Enoch Strone

E. Phillips Oppenheim

Upward in long sinuous bends the road wound its way into the heart of the hills. The man, steadily climbing to the summit, changed hands upon the bicycle he was pushing, and wiped the sweat from his grimy forehead. It had been a gray morning when he had left, with no promise of this burst of streaming sunshine. Yet the steep hill troubled him but little--he stepped blithely forward with little sign of fatigue.

Seven Mile House

Max Brand

If you enjoy a fast moving Western dealing with vengeance and well-deserved payback, youll like "The Seven Mile House" by Max Brand. Neatly plotted and briskly told, it illustrates Brands remarkable gift for storytelling. One of the greatest Western authors of all time. Max Brand leads the reader on a very authentic tale of the old west the way it was. Brands action-filled stories of adventure and heroism in the American West continue to entertain readers throughout the world. Brand penned over 200 full-length Westerns in his career, including "Destry Rides Again" and Montana Rides Again".

The Mayor on Horseback

E. Phillips Oppenheim

The young handsome Mayor of Mechester, Daniel Poynton is the owner of a very successful shoe manufacturer, the major employer in the city and the mayor will soon be a Lord Mayor. Never before interested in women, or even in social affairs, he is stricken by the beauty of The Lady Ursula Manningham and falls in love. As the novel develops, Poyntons factory is threatened by foreign manufacturers who want to establish a cooperative monopoly with him. At the same time, Poyntons relationship with Violet Grey, who is a competent secretary, continues to develop and becomes more important to his business and social life. Meanwhile his infatuation with Lady Ursula progresses to the point of asking her to marry... The book shows interesting color on the interaction between socialist workers unions and managements enlightened response to worker unrest.

Rim O the World

B.M. Bower

B. M. Bowers novel Rim o the World introduces readers to a rough-and-tumble group of range riders who scrape out a living in the foreboding and unwelcoming region known as Black Rim Country. Packed with suspense, action, and romance, this is a must-read for Western fans of all ages. B. M. (Bertha Muzzy) Bower was the first woman to make a career of writing popular westerns. And what a career it was more than sixty novels published from 1904 to 1940, the year of her death, and still more posthumously. In the western orbit, Bower was and still is a star.

Jack Chanty. A Story of Athabasca

Hulbert Footner

In this tightly plotted novel, we follow the bizarre career of a man who loathes criminals. After Humphrey Challoner finds his wife killed by the bullet of a robber in his home, he vows to catch the man. Mr. Challoner is a wealthy savant, and he saved the fingerprints of the robber as well as some of the robbers strange hair which Challoners wife had in her hand. For twenty years Humphrey hunts for the killer, in the process revenging himself on Londons criminals class in a surprising and gruesome fashion. This Freeman work is not a Dr. Thorndyke mystery. Instead, it is the disturbing account of how a man wreaks vengeance on the miscreant who murdered his wife in a bungled robbery attempt. It also poses the question of how a moral society should deal with criminals.

The Little Lady of the Big House

Jack London

This is the story of a love triangle between Dick Forrest, a wealthy landowner and a great businessman, his wife Paola and friend Graham, who came to visit them, so to speak. A lot of people gather at Forrest Estate. Among them are vagabond philosophers who live in the land of Dick, artists, musicians, etc. And among the constant dinners, entertainment, etc., fateful events take place.

A Front of Brass

Fred M. White

Another of the greatest works written by Fred M. White. In this book, the protagonist Eleanor Marsh is at the top of social circles. She is not a very good person, and in this book she is described as adventurers. She is always looking for an opportunity to make some money no matter who it hurts.

Flug in den Weltenraum

Hans Dominik

Hans Dominiks Romane der 1920er Jahre waren vom damaligen Zeitgeist in Deutschland geprägt. Im Mittelpunkt seiner Handlungen stehen meist deutsche Ingenieure oder Wissenschaftler, die ihre Erfindungen und Entdeckungen gegen undurchsichtige Konzerne und feindliche Nationen verteidigen müssen. Seine Science-Fiction-Erzählungen erfreuen sich seit Anfang des vorigen Jahrhunderts bis in die Gegenwart großer Beliebtheit. Flug in den Weltraum ist ein Science-Fiction-Roman von Hans Dominik aus dem Jahre 1940. Forscher experimentieren mit radioaktivem Elementen, um den idealen Treibstoff für eine Weltraumrakete zu finden. Ein Forschungsteam aus Deutschland scheint dies zu schaffen, doch die Teams der Amerikaner, Engländer und Japaner erfahren auch davon. Wer wird diesen Wettstreit gewinnen? Nun beginnt der eigentliche Wettkampf um den Flug in den Weltraum...