Patrick O Brian: 104 books
by Patrick O'Brian
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2007
"One of the best novelists since Jane Austen."—Philadelphia Inquirer
This novel is a powerful successor to Testimonies, Patrick O'Brian's first novel written for adults. It is set in that corner of France that became O'Brian's adopted home, where the long, dark wall of the Pyrenees...
by Patrick O'Brian
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2008
O'Brian's richly told adventure saga, with its muscular prose, supple dialogue and engaging characters, packs a nice old-school punch." --Publishers Weekly
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...
by Patrick O'Brian
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 1995
"A welcome reissue of O'Brian's moving and very fine first novel."—Kirkus Reviews
Delmore Schwartz, the most influential critic in postwar America, wrote of Patrick O'Brian's first novel Testimonies: "A triumph...drawn forward by lyric eloquence and the story's fascination,...
by Patrick O'Brian
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2001
A glittering adventure set in India at the height of the British Raj. The New York Times compared this book to Kipling's Kim and called it "a gorgeous entertainment."
Of this early work, published when he was in his early twenties, Patrick O'Brian writes in a foreword: "In the...
My Lead Dog Was A Lesbian
Mushing Across Alaska in the Iditarod--the World's Most Grueling Race
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
The Iditarod may be the only race that awards a prize for last place. But then how many people can even complete a course that ranges across 1,000 miles of Alaska's ice fields, mountains, and canyons at temperatures that sometimes plunges to 100 degrees below zero? In conditions like these, anything...
Primo comando
Un'avventura di Jack Aubrey e Stephen Maturin - Master & Commander
Language: Italian
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Essere al comando di una nave, dare la caccia a brigantini nell’Adriatico, a tartane nel golfo del Leone, a sciabecchi e saettie lungo la costa spagnola, vivere in prima persona arrembaggi e duelli: questi sono gli orizzonti di Jack Aubrey, uomo di mare temerario e irruente, figlio orgoglioso di...
by Patrick O'Brian
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
"[The series shows] a joy in language that jumps from every page....You're in for a wonderful voyage."—Cutler Durkee, People
Shipwrecked on a remote island in the Dutch East Indies, Captain Aubrey, surgeon and secret intelligence agent Stephen Maturin, and the crew of the Diane...
by Patrick O'Brian
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 1992
"The finest writer of sea-stories in the English language."—J. de Courcy Ireland
All Patrick O'Brian's strengths are on parade in this novel of action and intrigue, set partly in Malta, partly in the treacherous, pirate-infested waters of the Red Sea. While Captain Aubrey worries...
Tough Crimes
True Cases by Top Criminal Lawyers
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Tough Crimes is a collection of thoughtful and insightful stories by twenty of Canada’s most prominent criminal lawyers. In the book, they write about cases that had surprising turns, or that presented personal or ethical challenges. We’ve all heard the media’s take on notorious criminals, but...
by Patrick O'BRIAN, Dominique LE BRUN
Language: French
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Deuxième volet des aventures de Jack Aubrey et de Stephen Maturin.
Jack Aubrey, devenu un personnage important dans la hiérarchie de la Royal Navy, est chargé de se rendre à Botany Bay (dans l'actuelle Australie) pour régler le problème délicat posé par le célèbre capitaine Bligh...
Verso Mauritius
Un'avventura di Jack Aubrey e Stephen Maturin - Master & Commander
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Nel 1810, mentre l’Europa è sconvolta dal turbine napoleonico, Jack Aubrey, intrepido comandante della Royal Navy, si gode un meritato riposo dopo le imprese che l’hanno visto catturare numerose prede nemiche a ogni latitudine. Ma le gioie della vita familiare, tra la moglie Sophia, le due piccole...
Buon vento dell'Ovest
Un'avventura di Jack Aubrey e Stephen Maturin - Master & Commander
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Al tempo in cui i vascelli inglesi sembrano l’unico baluardo in grado di opporsi validamente allo strapotere napoleonico, Jack Aubrey, abilissimo ufficiale della Royal Navy in perenne lotta non soltanto con il nemico, ma anche con ammiragli restii a riconoscergli i benefici derivanti dalla cattura...
L'isola della Desolazione
Un'avventura di Jack Aubrey e Stephen Maturin - Master & Commander
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 20, 2014
La Leopard, un vascello da cinquanta cannoni, non si può certo definire una fulgida gemma della Royal Navy: varata nel 1790, ben dieci anni dopo la sua costruzione, ha al suo attivo pochissime prede. Eppure Jack Aubrey, bloccato a terra da molto tempo e ormai in preda a un desiderio quasi incontenibile...
Missione sul Baltico
Un'avventura di Jack Aubrey e Stephen Maturin - Master & Commander
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Durante una conferenza sulle proprie scoperte naturalistiche al prestigioso Institut di Parigi, Stephen Maturin viene a sapere che un eminente catalano, inviato dai servizi segreti inglesi nel mar Baltico, è morto nel naufragio della nave che lo stava portando a destinazione. Suo compito era di raggiungere...