Adventure Books

The Devil Admiral

  [english | 1913]  

Frederick Ferdinand Moore

Summary: [Novelized by Joseph OBrien from Henry W. Savages great play]
Genres: [adventure | nautical | fiction and literature] Downloads: 241

The Electronic Mind Reader

  [english | 1957]  

Harold Leland Goodwin

Excerpts: [... trio chorused, Hi, Steve.. Steve shook hands with Hartson Brant, then explained, I'm not really setting a bad example. If you'll look closely, ...... think of for what happened to the two scientists. When a teletype goes haywire, one moment everything is clear and perfect, the next everything is scrambled. ...... turned from the chase and approached the four who had been hurrying ...]
Genres: [young readers | science | adventure] Downloads: 46

The Empty Door

  [english | 1993]  

E Mason

Summary: [Very enjoyable read!]
Genres: [science fiction | post 1930 | adventure] Downloads: 440

The Fiery Totem

  [english | 1913]  

C Argyll Saxby

Excerpts: [... a freak of Nature that's what you are, Alf. Two months ago you were as thin and white as a sheet of paper, and even Saturday's school ...... speaker's voice had suddenly dropped to an excited undertone as he pointed to a couple of small dark marks that peeped above long grass and might have ...... wonder if they have missed their way. remarked Alf, to whom the waiting was a trial, ...]
Genres: [adventure] Downloads: 59

The Flaming Mountain

  [english | 1962]  

Harold Leland Goodwin

Excerpts: [... Jan commented. The whole staff hasn't been together since Christmas.. Rick nodded. That had been a social occasion, not business, and on the day ...... chosen Hobart Zircon and Julius Weiss to work with him, then he had persuaded an old friend, Dr. Jeffrey Williams, to drop his work for a short time ...... to set off by accident. The dynamite caps were much less safe, however. Each ...]
Genres: [adventure | young readers] Downloads: 319

The Four Feathers

  [english | 1902]  

A W Mason

Excerpts: [... man, growing bald, with a small, sharp, resourceful face and black eyes of a remarkable activity, and Lieutenant Willoughby, an officer of quite a different ...... and almost a pride of ownership, since it was here that Ethne lived, and all these things were part and parcel of her life. She was at that time ...... expression. Twice he opened his mouth to speak, but no words came. ...]
Genres: [war | fiction and literature | adventure] Downloads: 262

The Fourth Watch

  [english | 1911]  

H Cody

Summary: [The Fourth Watch by H A Cody. The boy plied his hoe in a listless manner for his thoughts were elsewhere. Several hundred yards to the right stood the forest glorious in its brilliant autumn hues.]
Genres: [adventure | fiction and literature] Downloads: 371

The Freebooters Of The Wilderness

  [english | 1910]  

Agnes Laut

Excerpts: [... man-one of the men on the firing line-who has stood the brunt of the fight against the freebooters for twenty years and wrested many a victory. ...... I could stop it. Isn't that always the way. I wanted you to feel I would be with you in the fight if I could. They are late. Father and the missionary, ...... of the newcomer. Face and form were frontiersman vesture, clerical but Old ...]
Genres: [history | fiction and literature | adventure] Downloads: 61

The Frontier Angel

  [english | 1910]  

Edward Ellis

Summary: [Call number of original: PZ3.L492Fr2.]
Genres: [adventure | western] Downloads: 416

The Frontiersman

  [english | 1910]  

H Cody

Summary: [The Frontiersman by H A Cody. The Shelf2Life Literature and Fiction Collection is a unique set of short stories poems and novels from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. From tales of love life and heartbreaking loss to humorous stories of ghost encounters these volumes captivate the imaginations of readers young and old. Included in this collection are a variety of dramatic and spirited poems ...]
Genres: [adventure | canadian literature] Downloads: 232

The Fur Bringers

  [english | 1920]  

Hulbert Footner

Excerpts: [... sitting like statues in their narrow craft, staring unwinkingly at the white men. Mrs. Goussard as a full-blooded Cree was considerably below ...... your outspokenness with the people. Remember, everybody here is your dependent. It is always a mistake to be open and frank with dependents. ...... thrust the unnerving thought away. I can build a bigger house, can't I. he demanded of ...]
Genres: [adventure] Downloads: 399

The Gaunt Gray Wolf

  [english | 1913]  

Dillon Wallace

Excerpts: [... canoe when he lifted it out of the water and turned it upon its side at a safe distance above the lapping waves. Now she's what I calls a rare fine ...... to give me much time, and I want to take advantage of all he can give me.. Well, if you must be goin', I'd not hinder you but, continued Dick, ...... sir.. Naturally, admitted Shad. I've been in the Bay, and the bay water is ...]
Genres: [adventure | young readers] Downloads: 295

The Gilpins And Their Fortunes

  [english | ]  

W G Kingston

Summary: [Maxine Hong Kingston is a Chinese American author and Professor Emeritus at the University of California Berkeley where she graduated with a BA in English in 1962. Kingston has written three novels and several works of non-fiction about the experiences of Chinese immigrants living in the United States. She has contributed to the feminist movement with such works as her memoir The Woman Warrior ...]
Genres: [adventure] Downloads: 481

The Girl And The Bill

  [english | 1909]  

Bannister Merwin

Summary: [Verso of t.p.: Published March 1909.]
Genres: [mysterydetective | romance | adventure] Downloads: 52

The Gods Of Mars

  [english | 1918]  

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Summary: [can only agree with the other reviewer its an excellent story and i will read it again]
Genres: [adventure | science fiction | audiobook] Downloads: 4

The Golden Skull

  [english | 1954]  

Harold Leland Goodwin

Summary: [The Golden Skull by Harold Leland Goodwin. A science adventure story for younger readers. ]
Genres: [adventure | young readers | post 1930] Downloads: 183

The Great Shadow And Other Napoleonic Tales

  [english | 1892]  

Arthur Conan Doyle

Excerpts: [... ever passed along it at night before for many of the yeomen up our way had enrolled themselves in the Berwick volunteer regiments, and were riding now ...... the day he came for within the hour he had thrown Barton, who had been cock before him, right through the big blackboard in the class-room. Jim always ...... think I was a fool to have had my head so turned, and maybe I was ...]
Genres: [short story collection | adventure | audiobook] Downloads: 226

The Great Stone Of Sardis

  [english | 1898]  

Frank Stockton

Summary: [The Great Stone Of Sardis by Frank R Stockton. An excerpt It was about noon of a day in early summer that a westward-bound Atlantic liner was rapidly nearing the port of New York. Not long before the old light-house on Montauk Point had been sighted and the company on board the vessel were animated by the knowledge that in a few hours they would be at the end of their voyage. The vessel now ...]
Genres: [adventure | science fiction] Downloads: 398

The Great Taboo

  [english | 1890]  

Grant Allen

Summary: [Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24 1848 ? October 25 1899) was a science writer author and novelist and a successful upholder of the theory of evolution.]
Genres: [fiction and literature | adventure] Downloads: 439

The Green Flag

  [english | 1900]  

Arthur Conan Doyle

Excerpts: [... their Irish comrades. So it would be again, according to the officers, and so it would not be if Dennis Conolly and a few others could have their way. It ...... round from one fierce mutinous face to another. Are you Irishmen. Are you soldiers. What are you here for but to fight for your country.. England ...... and we are not the losers.. Sink you for a liar. said the Governor. I ...]
Genres: [adventure | war | short story collection] Downloads: 192