| (P C Wren)
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| This is the first in the "Beau Geste" series. The three Geste brothers are orphans and have been brought up by their aunt. When a precious jewel known as the "Blue Water" goes missing, suspicion falls on the young people, and Beau leaves Britain to join the French Foreign Legion, followed by his brothers, Digby (his twin) and John.
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| (P C Wren)
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| The third in the Beau Geste series, Beau Ideal concerns the efforts by Foreign Legionnaire Otis Madison to locate his childhood chum John Geste. The two men are reunited in the Arabian desert, where Geste is doing penance in a stockade reserved for discredited Legionnaires.
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| (P C Wren)
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| The second in the Beau Geste series, Beau Sabreur begins as three Legionnaires do not return promptly from furlough and end up in the poky. There, the hero duels with a traitor and wins, causing him to gain the designation "Beau Sabreur." Later he is sent into the desert to learn the ways of the Arabs and to help forge a peace treaty.
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| (Herman Melville)
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| Billy Budd is a novella which Melville left unfinished at the time of his death in 1891. It was not published until 1924. When Budd strikes and accidentally kills Claggart, the Master-at-Arms, he is court-martialed. This story is often interpreted as being about good and evil, with Billy representing Christ or Adam (before the Fall), and Claggart (who is compared to a snake several times in the text) representing Evil. Part of Claggart's hatred towards Billy comes because of Billy's goodness rather than in spite of it. [Wikipedia]
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| (Rudyard Kipling)
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| Harvey Cheyne is the indulged son of a wealthy railroad magnate. Washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by fishermen on the Grand Banks, the young Harvey cannot persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince them of his wealth. However, the captain of the fishing boat, Disko Troop, offers him a job as part of the crew until they return to port. With no other choice, Harvey accepts. [Wikipedia]
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| (John Buchan)
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| This is the second of five novels by John Buchan featuring Richard Hannay. Set in World War I, Hannay is called in to investigate rumours of an uprising in the Muslim world, and undertakes a perilous journey through enemy territory to meet up with his friend Sandy in Constantinople. Once there, he and his friends must thwart the Germans' plans to use religion to help them win the war.
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| (Robert Louis Stevenson)
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| David Balfour, whose parents have recently died, is out to make his way in the world. He has an introduction to his uncle, Ebenezer Balfour. When David enquires about the location of House of Shaws, where his uncle lives, people speak of it as a place of fear and evil. When David arrives at the house, he is confronted by Ebenezer who armed with a blunderbuss. While staying at the house David begins to suspect that he might be the legitimate heir to the estate. He is subsequently kidnapped and his adventures begin.
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| (H Rider Haggard)
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| This classic adventure story tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is the first English fictional adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre. [Wikipedia]
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| (Herman Melville)
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| The classic story of the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael, and his voyage on the whale ship 'Pequod,' commanded by Captain Ahab. Ahab is seeking to find and kill Moby Dick, a white sperm whale which had previously destroyed his boat and bitten off his leg.
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| (John Buchan)
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| Set in the later years of World War I, Richard Hannay is recalled from active service on the Western Front to undertake a secret mission hunting for a dangerous German agent at large in Britain. He is forced to work undercover disguised as a pacifist, roaming the country incognito to investigate the deadly spy and his agents, and then heads to the Swiss Alps to save Europe from being overwhelmed by the German army.
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| (Rolf Boldrewood)
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| In this classic Australian novel, written in the first person, the narrator tells the story of his life and loves and his association with the notorious bushranger, Captain Starlight. It is set in the bush and goldfields of Australia in the 1850s.
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| (Ernest Shackleton)
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| This is an account of an attempt to make the first crossing of Antarctica, from sea to sea, by a British Expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton.
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| (John Buchan)
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| Richard Hannay is obliged, by an old oath, to protect the heir to the secret of a great treasure. The story is set in England, Scotland and on the Island of Sheep.
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| (Roald Amundsen)
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| On 14 December 1911, Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition became the first to reach the South Pole, a month before the expedition led by Robert Scott. This is Amundsen's account of the journey, remarkable for the organised way in which it was executed.
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| (John Buchan)
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| In May 1914, Europe was close to war and spies were everywhere. Richard Hannay is called on for help when a German plot is discovered, to murder the Greek Premier and steal British plans for the outbreak of war.
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| (John Buchan)
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| After World War I, Richard Hannay has married and is living peacefully in the Cotswolds, when he receives a request to help solve the mysterious kidnapping of the children of three prominent people. With few clues, Hannay, assisted by friends, must track down the villains.
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| (Robert Louis Stevenson)
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| This classic novel of adventure features characters with such well-known names as Jim Hawkins, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Long John Silver. It is as readable now as it must have been when it first appeared in the 1880s. The search for buried treasure makes the book difficult to put down.
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