Classic Movies

To an experienced thief like Krunzle the Quick, the merchant nation of Druma is full of treasures just waiting to be liberated. Yet when the fast-talking scoundrel gets caught stealing from one of the most powerful prophets of Kalistrade, the only option is to undertake a dangerous mission to recover the merchant lord's runaway daughter - and the magical artifact she took with her.

Anne of Avonlea follows Anne Shirley from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea School.

The book features many of the characters from Anne of Green Gables, including Marilla Cuthbert, Gilbert Blythe, and Diana Barry, and some new ones: Mr. Harrison, Miss Lavendar Lewis, Paul Irving, and the twins Dora and Davy. Anne matures slightly over time, even though she cannot avoid getting into a number of her familiar scrapes.

Country girl Denise Baudu arrives in Paris hoping for a position in her uncle's clothing shop. However, her uncle's shop, along with other small shops in the area, is doing poorly. This is due to the large store across the street - The Ladies' Paradise - which is swallowing up the small specialty stores by offering 'one-stop shopping' at discounted prices. 19th Century Paris is experiencing the dawn of the department store. Despite her loyalty to her uncle, Denise is drawn to the progressive Ladies' Paradise and it's owner, the driven but charismatic Monsieur Mouret.

In the war-torn lands of Molthune and Nirmathas, where rebels fight an endless war of secession against an oppressive military government, the constant fighting can make for strange alliances. Such is the case for the man known only as the Masked, the victim of a magical curse that forces him to hide his face, and an escaped halfling slave woman named Tantaerra.

The annals of movie history are full of lost treasures - spectacular scripts from world-renowned writers that could have been classics, had they only been made. Now, for the first time, some of these forgotten gems have been brought to life, fully realised as vivid, cinematic radio productions. Scripted by major 20th-century writers, including Harold Pinter, Arthur Miller, Alfred Hitchcock and Dennis Potter, they star a host of A-list actors and feature richly evocative, atmospheric soundtracks.

After years fighting in the Goblinblood Wars, the dwarven warrior Akina is returning home, accompanied by Ondorum, her silent companion of living stone. Yet what she finds is far from what she remembers: a disgraced brother, an obsessive suitor, and a missing mother. When her brother is kidnapped by subterranean enemies, Akina and Ondorum must venture below, into danger as old as the stones themselves.

It's one of the greatest movie romances of all time. Yet the friction and controversy surrounding The Way We Were was so enormous, the movie was nearly never made at all. Drawing on Laurents's and Pollack's unpublished writings, as well as interviews with Streisand, Redford, and other key players, this is the definitive account of a film that changed the rules of moviemaking and defined romance ever since.

Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy, Frankenstein. You've lived with the stories your whole life. You've read the tales. You've watched the films. But what if the stories were different? What if the things you read about these monsters were warped and twisted? Here lie stories you may not have heard. Stories both weird and shocking. Bizarre and grotesque. Alternate versions of your favorite classic monsters you've never read and never will again. Featuring 13 stories by Jonathan Moon, The Sisters of Slaughter, Tom Lucas and more!

Das ist die Geschichte von Viktor Frankenstein, einem klugen Mann, der ein riesengroßes Wesen erschuf. Doch als Viktor sein Wesen sah, wusste er nicht, wie er sich darum kümmern sollte. Erlebe ein Abenteuer mit Micky, Donald und ihren Freunden, die in einer humorvollen Erzählung der klassischen Frankenstein-Geschichte auftreten, spannend vorgetragen, mit Soundeffekten, Musik und den Stimmen der beliebten Charaktere in einem eindrucksvollen Audio-Format.

Als König Dagobert von Entenhausen England verlässt, um Verwandte im Ausland zu besuchen, übernimmt Prinz John den Thron. Der neue Herrscher ist gierig und fest entschlossen, mit seiner neuen Macht Geld zu verdienen. Deshalb beginnt er zusammen mit dem Sheriff, die Armen aus allem herauszupressen, was sie besitzen. Der mutige Micky und seine Freunde wollen jedoch diese Ungerechtigkeit nicht weiterhin dulden. Mit Pfeil und Bogen versuchen sie, von den Reichen zu stehlen und es den Armen zu geben!

