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The story begins when renowned safari hunter Allan Quatermain agrees to help Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good search for King Solomon's legendary cache of diamonds. Eager to find out what is tru, whit is myth, and what is really buried in the darkness of the mines, the tireless adventurers delve into the Sahara's treacherous Veil of Sand, where they stumble upon a mysterious lost tribe of African warriors. Finding themselves in deadly peril...
2) Three fates
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When a family heirloom is stolen - a small silver statue belonging to the only survivor of the Lusitania - Malachi, Gideon and Rebecca Sullivan are determined to recover the treasure. Their quest takes them from their home in Ireland to Helsinki, Prague and New York and introduce them to a formidable female professor whose knowledge of Greek mythology will aid them in their quest.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. This is the unforgettable story of how Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die.
"It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." —Entertainment Weekly
McCandess...
"It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." —Entertainment Weekly
McCandess...
4) Another kind
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"Tucked away in a government facility nicknamed the Playroom, six not-quite-human kids learn to control their strange and unpredictable abilities. Life is good, or safe at least, hidden from the prying eyes of a judgmental world.That is, until a security breach forces them out of their home and into the path of the Collector, a mysterious being with leech-like powers. Can the group band together to thwart the Collector's devious plan, or will they...
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Wings of fire ; 13
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"Sundew, and most of the other LeafWings are nursing a deep hatred for the HiveWings, who have ripped every tree from the surface of Pantala, except those in Poison Jungle where the surviving LeafWings have been hiding, waiting for a dragon clever and powerful enough to exact their revenge--and now they are searching for the jungle's oldest and darkest mystery, one that could destroy them all." --
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Préparez-vous pour une aventure époustouflante et fascinante avec "Voyage au centre de la Terre" de Jules Verne. Ce roman captivant vous emmène dans un périple extraordinaire au plus profond des entrailles de notre planète. Suivez les pas du professeur Otto Lidenbrock, un homme audacieux et intrépide, accompagné de son neveu Axel. Ensemble, ils découvrent un manuscrit mystérieux qui les conduit à entreprendre un voyage extraordinaire à...
8) Two degrees
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"When three children endure separate climate change disasters--a wildfire in the California woods, a close encounter with a hungry polar bear in Canada, and a massive hurricane in Florid--they emerge from their experiences committed to changing the world."--
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Dragon Masters ; 16
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The city of Remus is being torn apart by a duel between two wizards, and Drake, Petra, and Griffith have traveled there to assist a blind dragon master, Tessa, in sorting out the situation; using the sound dragon's unique power to manipulate sound waves, the dragon masters retrieve the Power Crystal which is embedded inside an unbreakable rock, but will it be able to absorb the cloud of uncontrolled magic that is threatening the city before it is...
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When boat-smuggler Mahri Zin kidnaps a Healer to cure her family and he turns out to be the Prince of Sea Forest, she must use too much of the magical zabbaroot to escape his enemies. From her root-induced coma she learns that the natives of this planet plan for her to Bond with him, a joining so final that to tear it asunder would mean the death of them both. Mahri only wants her freedom, but as they plunge through the dangerous waters of the swamps...
13) Dragonslayer
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"Ivy doesn't trust the Dragonslayer. He may be her father and the beloved ruler of Valor, but she knows he's hiding more than the treasure from the sand dragon he killed two decades ago. Leaf doesn't trust dragons. They're the reason his favorite sister, Wren, is dead, and now he'll do whatever it takes to slay even one. Wren doesn't trust anyone. She swore off humans after her village tried to sacrifice her to the dragons. She only has one friend,...
15) Dinosaur summer
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Peter Belzoni and his father, a photojournalist, accept the nearly impossible task of returning "a menagerie of avisaurs, centrosaurs, and ankylosaurs, as well as one large predatory raptor named Dagger" from their previous home in the Lothar Gluck Circus in Venezuela to "the wild."--Jacket
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Stolen heir ; 1
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"The changeling queen, Suren, must venture back into the Court of Teeth with the help of the Prince of Faerie, Oak"--
18) Northwind
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"When sickness decimates his fishing camp, an orphan named Leif flees north in a cedar canoe, journeying along a brutal but beautiful coastline." --
19) Treasure Island
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While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger. Portrayal of good versus evil, as the young boy accompanies Long John Silver and his band of pirates in search of the buried treasure.
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