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…of calc-spar, minerals in the walls, bones of bears. Suddenly, Eliette saw the image of a small mammoth on the wall in front of her. The adventurers were astounded. The walls began to come alive with engravings and paintings in red ochre and black. Everywhere…

…would blind him. Odysseus had a plan to escape no matter the cost. He and his men head on to the next adventure. Eventually it would lead him back home to his family, kingdom, and country.…

…"What's it going to be then, eh?" - the opening line of Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, being the adventures of a young man whose principal interests are rape, ultra-violence and Beethoven. In the story, we are introduced to young Alex and his…

…financial burdens. This lead to the rise in the lower classes economically, which led to better furnishings, diet, and extra capital. The extra money then was poured into the adventurous joint-stock companies which financed voyages to Africa, India, and China…

…The Debate over Christopher Columbus Even after an approximate four hundred and ninty four years after the explorer’s, Christopher Columbus ,death, his voyage to the Americas remains a controversy. Columbus is viewed as audacious adventurer…

…appealed greatly to the Greeks of his time and even to the modern readers, due to the thrilling adventures and tragedies featured in them. Homer's epics enhanced the ideas of heroism and courage, ideas which deeply fascinated the Greeks of the Dark Age Greece…

…. More than ever at the closing stages of the sixth paragraph “At first I made shooting sounds-kyoo! kyoo! Then I started cocking the hammer and letting it snap down.” The writing loses my since of boyish adventure after that. His imagery becomes compelling…

…in Gerald Durrell's The Whispering Land were Durrell himself is the actual zoologist. Your typical well-experienced hunter who goes after a variety of rare animals will cover the roles of the poacher. In The Whispering Land Durrell describes his adventures…

…, and this proved the catalyst for numerous adventures. While Ahmad was greeting the Northmen, an old, numinous woman approached the camp and enlightened the Vikings that bear-like creatures were attacking the kingdom of Rothgar in the north. The supernatural, wizened…

…over whatever he discovered, and this was the way to do it. This was so in the movie as well. Columbus was to take gold back to Spain and to spread the word of God in the discovered land. In August of 1492, Columbus and his adventurers set out to find…