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A la fin du 19 ème siècle, Sir John Greystoke et son épouse Alice, enceinte de leur premier enfant, voguent à bord du Fuwalda, au large de l'Afrique équatoriale. Une mutinerie éclate et les voilà débarqués sur une côte sauvage. Ils s'installent tant bien que mal et John construit une cabane. Alice y met au monde un fils, John Clayton III, comte de Greystoke. Mais elle meurt dans l'année qui suit. Puis quelques temps après John, le père, est tué par un grand singe venu de la forêt voisine.

Naked Lunch is one of the most important novels of the 20th century, a book that redefined not just literature but American culture. An unnerving tale of a narcotics addict unmoored in New York, Tangiers, and, ultimately, a nightmarish wasteland known as Interzone.

The People That Time Forgot is the thrilling second installment in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Caspak trilogy. A rescue mission to an uncharted island reveals a land lost in time, where dinosaurs roam and ancient civilizations battle for survival. A pulse-pounding adventure of prehistoric danger and discovery.

Red Hawk is a thrilling sci-fi adventure in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Moon Series. Set in a future where humanity is enslaved by the dreaded Kalkars, Julian 20th—known as the Red Hawk—leads a fierce rebellion. Mounted on his warhorse Red Lightning, he fights for the last free Americans in a relentless battle for survival.

The Return of the Mucker follows Billy Byrne, a fugitive who flees to Mexico after being framed for murder. Now a wandering outlaw, he finds himself in the midst of a civil war, facing dangerous bandits, political intrigue, and moral dilemmas. An action-packed adventure of redemption and survival in a lawless land.

#1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco at the hands of a buyout from investment firm KKR. A book that stormed both the bestseller list and the public imagination, a book that...

Burroughs’ first novel, a largely autobiographical account of the constant cycle of drug dependency, cures, and relapses, remains the most unflinching, unsentimental account of addiction ever written. Through time spent kicking and time spent dealing, through junk sickness and a sanatorium, Junky is a field report from the American postwar drug underground. A cult classic, it has influenced generations of writers with its raw, sparse, and unapologetic tone.

Sci-Fi: The Definitive Collection is a collection of 29 classic science fiction novels and stories, read by esteemed cast of award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the most iconic science fiction writers of all time, including H.G. Wells; Jules Verne; H.P. Lovecraft; Maragret Cavendish; Yevgeny Zamyatin; and more.

Jeremiah Burroughs (1599-1646) was an English Congregationalist and a well-known Puritan preacher. With his book The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment Burroughs seeks to promote peace among believers of various persuasions, and contentment in the hearts of individual believers. He defines contentment as an inward, quiet submission of the heart, which takes pleasure in God's providence in every situation.

The Ultimate Science Fiction Mega Collection contains 16 of the greatest science fiction works ever written.

Best-selling author Bryan Burrough recently made a shocking discovery: The small town of Temple, Texas, where he had grown up, had harbored a dark secret. One of his high school classmates, Danny Corwin, was a vicious serial killer. In this chilling tale, Burrough raises important questions of whether serial killers can be recognized before they kill or rehabilitated after they do. It is also a story of Texas politics and power that led the good citizens of the town of Temple to enable a demon who was their worst nightmare.

Barsoom Series Collection: 7 John Carter Stories is an audiobook collection of seven novels/stories of John Carter by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It will transport you to a fascinating new world unlike any other. Join John Carter as he finds himself on another planet beyond his deepest imagination - Mars, with almost a complete lack of resources.

In the untamed heart of the African jungle, Edgar Rice Burroughs unfolds the riveting tale of Tarzan of the Apes. Orphaned and raised by a band of apes, a young boy emerges as the formidable Tarzan, mastering the perils of the wild with unparalleled bravery and agility. But his primal world is forever altered with the arrival of the compassionate Jane Porter, igniting a conflict between his savage upbringing and the stirrings of a civilized heart.

When Tarzan of the Apes frees a man being tortured by cruel bandits, he is surprised to learn that the stranger comes from no race or country the ape-man knows. He is from the fabled land of Onthar, where lie two ancient cities unknown to the outside world. One is Athne, city of ivory; the other is Cathne, city of gold and evil. There great prides of trained lions are used to hunt down men and wage eternal war. And there Tarzan meets the beautiful queen Nemone, who is determined to have Tarzan as her king...or feed him to the lions!

Evil men have come to the land of Tarzan of the Apes, looting and killing as they move. But other evil lurks in a small valley of the Ghenzi Mountains, where the last remnants of an ugly, perverted people dwell in what they call their faith—an ancient belief that came from Rome nearly 2,000 years before. Now they are wicked and many of them are insane. And now they have captured Lady Barbara Collis and mean to use her as a human sacrifice—unless Tarzan arrives in time!

El que todos creían muerto, Paulvitch todavía sigue vivo y no va a olvidar nunca lo que Tarzán le hizo, por lo que empieza a tramar su venganza contra él. Sabiendo que va a herirle donde más le va doler, consigue engañar al hijo de Tarzán haciendo que salga de Londres, pero el niño al igual que su padre sabe desenvolverse en la selva con total naturalidad y con la ayuda del gran simio Atkut se oculta en la jungla donde su padre se ha criado.

The Barsoom Collection: Books 1-6 is the collection of the first six novels in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series, read by esteemed narrator Christopher Ragland.

In this funny, nightmarish masterpiece of imaginative excess, grotesque characters engage in acts of violent one-upmanship, boundless riches mangle a corner of Africa into a Bacchanalian utopia, and technology, flesh, and violence fuse with and undo each other. A fragmentary, freewheeling novel, it sees wild boys engage in vigorous, ritualistic sex and drug taking, as well as prankster-ish guerrilla warfare and open combat with a confused and outmatched army.

A fascinating mix of autobiographical episodes and extraordinary Egyptian theology, Burroughs' final novel is poignant and melancholic. Blending war films and pornography, and referencing Kafka and Mailer, The Western Lands confirms Burroughs' status as one of America's greatest writers. The final novel of the trilogy begun with Cities of the Red Night and The Place of Dead Roads is a Book of the Dead for the nuclear age, an astonishing, profound, and revealing meditation on morality, loneliness, life, and death.