Dave, now a naval officer in the U.S. Navy, is sent on service in the Mediterranean following the close of World War I. With his friend Dan Dalzell, Dave encounters spies in Gibraltar and begins what may be his greatest case—unravelling the mystery that threatens to involve the United States in European intrigue! ...
Alastor, the son of an iron-master, has no inclination to follow his father’s trade, preferring to work with wood. He and his musically-talented sister Catrianne leave the foundry to go and live in a town, where Alastor soon begins to specialize in making musical instruments. One day, while delivering an unusual musical instrument to a hamlet high in the mountains, he is thrown by his horse during a storm. Temporarily lame, he is forced to take ...
Bryce Walton was a prolific short story writer as well as a popular novelist. He began his career writing for the science fiction pulp magazines, and later moved into the more respectable (and higher paying) mystery short story and Young Adult book fields.<P> Wildside Press has been working to reissue many of his classic works. Here, then, are four of his action-adventure novels aimed at the Young Adult market (they are quite readable for ...
Harold Morrow Sherman (1898-1987) was most famous as a psychic researcher and New Thought author. His book «Your Key to Happiness» (1935) has been reprinted numerous times. But Sherman also had a career as an author of children's books, so it should come as no surprise that in the Tahara series, he blended classic New Thought elements such as mentalism, spiritualism, and the supernatural with exciting adventure stories aimed at young boys. ...
Meet Nan and Burt, and Freddie and Flossie – two sets of twins in the Bobbsey family. Their adventures have thrilled generations of young readers. This volume collects the first 15 original Bobbsey Twins books (published between 1904 and 1922):<P> THE BOBBSEY TWINS<BR> THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN THE COUNTRY<BR> THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT THE SEASHORE<BR> THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT SCHOOL<BR> THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT SNOW LODGE<BR ...
Wal is a dreamer: he imagines escaping from his parents by building a raft. His friend Billy is more practical. Together, they construct a makeshift craft, and sail it along the local sea coast. But Wal still dreams of adventure, and one dark night he sails into the teeth of a growing storm. In the wild hours that follow, he must find the strength to persevere–and survive! A great tale of storm and sea! ...
A whimsical allegory for life at journey's end, Ghost Tram wends its way through old Melbourne at night, its progress witnessed by creatures great and small whose time is not yet nigh. ...
Life is tough. Sometimes we're dealt an unfair hand and left wondering what happened while trying to pick up the pieces of our broken dreams. Experiences like these can leave us feeling lost and afraid and cause us to put up walls around ourselves for protection, refusing to leave the safety of our comfort zones. Uncle P Challenging the Unknown by Alfredo Phipps tackles what it feels like when our world crumbles around us and how we can mov ...
