Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine.

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It is 1946, a year after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and World War II is over. But the U.S. government has decided that further tests of atomic bombs must be conducted. When Bikini Atoll is chosen for the testing site, the inhabitants of the tiny island are told they must relocate for just two years. But sixteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu believes the Americans are lying and that it will never be safe to return. He must find a way to stop the...

"First published in 1970, nine years after Ernest Hemingway's death, Islands in the Stream is the story of an artist and adventurer--a man much like Hemingway himself. Rich with the uncanny sense of life and action characteristic of his writing--from his earliest stories (In Our Time) to his last novella (The Old Man and the Sea)--this compelling novel contains both the warmth of recollection that inspired A Moveable Feast and a rare glimpse of Hemingway's...

Depicts the changes that occur on a small island as the seasons come and go, as day changes to night, and as a storm approaches.

Just 70 minutes by plane from Miami and a few hours from New York, this charming trio of islands has captured attention worldwide. Where else in the world can you take care of your tax-free bank account in the morning and don mask, tank and flippers for an afternoon of scuba diving?

After uprooting her life in the States, Irene Steele has just settled in at the villa on St. John where her husband Russ had been living a double life. But a visit from the FBI shakes her foundations, and Irene once again learns just how little she knew about the man she loved. With help from their friends, Irene and her sons set up their lives while evidence mounts that the helicopter crash that killed Russ may not have been an accident. Meanwhile,...

Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.