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Third and final installment of Burrough's Caspak series takes on the adventures of Bradley and the other crew members of the U33 after Bowen J. Tyler Jr.'s disappearance from Fort Dinosaur in Book 1, The Land That Time Forgot. Bradley and his men fall prey to another humanesque species on Caspak, the terrible and terrifying Weiroo.

John Carter is a veteran looking to make his way in the world after the Civil War. After finding gold in Arizona, he is chased into hiding in a cave that turns out to house a portal to Mars. He quickly discovers that Mars is inhabited by many intelligent lifeforms who have used advanced science to create a welcoming natural environment on the red planet. John is soon drawn into a tribe of nomadic Martians and quickly rises in their ranks due to his otherworldly strength. Eventually, John’s group gets into a dispute with a rival tribe.

Primo audiolibro della fortunatissima serie di romanzi di "Tarzan", questo romanzo, pubblicato nel 1914, divenne presto un best-seller mondiale. Il successo divenne tale che le avventure di Tarzan si snodarono per ben ventotto libri, tradotto in più di cinquanta linque, e il personaggio divenne fonte di ispirazione di almeno trenta film, telefilm e cartoni animati. Il racconto non è però solo un audiolibro di avventure e offre spunti di riflessione su temi come la diversità, i pregiudizi, il conflitto tra istinto e ragione, tra eredità ed educazione.

Thuvia, Princess of Ptarth, is betrothed to Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol, in an arranged marriage. She spurns the advances of a suitor, Astok of Dusar, who then plots to abduct Thuvia and frame Carthoris, son of John Carter, for the crime, igniting a war between Kaol, Ptarth, and Helium.

Tara of Helium, daughter of John Carter, becomes lost in an unknown area of Mars when her single-seat flier is caught in a rare Martian hurricane. She is first captured by the bizarre and hideous Kaldanes, and then the brutal Manatorians, for whom she is the prize in a tournament of Martian chess, jetan, that is played by live game pieces, and to the death!

At the conclusion of The Gods of Mars, John Carter's wife and two other women were locked in a slowly rotating prison attached to the Temple of the Sun, each of whose hundreds of cells are only open to the outside world once every year. John Carter must discover the secret of the Temple of the Sun to rescue the Holy Thern's daughter Phaidor, who has been imprisoned with Dejah Thoris and another Barsoomian princess, Thuvia of Ptarth.

After a 10-year absence, John Carter returns to Barsoom. He finds himself among the Therns, a white-skinned race of self-proclaimed gods, who have for eons deceived the Barsoomians elsewhere that the pilgrimage to the Valley Dor is a journey to paradise when it is in fact a valley of death. This is book two of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series.

While fleeing from a band of Apache warriors, Civil War veteran John Carter hides in a sacred cave, where he is mysteriously transported to Mars. Now endowed with superhuman abilities due to the low Martian gravity, he becomes embroiled in a conflict between the six-limbed Green Martians and humanoid Red Martians and meets the beautiful Dejah Thoris. This is book one of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series.

A drilling machine experiment reveals Pellucidar, a hidden world 500 miles under the Earth's surface. A world with eternal daylight, living dinosaurs, and stone-age humans, ruled by an advanced reptilian race.

Continuano, dopo il primo audiolibro del ciclo, "Pirati su Venere", le avventure di Carson Napier sul pianeta Venere. Un intenso susseguirsi di incontri e scontri con animali feroci e uomini più o meno evoluti ma altrettanto pericolosi e crudeli. Insieme a Duare, la bellissima principessa, il nostro eroe cercherà di ritrovare la strada verso il regno di Vepaja, tra mille difficoltà e pericoli. Precursore dei mondi distopici e delle saghe fantastiche, Burroughs si conferma un grande visionario, capace di muoversi a suo agio tra le creature mostruose che verranno riprese dai posteri.

