Fletcher: 1215 books

Popular children's book from the Boy Scouts series, first published in 1913.

»Ist Mr. Richard Malvery zu Hause?« fragte er. Der alte Mann trat einen Schritt zurück und hob die Hand, als ob er die Augen beschatten wollte, während er zu dem Reiter aufschaute. »Mr. Richard?« erwiderte er dann kopfschüttelnd. »Fragten Sie nach Mr. Richard? Der ist in den letzten fünf...

Excerpt: "Obwohl ich also stets zur Stelle war, kann ich mich nicht erinnern, daß man mich jemals außerhalb der Bürostunden gerufen hätte; erst Anfang Februar 1921 wurde ich eines Morgens um halb sieben von jemandem angeläutet, der sich als Mr. Watson Paley, Privatsekretär Lord Cheverdales,...

Als der wohlhabende Bauunternehmer Jacob Herapath tot in seinem Büro gefunden wird, mit einem Revolver an seiner Seite und einer Schusswunde im Kopf, wird der Zeitpunkt seines Todes auf Mitternacht festgelegt. Bemerkenswert nur, dass sein Fahrer ihn eine Stunde nach Mitternacht noch lebend gesehen...

The Sanitizer is the code name for a colonel who was in charge of covert operations against the Chinese Communists during the attempted Communist takeover just before Malaya achieved independence. It describes his nonpolitically correct methods of destroying Communist cells.

In a present-day New York City bridal shop, Kate Valenteen refuses to marry Victor Strath, from a pretentious old-school Downton Abbey-style family led by the ninth earl of Strath. And with absolutely no interest in an arranged marriage or stuck in a post-Edwardian era lifestyle, she searches one...

In a present-day New York City bridal shop, Kate Valenteen refuses to marry Victor Strath, from a pretentious old-school Downton Abbey-style family led by the ninth earl of Strath. And with absolutely no interest in an arranged marriage or stuck in a post-Edwardian era lifestyle, she searches one...

In a present-day New York City bridal shop, Kate Valenteen refuses to marry Victor Strath, from a pretentious old-school Downton Abbey-style family led by the ninth earl of Strath. And with absolutely no interest in an arranged marriage or stuck in a post-Edwardian era lifestyle, she searches one...

In a present-day New York City bridal shop, Kate Valenteen refuses to marry Victor Strath, from a pretentious old-school Downton Abbey-style family led by the ninth earl of Strath. And with absolutely no interest in an arranged marriage or stuck in a post-Edwardian era lifestyle, she searches one...

In a present-day New York City bridal shop, Kate Valenteen refuses to marry Victor Strath, whos from a pretentious old school Downtown Abbeystyle family led by the ninth Earl of Strath. And with absolutely no interest in an arranged marriage or stuck in a postEdwardian era lifestyle, she searches...

When the great actor, Bassett Oliver, who was a martinet for punctuality, failed to turn up to a rehearsal which he himself had called, his business manager guessed that something had happened. It had. But it took more than one set of brains to discover the truth, and another set of very curious circumstances...

Josie and Eliza witness an event that changes their lives forever.

Absolutely Galápagos provides an insight into every feature of that famous archipelago – warts and all – and a further insight into the unique and confused mind of Brian. And, of course, he is more ‘at sea’ in this book than in any of those that have gone before… It has to be admitted that...

On a beautiful island in the middle of a vast blue ocean lives Salu. His experiences of growing up in this idyllic setting and the changes he witnesses as he makes his way to maturity act as a mirror. And in this mirror, however improbably, is reflected the experiences of many others who have grown...