an alarmingly naive surgeon's mate. Patrick O'Brian's many devoted readers will take particular interest in this story, as Jack and Toby form a kind of blueprint for Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, the famed heroes of the great Aubrey/Maturin series to come.…

  • Sprache: Englisch

    Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1995

    0393038599 / 9780393038590

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    Hardback. Zustand: Good. Patrick O'Brian's first novel about the sea, The Golden Ocean, took inspiration from Commodore George Anson's fateful circumnavigation of the globe in 1740. In The Unknown Shore, O'Brian returns to this rich source and mines it brilliantly for another, quite different tale of exploration and adventure. The Wager was parted from Anson's squadron in the fierce storms off Cape Horn and struggled alone up the coast of Chile until she was driven against the rocks and sank. The survivors were soon involved in trouble of every kind. A surplus of rum, a disappearing stock of food, and a hard, detested captain soon drove them into drunkenness, mutiny, and bloodshed. After many months of privation, a handful of men made their way northward under the guidance of a band of Indians, at last finding safety in Valparaiso. This saga of survival is the background to the adventures of two young men aboard the Wager: midshipman Jack Byron and his friend Tobias Barrow, an alarmingly naive surgeon's mate. Patrick O'Brian's many devoted readers will take particular interest in this story, as Jack and Toby form a kind of blueprint for Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, the famed heroes of the great Aubrey/Maturin series to come.…