Excerpt: "The first two decades of the twentieth century will rank as a most distinguished era in the history of exploration, for during them many of the great geographical riddles of the world have been solved. This book contains a record of some of the main achievements. What Nansen said of Polar exploration is true of all exploration; its story is a "mighty manifestation of the power of the Unknown over the mind of man." The Unknown, happily, will...

Introduced by Christopher Harvie. Sir Edward Leithen, lawyer, politician, sportsman and occasional philosopher, was probably the most autobiographical of John Buchan’s heroes. This collection of four novels, written over a span of thirty years, shows Leithen/Buchan in all his moods from the urban menace of The Power House in which the thin line between civilisation and barbarism runs through London’s West End; to the Highland exhilaration of...

Buchan covered World War I for The Times of London, as well as working for Britain's War Propaganda Bureau. Collected here are his observations and analysis. The autumn of 1917 saw Germany in trouble and Russia's downfall, which is where this fourth and last volume picks up. The last section of Buchan's ambitious series is called "The Surrender," and closes with a glance back at, and mindful analysis of, the Great War.

The Moon Endureth, subtitled 'Tales and Fancies', is a 1912 short story and poetry collection by the Scottish author John Buchan. In its review of the first edition The Athenaeum noted "a marked leaning towards the mysterious and bizzare". The collection was said to show "considerable imagination, and occasionally a touch of delicate satire".

Alistair Maclean is a soldier in the employ of Lee's Regiment and an agent of Bonnie Prince Charlie at the height of the Jacobite rising of 1745. Amidst seeking support from the English Grandees for his masters cause, he finds himself embroiled in twisted web of deceit and betrayal that lies in the very heart of the Jacobite cause. He finds help coming from the unlikely source of the mysterious "Midwinter" and his all seeing army of Spoonbills. Men...

The thirty-nine steps: Recently returned from Rhodesia to London, Hannay is enlisted to help a freelance spy who has uncovered a German plot to assassinate the Greek premier and steal British plans for the outbreak of the war. Greenmantle: Hannay is recruited by the Foreign Office to investigate uprisings in the Muslim world, and to thwart the German's plans to use religion to help them win the war.

Jamaica Inn: An Irish orphan girl goes to live with an uncle who is discovered to be involved in a group of smuggling highwaymen ravaging the area. Sabotage: An undercover Scotland yard detective infiltrates the home of a theatre operator who is suspected of sabotage. The 39 steps: Character Richard Hanney stumbles into a conspiracy that involves him in a hectic chase across the Scottish moors. Easy virtue: A woman goes through a divorce and attempts...