When Hank Morgan, a practical, no-nonsense Yankee who works in an ammunition factory as a head superintendent gets into a fight with an aggressive employee, little does he know what's in store for him. The bully lays Morgan low with a skull-crushing blow delivered with a crowbar and knocks him out. ...

A Tramp Abroad is a work of non-fiction travel literature by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe. Whil...

Explorers in a hot-air balloon land on an island, figuring that they must be the only inhabitants. However, they discover a bullet inside a wounded animal--one which must have been fired within the previous three months. The men propose to build a canoe so they can survey the island in search of oth...

Claudius Bombarnac, a reporter is assigned by the Twentieth Century to cover the travels of the Grand Transasiatic Railway which runs between Uzun Ada, Turkestan and Peking, China. Accompanying him on this journey is an interesting collection of characters, including one who is trying to beat the ro...

A wonderful coming together of two writers who wrote their books more than half a century apart. Neither of them had ever visited the remote islands they were writing about yet they provided inspiration for a couple of exciting adventure tales. In 1838, Edgar Allan Poe published The Narrative of Ar...

Michel et Sonia, deux amis, comme frère et soeur, habitent en Inde. Un jour que les enfants jouent, arrive un vagabond nommé Miles Turner. Les enfants le connaissent, ils sont amis. Miles est recherché par les autorités, accusé d'un crime. Miles a besoin de munitions et Michel décide d'aller en cher...

The 10th and final book in the series for adolescent girls sees two of the three cousins react to atrocities in World War I by volunteering in the Red Cross. Written under the pseudonym of Edith Van Dyne, this is the 1915 version, which reflects United States' neutrality. A later version, published ...

En 628,le prince de Dijon Salwart succombe sous les coups du gigantesque prince Phinard de Buck dans une forêt des Flandres. Sa femme Ermengarde a juste le temps de cacher leur fils Lyderic dans un buisson avant d’être faite prisonnière. Le bébé est sauvé de la mort par une biche qui le nourrit et u...

La féerie est-elle le seul domaine où l’on doive aller chercher des sujets de contes pour les enfants ? Après le sublime Perrault, qui a écrit jusqu’ici les plus jolis contes d’enfants, n’y a-t il plus rien à créer pour eux dans un autre genre ? Réussissez, répondra-t-on, et la question sera résolue...

The Black Arrow tells the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton during the Wars of the Roses: how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton. Outlaws in Tunstall Forest organized by Ellis Duckworth, whose weapon and calling card...