The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
A cyclone carries Dorothy from Kansas to a road of yellow brick. The companions she picks up all want something a wizard in a city claims he can grant.
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Adventure
Ships, roads, wilderness, and risk. These stories were written for a wide readership and remain in the public domain. Reading happens on Open Library, not on this catalog.
Peter and Wendy
Peter and Wendy
by J. M. Barrie
The Darling children leave the nursery for Neverland with a boy who refuses the future. Barrie’s novel keeps the flying, and also the cost of never coming home.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
Jim Hawkins finds a map and goes to sea with a crew that is not what the advertisement promised. Long John Silver remains the model of a charming villain.
Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick
Ishmael ships on the Pequod under a captain hunting one white whale. The book stops for whales, work, and metaphysics, then returns to the chase.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Huck Finn fakes his death and rafts the Mississippi with Jim, who is escaping enslavement. Twain’s novel is funny, and it does not let the joke forgive the country it travels.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
Buck, a stolen California dog, is worked north into the Yukon. London tells the story from the animal’s side of the harness.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness
Marlow tells a deck audience about his trip upriver to find Kurtz, an ivory agent who has become a rumor. Conrad’s tale is about empire and about storytelling.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantès is imprisoned on a false charge and comes back, years later, with a new name and a plan. Dumas makes patience itself into an adventure.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote
A country gentleman renames himself a knight and rides out to enforce the plots of chivalric books. Cervantes’s novel is the comedy of taking reading literally. The link is to a public-domain English translation.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by Homer
After the war at Troy, Odysseus tries to get home while suitors occupy his house. This catalog links Samuel Butler’s public-domain prose translation, not a modern verse one.
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale turns on the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete is set in the 1830s–1840s in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, which is based on Hannibal, Missouri, where Twain lived as a boy. In the novel, Sawyer has several adventures, often with his friend Huckleberry Finn.
Tom Sawyer Abroad
Tom Sawyer Abroad
by Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer Abroad features Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in a parody of adventure stories like those of Jules Verne.
Before Adam
Before Adam
by Jack London
Before Adam recounts a man who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid. Before Adam offers an early view of human evolution.
St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England was completed by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Unable to write, Stevenson dictated thirty chapters of the novel to his stepdaughter as a diversion from his debilitating illness.
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders
by Daniel Defoe
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders purports to be an autobiographical account of the life of the eponymous heroine, detailing her exploits from birth until old age as she uses her wits, cunning and charm to provide herself with financial security. While the novel is now generally attributed to Defoe, and his name is given as the author in modern printings, the original text does not list an author and was presented as an autobiography.
The Magic of Oz
The Magic of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Published on June 7, 1919, one month after the author's death, The Magic of Oz relates the unsuccessful attempt of the Munchkin boy Kiki Aru and former Nome King Ruggedo to conquer Oz.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz was published on June 18, 1908 and reunites Dorothy Gale with the humbug Wizard from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. This is one of only two of the original fourteen Oz books to be illustrated with watercolor paintings.
Kidnapped
Kidnapped
Kidnapped has attracted the praise and admiration of writers as diverse as Henry James, Jorge Luis Borges, and Hilary Mantel. Kidnapped is written in English with some dialogue in the Lowland Scots language.
The Romany Rye
The Romany Rye
The Romany Rye is a novel by George Borrow, written in as a sequel to Lavengro.
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut
by abbé Prévost
Manon Lescaut tells a tragic love story about a nobleman (known only as the Chevalier des Grieux) and a common woman (Manon Lescaut). Their decision to live together without marriage is the start of a moral decline that also leads to gambling, fraud, theft, murder, and Manon's death as a deportee in New Orleans.
The Road to Oz
The Road to Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Road to Oz was originally published and documents the adventures of Dorothy Gale's fourth visit to the Land of Oz. The Road to Oz was followed by The Emerald City of Oz.
The Dynamiter
The Dynamiter
More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter is a gathering of linked short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny van de Grift Stevenson.
Burning Daylight
Burning Daylight
by Jack London
Burning Daylight is a novel by Jack London, published, one of the best-selling books of that year and London's best-selling book in his lifetime.
