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Allan Quatermain, the swashbuckling adventurer who is H. Rider Haggard's best-remembered character, often faced down formidable adversaries in exotic lands around the globe. But in The Ancient Allan,...

The young orphan Pollyanna is sent to live with her stern Aunt in a dour New England town. Refusing to be cast down by her circumstances, Pollyanna begins teaching the town "the glad game", which her...

Looking for a stiff dose of classic fantasy? Look no further than Lord Dunsany's remarkably well-written collection, A Book of Wonder. This medley of fables, fantasy, and action-adventure will pique the...

Making masterful use of a counterpointed plot, Eliot presents the stories of a number of denizens of a small English town on the eve of the Reform Bill of 1832. The main characters, Dorothea Brooke and...

Before time as we know it began, gods and goddesses lived in the city of Asgard. Odin All Father crossed the Rainbow Bridge to walk among men in Midgard. Thor defended Asgard with his mighty hammer. Mischievous...

When Jenny Wren learns that Peter Rabbit would like to know more about the four-footed friends who share the Green Meadows and Green Forest with him, she encourages him to speak with Old Mother Nature...

The Count of Monte Cristo is Alexandre Dumas' classic tale of revenge and adventure. The young sailor Dantes is fallaciously charged with treason and loses his fiancé, his dreams and his life when he...

Richard Shelton is a young knight during the Wars of the Roses. We see him ascend and rescue his lady love. He then seeks revenge against his father's murderer, but when the evidence points towards his...

The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe endures twenty-seven years of solitude and deprivation on a remote Caribbean island, his only companion an escaped prisoner who he names "Friday." Together,...

Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children save their lives by outwitting...

The master tale-spinner captures suspenseful attention at once with a magic wishing cloak which the fairies decide to give to the first unhappy mortal — man, woman, or child — their emissary chance to...

From the author: My aim, after summarizing the sociology of the Chinese as a prerequisite to the understanding of their ideas and sentiments, and dealing as fully as possible, consistently with limitations...

Herein, Eleanor Hull chronicles the life of Cuchulain in 30 chapters in what is now considered to be a classic volume. This volume is further enhanced with 9 full page plates illustrated by Stephen Reid....

In this 1911 novelization of Barrie's most beloved play, Peter Pan, Peter partners with the motherly and kind Wendy, and finds himself engaged in all sorts of adventures, including fighting murderous...

It is customary to regard Mary Shelley’s claims to literary distinction as so entirely rooted and grounded in her husband’s as to constitute a merely parasitic growth upon his fame. It may be unreservedly...

An Everyday Girl: A Story written by  an American writer of children's literature Amy E. Blanchard. This book is one of many works by her. It has already Published in 1924. Now republish in ebook format....

The Sorrows of Satan (1895) is a  Faustian novel by Marie Corelli. It is widely regarded as one of the world's first best-sellers – partly due to an upheaval in the system British libraries used to purchase...

Collection containing 22 books: The Cruise Of The Dazzler; A Daughter Of The Snows; The Call Of The Wild; The Sea-Wolf; The Game; White Fang; Before Adam; The Iron Heel; Martin Eden; Burning Daylight;...

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on...

Misspelled is the third anthology in the Legion of Dorks presents series. These books are put together with love and a generous heart as a way to give back. So 50 percent of all profit goes to charity. For...

Is it possible to find the heart's home twice in a lifetime?Six years ago, Sawyer Burroughs's life fell apart. His soul mate and husband of four years died of cancer, and he fell into depression… and...

Previously published as "The Penllyn Chronicles Collection" All Novellas and Novelettes now collected in this volume. When a mysterious deity seeks protection for her vulnerable land, can a wise nobleman...

To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion...

These 4 perennial children’s favourites, retold here in full by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, are exquisitely illustrated by master illustrator Edmund Dulac. Herein you will find 12 full page colour plates...

Masterman Ready written by Captain Marryat who was a British Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. This book is one of many works by him. It has already Published in...

Sell a soul, just make sure it’s not your own. Markus Yahne, Lord of Tabacon, always considered himself a lucky man. That was until he drew the glare of a demon’s regard. When he is betrayed by Hyden...

Despite pressure from the gaming community, professional gamer Hazel Hops has refused to get the computer implant that everyone promises would take her game to the next level. When her best friend, Sophie,...

E. W. Hornung wrote a series of twenty-six short stories and one novel about the adventures of Arthur J. Raffles, cricketer and gentleman thief, and his chronicler, Harry "Bunny" Manders, in London, between...

Train was the former assistant district attorney in New York City. His interactions with clients, together with his experiences in the courtroom, provided the material for the more than 250 short stories...

Bat Wing is the prequel to Fire Tongue and is a welcome introduction to the character of Paul Harley, an English consulting detective, more along the literary lines of Poe's C. Auguste Dupin than Doyle's...