Action & Adventure
Snarleyyow
This is a quite amusing nautical tale of the British Navy of the around the year 1700. While, as with much early 'humor', it is somewhat h…
Flowing Gold
Unfairly given a dishonorable discharge from the army, Calvin Gray goes to Dallas, where he manages to win the trust of a jeweler and is abl…
Rookwood
A rich and complex Gothic-Romance centring on the murky deeds of an ancient family. It is a wonderfully atmospheric piece that combines narr…
The Wreck of the Golden Mary
The Wreck of the Golden Mary is a gripping short story by Charles Dickens that transports listeners to the treacherous waters of the 1850s. …
The Perils of Pauline
The Perils of Pauline is one of the first damsel in distress serials. The story is complete with undaunted hero, courageous damsel, unscrupu…
The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life
A doctor, an architect, an engineer, and a geologist step into a space car. In their new invention, they set off on an expedition to Mercury…
Scrambles Amongst the Alps
Scrambles Amongst the Alps is one the great classics (some would say the greatest) of early mountaineering literature, and Edward Whymper (1…
The Headless Horseman
The horse is perfect in all its parts—a splendid steed, saddled, bridled, and otherwise completely caparisoned. In it there appears nothing …
The Passenger from Calais
An army officer, and a mysterious lady with a maid and baby in tow, are the only passengers on the Engadine express from Calais. The lady is…
The Highwayman
A romance and adventure novel, set in England during the reign of Queen Anne. The book is much unlike the author's later detective short sto…
Christopher Quarles
Christopher Quarles is a professor of philosophy and a private consulting detective. Quarles, along with his granddaughter Zena, assists Pol…
Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal
In the midst of World War II, young American flying ace Dave Dawson finds himself on the front lines of the Pacific theater, specifically on…
The Last Entry
This is a sea-faring novel set in 1837. A wealthy former seaman from London and his daughter, who is engaged to be married, set sail on his …
The Rover Boys on the Ocean
Join the spirited Rover Boys as they embark on a daring maritime adventure in search of their kidnapped father. Setting sail on their yacht,…
Wylder's Hand
In Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Wylder's Hand, the impending marriage of Mark Wylder and Dorkas Brenden is meant to resolve long-standing feuds…
A Knyght Ther Was
"But the Knyght was a little less than perfect, and his horse did not have a metabolism, and his 'castle' was much more mobile - timewi…
The Virginians
It tells the story of Henry Esmond's twin grandsons, George and Henry Warrington. Henry's romantic entanglements with an older woman lead up…
The Trawler
The Trawler is a short story revolving around the trying life of a group of bank fishermen based in Gloucester. Skipper Hugh Glynn worked hi…
A Yellow Journalist
Rhoda Massey is a young, sharp reporter for a daily newspaper in San Francisco. After proving herself an astute and fearless investigator on…
David and the Phoenix
David knew that one should be prepared for anything when one climbs a mountain, but he never dreamed what he would find that June morning on…