The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune
The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune
The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune recounts Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H. ) Bastable, and their attempts to assist their widowed father and recover the fortunes of their family.
The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers
The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers
The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers recounts Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel, and Horace Octavius (H. ) Bastable, as well as Daisy and Denis Foulkes, and their attempts to perform good deeds, which usually go awry.
The Story of the Amulet
The Story of the Amulet
The Story of the Amulet is the final part of a trilogy of novels and is preceded byFive Children and It and The Phoenix and the Carpet.
The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757
The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757
The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 is the second book of the Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. The Pathfinder, published 14 years later, is its sequel; its prequel, The Deerslayer, was published a year after The Pathfinder.
Maid Marian
Maid Marian
Peacock wrote all but the last three chapters of Maid Marian at Marlow. He wrote to Percy Bysshe Shelley that he did not find "this brilliant summer", "very favourable to intellectual exertion" but before it was quite over "rivers, castles, forests, abbeys, monks, maids, kings, and banditti were all dancing before me like a masked ball".
Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit was originally serialised between January and July. While he was writing it, Dickens told a friend that he thought it was his best work thus far, but it was one of his least popular novels, judged by sales of the monthly instalments.
The Sea-Wolf
The Sea-Wolf
by Jack London
The Sea-Wolf's protagonist, Humphrey Van Weyden, is a literary critic who is a survivor of an ocean collision and who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him. Its first printing of forty thousand copies was immediately sold out before publication on the strength of London's previous The Call of the Wild.
The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes
The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes
The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes was originally titled "The Laugh" and published serially in Lloyd's Magazine. The Arrow of Gold: A Story Between Two Notes is set in Marseille in the 1870s during the Third Carlist War.
A Horse's Tale
A Horse's Tale
by Mark Twain
A Horse's Tale is a novel written by American author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), written partially in the voice of Soldier Boy, who is Buffalo Bill's favorite horse, at a fictional frontier outpost with the U.
Typhoon
Typhoon
Its first book publication was in New York by Putnam in; it was also published in Britain in Typhoon and Other Stories by Heinemann.
Jerry of the Islands
Jerry of the Islands
by Jack London
Jerry of the Islands was initially published and is one of the last works by Jack London. Jerry of the Islands is set on the island of Malaita, a part of the Solomon Islands archipelago, which in became a British protectorate.
Adventure
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Robbery under Arms A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Australian Goldfields
Robbery under Arms A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Australian Goldfields
Robbery under Arms A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Australian Goldfields was first published in serialised form by The Sydney Mail between July and August, then in three volumes in London. Robbery under Arms A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Australian Goldfields was abridged into a single volume in as part of Macmillan's one-volume Colonial Library series and has not been out of print since.
Captain Fracasse
Captain Fracasse
Captain Fracasse has been adapted for film and television numerous times. An edition of the novel was illustrated by Gustave Doré.
A Message from the Sea
A Message from the Sea
"A Message from the Sea" is a set of short stories by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Robert Buchanan, Charles Allston Collins, Amelia Edwards and Harriet Parr, written in 1860 for the Christmas issue of All the Year Round.
Michael, Brother of Jerry
Michael, Brother of Jerry
by Jack London
Michael, Brother of Jerry is loosely connected to his previous novel Jerry of the Islands, also released. Each book recounts one of two dog siblings, Jerry and Michael, born in the Solomon Islands.
My Buried Treasure
My Buried Treasure
My Buried Treasure was published as a book, but is set in the 18th century, and tells a story of "buccaneers and buried gold". My Buried Treasure is considered a coming-of-age story, and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action.
The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea
The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea
The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea is the fourth novel Cooper wrote featuring Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, and the third chronological episode of the Leatherstocking Tales. The inland sea of the title is Lake Ontario.
Penguin Island
Penguin Island
Penguin Island (; French: L'Île des Pingouins) is a satirical fictional history by French author Anatole France.
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come tells the rags-to-respectability tale of orphan Chad Buford. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come was the first novel to sell a million copies in the US.
The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna
The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna
The Pioneers; Or, The Sources of the Susquehanna was the first of five novels published which became known as the Leatherstocking Tales. The Pioneers is the fourth novel in terms of the chronology of the novels' plots.
