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Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840 – 1916) was an American teacher, school administrator, journalist, and the author of hundreds of books and magazine articles under his own name and a number of pseudonyms. Notable fiction stories by Ellis include «The Huge Hunter; or, The Steam Man of the Prairies» and the «Deerfoot» novels, which were read widely by boys until the 1950s.<P> A word to the sensitive: The 19th and early 20th century used language differently than we do, and characters in these...
| Автор | Edward S. Ellis |
Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, OBE, DSO, Legion of Honour, is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist John Buchan. In his autobiography, Memory Hold-the-Door, Buchan suggests that the character is based, in part, on Edmund Ironside, from Edinburgh, a spy during the Second Boer War. Hannay appears as a major character in five novels, all of which are included here:<P> The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915)<BR> Greenmantle (1916)<BR> Mr Standfast (1919)<BR> The...
| Автор | Buchan John |
The pulp magazines of the early to mid 20th Century are often «politically incorrect» by modern standards. However, the «Spicy» magazines – Spicy-Adventure Stories , Spicy Mystery , Spicy Western , etc. – were politically incorrect by their own contemporary standards as well. With the occasional passing glimpse of a creamy-smooth thigh (or other womanly part!), and often filled with sexism, racism, and over-the-top plots and language, they nevertheless manage to titillate with more...
| Автор | Robert Leslie Bellem |
The Second Adventure MEGAPACK® assembles 23 tales (and a poem) of grand adventure. We’ve plundered a wide variety of sources to bring you an assortment of rip-roaring action tales, exotic locales, and even a little romance—spanning many continents and time periods. So hold onto your hat (if you’re wearing one) and get ready for a thrilling read!<P> Included are:<P>> THE REBEL, by Frank Belknap Long (poem)<BR> PEARL OF GREAT PRICE, by Joseph J. Millard<BR> WOLF, by...
| Автор | Frank Belknap Long |
"Robinson Crusoe" relates the story of a man's shipwreck on a desert island for 28 years and his subsequent adventures. Throughout its episodic narrative, Crusoe's struggles with faith are apparent as he bargains with God in times of life-threatening crises, but time and again he turns his back after his deliverances. He is finally content with his lot in life, separated from society, following a more genuine conversion experience.
| Автор | Daniel Defoe |
Beneath the trackless sands and shifting wastelands of the Sahara lies a world unknown to modern man: the underground world of Zanthodon. In its vast unmapped terrain are great jungles, strange seas, and forbidding mountains…and here can be found many of beings long since vanished from the surface of the Earth: dinosaurs, flying monsters, and primitive cavemen. Join Eric Carstairs as he explores the strange world beneath the Earth's crust, discovering monsters and marvels of eras...
| Автор | Lin Carter |
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'Sherlock Holmes was transformed when he was hot upon such a scent as this. Men who had only known the quiet thinker and logician of Baker Street would have failed to recognize him. His face flushed and darkened. His brows were drawn into two hard black lines, while his eyes shone out from beneath them with a steely glitter.'Set against the foggy, mysterious backdrops of London and the English...
| Автор | Arthur Conan Doyle |
Моряк – это не профессия. Так называемый, плавсостав – это штурмана, механики, электромеханики и электрики, боцмана, матросы и мотористы, коки и буфетчицы. И все эти люди называются моряками. Так что моряк – это человек моря с другим образом жизни, с другим образом мысли. Эти истории не о море, не о штормах и бурях, не о людях, преодолевающих бесконечные трудности. Это просто эпизоды из жизни настоящих моряков, с их радостями и печалями.
| Автор | Сергей Владимирович Орлов |
In Come Looking for Me , a mysterious young English woman named Emily risks a crossing of the Atlantic during the War of 1812 for the promise of a new adventure in Canada. But she never arrives. Captured by Captain Trevelyan, a man as cold-blooded as his frigate is menacing, Emily is held prisoner aboard the USS Serendipity . Seeking to save herself, she makes a desperate escape overboard in the midst of a raging sea battle and is rescued by the British crew of HMS Isabelle . Yet Emily has...
| Автор | Cheryl Cooper |
Sue and Roger attempt to resolve family conflicts and improve their living standards by migrating with their two small children from England to the warmer Great Southern Land to become 'fair dinkum Aussies'.<br /> <br />Set from the 1970s, buckle up for a bittersweet roller-coast ride as they encounter the British Australia House, a homicidal charter flight to Australia, an immigration hostel, and befriend true blue Aussies who are suspicious of 'ten pound poms'...
| Автор | John Hickman |
It did not matter to Senator Lang Elliott that religious fundamentalist had decided to make his life a daily living hell, but the senator took umbrage when these pious, self-serving folks, took it upon themselves to murder a member of his crew and steal his prized stallion in return for a King’s ransom. The funds he knew to be utilized by this extreme group to develop propaganda to evangelize and offset the liberal media contaminating young minds and Christian soldiers. They would stop at...
| Автор | Welby Thomas Cox, Jr. |
VOYAGE BENEATH THE WAVES was published two years prior to Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Verne, when he became aware of Jules Rengade's serial version, felt obliged to write the magazine editor to set the record straight–HE'D developed the idea independently! In fact, the influence was very much the other way around: although Rengade had come up with the idea of an imaginary voyage of submarine exploration separately, he'd modeled his narrative style on...
