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  • Frederick John Niven, Collection

    by Frederick John Niven ...
    Frederick John Niven, (born March 31, 1878, Valparaíso, Chile—died Jan. 30, 1944, Vancouver, B.C., Can.), was a regional novelist who wrote more than 30 novels, many of them historical romances, set in Scotland and Canada. Three of his best-known novels—The Flying Years (1935), Mine Inheritance (1940), and The Transplanted (1944)—form a trilogy dealing with the settlement of the Canadian west ... Read more

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  • The Thirty-Nine Steps

    by John Buchan ...
    John Buchan’s The Thirty-Nine Steps was the novel that introduced readers to the cunning Richard Hannay and became a foundational work in the spy-thriller genre. Taking place only months before the outbreak of World War One (and written during the conflict) it focuses on Hannay’s attempts to warn the government of an unfolding plot to steal Great Britain’s military plans. Throughout the book ... Read more

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  • Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman

    by E. W. Hornung ...
    Series Book 1 - A. J. Raffles, the Gentleman Thief
    The cracking debut of A. J. Raffles, proper English gentleman and jewel thief extraordinaireSometimes the greatest of partnerships are born in the direst of moments. For Bunny Manders and A. J. Raffles, such a moment comes when a bad night at the baccarat tables threatens to end in suicide. Hundreds of pounds in the red, Bunny grows so desperate that he asks Raffles, a former classmate who ... Read more

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  • The 39 Steps

    by John Buchan ...
    Series series Classic Sensation
    Europe is close to war and spies are everywhere. Richard Hannay the protagonist and narrator, an expatriate Scot, returns to his new home, a flat in London, after a long stay in Rhodesia, in order to begin a new life. One night he is buttonholed by a stranger, a well-travelled American, who claims to be in fear for his life. The man appears to know of an anarchist plot to destabilise Europe, ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

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  • Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman

    by E. W. Hornung ...
    Series Book 2 - A. J. Raffles, the Gentleman Thief
    Sophisticated mayhem from a master of crime fictionSince his friend and partner in crime, A. J. Raffles, jumped into the Mediterranean, Bunny Manders has scraped along as best he can. At Raffles's side, he was witness to, and participant in, the most ingenious burglaries the underworld had ever seen. Without him, Bunny is a struggling ex-convict, so down on his luck that he answers an ad seeking a ... Read more

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  • Raffles the Gentleman Thief - Trilogy

    by E. W. Hornung ...
    Raffles, the gentleman thief, was created by E. W. Hornung, who was brother-in-law to the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle. In many ways, Raffles is an inversion of Holmes, he has his own Watson in the form of Harry "Bunny" Manders, and he is a master of disguise.This compilation contains three Raffles stories:• The Amateur Cracksman• Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman• A ... Read more

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  • SIR EDWARD LEITHEN Complete Collection – 6 Titles in One Premium Edition (Mystery & Thriller Series) (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Anarchist plots, poachers' wagers, and prophetic visions

    by John Buchan, Reid Graybourne ...
    Gathering the adventures of Sir Edward Leithen, barrister, parliamentarian, and reluctant man of action, this collection traces Buchan's distinctive fusion of clubland mystery, imperial romance, psychological thriller, and metaphysical quest. From conspiratorial menace in The Power-House to the sporting audacity of John Macnab, the uncanny intimations of The Gap in the Curtain, and the spiritual ... Read more

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  • Ploughman of the Moon

    Enriched edition. Celebrating Nature, Love, and the Human Experience through Timeless Poetry

    by Robert William Service, Tessa Benson ...
    In "Ploughman of the Moon," Robert William Service crafts a poignant exploration of life's universal struggles through the lens of a dreamer and laborer. This collection of poems reflects Service's characteristic narrative style, combining vivid imagery and musical rhythm that evokes the raw beauty of nature and the hardships of rural existence. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century ... Read more

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  • The Gypsy's Parson: His Experiences and Adventures

    by George Hall ...
    A TANGLE of sequestered streets lying around a triple-towered cathedral; red roofs and gables massed under the ramparts of an ancient castle; a grey Roman arch lit up every spring-time by the wallflower’s mimic gold; an old-world Bailgate over whose tavern yards drifted the sleepy music of the minster chimes; a crooked by-lane leading down to a wide common loved by the winds of heaven—these were ... Read more

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  • Robert James Campbell Stead, Collection

    by Robert James Campbell Stead ...
    Robert James Campbell Stead (4 September 1880 - 1959) was born at Middleville, Ontario. His first book, The Empire Builders and Other Poems was published in 1908 and for the next 23 years, until 1931, he continued a steady flow of novels, short stories and books of verse, which enriched the portraiture of Canadian prairie life. As described by Terrence Craig, "In his early poetry, such as The ... Read more

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  • A. J. Raffles, A Gentleman-Thief: 27 Crime Tales in One Volume (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. The Amateur Cracksman, The Black Mask - Raffles: Further Adventures, A Thief in the Night & Mr. Justice Raffles

    by E. W. Hornung, Niall Elmridge ...
    A. J. Raffles, A Gentleman-Thief gathers the celebrated adventures of Hornung's "amateur cracksman," a polished cricketer and clubman who pursues burglary with the finesse of an aesthetic vocation. Narrated by his anxious accomplice Bunny Manders, these tales transpose the detective formula into criminal key: Holmesian deduction becomes predatory ingenuity, and late-Victorian respectability is ... Read more

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  • Frontier Boys in Frisco

    by Roosevelt, Wyn ...
    Popular children's book, from the Frontier Boys series, published around 1900. ... Read more

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