Adrian Praetzellis

In 1911, decades before California's coast Highway 1 was built, an Englishman rode 2000 miles on horseback the length of California, from Mexico to Oregon. On the way he is courteously received at isolated ranches, has many quiet adventures, and is...

Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha, son of an Indian Brahman, leaves his family and begins a lifelong journey towards Enlightenment.On the way he...

The Blue Lagoon as you haven't seen it before -- in a remarkable illustrated edition.When a devastating shipwreck leaves two young children, Emmeline and Dick, stranded on a remote tropical island with only an old sailor to guide them, their story...

The Thirty-nine Steps as you haven't seen it before -- in a remarkable illustrated edition.London, May 1914. Richard Hannay is bored. Having returned from years abroad, he finds himself restless in the humdrum of city life—until a desperate man...

“To bury these, to christen those,And marry such fond folks who choseTo change the tenor of their lifeAnd risk the matrimonial strife.”This was the humdrum life of Dr. Syntax before he set out on his bizarre and hilarious adventures, presented here in...