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Space Platform - Murray Leinster
Space Platform - Murray Leinster
- Author: Murray Leinster
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / Science Fiction
SPACE PLATFORM tells the exciting story of a young man helping to build this first station. With scientific accuracy and imagination Murray Leinster, one of the world's top science-fiction writers, describes the building and launching of the...
The House of a Thousand Candles - Meredith Nicholson
The House of a Thousand Candles - Meredith Nicholson
- Author: Meredith Nicholson
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction
A top ten bestseller of 1906, The House of a Thousand Candles is part adventure/mystery and part romance. The book begins with young Jack Glenarm returning from various exploits in Europe and Africa for the reading of his grandfather’s will. In it,...
Down South or Yacht Adventure in Florida - Oliver Optic
Down South or Yacht Adventure in Florida - Oliver Optic
- Author: Oliver Optic
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
"Down South" is the fifth and last volume but one of the "Great Western Series." The action of the story is confined entirely to Florida; and this fact may seem to belie the title of the Series. But the young yachtsman still maintains his hold upon...
Way of the Lawless - Max Brand
Way of the Lawless - Max Brand
- Author: Max Brand
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Westerns
He made one mistake in the beginning. He pushed the chestnut too hard the first and second days, so that on the third day he was forced to give the gelding his head and go at a jarring trot most of the day. On the fourth and fifth days, however, he...
My Buried Treasure - Richard Harding Davis
My Buried Treasure - Richard Harding Davis
- Author: Richard Harding Davis
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
"This is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The only part that is not true is the name of the man with whom I searched for the treasure. Unless I keep his name out of it he will not let me write the story, and, as it was his expedition...
The Madman and The Pirate - R. M. Ballantyne
The Madman and The Pirate - R. M. Ballantyne
- Author: R. M. Ballantyne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
R. M. Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 – February 8, 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer.Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of 16 he went to Canada and was six years...
The Black Star - Johnston McCulley
The Black Star - Johnston McCulley
- Author: Johnston McCulley
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Black Star was a master criminal who took great care to never be identifiable, always wore a mask so nobody knew what he looked like, rarely spoke to keep his voice from being recognized, and the only mark left at the scenes of the crimes which...
The Last Entry - William Clark Russell
The Last Entry - William Clark Russell
- Author: William Clark Russell
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
This is a sea-faring novel set in 1837. A wealthy former seaman from London and his daughter, who is engaged to be married, set sail on his newly restored schooner, headed for the equator for the purpose of restoring his health. Also aboard are a...
The Mystery of the 'Ocean Star' - A Collection of Maritime Sketches - William Clark Russell
The Mystery of the 'Ocean Star' - A Collection of Maritime Sketches - William Clark Russell
- Author: William Clark Russell
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
This is a collection of short stories of mystery and romance, set at sea, in the times of the great sea voyages....
The Young Crusoe, or The Shipwrecked Boy - Barbara Hofland
The Young Crusoe, or The Shipwrecked Boy - Barbara Hofland
- Author: Barbara Hofland
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The Young Crusoe, or The Shipwrecked Boy (1829) Novel. At the novel's opening, Charles Crusoe, thirteen years of age, asks his mother if he is related to the famous Robinson Crusoe, and is told that he is not. His future adventures, however,...
The Missing Formula - Mildred A. Wirt Benson
The Missing Formula - Mildred A. Wirt Benson
- Author: Mildred A. Wirt Benson
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Action & Adventure
Orphan Anne Fairaday faces a life of poverty upon the death of her father. The only thing that can prevent it is finding his latest experiment. She enlisted her new found friend, Madge Sterling, an outdoors girl who has a knack for finding missing...
Squinty the Comical Pig - Richard Barnum
Squinty the Comical Pig - Richard Barnum
- Author: Richard Barnum
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction
"This comical children's tale about the funny adventures of a funny pig written by an unknown author. The publisher has hired authors to write children's tales, and gave them "house names". The "name" of the author who wrote this tale is Richard...
Dracula (version 3) - Bram Stoker
Dracula (version 3) - Bram Stoker
- Author: Bram Stoker
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Gothic Fiction
Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and the battle between Dracula and a small...
Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal - Robert Sidney Bowen
Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal - Robert Sidney Bowen
- Author: Robert Sidney Bowen
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / War & Military Fiction
One of a series of youth-oriented adventure books set in contemporary WWII era, featuring fictional American flying ace, Dave Dawson. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
The Mad King - Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Mad King - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Shades of The Prisoner of Zenda! All our old friends are here—the young king, the usurping uncle and his evil henchman, the beautiful princess, the loyal retainer and the unwilling imposter. What more could you Hope for? This fast-paced story stays...
To the Last Man - Zane Grey
To the Last Man - Zane Grey
- Author: Zane Grey
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Romance
The story follows an ancient feud between two frontier families that is inflamed when one of the families takes up cattle rustling. The ranchers are led by Jean Isbel and, on the other side, Lee Jorth and his band of cattle rustlers. In the grip of...
The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt - Théophile Gautier
The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt - Théophile Gautier
- Author: Théophile Gautier
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Culture & Heritage Fiction / Historical Fiction
The account he gives, in his novel, of the ancient city of Thebes, of the great necropolis in the valley of Biban el Molûk, of the subterranean tombs, of the precautions taken by the designers to baffle curiosity, of the form and ornamentation of...
Flowing Gold - Rex Beach
Flowing Gold - Rex Beach
- Author: Rex Beach
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Romance
Unfairly given a dishonorable discharge from the army, Calvin Gray goes to Dallas, where he manages to win the trust of a jeweler and is able to sell a number of diamonds to the newly oil rich Briskows. He makes friends with the family and helps...
Scarhaven Keep - J. S. Fletcher
Scarhaven Keep - J. S. Fletcher
- Author: J. S. Fletcher
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The northern English sea coast provides a compelling backdrop for this genre of writing; a mysterious disappearance, a love interest, and plot twists 'se mijotent' to produce an intriguing read. (Summary by Cate Barratt)...
The Doings of Raffles Haw - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Doings of Raffles Haw - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors spread like wildfire about him. The advent of Mr. Haw, however, changes the town, and particularly the lives of...
The Coming of the Law - Charles Alden Seltzer
The Coming of the Law - Charles Alden Seltzer
- Author: Charles Alden Seltzer
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Westerns
A young Easterner, Hollis, a newspaper reporter, arrives in a small western town, to inherit his father’s ranch and his newspaper. He discovers that the town and the entire county are controlled by an unscrupulous cattleman, Dunlavey. This guy is a...
The Betrothed (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Alessandro Manzoni
The Betrothed (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Alessandro Manzoni
- Author: Alessandro Manzoni
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Published 1800 -1900
One of the most famous Italian books in history, The Betrothed was written by Alessandro Manzoni in 1827. The two main characters, Renzo and Lucy, are engaged to be married when Lucy tragically disappears. Little does Renzo know that Lucy has been...
The Great White Queen - William Le Queux
The Great White Queen - William Le Queux
- Author: William Le Queux
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
How to describe this book? In a word – savage. For those regular Librivox Le Queux mystery listeners, this book is a step in a different direction by the author. The book starts out like most Le Queux. Our hero, Richard Scarsmere, befriends an...
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 1 - Eugène Sue
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 1 - Eugène Sue
- Author: Eugène Sue
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Mysteries of Paris (French: Les Mystères de Paris) is a novel by Eugène Sue which was published serially in Journal des débats from June 19, 1842 until October 15, 1843. Les Mystères de Paris singlehandedly increased the circulation of Journal...
The Cave On Thunder Cloud - Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Cave On Thunder Cloud - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Tish Carberry reluctantly takes her two best friends, Aggie and Lizzie, on a camping trip into the hills of their Midwestern American town, only to fall in with outlaws on the lam from a train robbery! Comic adventure ensues. - Summary by Matt...
El Dorado - Baroness Orczy
El Dorado - Baroness Orczy
- Author: Baroness Orczy
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
El Dorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. The novel is notable in that it is the partial basis for most of the film treatments of the original book. (Summary...
