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The Poison Belt - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Poison Belt - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / Science Fiction
Three years after the events that took place in The Lost World ( http://librivox.org/the-lost-world-by-sir-arthur-conan-doyle/ ), Professor Challenger urgently summons his fellow explorers (Professor Summerlee, Lord John Roxton, and reporter E.D....
The Heritage Of The Desert - Zane Grey
The Heritage Of The Desert - Zane Grey
- Author: Zane Grey
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Romance / Westerns
Jack Hare is a young cowboy who was rescued from sure death by an old settler by the name of August Naab. Hare learns that Naab's ranch is a dangerous place and is challenged by cattle thieves and a corrupt rancher who is after Naab's water rights....
Round The Fire Stories - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Round The Fire Stories - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Single Author Collections
In the present [1908] collection those [stories] have been brought together which are concerned with the grotesque and with the terrible—such tales as might well be read “round the fire” upon a winter’s night. This would be my ideal atmosphere for...
White Fang (Version 2) - Jack London
White Fang (Version 2) - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nature & Animal Fiction
When White Fang is birthed in a cave to a wolf sire and a wolf/dog halfbreed dam, he is heir to two traditions. At first he is content to explore and learn laws of the Wild. But then his mother is caught and held by old memories of a past...
The Pirate, and The Three Cutters - Frederick MARRYAT
The Pirate, and The Three Cutters - Frederick MARRYAT
- Author: Frederick MARRYAT
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Pirates are the subject of many a dime novel and boys' stories, but they tend to be portrayed as one-dimensional. Such is the case here. The captain of The Avenger is a Byronic or even a Michael Scottish hero—an impossible monster, compounded of one...
The Three Hostages - John Buchan
The Three Hostages - John Buchan
- Author: John Buchan
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
The Three Hostages is the fourth of five Richard Hannay novels. The Richard Hannay novels are action/mystery/spy novels with a James bond feel. This book starts out with Richard Hannay married to Mary Lamington living in Fosse Manor. He is asked to...
Porgy - DuBose Heyward
Porgy - DuBose Heyward
- Author: DuBose Heyward
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Culture & Heritage Fiction
Story about Southern African American man with disabilities and the life he leads in the 1900's. - Summary by Denise Ray...
The Thirty-nine Steps (Version 3) - John Buchan
The Thirty-nine Steps (Version 3) - John Buchan
- Author: John Buchan
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / War & Military Fiction
The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure spy novel by John Buchan written in 1914. Told from the first-person point of view, it relates the adventure of "ordinary fellow" Richard Hannay, who is thrust into a plot involving the theft of crucial military...
The Call of the Wild (Version 5) - Jack London
The Call of the Wild (Version 5) - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Buck, a magnificent mix of St. Bernard and Scotch shepherd dog, rules contentedly at Judge Miller’s place in California’s Santa Clara Valley. But 1897 brings the Klondike Gold Rush, and Buck is the perfect kind of dog to service sleds—so he is...
Round the Moon (Version 2) - Jules Verne
Round the Moon (Version 2) - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Travel Fiction / Science Fiction
Jules Verne’s sequel to his “From the Earth to the Moon” begins with a short chapter to catch you up, if you missed the first book. Then we join our three adventurers in their huge projectile as they gather themselves after the shock of being fired...
Double Challenge - Jim Kjelgaard
Double Challenge - Jim Kjelgaard
- Author: Jim Kjelgaard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Action & Adventure
Jim Kjelgaard brings to life another wild adventure when Ted Harkness and his father attempt to open a hunting lodge. Everything changes when Ted's father is accused of attempted murder and begins his hideout in the woods. Ted works in this exciting...
Captain Antifer - Jules Verne
Captain Antifer - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Literary Fiction
“No good deed goes Unpunished”, as the saying goes. A wealthy Egyptian leaves millions of buried treasure on an island and sends the location to the Captain that saved him while fleeing certain death from Napoleon Bonaparte. However the Egyptian...
The Daughter of a Magnate - Frank H. SPEARMAN
The Daughter of a Magnate - Frank H. SPEARMAN
- Author: Frank H. SPEARMAN
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Westerns
This is an American Western without any bad guys. The main characters are trains, and the elements---snow, terrain, weather and water. Frank Spearman wrote six novels about the building, and early days, of the transcontinental railroad. This was his...
