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Though he was born and died in England, Harold Bindloss spent much of his youth traveling the world, and he was particularly enamored of the forests of Canada, where he would later set many of his Western novels. In Alton of Somasco, small-time logger Harry Alton has big plans for his land -- and the...

Andrew Allinson has sworn a solemn vow to his long-time friend Tom Olcott that he will look out for Tom's wife while Tom is working overseas in West Africa. But making good on his promise turns out to be a bit more complicated than Andrew had expected.

Today's impermeable prisons are a matter of impenetrable locks, sky-high electrified fences, and thousands of guards who mean business. But in the future, the powers that be have added another dimension into the equation: time. By jetting inmates into a distant era, they'll have nowhere to go even if...

In the classic romance novel Little Eve Edgarton, an improbable romance blossoms between two characters who under most circumstances would never give one another the time of day. Eve is a shy girl who is remarkably talented and intellectually gifted, while her eventual beau Jim Barton is a social climber...

Author G. A. Henty and his brother Frederick both served in the Crimean War; Henty parlayed his experience into a budding career as a war correspondent and journalist, while his brother Frederick was killed within weeks of his deployment. Henty used their experiences as fodder for Jack Archer, a thrilling...

Fans of early modern drama will delight in this comic farce from William Congreve, author of The Way of the World. Centering on a group of deeply flawed, larger-than-life characters who seem to relish every opportunity to betray and back-stab one another, Love for Love offers a very jaundiced view of romance.

British author Mary Louisa Molesworth rose to acclaim as the Jane Austen for Victorian tweens. Like most of her novels, Nurse Heatherdale's Story is packed with romance, adventure and important life lessons for girls on the brink of maturity. Young readers will delight in this whimsical, engaging tale.

C. H. Thames was one of the pseudonyms used by prolific science fiction writer Milton Lesser. "Think Yourself to Death" is part of his popular Johnny Mayhem series, which follows the adventures of an interplanetary man-about-town who is able to change his appearance and identity at the drop of a hat.

Bored and restless secretary Betsy O'Reilly has spent all of her meager savings to bankroll a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the swanky Martian resort town of Dawningsburgh -- only to be bitterly disappointed by the tacky tourist trap once she arrives. Looking for a little adventure, she slips away from...

Australian author Guy Boothby put his wanderlust to work as fodder for his fiction. Though his first publication was a non-fiction account of a trip through his native country, he soon turned to fiction as an outlet for his creativity, focusing primarily on action-adventure, mystery, and detection tales....

Intrepid investigator Albert Johnson is on the verge of uncovering a major crime syndicate when he's sidetracked by what may be a simple case of dehydration -- or something much more sinister. Will he follow his instincts and stick with the investigation, even if it puts his own life in danger?

In this mind-bending short story from the golden age of science fiction, a hard-living hobo named Kevin O'Malley finds his squalid daily routine falling to pieces around him when a mysterious woman shows up and begins throwing around some hard-to-believe accusations about his partner in crime, a lowlife who goes by the name of Doc.

American-born Stephen Marlowe was a prolific writer who made his mark in several genres, including science fiction. In the gripping page-turner Voyage to Eternity, the galaxy is engaged in a seemingly endless war of epic proportions. When young Christopher Temple is called to serve, he finds himself...

Learn more about the life and works of the brilliant eighteenth-century spy, novelist, and rabble-rouser Daniel Defoe in this penetrating biography penned by William Minto. Minto, a Scottish professor of logic, offers a keenly insightful take on the influences and events that shaped Defoe's contributions to journalism and literature, which included such works as Robinson Crusoe and Moll Flanders.