Category: Apex Publications

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]”

The Jungle Book: Unabridged Large Print Edition

The Jungle Book
Unabridged Large Print Edition
By
Rudyard Kipling

This volume includes the complete text of Rudyard Kipling’s timeless collection of classic tales in a freshly edited and formatted large print edition, printed on heavyweight bright white 6″x9″ paper with a fully laminated cover featuring an original full color design. Continue reading “The Jungle Book: Unabridged Large Print Edition”