Holiday Literary

"Bank Holiday" is a story by Katherine Mansfield: A stout man with a pink face wears dingy white flannel trousers, a blue coat with a pink handkerchief showing, and a straw hat much too small for him, perched at the back of his head.

After 12-year-old Mar's father unfortunately dies in a car crash during the Christmas holiday, she not only has to recuperate, but also live with her mentally ill mother without the calming presence of her beloved dad. Fast forward three years...Because Mar had blocked out her dad's death, she's never really admitted to herself that he's gone forever, let alone acknowledged or visited his gravesite. She suddenly decides to take a 14-hour journey on a Greyhound bus to finally visit her dad's grave and to face the truth that he's really gone.

Eleven-year-old Jack wants one thing for Christmas: to find out where his grandfather, Bub, runs off to every Christmas Eve. The trail leads him on a journey through Glosser Bros. at its most magical, but the magic takes an unexpected turn when he discovers Bub's secret. Before the night is over, Jack must take a stand in the name of Johnstown, a stand that could cost him everything...or bring him the greatest gift he can imagine.

A Christmas Carol is undoubtedly the most famous supernatural story in English. However, it was not the only supernatural story of the season that Charles Dickens wrote. In Victorian England, Christmas was the time to explore the supernatural in stories, and Charles Dickens was one of the best at it. Included in this volume are a full-cast dramatization of A Christmas Carol, plus three more of Dickens' best stories of the season.

After discovering her mother’s secret life, Cara doesn’t have much faith in marriage. So when the love of her life, Simeon, proposes, she struggles to say "I do." She adores him, but why risk the perfect relationship by signing on a dotted line that could ruin everything? If her parents’ marriage taught her anything, it was that a gold ring doesn’t equal happiness, and she has no desire to follow in their dysfunctional footsteps.

En nous ouvrant les portes de la Mascagne, la maison de ses grands-parents, où se retrouve en vacances, toutes générations confondues, la famille Delerm, l'auteur se retourne pour la première fois sur son enfance et son adolescence. Dans le livre peut-être le plus personnel qu'il ait jamais écrit, il nous fait le portrait tendre et doucement nostalgique des lieux et personnages qui l'ont vu grandir chaque été.

Sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge has an emotional transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and yet to come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. A Christmas Carol has never been out of print and has been adapted to film, opera, and other media.

Narration by George announces a new production of the timeless classic tale of restoration and renewal by Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol. Come listen to our take on Ebenezer Scrooge, all the Christmas Ghosts - past, present, and future - and the characters who have helped to shape the life of Scrooge up until this Christmas Eve. Hear the sounds of the countryside and city as the specters of Christmas show Scrooge his history and consequences.

"La música que salía de la casa" de Paulo Coelho es un relato sobre los valores humanos y el espíritu navideño.

Gib Douglas has been on the road a long time, with no place to really call home. When he pays a Christmas visit to relatives in Sweetgrass Springs, the last person he expects to encounter is the girl he loved with all his heart, the girl who’d promised to marry him and love him forever…until she betrayed him and married someone else.

Yes! Old Scrooge is dead, to begin with.... In this romance sequel to Charles Dickens' beloved classic, A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge dies suddenly just days before Christmas. Tiny Tim, now a young man who lost his sweetheart love, Becky, battles anger and lost faith with the new loss of his best friend. Scrooge’s ghost returns to to teach Tim a much needed lesson about faith...and the real meaning of Christmas!

Diese wunderschöne Sammlung von Siegfried Lenz' Weihnachtsgeschichten ist für alle, die sich an gemütlichen Winterabenden verzaubern lassen wollen - oder sich rund ums Jahr nach eben jenen Abenden sehnen. Neben seiner beliebten Weihnachtsgeschichte "Das Wunder von Striegeldorf", die von zwei Männern erzählt, die alles daran setzen, die Feiertage nicht in ihrer Zelle verbringen müssen, beinhaltet dieses Hörbuch zwei weitere Erzählungen, die den risikoreichen Job des Weihnachtsmanns und die Schönheit aber auch Gefahren von zugefrorenen Seen thematisieren.

Diese charmante und humorvolle Weihnachtsgeschichte erzeugt wohlige Wintergefühle - ganz gleich zu welcher Jahreszeit. Zwei Insassen brechen aus einem Gefängnis aus, um Weihnachten bei ihren Liebsten zu verbringen. Allerdings kehren sie nach den Feiertagen zurück, damit sie ihre restliche Strafe vorbildlich absitzen können. Doch das wird schwieriger als erwartet.

The Great Smokey Mountains National Park draws more tourists than any National Park in the United States. The Sevier County government transformed the its three major cities into Christmas mega-destinations lighting up the boulevards, bridges, and businesses with festive lighting and decorations creating Winterfest. Families deeply rooted in mountain traditions struggle to hold on to their local values and business with the onslaught of large commercial interests. It'll take some Christmas Mountain Magic to save these families and their businesses.

Joey Golft loved Christmas. When he was four years of age, his father Nippy showered him with gifts and sometimes a trip to Paris, where his Aunt Florie resided. Joey’s uncle, Tome Golft, was always trying to convince Joey that Christmas was a hoax and on Christmas morning in the year 1970, at the age of 17, when Joey’s father was arrested and sent to prison for funds embezzlement from his Company, Tome Golft told Joey that it was because of Christmas his father was arrested.

Turister kommer och går på Santa Monica Bar. Bakom disken står ägaren Monika och funderar över livet, såsom det en gång var. Dottern Jenny har hon inte träffat på flera år - inte sedan den stora hemligheten avslöjats och skilsmässan var ett faktum. Men så en kväll får Monika ett meddelande om att någon vid namn Jenny sökt henne. Kan det verkligen vara hennes älskade dotter som kommit till ön? "Mallorca" är en följetong om semesterfirare som tagit sig till Medelhavet. Detta är den tredje och sista delen.

Written as a bedtime story for her niece and part of Louisa May Alcott's Lulu Library, A Christmas Dream is the tale of a privileged little girl and a fantastic dream of Christmas, teaching the value of giving to those in need.

La edición especial Cuentos de Navidad de Paulo Coelho recoge diversos relatos navideños del escritor. Estos cuentos giran en torno a la alegría, la generosidad, la humildad y los pequeños grandes milagros que vivimos en nuestro día a día.

Set in New York at the turn of the century, the story centers on a young couple that sacrifices their dearest possessions to buy each other Christmas gifts.