Books with author Max Campbell

Excerpt from An Open Secret: A Farce in Two ActsJean. But why on earth didn't you explain something Of this to these men? They'll take you for a raving lunatic.Madge. Oh, no, they won't, my dear, being more or, less accustomed to my little ways. Besides, it's one of my cardinal mottoes, Never explain anything to a man. It takes trouble, and then, when you get through, they always knew all about it a lot better than you did; and so you don't get thanked.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from An Open Secret: A Farce in Two ActsJean. But why on earth didn't you explain something Of this to these men? They'll take you for a raving lunatic.Madge. Oh, no, they won't, my dear, being more or, less accustomed to my little ways. Besides, it's one of my cardinal mottoes, Never explain anything to a man. It takes trouble, and then, when you get through, they always knew all about it a lot better than you did; and so you don't get thanked.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Barnaby Street had been overlooked by the town planners with their posh houses and tall blocks of apartments. Everyone on Barnaby Street knew everyone else and everyone got on well and that’s just the way they liked it, even though most outsiders would have have thought them all a bit eccentric. Life on the street had gone on much the same for years that is until Montague Menace moved in and things started to go wrong - very wrong indeed.

The strange old lady known as Eve, is as mysterious as the Island where she lives, just off the coast of Tasmania. Three more families arrive, one with ghostly mysteries of their own, but all the families have one thing in common; they have all been affected in some way by war. There is a boy ghost in the children’s class room, and a possible array of other ghosts around the Island. But...is there something even more terrifying than ghosts waiting around the corner?

Pixie claims her baldness is the result of having a pixie father. She and her mother have been injured when a cyclone demolished their home. They seek refuge with their newly discovered relations who live at Folly Mountain Commune in Queensland. The children are just back from being runaways in real life. They start a club at Pixie’s request– called ‘The Runaways’ where they have many exciting adventures.