Sagas Classics

Han pasado más de dos décadas desde que los tres mosqueteros cruzaran sus caminos con D'Artagnan y vivieran la aventura de sus vidas. Ahora, cada uno de ellos sirve a un señor diferente y se ha acomodado en su madurez. Sin embargo, algo está a punto de cambiar la aparente placidez de sus vidas. Ha llegado el momento de volver a echar mano a las armas y entonar el Todos para uno y uno para todos.

Riunire la famiglia a casa per un ultimo Natale: è questo il grande sogno, la grande ossessione di Enid Lambert, dopo quasi cinquant'anni di matrimonio. Cresciuti nel rigido rispetto della tipica morale americana del Dopoguerra, i tre figli hanno da tempo preso il volo e se le aspettative erano molte, le delusioni non sono mancate. Da uno dei più importanti scrittori americani del nuovo millennio, un formidabile romanzo ricco di dolente umorismo e di umanità.

Viaggio alle radici della nascita del clientelismo politico e della mafia. Una vicenda familiare che si snoda attraverso le generazioni e diventa il paradigma di una società.Un’opera che facilita la comprensione del presente e delle radici psicologiche dell’illegalità mafiosa.Adatto a: tutti, in particolare ai cultori delle radici dei fenomeni storici italiani; ai cercatori di chiavi di lettura delle vicende del presente.

When Margaret Hale moves with her father from the comfort of the south of England to the industrial north, she is at first repulsed by what she sees; and then when she discovers the conditions under which the workers are forced to live, she is outraged. But this throws her into direct conflict with the powerful young mill-owner, John Thornton. Using personal passions to explore deep social divisions, North and South is a great romance and one of Elizabeth Gaskell's finest works.

After ten long years stranded on Earth, John Carter returns once again to Barsoom. But this time, he finds himself fighting for his life in the Valley Dor—the presumed Martian paradise that is in reality a violent hellscape, where legions of blood-thirsty Plant Men and four-armed great apes reward with bitter death believers who take the final pilgrimage down the sacred River Iss. Reunited with Tars Tarkas, his loyal green Martian friend, John Carter runs awry into the hands of the Holy Therns, the ancient cult that in secret rules all Barsoom.

Throughout a single day in 1892, John Shawnessy recalls the great moments of his life - from the battles of the Civil War to the politics of the Gilded Age, from the love affairs of his youth in Indiana to his homecoming as schoolteacher, husband, and father.

This last novel in the Chronicles of Barsetshire series involves Mr. Crawley, the impoverished curate of Hogglestock, who is accused of theft when he uses a large check to pay off his debts. The scandal fiercely divides the citizens of Barsetshire and threatens to tear apart Mr. Crawley's family.

August Strindberg belongs to the same generation of authors as the Russian Chekhov and the Norwegian Ibsen. Strindberg stands at the crossroads of such decisive influences as those of Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Schiller, Zola, Byron, or Freud's precursors such as Bernheim. He absorbed the aesthetic trends of his time, particularly naturalism. Four of his short stories are presented in this audiobook: The German Lieutenant; Unwelcome; Over-refinement; Paul & Peter.

Köln, 6. September 1959: Im großbürgerlichen Hause Fähmel begeht man den 80. Geburtstag des Familienoberhauptes. Drei Architekten-Generationen treffen an diesem schicksalsträchtigen Tag zusammen, an dem es mit der reinweißen Tischdeckenordnung schnell vorbei ist und die unbewältigte Vergangenheit in die äußerliche Ruhe der Familie einbricht. Heinrich Böll führt seine Figuren entlang assoziativer Erinnerungsströme zurück in den Zweiten Weltkrieg und die Nazizeit.

Anne Elliot ist bereits siebenundzwanzig – und unverheiratet. Aus Standesdünkel riet ihre Familie ihr vor acht Jahren dazu, den Heiratsantrag von Annes großer Liebe, dem bürgerlichen und mittellosen Frederick Wentworth, abzulehnen. Allerdings langweilt der Alltag in den Kreisen des Landadels die kluge und unkonventionelle Anne und auch ihren Verlust scheint sie nie überwunden zu haben. Als sie eines Tages unverhofft erneut auf den mittlerweile wohlhabenden und geachteten Captain Wentworth trifft, erweckt diese Begegnung tiefe Gefühle in Anne.

Mowgli é abandonado na selva quando nasce. Coletado por um bando de lobos, ele aprende a viver lá, conhecendo os perigos da selva e seus inimigos, especialmente o tigre Shere Kan, que quer a sua pele. Um dia, ele descobre que não é o único Homem... Ele deve tomar uma decisão difícil: permanecer num ambiente familiar, com aqueles que o viram crescer ou ir viver com aqueles que se parecem com ele?

"The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" is Sir Conan Doyle’s second collection about the great detective. In this collection we meet the same two protagonists, namely Holmes and Watson, but the cases and mysteries that must be solved are completely new. The disappearance of a champion horse, a dead coachman and stolen naval treaty are only a small portion of all the mysteries the two men will have to deal with.

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.

David Balfour is a young Scottish man whose parents have recently died. The seventeen-year-old orphan decides that the time has come for him to seek his fortune. Right before Balfour departs for Edinburgh, he meets with his guardian Mr Campbell. Campbell tells the young boy that he has a wealthy uncle living in Cramond.

Lucy Honeychurch and her cousin are on a vacation in Florence. The girls are given a room looking into the courtyard, but they would rather have one with a view over the river. George Emerson and his father offer the two girls to change rooms and this is how George and Lucy meet for the first time. George grows fond of Lucy but she is not sure of her feelings towards him. She returns home to England where she accepts to marry Cecil Vyse, a man who had already proposed to her three times.

Krieg und Frieden - Erstes Buch. Moskau und Sankt Petersburg, 1805: Pierre, illegitimer Sohn des begüterten Grafen Besuchow, erbt dessen Titel und Vermögen. Pierres Freund, Fürst Andrej Bolkonski, zieht als Adjutant des Oberbefehlshabers der russischen Armee gegen Frankreich in den Krieg. In der Schlacht um Austerlitz verwundet, wird Andrej von Napoleon persönlich begnadigt.

Den fattige skrædder Anders sender sine tre nevøer ud i verden for, at de skal lære at arbejde. Drengene finder hver en dygtig læremester. Da læretiden er slut, får de hver en magisk afskedsgave af deres læremester – et magisk bord, et magisk æsel og en tryllekvist. De to første drenge får deres magiske gave stjålet af en krovært, og de advarer deres bror. Mon det lykkes at få de stjålne gaver tilbage?

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.

Moomintrol en zijn familie en vrienden beleven nieuwe avonturen, waarbij Moomintrol alles leert over vriendschap, delen, vergeven en dapper zijn. In een van de verhalen in deze bundel verhaal raakt Moomintrol een kostbare telescoop kwijt – zou hij gestolen zijn? In een ander verhaal gaan de vrienden naar een onbewoond eiland om het Oceaanlied te zoeken. En in weer een ander verhaal vindt Moomintrol een bijzondere schat: een parel in de kleur van de maan. Ontdek wat er nog meer gebeurt in de Moominvallei!

The novel was originally titled "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court". Some early editions are titled "A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur". In it, a Yankee engineer from Connecticut is accidentally transported back in time to the court of King Arthur, where he fools the inhabitants of that time into thinking he is a magician and soon uses his knowledge of modern technology to become a "magician" in earnest, stunning the English of the Early Middle Ages with such feats as demolitions, fireworks and the shoring up of a holy well.