Ein Meeresforscher macht sich auf die Suche nach einem legendären Seeungeheuer. Dabei stößt er aber auf das Unterseeboot "Nautilus", das der beeindruckende Kapitän Nemo führt. Begleite Micky, Donald und ihre Freunde in dieser humorvollen Neuerzählung von Jules Vernes fantastischem Abenteuer 20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer. Erlebe ein fesselndes Hörspiel mit mitreißender Erzählung, Soundeffekten und Musik sowie den Stimmen der beliebten Charaktere.

Don Quijote will gern ein echter Ritter sein, obwohl es längst keine Ritter mehr gibt. In einer rostigen Rüstung und auf einem alten Gaul macht er sich auf, um gegen Riesen zu kämpfen und Fabelwesen zu jagen. Begleite Micky, Donald und Freunde in dieser humorvollen Version der klassischen Geschichte von Don Quijote in einer fesselnden Audioerzählung mit spannender Erzählstimme, Soundeffekten und Musik sowie den Stimmen der beliebten Charaktere.

Prima di Charlie, prima della Fabbrica di Cioccolato, c’è una storia piena di ingegno e fantasia... Ispirato alla folle magia di ROALD DAHL, il meraviglioso racconto di come Willy Wonka sia diventato il più grande inventore, mago e cioccolatiere del mondo. Scritto da Sibéal Pounder, basato sull’attesissimo film della Warner, creato da Paul King e scritto per il cinema da Simon Farnaby e Paul King. Un mix inebriante di magia e musica, caos ed emozione raccontato con un cuore e un umorismo senza pari.

"Loving a ghost is painful, improbable, and lonely." Peter took me to his world and Pan left me in mine. Now I'll do anything to get back to Neverland, to take back what was stolen from me. But nothing is what it seems. My friends are dying. My enemies expect me to trust them. And my heart...It's more confused than ever.

This short story of Francis Scott Fitzgerald depicts the strange and curious life of Benjamin Button, born an old man and aging backwards. Narrated by Michael Ward

This famous novel deals with the early frontier period of American history and is set in 1757 during the Seven Years War between the French and the British. Hawkeye and his friends, Chingachgook and Uncas, are the last remaining Mohican chieftains. When the evil Magua threatens the life of an innocent English woman, Hawkeye finds himself at the center of a battle for honor and vengeance.

Die 21-jährige Emma Woodhouse ist wohlhabend, schön und der strahlende Mittelpunkt der Gesellschaft im beschaulichen Highbury...

On the far northwest coast of Tasmania at Cape Grimm lies the isolated and idiosyncratic community of Skye, which practises a religion that reveres the imagination. One clear evening in 1992 all the inhabitants enter the church hall, where they are locked in and burned alive. They have been persuaded to do this by a young man called Caleb Mean - also known as El Nino, the Christ Child.

La storia si svolge intorno ad una famiglia con tre bambini, che viene costretta, a causa di problemi economici, a trasferirsi in campagna, accanto ad una ferrovia. Intorno alla ferrovia si snodano gli avvenimenti comuni e non dei tre ragazzini. Il libro, e sempre leggero, tocca il cuore dei lettori grandi e piccoli con una delicatezza che non toglie nulla all’intensità dei sentimenti suscitati.

Hopalong Cassidy is an iconic western cowboy hero conceived by Clarence Mulford, but immortalized in a series of films starring William Boyd from 1935-1948. A tough-talking and violent character in the print novels, Cassidy was remade into a clean-cut hero who traveled the West with his sidekicks fighting villains who took advantage of the weak.

Clarence E. Mulford takes you back to the beginning by relating the stories (as told to him by Red and the boys of the BAR-20) of how Buck Peters started the BAR-20 ranch.