Books published by publisher Promontory

Join Sir Francis Drake on his flagship the Golden Hind in 1577 as he searches for a shorter route to Asia. On his dangerous journey around the tip of South America and up the west coast of the Americas, his crew faces violent storms at sea and battles with Spanish and Portuguese Men-O-War. Finally, Drake must deal with a mutiny on his own flag ship. Four hundred years later, Carmine Cali is learning to dive off the coast of southern California when his partner Nelson Bartlett swears he sees a skull hidden in the grasses off Malaga Cove. Another dive that day reveals nothing. Carmine spends the next 39 years trying to confirm that the skulls exists. Follow Carmine, his wife Elaine, and their children Snail, Carmen and Caroline in their diving adventures and search for the enigmatic skull.

Cuddles the cat visits the dentist, brushes her teeth twice a day, and keeps the sugar bugs away.But then there’s Cuddles’ best friend, Bob. When it comes to taking care of his teeth, he doesn’t do a great job. Bob often forgets to brush, so his teeth are turning brown, but the dentist helps him turn his frown upside-down!With the help of Cuddles and Bob, teach your children the value of keeping their teeth healthy and clean. Author and practicing dentist Sean Kelly provides useful FAQs to guide parents and children to a happy and (hopefully) cavity-free mouth.

Patti’s biggest wish has come true; she has the horse she wanted so badly. But he is a lame horse, he doesn’t really belong to her, she might never be able to ride him, and she loves him already… Patti’s story with Little Guy has only just begun!Patti jumps enthusiastically into the complicated world of horses and riding, learning to deal with the ups and downs of acquiring new skills, competition with other kids, and problem-solving in a completely new setting. Along the way, she will also learn about sorting her aims and ambitions.

In the early 1700s, Ocracoke Island, located at the tip of North Carolina’s Outer Banks, was the home of Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, the infamous pirate. His reign of terror lasted a mere two years, but during this time he ruled the seas from the Outer Banks to the Caribbean. The end came in 1718 when the British attacked and killed Blackbeard in Ocracoke Bay. The British never found Blackbeard’s legendary treasure, and scuttled his ship Adventure. Blackbeard’s treasure was never found. In the spring of 1942, the world was at war. Germany U-boats patrolled the East Coast of America. One night, U-402 spotted the Soviet tanker Ashkhabad near the Outer Banks enroute from Cuba to Maryland to collect fuel. U-402 fired two torpedoes, hitting and sinking the Ashkhabad, which carried a hidden footlocker of gold meant to pay the U.S. for war supplies. Twenty years later, the Russians needed that gold to finance the expansion of the Soviet empire. They dispatched a pair of incompetent spies to locate the Ashkhabad and retrieve the gold. Half a century later, Snail Cali and his family are enjoying an evening at home when a huge man sporting a long flowing beard barges into their house, threatening them and demanding that they find his treasure. Later that night, Snail’s mother, sisters, girlfriend, and godmother are kidnapped. Snail, along with his father Carmine, friend Tommy Osawa, and NCIS Special Agent Moki Loo Tsing frantically search for the women. Their only clue is a poetic riddle left as a phone message by the bearded man.

Ten-year-old Patti lives on a farm with her mom, dad and older brother Jamie. She loves the natural world she lives in, and she feels passionately that she is old enough now to be a working member of the farm team, taught the skills and given jobs that really matter. She is always curious about chickens and bees and horses, and how they relate to humans; about grown-ups and why they do and say the things they do; about her friends who live in very different circumstances. Sometimes her adventures turn out well, and sometimes they don’t, but for Patti they all add to what she knows about “life.”

Ten-year-old Patti lives on a farm with her mom, dad and older brother Jamie. She loves the natural world she lives in, and she feels passionately that she is old enough now to be a working member of the farm team, taught the skills and given jobs that really matter. She is always curious about chickens and bees and horses, and how they relate to humans; about grown-ups and why they do and say the things they do; about her friends who live in very different circumstances. Sometimes her adventures turn out well, and sometimes they don’t, but for Patti they all add to what she knows about “life.”