A Set of Six
A Set of Six
The works were collected in A Set of Six, published by Methuen and Company.
The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands has been made into feature-length films for both cinema and television. The Riddle of the Sands "owes a lot to the wonderful adventure novels of writers like Rider Haggard, that were a staple of Victorian Britain".
The Son of the Wolf
The Son of the Wolf
by Jack London
The Son of the Wolf is a northern set in Canada's Yukon and is based on a short story of the same name by Jack London.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
by Jack London
The Mutiny of the Elsinore is partially based on London's voyage around Cape Horn on the Dirigo. The character "De Casseres", who espouses nihilistic viewpoints similar to the ideas of French philosopher Jules de Gaultier, is based on London's real-life friend and journalist Benjamin De Casseres.
Lost Face
Lost Face
by Jack London
Lost Face takes its name from the first short story in the book, about an European adventurer in the Yukon who outwits his (American) Indian captors' plans to torture him. Lost Face includes London's best-known short story, "To Build a Fire".
Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
Moby Dick; Or, The Whale
Moby Dick; Or, The Whale turns on the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage.
Queen Sheba's Ring
Queen Sheba's Ring
by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
Queen Sheba's Ring resembles the author's earlier works King Solomon's Mines and She, featuring plotting priests, beautiful women, and daring British adventurers.
The Vicomte de Bragelonne
The Vicomte de Bragelonne
The Vicomte de Bragelonne is the third and last of The d'Artagnan Romances, following The Three Musketeers and Twenty Years After. The Vicomte de Bragelonne appeared first in serial form.
The Wizard
The Wizard
by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
The Wizard is one of the many examples of imperialist literature. The Wizard is a third-person narrative that follows the journey of Reverend Thomas Owen as he seeks to carry out missionary work in south central Africa, specifically in the tribe of Amasuka.
The Wood Beyond the World
The Wood Beyond the World
The Wood Beyond the World was first published in hardcover by Morris's Kelmscott Press,. The Ballantine edition includes an introduction by Lin Carter.
The Giant Raft
The Giant Raft
by Jules Verne
The Giant Raft has also been incorrectly published with the title of its first part: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon. Most of the novel is situated on a large jangada (a Brazilian timber raft) that is used by Garral and his family to float to Belém, at the river's mouth.
The Deerslayer
The Deerslayer
The Deerslayer, or The First War-Path was James Fenimore Cooper's fifth and last novel published his Leatherstocking Tales. Its – time period makes it the first installment chronologically and in the lifetime of the hero of the Leatherstocking tales, Natty Bumppo.
The Enchanted Castle
The Enchanted Castle
The Enchanted Castle is a children's fantasy novel by Edith Nesbit first published.
The Adventures of Roderick Random
The Adventures of Roderick Random
The Adventures of Roderick Random is partially based on Smollett's experience as a naval-surgeon's mate in the Royal Navy, especially during the Battle of Cartagena de Indias. In the preface, Smollett acknowledges the connections of his novel to the two satirical picaresque works he translated into English: Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote (–15) and Alain-René Lesage's Gil Blas (–47).
Alice of Old Vincennes
Alice of Old Vincennes
Alice of Old Vincennes, written by Maurice Thompson in 1900, is a novel set in Vincennes during the American Revolutionary War.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 1
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 1
The Adventures of Harry Richmond is believed to be strongly autobiographical in some sections. Meredith intended the book to be a popular success, but the roll-call of reprints shows it to have been so only during Meredith's late-Victorian and Edwardian heyday, his highly-wrought style proving an obstacle for some readers.
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917
by Ernest Henry, Sir Shackleton
South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 was published in London by William Heinemann.
She and Allan
She and Allan
by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
She and Allan brought together his two most popular characters, Ayesha from his novel She (to which it serves as a prequel), and Allan Quatermain from his novel King Solomon's Mines. Umslopogaas from Nada the Lily also appears in the novel as a major character.
The Day of the Dog
The Day of the Dog
The Day of the Dog is a novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1904.
