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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...

Before the rise of Sauron and the forging of the One Ring, there was Morgoth—the first Dark Lord. In The Children of Húrin, Tolkien unveils a dark and powerful legend from the First Age of Middle-earth....

Before the Ring, there was a dragon. The Hobbit is the charming and thrilling prelude to The Lord of the Rings, where Bilbo Baggins—an unassuming hobbit—embarks on a grand adventure with a band of dwarves...

Escaping the nest of their vampire master is an amazing triumph. Surviving will be the greatest challenge of all. Alexander.I've been a blood slave to my vampire master for forty-six years. My rare blood...

The last thing Sonja wants is an annoying tea witch telling her how to do her job.Sonja's sights are set on the head guard position, one she's been filling in for ever since her boss retired. Except now,...

In a universe where popular music is outlawed and a handful of men control everything, citizens throughout the world are forced into fake lives simply to survive. Artists are treated like rock stars,...

Rosella Smith lives a normal life on Earth despite a war raging worldwide. The tension reaches its peak as bombs rain down, causing chaos and panic. As Rosella tries to get to safety, she is pulled into...

As a Cetean historian, Sven knows histories are subjective, yet he has believed he knew the truths of his people and their tenuous relationship with Earth… Until he returns to the planet with his wife...

Out of the fire, into the flames.Stranded in the heart of the wilderness, with storm clouds gathering above them and a thousand dangers at their back, Liv and her friends travel as quickly as they can...

In the waning shadows of 19th-century Europe, two souls dare to love where love is forbidden.Elira Valmont, a young woman bound by duty and expectation, dreams of a life beyond the iron bars of her family's...

Sometimes good needs a little push into love.The somewhat wild and impulsive Lady Lenora has never been left alone. Until now. Upset with her family, Lenora exercises her independence in looking for a...

A young genius makes an unbelievable discovery that has the potential to cure every disease, and perhaps change how leaders run their countries. But can he trust the world with his discovery, or should...

The nations on the continent of Alian'tir have been divided for centuries. Petty wars, squabbles over borders, and even prejudice run rampant in these times as folk go about their daily lives, yet an...

A collection of three science fiction thrillers that take the question of identity into whole new realms. THE PRIMUS LABYRINTHA woman's bloodstream has been seeded with death.An American president must...

Tina, a tiny toucan with a dazzlingly colorful beak, lives in a vibrant jungle full of lively animals and endless adventures. Though small and soft-spoken, Tina possesses a brave and kind heart, dreaming...

In the heart of the vibrant African savannah, Cody the Clever Cheetah is known not just for his unmatched speed but for his sharp mind and generous spirit. When a storm destroys the only bridge over Crocodile...

El poder construyó este imperio. La lealtad lo protege. ¿Pero la traición? Eso duele profundamente.Sean White creyó haber enterrado su pasado la noche que mató a su padre. Pero cuando un fantasma regresa...

Shadows of the EarthBook Four of the Elemental ChroniclesThe Elemental Artifacts have been gathered—Fire, Water, and Earth—each representing the untamed power of the world. Yet, the most dangerous and...

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."- Dr. SeussEnter a realm of the paranormal, where danger thrives and sweeping romance shapes the...

Power built this empire. Loyalty protects it. But betrayal? That shit cuts deep.Sean White thought he buried his past the night he killed his father. But when a ghost returns with a vengeance and a war...

I was sent to kill her… but I submitted to her instead.Alaric, Paladin of SolarisThe GodKing ordered me to slay the sorceress Sylvanna and retrieve the Heart of the Eclipse—a legendary artifact said to...

Hearing the Silence explores the quiet, unspoken depths of love and loss. Alvin, a hopeful musician, and Angel, an optimistic artist, find themselves trapped in a web of unshared emotions, their lives...

Whispering Ivy isn't just a college.It's a curse.And now I wear it like a collar. Every secret I uncover pulls me deeper into its grip—and ties me tighter to the men I once tried to escape. These men...

She is the girl the forest tried to forget. He is the wolf who couldn't let her go.In a land where the mist never lifts and ancient magic clings to the trees like breath, the wolves are not just beasts—they...

In a bustling coffee shop, Paige's world is turned upside down when she unexpectedly encounters Scott, a familiar face from her past. As they reconnect, old memories and unresolved feelings resurface,...

Reeve Hale was a writer once — before the ink began to bleed between dreams and silence. Now, caught in a place where time folds and memories slip like sand, he pens letters to a woman he may have loved…...

Step into the heart of the jungle and meet Leo the brave lion cub, Ellie the gentle elephant, Zara the quick zebra, Milo the clever monkey, and Paco the playful parrot!In this collection of five fun and...

In the heart of Manhattan's suffocating rush, Frank Whitman's world unravels in a single, catastrophic moment: the screeching halt of a subway car, a paralyzing panic attack, and the realization that...

"Time-traveling teens alter their grandfather's past and must break into a WWII Naval Base to save him from a deadly Japanese submarine attack on Sydney Harbour before it erases their own future." Time...

Step into the fog-drenched alleys of Victorian London with Sherlock Holmes, where the world of the living collides with the dead in this unputdownable supernatural detective thriller. When a series of...

From being forced to kill zombies to unlock the novice gift pack, to controlling the water element to crush the mutant lord, he repeatedly jumped between the system's "electric shock punishment" and "really...