Teen Classics

Louis XIII had to be a Solomon. His queen produced twin male heirs - two sons of equal age with equal pretensions. Louis feared for France. One prince means peace and safety for the state, two are a recipe for civil war and anarchy. One son had to go. Louis could not kill him, but he could hide him in an iron mask. Such is the quality of paternal mercy.

Since the gripping conclusion of Once a Witch, Tamsin Greene has been haunted by her grandmother's prophecy that she will soon be forced to make a crucial decision...one so terrible that it could harm her family forever.

W. H. Hudson was born in 1841 in Buenos Aires and seems to have been a sort of permanently displaced person. He moved to London in 1869 and wrote a series of remarkable books, most with a wilderness setting. In 1904, when he was 63, he focused on an Indian legend for Green Mansions, a memorable romance of the jungle for which he is now chiefly remembered. His epitaph reads, "He Loved Birds and Green Places and the Wind on the Heath, and Saw Brightness of the Skirts of God."

Dem geschickten Jungen Huck gelingt es, sich von seinem Vater zu lösen und gemeinsam mit dem Sklaven Jim aus dem Haus der Schwestern Douglas und Watson zu fliehen. Ganz auf sich allein gestellt, fahren die beiden auf einem Floß den Mississippi hinunter. Auf ihrer Floßfahrt erleben die beiden Abenteuer, die sie sich niemals hätten träumen lassen.

Der Lausbube Tom Sawyer schwänzt die Schule, prügelt sich und treibt sich nachts gern mit seinem besten Freund Huckleberry Finn, der in einer Tonne am Waldrand haust, herum. Aber man kann nun mal nicht immer ein Musterschüler sein. Vor allem dann nicht, wenn man ein Pirat werden will und einen echten Schatz finden möchte! Das wirkliche Abenteuer beginnt für die beiden Jungen allerdings erst dann, als eines Nachts auf dem Friedhof ein Mord passiert. Einzig Tom und Huck kennen die wahre Identität des Mörders.

For every fan who has wished Jane Austen herself might have enjoyed the romance and happy ending she so carefully crafted for all her heroines: The Persuasion of Miss Jane Austen, by Shannon Winslow. What if the tale Jane Austen told in her last, most poignant novel was inspired by momentous events in her own life? Did she in fact intend Persuasion to stand forever in homage to her one true love?

Das Tessin in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Die Not leidenden Bergbauern verkaufen ihre Kinder nach Mailand. Zwanzig Franken bekommen Giorgios Eltern dafür, dass ihr Sohn als "spazzacamino", als lebender Kehrbesen, durch die Kamine kriecht. Von der Familie seines Meisters wird er gequält, von anderen verspottet. Vor allem eine Straßenkinderbande macht es den Kaminkehrerburschen schwer. Doch die wehren sich und gründen den Bund der "Schwarzen Brüder".

Le giornate di Jim Hawkins trascorrono monotone come garzone nella locanda di famiglia a Bristol, Inghilterra. Il ragazzo non perde mai occasione di ascoltare le fantastiche storie dei marinai che visitano la locanda, sognando ad occhi aperti che anche lui, un giorno, salperà alla volta di mari lontani. Quel giorno arriva all'improvviso quando il pirata Billy Jones muore nella sua locanda.

In Nostromo, Joseph Conrad has transformed an apocryphal anecdote about a sailor who got away with stealing a boat loaded with silver into a grandly panoramic, yet deeply unsettling, narrative that sees every conceivable type of political person — from the laughably oafish and brutal to various shades of the well-meaning — caught up in an episode of revolutionary upheaval in the fictional South American country of Costaguana.

When Rose Campbell, a shy orphan, arrives at "The Aunt Hill" to live with her six aunts and seven boisterous male cousins, she is quite overwhelmed. How could such a delicate young lady, used to the quiet hallways of a girls' boarding school, exist in such a spirited home? It is the arrival of Uncle Alec that changes everything. Much to the horror of her aunts, Rose's forward-thinking uncle insists that the child get out of the parlor and into the sunshine. And with a little courage and lots of adventures with her mischievous but loving cousins, Rose begins to bloom.

Hamlet's father has just died. By the time they've filled in the grave, his mother has remarried. Hamlet suspects foul play, and it's troubling his spirit. Or maybe he was always troubled. Ophelia is in love with him. His best friend Horatio can't work him out. Then, on a cold, still night, Hamlet meets the ghost of his father.

On April 19, 1775, musket shots ring out over Lexington, Massachusetts. As the sun rises over the battlefield, fifteen-year-old Adam Cooper stands among the outmatched patriots, facing a line of British troops. Determined to defend his home and prove his worth to his disapproving father, Cooper is about to embark on the most significant day of his life. The Battle of Lexington and Concord will be the starting point of the American Revolution—and when Cooper becomes a man.

Presented by actor/author Geoffrey Giuliano, here is an exciting "listen while you learn" audio production which promises to entertain, enlighten, and enliven the listener. Icon productions offer a daring, fresh perspective on the hundreds of perennial favorite tales which have inspired generations and imbued a deep love of literature and art in millions over time.

Marshall Field Finney was named after a department store and dropped like a hot potato when his mother suddenly packed up and left. Now Marshall lives with his hard-drinking father in a crackerbox house and rides a yellow bus through beautiful St. Louis County to his mostly white suburban...

A kingdom of shadows. A soldier sworn to protect. A princess silenced by love. Plagued by her mother's matchmaking attempts, Princess Lily, the eldest of 12 sisters and heir to a mighty kingdom, struggles to prove herself worthy of her inheritance while avoiding the attention of unwanted admirers. Tradition forbids marriage with the man she loves, so she would rather rule alone than marry someone who only wants the crown.

Edgar Allan Poe may be 150 years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction. Whether the stories are familiar or discovered for the first time, listeners will revel in both Edgar Allan Poe's classic tales, and in the 13 unique and unforgettable ways that they've been brought to life.

Jean Lehoulier doit fuir, avec sa famille, pour le Canada, car il a tué, dans une rixe, l'un de ses amis, Pierre Noël. Un jour, arrive un nouveau voisin, qui n'est autre que la veuve Noël et ses trois enfants. Les familles s'entraident, le fils Lehoulier, Arthur, tombe amoureux de la fille de Mme Noël, Suzanne. Le cousin d'Arthur, Gaspard, homme rustre, et méchant, est jaloux d'Arthur : il cherche à se débarrasser de lui et convoite Suzanne. Un jour, les deux jeunes gens partent pour une chasse aux phoques.

Aigri et rancunier Chauvelin désire vivement se venger du Mouron Rouge. Mais pour cela il faut faire sortir l'oiseau du nid et le mettre dans un situation dont même son génie ne saurait le tirer d'affaire. Avec l'aide de l'actrice Désirée a qui il a promis le pardon et le succès pour sa coopération, il met en place un complot qui force Sir Percy à l'affronter en duel. Or les duels étant illégals en Angleterre, celui-ci ne pourra avoir lieu qu'en territoire français. Le voilà forcé d'aller à découvert.

La jeune Juliette de Marny fait le serment de venger la mort de son frère sur le lit de mort de son père. Cinq ans plus tard, elle retrouve la trace de "l'assassin" de son frère. Mais c'est sans compté sur les mouvements révolutionnaires à Paris. Le drame se prolonge entre Juliette de Marny et l'homme qu'elle devrait haïr le plus au monde.

В трактире "Адмирал Бенбоу", расположенном неподалеку от английского городка Бристоль появляется таинственный незнакомец Билли Бонс. Знакомство с ним в корне меняет жизнь Джима Хокинса - сына хозяина таверны.