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder was serialized posthumously and anonymously in Harper's Weekly, and published in book form by Harper and Brothers of New York City in 1888. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder was serialized subsequently in the United Kingdom and Australia, and published in book form in the United Kingdom and Canada.
The People of the Mist
The People of the Mist
by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard
The People of the Mist was first published serially in the weekly magazine Tit-Bits, between December and August 1894; the first edition in book form was published in London by Longman in October, 1894.
Rob Roy — Complete
Rob Roy — Complete
by Walter Scott
Rob Roy is probably set, the year of the first Jacobite rising, and the social and economic background to that event are an important element in the novel, though it is not treated directly. The depiction of Rob Roy bears little relation to the historical figure: "there are two Rob Roys.
The Companions of Jehu
The Companions of Jehu
It is inspired by the story of the Companions of Jehu, a group of Royalist vigilantes during the French Revolution. The Companions of Jehu was also turned into a play by Dumas and Charles Gabet premiering at the Théâtre de la Gaîté on 2 July.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 01 to 05
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 01 to 05
by Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 01 to 05 is commonly named among the Great American Novels, and it is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. Being the direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, it is told in the first person by Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, the narrator of two other later Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective) and a friend of Tom Sawyer.
Pelham — Volume 03
Pelham — Volume 03
by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Pelham was his breakthrough novel, launching him as one of Britain's leading authors. Pelham is part of the tradition of silver fork novels that enjoyed great popularity in the late Regency and early Victorian eras.
Quentin Durward
Quentin Durward
by Walter Scott
Quentin Durward concerns a Scottish archer in the service of the French King Louis XI who plays a prominent part in the narrative.
The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
The Story of Ab, or The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man, is a novel written by Stanley Waterloo.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II
by John Payne
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night is often known in English as The Arabian Nights, from the first English-language edition (c. –), which rendered the title as The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night was collected over many centuries by various authors, translators, and scholars across West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, and North Africa.
The Danger Trail
The Danger Trail
The Danger Trail is based on the novel of the same title by James Oliver Curwood. The Danger Trail is a Northern (genre), set during the construction of the Hudson Bay Railway in Canada.
The Cruise of the Dazzler
The Cruise of the Dazzler
by Jack London
The Cruise of the Dazzler is considered a boy's adventure novel. In the novel, Joe Bronson, dissatisfied with his dull life at school, runs away and joins the crew of a sloop he sees in San Francisco Bay.
The Red Rover: A Tale
The Red Rover: A Tale
The Red Rover: A Tale was originally published in Paris before being published in London three days later. The Red Rover: A Tale was not published in the United States in Philadelphia.
Facing the Flag
Facing the Flag
by Jules Verne
Facing the Flag is part of the Voyages extraordinaires series. Like The Begum's Millions, which Verne published, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon with the threat finally overcome through the force of French patriotism.
The Three Jovial Huntsmen
The Three Jovial Huntsmen
The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880) was a popular British picture book illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans and published by George Routledge & Sons in London. The toy book, which is a variant of the folklore song The Three Huntsmen (sometimes called the Three Jolly Huntsmen), was well-received, selling tens of thousands of copies.
A Daughter of the Snows
A Daughter of the Snows
by Jack London
A Daughter of the Snows is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it recounts Frona Welse, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie" who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute.
The lost hunter: A tale of early times
The lost hunter: A tale of early times
The lost hunter: A tale of early times also set him on the path to establish the subgenre of New Journalism that he called "Gonzo", a style in which the writer becomes central to, and a participant in, the narrative. He became known for his intense dislike of Richard Nixon, who he claimed represented "that dark, venal, and incurably violent side of the American character".
The Man Without a Country, and Other Tales
The Man Without a Country, and Other Tales
The Man Without a Country, and Other Tales recounts a young American officer who declares himself disgusted with his country during a trial for treason, and wishes he never hears about her ever again. He is sentenced to spend the rest of his days at sea without so much as a word of news about the United States.
All Around the Moon
All Around the Moon
by Jules Verne
Around the Moon (French: Autour de la Lune, ), also translated as Circling the Moon and All Around the Moon, is the sequel to Jules Verne's novel, From the Earth to the Moon. All Around the Moon is a science fiction tale which continues the trip to the Moon that was only begun in the first novel.
