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This unabridged recording of the classic adventure novel from 1914 tells of an aristocratic English infant, abandoned in the African jungle upon the death of his shipwrecked parents, who is reared by apes. Given the name "Tarzan", meaning "white-skin" in the language of the apes, Tarzan is raised without knowledge of his own kind, until the beautiful socialite Jane Porter sets foot into his secluded life.

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John Carter, an adventurous soldier and gentleman of Virginia, finds himself mysteriously transported to the planet Mars! There he is captured by the planet's strange inhabitants, fights valiant battles, and finds himself in love with the beautiful prisoner, the Princess Dejah Thoris.

Set during World War I, Tarzan the Untamed sees the legendary jungle hero seeking vengeance after his home is destroyed by German troops. With fierce battles, espionage, and jungle survival, this installment in the Tarzan series is packed with action and intrigue as he joins the British war effort.

February 3, 1959, was the day the music died. But on June 3, 1976, four Liverpudlians met a West Texan who'd recently come out of a 17-year coma and found out maybe the music hadn't died at all...

FNH audio presents an unabridged reading of A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. When John Carter wakes up, he finds himself mysteriously transported to the planet Mars, where the people are constantly at war. In the lower gravity of the red world, John discovers his Earth strength makes him almost superhuman, able to leap huge distances and kill with a single punch.

A Princess of Mars is a science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first of the Barsoom series. Set on Mars, the story is full of heroic feats and interplanetary romance, against the background of a dying planet with an increasingly arid environment. The humanoid Red Martians who are allies of the protagonist, Carter, control the planet’s system of canals. When Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Helium is captured by the Tharks, Carter recues her.

John Carter must rescue his beloved Dejah Thoris from the revolving prison at the south pole. But events turn against him, and he finds himself battling all the way to the frozen Martian North Pole, where he encounters another legendary race of men, the yellow men of the North.

El que todos creían muerto, Paulvitch todavía sigue vivo y no va a olvidar nunca lo que Tarzán le hizo, por lo que empieza a tramar su venganza contra él. Sabiendo que va a herirle donde más le va doler, consigue engañar al hijo de Tarzán haciendo que salga de Londres, pero el niño al igual que su padre sabe desenvolverse en la selva con total naturalidad y con la ayuda del gran simio Atkut se oculta en la jungla donde su padre se ha criado.

An adventure tale that has capture the ages! The first book in the legendary Tarzan series tells the story of John Clayton, born in the coastal jungles of Africa to a marooned couple from England, adopted as an infant by apes after they die, then raised in ignorance of his human heritage. Through sheer force of will Tarzan becomes king of the jungle and slowly learns of his origin. This is the exciting novel that began it all.

CÓMO VIVIR PIADOSAMENTE EN TODAS LAS AREAS DE LA VIDA Escrita en 1646, esta obra esencial del prominente líder puritano congregacional, Jeremiah Burroughs, ofrece una mirada introspectiva sobre cómo los cristianos deben vivir sus vidas de acuerdo con las enseñanzas de Cristo. Compuesto por diez sermones basados en Filipenses 1:27, «Conducta Evangélica» se divide en dos secciones fundamentales. La primera examina el cuidado que los cristianos deben tener de sus conductas, enfatizando la importancia de reflejar la imagen de Dios y promover Sus designios en el mundo. La segunda parte ...

"Tarzan and the Golden Lion" is an adventure novel by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the ninth in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. It was first published as a seven part serial in Argosy All-Story Weekly beginning in December 1922; and then as a complete novel by A.C. McClurg & Co. on March 24, 1923.

This is the second story in the Tarzan adventure novels. Tarzan has been in England where he has been learning about civilization, his heritage and how he fits into it all as Lord Greystoke. Fate thrusts Tarzan back into the primeval jungle and as he returns to it, his adventures begin with a shipboard altercation. Evil Nickolas Rokoff, the recipient of Tarzan's wrath, swears vengeance and puts a price on Tarzan's head. But Tarzan has greater concerns on his mind as he leaves modern civilization behind to discover a hidden ancient civilization.

Tarzan of the Apes is the fascinating story of a family who tries to survive in the jungle after being stranded in Africa. The violence of nature causes the family’s baby to be orphaned and left to adopted by apes. The apes raise him as an ape child would be, learning to swing through the trees on vines and talk to the other inhabitants of the jungle, but Tarzan always knows he is different. When he is an adult, his already-strange world is flipped upside down by the arrival of other humans in his jungle.

Convinced of the worthiness of a giant, earth-boring machine, David Innes becomes a willing participant in an experiment. On the machine's maiden attempt at boring through the Earth, David and inventor Perry are trapped in the control room as the machine turns into a runaway. It bores steadily down toward the center of the Earth until finally it penetrates into a strange, subterranean world. The two travelers are immediately welcomed by a huge bear-like creature interested solely in having them for breakfast.

"Out of Time's Abyss" is a fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book begins with Bradley, who had left Fort Dinosaur and never returned. Bradley and his party are attempting to return to Fort Dinosaur. Along the way, they encounter a creature that appears to be a flying dead man. Some of the members of the party consider it a ghost or banshee. Tippet is convinced that he is soon to die, and the next day a Tyrannosaurus kills him. The ghost-like creature is seen again, and James is killed by a Smilodon.

Jungle Tales of Tarzan describes the experiences of Tarzan, a man brought by gorillas up in the African wilderness. As he develops, he learns the methods of the wild and turns into an imposing figure among the wilderness' occupants.The book presents a progression of stories featuring Tarzan's experiences with different creatures, his battles against opponents, and his developing comprehension of his human legacy. Close by his undertakings, Tarzan wrestles with the intricacies of human progress and his own personality.Every story offers a brief look into the untamed world he explores, mixing ...

The Gods of Mars (1918) is a science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs and the second of Burroughs' Barsoom series. It features the characters John Carter and his wife Dejah. The story opens with John Carter’s return to Mars after a 10-year separation, but unfortunately, he materializes in the one place on Mars from which nobody has ever escaped: Valley Dor, the afterlife. It is populated by two dangerous species, Pirates and Therns.

She is known by the stage name Gaza de Lure, an icon of the silver screen - the epitome of success for every aspiring actress who dreams of becoming a star in Hollywood. No longer is she Shannon Burke, the innocent Midwestern girl who moved to California seeking fame and fortune, for in her heart she holds a dark secret...one so dreadful, so shameful, that she can never hope to escape its grasp.

Tarzan is about 34 and his son, Jack, around 11. Alexis Paulvitch, an old enemy, re-appears, and takes an ape to London and begins displaying him publicly. When the Claytons hear about the displayed ape, John decides to take Jack to see him. Tarzan is surprised to find the ape is his old friend, Akut, and begins conversing with him. Jack is amazed to see that. John then tells Jack of his life as Tarzan. Jack starts sneaking away to see Akut and begins learning the language of the apes.