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“The Buffalo Runners: A Tale of the Red River Plains” is a children's adventure novel set in the American Old West by Scottish author R. M. Ballantyne. Full of thrilling action, terrible danger, and intrepid heroism, “The Buffalo Runners” will appeal to children with an interest in history...

CHOCK-A-BLOCK FULL OF CLASSIC AUSTRALIAN YARNS, JOKES AND NONSENSE Ryle Winn is the master of the cock and bull tale, and this is a collection of the funniest yarns he's ever heard. There's something for everyone life-of-the-party jokes, rib-tickling pub stories and fair dinkum yarns, which are worth...

“Fifteen men on the Dead Man's Chest! Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest. Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!” ― Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island. ‘Billy’ Bones, Robinson Crusoe, Friday, Lemuel Gulliver, Long John Silver, Captain Flint...

A disturbing patient interrupts psychiatrist Dr. Pierce's Thanksgiving dinner at the asylum. He'll need help from unlikely allies if he's to make it back in time for dessert.

At once nostalgic and gripping, Cemetery Side Road tells the story of a man's obsession with a tragedy that happened in his youth, one that he never forgave himself for letting happen. In the blink of an eye he lost that which was most precious to him.    Even after moving away to escape the painful...

Extrait : "Le premier soin de l'homme supérieur, dès qu'il est conscient de lui-même, réside à sculpter, à ciseler son être moral : la théorie de la perfection chrétienne n'est que l'initiation sublimée. Oui, l'homme a le devoir et le pouvoir de se créer une seconde fois, selon le bien. On...

Lost in the Forest by R.M. Ballantyne Here, one evening, they were becalmed not far from land, and Griffin ordered a boat to be lowered, with a crew to go ashore. The captain had been in low spirits that day, from what cause was not known, and no one ever found out the reason, but certain it is that...

Dr Pierce's "bloodsuckers anonymous" support meeting is interrupted by a hunter who would have set his heart racing, if it still beat at all. Can they unite against a common enemy, or will she just "stake" his heart?

At a joint birthday party for himself and the United States of America, Dr. Pierce gets a very unexpected visitor from his past and makes a decision that will change his future.

There is a pilgrim soul in all of us, an inner searching that continues throughout our lives For lack of a purpose, millions in despair seek refuge in unbridled consumerism, drugs, alcohol, crime or antisocial behaviour. From times immemorial, man has striven to know his place in this bewildering...

When we look up a word in a dictionary, we want to know not just its meaning but also its function and the circumstances under which it should be used in preference to words of similar meaning. Standard dictionaries do not address such matters, treating each word in isolation. R. M. W. Dixon puts...

This eBook edition of "The Wild Man of the West (A Western Classic)" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Living in the Wild West wasn't always a dream job. There were often skirmishes with the rival groups and an on-going tussle...

Welcome to the 3 Books To Know series, our idea is to help readers learn about fascinating topics through three essential and relevant books. These carefully selected works can be fiction, non-fiction, historical documents or even biographies. We will always select for you three great works to instigate...

The Lively Poll: A Tale Of The North Sea by R.M. Ballantyne Manx Bradley was an admiral ­“admiral of the fleet” ­though it must be admitted that his personal appearance did not suggest a position so exalted. With rough pilot coat and sou’-wester, scarred and tarred hands, easy, rolling...