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Come along on a rollicking thrill-ride down the Amazon with wisecracking skipper Frank Wolff and intrepid researcher Dr. Lily Houghton. Lily travels from London, England to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank's questionable services to guide her downriver on La Quila, his ramshackle-but-charming boat. Lily is determined to uncover an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities, possessing the power to change the future of medicine. Thrust on...
2) Flush
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With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
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Water wheel novels volume 3
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English
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Dennis Wainwright and Gage Kennon rescue a gypsy woman and travel the Mississippi on a showboat.
They'd fought on different sides in the Civil War, so their friendship was an unlikely alliance. Gage Kennon was a humble and devout Christan man; Dennis Wainwright was the idea man. In their travels Gage saves a Gypsy woman from a terrible accident, and later saves an innocent young woman from being arrested. When their road leads to the grand showboat,...
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On a beautiful June day in 1965, a dozen girls-classmates at a picturesque Blue Ridge women's college-launched their homemade raft (inspired by Huck Finn's) on a trip down the Mississippi. It's Girls A-Go-Go Down the Mississippi read the headline in the Paducah, Kentucky, paper.
Thirty-five years later, four of those "girls" reunite to cruise the river again. This time it's on the luxury steamboat, The Belle of Natchez, and there's no publicity.
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Horrible Harry volume 13
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The students in Miss Mickle's third-grade class enjoy a boat trip on the Connecticut River after a class discussion of ancestors reveals that Sidney and Ida both have connections to the sea.
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Water wheel novels volume 1
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A prideful woman and a drunkard captain seek restoration and find it, by God's grace, in each other.
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Water wheel novels volume 2
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Life hasn't been easy for Jeanne Bettencourt, a widow approaching thirty and struggling to provide for her eight-year-old daughter. But hope arrives in the form of the Helena Rose, a steamboat she unexpectedly inherits from a distant relative. Jeanne looks forward to a renewed livelihood on the mighty Mississippi, until news comes of another heir, a tough man named Clint Hardin--and a clause in the will that says claimants of the estate must live...
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Nancy Drew diaries volume 14
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2017.
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English
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"Nancy and her friends only have a few hours to track down the donations for a charity gala that have mysteriously gone missing"--Publisher.
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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 35
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English
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Nancy Drew, the girl detective, and her friend, Ned Nickerson, find a pirate chest filled with gold coins in the hold of an old showboat.
10) Jungle cruise
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[2021]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"Climb aboard the Jungle Cruise and get ready for the adventure of a lifetime. Featuring terrifying tigers, mysterious ruins, and the eighth wonder of the world, readers can experience Disney Parks' world-famous Jungle Cruise attraction like never before"--Publisher marketing.
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Trailsman volume 397
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2014.
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168 pages ; 18 cm.
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"Skye Fargo is working his way up and down the Mississippi River looking to stop a band of deadly river rats from destroying a valuable riverboat line. But it won't be easy--because the truth behind the attacks leads to a conspiracy with more twists and turns than the mighty Mississippi itself" --
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©2015.
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298 pages. ; 18 cm
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"Mississippi charmer Abner Mason is a professional gambler and a regular on the Delta Jack, a luxurious riverboat. But luck hasn’t exactly been going Mason’s way. After a disastrous loss at the tables, he owes an impossible debt to the most powerful man on the ship: mysterious, ruthless Cam Greeley. And Greeley’s willing to do whatever it takes to get his fortune back—even threaten Mason’s life. Now Mason has a single night to raise all...
14) Riverboat blaze
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Gunsmith volume 349
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2011.
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186 pages ; 18 cm.
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English
16) Riverboat ruse
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2005.
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152 pages ; 20 cm.
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Nancy Drew investigates a theft which occurs when she is on a riverboat.
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2015.
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405 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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"Mississippi charmer Abner Mason is a professional gambler and a regular on the Delta Jack, a luxurious riverboat. But luck hasn’t exactly been going Mason’s way. After a disastrous loss at the tables, he owes an impossible debt to the most powerful man on the ship: mysterious, ruthless Cam Greeley. And Greeley’s willing to do whatever it takes to get his fortune back—even threaten Mason’s life. Now Mason has a single night to raise all...
20) Sea change
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[1992]
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444 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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The arrival of brooding Matthew Oliver frees Kate Summerbee from her father's ramshackle riverboat and takes her to rural England, where she becomes an unwilling pawn in a struggle between the rebellious Matthew and his father.
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