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Hunter Quatermain's Story: The Uncollected Adventures of Allan Quatermain
By Peter Haining, H Rider Haggard. 2003
Over a century after the debut of the intrepid hunter explorer Allan Quatermain in King Solomon's Mines, he remains one…
of the great heroes of literature whose adventures have been adapted for cinema and television. This new anthology brings to light a novelette and four short stories which have never been collected in one volume. Introducing the tales with a detailed resume of the author's life and career, this compendium provides information about the inspiration and creation of Allan Quatermain. A chronology of the explorer's life linked to the novels and stories is also included.Storm
By Donna Jo Napoli. 2014
A sixteen-year-old stowaway discovers her destiny on Noah's ark in this riveting reimagining from award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli, available…
in time for the March 2014 major motion picture Noah.The rain starts suddenly, hard and fast. After days of downpour, her family lost, Sebah takes shelter in a tree, eating pine cones and the raw meat of animals that float by. With each passing day, her companion, a boy named Aban, grows weaker. When their tree is struck by lightning, Sebah is tempted just to die in the flames rather than succumb to a slow, watery death. Instead, she and Aban build a raft. What they find on the stormy seas is beyond imagining: a gigantic ark. But Sebah does not know what she'll find on board, and Aban is too weak to leave their raft. Themes of family, loss, and ultimately, survival and love make for a timeless story. Donna Jo Napoli has imagined a new protagonist to tell the story of Noah and his ark. As rain batters the earth, Noah, his family, and hordes of animals wait out the storm, ready to carry out their duty of repopulating the earth. Hidden below deck...is Sebah.Into the Storm: A Study in Command
By Tom Clancy, Frederick M. Franks. 1997
In his brilliant, bestselling novels, Tom Clancy has explored the most timely military and security issues of our generation. Now…
he takes readers deep into the operational art of war with this insightful look at one of the greatest American military triumphs since World War II: the Gulf War.Danger at the Haunted Gate (The Oregon Trail #2)
By Jesse Wiley. 2018
Continue west, young pioneer—the second leg of your journey starts here—and it won't be any easier. Natural disasters, disease, and…
dishonest people are challenges you'll face in the wild frontier. Now, trek on the Oregon Trail to Devil's Gate! This is the second installment of four books that will take you all the way to Oregon Territory—if you make the right choices. In book two of this exciting choose-your-own-adventure series, it's 1850 and you've been traveling for the past six weeks on foot for fifteen miles a day with your family, covered wagon full of supplies, and oxen. And congratulations—you made it to Chimney Rock. But your journey has just begun. You need to get to Devil's Gate, the halfway mark on your 2,000-mile journey west. Keep watch! Danger awaits on your way to those eerie cliffs. Which path will you choose in the face of danger? With twenty-two possible endings, choose wrong and you'll never make it to Devil's Gate. Choose right and blaze a trail that gets you closer to Oregon City!Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters #1)
By Rebecca Schaeffer. 2019
Dexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the black…
market — until she’s betrayed. Nita doesn’t murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet—her mother does that. Nita just dissects the bodies after they’ve been “acquired.” Until her mom brings home a live specimen and Nita decides she wants out; dissecting a scared teenage boy is a step too far. But when she decides to save her mother’s victim, she ends up sold in his place—because Nita herself isn’t exactly “human.” She has the ability to alter her biology, a talent that is priceless on the black market. Now on the other side of the bars, if she wants to escape, Nita must ask herself if she’s willing to become the worst kind of monster.Six of Crows: Book 2 (Six Of Crows Ser. #2)
By Leigh Bardugo. 2016
The hotly-anticipated sequel to the Carnegie Medal 2017 nominated SIX OF CROWS, this is GAME OF THRONES meets OCEAN'S ELEVEN…
in a fantasy epic from the number 1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Leigh Bardugo.Welcome to the world of the Grisha.After pulling off a seemingly impossible heist in the notorious Ice Court, criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker feels unstoppable. But life is about to take a dangerous turn - and with friends who are among the deadliest outcasts in Ketterdam city, Kaz is going to need more than luck to survive in this unforgiving underworld.As gripping, sweeping and memorable as the Grisha trilogy - SHADOW AND BONE, SIEGE AND STORM and RUIN AND RISING - this novel is perfect for fans of Laini Taylor, Kristin Cashore and GAME OF THRONES.The Doctor of Pimlico: Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime
By William Le Queux. 2013
Out After Dark
By Kai Maristed. 1993
