Mr. Standfast - formato ePub

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Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounter...

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"Mr. Standfast" is the third part of a trilogy which begins with "The Thirty-Nine Steps" and "Greenmantle". In this nail-biting adventure story, Hannay must outwit a foe far more intelligent than himself;...

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The girl came into the room with a darting movement like a swallow, looked round her with the same birdlike quickness, and then ran across the polished floor to where a young man sat on a sofa with one...

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...

Here, from the father of spy fiction, is the grand sequence of his great master spy's adventures in three famous books: The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle and Mr. Standfast.

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In the Tasmanian bush six contestants battle it out to win $250,000. Only five finish. In Bass Strait the Blue Gazelle yacht tackles fierce winds, high waves and a phantom vessel in its race to win the...

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The Archangel Gabriel has quite enough on his plate with a murderous vampire on the loose, the enigmatic Lord Hallam's return to parliament after a ten-year absence, and the near riots at London's notorious...

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Samira had two choices.  She could return back to her home country and face starvation and imprisonment. Or she could live life on the run knowing she could be caught any time. She chose the third option. Samira...

An Office Romance with a Fairy Tale Twist. A millionarie shoe magnate suddenly finds himself attracted to his executive assistant.    

In small-town Wyoming, a tough sheriff and a former Navy SEAL are thrown together by circumstance. Their fiery chemistry leads to constant clashes, but as they work to solve a mystery, they can't ignore...

After returning from Faerie and failing to make a lasting stand at Air house, Rosalinde must reclaim her fractured kingdom from dark forces threatening to tear it apart. With the weight of her lineage...

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