Fairy Saga

Captured by the archdevil Sekka, Kasai must defeat her archnemesis, the devil Zizphander, and his legion of fire fiends at her gate in the hopes she will honor her promise and let his companions live. Meanwhile back in the Mortal Realm, the fate of the Three Kingdoms is at stake, and without the power of the Ever Hero, all seems lost. Kasai must finally accept his role as Aetenos’s next Ever Hero and save the land he loves from the diabolical Frost Legion, rampaging across the continent. But to do this, he must rely on the help from his closest companions.

Sommarvistelsen i Borgholm är över och det är dags för Agnes, Elise och Nathanael att återvända hem till sina familjer. Dock inte innan de lovat varandra att ses igen. Tiden på Öland har gett trion nya perspektiv på tillvaron, men kommer det att hålla när de tvingas tillbaka till gamla vanor? Det dröjer inte länge förrän Agnes överrumplas av en oerhörd saknad. Hon har inte längre någon aning om var hon hör hemma - dessutom är hon orolig för sin älskade Nathanael.

"Någon måste ha förtalat Josef K., ty utan att han gjort något ont blev han häktad en morgon." När Josef K blir häktad har har ingen aning om vad han är anklagad för. Förvirrad och omtumlad får han till sist återvända hem för att utöva sitt arbete som banktjänsteman, men den absurda situationen är långt ifrån över. Omgivningen är hotfull och han kallas till förhör, titt som tätt, som tar plats i en dyster byggnad med vindlande gångar. Desperat försöker han bevisa sin oskuld men av någon anledning tycks ingen tro honom ...

En framgångsrik, men sorgsen man. En orädd, passionerad kvinna. Naturfotografen Daniel och antropologen Kelly slår sig samman för att rädda en natur och ett folk de båda älskar. Deras gemensamma kamp tar dem från täta skogar och höga berg i södra Afrika till extravaganta miljöer i Taiwan och London. "Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page." - The Independent Wilbur Smith (f. 1933) är en sydafrikansk författare som skapat succéer som När lejonet äter och släktkrönikan om familjen Courtney.

Can Lark take the path of the woman who went before her and learn to follow her heart? Lark is a much-loved forces sweetheart spreading comfort as she sings in the music halls while Scotland’s sons fight in the Great War. But despite her fortune, Lark yearns for a life away from the crowds. She sets out to make a fresh start in the Border country seeking the contentment that has eluded her. Decades earlier, Lark’s great-grandmother, Jane, found herself in the same hills, in unhappy circumstances.

H. Rider Haggard's 19th-century novel "Allan Quatermain," is the sequel to the novel "King Solomon's Mines"(1885). In this novel, adventurer Allan Quaterman's son has passed away and Quatermain longs to get back into the wild. From the eastern coast of Africa, he and a party of comrades arrive in the hostile territory of the Maasai and eventually make their way to a sacred lake of the Zu-Vendis. Although they are not welcome, the lake is ruled by two queens who take a great liking to the party.

In "Ayesha, The Return of She" (1905) the white queen is feared not to be dead after all. After eighteen years, Horace and Leo once again set out on a journey, this time to Asia, where they encounter Ayesha's reincarnation. What follows is a love story and a tragedy of gigantic proportions. H. Rider Haggard's story is a sequel to his widely popular novel "She" and part of the Ayesha series. The series has inspired countless film adaptations, including the 1935 film version She starring Helen Gahagan, based loosely on the books. B. J.

The War of Spanish Succession is over, many sailors are out of work, and the thriving American colonies are quickly becoming the place of opportunity. For Sam Bellamy it is the opportunity to become the captain of his own ship. When he falls in love with a rebellious New England debutante, he finds out very quickly that he needs more than a dream to win over her socialite parents.

By now the sun was up, and through the periscope he minded he could see the stony plateau in front of the position. On the other side of it were the outskirts of the jungle where the enemy was hiding and building his camps, preparing for new attacks. He observed the vastness of the wild jungle stretching north and west, pierced by hundreds of hilltops, each surrounded by a white fog. French Indochina was a gigantic and mysterious place, and he was gradually losing hope that he would ever find what he had come here searching for.

Josie Barton is a lean, mean, faerie-fighting machine. After her victory against the infamous lord, Fir Darrig, the young sorceress has taken up the family tradition of bringing the words offenders of the faerie world to justice. Partnered with her changeling boyfriend, Zeph Clemmont, and back by the Faerie King, Eldrick Dorchaidhe, Josie feels confident she has nothing more to fear.

