The Complete Richard Hannay: "The Thirty-Nine Steps","Greenmantle","Mr Standfas - formato 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 narrative, now for the first time presented to the world, was written by the Sieur de Rohaine to while away the time during the long period and painful captivity, borne with heroic resolution, which...

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....

In 1925, John Buchan published his second most famous novel, John Macnab. Three powerful men suffering from boredom concoct a plan to cure it. They notify three Scottish landowners that they intend to...

I returned from the City about three o'clock on that May afternoon pretty well disgusted with life. I had been three months in the Old Country, and was fed up with it. If anyone had told me a year ago...

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...

"A beautiful story of unfolding secrets and unforeseen consequences, filled with moments that are somehow restrained and astute and gorgeously written all at the same time."—Holly Gramazio, bestselling...

Discover the BookTok sensationKore, a lush romantasy retelling of the myth of Persephone and Hades as the original grumpy/sunshine pairing, perfect for fans of Lore Olympus. Before the Goddess of the...

 Twelve-year-old Toulouse “Tull” Trotter lives with his grandfather on a vast Bel-Air parkland estate and spends most of his time with young cousins Lucy, “the girl detective,” and Edward, a prodigy who...

The BookTok beloved Taking of Persephone series continues in Demeter, with more romance and myth from the point of view of the goddess of the harvest. Demeter's life is a delicate balance, tending to...

Following in the footsteps of Gaiman and Pratchett's Good Omens, the sequel to Abdul’s debut The Devil’s Advisor rushes headlong into a madcap, satirical masterpiece of supernatural misfortune.Sequel...

A gripping courtroom drama that explores the struggle between morality vs. professional obligation, Devil’s Defense will appeal to fans of female-lead courtroom dramas like The Good Wife.Jessica Fischer...

Force Majeure was called a “smashing debut novel” by the Kirkus Reviews upon its original publication in 1991. A sardonic and absurdly dark, yet hilarious take on the “business as usual” of Hollywood’s...

Malini has claimed her rightful throne as the empress of Parijatdvipa, just as the nameless gods prophesied. Now, in order to gain the support of the priesthood who remain loyal to the fallen emperor,...

Devil Take It is a sharp, darkly comic satire set against the backdrop of Trump-era Washington, D.C.  In this clever and timely moral fable, Satan arrives on the scene disguised as Dr. Grippin Fall, a...

Another sexy, high-stakes holiday spinoff installment of the New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Nothing warms a cold heart like true love, and in this newest Black Dagger Brotherhood...

Readers of Stephanie Drey and Allison Pataki will enjoy this highly anticipated sequel, an epic saga of love set during the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt that explores loyalty, cultural failures, and a...

I locked away my magic and ran from home for a good reason. So why am I ready to undo everything when my demon ex finally tracks me down?  You can’t outrun your demons—McKenna Ellerbeck knows this all...

The ninth exhilarating and original Firefly novel tying into the critically acclaimed and fan-beloved series, from creator Joss Whedon, follows Mal, Book and the rest of the crew mounting a madcap heist...

For fans of B. K. Borison and Sarah Adams comes a cheeky, small-town romantic comedy about finding yourself in the weeds . . . only to find love, too. It took exactly twenty-four hours for Atlanta publicist...

A small-town baker faces off against her longtime nemesis on a reality TV competition in this delightful romantic comedy. Magda Miller’s feud with rival baker Mackenzie Newton is so old, folks in tiny...

USA Today bestselling author Kennedy Ryan's Audie award-winning novel launches a passionate series exploring the wild ambition, artistic obsession, and unrelenting love in Hollywood.One moment in the...

'An affecting novel by a literary urbanologist in top form' Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)In this electrifying novel, Richard Price, the author of Clockers and a writer on The Wire, gives us razor-sharp...

"In her astonishing thriller, Sarah Sparrow has joined the ranks of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King. A warning: there is no safe place to read this book." –David Cronenberg  Originally Published under...

From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, the 6:20 Man returns, this time sent to the Pacific Northwest to aid in a complicated FBI case—and he’s about to come face-to-face with his nemesis, the girl...

THE EPIC CONCLUSION TO THE GROUNDBREAKING AND RENOWNED LAST KING OF OSTEN ARD SERIES.'Inspired me to write my own seven-book trilogy. It's one of my favourite fantasy series' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN'A master...

From the author of The North Wind comes a darkly reimagined tale of forbidden love, inspired by the Greek myth of Hero and Leander and the Scottish ballad Tam Lin.Brielle of Thornbrook has dedicated her...

From PEN Award­­–winning author Sergio de la Pava comes an existential detective novel about a private investigator who flees New York City for Colombia after a personal tragedy and finds himself entangled...

The BookTok beloved Taking of Persephone series continues in Hades, the epic love story of the king and queen of the underworld. "Careful what you say, Goddess," he breathed, "I may not let you leave."A...

Based on a true story, Trail to Treason is an evocative historical drama set during WWI, where a mother's sacrifice and clandestine espionage test the bounds of love and duty.In a world where love and...

In this "rare feast" of a novel, a young Indian American book editor inherits her estranged family’s ancestral home–and their long-buried secrets (Rachel Lyon, author of Self-Portrait With Boy). It is...

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

La luz es peligrosa y temible; la oscuridad significa calma, paz, tranquilidad…, Shiro lo sabe mejor que nadie. La luz es sinónimo de hikaris. Los demonios del pasado campan a sus anchas bajo ella y,...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' DAILY MIRRORThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne,...

-THE DOUBLE- centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his...

Agatha Christie meets Julie Caplin in this exciting new cosy crime series that captures the glamour of the 1930s with the gorgeous escapist destinations! November 1930....