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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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  Montezuma's Daughter

  by H. Rider Haggard

  As a tale of adventure, it takes the reader through 16th-century England, Spain, and Mexico at the time of the Spanish Conquest. But on a deeper level, the author's hopes for humanity shine through the darkness of this time to illuminate the reader with his spiritual philosophy.
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  The Brethren

  by H. Rider Haggard

  "Standing a while ago upon the flower-clad plain above Tiberius, by the Lake of Galilee, the writer gazed at the double peaks of the Hill of Hattin. Here, or so tradition says, Christ preached the Sermon on the Mount--that perfect rule of gentleness and peace. Here, too--and this is certain--after nearly twelve centuries had gone by, Yusuf Salah-ed-din, whom we know as the Sultan Saladin, crushed the Christian... (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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  Skulduggery Pleasant: Book 1

  Skulduggery Pleasant

  by Derek Landy

  Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: ace detective, snappy dresser, razor-tongued wit, crackerjack sorcerer and walking, talking, fire-throwing skeleton - as well as protector and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old. These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil. The end of the world? Over his dead body.Stephanie Edgley's novelist uncle dies, leaving her his... (more)
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  The Last Unicorn

  by Peter S. Beagle

  The story of a unicorn -- touching, enchanting, and magical. The Unicorn herself seems to glow, but there is something troubling her. Is she really the last? She goes on a quest to find the others, with a magician and a woman. Will the quest be successful? Or will the Unicorn be trapped with the others?