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LOST PEOPLE IN A TRACKLESS JUNGLE How strange the ways of fate—to bring together such an odd assortment of people to face the perils of the darkest continent! "Gunner" Patrick, once a gunman, now fleeing from the perils of Chicago gangland, in the company of unsuspecting Lafayette Smith, a brilliant geologist, looking for rocks, but instead finding Lady Barbara Collis, aviatrix, lost in the wilds of a hidden valley with only Jezebel, a beautiful young Midianite, whose people think nothing of burning strangers alive. Only fate could cause these various destinies to twine and intertwine, and ...

World War I infantry captain Ulysses Paxton is transported to Barsoom, where he encounters evil scientist Ras Thavas and his diabolical brain transplant experiments. Paxton falls in love with the beautiful Valla Dia, whose body has been swapped with the cruel Xaxa, Jeddara of Phundahl. Can Paxton save Valla Dia from a hideous fate and win her hand? The Master Mind of Mars is the sixth book in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom series. - Summary by The Narrator

David Innes is a mining heir who finances the experimental "iron mole," an excavating vehicle designed by his elderly inventor friend Abner Perry. In a test run, they discover the vehicle cannot be turned, and it burrows 500 miles into the Earth's crust, emerging into the unknown interior world of Pellucidar. In Burroughs' concept, the Earth is a hollow shell with Pellucidar as the internal surface of that shell. Pellucidar is inhabited by prehistoric creatures of all geological eras, and dominated by the Mahars, a species of flying reptile both intelligent and civilized, but which enslaves ...

David Innes and his captive, a member of the reptilian Mahar master race of the interior world of Pellucidar, return from the surface world in the Iron Mole invented by his friend and companion in adventure Abner Perry.Emerging in Pellucidar at an unknown location, David frees his captive. He names the place Greenwich and uses the technology he has brought to begin the systematic exploration and mapping of the unknown land while searching for his lost companions, Abner, Ghak, and Dian the Beautiful. He soon encounters and befriends a new ally, Ja the Mezop of the island country of Anoroc; ...

A lost world beyond time… and a journey into the unknown. In Out of Time’s Abyss, Edgar Rice Burroughs delivers a thrilling science fiction adventure filled with exploration, danger, and discovery. When a daring expedition ventures into an isolated and mysterious land, they uncover a hidden...

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.

As a woman, a coheir with Christ, God has a unique purpose and plan for your life. He made no mistakes by forming you as a woman. God has called you, anointed you, and will empower you to be a light for him in what can seem like a dark world. You are a solution-carrier, and God chose to display hope through you. In The Most Important Yes, author Kristina Jowers Burroughs provides encouragement for the young woman navigating the journey of womanhood from a Christ-centered worldview. Her message serves as a catalyst for women to reflect on their own journey and history with God in their lives.

Discovering the happy condition of a self-denying heart, delivered in a treatise upon Hebrews 11:25-26 - Summary by Title Page

Studying for a degree or professional qualification alongside work and life isn't easy – especially when nobody's ever taught you how to study strategically. I'm Chloe Burroughs, a specialist study skills tutor and author of The Return to Study Handbook. I help adult learners develop the study skills and academic strategies they need to succeed in their qualification and open the door to their next career move. I understand what you're going through – the challenge of fitting studying around work and your personal life, the pressure of needing strong results to move forward in your career,...

What a better way to learn about birds than to read this delightful collection of interesting bird stories! John Burroughs was a nature essayist. These creative, observation- and emotion-driven stories about birds (largely from the Northeastern states), have been gathered together into a single volume from all his various works. Every chapter follows one species of birds, and the chapters have been arranged chronologically according to the time of the bird's arrival during the year. This collection has lovely illustrations of the birds by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and some stories also have poems...