Jim Davis - John Masefield
Jim Davis - John Masefield
- Author: John Masefield
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Action & Adventure
The tale of a 12-year-old boy who falls in with smugglers. Jim, an orphan, is sent to live with relatives along the Devon coast. There he accidentally witnesses the deeds of a troop of night-riders, or smugglers, and becomes caught up in their...
Mystery of the Caribbean Pearls - Andy ADAMS
Mystery of the Caribbean Pearls - Andy ADAMS
- Author: Andy ADAMS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
The Mystery of the Caribbean Pearls is a Biff Brewster story full of adventure and intrigue. Biff Brewster meets up by accident with Derek, after being called to the Caribbean by his Uncle Charlie. They go on to search for valuable pearls in...
The Ghost Kings - H. Rider Haggard
The Ghost Kings - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
Rachel Dove is a British missionary's daughter in the wilds of Africa. Her life is turned around when fellow teenager Richard Darrien rescues her from a flash flood; their common initials alone may clue the reader in that these two are another pair...
Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 - Various
Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Literary Fiction
"Mother Earth was an American anarchist journal that described itself as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature". Founded in early 1906 and initially edited by Emma Goldman, an activist in the United States, it published...
The Brethren (Version 2) - H. Rider Haggard
The Brethren (Version 2) - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance
A tale of love, romance and chivalry set amongst the backdrop of the climactic months before the opening of the Kings' Crusade. Two English knights are in love with the same maiden. Their devotion and bravery is tested when their beloved is...
When the World Shook - H. Rider Haggard
When the World Shook - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
A fictional memoir of Humphrey Arbuthnot of Devonshire, we are taken on a voyage to the island of Orofena, in the South Seas, together with Bickley, the servant Bastin and the spaniel Tommy. It is a land of adventure and danger, the result of which...
The Spirit of Bambatse - H. Rider Haggard
The Spirit of Bambatse - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
A romance, a shipwreck and a hunt for buried Portuguese treasure in the Transvaal. All the ingredients of an imperial adventure that made Haggard one of the best-selling authors of the early years of the twentieth century. Also published as Benita:...
The War Trail - Thomas Mayne REID
The War Trail - Thomas Mayne REID
- Author: Thomas Mayne REID
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
"Land of the nopal and maguey—home of Moctezuma and Malinché!—I cannot wring thy memories from my heart! Years may roll on, hand wax weak, and heart grow old, but never till both are cold can I forget thee! I would not; for thee would I remember....
Tales of Daring and Danger - G. A. Henty
Tales of Daring and Danger - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Culture & Heritage Fiction / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
G A Henty takes us on a variety of adventures in this collection: A daring rescue on rough seas, a military action against Chinese pirates, hunting down a tiger in India, and even a calamity in a camp of gold miners in California! With each new...
The Forest Lovers - Maurice Henry HEWLETT
The Forest Lovers - Maurice Henry HEWLETT
- Author: Maurice Henry HEWLETT
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
My story will take you into times and spaces alike rude and uncivil. Blood will be spilt, virgins suffer distresses; the horn will sound through woodland glades; dogs, wolves, deer, and men, Beauty and the Beasts, will tumble each other, seeking...
A Lad of Mettle - Nat GOULD
A Lad of Mettle - Nat GOULD
- Author: Nat GOULD
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
When Edgar Foster came to Redbank School he was sixteen, small for his age, but muscular and active. Alumni of the school included accomplished athletes, decorated military men, members of the diplomatic service and churchmen. What does the future...
George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Author: Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Our narrator, Bob, knows George Bowring from school days. Their lives, dreams and misfortunes are parallel until George marries the woman Bob loves. But still, their friendship endures, despite numerous tensions over the years. The two men go on a...
Smoke Bellew - Jack London
Smoke Bellew - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Essays & Short Works
Smoke Bellew, or really Jack London, leaves his less than satisfying writing job in San Francisco for the opportunity to search for gold in the Klondike region while writing about his adventures there. Smoke Bellew is the collection of the resulting...
Gallegher and other Stories - Richard Harding Davis
Gallegher and other Stories - Richard Harding Davis
- Author: Richard Harding Davis
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Short Stories
Set in 1890's USA, teen detective Gallegher is a copy boy for a local newspaper, but due to his superior sleuthing and feisty Huck Finn attitude, he ends up solving a serious crime. Walt Disney thought enough of the spunky Gallegher story to make a...
