Dickson McCunn is an affluent, 55-year-old grocer, who takes an early retirement and ventures out to explore the world. At once he is swept out of his bourgeois rut into bizarre and outlandish adventures, and forced to become a reluctant hero. McCunn is formidable and dangerous partly because he seems unremarkable and ordinary, and friends and enemies alike are taken by surprise when he acts with bold conviction. All 3 novels in this series are included in this MEGAPACK™:<P> HUNTINGTOWER...
"The Grove of Ashtaroth" – a home in African wilderness with an ancient temple in its vicinity affects its new occupant. «No-man's-land» – A beast is at large in wilderness, hunting cattle and murdering unsuspecting people, what happens when a man comes face-to-face with it? «The Watcher by the Threshold» – An unmentionable creature piggybacks a man from his near-death experience . . . «Space» – A brilliant mathematician theorizes the existence of a new dimension but it is not...
"The Half-Hearted" by John Buchan. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
The John Buchan Collection: the essential collection of books by John Buchan in one collection:<br><br>Greenmantle <br>The Half-Hearted <br>Huntingtower <br>The Moon Endureth–Tales and Fancies <br>Mr. Standfast <br>The Path of the King <br>Prester John <br>Salute to Adventurers <br>The Thirty-nine Steps
Introduced by Christopher Harvie. Sir Edward Leithen, lawyer, politician, sportsman and occasional philosopher, was probably the most autobiographical of John Buchan’s heroes. This collection of four novels, written over a span of thirty years, shows Leithen/Buchan in all his moods – from the urban menace of The Power House in which ‘the thin line between civilisation and barbarism’ runs through London’s West End; to the Highland exhilaration of John Macnab; the twists and turns of The...
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