| Автор | Jules Rengade |
A dramatic, heart-warming a tale of life on the sea. Set in 1813, Second Summer of War is a sequel to Come Looking for Me . With the British traitor Captain Thomas Trevelyan incarcerated on a prison hulk in Portsmouth Harbour, Princess Emeline «Emily» Louisa sails back to England and is summarily dispatched to Hartwood Hall, home of the disagreeable Duke and Duchess of Belmont. There she endures weeks awaiting Trevelyan’s trial, unable to leave the estate or find useful occupation. Relations...
| Автор | Cheryl Cooper |
Children love to explore and are very inquisitive when it comes to their environment. As they learn about where they live, they also think beyond and wish to know more about what is out there, the different places that exist on our planet. The Popular Places On The Planet Picture Book is a great way to begin to expand their mind and show them through pictures what is going on around. As children are still learning to read, giving them a picture book is a great option to help them still learn but...
| Автор | Speedy Publishing |
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924): "....a young British seaman, becomes first mate on the Patna, a ship full of pilgrims travelling to Mecca for the hajj. When the ship starts rapidly taking on water and disaster seems imminent, Jim joins his captain and other crew members in abandoning the ship and its passengers. A few days later, they are picked up by a British ship. However, the Patna and its passengers are later also saved, and the reprehensible actions of the crew are...
| Автор | Джозеф Конрад |
WHO WANTS MADELINE WESTFIELD DEAD? AND WHY?Forensic Instincts' first order of business is to find out who's targeting their client. Under the leadership of Casey Woods, the investigative team has the resources to do just that, working inside the law–and outside it. FI's strength is its members, among them Casey's associate Marc Devereaux, former navy SEAL and a man who's equal to any situation.Except maybe this one…Madeline's case hits too close to home for Marc....
| Автор | Andrea Kane |
Герої одного з найкращих романів видатного французького письменника Жуля Верна вирушають в експедицію на судні «Дункан» із благородною метою: урятувати зниклого в океані капітана Ґранта, батька юних Мері й Роберта. Вони перетнуть Південну Америку, Австралію, досягнуть берегів Нової Зеландії, переживуть безліч небезпечних пригод – і зрештою знайдуть безстрашного капітана!
| Автор | Жуль Верн |
VOLATILE RELATIONSA new era of friendship between the Syrian and U.S. governments is threatened when American high-tech weapons go missing en route overseas. Determined to destroy the stolen arms before they can be used, Mack Bolan discovers nothing is what it seems between the Syrian regime and the loyalists–including the beautiful double agent working with him.Getting to the weapons alive is only one of Bolan's problems. Tracking down the enemy behind the theft–without starting a war–will...
| Автор | Don Pendleton |
KILLER COUNTDOWNA flight carrying military service personnel goes down in the Bering Sea, and the rescue team vanishes without a trace. Called in to investigate, Mack Bolan goes undercover in an Alaskan fishing city and hones in on a criminal empire fronted by a ruthless union boss. Bolan targets their prime operations one by one, and goes up against their army of criminals.On a desolate ring of islands, Bolan discovers that an active volcano isn’t the only force about to blow. A Russian...
| Автор | Don Pendleton |
KILLER TAKEDOWNThe Executioner believes in final justice—so when rumors swirl that someone is trying to revive the empire of Pablo Escobar, the King of Cocaine, Mack Bolan makes it his mission to bring down Pablo’s ghost…for good. But to get to the phantom emperor, Bolan must first eradicate an army of skilled hit men, savage rival cartel bosses and a vicious torturer. The Executioner will need every weapon in his arsenal, but he vows to bring this deadly new drug reign to a fiery, explosive...
| Автор | Don Pendleton |
STONY MANThe best military fighters and cyber techs in the world, the Stony Man teams are on the front lines of America’s war against terror. Operating under the President’s orders, these elite warriors put their lives on the line in the name of freedomNO ESCAPEAn investigation into government corruption turns deadly when two reporters are attacked by a Mexican black ops group. With one journalist killed and the second held captive in Mexico’s most dangerous prison, Phoenix Force will need to...
| Автор | Don Pendleton |
ARCTIC FIRESTORMA mass grave in an icy Alaskan field. A murdered state trooper. And maximum-damage Soviet weaponry at the scene indicates to the Executioner that he’s after something more lethal than just a smuggling ring. And he’s right—as a ruthless Russian colonel transports his diabolical cargo across the Arctic, he also threatens to unleash a deadly biological agent on American soil. With time running out, the Executioner must rescue the innocent and destroy the evil crime ring with...
| Автор | Don Pendleton |
STONY MANOperating undercover at the President's command, the expert soldiers and cyber techs of the Stony Man team fight for freedom and the rights of the innocent, opposing terrorism in all its deadly forms wherever the need arises.NUCLEAR JEOPARDYThe killing of U.S. operatives in Turkey threatens to jeopardize U.S.–Turkish relations. Committed to putting an end to the murder before another agent is assassinated, Phoenix Force heads overseas, only to discover the dead agents are...
| Автор | Don Pendleton |
Dead in the WaterNot all publicity is good publicity. Especially when the fake hijacking of the world’s first self-sustaining vessel turns into the real deal. With the ship and its cargo being auctioned off to terrorists, Mack Bolan must rescue the hostages and destroy the vessel before it falls into even more dangerous hands.Joining Somali pirates on a raid gets Bolan on board, but getting off alive won’t be so easy. Mercenaries and criminal foot soldiers have taken over, transforming the...
| Автор | Don Pendleton |