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Les Tribulations dun Chinois en Chine

Jules Verne

Jeune riche et ennuyé, Arthur a reçu de la vie tout ce quil pouvait et sest désintéressé delle. Par conséquent, il joue courageusement avec la mort, provoquant des situations mettant sa vie en danger, mais toutes ses tentatives pour se séparer de la vie saverent infructueuses. Tout cela est obligé dobserver sa mariée Susie, sa mere Alice et lami dArthur, M. Go. Enfin, M. Guo propose son ami l opération: Arthur doit assurer sa vie pendant un mois sur deux millions, somme qui, en cas de déces, sera partagée entre Suzy et M. Guo.

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The Man from Mustang

Max Brand

The Man From Mustang is the first book in Max Brands famed Silvertip series and its a decent read. He was incredibly prolific and wrote numerous books under his birth name (Frederick Faust) and a variety of pseudonyms. Today he is best known for his work published as Max Brand. The set-up of a young bank clerk framed for robbery and murder proves a worthy puzzle for Silvertip to run down, and, in saving the innocent and tracking down the real culprits, his hazards provide plenty of excitement. In "The Man from Mustang", Silvertip hunts a man whose face hes never seen ... and whose name he doesnt know!

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The Mystery of the Four Fingers

Fred M. White

The main characters of this story are a wealthy lawyer named Jim Gourdon and his tanned, adventurous friend Gerald Wenner traveling the world who amazes Gurdon and readers with his own story about the alleged millionaire Fenwick, his daughter, and some other noteworthy characters. After all, Fenwick has recently become a millionaire, it seems that posing as another. And his daughter is full of past secrets.

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens

Nineteenth century England. When Nicholas Nicklebys father dies and leaves his family destitute, his uncle, the greedy moneylender, Ralph Nickleby, finds Nicholas a job teaching in a repulsive school in Yorkshire. Nicholas flees the school taking with him one of the persecuted boys, Smike, and they join a troop of actors. Nicholas then has to protect Smike, while trying to stop his Uncle Ralph taking advantage of his sister Kate, and later his sweetheart, Madeline Bray, whose father is in debtors prison. A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle. After many adventures Nicholas finally triumphs over his Uncle, although his success is also tinged with sadness.

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The Councillors of Falconhoe

Fred M. White

The Councillors of Falconhoe, the new serial story, written by Mr. Fred. M. White. The story begins in the London club Mars and Jupiter, where several diplomats enjoy a quiet place, and the interest of the reader from the very beginning is maintained in an atmosphere of excitement. Hilary Gelicors, a central figure in the story, after an exciting adventure in the war, is unable to adapt to the relatively peaceful routine of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He prefers to work through other channels for the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and in the book he is fascinating to resist the machinations of those who would throw Europe further into the abyss.

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Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo. The Mystery of the Suicide Tables

William Le Queux

Yes! Im not mistaken at all! Its the same woman! whispered the tall, good-looking young Englishman in a well-cut navy suit as he stood with his friend, a man some ten years older than himself, at one of the roulette tables at Monte Carlo, the first on the right on entering the roomthat one known to habitual gamblers as The Suicides Table. Are you quite certain? asked his friend. Positive. I should know her again anywhere. Shes very handsome. And look, too, by Jove! how she is winning!

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You Cant Be Too Careful

Herbert George Wells

You Cant be Too Careful is a sketch of one way of life the life path, cowardly man, in fear, made a lot of dirty tricks. He never forgot that necessary caution, and helped unleash the Second world war. He believed everything he was told, he did what he was told. Not it is done by world Affairs, he was only a humble and law-abiding. But he relied all those who would, in the words of wells, to increase the amount of the worlds evil. He was one of the men who developed mass support for fascism and reaction. You Cant Be Too Careful is a novel written by H. G. Wells and first published in 1941. It is a satirical novel of one Englishman, a Mr. Edward Albert Tewler, from cradle to grave.

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Kerry

Grace Livingston Hill

Kerry Kavanaugh is a beautiful child asked to be adult, not even of age, with a spoiled childlike mother who makes terrible decisions upon the death of Kerrys father. Forced to flee with her fathers manuscript, a determined Kerry sails for New York to meet with her fathers publishers but is faced with a new challenge when a page of notes goes missing. Someone is out to steal the manuscript! But with a ship full of strangers, who cant she suspect? Then she meets Graham Mc Nair, who claims that he knew Kerrys dad years ago. Could this be the man of Kerrys dreams, or should she be suspicious of him since things are suspicious about her dads book? Unsure whom to trust, our heroine faces adversity with a great deal of courage and faith. Classic Grace Livingston Hill.