Buchan's favorite of all his novels, Witch Wood deals with the hypocrisy that can lie beneath god-fearing respectability. The book is set in the terrifying times of the first half of the seventeenth century when the Church of Scotland unleashed a wave of cruelty and intolerance. Minister Sempill witnesses devil worship in the 'Witch Wood' and is persecuted.

John Burnet of Barns was Buchan's first fully realized, full-length work of fiction. It tells the story of two young noblemen—John Burnet, heir to the ancient house of Barns the last in a long line of Border reivers, and his cousin, Captain Gilbert Burnet, a dashing, ruthless soldier. Their lifelong rivalry results in treachery, betrayal and a desperate struggle for survival.

Classic / British English A man is killed in Richard Hannay's home. Before his death he tells Hannay a dangerous secret. Now Hannay's life is in danger. Who are his enemies and what are they trying to do? And how will he solve the mystery of 'the thirty-nine steps'?

Set on a Greek island, this novel deals with a religious cult.

Three high-flying men who suffer from boredom concoct a plan to cure it. They inform 3 Scottish estates that they will poach from each two stags and a salmon. They sign collectively as 'John McNab' and await the responses. Part of the 'Leithen Stories' series, this novel discusses the hunting, shooting and fishing lifestyle in Highland Scotland.

An adventure of the prosperous Scots lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen, this title presents the story of a young lawyer fleeing malign and murderous establishment figures.

Lawyer and politician Sir Edward Leithen has been diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis and has been given a year to live. A former colleague, American John S. Blenkiron, requests help to find his niece's husband, who appears to have flown from his very successful financial career to the Canadian north and Leithen agrees to help.

he classic adventure story featuring the intrepid Richard Hannay, this is a new edition in the }Red Classics{ series. Hannay is on the run from the police and a murderer, and returns to his native Scotland. There, he must stay one step ahead

Share God's love for his children through this moving story about the love between a parent and child. Filled with beautiful illustrations that reflect the soothing melody and gentle words, you and your child will treasure the precious moments shared together with this wonderful story, I Love You This Much.

Famous as the basis for several films, including the brilliant 1935 version directed by Alfred Hitchcock, The Thirty-Nine Steps is a classic of early twentieth-century popular literature.

Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounter with an American who had told him about an assassination plot that could have dire international consequences. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland where he will need all his courage and ingenuity to stay one step ahead of his pursuers.

Acclaim for The Road to Valley Forge

'Buchanan is a master of the historical narrative . . . a host of new insights into George Washington as a leader of men.'
-Thomas Fleming, author of Liberty!: The American Revolution

'The Road to Valley Forge is an effective operational history, clearly written, judicious in its judgments and based on a careful look at the war from both sides.'
-Jeremy Black, author of War for America: The Fight for Independence, 1775--1783

'John Buchanan skillfully guides us through 1776 and 1777, the two most critical years of the Revolutionary War for George Washington as commander in chief. With a gift for finding the apt quotation and the telling anecdote, the author traces the growth of Washington as a commanding general and the professional development of the Continental Army.'
-Don Higginbotham, Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Road to Valley Forge tells the whole story of Washington's growth from inexperienced backwoods general to true Commander in Chief of a professional fighting force. This warts-and-all portrait of America's greatest hero reveals a courageous and intelligent man struggling desperately to learn from his mistakes, forge a motley assortment of militiamen into a real army, and demonstrate to all of his fellow Americans that they could, indeed, become masters of their own destiny.

These twelve stories are told by the old soldiers of the Runagates Club as they reminisce. Richard Hanny, hero of The Thirty-nine Steps, reappears recounting a trek into the bush in The Green Wildebeest. In Dr Lartius, John Palliser-Yeates describes an ingenious Secret Service operation during the First World War. A German code is finally broken in The Loathly Opposite.

John Buchan's most famous and dramatic novel presents spy-catcher Richard Hannay. Hannay is in London when he suddenly finds himself caught up in a dangerous situation and the main suspect for a murder committed in his own flat. He is forced to go on the run to his native Scotland.

A brilliant account of the proud and ferocious American fighters who stood up to the British forces in savage battles crucial in deciding both the fate of the Carolina colonies and the outcome of the war.

'A tense, exciting historical account of a little known chapter of the Revolution, displaying history writing at its best.'--Kirkus Reviews

'His compelling narrative brings readers closer than ever before to the reality of Revolutionary warfare in the Carolinas.'--Raleigh News & Observer.

'Buchanan makes the subject come alive like few others I have seen.' --Dennis Conrad, Editor, The Nathanael Greene Papers.

'John Buchanan offers us a lively, accurate account of a critical period in the War of Independence in the South. Based on numerous printed primary and secondary sources, it deserves a large reading audience.' --Don Higginbotham, Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

In South Florida, everyone wants to get a head. But not just any head. A very famous human head--severed and snugged away in a cryonic container. A head that could spark a revolution and change the course of history.

Everybody wants a piece of the noggin: rotund gangster Big Joey G., a 102-year-old environmentalist, hard-boiled Miami reporter Britt Montero, lawyer Jake Lassiter,  and a would-be dictator in exile--with ex-president Jimmy Carter and a lovable manatee named Booger thrown in for good measure.

With bodies piling up it's anybody's guess what will happen from one chapter to the next, as an all-star line-up of Florida's finest writers take turns at taking this outrageously original novel to the limit--and beyond.