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Anne Shirley från Anne på Grönkulla är sjutton år gammal i denna del två i serien om flickan Anne med de röda lockarna. Nu har hon vuxit sig stor nog att undervisa i sin gamla skola där hon söker efter speciella personer som blir hennes vänner och tillsammans drabbas de av många äventyr. Böckerna om Anne Shirley är några av världens mest älskade flickböcker och många är de som skrattat och gråtit åt Annes livshistoria.

Ten superbly narrated stories that help explain America by America's best writers.

Die größten Autoren der Abenteuergeschichten nehmen uns mit auf Reisen. Lassen Sie sich entführen zu phantastischen, spannenden, exotischen Erlebnissen. Die folgenden neun Erzählungen sind einer ansprechenden Abenteuer-Sammlung vereint ...

Hundreds of kilometres without a car, a house, or a person in sight. The dome of clear blue above and the occasional group of roos startling off into the scrub. Then emus, bolting off in a mad panic on the other side. I was finding something that had been lost inside me and I wanted to weave in and out on that straight white ribbon of road for the joy of having found it again. Cross My Heart is the story of Mick and Michelle, chasing a dream, crossing their hearts for the future; a vibrant, passionate, sprawling novel set in outback Australia.

Der Kaufmann und Seefahrer Robinson Crusoe wird nach einem Schiffbruch als einziger Überlebender auf eine unbewohnte Insel verschlagen. Er schildert, wie er sein Leben auf der Insel meistert - vom Errichten seiner Hütte bis zu seinem Zusammentreffen mit einem Eingeborenen, den er Freitag nennt und zu seinem Diener erzieht. Doch wird er die Insel wieder verlassen können?

Heidi who has been orphaned, is taken from her alpine home with her beloved grandfather by her less than loving aunt to be a companion for a crippled child of a wealthy family in Frankfurt. They become bosom friends but Heidi becomes ill and has to return home, but when her crippled friend comes to the Alps for a visit, well, we don't want to spoil the story for you.

In diesem Hörbuch sind acht Abenteuergeschichten berühmter Autoren vereint - in diesem Paket noch billiger als einzeln gekauft! Geschichten von Seeräubern, Hexen, einsamen Inseln, gefährlichen Räubern und noch viel mehr werden von Meistern der Dichtkunst wie Joseph Conrad, Daniel Defoe, Klabund, Jack London, Karl May, Robert Louis Stevenson und Jules Verne beschrieben...

Secondo dei tre romanzi che compongono il ciclo del Corsaro Nero, La regina dei Caraibi ci presenta il personaggio forse più affascinante e malinconico dell'intera opera salgariana. Accompagnato dai fidi Carmaux, Moko e Wan Stiller, oltre che da Yara, una bella principessa indiana, il Corsaro Nero, spinto anche dall'istinto che lo porta a ricercare l'amata Honorata, intraprende un lungo viaggio in mare che lo porterà fino a Veracruz, con lo scopo di vendicarsi del perfido Wan Guld.

Since summer was six years old she lived with dear Aunt May and Uncle Ob. Now, six years later, Aunt May has died. Summer, who misses May with all her might, is afraid something will happen to Ob. Most days Ob seems like he doesn't want to go on. But then Ob feels May's spirit around him and he wants to contact her. Cletus Underwood, a strange boy from school, reads about someone who could help him do that. Summer wants to hear from May too. Ob and Summer don't know what to expect when they set off on their search for some sign from May.

As half-angel Willow battles her parasitic otherworldly kin, romance and tension heat up to a climactic series finale. In the devastated remains of the world, millions now live in Edens provided by the angels that have all but enslaved the human race. As mastermind Raziel's stranglehold on humanity tightens, Willow, Alex, and the rest of the team race to recruit new Angel Killers and form a line of defense. But then a shattering revelation sends Alex on a doomed journey, leaving Willow and Seb hanging in the balance.

Young David Balfour is the rightful heir but his uncle has other plans. This story recounts Master Balfour's escape on the high seas and his adventures making his way back across Scottish Highlands.

Translated from the first edition, experience the tale of Hansel and Gretel in its original form, as brother and sister are abandoned in a great forest by their parents, only to discover that someone far more sinister than wild animals awaits them.

Two wealthy gentlemen decide to give a poor stranger a million-pound bank note to see what he will do with it. The results are very unexpected.

Corazón, Diario de un Niño, es el clásico universal de la literatura de Edmondo de Amicis. Enrique, chico italiano del siglo XIX, narra a través de su diario escolar todo lo importante que pasa en la escuela con sus compañeros de clase, sus maestros y su familia. Lecciones de amor, valor, honestidad e integridad. Un audiolibro que no puede faltar en la vida de los niños y jóvenes del presente, pues los valores son perennes y universales.

Il romanzo di formazione al femminile per eccellenza. Qualsiasi ragazza dovrebbe ascoltarlo: le quattro diverse figure femminili sono efficacissimi specchi in cui ognuna potrà ritrovarsi. Avvincente ascoltarlo da adulte, per andare alle radici della propria identità femminile , per cambiare ciò che non è più attuale e rivivere emozioni ormai “passate di moda”.Adatto a: tutti coloro che amano i romanzi storici, per conoscere un’epoca attraverso i piccoli episodi quotidiani di una famiglia di provincia. Musica di Scott Joplin.

First written in 1904, this is one of Edith Nesbit's best-loved children's stories. It it the second story about a group of five children - Robert, Anthea, Cyril, Jane, and their baby brother, the Lamb - who live in London. One day their mother buys a new carpet for the nursery which mysteriously contains a stone egg. When the egg falls into the fire by accident, nobody can possibly imagine what adventures will be unleashed.

Tredje delen i serien om "Anne på Grönkulla" tar vid när Anne flyttar till Kingsport för att studera. I sin nya stad finner hon både nya bekantskaper och vänner från förr. Annes liv är fyllt av äventyr, uppvaktande kavaljerer och studier. Hon brottas med farhågor inför framtiden då hjärtats frågor är inte alltid så lätta att lösa. I originalöversättning av Karin Lidforss Jensen Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) växte upp på en ö i Kanada, i samma område som böckerna om Anne utspelar sig.

The Talisman is Sir Walter Scott's tale of the Crusades, a tale of chivalry, of violence, of virtue, romance, and deceit.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the first great American novels. The book is noted for its innocent young protagonist, its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River, and its sober and often scathing look at the entrenched attitudes, particularly racism, of the time. The journey of Huck and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River on their raft may be one of the most enduring images of escape and freedom in all of American literature.

Der Waisenjunge Oliver Twist wächst unter den erbärmlichsten Bedingungen auf, die man sich vorstellen kann. Als er Hunger, Armut und Prügel nicht mehr erträgt, reißt er nach London aus, um dort sein Glück zu versuchen. Aber hier ergeht es ihm auch nicht viel besser: Er gerät in die Fänge einer Diebesbande, die ihn ausbeutet und zum Stehlen zwingen will.