Struggling to maintain family cohesion after the death of her husband, Katherine Dunne plans an elaborate sailing vacation that is unexpectedly challenged by difficulties with her children and a catastrophic accident.

An elephant and a mouse embark on a journey to discover what it looks like at the end of the world.

"Juliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her stalled-out dissertation on confessional poetry when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. With their two kids - Sybil, age seven, and George, age two - Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four foot sailboat awaits them. The initial result is transformative; the marriage is given a gust of energy, Juliet emerges from her depression,...

Over the last forty years, Stuart Woods has written more than ninety novels of suspense and intrigue, beginning with the award-winning Chiefs. Featuring iconic crime-fighting and jet-setting leads, the plots are masterfully conceived and wonderfully escapist. What many readers don’t know is that Woods's very own life was filled with similar stories of adventure. Born in Georgia, Woods worked in advertising in New York, served in the US Air Force,...

Ready for some real adventure? Mia thinks rules are made to be broken. If it's not her idea, she's not interested. Then her friend gives her a compass and she unexpectedly finds herself adrift on a sailing boat with a faulty enging in the middle of the wide, blue ocean. Bear Grylls is captaining the boat but it's all hands on deck when a whale tail causes a breach in the hull and water comes rushing in...Will Mia shape up, listen up and learn the...

Trim is eager to be the best ship's cat ever. Everyone else on board seems so busy. Captain Flinders is at the helm, steering the ship. Cook is in the galley, making nice, warm biscuits. Will is high in the crow's nest, painting the sea and the sky. Trim wants to help too. Can he find the purr-fect way?