The Townsmen
By: Keith Wheeler
3.80
Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound
240 pages of excellent text, filled with great black & white and color photos and illustrations.
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1. The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)
By: Edgar Rice Burroughs , John Bolen
3.87
Format: 6 pages, Audio CD
John Carter risks everything to rescue his wife, Princess Dejah Thoris, from the clutches of his ev… read more
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"I should at least die as I had lived—fighting."-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)
"It is strange how new and unexpected conditions bring out unguessed ability to meet them."-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)
"If there be a fate that is sometimes cruel to me, there surely is a kind and merciful Providence which watches over me."-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)
"If I sometimes seem to take too great pride in my fighting ability, it must be remembered that fighting is my vocation."-Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Warlord of Mars (Barsoom, #3)
2. The Histories
By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola
4.01
Format: 716 pages, Paperback
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"Hippocleides doesn't care."-Herodotus, The Histories
"So much, then, for the fish."-Herodotus, The Histories
"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."-Herodotus, The Histories
"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."-Herodotus, The Histories
3. Hondo
By: Louis L'Amour
4.06
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
He was etched by the desert’s howling winds, a big, broad-shouldered man who knew the ways of the A… read more
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"The Apache don't have a word for love," he said. "Know what they both say at the marriage? The squaw-taking ceremony?" "Tell me." "Varlebena. It means forever. That's all they say."-Louis L'Amour, Hondo
4. The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
By: Isaac Asimov
4.42
Format: 679 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Foundation begins a new chapter in the story of man's future. As the Old Empire crumbles into barba… read more
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"It's a weakness of mine-I want people to understand me."-Isaac Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
"The young man is handsome, pleasant, and extremely charming. Don't let him fool you."-Isaac Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
"But I'd be killed, and I never like to count on that when I'm making plans. It doesn't pay off."-Isaac Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
"It is an affair of a romantic idiot; but even a romantic idiot can be a deadly weapon when an unromantic rebel uses him as a tool."-Isaac Asimov, The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
5. Long Ride Home
By: Louis L'Amour
4.16
Format: 1342 pages, Paperback
RIDE ALONG INTO DANGER Traveling under an alias, the last thing gunman Clip Haynes wanted was atten… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- american history
7. The Icarus Hunt
By: Timothy Zahn
4.30
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Smuggler Jordan McKell has partner Ixil, an alien whose two "ferrets" ride his shoulders and telepa… read more
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8. The Invisible Man
By: H.G. Wells , Дмитро Паламарчук
3.64
Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a … read more
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"But giving drugs to a cat is no joke, Kemp!"-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion."-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently."-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
"And there it was, on a shabby bed in a tawdry, ill-lighted bedroom, surrounded by a crowd of ignorant and excited people, broken and wounded, betrayed and unpitied, that Griffin, the first of all men…"-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man
9. The Proving Trail
By: Louis L'Amour
3.66
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
They tried to tell him that his father had killed himself, but Kearney McRaven knew better. No matt… read more
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10. The Silmarillion
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Ted Nasmith
4.01
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the an… read more
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"Nightingales sang about her wherever she went."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
"No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazón."-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
11. The Gods of Mars (Barsoom, #2)
By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
3.67
Format: 117 pages, Paperback
1886. John Carter, forever 30, returns to Mars and again fights enemies with green Tars Tarka and r… read more
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12. The Time Machine
By: H.G. Wells , Greg Bear , Carlo Pagetti
3.89
Format: 118 pages, Paperback
“I’ve had a most amazing time....” So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account … read more
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"For after the Battle comes quiet."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"We are kept keen on the grindstone of pain and necessity."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"It's against reason," said Filby. "What reason?" said the Time Traveller."-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
"[...] The slowest snail that ever crawled dashed by too fast for me. [...]"-H.G. Wells, The Time Machine
13. The War of the Worlds
By: H.G. Wells , Arthur C. Clarke
3.83
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the a… read more
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"We will peck them to death tomorrow, my dear."-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
"The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one"-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
"Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear."-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
"That's what we are now—just ants. Only——" "Yes," I said. "We're eatable ants."-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
14. The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.00
Format: 18 pages,
The weird fiction short stories of H.P. Lovecraft from 1917-1935. Excludes collaborations. The eBoo… read more
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15. The Silk Roads: A New History of the World
By: Peter Frankopan
3.77
Format: None pages,
From the rise and fall of empires in China, Persia, and Rome itself to the spread of Buddhism and a… read more
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16. A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
By: Edgar Rice Burroughs , John Seelye
3.81
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
A Princess of Mars is the first of eleven thrilling novels that comprise Edgar Rice Burroughs' most… read more
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"Mine own people do not care for me, John Carter; I am too unlike them. It is a sad fate, since I must live my life amongst them."-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
"Twenty years have intervened; for ten of them I lived and fought for Dejah Thoris and her people, and for ten I have lived upon her memory."-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
"There was one slight, desperate chance, and that I decided I must take--it was for Dejah Thoris, and no man has lived who would not risk a thousand deaths for such as she."-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
"Day had now given away to night and as we wandered along the great avenue lighted by the two moons of Barsoom, and with Earth looking down upon us out of her luminous green eye, it seemed that we wer…"-Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
17. The Great Chiefs
By: Benjamin Capps
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound
Part of The Old West series of Time-Life Books, this book is well-illustrated and has several chapt… read more
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- nonfiction
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18. The Townsmen
By: Keith Wheeler
3.80
Format: 240 pages, Leather Bound
240 pages of excellent text, filled with great black & white and color photos and illustrations. read more
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19. The Coastal War: Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande
By: Peter M. Chaitin
3.90
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Coastal War, The: Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande by Chaitin, Peter M. et al. read more
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- nonfiction
20. The Killing Ground: Wilderness to Cold Harbor (Civil War)
By: Gregory Jaynes
3.78
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A gripping, comprehensive account of the Civil War, including eyewitness testimony, profiles of key… read more
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