Richard Thomas
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 1
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English
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A raging storm maroons the close-knit Robinson family and a band of shipwrecked survivors on a remote desert island. But, they are not alone! Parsons, a sailor, blames David Robinson (Richard Thomas) for his brother's death, and vows revenge. The family builds a tree house to guard against the island's dangers.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 29
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English
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The Robinsons' great adventure ends, but as each member struggles to adjust to civilization, is a new and greater adventure on the horizon?
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 12
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English
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Moya, a tribal princess, flees her war-torn island. Two cultures unite as she helps the Robinsons build a new fortress. Ernest becomes infatuated with Moya, whose life is in danger from the dark spells of a shaman.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 14
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English
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The Robinsons' idyllic life is shattered when Parsons kidnaps daughter Christina, and the Robinsons discover evidence of an ape-like creature on the island. David and Billy become gravely ill after each is bitten by a swamp insect.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 17
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English
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Raven Jones lives! The mythical, long-lost pirate has been driven mad by his years of solitude, and is determined to stop the Robinsons from finding an imagined horde of treasure, which he has been searching for himself.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 10
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English
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Moya, a tribal princess, flees her war-torn island. Two cultures unite as she helps the Robinsons build a new fortress. Ernest becomes infatuated with Moya, whose life is in danger from the dark spells of a shaman.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 30
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English
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The Robinsons' great adventure ends, but as each member struggles to adjust to civilization, is a new and greater adventure on the horizon?
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 24
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English
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Parsons' good-hearted sidekick Ben is now a member of the Robinson family group, but David objects when he discovers that Ben is in love with his daughter Joanna. Meanwhile, Emily must act as midwife when Elizabeth prepares to give birth.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 18
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English
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Raven Jones lives! The mythical, long-lost pirate has been driven mad by his years of solitude, and is determined to stop the Robinsons from finding an imagined horde of treasure, which he has been searching for himself.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 3
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English
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A raging storm maroons the close-knit Robinson family and a band of shipwrecked survivors on a remote desert island. But, they are not alone! Parsons, a sailor, blames David Robinson (Richard Thomas) for his brother's death, and vows revenge. The family builds a tree house to guard against the island's dangers.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 13
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English
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The Robinsons' idyllic life is shattered when Parsons kidnaps daughter Christina, and the Robinsons discover evidence of an ape-like creature on the island. David and Billy become gravely ill after each is bitten by a swamp insect.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 20
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English
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A raging storm, a treasure map, the return of Samuel Scaggs, and a pirate attack make the Robinsons' first Christmas on the island one they will never forget.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 5
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English
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Supernatural adventures beyond their wildest dreams await the Robinson children after David Robinson and his son, Ernst, rescue a tribal King from his treacherous brother. The children become trapped in the Dreamtime, and only a native shaman can rescue them.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 21
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English
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A raging storm, a treasure map, the return of Samuel Scaggs, and a pirate attack make the Robinsons' first Christmas on the island one they will never forget.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 15
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English
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The Robinsons' idyllic life is shattered when Parsons kidnaps daughter Christina, and the Robinsons discover evidence of an ape-like creature on the island. David and Billy become gravely ill after each is bitten by a swamp insect.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 8
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English
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The notorious Samuel Scaggs and his band of pirates land on the island and take over the Robinson tree house. As the family prepares to celebrate the Fourth of July, Scaggs demands that David Robinson renounce America, or be put to death.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 2
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English
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A raging storm maroons the close-knit Robinson family and a band of shipwrecked survivors on a remote desert island. But, they are not alone! Parsons, a sailor, blames David Robinson (Richard Thomas) for his brother's death, and vows revenge. The family builds a tree house to guard against the island's dangers.
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Adventures of Swiss Family Robinson volume 22
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English
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Parsons' good-hearted sidekick Ben is now a member of the Robinson family group, but David objects when he discovers that Ben is in love with his daughter Joanna. Meanwhile, Emily must act as midwife when Elizabeth prepares to give birth.
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