The Fearsome Island - Albert Kinross
The Fearsome Island - Albert Kinross
- Author: Albert Kinross
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
No ordinary sailor's tale, this. Based allegedly on the real experiences of Silas Fordred, Master Mariner of Hythe, this is a story of shipwreck on an uncharted island and his supernatural adventures there with a witch, a hairy man, and various...
The Delafield Affair - Florence Finch Kelly
The Delafield Affair - Florence Finch Kelly
- Author: Florence Finch Kelly
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction
New Mexico's hot, dry winds are taking their toll: cattle suffer long treks to get food and water. But it is not just a hard time for them. Lucy Bancroft has sought a milder climate so she can recover from typhoid fever. She and her father stop to...
The Enchanted Castle - E. Nesbit
The Enchanted Castle - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
Three children, forced to remain at school during the holidays, go in search of adventure. What they find is a magic castle straight out of a fairy tale, complete with an enchanted princess at the center of a maze. Or is it? The castle turns out to...
The Flying Girl - L. Frank Baum
The Flying Girl - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Frank L. Baum, author of the Oz books, delivers an engaging story for all ages. Orissa Kane works in order to provide for her family. Her mother is blind, while her brother devotes his time to his invention, a flying machine. Everything changes when...
The Blazed Trail - Stewart Edward White
The Blazed Trail - Stewart Edward White
- Author: Stewart Edward White
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance
Stewart Edward White wrote fiction and non-fiction about adventure and travel, with an emphasis on natural history and outdoor living. White's books were popular at a time when America was losing its vanishing wilderness and many are based on his...
R. Holmes and Co. - John Kendrick Bangs
R. Holmes and Co. - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Raffles Holmes is introduced in these stories as the son of the great Sherlock Holmes. He is also revealed to be the grandson of A.J. Raffles, a gentleman thief pursued by Sherlock Holmes many years earlier. This apparently contradictory family...
Puck of Pook's Hill - Rudyard Kipling
Puck of Pook's Hill - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction
Puck of Pook's Hill is a children's book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of history. The stories are all told to two children living near Pevensey by people magically plucked out...
The New Swiss Family Robinson - Owen Wister
The New Swiss Family Robinson - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
A parody of its famous predecessor, this short piece was written by Owen Wister for the Harvard Lampoon (Summary by David Wales)...
In Search of Mademoiselle - George Gibbs
In Search of Mademoiselle - George Gibbs
- Author: George Gibbs
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Preface note by George Gibbs: There were no more vivid episodes in the colonization of the New World than those resulting from the attempts of the French people to gain a permanent foothold on our shores.... The most thrilling chapter in all this...
The Crimson Gardenia And Other Tales Of Adventure - Rex Beach
The Crimson Gardenia And Other Tales Of Adventure - Rex Beach
- Author: Rex Beach
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Published 1900 onward
Published in 1916, this book collects eleven stories originally published in several different magazines. Beach’s adventure stories were immensely popular throughout the early 1900s. - Summary by David Wales...
Huntingtower - John Buchan
Huntingtower - John Buchan
- Author: John Buchan
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Dickson McCunn, a respectable, newly retired grocer, plans a walking holiday in the hills of south-west Scotland. He meets a young English poet and finds himself in the thick of a plot involving the kidnapping of a Russian princess, who is held...
The Chronicles of Count Antonio - Anthony Hope
The Chronicles of Count Antonio - Anthony Hope
- Author: Anthony Hope
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
How it fell out that Count Antonio, a man of high lineage, forsook the service of his Prince, disdained the obligation of his rank, set law at naught, and did what seemed indeed in his own eyes to be good but was held by many to be nothing other...
Child of Storm - H. Rider Haggard
Child of Storm - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Child of Storm is a 1913 novel by H. Rider Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain. The plot is set in 1854-56 and concerns Quatermain hunting in Zululand and getting involved with Mameema, a beautiful African girl who causes great turmoil in the Zulu...
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ - Lew Wallace
- Author: Lew Wallace
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
Ben-Hur is a story of two very different heroes. Judah Ben-Hur, a prince of Jerusalem, is involved in an accident to the Roman procurator which is taken to be intentional. He is seized and sent to the fleet as a galley-slave, while his family is...
