Category: Apex Publications

The Untamed [Large Print]

The Untamed
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Max Brand

A classic western by Max Brand, a master of the genre.

The Untamed…

… He started up from his chair, white faced, his hands high above his head, staring at the apparition of Whistling Dan, who stood with two revolvers covering the posse. Every man was on his feet instantly, with arms straining stiffly up. The muzzles of revolvers are like the eyes of some portraits. No matter from what angle you look at them, they seem directed straight at you. And every cowpuncher in the room was sure that he was the main object of Dan’s aim. … Continue reading “The Untamed [Large Print]”

Caspak: The Complete “Land That Time Forgot” Trilogy

Caspak
The Complete “Land That Time Forgot” Trilogy
by Edgar Rice Burroughs

This quality edition has been prepared by human editors and is not a machine-scanned reproduction of old editions. It includes the complete text of all three novels comprising Edgar Rice Burrough’s “Caspak” trilogy, “The Land that Time Forgot”, “The People that Time Forgot” and “Out of Time’s Abyss” in a freshly edited and newly formatted volume printed on heavyweight bright white paper with a fully laminated cover.

Originally written under the working title “The Lost U-Boat” and published as a three-part serial in 1918, the three tales chronicle the adventures of the survivors of a torpedoed ship and the German u-boat crew on the lost island of “Caprona”, called “Caspak” by the native inhabitants, and the members of the expedition that sets out to rescue the survivors. Continue reading “Caspak: The Complete “Land That Time Forgot” Trilogy”

The English Constitution

The English Constitution
Second Edition, Annotated
by Walter Bagehot

This annotated edition includes the complete text of the second edition of this classic work, including the author’s extensive introductory note to the second edition and all original footnotes properly placed in the related text. Not a machine-scanned or facsimile reproduction, this edition has been prepared by human editors, includes an original detailed biographical note discussing the life, work, and continued relevance of the author and is printed on heavyweight bright-white paper with a fully laminated cover. Continue reading “The English Constitution”

Tales of Terror & Mystery

Tales of Terror & Mystery
by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) is known around the world as the creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, and to a lesser extent, his Professor Challenger is known to generations of readers. But Conan Doyle was a prolific writer who produced a large body of work ranging from non-fiction and full-length novels to a wide-ranging collection of short stories.

This particular collection of stories, titled as “Tales of Terror and Mystery”, was first published in 1923 and includes examples of Conan Doyle’s frequent forays into the off-beat, the macabre, the mystical and the mysterious. While he became a full-blown spiritualist and paranormal enthusiast later in life, tales of a “dark side” nature were a part of his work from fairly early in his career. Continue reading “Tales of Terror & Mystery”

The Man in Lower Ten [Large Print]

The Man in Lower Ten
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Man in Lower Ten…

“McKnight is gradually taking over the criminal end of the business. I never liked it, and since the strange case of the man in lower ten, I have been a bit squeamish. Given a case like that, where you can build up a network of clues that absolutely incriminate three entirely different people, only one of whom can be guilty, and your faith in circumstantial evidence dies of overcrowding. I never see a shivering, white-faced wretch in the prisoners’ dock that I do not hark back with shuddering horror to the strange events on the Pullman car Ontario, between Washington and Pittsburg, on the night of September ninth, last…” Continue reading “The Man in Lower Ten [Large Print]”

Elmer Gantry [Large Print]

Elmer Gantry
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Sinclair Lewis

Written by Sinclair Lewis in 1926 and published in 1927, Elmer Gantry is a satirical novel that presents a disparaging view of fundamentalist and evangelistic religious activity in the United States and the public attitudes of the 1920s.

The novel tells the story of Elmer Gantry, a young, narcissistic, womanizing college athlete who abandons his plan to become a lawyer and instead, after college, attends a Baptist seminary and is ordained as a minister. Able to hide certain sexual indiscretions, he is ultimately expelled before completing his Bachelor of Divinity degree for missing a scheduled preaching engagement while drunk. Continue reading “Elmer Gantry [Large Print]”

The Circular Staircase [Large Print]

The Circular Staircase
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Circular Staircase…

“This is the story of how a middle-aged spinster lost her mind, deserted her domestic gods in the city, took a furnished house for the summer out of town, and found herself involved in one of those mysterious crimes that keep our newspapers and detective agencies happy and prosperous. . .”

And so begins The Circular Staircase, Mary Roberts Rinehart’s classic mystery tale featuring a bank failure, a murder, mysterious intruders, a kidnapping, arson and a characteristically complex plot which twists and turns like the circular staircase that figures so prominently, and ominously, in setting the scene for a series of mysterious events. Continue reading “The Circular Staircase [Large Print]”

The Lost World [Large Print]

The Lost World
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Lost World…

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) is known the world over as the creator of the famous consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. To a lesser extent, his irascible Professor Challenger is known to generations of readers. Continue reading “The Lost World [Large Print]”

The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground [Large Print]

The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by James Fenimore Cooper
Foreword by Nathaniel Waring Barnes

With the publication of “The Spy” in 1821, James Fenimore Cooper became an international figure and the first authentic American novelist, free of the forms and conventions of the British fiction of the day. In a writing career spanning thirty years, over thirty novels and an extensive body of lesser works, with “The Leatherstocking Tales” he became the first great interpreter of the American experience, chronicling the adventures of the indomitable Natty Bumppo, known variously as “Hawkeye,” “Deerslayer,” “Pathfinder,” “Leatherstocking” and other names, from the colonial Indian wars through the early expansion into the vast western plains. Continue reading “The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground [Large Print]”

King Solomon’s Mines [Large Print]

King Solomon’s Mines
Unabridged Large Print Edition
by H. Rider Haggard

When originally published in 1885 “King Solomon’s Mines” quickly became the best-selling book of the year, with the publisher working feverishly to print copies fast enough to meet demand. Ironically the book, which was written in less than four months and perhaps in as little as six weeks, had been rejected by numerous publishers who believed its novelty left it without commercial value. Continue reading “King Solomon’s Mines [Large Print]”