Classic Film

Ernest Hemingway called Huckleberry Finn “the best book we’ve ever had. There was nothing before. There’s been nothing as good since.” Critical opinion of this book hasn’t dimmed since Hemingway uttered these words; as author Russell Banks says in these pages, Twain “makes possible...

Die Geschichte des berühmt-berüchtigten Meisterverbrechers erscheint als drittes Hörbuch in der Reihe "Filme zum Hören"...

A freelance writer learns what it's like to be a single, heterosexual guy in an unsteady world when he's invited to travel cross-country for six months on the "Playboy Bus" in search of the Playmate of the Millennium...

Meg, Jo, Amy e Beth: le quattro sorelle più amate di tutta la letteratura. La storia irresistibile delle ragazze March, con le loro speranze e ambizioni, ha ispirato intere generazioni. Basta ascoltarne le voci e subito ci pare di vivere i loro sogni, i litigi, le feste da ballo, li inciampi della giovinezza. Già, perché a forza di tener testa a difficoltà e delusioni, le quattro ragazze si fanno grandi, avviandosi ciascuna per la propria strada, ciascuna diversa.

Varghunden är en av Jack Londons mest älskade klassiker. I norra Kanadas råa vildmarker kämpar valpen Vittand för att överleva i den bitande kylan. Som korsning mellan hund och varg dras han mellan två inre begär – vargens lockelse till friheten i naturen, och hundens inneboende längtan efter närhet och gemenskap. När Vittand blir bortförd av människor kastas han rakt in i en mardröm. Men bland svårigheterna han tvingas gå igenom, upplever Vittand också glimtar av mänsklig värme. Dessa ögonblick får honom att drömma om ett annat liv, ett liv där han kan leva i harmoni med människorna och deras gåtfulla värld.

Victor Hugos stora mästerverk som ljudbok. Högt upp i Notre Dame-katedralen bor den godhjärtade klockringaren Quasimodo. På grund av sitt annorlunda utseende har Quasimodo drivits till ett ensamt liv i samhällets utkanter, men när han träffar den unga skönheten Esmeralda börjar han för första gången att drömma om något mer. Quasimodo är dock inte den enda mannen som dras till Esmeraldas charm. Hans förmyndare, ärkediakonen Frollo, är i hemlighet besatt av den unga kvinnan.

"After a bit you realize there's only one invaluable commodity. Not gold or love, but time." How far are we willing to go to stay young? Hanif Kureishi -- acclaimed author of The Buddha of Suburbia and Intimacy -- explores the possibilities in this provocative story of an older man whose...

A mesmerizing debut novel about a concert pianist who fears he is losing his mind Mr. Field wants a new life, a life cleansed of the old one’s disappointments. A concert pianist on the London scene, his career is upended when the train he is travelling on crashes into the wall at the end of a...

When the queen of the tabloids, Juliette Cadbury, decides to film a movie in Fort Rosalie, Mississippi, local Tourist Bureau executive Mary Dell Hoskins is given the unenviable task of setting up a whirlwind inspection tour of the town's three bed-and-breakfasts - only one of which can win the...

"Das indische Grabmal" ist die Geschichte eines exotischen Abenteuers, einer großen Liebe, einer phantastischen Reise...

Die Fortsetzung der Geschichte des berühmt-berüchtigten Meisterverbrechers erscheint jetzt als viertes Audiobook in der Reihe...

The powerful Chinese novel about love and war on which Zhang Yimou (Raise the Red Lantern; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) has based his latest film starring Christian Bale to be released in 2012. This moving short novel is based on true events that took place during the Nanjing Massacre in...

Es ist eines der Großen, eines unserer grundlegenden Themen, von dem in Ernst Johannsens beeindruckendem...

Die 17-jährige Effi heiratet auf Wunsch ihrer Eltern den zwanzig Jahre älteren Baron von Instetten. Ihre Sehnsucht nach Liebe und Geborgenheit sucht sie in einer Affäre zu stillen...

The TARDIS materialises in Mexico during the Aztec civilisation. The Doctor and his companions step outside to discover they are inside a tomb - the tomb, it turns out, of Yetaxa, once High Priest of the Aztecs. Barbara is hailed as Yetaxa's reincarnation by Autloc, High Priest of Knowledge...

Shooting Midnight Cowboy is not only the definitive account of the film that unleashed a new wave of innovation in American cinema but also the story of a country (and an industry) beginning to break free from decades of cultural and sexual repression.

Gus Van Sant’s film and the ’90s cult of the alternative Gus Van Sant’s 1991 indie darling My Own Private Idaho perplexed and provoked, inspiring a new ethos for a new decade: being different was better than being good. Gentlemen of the Shade examines how the film was a coming-of-age for a generation of young people who would embrace the alternative and bring their outsider perspectives to sustainability, technology, gender constructs, and social responsibility.

The day-by-day inside story of the making of Tombstone (1993) as told to the author by those who were there--actors, extras, crew members, Buckaroos, historians and everyone in between. Historical context that inspired Kevin Jarre's screenplay is included. Production designers, cameramen, costume designers, composers, illustrators, screenwriter, journalists, set dressers, prop masters, medics, stuntmen and many others share their recollections--many never-before-told--of filming this epic Western.

A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife 10 years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected. Aided by one of the servants' boys, she begins restoring the garden, and eventually discovers some other secrets of the manor.

The Warner Bros. Western series Lawman starring John Russell, Peter Brown, and Peggie Castle was originally broadcast on ABC-TV with 156 new episodes between September 1958 and June 1962. As played by steel-eyed John Russell, Dan Troop is a no-nonsense marshal who has little patience for outlaws or hypocrites but will stand up for underdogs and outsiders. He also displays a warmer side with his mentoring of his young deputy (Peter Brown) and, beginning in the second season, in his relationship with Peggie Castle’s beautiful Lily Merrill.