Crazy Classics - The Original Thrillers
Dive into Crazy Classics - The Original Thrillers, a curated list of timeless books that defined the thriller genre. Explore these must-read classics for heart-pounding suspense and unforgettable stories.
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The Land That Time Forgot - Special Edition - Includes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT While matching wits and blows with a crew of Germans aboard a WWI U-33 submarine, Bowen Tyler, his loyal dog, Nobs, the stunning Lys, and a group of tough Brits become hopelessly lost on the Pacific thanks to an act of sabotage. But soon after land is sighted all hope is crushed. Long lost to the outside world, the land they have discovered-Caspak-teems with prehistoric monsters, and men of every epoch...and they're hungry. THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT Tom Billings, close friend to Bowen Tyler, sets out on a rescue mission. Having found Tyler's bottled note floating in the ocean, Billings is familiar with the dangers of Caspak, but knowledge and experience are not the same. Billings quickly finds himself alone in the land of dinosaurs and ape-men, on the run and accompanied by a beautiful Caspak native-Ajor. OUT OF TIME'S ABYSS Bradley, one of the surviving Brits from Bowen Tyler's crew, sets off into the interior of Caspak in search of Billings and a way home to England. He cuts a path through the sinewy jungle and emerges at the heart of Caspak, where he uncovers the horrible secret-a race of hideous creatures that are beyond scientific classification...beyond all imagining.
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A Princess of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Suddenly projected to Mars, John Carter found himself captive of the savage green men of Thark. With him was Dejah Thoris, lovely Princess of Helium. And between them and rescue lay a thousand miles of deadly enemies and unknown dangers. The green warrior decided to close in and end the battle; just as he rushed me, a blinding light struck full in my eyes, so that I could not see Zad's approach and could only leap blindly to one side to avoid his mighty blade. It caught me in the left shoulder; but as my vision cleared a sight met my astonished gaze that almost made me forget the fight. Standing on her chariot with Sola and Sarkoja, my beloved Dejah Thoris turned on Sarkoja with the fury of a tigress and struck something that flashed in the sunlight from her upraised hand. Then I knew what had blinded me at that crucial moment, and how Sarkoja had found a way to kill me without herself delivering the final thrust! Sarkoja, her face livid with baffled rage, whipped out her dagger and aimed a terrific blow at Dejah Thoris—and Zad was once more advancing on me with reddened blade. I felt the steel tear into my chest and all went black before me. . . .
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John Carter of Mars - volume 1 - The Princess of Mars & The Gods of Mars (John Carter of Mars)
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Tarzan of the Apes
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
An English boy raised by a community of apes in the jungles of Africa encounters other human beings for the first time
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Carson of Venus Volume 1 - Pirates of Ve
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
CARSON OF VENUS - Volume 1 - Pirates of Venus & Lost on Venus When Carson Napier, the All American adventurer and scientist embarks in his rocket ship to Mars events go disastrously wrong. Soon he is careering into the sun, but bizarre fortune has him crashing into Venus instead. There - in the 'cloud covered realm' his adventures begin in earnest as he experiences strange and alien flora and fauna (which seems intent on eating him) and exotic people ruled by equally exotic scantily clad maidens! Action comes hot upon action in this classic of early science fiction. This book contains the first two Carson of Venus novels - with more to come.
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A Princess of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Civil War veteran John Carter is transported to a dying planet where he must rescue a Martian princess while evading giant green barbarian Mars-men!
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A Princess of Mars
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The first published book by the creator of Tarzan of the Apes that introduced the world to intergalactic Civil War soldier, John Carter Two years before Edgar Rice Burroughs became a worldwide celebrity with the publication of Tarzan of the Apes and its twenty-two sequels, which together have sold more than 30 million copies, he published the futuristic sci-fi romance, A Princess of Mars. A Princess of Mars tells the story of John Carter, a Civil War veteran who inexplicably finds himself held prisoner on the planet Mars by the Green Men of Thark. With Dejah Thoris, the princess of another clan on Mars, John Carter must fight for their freedom and save the entire planet from destruction as the life-sustaining Atmosphere Factory slowly grinds to a halt. A Princess of Mars is the first in Burroughs' eleven book Barsoon series, following the continued adventures of John Carter. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Tarzan at the Earth's Core
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The fourth installment in the Pelludicar series from the legendary creator of Tarzan.
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The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
Based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, who survived alone for almost five years on an uninhabited island off the coast of Chile, The Mysterious Island is considered by many to be Jules Verne’s masterpiece. “Wide-eyed mid-nineteenth-century humanistic optimism in a breezy, blissfully readable translation by Stump” (Kirkus Reviews), here is the enthralling tale of five men and a dog who land in a balloon on a faraway, fantastic island of bewildering goings-on and their struggle to survive as they uncover the island’s secret.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne
An extraordinary adventure to the depths of the sea in the fabulous submarine Nautilus under the command of Captain Nemo.
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Runaways
by V.C. Andrews
The spellbinding Orphans series concludes in this thrilling new novel from V.C. Andrews. "All for one and one for all" was the girls' motto. In the grim foster home for orphans run by Louise and Gordon Tooey, at least Brooke, Crystal, Raven, and Butterfly had each other. Calling themselves "sisters," together they could forget the past and dream of a new chance...a real home. Then they discovered a secret even more haunting than Gordon's heavy boots pounding on the wooden floors. Their fragile hopes of a better life shattered, they escaped the only way they could. Soon they were runaways in a borrowed car, desperately wishing to wake up one morning in a place of sunshine and love. Raven hoped to be a singer, Butterfly wanted to be a dancer, Crystal planned for college, and Brooke privately hoped to find her mother in California. On the open road the chains of sadness that had bound them seemed to melt away, and the kindness of strangers made a secure future seem almost real. But the highway was a dangerous place, and soon they were penniless and more vulnerable than ever. Alone under the wide western sky, they had only each other to ask if they should give up their dreams...or if they were really halfway to a haven of safety and happiness...
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Nineteen Eighty-four
by George Orwell
Eternal warfare is the price of bleak prosperity in this satire of totalitarian barbarism.
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Animal Farm
by George Orwell
75th Anniversary Edition—Includes a New Introduction by Téa Obreht George Orwell's timeless and timely allegorical novel—a scathing satire on a downtrodden society’s blind march towards totalitarianism. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned—a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism just as terrible. When Animal Farm was first published, Stalinist Russia was seen as its target. Today it is devastatingly clear that wherever and whenever freedom is attacked, under whatever banner, the cutting clarity and savage comedy of George Orwell’s masterpiece have a meaning and message still ferociously fresh.