Books with title Dorko the Magnificent

The Max-a-Million series follows the adventures of Maxamillian J. Wigglesworth III, who is determine to become millionaire by age twelve. But whether he's a magician in search of a money-making trick, a hero looking for someone to rescue, or a movie director set to make the next box office hit, his get-rich-quick schemes often end in spectacular disaster! Max and his best friend Sid might not manage to make millions, but they always find lots of action, and discover that money isn't the greatest reward after all. In Max the Magnificent, Max goes undercover in the tricky world of magic, thinking that if he can discover the magician's secrets he will also discover a sure path to the riches he covets. But Max soon learns that the world of magic isn't always what it seems to be, and it's someone else's chicanery that may spell the end for his best friend Sid, and his million-dollar plan.

A contemporary Washington mystery with a high tech, China twist… A brilliantly-conceived spy novel introducing seven engaging characters whose lives are transformed by crisis.It begins as a drinking club in an academic backwater on the Stanford University campus of the late 1970s. A post-Nixon/post-Mao generation of China scholars plots to make a better world. Suddenly, the U.S. recognizes the People’s Republic of China. Intense demand arises for the unique skills The Mandarin Club members possess.Now, yesterday’s dreamers are today’s policy-makers and pundits, patriots and spies. Their intimately intertwined past thrusts them together into an international crisis straight from tomorrow’s headlines, as America, China, and Taiwan stumble toward war.Told sequentially from the perspective of each of the Stanford originals, the fast-paced tale takes us behind the scenes of rogue intelligence operations and high tech smuggling, from Washington and Beijing to the wild coastal towns of California.

Original Cover Price of 50c. "Twenty years has passed since Lord Mountford and his Lady disappeared somewhere on the high plateau of the Kaji country above the Mafa Falls where that river empties into the Neubari. Certainly no one believes that either of them could be alive. Yet mysterious rumors circulate from time to time, and at last, by chance, Tarzan comes upon a strange and desperate letter - written twenty years before - which tells of the fierce female warriors in the Kaji tribe, of the birth of a daughter to Lord and Lady Mountford, and of a fantastic diamond. And it warns any would-be rescuers against the irresistible hypnotic power the Kaji women exert over men entering their territory. Yet, to help a friend, Tarzan decides he must investigate this tribe and try to find the enslaved daughter of the long dead explorer."

Two tribes of frightful warrior women, the Kaji and the Zuli, war with one another for possession of the men they lure into slavery. Their mysterious hypnotic power comes for the magnificent gems they worship -- an emerald and a diamond, each as big as a human head. Will the Lord of the Jungle be immune to the strange power of the Kaji and the Zuli?

More than anything in the world Max wants to be a millionaire, but so far all his get-rich-quick schemes have been spectacular failures. Now he's come up with the perfect plan. With the help of his best friend Sid, Max goes undercover in the world of magic to discover the one secret that will lead him to riches. But magic is an illusion that can hide unpleasant surprises. Before long Max realizes there are more important things than being a millionaire.

The Max-a-Million series follows the adventures of Maxamillian J. Wigglesworth III, who is determine to become millionaire by age twelve. But whether he's a magician in search of a money-making trick, a hero looking for someone to rescue, or a movie director set to make the next box office hit, his get-rich-quick schemes often end in spectacular disaster! Max and his best friend Sid might not manage to make millions, but they always find lots of action, and discover that money isn't the greatest reward after all. In Max the Magnificent, Max goes undercover in the tricky world of magic, thinking that if he can discover the magician's secrets he will also discover a sure path to the riches he covets. But Max soon learns that the world of magic isn't always what it seems to be, and it's someone else's chicanery that may spell the end for his best friend Sid, and his million-dollar plan. This New Edition is newly illustrated in a fresh Manga-inspired style by David Okum.