smuggling

In eighteenth-century England, after his father buys a schooner called the Dragon, sixteen-year-old John sets out to sail it from Kent to London and becomes involved in a dangerous smuggling scheme.

Explores the history of smuggling in the United States, and its role in the country's birth, westward expansion, economic development, and increasing federal government policing powers.

The first book in the new Stories of Our Past series, Lawlor chronicles the history of this furtive trade and recounts the exploits and escapades of the East Coast's most infamous liquor smugglers. Complete with enthralling first-person accounts, fact-filled sidebars, and more than 60 photos, this accessible read is the rollicking story of one of the most captivating and controversial chapters of Canadian history.

Art expert Lindsay Danner becomes a pawn in a plot to catch a thief who is smuggling Chinese treasures into the U.S. and the only thing standing between her and certain disaster is rouge ex-CIA agent MacArthur Catlin, a man who may just steal her heart.

Harry Morgan is forced into smuggling Chinese immigrants and illegal liquor from Cuba to Key West during the Great Depression of the 1930s when his fishing boat rental business fails leading to his unhealthy association with wealthy yachtsmen.

Kate senses trouble even before her father agrees to transport "relief supplies" to South America, and when he is arrested, she and her brother attempt to prove his innocence.

Alice's friend Bo Parrot tells her about the smuggling trade in rare birds, and its consequences.

When Mr. Mellop and his four sons go spelunking, they find stalactites, stalagmites, arrowheads, carved bones, and a ring of dangerous perfume smugglers.

Michael's knowledge of Mexican history and Elena's taste for adventure help the twins unravel the mystery of the golden snake.

Defending her friend when he is arrested on a drug charge at a Caribbean Island resort, Stacy stumbles onto a smuggling network that includes her mother's boyfriend.