Questo primo romanzo del "Ciclo di Venere", del 1934, opera meno famosa dell'autore di Tarzan si inserisce nel filone della costruzione di un mondo utopico/distopico, filone iniziato da H. G. Wells nella Macchina del Tempo nel 1902. In questo caso la società abita su Venere, pianeta che, a causa della fitta coltre di nubi, è stato sempre sconosciuto ai vari astronomi e scienziati, e ipotizzato come inadatto alla vita. Lo stesso autore ha scritto altri cicli di romanzi di fantascienza, come il "ciclo di Pellucidar" e il "ciclo di Marte".

La vita di Tarzan, tornato nella civiltà, non si può dire noiosa. Le sue avventure continuano a ritmo serrato: Parigi, il deserto, e, tornato infine nella sua giungla nativa, alla scoperta di una misteriosa città fondata da Atlantidei. Agente del servizio segreto, re di indigeni africani, e poi di nuovo re delle scimmie, sarà portato più volte a confrontare la vita primitiva con la vita degli uomini, senza decidersi nella sua scelta. Ma l'amore vincerà, come sempre accade, e, finalmente, potrà dire di nuovo. "Io Tarzan, tu Jane."

Con questo volume continuano i romanzi ambientati su Amtor I Pirati di Venere e Perduti su Venere. Nuove avventure e imprese pericolose aspettano Carson Napier. Proprio quando l'amore tra lui e la bellissima Duare sembra poter trionfare, ecco che nuovi inattesi e crudeli tiri della sorte separano i due. Tra tradimenti e gesta eroiche, il nostro eroe si troverà a combattere contro Mephis e i suoi fanatici seguaci, parodia per nulla velata del nazismo e dei totalitarismi in genere. Per gli amanti dell'avventura, questo romanzo non sarà avaro di colpi di scena.

Join in on one of the world’s most beloved jungle adventures in The Tarzan Collection. This collection includes the first three books of Edgar Rice Burrough’s Tarzan novels: Tarzan of the Apes, The Return of Tarzan, and The Beasts of Tarzan. All three novels follow stages of Tarzan’s life, from his childhood among the apes to his adulthood adjusting to a new life and adventures among civilized society.

In the late 20th 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 22nd century as Julian 9th, who refuses to bow down to the victorious Moon Men; and as Julian 20th, the fierce Red Hawk, he will lead humanity's final battle against the alien invaders in the 25th century.

Bowen Tyler, his reluctant crew and a blonde heroine, find themselves marooned in a nightmare world of mighty dinosaurs and bestial apemen who kill on sight. This is the lost continent of Caspak, a hot, dark and mysterious prehistoric world located somewhere in the icy waters of the Antarctic. Their only hope of rescue is a note in a bottle flung into the sea. The survivors persist and penetrate the heart of Caspak to find the incredible secret that claws, fangs and spears have guarded since the beginning of time.

Jimmy Torrance, Jr., was a champion athlete in college, if not the brightest scholar. Upon graduation in 1919, he emerges starry-eyed into the grand metropolis of Chicago, cocksure that he will immediately be hired as the manager of a large business. But the real world differs measurably from Jimmy's grandiose expectations.

Written in 1915, Beyond Thirty is a fascinating tale of the future after World War I as seen from 1915 - as the carnage and slaughter on the fields of France stunned the world, and men of good will all wondered where civilization was headed. For Edgar Rice Burroughs, "The Great War" results in a two century division between the eastern and western hemispheres. Inhabitants of Pan-America are forbidden to cross the 30th parallel. Europe and the Old World are forever cut off from America.

The master of adventure, Edgar Rice Burroughs, tackles the Frankenstein myth. A demented scientist discovers how to create human life - not perfect but improving steadily with each attempt. He is forced to flee to remote Borneo to continue his gruesome experiments; each experiment becomes one of the Monster Men. Add a beautiful young daughter, a scheming criminal as assistant, head hunters, and wild jungle terrain, and you have The Monster Men!

In "The Oakdale Affair", we follow further adventures of Bridge. Bridge finds himself sheltering from a storm with a mysterious thief. The pair rescue a young woman who's run afoul of her gangster boyfriend. It seems that everybody wants the loot that the thief stole, and somewhere out there is a kidnapped young woman who is the key to it all. Bridge will have a lot of juggling to do to keep gangsters, gypsies, and private detectives in line and solve the mystery at hand.