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By: George Manville Fenn (1831-1909) | |
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The Silver Canyon A Tale of the Western Plains | |
Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp | |
The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens | |
Peril Finders
In California settlers are trying to make a living working as fruit-growers. Problems with blights and insects mean that the crops are failing. A prospector arrives and tells stories of ancient cities where there is a lot of gold. He then dies. Some of the settlers decide to go and search for the gold. They have long distances to travel and meet many challenges along the way. They eventually reach one of these cities and find evidence that it has been abandoned by invaders hundreds or thousands of years ago... | |
Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore | |
The Black Bar | |
Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land | |
Cutlass and Cudgel
Based around the crew of cutter HMS White Hawk, this is a tale of smuggling in the early 19th century off the coast of Wessex. The midshipman of the cutter is taken hostage by the smugglers and is befriended by a farm-boy, son of one of the smugglers. His friendship is rudely rebuffed, the midshipman eventually escapes and the farm-boy gets his long-held dream of becoming a seaman on an Excise vessel. | |
King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale | |
Cormorant Crag A Tale of the Smuggling Days | |
The Golden Magnet | |
Nat the Naturalist A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas | |
Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story | |
The Crystal Hunters A Boy's Adventures in the Higher Alps | |
In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" | |
First in the Field A Story of New South Wales | |
In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First | |
Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy | |
The Rajah of Dah | |
Patience Wins War in the Works | |
Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah | |
Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai | |
Rob Harlow's Adventures A Story of the Grand Chaco | |
Steve Young | |
The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap |
By: H. G. Wells (1866-1946) | |
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The War in the Air
War in the Air was written during a prolific time in H. G. Wells's writing career. Having withdrawn from British politics to spend more time on his own ideas, he published twelve books between 1901 and 1911, including this one. while many British citizens were surprised by the advent of World War I, Wells had already written prophetically about such a conflict. War in the Air predicted use of airplanes in modern war. | |
In the Days of the Comet
William ("Willie") is a student living in the British town of Clayton. As a Socialist, he tries to move power from the upper class to the working class. Interestingly, in a fictitious confrontation Britain declares war on Germany. Willie falls in love with Nettie, but when she elopes with an upper-class man, Willie resolves to kill them both. Throughout the novel there is present in the sky a large comet which gives off a green glow. As Willie prepares to shoot the lovers, two battleships appear and begin shelling the coast, causing Willie to nearly lose his targets... |
By: Sax Rohmer (1883-1959) | |
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The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
Burmese Commisioner Nayland Smith and his faithful friend Dr Petrie continue their fight against the evil genius of Dr Fu-Manchu when they seek to save the good doctor’s lost love and protect the British Empire from disaster when their malignant enemy returns to England. | |
The Hand of Fu-Manchu
Further adventures of Nayland Smith and Doctor Petrie as they continue their battles against the evil genius, Dr Fu-Manchu. | |
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu
The first of the Fu-Manchu novels this story follows the two characters who are set against the machinations of the insidious doctor. | |
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
Cavanagh becomes involved in the adventurous search for a precious relic in the mysterious East. (Introduction by Laineyben) |
By: William Shuler Harris (b. 1865) | |
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Life in a Thousand Worlds
A jolly romp, which could be perhaps be described as Gulliver’s Travels Through Our Solar System and Beyond, as written by a great admirer of C. S. Lewis, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, after one too many mugs of cocoa. Includes some thought on alien philosophies and how to apply them to moral and social problems here on Planet Earth. |