North America, Central America

Rope Boy is the story of Dennis Gray, a young lad from Leeds who gets his first taste of rock at age eleven, and goes on to become a prominent figure in the UK climbing scene for decades to come. Gra …

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood – Howard Pyle – In this edition of ‘The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood’, Howard Pyle has provided possibly the best and most complete rendering of this classic tale …

A Prisoner in Fairyland Algernon Blackwood – In the train, even before St. John’s was passed, a touch of inevitable reaction had set in, and Rogers asked himself why he was going. For a sentimental j …

My Lady Ludlow Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell – My Lady Ludlow is a long novella (over 77, 000 words). It appeared in the magazine Household Words in 1858, and was republished in Round the Sofa in 1859, …

William Howard’s ‘Narrative of a Journey to the Summit of Mont Blanc’ is a gripping and vivid account of the author’s challenging expedition to the highest peak in the Alps. Through detailed descript …

Sapphira and the Slave Girl Willa Cather – Set on the Nebraska prairie where Willa Cather (18731947) grew up, this powerful early novel tells the story of the young Alexandra Bergson, whose dying fat …

Babbitt Sinclair Lewis – Babbitt is a satirical novel about American culture and society that critiques the vacuity of middle class life and the social pressure toward conformity. The controversy pro …

Jungle Tales of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs – Jungle Tales of Tarzan is a collection of twelve loosely connected short stories by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, comprising the sixth book in or …

Most people think of the American state of New Jersey as a suburban-industrial corridor that sits just west of New York City. But in the centre of the state lies a vast wilderness – larger than most …

The Lost Prince Frances Hodgson Burnett – This book is about Marco Loristan, his father, and his friend, a street urchin called ‘The Rat’. Marco’s father, Stefan, is a Samavian patriot working to ove …