King Solomon's Mines tells of the search by Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good and the narrator, Allan Quatermain, for Sir Henry's younger brother George. He has been lost in the interior of Africa for two years in the quest for King Solomon's Mines, the legendary source of the biblical King's enormous riches. The three companions encounter fearful hardships, fierce warriors, mortal danger and the sinister and deadly witch Gagool. In one of the finest adventure stories of its age, Quatermain, with touches of humour and great excitement, tells the tale of their struggle through unmapped...
King Solomon's Mines tells of the search by Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good and the narrator, Allan Quatermain, for Sir Henry's younger brother Ge...
This Halcyon Classics ebook contains three works of the SHE (or AYESHA) series by H. Rider Haggard: SHE, AYESHA: THE RETURN OF SHE, and SHE AND ALLAN. The books follow the adventures of an expedition to an unexplored part of East Africa, where the group finds Ayesha, a beautiful and immortal sorceress who claims the expedition's leader is the reincarnation of her long-dead beloved. Ayesha had become ageless and perfectly beautiful more than 2 millennia earlier by immersing herself in a magic flame, and pressures the expedition leader to immerse himself as well. Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925)...
This Halcyon Classics ebook contains three works of the SHE (or AYESHA) series by H. Rider Haggard: SHE, AYESHA: THE RETURN OF SHE, and SHE AND ALLAN....
The autumn afternoon was fading into evening. It had been cloudy weather, but the clouds had softened and broken up. Now they were lost in slowly darkening blue. The sea was perfectly and utterly still. It seemed to sleep, but in its sleep it still waxed
The autumn afternoon was fading into evening. It had been cloudy weather, but the clouds had softened and broken up. Now they were lost in slowly dark...
This edition of The Jungle Book includes a Biographical Note, Foreward, Preface, and Afterword by Jane Yolen. Run with them. Or fear them-- Bagheera the Panther: A silken shadow of boldness and cunning. Kaa the Python: A thirty foot battering ram driven by a cool, hungry mind. Baloo the Bear: who keeps the lore and the Law, and teaches the Secret Words. Rikki the Mongoose: The young protector who sings as he slays. Akela and Raksha the Wolves: Demon warriors of the Free People. Shere Khan the Tiger: The dreaded enemy of all. And Mowgli the Man-cub: The orphan baby raised by the wolves, taught...
This edition of The Jungle Book includes a Biographical Note, Foreward, Preface, and Afterword by Jane Yolen. Run with them. Or fear them-- Bagheera t...
