Classic Animal

Black Beauty is brought to life in this evenly paced, and easy to listen to audio drama. A subtle blend of music and sound effects immerses you into the atmosphere and many characterizations. Enjoy following the adventures of this noble young horse through a rich mix of 19th-century life in England, to happy endings in his last home.

L'histoire, racontée à la première personne, est l'autobiographie d'un cheval nommé Prince Noir qui commence sa vie poulain dans une ferme anglaise. Le roman raconte les mésaventures de ce cheval, vendu par ses premiers propriétaires, jusqu'à devenir cheval de fiacre dans les rues de Londres. Tout au long de l'histoire, Prince Noir est confronté à la cruauté ou la sympathie des hommes, et continue à faire le travail qu'on lui demande avec courage.

Ben and his trained dog, Sancho, run away from the circus and soon find a warm welcome in a kind community where spirited games are played. Theatricals and imaginative pageantry are all part of the fun.

La escritora inglesa Anna Sewell nos ha dejado en este libro uno de los relatos más emocionantes de la literatura juvenil. Narrado en primera persona por el propio caballo, cuenta la historia de Azabache, nacido en una finca de Inglaterra, en el último cuarto del siglo pasado.

Walter Farley (1915-1989) var en amerikansk författare, som främst skrev hästböcker för barn. Han är särskilt känd för den internationella bestsellerserien om Den svarta hingsten, där Svarta hingsten kommer tillbaka (1945) är den andra i serien.

Walter Farley (1915-1989) var en amerikansk författare, som främst skrev hästböcker för barn. Han är särskilt känd för den internationella bestsellerserien om Den svarta hingsten med Den svarta hingsten (1941) som första bok i serien.

Baali and Sugreeva of the Vana Nara tribe were orphan brothers who were born in abject poverty and grew up as slaves like most of their fellow tribesmen. They were often mocked as the vanaras, the monkey men. Sandwiched between the never-ending war between the Deva tribes in the north and the...

Great Animal Stories, featuring 25 beastly tales.

A Beatrix Potter Collection, narrated by Trisha Rose, contains 23 stories. Although Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943) had a wide variety of interests, she is best known today for her children's stories, featuring casts of animals to be found in the English countryside.

Presented here are three of the most popular children's books of all time: A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh, Ruth Stiles Gannett's My Father's Dragon, and Hugh Lofting's The Story of Doctor Dolittle.

"A Horse's Tale" (1907) is a novel by Mark Twain, written against bullfighting. A classic humorous tale as told from the point of view of horse in the wild, wild west. "I am Buffalo Bill's horse. I have spent my life under his saddle - with him in it, too, and he is good for two hundred pounds, without his clothes; and there is no telling how much he does weigh when he is out on the war-path and has his batteries belted on. I am his favorite horse, out of dozens.

An in-depth account of training and working with a guide dog--and the radically honest story of a visually impaired woman facing her own internalized ableism For years, renowned ethics scholar Deni Elliott lived with her own moral dilemma: though severely visually impaired since birth, she spent...

“This daughter of Mary Shelley delights and excites the border between story and science.”―Samantha Hunt “A novel about what we want and also what we can’t escape.”―Allegra Hyde “A haunting chord of a novel that will hang in the air long after you turn the final page...

Certain skills define a man, make him the pride of his pride, the envy of others. We call those particular skills Manskills, and they are captured handily and succinctly in this book. Man + Skill = Manskills! The formula is simple enough: take any man, fill him full of carefully chosen, very...

On an unexpected road trip, three estranged siblings uncover a startling family secret and larger truths about being Asian American in a post-COVID world—from the author of the “dazzling and devastating” (Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author) thriller Complicit. The Chu...

In this fifth and final book in The Girls Who Changed the World series, Ming Qong discovers who she is, and that she, too, will change the world. Ming has travelled through history to meet girls who have changed the world. However, this time is different as Herstory, History's sister, promises...

Притча, сповнена гіркої іронії і сарказму. Трагікомічна історія спільноти тварин, що зважилися позбутися пригноблення людьми, і потрапила під бузувірську владу свиней. Такий є Колгосп тварин Джорджа Орвелла. У повісті зображена еволюція спільноти наївних революціонерів-тварин, які вигнали з ферми її власника — невдаху містера Джонса: еволюцію від романтичної свободи і рівності до диктатури підступного і корисливого кнура на прізвисько Наполеон.

“To understand the radiance of the poetry world you have to look at Anne.” —Eileen Myles, author of A Working Life From “one of the most important and irreducible living American poets” (Poetry Foundation) comes a powerful and prophetic collection of epic scope and vision Mesopotopia...

In this follow-up to the first of Hugh the series though, Lofting assigns the starring role to Tommy Stubbins who is now an "old man". He recalls how he met Doctor John Dolittle and the many adventures they shared. The Doctor is working on learning the language of the Shellfish and their adventures take them from a trial for murder to adventures on the high seas, culminating in their arrival on Spidermonkey Island. Then comes a war between the native tribes, Dolittle being crowned King, the arrival of the Great Glass Sea-Snail and their eventual return to Puddleby-on-the-Marsh.

From Jack London comes another tale of the wild. In this story the wild half-wolf White Fang survives a harsh living in America's frozen northland. First in the wild, then as a dog of the Indian peoples, then as a fighting dog, before at last finding a good home in the south.