Adventure Books

The Brethren

H. Rider Haggard

The Brethren is a legal thriller novel by American author John Grisham, published in 2000. Set in the days of the Crusaders, this books tells of a young maiden named Rosamund, and her twin cousins. Go..

The Pirates of Panama

A. O. Exquemelin

This volume was originally written in Dutch by John Esquemeling, and first published in Amsterdam in 1678 under the title of De Americaeneche Zee Roovers. It immediately became very popular and this f..

She

H. Rider Haggard

At 5 years old Leo Vincey is left in the care of a Cambridge professor by the name of Horace Holly. His father leaves him a strange casket which he is to open on his 25th Birthday. On opening the Cask..

Five Children and It

Edith Nesbit

This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon after the move, they discover an ancient and rather grumpy ..

Space Tug

Murray Leinster

Space Tug is a science fiction story written by Murray Leinster, who was a nom de plume of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of science fiction and alternate history literature.Excerpts f..

The First Hundred Thousand - Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a Unit of "K(1)"

Ian Hay

The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a Unit of "K(1)" is a personal narrative written by Major General John Hay Beith, CBE, was a British schoolmaster and soldier, but he..

Les misérables Tome I - Fantine

Victor Hugo

C'est un roman historique, social et philosophique dans lequel on retrouve les idéaux du romantisme et ceux de Victor Hugo concernant la nature humaine. L'auteur lui-même accorde une grande importance..

The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise

Margaret Burnham

The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise is a juvenile adventure story written by Margaret Burnham. She is also the author of "The Girl Aviators And The Phantom Airship," "The Girl Aviators On Golden Wings,..