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Richard Hannay’s boredom is soon relieved when the resourceful engineer is caught up in a web of secret codes, spies, and murder on the eve of WWI. This exciting action-adventure story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1939 classic film of the same name. John Buchan (1875-1940) was Governor General of Canada and a popular novelist. Although condemned by some for anti-Semitic dialog in The Thirty-Nine Steps, his character’s sentiments do not represent the view of the author who was identified in Hitler’s Sonderfahndungsliste (special search list) as a "Jewish sympathiser." (...

Huntingtower is a thrilling adventure novel about a retired grocer who stumbles upon a Russian princess being held captive in a Scottish mansion. Teaming up with an unlikely band of allies, he must outwit villains, navigate political intrigue, and stage a daring rescue.

The Power-House is a gripping political thriller where barrister Edward Leithen stumbles upon a global conspiracy that threatens the very fabric of civilization. As he races against time to stop an underground anarchist organization, he faces espionage, deception, and the terrifying realization that the world is more fragile than it seems.