Stranded on an Island: The boy’s adventure begins when he is shipwrecked or otherwise left alone on a deserted island. The isolation and the challenges of survival on the island form the core of the story. He must use his resourcefulness and courage to navigate the unfamiliar environment.Search for Treasure: As the title suggests, a significant part of the story involves the quest for "Golden Treasure." The boy discovers clues or a map leading to hidden treasure, which adds an element of m...

Three semi-autobiographical plays by Victor Pemberton telling the story of one family across the 20th centuryNovelist and playwright Victor Pemberton was best known for scripting Doctor Who and working on Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock. His many plays for BBC Radio included The Slide, Kill the Pharaoh. and this three-part family saga, a love story inspired by the lives of his own parents and starring Nerys Hughes, Nigel Anthony, Sheila...

Brenda Blethyn, Lesley Manville and Phil Davis star in this special Mike Leigh collection, featuring the iconic hit Abigail’s Party and a banned play from the BBC archivesOne of Britain's most prolific and influential writers, Mike Leigh has directed some of the best British films of the last 50 years, including Life is Sweet, Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake. He has written a plethora of plays for the BBC, among them the bleakly comic drama...

A trilogy of thrillers set in Liverpool, featuring the formidable Detective Inspector CrustVeteran scriptwriter Vincent McInerney draws on his lifelong knowledge of Liverpool and his background in the Merchant Marine in these engaging thrillers, in which the gruff, indomitable John Crust and his sidekick Minty probe the circumstances surrounding a missing husband, a stolen sculpture and a hidden treasure.O’Rourke’s First Case – Mad...

In "The Lost World," Arthur Conan Doyle crafts an exhilarating adventure that delves into the realm of scientific exploration and the unknown. Written in 1912, the novel adopts a narrative style that intertwines vivid descriptions with suspenseful action, embodying the spirit of early 20th-century exploration literature. Doyle introduces Professor Challenger, a brash and unapologetic scientist, and a band of companions who embark on a perilous expedition to a remote South American plateau,...

One of the world’s best-loved stories of shipwreck and survival, The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, portrays a family’s struggle to create a new life for themselves on a strange and fantastic tropical island. Blown off course by a raging storm, the family, a Swiss pastor, his wife, their four young sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of livestock, must rely on one another in order to adapt to their needs the natural wonders of their exotic new home. Inspired by Daniel Defoe’s R...

"Travels in West Africa," Kingsley provides a detailed and often adventurous account of her journeys through various parts of West Africa, including Gabon and parts of present-day Cameroon. She explores the cultures, societies, and natural environments of the regions she visits, and she interacts with local people and documents her observations on their way of life, beliefs, and traditions.Kingsley's writing style is engaging and informative, and she offers insights into the challenges and...

The book contains the recollections of one of the most noted big game hunters and explorers of Africa originally published in 1913. The book will appeal to every lover of wilderness adventure and every person who values the observations of an excellent field naturalist. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, usin...

Classic adventure novel. According to Wikipedia: "Stewart Edward White (12 March 1873 September 18, 1946) was an American author. Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan he earned degrees from University of Michigan (Ph.D., 1895; M.A., 1903). From about 1900 until about 1922, he wrote adventure travel books."

My Crowded Solitude is the story of Jack McLaren who went ashore at Cape York (Australia) to establish a coconut plantation in 1911. The book traces his encounters with Aborigines who were still living as they had in the stone age and his discovery that life in the wilderness can be rich and fulfilling.John (Jack) McLaren (1884-1954) was born on 13 October 1884 at Melbourne, Australia; the eldest of five children. McLaren entered Scotch College on 8 October...

Contemptuous of Europe's 'civilising mission' in Africa, Mary Kingsley's (1862-1900) extraordinary journeys through tropical west Africa are a remarkable record, both of a world which has vanished and of a writer and explorer of immense bravery, wit and humanity. Paddling through mangrove swamps, fending off crocodiles, climbing Mount Cameroon, Kingsley is both admirable and funny.Great Journeys allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries – but al...

MY Dear Young Folks,—In the first book which I wrote for you, we traveled together through the Gorilla Country, and saw not only the gigantic apes, but also the cannibal tribes which eat men.In the second book we continued our hunting, and met leopards, elephants, hippopotami, wild boars, great serpents, etc., etc. We were stung and chased by the fierce Bashikouay ants, and plagued by flies.Last spring, your friend Paul, not satisfied with writing for young folks, took it i...