The nigger of the "Narcissus"
The nigger of the "Narcissus"
The Nigger of the "Narcissus": A Tale of the Forecastle (sometimes subtitled A Tale of the Sea) is a novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad. The central character is an Afro-Caribbean man who is ill at sea while aboard the trading ship Narcissus heading towards London.
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
by Jules Verne
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth was first published in French, then reissued a revised and expanded edition. Professor Otto Lidenbrock is the tale's central figure, an eccentric German scientist who decodes a message from a 16th century Icelandic alchemist who claims to have reached to the very center of the earth via volcanic tubes in the crater of the celebrated inactive Icelandic volcano Snæfellsjökull.
The Rifle Rangers
The Rifle Rangers
by Mayne Reid
The Rifle Rangers depicts the plight of American soldiers stationed in Mexico during the war and their effect on the native population. The Rifle Rangers stays with the life of protagonist Captain Jack Haller as he helms the newly formed American battalion, dubbed the "Rifle Rangers".
A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta
A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta
by Guy Boothby
A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta was his first novel to feature his recurring character Dr. Nikola. A Bid for Fortune; Or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta was originally serialised in The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women over 22 issues, and was then published in the United Kingdom by Ward, Lock and Bowden in the same year.
The Island Queen
The Island Queen
by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
The Island Queen was then published in paperback by J. The Island Queen was Ballantyne's 79th publication, written in the latter half of his career.
A Son of the Sun
A Son of the Sun
by Jack London
A Son of the Sun is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich.
The Flight of Pony Baker A Boy's Town Story
The Flight of Pony Baker A Boy's Town Story
The Flight of Pony Baker A Boy's Town Story was published by Harper and Brothers New York, New York. The Flight of Pony Baker A Boy's Town Story recounts a young boy named Pony Baker who, throughout the book, attempts to run away from his home where he lives with his mother, father, and five sisters.
Edward Barry South Sea Pearler
Edward Barry South Sea Pearler
by Louis Becke
Edward Barry South Sea Pearler was originally published in 1900 in England by publishers T.
Typee
Typee
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life is American writer Herman Melville's first book, published, when Melville was 26 years old. Considered a classic in travel and adventure literature, the narrative is based on Melville's experiences on the island Nuku Hiva in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and research from other books.
The Prime Minister
The Prime Minister
by William Henry Giles Kingston
The prime minister of India (ISO: Bhāratīya Gaṇarājyasya Pradhānamantrī) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen Council of Ministers, despite the President of India being the nominal head of state.
Khaled, A Tale of Arabia
Khaled, A Tale of Arabia
by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Khaled, A Tale of Arabia was first published in hardcover by Macmillan and Co. The Ballantine edition includes an introduction by Lin Carter.
In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions
In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions
by Francis Leopold, Sir M'Clintock
In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions: Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator. During his third and final expedition, an attempt to traverse the Northwest Passage, Franklin's ships became icebound off King William Island in what is now Nunavut, where he died in June.
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
John Ermine of the Yellowstone is based on the novel of the same title by Frederic Remington.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is the first novel in the Oz series of books. A Kansas farm girl named Dorothy ends up in the magical Land of Oz after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their home by a cyclone.
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 (of 10)
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 01 (of 10)
by Richard Francis, Sir Burton
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, subtitled A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, is the only complete English language translation of One Thousand and One Nights (the Arabian Nights) to date – a gathering of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age (8th−13th centuries) – by the British explorer and Arabist Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890).
Hearts of three
Hearts of three
by Jack London
Hearts of three was finished right before the writer's death and released in the New York Journal. Hearts of three is based on an idea by Charles Goddard.
Under Rocking Skies
Under Rocking Skies
by L. Frank (Lewis Frank) Tooker
Under Rocking Skies continues the adventures of protagonist Locke Lamora and his friend Jean Tannen as they arrive on the exotic shores of Tal Verrar, where they must face the dangers of their past, as well as new rivals that wish to stop them at all costs while they try to pull their most ambitious con yet.