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Three Musketeers
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
King Solomon's Mines
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mountains shaped like breasts say King Solomon's Mines to me. I finished King Solomon's Mines which was alright. Not as good as Kidnapped by Robert louis Stevenson, which is my favorite adventure novel. Tarzan was better as well. There was too much big game hunting. Overall, a bit of a let down though there were some good parts.
The Unnameables ... The Once and Future King by T H White
King Solomon's Mines by H Rider Haggard
According to Queenie by Beryl Bainbridge
The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson ... roaring adventure yarns that are geared for a male audience, which is interesting since I'm female. I recently finished King Solomon's Mines and found I enjoyed it more than anything I'd read in some time. I've been left with an urge to run off to Africa and go looking for diamonds. If you' ... Borne in Blood: A Novel of the Count St-Germain by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights by John Steinbeck Oh dear. I didn't even know there was a diagnosis for me. I'm currently reading King Solomon's Mines, On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon, Team of Rivals, The collected Works of Robert Burns, My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead and I'm sure there are a few more laying around. # 48 She by H. Rider Haggard
This was a librivox recording. I'd listened to King Solomon's Mines up in message 7, and loathed it. So part of me wondered what on earth I was doing listening to another Haggard book, but I'm glad I did. This one was really good. It would make a great movie - ... I'm on board a ship bound for Africa with the hunter Alan Quartermaine and a variety of interesting Victorian gentlemen in King Solomon's Mines. I've started H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mine. Totally and completely politically incorrect, but great fun nonetheless. H. Rider Haggard. Huh, not touchstoning either. King Solomon's Mines or She, for instance. Well, since the only K books I've read are Kim and King Solomon's Mines, I'm going to have to pick Kim, but "favorite" isn't really appropriate here. Kim is the least bad of the two. Just finished King Solomon's Mines which was not bad at all. Started The Lovely Bones yesterday and it's just amazing. The story is just so compelling. I think this one is going straight to my best-reads-in-2008-list. I just finished King Solomon's Mines which brings my total from the list to an even 50!! And I even enjoyed the story, so that really is a plus :) Read the last chapter of King Solomon's Mines just now and it was a very enjoyable read. Interesting story, characters not too bad. So that was my no. 21!
I have no idea what will be next, but I have a great stack of books waiting for me, so it will be nice to pick one. Started King Solomon's Mines last week and I'm still reading that (well, haven't made any progress actually...I long for the day that I'm rich and famous and can just read all day! ^^). ... by The Dice Man, I selected six from my TBR pile, all of which are on the 1001 list. I rolled the dice and it selected King Solomon's Mines, which turns out to have been on my TBR pile for about 7 years so it's a good one to polish off! Started the first chapter and I think I will like it. I ... Just started King Solomon's Mines last night. Looks like a good read. I noticed I bought it 7 years ago when I was working for a few months in Paris. There was this one bookstore that only had English books: The Shakespeare Company (the book had a stamp in front). I think it was opposite the Notre ... I just started King Solomon's Mines. Looks like a good read. ... Jane Austin)
2. (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll)
3. (In a Glass Darkly by Joseph Sheriden Le Fanu)
4. King Solomon's Mine by H. Rider Haggard
5. (The Adventures of Sherlock Homes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
6. (Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse)
7. (The Thin Man by Dahiell Hamme ... 9 King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Oh goody! Time for an old-fashioned, colonialist, racist, jingoistic adventure story with lots of war! And killing off of innocent characters to avoid inter-racial romance!
I know, I know, it was written in and for a different time. I still ... ... enjoying but I forgot to take it on holiday with me so I started a whole load of other books instead. Yesterday I started King Solomon's Mines which is a good old-fashioned rip-roaring adventure tale...complete with British imperialism and insulting statements about the "natives". ... you've read are very concise and informative a couple have made it to my wish list and others are old favourites such as King Solomon's Mines and The Crucible.
I've recently downloaded quite a number of the Oz books so some of them will probably turn up in my own challenge, strange how I ... ... Adams
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kippling
About A Boy by Nick Hornby
The Undertaking by Thomas Lynch
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Puppet on a Chain by Alistair MacLean
Monkey House by John Fullerton
The Serpent (Atlan Saga)
Some Summer Lan ... ... read the original. There are a number of clever twists on the original that I missed the first the first time around.
9) King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
A fun adventure novel telling the story of three Englishmen on a quest through an uncharted area of Africa for one of the ... ... The Quiet American by Graham Greene
32. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
33. King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
34. Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett
35. The Afternoon of a Writer by Peter Handke
36. Left-Handed Woman by Pe ... ... in comparison - lol): Radcliffe Emerson from the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters and Allen Quartermaine from King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard.
I am sticking to guys strictly from books - if I go into the movies and TV, the list gets considerably longer!! ...
The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
Von Bek by Michael Moorcock
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour
... books, or some other connection between authors; I recently picked up The Ingoldsby Legends because the main character of King Solomon's Mines reads it throughout the story. ... him you might try H. Rider Haggard who was the reining adenture writer at the turn of the century (19th to 20th) like King Solomons Mines. much of his work is a little dated and not politcally correct by todays standards but they are still fun to read. ... in this installment (most obviously Dracula, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Invisible Man, but also She, King Solomon's Mines, Sherlock Holmes stories, and other more offhand references). Edited: I forgot Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Duh!
As always, Moore and his ... King Solomon's Mines - Africa
The lost world - South America
Last of the Breed - Siberia
I enjoyed them all. ... Anthony Hope (read by Andy Minter) - excellent
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (read by various readers) - good
King Solomon's Mines by H Rider Haggard (read by John Nicholson) - not bad
Fanny Hill by John Cleland (read by various readers) - excellent (especially the ... ... King of the Castle by Victoria Holt
The Summer Knight by Jim Butcher
The Golden Pharaoh by Peter Danielson
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
The Wolf King by Alice Borchardt
Return of the King by J.R.R. To ... ... From Shanghai to Miami Beach
The 64 Square Looking Glass about chess
Travels with Queen Victoria
Magic's Pawn
King Solomon's Mines Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House by Eric Hodgins
King Solomon's Mines by H.Rider Haggard
The Lady Chapel by Candace M. Robb
The London Ritz Book of Christmas by Jennie Reekie
Man Eater's Motel by Denis Boyles ... by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope
King Solomon's Mines by H Rider Haggard
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - currently reading and enjoying!
Also on my shelf, waiting to be read, are:
Emily Bro ... ... - obviously they are the group that threatens the colonial order. Africa is a different picture altogether (compare King Solomon's Mines or Mister Johnson to Kim). ... was fun if not the best book I've ever read; The Doorbell Rang, which was one of my favorite Nero Wolfe mysteries yet; King Solomon's Mines, which I enjoyed for its quaint colonialism; Dead Souls, which I thought was great but wished it was really finished; A Short History of Myth, ... ... have to admit, I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with this series. I think some of the books are quite exquisite ("King Solomon's Mines", "The Three Musketeers" and "Lost Horizon" would be three of them, for instance) while with others I sometimes wonder why RD even bothered. "Kidn ... ... books, but I've found them to be high quality hardcovers with classic illustrations.
So far, I've only picked up King Solomon's Mines, Tanglewood Tales, Kidnapped, and The Prince and the Pauper.
An excellent used bookstore near me has about 10-15 additional titles, and I may ... ... a forensic entomologist so I thought I'd give them a try, hehe)
From Amazon:
The Prestige by Christopher Priest
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Nicholas Nickleby by Dicken ...
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