A young American couple is touring Germany with their two children. During an Alpine hike, the parents, eager to hunt…
mushrooms down the slope, settle their drowsy children to nap in the glade. When the kids awake, the sun has set and they are alone, their world changed. They are found eventually by strangers and returned to an America they might have never known.A.D. 30: A Novel (AD #1)
By Ted Dekker. 2014
A sweeping epic set in the harsh deserts of Arabia and ancient Palestine.A war that rages between kingdoms on the…
earth and in the heart.The harrowing journey of the woman at the center of it all.Step back in time to the year of our Lord...A.D. 30.The outcast daughter of one of the most powerful Bedouin sheikhs in Arabia, Maviah is called on to protect the very people who rejected her. When their enemies launch a sudden attack with devastating consequences, Maviah escapes with the help of two of her father's warriors--Saba who speaks more with is sword than his voice and Judah, a Jew who comes from a tribe that can read the stars. Their journey will be fraught with terrible danger. If they can survive the vast forbidding sands of a desert that is deadly to most, they will reach a brutal world subjugated by kings and emperors. There Maviah must secure an unlikely alliance with King Herod of the Jews. But Maviah's path leads her unexpectedly to another man. An enigmatic teacher who speaks of a way in this life which offers greater power than any kingdom. His name is Yeshua, and his words turn everything known on its head. Though following him may present even greater danger, his may be the only way for Maviah to save her people--and herself.The Spy Who Totally Had a Crush on Me (Spy Goddess #3)
By Michael P. Spradlin. 2014
With a traitor in her midst, Rachel faces losing her life and her heart—all in one semesterAt Blackthorn Academy, a…
peculiar prep school in the mountains of Pennsylvania, students are concerned with all the usual things: homework, hookups, and how to save the world. For Rachel, studying has taken a backseat to a little problem she’s having with a supervillain named Simon Blankenship, who is convinced that he’s an ancient Roman god and she’s a reincarnated goddess whom he must destroy. They’ve tangled twice before, and Rachel has beaten him narrowly both times, but now Blankenship has done something completely unexpected: He’s stolen an important ancient artifact from Blackthorn Academy . . . and disappeared.She and her fellow spies in training wait for Blankenship to show himself while contemplating the possibility of a turncoat in their midst. And as if that weren’t enough, Rachel must tangle with a different kind of problem: a totally cute new student, whose eyes are just a little too pretty, and who seems to know just a little too much about Rachel and her past. She must decide quickly—is he boyfriend material, or a traitor?Shadow Force
By Matt Lynn. 2011
The third thrilling action adventure novel in the Death Force series, SHADOW FORCE plunges the team of hardened mercenaries into…
a battle to defeat Somali pirates.Somalia, 2010: Somali-based pirates are attacking ships off the coast of Africa, demanding tens of millions of dollars in ransoms, and pushing up the cost of shipping along one of the world's most valuable trade routes. The elite fighting men from Death Inc are thrown into action in their most dangerous mission yet. They are the British government's Shadow Force: a top-secret unit, sent into Somalia to destroy the pirates. But it soon becomes clear they have been thrown into a deadly conspiracy, in which only they are expendable...El tesoro de la Isla de la Niebla
By Isabel Mª Garrido Bayano, Fabio Maltagliati. 2016
El verano parecía transcurrir tranquilo en Alrbarossa para cuatro grandes amigos, pero el descubrimiento de un mensaje misterioso les hará…
vivir una serie de emocionantes y peligrosas aventuras en busca de un tesoro perdido. Libro de aventuras para jóvenes lectores de entre 9 y 13 años.Devil's Wake: A Novel
By Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due. 2012
What happens when an unprecedented infection sweeps the world, leaving the earth on the brink of the Apocalypse? But this…
infection goes far beyond disease. Beyond even the nightmare images of walking dead or flesh-eating ghouls. The infected are turning into creatures unlike anything ever dreamed of . . . more complex, more mysterious, and more deadly. Trapped in the northwestern United States as winter begins to fall, Terry and Kendra have only one choice: they and their friends must cross a thousand miles of no-man's-land in a rickety school bus, battling ravenous hordes, human raiders, and their own fears. In the midst of apocalypse, they find something no one could have anticipated . . . love.Ice Force: Book Four
By Matt Lynn. 2012
The fourth book in the brilliant Death Force series plunges the elite squad of hardened mercenaries into a deadly battle…
