The Complete Richard Hannay: "The Thirty-Nine Steps","Greenmantle","Mr Standfas - format ePub

During the past year, in the intervals of an active life, I have amused myself with constructing this tale. It has been scribbled in every kind of odd place and moment—in England and abroad, during long...

Castle Gay is a novel by John Buchan. It is the second of his three Dickson McCunn books and is set in south west Scotland in the Dumfries and Galloway region in the 1920s.

Mr Standfast is the third of five Richard Hannay novels by John Buchan, first published in 1919 by Hodder & Stoughton, London.It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other...

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC (/?b?x?n/; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the...

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC (/?b?x?n/; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the...

The Island of Sheep (1936) is a novel by John Buchan. It is the last of his novels to revolve around Richard Hannay and Sandy Arbuthnot. The action occurs twelve years later on from the last novel, when...

Greenmantle is the second of five novels by John Buchan featuring the character of Richard Hannay, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during...

Sick Heart River is John Buchan's most powerful novel and his last, completed days before his death. It was published posthumously in 1941. Buchan's rich descriptions of the rugged Canadian Northwest...

British writer John Buchan's Greenmantle is the second of five adventure novels to star Richard Hannay, a man with a remarkable knack for getting out of sticky situations, and indeed getting into them...

British writer John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps is the first of five adventure novels to star Richard Hannay, a man with a remarkable knack for getting out of sticky situations, and indeed getting...

Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet his friend Sandy in Constantinople. Once there, he and...

Nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd travels from Scotland to South Africa to work as a storekeeper. On the voyage he encounters again John Laputa, the celebrated Zulu minister, of whom he has strange memories....

No centenário de sua publicação, a Editora Landmark lança um dos mais eletrizantes thrillers de ação e espionagem do século XX. Richard Hannay, engenheiro de minas sul-africano e herói da guerra, vê-se...

Major General Sir Richard Hannay is the fictional secret agent created by writer and diplomat John Buchan, who was himself an Intelligence officer during the First World War. The strong and silent type,...

The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in...

In 1925, John Buchan published his second most famous novel, "John MacNab"; three high-flying men - a barrister, a cabinet minister and a banker - are suffering from boredom. They concoct a plan to cure...

A high octane fast-paced locked-room thriller with a killer twist. ‘Never before has the description ‘a rollercoaster read’ been more apt. This is a white-knuckle thrill ride you...

The no.1 icelandic bestseller! 'So gripping I simply couldn't put it down' Eva Björg Ægisdóttir, author of The Creak on the Stairs 'A truly unusual crime novel which kept me reading until the very end......

After a two-day train journey, peripatetic dressmaker Jemima Flowerday makes the final approach to her new job on foot, following the canal to Castle Gloaming, which stands in the rugged North Wales countryside...

A surreal masterpiece from one of Japan's greatest writers In early 20th-century Japan, a lone hiker falls through a hole in the ground into Kappaland. This is a place ruled by amphibious creatures who...

‘Absorbing, compelling and completely unputdownable, every Lulu Taylor novel grips you to the very end’ – Lisa JewellIs the truth a legacy worth inheriting?Flick Templeton seems to have it all: money,...

A thrilling and tantalising cosy fantasy novella set in the engrossing world of The Demon Cycle from internationally bestselling fantasy author Peter V. Brett. DEMON CLAWS The battle...

The world is counting down to the millennium – and to disaster. When a child's body is found on a remote island east of London, journalist Jonny Murphy is sent to investigate. What he uncovers is more...

January Wild loves her daughter, her dog Spud and her childhood home by the sea. Single parenting is tough, but January has no regrets. She has a job she adores, a happy home, and the support of her beloved...

From one of Denmark’s most revered authors, a startlingly original novel about a migrant’s fate, told across several generationsThis is the story of a young woman who is spirited away to St. Petersburg...

A new collection for 2025 of classic science fiction stories from a master of the genre, including the story that inspired Steven Spielberg's blockbuster film, AI: Artificial Intelligence Hello...

This bad boy has betrayed almost everyone in his life—including the girl falling for him...he just doesn't know it yet.If I had to use one word to describe the last few years, it'd be stupid.I was stupid...

When Hallewell's Bureau Of Curiosities gets repossessed by the city, Cassie must help the grumpy cat with clearing it out. It's a huge challenge when it's full of trinkets and treasure, including a cursed...

Tali is determined to gain the attention of the gods.As a Priestess of Thoth, Tali is determined to prove her worth and gain the highest honour she can get from the temple as a result, but that involves...

Julia Harper's career as a photographer keeps her on the road, never staying in one place for too long. Coming home after her father's death was only meant to be temporary, just long enough to settle...

When Lily Wootton's hard-won academic future is ripped away by a shocking betrayal, she flees London for the far north of Finnish Lapland, searching for quiet, healing, and a reset under the blaze of...

When a winter storm shuts down the city and spoils Sean's plans to visit his family, he's resigned to spending Christmas alone. He sure as hell doesn't expect to find his best friend waiting at his door....

As betrayal and war close in, can two hearts learn to trust again?  Deryn of Calleva flees her ruined home, betrayed by her own kin and pursued by Saxons. With nothing left but her wits and her will to...

He's her boss. She's untouchable. But some temptations are impossible to resist.At the underground casino I run, my word is law. Liars and cheats think they can play me, but I enjoy proving them wrong—usually...

Chemistry sizzles between Lady Marguerite and the Duke of Argyle. Will she be able to reconcile reason with passion?When the arrogant Duke of Argyle makes an offer for her hand, Lady Marguerite Lennox...

Britney Clark is on her way to her best friend's wedding, where she will serve as her maid of honor. There's just one tiny hiccup in the otherwise jovial proceedings—one of her high school bullies is...

Step into the universe of Thomas Hardy, where fate weaves its threads with a somber beauty, and the rural life of England hides hearts at the mercy of fatalism and social conventions. Known for his novels...

The perfect family Christmas? It's a beautifully crafted lie.Every year, the Walkers—a global Black family synonymous with success and unwavering pride—gather at their majestic, snow-dusted estate for...

A stolen Templar codex. A vanished order.A secret worth killing for.When a lost manuscript surfaces after seven centuries, cryptologist Dr. Elena Voss instantly recognizes the symbols—and the danger....

A glitch brought William Wright into this timeline. Something far darker wants to keep him here.After being torn away from his world, William tries to adapt to life inside Harrison Home. But the halls...

Amélie Dubois never meant to become the centre of school drama.She only wanted to present her smart-inhaler project, hang out with her friends, dance, and live her normal, bubbly life in Nice.But when...

Elias has always kept people at a distance. Maya has always hidden her own needs. Both are experts at protecting themselves, until an unstable neighbor disrupts their carefully guarded lives.In this psychological...

A single "going-out outfit" holds the key to a world that no longer exists. For a man living in a sterile new city, it is a vessel of memories—the scent of damp earth, the warmth of a childhood sun, and...

Safety is a luxury. Privacy is a memory. Rebellion is an error.In the near-future city of Seattle, the crime rate has dropped to zero. The reason is EIDOLON: a revolutionary Artificial Intelligence that...

Asempa, Maya, Eli, and Kofi never expected their school floor to split open again. But when a mysterious crack glows beneath their classroom desk, the four friends are thrust back into Adepa's hidden...

Naomi Armstrong needs an escape. She doesn't need a campaign.After a career in the city nearly broke her, Naomi retreats to a quiet Vermont estate, far from deadlines, demanding clients, and the ambitious...