Fiction

The story of adventure in the Hudson Bay wilds.

This adventure novel centers on a young man in the service of King Charles the XII of Sweden. Sir Marmaduke Carstairs is a Jacobite who is denounced as a plotter against King William.

The Memoir of Certain Transactions in the Life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime Fool of the Court of Pesaro, and trusted hand of Cesar Borgia. (Jacketless library hardcover.)

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process

A fantastic tale of a flying machine and the lost city of the Aztecs.

After learning of a diamond field on the Moon, our crew heads for the satellite, where they discover a petrified city populated by petrified people.

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Caroline Lockhart (1870-1962) was the author of 'Me-Smith' (1911), The Lady Doc (1912), The Man from the Bitter Roots (1915), The Fighting Shepherdess (1919) and The Dude Wrangler (1921).

A classic pulp fiction novel published in 1920.

The Day of Days - An Extravaganza is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Louis Joseph Vance is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Louis Joseph Vance then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

This second volume of the Katherine Yates Children's Series contains these four titles: "At the Door" (1905); "Through the Woods" (1906), and "By the Roadside" (1908), and, "On the Hilltop". Katherine Yates created many wonderful and inspiring short books for children of all ages.

A present day search for a fabulous hoard of priceless treasure in mysterious Africa!

The story of Martin Rattler, a mischievous boy with a good heart who mistakenly ends up on the ship Firefly, headed to the South Seas. With his friend Barney O'Flannagan, Martin escape pirates, survives a shipwreck, and explores South America in one adventure after another.

The tale of Terrance O'Connor, son of a senior captain, who joined Sir Aurther Wellesley's expedition to Portugal. A young man notorious for his mischievous pranks, Terrance's quick witted suggestion saves the outgoing transport from attack by French privateers, and he is selected as an aides-de-camp to the General. A sequel to With Moore at Corunna.

Book Excerpt: ...ave spoilt his physiognomy for life; and, depend upon it, as long as life lasts, he will neither forget nor forgive that. I shall also come in for a share of his spite, and it behoves both of us to beware of him.

"Does justice to the pluck and determination of the British soldiers. The son of an American loyalist, who remains true to our flag, falls among the hostile redskins in that very Huron country which has been endeared to us by the exploits of Hawkeye and Chingachgook."--The Times.

As in human life, there are tragedy, and humour, and pathos in the life of the wild; there are facts of tremendous interest, real happenings and real lives to be written about, and very small necessity for one to draw on imagination.

"Monte-Cristo's Daughter," a wonderfully brilliant, original, exciting and absorbing novel, is the sequel to "The Count of Monte-Cristo," Alexander Dumas' masterwork, and the continuation and conclusion of that great romance, "Edmond Dantès." It possesses rare power, unflagging interest and an intricate plot that for constructive skill and efficient development stands unrivalled.

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