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John Carter of Mars is a fictional Virginian soldier who becomes the hero of these thrilling novels. A veteran of the American Civil War, he is mysteriously transported to the planet Mars (called Barsoom by its inhabitants). Once there he becomes a warrior, battling various mythological beasts, alien armies and malevolent foes. The first four novels in this series were so popular that, over the years, he wrote seven more. However they never reached the intensity or popularity of the first four.

Six complete audiobooks in one collection - both of Edgar Rice Burroughs' legendary adventure series, from the very beginning. On Mars, John Carter arrives on a dying red planet and finds himself stronger than any creature alive, thrown into a world of warring civilizations and ancient mysteries...

The Barsoom Collection: Books 1-6 is the collection of the first six novels in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series, read by esteemed narrator Christopher Ragland.

Julian 20th, known as The Red Hawk, stands at the brink of humanity’s last stand. In a world where the remnants of the American people have devolved into a primitive nomadic existence, they face an unthinkable enemy: the Kalkars, ruthless Moon Men who have enslaved them with the help of the traitor Ortis. As The Red Hawk rallies his fellow survivors, the stakes rise with each fierce battle against their oppressors. With his loyal horse, Red Lightning, by his side, Julian embarks on a relentless quest for freedom, determined to reclaim their lost legacy. In "Red Hawk," Edgar Rice Burroughs ...

In The Ticket That Exploded, William S. Burroughs' grand "cut-up" trilogy, which starts with The Soft Machine and continues through Nova Express, reaches its climax as inspector Lee and the Nova Police engage the Nova Mob in a decisive battle for the planet. Only Burroughs could make such a nightmare vision of scientists and combat troops, of ad men and con men, whose deceitful language has spread like an incurable disease, be at once so frightening and so enthralling.

More than 60 years ago, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, two novice writers at the dawn of their careers, sat down to write a novel about the summer of 1944, when one of their friends killed another in a moment of brutal and tragic bloodshed. Alternating chapters, they pieced together a hard-boiled tale of bohemian New York during World War II, full of drugs and obsession, art and violence.

After prospecting for gold in Arizona, Confederate Civil War hero John Carter stumbles upon a mysterious cave - a portal, it turns out, to the ecologically endangered planet Mars. Once there, he finds his place with a tribe of green Martians, and his newfound powers in the reduced Martian gravity make him an important figure in their war against a rival tribe. At the heart of this conflict lies the beautiful Dejah Thoris, the kidnapped Princess of Helium. Rescuing her soon becomes paramount, for only she can help Carter save the dying planet he now calls home.

Two complete audiobooks for the price of one - and the beginning of one of science fiction's most imaginative series. John Carter is a Civil War veteran with nothing left to lose. He heads out West looking for gold and ends up somewhere considerably further from Virginia than he bargained for -...

Three complete audiobooks for the price of one - the full Tarzan trilogy and the perfect way to dive into one of adventure fiction's most enduring series. He was born to English aristocrats in the African jungle. Raised by apes. Became something neither world had ever produced before. Tarzan of...

Two complete audiobooks for the price of one - and one of adventure fiction's great series to discover. He was born to English aristocrats in the African jungle. They didn't survive long enough to raise him. Adopted by a tribe of great apes, he grew up learning the law of the jungle instead of...

Three complete audiobooks for the price of one - the full Barsoom trilogy and the perfect way to lose yourself in one of science fiction's most imaginative worlds. John Carter didn't choose Mars. Mars chose him. Transported from the Arizona desert to a dying red planet, he finds himself stronger...

Deep in the uncharted jungles of Africa, a child is orphaned —and raised not by men, but by apes. In Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs introduces one of literature’s most enduring heroes: a man caught between two worlds. Raised in the wild yet driven by an innate curiosity, Tarzan teaches himself to read from abandoned books, discovers his human identity, and ultimately faces a choice between civilization and the life he has always known.

Junk is not, like alcohol or a weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life. In his debut novel, Junky, Burroughs fictionalized his experiences using and peddling heroin and other drugs in the 1950s into a work that reads like a field report from the...

The king of the jungle returns, brought to life in a whole new way. Tarzan left the jungle once. He tried civilization, tried society, tried living by rules that never quite fit a man raised by apes in the African wilderness. And then the woman he loved chose someone else, and the world he'd...

The wildest Tarzan adventure yet, brought to life in a whole new way. They took his wife. They took his son. And they left Tarzan stranded on an island with nothing but the jungle and his instincts. That was their first mistake. The Beasts of Tarzan is the most primal and relentless entry in the...

The ultimate jungle adventure, brought to life in a whole new way. Tarzan of the Apes begins with a shipwreck on the coast of Africa and ends with one of the most bittersweet conclusions in adventure fiction. In between is everything - a boy who grows up learning the laws of the jungle instead...

In the late twentieth century, Admiral Julian 3rd can get no rest, for he knows his future. He will be reborn as his grandson in the next century to journey through space and make an ominous discovery inside the moon; he will live again in the dark years of the twenty-second century as Julian...

Um dos grandes nomes da geração beat, William S. Burroughs retrata a crise de abstinência das drogas e a paixão obsessiva homossexual do seu alter ego William Lee. O livro que deu origem ao filme dirigido por Luca Guadagnino, de Me chame pelo seu nome. Embora tenha sido escrito em 1952...

The classic sci-fi adventure, brought to life in a whole new way. John Carter is a Civil War veteran with nothing left to lose. He heads out West looking for gold and ends up somewhere considerably further from Virginia than he bargained for - transported to the surface of Mars, where the...

The classic sci-fi adventure continues, brought to life in a whole new way. John Carter is back on Mars. After years stranded on Earth with no way to return, he finds himself once again on the red planet - only to discover that the world he left behind has changed in ways he never expected. What...