Time Travel Island

Tim Flannery is one of the world's most influential scientists, credited with discovering more species than Darwin. In Among the Islands, Flannery recounts a series of expeditions he made at the dawn of his career to the strange tropical islands of the South Pacific, a great arc stretching nearly 4,000 miles from the postcard perfection of Polynesia to some of the largest, highest, most ancient, and most rugged islands on Earth.

Danica Lane thought escaping the sick web of a Los Angles predator was the hardest thing shed ever do, until she swept through time to 1883 into the arms of an accused killer. Nathan Hayes learned at an early age to live his life honor-bound, but when he was arrested for a murder he didn't commit, avoiding a noose took precedence. He never dreamed taking refuge in an abandoned, stone cellar would thrust him one hundred-forty years into the future.

Carmen Rohrbach durchstreift sechs Monate lang die junge Vulkaninsel am Rande des Polarkreises. Im Tal des Markarfljót zeltet sie unter der gewaltigen Eruptionswolke des berühmtberüchtigten Vulkans Eyjafjallajökull. Sie begleitet den jährlichen Schafabtrieb nahe einer Farm im Nordwesten der Insel. Auf einsamen Wanderungen im Hochland beobachtet sie die wilde Tierwelt, steigt hinauf zum geheimnisvollen Krater Askja und auf den Gipfel der Herðubreið, der Königin der Berge.

Grace Brooks is a total and unashamed nerd. She loves her life, her friends, and her little dog Neutrino. That is until one day she’s uprooted to Miller’s Island, North Carolina, to start over as the new kid in school. There she meets Jack, and they quickly bond over their love of science and all things nerdy. Together they embark on an epic adventure, travelling through time to solve the mystery of The Toxic River.

They were ready for anything...except the end. Julian has lost everything he ever loved and is almost out of time. His life and death struggle against fate offers him one last chance to do the impossible and save the woman to whom he is inextricably bound. Together, Julian and Josephine wage war against a relentless dark force that threatens to destroy them.

Thrust into 1692 Salem, Summer Holloway must discover why the time portal spiraled her into her haunting dreams before a hysterical town hangs her for witchcraft! From USA Today and Amazon best-selling author Casi McLean comes another gripping time travel mystery to keep you hugging the edge of your seat.

Following the natural cycle of the year, The Land of Maybe captures the essence of 'slow life' on the 18 remote, mysterious islands which make up the Faroes in the North Atlantic. Closer to the UK than Denmark, this fast disappearing world is home to a close-knit society where just 50,000 people share Viking roots and a language that is unlike any other in Scandinavia. We follow the arrival of the migratory birds, the over-wintering of the sheep and the way food is gathered and eaten in tune with the seasons.

For decades, the singular and provocative paintings by Cree artist Kent Monkman have featured a recurring character—an alter ego of sorts, a shape-shifting, time-travelling elemental being named Miss Chief Eagle Testickle. Though we have glimpsed her across the years, and on countless canvases, it is finally time to hear her story, in her own words. And, in doing so, to hear the whole history of Turtle Island anew.

A routine slide to Three Sisters Island spins Meadow to Niagara Falls, where she encounters two men planning to murder a historical icon. To thwart the killers, she opens pandora's box and initiates a stream of time slides swirling the Holloway sisters through history in pursuit of a mysterious time-traveler.

Evan and Caris St. John own a beach house on isolated Daufuskie Island off the South Carolina coast. After a hurricane strikes the island, Caris and their three children discover a mysterious treasure chest in its wake. Unbeknownst to them, the chest has been sealed for nearly a century and a half. A mysterious Gullah woman rumored to be a witch predicted decades earlier that the family would break the seal and awaken the magic inside. The unbelievable begins to happen.

1937. When Mythily's plane suddenly loses all power and crashes into the jungle of a mysterious uncharted island, she and her companion Barry are faced with a kaleidoscope of horrors. They discover they are not alone. Initially they think the giant flesh eating spider-crabs are their biggest threat, until they uncover a far bigger secret that threatens the entire world. A survivor's tale of a lost island, alien visitation and giant flesh eating spider-crabs. "A wild read, full of suspense, great characters, and a plot that keeps you guessing. If you like unusual and slightly barmy (in the ...

On a covert mission north of the frontier, Lieutenant Commander Nathan Telford finds every escape route to freedom blocked by a massive Pruessen armada. With a seemingly endless number of enemy resources marshaled against him, he must employ all of his skills if he is ever to see his home again.

Grace and Jack are still trying to come to grips with their time-travelling experience as they eagerly await their next adventure.

After an attempt to sail around the world, author David Rich and his wife embarked on a seventeen-year journey that took them through 170 countries with a few bumps along the way. Held hostage for a garage bill in Serbia, blocked by burning tires in Ecuador, and surrounded by voracious saltwater crocs in Oz, the couple’s experiences were anything but ordinary. You can’t make this stuff up! Lest you think this is a cautionary story, RV the World explains how you can safely live a life of adventure. Discover how much a trip like this will cost you, how to operate in foreign countries, ...

For stage magician Quinn Bradley, he thought his time in Alissia was over. He’d done his job for the mysterious company CASE Global Enterprises, and now his name is finally on the marquee of one of the biggest Vegas casinos. And yet, for all the accolades, he definitely feels something is missing. He can create the most amazing illusions on Earth, but he’s also tasted true power. Real magic. He misses it. Luckily - or not - CASE Global is not done with him, and they want him to go back.

From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science and its influence on our understanding of time itself. Gleick's story begins at the turn of the 20th century, with the young H. G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first novel, international sensation The Time Machine.

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography, and autobiography. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called the "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne.

Dive into a world of fantasy and adventure in Tailed Time 2, where mermaids aren't just creatures of myth but galactic missionaries on a mission of kindness. Hannah and Terry are no ordinary teens. With tails to conceal and a noble quest to spread kindness on Earth, they embark on a thrilling journey that will challenge their beliefs and test their abilities. But when an urgent tsunami alert for Hawaii sends their personal AI into overdrive, the two friends must choose between personal safety and saving lives. As they navigate treacherous waters and risk exposure, their mission becomes more...

The adventure of a lifetime through the eyes of 2 middle-aged men coping with the need to find challenge and excitement. Experience one of North America's top-ten backpacking trails as the author takes you through an ancient rain forest, mud and root covered pathways and along the sandy shore of the Pacific Ocean. The reader feels like they are part of an incredible 7 day adventure full of laughter, insight and danger that keeps us turning pages until the end.

A Novella. The Romance and Adventures of Grace Quinlan and Lord William Hayden in the African Jungle (Golden Sofala)...Romance and Adventure in the African Jungle (Golden Sofala) and the Kingdom of Prester John. A love story, a mystery, an impossible dream, and a daring plan to capture one man's heart. A tale of lovers that have traveled through time itself to find each other. Excerpt: ...Despite her exhaustion and the comfort of Lord Hayden’s arms, she slept fitfully. Her fear of the river crashing through the walls and trapping her and Lord Hayden into a drowning death, reared up ...