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At the dawn of a new century, the pioneers of Rhodesia have staked their claims and stocked their farms in the land they carved as their own.

An epic of courage and love that moves from war-torn France to the secret heart of the African wilderness.

Two men and a woman; respectively an engineer, adventurer and journalist, take charge of a consignment of obsolete weapons and oppose Mussolini's plans to invade Ethiopia during World War Two.

An action story of a group of mercenaries who set out to relieve a mining town in the heart of the African jungle.

Tom Swift is approached by Mr. Preston, the owner of a circus, and begins to tell the story of Jake Poddington, Mr. Preston's most skilled hunter.

Having longed for a motorcycle, bright ingenious Tom Swift gets one unexpectedly.

Tom and his father are arguing about Tom's latest idea, a photo telephone. Mr. Swift is adamant that the idea will not work, but Tom has some ideas in mind, and refuses to back down.