The Isle of the Undead - Lloyd ESHBACH
The Isle of the Undead - Lloyd ESHBACH
- Author: Lloyd ESHBACH
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
"A gripping, thrilling, uncanny tale about the frightful fate that befell a yachting party on the dreadful island of living dead men." - Summary from Weird Tales, Volume 28, Issue 3, October 1936...
The Chouans - Honoré de Balzac
The Chouans - Honoré de Balzac
- Author: Honoré de Balzac
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Les Chouans is one of the novels in Balzac's series La Comedie Humaine. Its ostensible focus is a historical military conflict, but it also follows the love affair between an aristocratic beauty with one of the rebels....
The Magnificent Adventure (Version 2) - Emerson Hough
The Magnificent Adventure (Version 2) - Emerson Hough
- Author: Emerson Hough
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
In The Magnificent Adventure-Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman, by Emerson Hough, the author takes us back to the dawning years of the United States of America. To the time of the...
The Northern Spy - J. Thomas Warren
The Northern Spy - J. Thomas Warren
- Author: J. Thomas Warren
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
The Northern Spy, written in the 1800s, is a lively story about a Union soldier who infiltrates a Confederate battalion in order to aid in the conquering of South Carolina. The novel was very popular, so much so that allegedly Northern Spy apples...
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 3: The Man in the Iron Mask (version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 3: The Man in the Iron Mask (version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Historical Fiction
Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. In this, the final part, d’Artagnan’s fortune is near its height; having become the illustrious Captain of the Musketeers, he is now the chief defender of King Louis XIV. Fortune has...
The Quest of the Golden Girl - Richard le Gallienne
The Quest of the Golden Girl - Richard le Gallienne
- Author: Richard le Gallienne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Literary Fiction
The main character fears that he will never get married and performs a long pilgrimage whose goal is the perfect companion, the girl God meant for him. On the way he meets many people and encounters many interesting situations till, finally...
The Texan Scouts - Joseph A. Altsheler
The Texan Scouts - Joseph A. Altsheler
- Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Westerns
This is a sequel to Texan Star and continues the adventures of young Ned Fulton as he finds himself a part of the struggle for Texans to defend against the Mexican army and reach independence. In his travels across the state he meets historical...
Heart of Darkness (version 4) - Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness (version 4) - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction
In this powerful novella based on Joseph Conrad's own experiences in the Belgian Congo, Charles Marlow, an experienced seaman, tells a small group of friends about a profoundly disturbing episode in his life where he was employed by a large...
The Mystery of the Fires (version 2) - Edith LAVELL
The Mystery of the Fires (version 2) - Edith LAVELL
- Author: Edith LAVELL
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction / Action & Adventure
Mary Louise Gay decided to spend the summer holiday in her family's cottage at Shady Nook. But an unknown arsonist has been setting the cottages on fire and it's up to Mary Lou, her best friend Jane, and their loyal pup Silky, to find out who the...
The Thirty-Nine Steps (Version 2) - John Buchan
The Thirty-Nine Steps (Version 2) - John Buchan
- Author: John Buchan
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Richard Hannay thirsts for adventure. Down and out in early retirement in South London, Hannay bores of the easy life. When Franklin Scudder reveals a secret ploy to set all of Europe to arms, Hannay finds his cure. With experience, intelligence,...
The Cave In the Mountain - Edward S. ELLIS
The Cave In the Mountain - Edward S. ELLIS
- Author: Edward S. ELLIS
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Westerns
Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he wrote under dozens of pseudonyms, as well as under his own name, it is virtually impossible to know exactly...
Black Pawl - Ben Ames WILLIAMS
Black Pawl - Ben Ames WILLIAMS
- Author: Ben Ames WILLIAMS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Published 1900 onward
This riveting novel takes place on a whaling ship, where its captain, Black Pawl, has a troubled relationship with the first mate, his son. A minister is permitted aboard for the homeward-bound journey along with a young woman who is accompanying...
New Lamps - Robert Moore WILLIAMS
New Lamps - Robert Moore WILLIAMS
- Author: Robert Moore WILLIAMS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction
Ronson came to the Red Planet on the strangest mission of all ... he only knew he wanted to see Les Ro, but he didn't know exactly why. It was because he knew that Les Ro had the answer to something that had never been answered before, if indeed, it...