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Alexis Paulvitch, vengeful and cunning, plots to exact revenge on Tarzan, the legendary Lord of the Jungle. In "Son of Tarzan," the tension escalates as Paulvitch kidnaps Tarzan's son, Korak, seeking to draw the mighty ape-man into a deadly game of cat and mouse. What begins as a father’s desperate search quickly turns into a thrilling adventure filled with danger and unexpected alliances. Listeners will be swept away as they follow Korak’s transformative journey from a sheltered young man to a fierce warrior, navigating the wilds of Africa and unearthing secrets that challenge his very ...

Tida como a obra mais importante de Burroughs, Almoço nu é uma mistura de delírios sádicos, homossexuais e paranoicos induzidos pelas viagens de heroína. Lançado em Paris em 1959, Almoço nu logo se tornou um dos romances mais importantes do século XX. Influência determinante na...

Tarzan's journey takes an unexpected turn when he leaves America, heartbroken after sacrificing his love for Jane Porter. As he boards a ship to Europe, he encounters the enigmatic Countess Olga de Coude, whose life is threatened by the sinister schemes of Nikolas Rokoff and his ruthless henchman, Alexis Paulvitch. In a world that feels foreign and disconnected, Tarzan must navigate treachery and deception while forging new alliances. This thrilling sequel to "Tarzan of the Apes" plunges listeners into a whirlwind of action and intrigue. With each twist, Tarzan faces not only external foes ...

Marco cultural dos anos 1950, Junky descreve o périplo de um viciado em drogas pesadas. O livro entra agora para o time de clássicos malditos da coleção Má Companhia. Cotidiano modorrento, um atestado de dispensa do serviço militar e alguns trambiques. Assim o narrador de Junky descreve...

Two complete audiobooks for the price of one - and the beginning of one of science fiction's most imaginative series. John Carter is a Civil War veteran with nothing left to lose. He heads out West looking for gold and ends up somewhere considerably further from Virginia than he bargained for -...

Three complete audiobooks for the price of one - the full Tarzan trilogy and the perfect way to dive into one of adventure fiction's most enduring series. He was born to English aristocrats in the African jungle. Raised by apes. Became something neither world had ever produced before. Tarzan of...

Three complete audiobooks for the price of one - the full Barsoom trilogy and the perfect way to lose yourself in one of science fiction's most imaginative worlds. John Carter didn't choose Mars. Mars chose him. Transported from the Arizona desert to a dying red planet, he finds himself stronger...

Junk is not, like alcohol or a weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life. In his debut novel, Junky, Burroughs fictionalized his experiences using and peddling heroin and other drugs in the 1950s into a work that reads like a field report from the...

Deep in the uncharted jungles of Africa, a child is orphaned —and raised not by men, but by apes. In Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs introduces one of literature’s most enduring heroes: a man caught between two worlds. Raised in the wild yet driven by an innate curiosity, Tarzan teaches himself to read from abandoned books, discovers his human identity, and ultimately faces a choice between civilization and the life he has always known.

The wildest Tarzan adventure yet, brought to life in a whole new way. They took his wife. They took his son. And they left Tarzan stranded on an island with nothing but the jungle and his instincts. That was their first mistake. The Beasts of Tarzan is the most primal and relentless entry in the...

The ultimate jungle adventure, brought to life in a whole new way. Tarzan of the Apes begins with a shipwreck on the coast of Africa and ends with one of the most bittersweet conclusions in adventure fiction. In between is everything - a boy who grows up learning the laws of the jungle instead...

The king of the jungle returns, brought to life in a whole new way. Tarzan left the jungle once. He tried civilization, tried society, tried living by rules that never quite fit a man raised by apes in the African wilderness. And then the woman he loved chose someone else, and the world he'd...

Um dos grandes nomes da geração beat, William S. Burroughs retrata a crise de abstinência das drogas e a paixão obsessiva homossexual do seu alter ego William Lee. O livro que deu origem ao filme dirigido por Luca Guadagnino, de Me chame pelo seu nome. Embora tenha sido escrito em 1952...

In the Catskills gathers eight of John Burroughs's finest nature essays, first published by Houghton Mifflin in 1910 with photographic illustrations by Clifton Johnson. Burroughs — nicknamed "John o' Birds" for his devotion to birdlife and often credited with creating the modern nature essay...

Six complete audiobooks in one collection - both of Edgar Rice Burroughs' legendary adventure series, from the very beginning. On Mars, John Carter arrives on a dying red planet and finds himself stronger than any creature alive, thrown into a world of warring civilizations and ancient mysteries...

Three complete classic adventures for the price of one - three of the most entertaining stories ever written, narrated in full. The Hound of the Baskervilles sends Sherlock Holmes onto the fog-covered moors of Dartmoor to face a centuries-old curse and something terrifying lurking in the...

Julian 20th, known as The Red Hawk, stands at the brink of humanity’s last stand. In a world where the remnants of the American people have devolved into a primitive nomadic existence, they face an unthinkable enemy: the Kalkars, ruthless Moon Men who have enslaved them with the help of the traitor Ortis. As The Red Hawk rallies his fellow survivors, the stakes rise with each fierce battle against their oppressors. With his loyal horse, Red Lightning, by his side, Julian embarks on a relentless quest for freedom, determined to reclaim their lost legacy. In "Red Hawk," Edgar Rice Burroughs ...

In the late twentieth century, Admiral Julian 3rd can get no rest, for he knows his future. He will be reborn as his grandson in the next century to journey through space and make an ominous discovery inside the moon; he will live again in the dark years of the twenty-second century as Julian...

The classic sci-fi adventure, brought to life in a whole new way. John Carter is a Civil War veteran with nothing left to lose. He heads out West looking for gold and ends up somewhere considerably further from Virginia than he bargained for - transported to the surface of Mars, where the...

The classic sci-fi adventure reaches its epic conclusion, brought to life in a whole new way. John Carter has survived the valley of false gods and the treachery of Barsoom's most powerful institutions. But the fight isn't over. The woman he loves is still a prisoner, scattered enemies are...