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In this adventure, the Billabong folk ride in wild country, droving cattle overland from the North. This is a story of good horses and dogs, their owners; and of a boy who found among them a new chance in life...
Crime mystery novel which takes place in London with lots of dialect and slang and characters named 'Papa', 'Chick' , 'Phones' and 'Limpy'. Drug rings, night clubs, and the FBI round it out.
The life story of the naturalist and renowned writer, the author of the series of animal stories for children. Comments on a wide variety of subjects, including nature study, wildlife conservation, and people.
This book recounts P. D. Ouspensky's first meeting and subsequent association with George Gurdjieff. It is widely regarded as perhaps the most comprehensive account of Gurdjieff's system of thought available. Many followers regard it as a "fundamental textbook" of...
When George Templeton's golfing plans fail, he goes on a hike and discovers an old schoolfriend engaged in the strange activity of hunting for bombs at the side of the road.When his old acquaintance claims never to have met him, Templeton's suspicions are aroused and...
It's the same Hambledon, but far from his usual European haunts. Plunked down in a Central American republic, Tommy finds himself trapped between hot Latin temperaments and cold "hostile powers". Full of page-turning suspense and intrigue, DANGEROUS BY NATURE is...
Great, heartbreaking tale about a young man and his bride and their journey to Alaska by sea, as well as about many interesting men and women they meet along the way...
When Doris Dunbar's loving father dies, her family is torn apart. Suddenly Doris is faced with financial ruin, a hateful stepmother, a disgruntled fiancé, a dying brother, and the care of younger siblings. Just as Doris's world is crumbling around her, she meets...
A Hambledon espionage story set in Central Europe behind the Iron Curtain.A 13-year-old princeling has been sent into Russia to a school for leadership and Hambledon is assigned to his rescue and spiriting him out of Russian hands to safety in England. Plenty of...
Harald, a young early Viking, joins the great warrior Thorkell Fairhar for an adventure on board ship. But will he and the crew meet disaster and death or make it back home from the coasts of Scotland and Ireland?
When John Linthwaite goes missing from the Mitre Hotel, the landlord informs the missing man's uncle, Richard Brixey. As a journalist, Brixey is no stranger to unearthing clues and sniffing out scandal. So when he goes to discover what has become of the missing man, he...
A young boy at the time of the Roman invasion of Britain in the reign of Claudius leads a good life, since his father is a leader in service to Caratacus. But when his father goes missing in action, everything changes...
Beethoven's eating habits, his growing deafness and ill-health, his tendency to be suspicious of friends, his daily schedule of work, his famous contempt for etiquette, his daily walks in all weathers, his brilliant abilities as composer and conductor - all these traits...
One of the great literary curios of the 20th century, Save Me the Waltz is the first and only novel by the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. During the years when her husband was working on "Tender is the Night" - which many critics consider his masterpiece - Zelda...
It is the height of the gold rush when Dick and his sister Betty make their first visit to stay at Billabong and encounter rather more excitement than they’d bargained for. News of the gold strike has brought hopeful prospectors into the Billabong hills, among them an...
Before C.S. Forester achieved literary success with his famous saga of Captain Horatio Hornblower and the great romantic novels such as “The Africa Queen”, he had a difficult time making his start as an author. LongBefore Forty is the account of his lonely struggle to...
A poor little rich girl gets a lesson on getting through the camel's eye, and gets matched up on a Nebraska ranch with a poor little rich boy who had ducked his responsibilities. This frivolous heiress goes on a curious adventure that affects the lives of many others.
Virginia Woolf’s intention to publish her best short stories was posthumously carried out in this volume shortly after her death, this collection making availableVirginia Woolf’s most representative short works of fiction....
A domestic tale of country gentlefolk, between the Wars, and their families, friends and acquaintances, mostly in their beloved Scotland, but also in London. Jane’s Parlour is the cosy sanctum where Katharyn, wife, mother of five children and writer, retreats for peace...
England Have My Bones was a well-received memoir about a year spent in England, staying in a workman's cottage and writing this book, while engaging in falconry, hunting & fishing. The book is written in the form of a diary running from 3rd March 1934 to the 3rd March...
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