Emil, cinque anni, può sembrare un angelo, ma tutti sanno che è indisciplinato e combina guai. Tuttavia, Emil è anche talentuoso e intelligente, con una capacità quasi magica di turbare la pace nella sua ordinata città natale. In questa raccolta di racconti, accompagnati dalle voci di un ricco cast di attori e da una colorita ambientazione sonora, potrete accompagnare Emil durante un'intera estate e assistere ad alcune delle sue buffonate più divertenti, come quando si incastra la testa in una zuppiera o quando decide di issare la sorellina in cima all'asta della bandiera.

"Yes, I was a fool, but I was in love, and though I was suffering the greatest misery I had ever known I would not have had it otherwise for all the riches of Barsoom. Such is love, and such are lovers wherever love is known." After the Civil War, Captain John Carter travels to Arizona with his friend, fellow veteran James Powell. When James gets murdered by Native Americans, John hides in a cave and is knocked out by a strange gas. When he wakes up, he is no longer on planet Earth.

De sprookjes van de gebroeders Grimm, voor het eerst gepubliceerd onder de titel Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812-1822), is een verzameling sprookjes. De eerste editie bevatte 86 verhalen, de zevende en laatste 221. De eerste edities van de sprookjes van de gebroeders Grimm konden rekenen op felle kritiek vanwege hun kindonvriendelijke inhoud terwijl ze kinderverhalen werden genoemd. Veranderingen volgden. De kwaadaardige moeders van Sneeuwwitje en Hans en Grietje werden bijvoorbeeld later stiefmoeders.

En fantastisk berättelse från Kalmarunionens tidevarv av oslagbara Anna Sparre! Året är 1406. Den tolvåriga prinsessan Filippa av England, dotter till Henrik IV, lämnar sitt hemland då hon är förmäld med Erik av Pommern, unionskung över Sverige, Norge och Danmark. Hennes titel blir Drottning av trenne riken, trots att hon aldrig sett sin blivande make eller satt sin fot i något av de tre rikena. Livet i hennes nya hemland blir inte så enkelt för den unga drottningen, men efter hand vinner hon allt fler hjärtan.

Ett porträtt av en av Vasatidens mest imponerande kvinnogestalter, fantastiskt berättad av oslagbara Anna Sparre! Görild Faddersdotter Sparre har precis blivit bortgift till det danska riksrådet Truid Ulfstand. Som man och hustru bosätter de sig på Varbergs slott men vad som ses som ett lyckosamt giftermål blir snabbt en stormig affär. Men det blåser inte bara kring äktenskapet, utan också kring det omtumlande politiska läget i Norden. Truids politiska engagemang leder till att Varberg blir ockuperat av Marcus Meyer och hans trupper.

"Non loin de chez vous, et notamment au village de Pestrovo, se passent des évènements fâcheux que je me fais un devoir de porter à votre connaissance. Tous les paysans de ce village avaient vendu leurs isbas et tout ce qu'ils possédaient pour émigrer dans le gouvernement de Tomsk ; mais ils sont revenus avant d'arriver à destination. Ici, cela va de soi, ils n'ont plus rien ; tout appartient aux autres, et ils se sont installés à trois et quatre familles par isba, en sorte que, dans chacune, il n'y a pas moins de quinze personnes des deux sexes, sans compter les enfants."

"Il mio nome, Ercole, contiene la mia maledizione": figlio di Zeus e di una donna mortale, Ercole è il bersaglio numero uno dell'odio di Era, l'implacabile madre degli dèi. Il suo destino è vivere per dimostrarle di essere degno dell'immortalità. Ma, se il suo corpo è dotato di forza sovrumana, il suo cuore è segnato da una ferita profonda. È da lì che sgorga incontenibile la sua rabbia, una bestia che lo rende folle e capace di gesta brutali.

Their story begins with the giant boat-builder, Kaleva, his only son Fornjot, and his three grandsons, Logi, Kari, and Aegir. When the boys go on a god-quest to find the one-eyed god Odin, it is only the beginning of their adventures. Sibling rivalry over birthrights and dominance grows between them that eventually leads to war and death. Blood between brothers will flow.

After a fierce battle, Sophia finds herself stranded with her mortal enemy in the wild world of Alfheim. In a world where the position of its two suns and moons drastically warps the environment, Sophia must find a way to adapt to her surroundings while dragging along the dangerous outlaw magician that has eluded her for years.

Jacob Merely has secured the ultimate weapon against evil, the Crystal Scythe, and now it’s time for to bring the fight to Hades himself. Unfortunately, Earl Necro Earl and his undead forces stand in the way, so if Jacob is going to take the God of Death out, he’s going to have to take Earl out first. Yeah, Jacob is totally okay with that. And when a mysterious new woman arrives unexpectedly at their gates with no memory of who she is - but seems to know of a secret passageway into the heart of the Temple of Hades - Jacob finally has the last piece of the puzzle.