for survival in the frozen wastelands of the Arctic. A plane carrying a Russian oil billionaire has crashed mysteriously in the Arctic in the middle of a brutal winter. Nobody knows why, nor can they locate the aircraft's black box. With only days left before the signal switches itself off, the men from 'Death Force' are hired by a rival billionaire to make one last desperate bid to find the black box. But when they finally locate the plane, they also uncover a deadly secret. This was no ordinary crash. There's a reason why the black box went missing. And soon they find themselves on the run for their lives, battling an unseen enemy, across the world's most terrifying landscape. Caught up in a vast conspiracy to control the world's last great reserves of oil, the men from 'Death Force' must fight the most overwhelming odds they have ever faced just to stay alive.The Mystery of the Secret Society
By Marcos Calo, Harper Paris. 2016
Ethan and Ella discover a secret society in Greece in the tenth book of Greetings from Somewhere, an exciting series…
about mystery, travel, and adventure.Ethan and Ella have never been anywhere as cool--or as old--as Athens, Greece. Surrounded by crumbling buildings and ancient sculptures, the twins are excited to follow in their Grandpa Harry's footsteps and explore the ruins. While they're exploring, they stumble upon a mysterious painting on an underground wall. What is it? And what in the world is the Society of Apollo? With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Greetings from Somewhere chapter books are perfect for beginning readers.Band of Eagles: A thrilling tale of fighter pilots in World War Two
By Frank Barnard. 2007
Summer 1941. The tiny island of Malta, held by the British, has become the most bombed place on earth. It…
is a crucial supply point for the Allies. The Germans and Italians want to destroy it. For the fighter pilots of the RAF defeat seems almost certain. They are outnumbered in the air, short of food and drink and weakened by tropical disease. Two flight commanders, Englishman Kit Curtis and American Ossie Wolf, make an unlikely alliance. Curtis is idealistic while Wolf, by contrast, is ruthless, a gifted ace thriving in the chaos of imminent invasion. But as each man is tested to the limit, they come to share a common purpose and fresh understanding. The experiences of these pilots and their comrades are vividly conveyed in a novel of compelling pace and power. By turns brutal, funny, tragic and heroic, this is a spell-binding tour-de-force, a brilliant sequel to the bestselling Blue Man Falling.Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact
By Hartley, A. J.. 2011
11 year old Darwen Arkwright has spent his whole life in a small English town where, despite his best efforts,…
there was no adventure to be found. Now he is forced to move to America, to live with his aunt in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Darwen knows things will be different there but what he finds is beyond even his wildest imagination. After following a strange flying creature through the shopping centre, Darwen discovers an enchanting world through the old mirror hanging in his closet, a world that holds as many dangers as it does wonders.Betty Zane
By Zane Grey. 2013
This story tells of the bravery and heroism of Betty, the beautifulyoung sister of old Colonel Zane, one of the…
bravest pioneers. Lifealong the frontier, attacks by Indians, Betty's heroic defense of thebeleaguered garrison at Wheeling, the burning of the Fort, and Betty'sfinal race for life, make up this never-to-be-forgotten story.Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest
By G. A. Henty. 2010
Return to the days of the Norman invasion of England and fight alongside a nobleman serving the last of England's…
Anglo-Saxon monarchs. Wulf of Steyning, a Saxon thane loyal to King Harold Godwinson, boldly captures a castle in the Welsh wars, risks his life to rescue his shipwrecked sovereign, and combats Norsemen at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Wulf and his comrades resolutely stand by King Harold in a series of adventures that climax at the Battle of Hastings. Generations of readers have thrilled to this tale of loyalty and courage in eleventh-century Britain and Normandy. Author G. A. Henty created it in conjunction with his popular series of storybooks in which young characters, inspired by their encounters with real-life figures, perform heroic deeds. Historical fiction at its very best, Wulf the Saxon offers boys and girls an exciting adventure in the medieval world.The Brimstone Betrayal
By Terence West. 2007
Rose Webb isn't the chosen one. She just has a job to do. Part hunter, killer, and public relations agent,…
Rose is a Brimstone Syndicate Seeker. It's her responsibility to ensure that no humans learn of the Syndicate's existence, and all Inhumans are obeying the laws. Unfortunately she is also a one hundred and thirty year old vampire, and that is easier said than done. Humans still consider those things that go bump in the night just a myth, and the Brimstone Syndicate will do anything to keep it that way. A botched operation to clean out a nest of illegal vampires leads Rose and her partners, a young werewolf and a pissy goblin, directly into a confrontation with powers that threaten to subvert the Syndicate. Rose must use her connections in the underworld to investigate, unravel, and solve the mystery and not everyone, or everything, is as it seems.