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Classics
When Anthony Lammas, Kirk minister and Professor of Logic at St Andrews University, sets off for business in London, little does he realise that he will soon be entangled in a web of conspiracy. But Anthony is no ordinary... See More
Romance
First published in 1936, "The Island of Sheep" (or "The Man from the Norlands" as it is known in the United States) is the fifth and final of the series of Richard Hannay 'spy' novels by John Buchan. The action occurs... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Dickson McCunn is an affluent, 55-year-old grocer, who takes an early retirement and ventures out to explore the world. At once he is swept out of his bourgeois rut into bizarre and outlandish adventures, and forced to... See More
"The Power-House" by John Buchan. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten?or yet... See More
Action & Adventure
Four classic adventure novels starring Scottish hero Sir Edward Leithen from the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps, who "invented the modern spy novel" (New Statesman). Sir Edward Leithen, lawyer, politician, sportsman and... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, OBE, DSO, Legion of Honour, is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist John Buchan. In his autobiography, Memory Hold-the-Door, Buchan suggests that the character is based... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
The Sir Edward Leithen series is cut from the same cloth as John Buchan's other great series, the John Hanay books. The heroes are similar, the pace breathtaking, and their adventures cross all country lines. This volume... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
The fourth book in John Buchan's thriller series focusing on Richard Hannay, The Three Hostages finds the one-time secret agent married and living a tranquil, rural life until a series of kidnappings changes everything... See More
Classics
Three successful but bored friends in their mid-forties decide to turn to poaching. They are Sir Edward Leithen, lawyer, Tory Member of Parliament (MP), and ex-Attorney General; John Palliser-Yeates, banker and sportsman... See More
Children's Nonfiction
"On the last day of May 1902 the signature at Pretoria of the conditions of peace brought to an end a war which had lasted for nearly three years; and had among other things destroyed a government; dissolved a society; and... See More
"It is never easy to fix upon one cause as the origin of a great war; and the war of 1914 was the outcome of several causes combined. For twenty years there had been growing up in Europe a sense of insecurity; the great... See More
Classics
Buchan knew that you can't buck the consequences of your actions, and that your life is what you make of it. Perhaps his peculiarly Scottish combination of Romanticism and Calvinism - daring living and high thinking - is due... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
The first adventure of Scots lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen whose daily routine of flat, chambers, flat, club is enlivened by the sudden disappearance of an Oxford contemporary. As the investigation into the disappearance... See More
Literary Fiction
Sick Heart River turns the adventure yarn into a spiritual quest with an authority that few have ever rivalled.' - Evening Standard Sick Heart River is both John Buchan's most powerful novel and his last, completed just days... See More
Classics
A Lodge in the Wilderness is a 1906 political quasi-novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. The book relates an imagined conference arranged by a multi-millionaire, Francis Carey to discuss the Empire. The guests are... See More
History
The battle of Jutland was the largest navel confrontation during the First World War involving the British and German fleets. John Buchan 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, was a man in position to write the history of the Great War as... See More
Mr. Standfast is a novel by John Buchan. Buchan was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician, here providing a story set during the First World War. Excerpt: "I returned to France on 13 September, and took... See More
Classics
Lord Minto, A Memoir is a biography by John Buchan. Gilbert John (aka Lord Minto) was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India during the late 19th... See More
Classics
John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875. After a brief career in the legal profession he began a twin career as writer and politician. He was a prodigious writer not just of fiction but of such acclaimed works as a 24... See More
Literary Fiction
'Plakos is a strange place, for the tides of civilisation and progress seem to have left it high and dry. It is a relic of old days, full of wild beliefs and pagan habits.' Young Englishwoman Kore Arabin has inherited a... See More
Education & Reference
A level 4 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Nick Bullard. 'I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder... See More
Classics
British & Irish
"The Thirty-Nine Steps" was written by John Buchan and published in the year 1915. It is only the first of the 5-book series of the Richard Hannay novels. This exciting action-adventure story was the inspiration for Alfred... See More
Classics
If you ever read one book by John Buchan this should be it, an often overlooked masterpiece of historical fiction. The Path of the King, offers a tapestry of historical episodes, from the blood soaked spears of Viking... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Contains: The Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Mr Standfast, The Three Hostages and The Island of Sheep See More
Professional & Technical
A guide to South African politics and reconstruction after the terror and destruction of the Boer war. See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
"Greenmantle" is a spy novel written by John Buchan and published in 1916. Set during World War One, "Greenmantle" is the second of the 5-book series of the Richard Hannay novels which immediately follow "The thirty-nine... See More
"The Watcher by the Threshold" by John Buchan is a collection of early novellas and stories, most with supernatural elements. "No Man's Land," "The Far Islands," "The Watcher by the Threshold," "The Outgoing of the Tide,"... See More
Classics
This work presents a collection of twelve famous escapes or hurried journeys from history, including Charles II's escape after the Battle of Worcester, Marie Antoinette's flight to Varennes, and Winston Churchill's... See More
'John Burnet of Barns' is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. The novel opens in 1678, with the bookish 12-year-old John Burnet escaping from the eye of his tutor at Barns for a day's fishing expedition... See More