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  Allan Quatermain: Book 1

  King Solomon's Mines

  by H. Rider Haggard

  One of the best-selling novels of the nineteenth century, King Solomon’s Mines has inspired dozens of adventure stories, including Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Tarzan books and the Indiana Jones movies. Vivid and enormously action-packed, H. Rider Haggard’s tale of danger and discovery continues to shock and thrill, as it has since it was first presented to the public and heralded as “the most amazing book ever... (more)
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  Ayesha series: Book 1

  She

  by H. Rider Haggard

  She: A History of Adventure is a novel by H. Rider Haggard, first serialized in The Graphic from October 1886 to January 1887. She is one of the classics of imaginative literature and with 83 million copies sold by 1965, one of the best-selling books of all time. According to Andrew M. Stauffer, "She has always been Rider Haggard's most popular and influential novel, challenged only by King Solomon's Mines in this... (more)
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  Allan Quatermain: Book 2

  Allan Quatermain

  by H. Rider Haggard

  Sequel to "King Solomon's Mines", this adventure story is about three men and their guide, who trek into remote Africa in search of a lost white race. Their perilous journey takes them to Zu-Vendis, a kingdom ruled by the beautiful twin sisters, Nyleptha and Sorais.
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  Lysbeth

  A Tale of the Dutch

  by H. Rider Haggard

  The author writes, "By an example of the trials, adventures, and victories of a burgher family of the generation of Philip II and William the Silent, he strives to set before readers of to-day something of the life of those who lived through perhaps the most fearful tyranny that the western world has known. How did they live, one wonders; how is it that they did not die of very terror, those of them who escaped... (more)
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  Dawn

  by H. Rider Haggard

  Henry Rider Haggard was a British Victorian writer known for his adventure novels set is exotic places. His writings are sympathetic to the natives. He often portrayed Africans as heroic in his stories even though the main characters are usually European. Dawn was Haggard's second novel written in 1884. Haggard is most remembered for writing King Solomon's Mines, She, Allan Quatermain, and The People of the... (more)
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  Oxford Progressive English Readers Grade 4

  King Solomons Mines

  by H. Rider Haggard

  This popular series of readers has now been completely revised and updated, using a new syllabus and new word structure lists. Readability has been ensured by means of specially designed computer software. Words that are above level but essential to the story are explained within the text, illustrated, and then reused for maximum reinforcement.