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If you're looking for top-notch tales of aerial warfare, no one does it better than real-life RAF pilot Robert Sydney Bowen and his intrepid alter ego Dave Dawson. In this volume of the popular action-adventure series, Dawson plays a pivotal part in a WWII airstrike on Truk Island in the western Pacific Ocean.

Get set for aerial adventure in this classic wartime tale from author R. Sidney Bowen. Drawing heavily on his own experiences as a pilot for the British Royal Air Force during World War I, Bowen's alter ego Dave Dawson performs all manner of courageous stunts and tricks in this battlefield thriller.

Having sown his wild oats, young Harry Ringrose has finally returned home to his family to celebrate his birthday and settle down on a new path toward stability and maturity. But just as he's preparing himself to turn over a new leaf, an unspeakable tragedy befalls the Ringrose family. Is it just bad luck -- or the result of a nefarious scheme?

In this gripping short story from The Secret Garden author Frances Hodgson Burnett, unspeakable tragedy befalls Arle, a small, tight-knit fishing community on England's coast. Will the town be able to pick up the pieces and start over? "One Day at Arle" is a moving tale that will linger on in readers' minds.

Cynical tour guide Cyril Wallingford is ashamed of his heritage as a displaced Earthling and tries to make the best of his ho-hum life on Mars, leading ungrateful vacationers around to see the local sights. But his quotidian existence is suddenly upended when he runs into a fabulously wealthy tourist named Noble Redman.

Deviating from the long line of strong and stoic male protagonists who featured in his other novels, American author Winston Churchill turns his attention to the fairer sex in the charming novel A Modern Chronicle. Well-born mademoiselle Honora Leffingwell has kept afloat since her father's tragically premature death, but will she ever feel whole enough to give herself over to love?

The Punch and Judy puppet show is a somewhat odd European tradition that dates back to the sixteenth century. Despite consisting largely of male protagonist Punch's violent killing spree, these puppet shows have long been regarded as classic children's entertainment. This strange ritual forms the thematic...

After an exhausting series of adventures, hero Johnny Thompson has planned a little downtime to recuperate. But when a local shopkeeper tells him a tale about a legendary lure, Johnny finds that he can't think about anything else, so he sets off into the wilds of Honduras to solve yet another mystery.

After three years traveling the world, amateur detective Johnny Thompson decides to spend some time getting reacquainted with his native city of Chicago. But he hasn't been back more than 24 hours before he finds himself embroiled in yet another confounding mystery.

Younger readers won't be able to put down this exciting mystery from author Roy Snell. Florence Huyler, her best friend Jeanne, and a new companion, Greta Clara Bronson, have taken up residence in an abandoned ship. But before long, their peaceful existence is threatened by the presence of newcomers seeking a mysterious treasure.

Though Algernon Blackwood's name has come to be associated with supernatural and horror fiction, many of his tales involve deeper themes of metaphysics and consciousness. In The Bright Messenger, a sequel of sorts to Blackwood's previous novel, Julius LeVallon, an eternal spirit passes through several generations of human forms.

A hopelessly mismatched niece and uncle find themselves thrown together by circumstance. But underneath their constant bickering and nitpicking, the pair truly cares about each other. Will this hilariously dysfunctional duo find a way to make their nontraditional household work?

In this pulse-racing thriller from famed action-adventure writer James Oliver Curwood, a man who has been accused of a horrific offense under mysterious circumstances is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to clear his name as a result of a bizarre series of coincidences. Fans of outdoor adventure novels will love The River's End.

Settle in for the literary ride of your life with this thrill-a-minute sensation novel from beloved Victorian-era writer Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Teetering on the brink of poverty, widower John Marchmont decides to wed again. But what starts out as a fairly straightforward attempt to find a suitable wife soon devolves into a maelstrom of madness, tragedy, family drama, and romantic entanglements.