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1) Flight 714
Author
Series
Adventures of Tintin volume 15
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1975], c1968
Physical Desc
62 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tintin and crew happen upon their old friend Skut (from The Red Sea Sharks) who is now the chief pilot for an eccentric millionare while transiting flights in Sydney. Offered a ride on a prototype bizjet ... Tintin and friends are thrown into a devious plot to steal the millionare's fortune ... by none-other than the evil Rastopopulos (also Red Sea Sharks) ...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Unquenchably curious young reporter Tintin and his fiercely loyal dog Snowy discover a model ship carrying an explosive secret. Drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Tintin find himself in the sightlines of Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine, a diabolical villain who believes Tintin has stolen a priceless treasure tied to a dastardly pirate. With the help of Snowy, Captain Haddock, and bumbling detectives Thompson & Thompson, Tintin will travel half the world...
Author
Series
Adventures of Tintin volume 7
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1976
Physical Desc
62 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tintin, the Captain, and Snowy attempt to rescue Dr. Calculus who has been kidnapped by the Bordurians.
Author
Series
Adventures of Tintin volume 14
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[1987?], c1976
Physical Desc
62 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Black Island is an exciting and very funny tale of intrigue in which a gang of international forgers leads Tintin to the Scottish town of Kiltoch, where a dreaded beast is rumored to live. Along the way, Tintin is framed and has to dodge the pursuit of his old detective friends Thompson and Thomson. He also meets Dr. Müller, who would return in Land of Black Gold.
Author
Series
Adventures of Tintin volume 18
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1978
Physical Desc
62 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Determined to recover an Indian fetish stolen from the Museum of Ethnography, Tintin and Snowy follow a curious trail that leads to South America, revolution, and hostile jungle Indians.
Author
Series
Adventures of Tintin volume 9
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[1978], c1946
Physical Desc
62 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
A huge meteorite flying past earth splinters a large fragment which lands near the North Pole. Containing a new metal called phostlite, named after the astronomer who detected it, Tintin and Snowy join an expedition of world-class scientists to lay claim to the rock, in a ship captained by one Haddock, now unlikely President of the Society for Sober Sailors (despite smuggling crates of whiskey for the journey). Their quest, however, is pre-empted...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1975
Physical Desc
62 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
An oil crisis breaks out, leading Tintin to the Arab Emirate of Khemed. There he works his way through a series of escapades in the desert and the cities of Kemekhal and Wadesdah where Tintin must deal with the thuggery of the local Arabs . Tintin meets with Emir Ben Kalish Ezab and agress to rescue his kidnapped son Prince Abdullah leadfing him to confront his old enemy Dr Muller, as well as the impossibility of dealing with his charge, the young...
Author
Series
Adventures of Tintin volume 10
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1990?], c1975
Physical Desc
62 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tintin is on the train reading how the Sanders-Hardiman Ethnographic Expedition has returned a trip to Peru and Bolivia. The gentleman reading over Tintin's shoulder predicts trouble, drawing a parallel between what happened with the curse of King Tut-Ankh-Amen's tomb and these explorers violating the Inca's burial chambers.
Author
Series
Adventures of Tintin volume 11
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1975]
Physical Desc
62 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tintin and his friends continue their adventures in Peru. There Tintin rescues an orange-seller named Zorrino from being bullied, and the young man becomes their guide in their quest to find the Temple of the Sun. But they find more than they bargained for and end up in a hot spot. The perils of this engaging two-part adventure are especially harrowing in their combination of the supernatural and the real, although the resolution is a little too deus...
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co., 1981, c1974
Pub. Date
1981
Physical Desc
62 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Crab with the Golden Claws is best known for introducing Tintin's best friend and one of the series' most memorable characters: Captain "Blistering Barnacles" Haddock. As Tintin is investigating a mysterious can of crab and a drowned sailor, he meets Haddock, a "miserable wretch" who's being kept in ample alcohol so his insidious first mate, Allan, can run a drug operation.
11) Tintin in Tibet
Author
Series
Adventures of Tintin volume 12
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[1987?], c1975
Physical Desc
62 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tintin searches the mountains of Nepal and Tibet for his friend, victim of an airplane crash.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
[1986], c1975
Physical Desc
62 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the old gypsy fortune-teller reads Captain Haddock's palm, she foresees trouble at Marlinspike Hall. Indeed, Tintin, Snowy and the Captain are scarcely home again before misfortune strikes. An accident, an unexpected visitor, an invasion by press and television, and then a robbery. Bianca Castafiore's emerald disappears. All of Tintin's skills are needed to reveal the identify of a strange and ingenious thief.
Author
Series
Adventures of Tintin volume 8
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1976
Physical Desc
62 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tintin aids his old friend the Emir Ben Kalish and fights the ruthless Marquis di Gorgonzola.
Author
Series
Adventures of Tintin volume 1
Publisher
Joy Street Books
Pub. Date
c1974
Physical Desc
62 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
A clue hidden in a toy ship leads Tintin on a dangerous treasure hunt.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
141 p. : chiefly ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
This new facsimile reprint of the very first adventure of one of the world's most beloved cartoon characters shows Tintin's creator, the famed Belgian cartoonist Hergé, just beginning to learn his craft. The story was originally created in 1929 for a children's supplement in the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtieme Siecle. Readers meet Tintin, intrepid red-headed boy reporter, along with his dog, for the first time as they set off to Russia to investigate...
19) Destination moon
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1976
Physical Desc
62 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tintin, Snowy, and Captain Haddock join Professor Calculus' moon expedition.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c1982
Physical Desc
62 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having journeyed everywhere from America to the Congo to Tibet, Tintin blasts into outer space. Together with his faithful pooch, Snowy, the spunky boy reporter has joined an expedition "based at the Sprodj Atomic Center, high in the Zmyhlpathian Mountains, in the kingdom of Syldavia." Following a perfect lift-off, the myriad misadventures begin, as the ubiquitous "certified detectives," Thomson and Thompson, are discovered on board--inadvertent stowaways...
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