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Edgar Rice Burroughs
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With the speed of the great apes, Tarzan rushed through the jungle toward his home and family. But he was already too late. The marauders had been there before him. His farm was in shambles and no one was left alive. Of his beloved wife there was only a charred, blackened corpse, still wearing the rings he had given her. Silently, he buried the body and swore his terrible vengeance against those who had done this terrible deed. Then he set out
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Tantor Media, Inc
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2012
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Civil War veteran John Carter is transported to a dying planet, where he must elude capture by giant green barbarians to rescue a Martian princess from certain doom. In this landmark of science fiction, the myths and mystery of the red planet supply a vibrant backdrop for a swashbuckling epic.Published in 1911, A Princess of Mars introduced a popular series of novels recounting John Carter's Martian exploits. Author Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known...
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Tantor Media, Inc
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2012
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Soldier and adventurer John Carter tells the story of how he returns to the planet Mars to be reunited with his love, the Martian princess Dejah Thoris. With his great friend Tars Tarkas, mighty Jeddak of Thark, Carter sets out in search of his princess. But Dejah Thoris has vanished. And Carter becomes trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars, from which none has ever escaped alive.
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Tantor Media, Inc
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For six long Martian months, John Carter has haunted the terrifying Temple of the Sun. Inside the walls of this mysterious revolving tower is his beloved wife, Dejah Thoris, the beautiful princess of Barsoom. Worse yet, his wife is trapped there with the lovely but wicked Phaidor, who has sworn to make John Carter her own-even if it means murder. How can Carter gain access to the Temple, whose doors swing open only once a year? And when he does find...
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The story that launched a thousand movies, TV shows, and plays! A mutiny on board their ship leaves Lord and Lady Greystoke stranded on a desolate African beach with their newborn son. Soon after, the aristocratic couple perishes, leaving the boy an orphan--until the she-ape Kala rescues the infant, names him "Tarzan" ("white skin"), and raises him as one of her own. As he grows, Tarzan schools himself in the ways of both man and beast and rises to...
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Carter returns to Barsoom after a ten-year separation from his wife Dejah Thoris, his unborn child, and the Red Martian people of the nation of Helium, whom he has adopted as his own. Unfortunately, Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the Valley Dor, which is the Barsoomian afterlife.
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A Princess of Mars is the first of eleven thrilling novels that comprise Edgar Rice Burroughs' most exciting saga, known as The Martian Series. It's the beginning of an incredible odyssey in which John Carter, a gentleman from Virginia and a Civil War veteran, unexpectedly finds himself on to the red planet, scene of continuing combat among rival tribes. Captured by a band of six-limbed, green-skinned savage giants called Tharks, Carter soon is accorded...
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Glorious tales of Tarzans early growth to manhood in the forest... Tarzan, the heart of primeval Africa, escapes death on the horn of Buto the rhinoceros, saves the life of Tantor the elephant, sends the witchdoctor Bukawai to a terrible death, battle victoriously with his arch-enemy Numa the Lion, and slowly but surely fights his way to a mastery of his savage, unforgiving jungle.
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Books in Motion
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2015
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In this novel two months have gone by and Tarzan is continuing to search for Jane. He has tracked her to a hidden valley called Pal-ul-don, which means "Land of Men." In Pal-ul-don Tarzan finds a real Jurassic Park filled with dinosaurs, notably the savage Triceratops-like Gryfs, which unlike their prehistoric counterparts are predatory. Jane is also being held captive in Pal-ul-don where she becomes a pawn in a religious power struggle. Tarzan
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Books in Motion
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2011
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Here are a dozen action-packed interlinked jungle stories illustrating the early life of Tarzan of the Apes. The stories included are: TARZAN'S FIRST LOVE, THE CAPTURE OF TARZAN, THE FIGHT FOR BALU, THE GOD OF TARZAN, TARZAN AND THE BLACK BOY, THE WITCH DOCTOR SEEKS VENGEANCE, THE END OF BUKAWAI, THE LION, THE NIGHTMARE, THE BATTLE FOR TEEKA, A JUNGLE JOKE, TARZAN RESCUES THE MOON
12) Tales of Mars
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Mars novels volume 10-11
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SFBC
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[2007].
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"Llana of Gathol: Carter rushes headlong into danger as he searches for his lost granddaughter, Llana. From clashes with Lum Tar O, the undead corpse plaguing the city of Horz, to enslavement by the Black Martians, to the infiltration of the brutal army of Hin Abtol, John Carter, Pan Dan Chee (Llana's sworn suitor), and even Llana herself struggle against the impossible odds to live and fight another day" -- book jacket.
John Carter of Mars: Two...
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Pellucidar volume 1
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David Innes and Abner Perry break through the earth's crust and discover "a fantastic, timeless world of eternal daylight, prehistoric beasts, and primeval peoples--Pellucidar."--Cover.
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John Carter risks everything to rescue his wife, Princess Dejah Thoris, from the clutches of his evil adversaries, but he is always just one step behind! His battles cover the face of the red planet, as his quest carries him ultimately to the mysterious northern pole. Will this civilization, submerged in ice, prove fatal to our hero?
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Tarzan novels volume 3
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As THE BEASTS OF TARZAN begins, Tarzan -- as Lord Greystoke -- is settled in civilized London. But two of his enemies, Nikolas Rokoff and henchman Alexis Paulvitch, are on his trail. The pair abducts Jane -- and Tarzan's son, Jack. Tarzan himself is stranded on a desert island, but with the help of Sheeta the panther and Akut the great ape he makes it back to the mainland. There he meets Mugambi, the giant chief of the Wagambi tribe, who becomes Tarzan's...
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Here Tarzan returns to Opar, the source of the gold for lost Atlantis. Ages ago Atlantis sunk beneath the waves -- but the denizens of Opar still mine the gold of this lost colony. Tarzan, following greedy pair -- one Belgian, one Arab -- into the jungle, where they stumble into the lost city. Bad enough -- and then Tarzan injures his head in a fight and loses his memory. That's great news for La, the high priestess for the Flaming God, who's had...
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Carthoris's sabotaged flier goes down in an unexplored region of Barsoom. Carthoris is forced to travel through ancient ruins to find Thuvia, kidnapped by yet another rival prince. They are helped by the Lotharians, but the enemy of thy enemy isn't always a friend.
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The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs The story of a young man who, although born of a woman, was left by a succession of untoward circumstances to be reared in an African jungle by a she-ape, the only mother he ever knew. Tarzan was drawn from the jungle by love for a young American girl whom chance threw in his way. Disappointment in love, in this new volume, results in his return to the jungle where he has many strange adventures and whence...
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Mars novels volume 9
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Ballantine
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c1979.
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John Carter desperately needs the help of Ras Thavas, but Ras is the prisoner of half-humans who live only for conquest. Their laboratory contains a horror that could engulf all of Mars.