Action & Adventure
The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts
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Maurice Maeterlinck
The Blue Bird is a 1908 play by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck. On the night of Christmas a boy and a girl, Tyltil and Mytil, are visite…
Jess
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H. Rider Haggard
The setting for this novel is the Boer War in South Africa in 1880. This novel is interesting and exciting on several levels: there are com…
The Boy Scouts in the Rockies
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St. George Henry Rathborne
Starting off their trip to the Rockies with Step-Hen getting bitten by a snake, then Allan stepping on a bear trap, the Silver Fox Patrol is…
Black'erchief Dick
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Margery Allingham
This is noted mystery writer, Margery Allingham's first novel, written when she was just 18. It a swashbuckling novel of romance and adventu…
The Ocean Waifs
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Thomas Mayne Reid
"The “vulture of the sea,” borne upon broad wing, and wandering over the wide Atlantic, suddenly suspends his flight to look down upon …
Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport
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Lawrence Perry
Newport, of course, means aristocratic families and naval adventures. In this tale, we wonder if the heiress will actually marry the Russian…
The Wreck of the Corsaire
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William Clark Russell
This book was published in 1897. When cabin passenger Mr. Catesby climbs into the rigging of the Ruby in search of cooler air, he is struck …
The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill
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Margaret Vandercook
Betty Ashton is so very bored! She is in her home, wanting something interesting to do, when she meets her new companion, Esther Clark. Es…
The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake
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Laura Lee Hope
"The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake; Or Stirring Cruise of the Motor Boat Gem" is the second volume is a series of adventure books …
Billie Bradley and Her Inheritance
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Janet D. Wheeler
Billie Bradley fell heir to an old homestead that was unoccupied and located far away in a lonely section of the country. How Billie went th…
Black Pawl
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Ben Ames Williams
This riveting novel takes place on a whaling ship, where its captain, Black Pawl, has a troubled relationship with the first mate, his son. …
Ottawa Folk Festival Robert Service Collection (from The Spell of the Yukon)
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Robert W. Service
On August 13-15, 2010, A hearty band of Librivox volunteers, led by Bob Ledrew and Sean McGaughey, recorded selections from the Spell of the…
Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacie
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Thomas Lodge
This novel, which Shakespeare adapted in his pastoral comedy As You Like It, is the archetypal pastoral adventure. Two young persons of high…
The Old Adam
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Arnold Bennett
Edward Henry Machin, whose rise from humble beginnings to prosperity was told in 'The Card', leads a comfortable life in the English Midland…
The History of Robinson Crusoe
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William James Mcglothlin
A 6-page digest of Defoe's famous work for young readers (Summary by Dennis Sayers)
The Peril Finders
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George Manville Fenn
In California settlers are trying to make a living working as fruit-growers. Problems with blights and insects mean that the crops are faili…
The Seats of The Mighty
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Gilbert Parker
For the time of his story Mr. Parker has chosen the most absorbing period of the romantic eighteenth-century history of Quebec. The curtain …
The Junior Classics Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales
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Variousandwilliam Patten and Various And William Patten
This collection of The Junior Classics is compiled from many wonderful authors including Alcott, Dickens, Hawthorne, and Carroll. The storie…
The Talking Handkerchief, and Other Stories
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Thomas Wallace Knox
This is a collection of 22 stories of action and adventure. We follow the narrators as they escape pirates and cannibals, overcome natural d…
Nobody's Boy
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Hector Malot
One day, French mason Jerome Barberin finds an abandoned baby boy. As the boy is wearing fine clothes, Barberin hopes that he is the son of …