Family Life Classics

Mr. Watson is a widowed and ailing clergyman with two sons and four daughters. The youngest daughter, Emma, the heroine of the story, has been brought up by a wealthy aunt and is consequently better educated and more refined than her sisters. But after her aunt contracted a foolish second marriage, Emma has been obliged to return to her father's house. There she is chagrined by the crude and reckless husband-hunting of two of her sisters, Penelope and Margaret.

Sometimes, the right perspective and the right question can make all the difference. When pursuing a dream or any type of creative work, it is easy to get stuck. What if your future self (who had already successfully completed the work) was there to guide you? Would that make a difference in how you view your current challenges, the questions you ask yourself, and the fears you are willing to face?

"The Test" is a short, powerful piece that describes a day in the life of a woman, whose past comes to haunt her just as she thinks she is settled and perfectly safe in her life. Faced with memories of long ago as well as considerations and responsibilities of today, she must make a difficult choice she knows will change her life and affect the lives of those around her.

Little Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered, disagreeable child. When her parents die in India, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle in a big, lonely, old house. There is nothing to do all day except walk in the gardens – and watch the robin flying over the high walls of the secret garden . . . which has been locked for ten years. And no one has the key. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Frances Hodgson Burnett original by Clare West.

In Bullerbü zu leben ist das Allerschönste auf der Welt, findet Lisa. Im ganzen Dorf gibt es nur drei Höfe, und Lisa, Lasse, Bosse, Inga, Britta und Ole spielen von früh bis spät. Die besten Tage sind natürlich, wenn Weihnachten ist und man Geburtstag hat. Aber auch sonst ist immer was los. Auf dem Heuboden schlafen, sich verkleiden, Großvater vorlesen und Hütten bauen macht in Bullerbü riesigen Spaß.

One of American literature's most loved novels, this is a story of family, of hope, of dreams, and of growing up as four devoted sisters search for romance and find maturity in the Civil War-era 19th century New England.

Eben war ein großer Reisewagen am Hause des Arztes vorübergefahren, worin ganz allein eine schwarze Frau saß. Die Doktorskinder standen alle vier im Garten und schauten still dem Wagen nach, denn sie empfanden, wie traurig diese Reise sein musste. Die Tante stand oben am Fenster und schaute mit ihnen dem Wagen nach. Als er unten um die Ecke verschwunden war, winkte sie dem Fred, heraufzukommen; sie stand in seinem Zimmer.

Deus oferece um presente para todos os recém-nascidos — esse presente não é deixado no berço, mas em um lugar secreto, onde ninguém pensaria em olhar. Esse presente pode ser encontrado em muitos lugares, até em um simples galho.

With just one bite, a wakeful flea atop a pile of sleeping creatures causes a commotion.

"Le Vilain Petit Canard" (1842) raconte l'histoire d'un caneton rejeté de tous, y compris de sa famille, à cause de son physique différent. Fatigué des moqueries, il décide de partir loin, très loin, mais les personnages qu'il rencontre en chemin ne sont pas plus tolérants... Hans Christian Andersen naquît en 1805 à Odense au Danemark. Fils de cordonnier, il partit à quatorze ans pour Copenhague suivant la mort de son père. Et c'est là que la célèbre histoire commence. Au cours de sa vie, Andersen écrivit plus de 150 contes.

El clásico indiscutible de las letras españolas en una edición única.

La historia de amor de America. La novela romantica colombiana y de America por excelencia, "María" ha deleitado y conmovido a sus lectores por mas de un siglo, ya que en esta obra estan no solo el tierno y tragico idilio de Efrain y María, sino tambien el paisaje vallecaucano en todo su esplendor.

When Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis' father is arrested for a crime he did not commit and they have to start a new life in the country, they fear the happy times are gone forever. Little do they expect the exciting adventures and the new friends that await them. By the end they have learned more about life and themselves than they had ever dreamed possible. This full-cast, dramatized version of E. Nesbit's children's classic delightfully brings to life the adventures of The Railway Children.

Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can only imagine - along with trying to impress girls, especially Becky Thatcher; fights and stunts in the schoolyard; getting lost (and saved) in a cave; and playing on the Mississippi River.

Monsieur Saval blickt auf sein Leben zurück, und was er dort sieht, gefällt ihm ganz und gar nicht. Seit seine Mutter gestorben ist, hat er niemanden mehr - und über sechzig ist er auch mittlerweile. Er wird einsam sterben, das wird ihm klar. Aber warum ist alles so gekommen? Hätte er nicht auch eine Frau haben können? Aber es hat sich nie ergeben. Bis auf das eine Mal, als er mit der Frau seines Freundes alleine am Fluss war... Eine wunderbar-wehmütige Novelle über das menschliche Leben, verpasste Chancen und die immer wiederkehrende Frage des "Was wäre, wenn...".

Slå ørerne ud og tag med på eventyr i det farverige Smølfeland med Smølfine, Gammelsmølf, Musiksmølf, Stærksmølf, Digtersmølf, Smilesmølf og alle de andre herlige små, blå væsener. Hør, hvad der sker, når Altmuligsmølf gerne vil flyve, når Bagersmølf løber tør for æg til sin kage, når Pyntesmølfs spejlbillede lige pludselig kommer til live, eller når Gargamel gang på gang forsøger at spolere Smølfernes fredelige hverdag med sine onde planer og farlige eliksirer.

The five young March sisters grew up on the East Coast during the American Civil War. Although they had very different personalities, their strong bond connected them as sisters throughout their childhoods and into their adult lives. They relied on one another as they faced struggles of growing up during the war and as they grew into young women.

What would you say to a Loved One if you had one day to live? A Letter to My Daughter is a short book of individual letters to my dearest daughter. I leave her with advice on Positive Thinking, How to Tap into your Inner Power, The Importance of Unplugging, Love, Inner Beauty etc. A Letter to My Daughter will not only inspire and empower girls but serves as a universal message to all readers.

Literary critic, E. A. Koltonovskaya, described the literary style of novelist Maria Krestovskaya as follows, “Her pen, for all its feminine agility, is often remarkable for its nearly masculine reticence. She has none of the chaotic flood of thoughtless emotions, which so frequently plagues the works by female writers. She does not like lyrical diversions and allows her characters to speak and act for themselves. Even during the most dramatic scenes, her tone remains restrained. Her formulation of women’s issues gives one the sense of a broad, universal foundation...."

Life on the streets of turn-of-the-century London hurls the orphan Oliver Twist into a danger-filled adventure! With him we meet the Artful Dodger and Fagin, and learn the ways of the hard world...