This is the third of Burrough's Tarzan novels. Originally serialized in All-Story Cavalier magazine in 1914, the novel was first published in book form by A. C. McClurg in 1916. In the previous novel Tarzan reclaimed his name and title as John Clayton, Lord Greystoke. In this novel he finds that proper society is just as vicious as the jungle when greedy men threaten him and his new family. Jane and her infant son Jack are kidnapped by Tarzan's enemies, Nikolas Rokoff and Alexis Paulvitch, who then trap Tarzan himself and attempt to exile him forever on a primitive island, bereft of all those ...

This is the 11th book in the 24-book series of the character Tarzan. It begins something of a departure from Tarzan's previous adventures, which generally concerned his jungle family and events nearby. Burroughs now introduces wider ranging adventures, with lost kingdoms, hidden riches, and invaders from afar. It is believed that no other figure in the fantasy world has had such enduring impact as has Tarzan. - Summary by Robert Rollins

This is the first book in the Pellucidar series. Pellucidar is a fictional Hollow Earth milieu invented by Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories. The stories initially involve the adventures of mining heir David Innes and his inventor friend Abner Perry after they use an "iron mole" to burrow 500 miles into the earth's crust. (adapted from Wikipedia)

Waldo Smith-Jones shipwrecked from Boston, desperately tries to survive on a lost island of primitive men and beasts. Given the name of Thandar, he strives for the hand of Princess Nadara amid misunderstandings. If a rescue ship arrives, what will they do? - Summary by Gerald A Moe

John Carter, an American Civil War veteran, goes prospecting in Arizona and, when set upon by Indians, is mysteriously transported to Mars, called "Barsoom" by its inhabitants. Carter finds that he has great strength on this planet, due to its lesser gravity. Carter soon falls in among the Tharks, a nomadic tribe of the planet's warlike, four-armed, green inhabitants. Thanks to his strength and combat abilities he rises in position in the tribe and earns the respect eventually the friendship of Tars Tarkas, one of the Thark chiefs. The Tharks subsequently capture Dejah Thoris, Princess of ...

The novel picks up where Tarzan of the Apes left off. The ape man, feeling rootless in the wake of his noble sacrifice of his prospects of wedding Jane Porter, leaves America for Europe to visit his friend Paul d'Arnot. On the ship he becomes embroiled in the affairs of Countess Olga de Coude, her husband, Count Raoul de Coude, and two shady characters attempting to prey on them, Nikolas Rokoff and his henchman Alexis Paulvitch. (Summary from Wikipedia)

John Carter is mysteriously conveyed to Mars, where he discovers two intelligent species continually embroiled in warfare. Although he is a prisoner of four-armed green men, his Civil War experience and Earth-trained musculature give him superior martial abilities, and he is treated with deference by this fierce race. Falling in love with a princess of red humanoids (two-armed but egg-bearing), he contrives a daring escape and later rescues the red men from the hostility of another nation of their own race. In this struggle he enlists the aid of his former captors, whom he gradually civilizes,...

Dive into the thrilling world of Out of Time‚As Abyss, the captivating third installment of Edgar Rice Burroughs Caspak trilogy. Originally published as a gripping three-part serial in Blue Book Magazine in 1918, this novel takes readers on an extraordinary adventure through time and prehistoric landscapes. The entire trilogy was later compiled under the title The Land That Time Forgot, first released in book form in 1924. With its rich storytelling, this iconic tale has often been presented as a standalone short novel, offering a unique glimpse into Burroughs imaginative universe. (Summary ...

In this thrilling tale, a Confederate soldier finds himself unexpectedly transported to the mysterious world of Mars. As he navigates the planets complex politics and fierce battles, he rises to prominence as a legendary swordsman and hero. - Summary by Terry Kroenung

Red Hawk is a thrilling sci-fi adventure in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Moon Series. Set in a future where humanity is enslaved by the dreaded Kalkars, Julian 20th—known as the Red Hawk—leads a fierce rebellion. Mounted on his warhorse Red Lightning, he fights for the last free Americans in a relentless battle for survival.