Action & Adventure
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School
Read by Christine Blachford
Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase
This delightful book tells about a group of smart young people who get up to some wonderful adventures together - and save one another from …
Canoeing in the Wilderness
Read by Melissa Green
Henry David Thoreau
A highly descriptive and engaging narrative from one of America's beloved nature writers, this short piece shows well Thoreau's great love o…
Amadis of Gaul
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Vasco De Lobeira
Amadis of Gaul (Amadís de Gaula, in Spanish) was not the first, but certainly one of the best known knight-errantry tales of the 16th…
The Web of the Golden Spider
Read by Roger Melin
Frederick O. Bartlett
The Web of the Golden Spider is a tale of mystery, intrigue and adventure that begins in the city, progresses to a mutinous open sea voyage,…
The Caves of Fear
Read by Bellona Times
Harold L. Goodwin
Entry in the Rick Brant series by Goodwin under the name John Blaine, which began in 1947. 'Rick and Scotty travel to the Himalayas again, …
The Mystery at Dark Cedars
Read by Cari Shorrock
Edith Lavell
Mary Louise and her friend Jane take on a mystery. The first in a series featuring these charming young detectives. (Summary by CariJS)
Eight Girls and a Dog
Read by Kimberly Krause
Carolyn Wells
A book about eight girls who are members of the Blue Ribbon Cooking Club. Timmy Loo is their dog, who's always looking for a little scrap of…
Dutch Courage and Other Stories
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Jack London
Jack London was quoted as saying, "I've never written a line that I'd be ashamed for my young daughters to read, and I never shall writ…
Les forceurs de blocus
Read by Zeckou
Jules Verne
1862. Le « Delphin » conçu comme le plus rapide navire à vapeur de son temps, quitte Glasgow en vue de relier Char…
El maravilloso viaje de Nils Holgerssons a través de Suecia
Read by Victor Villarraza
Selma Lagerlöf
El pequeño Nils Holgersson ha sido convertido en un duende en castigo por su mal comportamiento. Para romper el hechizo y volver a se…
Bulldog Drummond
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Sapper
‘Sapper’, the pseudonym of Colonel. H.C. McNeile M.C. was one of the most popular English writers of thrillers between the two world wars. A…
The Three Hostages
Read by Kimberly Krause
John Buchan
The Three Hostages is the fourth of five Richard Hannay novels. The Richard Hannay novels are action/mystery/spy novels with a James bond fe…
Dorothy Dale - A Girl of Today
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale is the daughter of an old Civil War veteran who is running a weekly newspaper in a small Eastern town. Her sunny disposition, h…
R. Holmes and Co.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Raffles Holmes is introduced in these stories as the son of the great Sherlock Holmes. He is also revealed to be the grandson of A.J. Raffle…
The Mysteries of London Vol. I part 2
Read by Dave Wills
George W. M. Reynolds
The Mysteries of London was a best-selling novel in mid-Victorian England. The first series was published in weekly instalments from 1844-46…
The Dark Frigate
Read by Kathrine Engan
Charles Boardman Hawes
The frigate Rose of Devon rescues from a wreck in mid-ocean twelve men who show their gratitude by seizing the Rose, killing her captain and…
The Blazed Trail
Read by Tom Weiss
Stewart Edward White
Stewart Edward White wrote fiction and non-fiction about adventure and travel, with an emphasis on natural history and outdoor living. White…
De Drie Musketiers
Read by Bart de Leeuw
Alexandre Dumas
De avonturen van een jonge man d'Artagnan, die nadat hij huis en haard verlaten heeft zich aansluit bij de garde van de koning: de Musketier…
The Box-Car Children (Version 2)
Read by Hannah Mary
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Henry, Jess, Violet, and Benny just lost their father and are all alone. To avoid being sent to the grandfather they fear, they have no choi…
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 1
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Eugène Sue
The Mysteries of Paris (French: Les Mystères de Paris) is a novel by Eugène Sue which was published serially in Journal des d&…