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This eBook edition of «The Sea Hawk and Captain Blood» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Sea Hawk: Sir Oliver Tressilian, who is villainously betrayed by a jealous half-brother. After being forced to serve as a slave on a galley, Sir Oliver is liberated by Barbary pirates. He joins the pirates, gaining the name «Sakr-el-Bahr» (the hawk of the sea), and swears vengeance against his brother. Captain Blood (a.k.a. The Odyssey of Captain Blood) is an adventure novel in which the title character is admiral of a fleet of pirate ships. Rafael Sabatini was an English writer of novels of romance and adventure.

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Wanting to see the world and unable to live with his uncle anymore, Bunyip Bluegum the koala sets out on his travels, taking only a walking stick. At about lunchtime, feeling more than slightly peckish, he meets Bill Barnacle the sailor and Sam Sawnoff the penguin who are eating a pudding. The pudding is a magic one which, no matter how much one eats it, always reforms into a whole pudding again. The pudding is called Albert, has thin arms and legs and is a bad-tempered, ill-mannered so-and-so into the bargain. His only pleasure is being eaten and on his insistence, Bill and Sam invite Bunyip to join them for lunch. They then set off on the road together, Bill explaining to Bunyip how he and Sam were once shipwrecked with a ship's cook on an iceberg where the cook created the pudding which they now own…

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The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children and is considered a classic of children's literature. Set in the fictional realm of Narnia, a fantasy world of magic, mythical beasts, and talking animals, the series narrates the adventures of various children who play central roles in the unfolding history of that world. Except in The Horse and His Boy, the protagonists are all children from the real world, magically transported to Narnia, where they are called upon by the lion Aslan to protect Narnia from evil and restore the throne to its rightful line. The books span the entire history of Narnia, from its creation in The Magician's Nephew to its eventual destruction in The Last Battle. In addition to Christian themes, Lewis also borrowed characters from Greek and Roman mythology, as well as traditional British and Irish fairy tales. Table of Contents: The Chronicles of Narnia 1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 2. Prince Caspian 3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 4. The Silver Chair 5. The Horse and His Boy 6. The Magician's Nephew 7. The Last Battle Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, lay theologian, and lecturer. He is best known for his fictional work, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain.

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Steve Fraser is an honest deputy who is set on a task to capture the most wanted criminal who is on the run. But Fraser is bound to take help from other criminals and in the process ends up being labelled as a murderer himself. Can Fraser clear his reputation before it's too late? Will he ever succeed in his mission and save the day? William MacLeod Raine was a British-born American novelist who wrote fictional adventure stories about the American Old West. During the First World War 500,000 copies of one of his books were sent to British soldiers in the trenches. Twenty of his novels have been filmed. Though he was prolific, he was a slow, careful, conscientious worker, intent on accurate detail, and considered himself a craftsman rather than an artist.

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This eBook edition of «The Children of Odin (Illustrated Edition)» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This collection brings us close to the magical legendary stories of Ancient Northern Europe, which remain one of the great myth cycles of Western civilization.Contents:The Dwellers in AsgardFar Away and Long AgoThe Building of the WallIduna and Her Apples: How Loki Put the Gods in DangerSif's Golden Hair: How Loki Wrought Mischief in AsgardHow Brock Brought Judgment on LokiHow Freya Gained Her Necklace and How Her Loved One Was Lost to HerHow Frey Won Gerda, the Giant Maiden, and How He Lost His Magic SwordHeimdall and Little Hnossa: How All Things Came to BeThe All-Father's Forebodings: How He Leaves AsgardOdin the WandererOdin Goes to Mimir's Well: His Sacrifice for WisdomOdin Faces an Evil ManOdin Wins for Men the Magic MeadOdin Tells to Vidar, His Silent Son, the Secret of His DoingsThor and Loki in the Giants' CityHow Thor and Loki Befooled Thrym the GiantÆgir's Feast: How Thor TriumphedThe Dwarf's Hoard, and the Curse that It BroughtThe Witch's HeartForeboding in AsgardLoki the BetrayerLoki Against the ÆsirThe ValkyrieThe Children of LokiBaldur's DoomLoki's PunishmentThe Sword of the Volsungs and the Twilight of the GodsSigurd's YouthThe Sword Gram and the Dragon FafnirThe Dragon's BloodThe Story of Sigmund and SignyThe Story of Sigmund and SinfiotliThe Story of the Vengeance of the Volsungs and of the Death of SinfiotliBrynhild in the House of FlameSigurd at the House of the NibelungsHow Brynhild Was Won for GunnarThe Death of SigurdThe Twilight of the Gods

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"The Wailing Asteroid" is a science-fiction novel written by Murray Leinster. It presents the theme of the lone inventor who saves Earth from cosmic danger and introduces Humanity to an unknown civilization. The novel was adapted for film as «The Terrornauts» in 1967.

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This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The four superior Lensmen: Kinnison, Worsel, Tregonsee, and Nadreck, are armed with mental powers allowing them to control the minds of others and see, hear, and feel without using their physical senses (the «sense of perception»). This elite cadre allows Civilization to tip the balance against Boskone as Second Stage Lensmen abilities are ideally suited to spying and information gathering…E. E. Smith, PhD. or, E. E. «Doc» Smith is regarded as the father of the space opera. His works were the precursors of the modern day sci-fi fantasy series like Star Wars and Star Trek. So much so that Smith is credited to have coined many of the oft-used technical terms like tractor beams, inertial dampers etc. Smith was also a successful American food engineer and is still best known for his Lensman and Skylark series.

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