Fairy Saga

At the height of its power, the elven court of Queen Emerelle relishes in the joyful, wintry Festival of Light. Yet, as tribes gather to reaffirm their loyalty to the queen, treachery festers within the nobility. An assassination attempt leaves Emerelle severely injured and plunges the realm back into the throes of an ancient war. While an army of trolls ravages the kingdom, the elves seek aid from Alfadas, the human hero who was raised among them. Back in the land of men, Alfadas has settled into a quiet life as his village's protector.

»Unsere Zeit wird kommen und dann werden wir für immer zusammen sein – doch sie ist nicht jetzt.«Nie hätte ich geglaubt, in der magischen Welt die Liebe zu finden. Doch das habe ich – und verlor sie erneut. Denn kaum hatte ich meine Erinnerungen wieder, wurde mir etwas viel Wichtigeres genommen.

What are you willing to sacrifice when the only person who can save you is the same one who has to kill you? Evan is a Soldier of Death and his assignment is to kill Gemma because her time has come. But what if he falls in love with her? Can love rebel against fate?

Bring in the New Year with the whimsical fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen! This collection of wonderful stories are centred around New Year’s Eve and will enchant children and adults alike. The collection contains the following fairy tales: - The Little Match Girl - The Story of the Year - Ole, the Tower Keeper - The Porter's Son - The Gardener and the Noble Family - Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist.

Red Snow, Book 1: When Kayla embarks on a drive from Washington to Texas, she is just doing her job. When the black 1967 Impala starts showing up at every turn, she starts to think it might be more than coincidence. When the mysterious driver leaves her a note, she is engulfed in a race for her life. Kayla is tasked with defeating vampires, werewolves, and evil witches that threaten to destroy her happiness and her very life! Will she get her happily ever after, or will she fall victim to the evil that courses through her veins?

Dumbo er en sød og glad lille elefantunge - med meget store ører. Han bliver drillet med sine ører og har ikke mange venner i det cirkus, han hører til. Men så en dag møder han cirkusmusen Tim, og sammen opdager de Dumbos skjulte talent, som vil gøre ham til en stjerne! Tag med på Dumbo og Tims fantastiske rejse i dette klassiske eventyr. Bliv fortryllet af DISNEYS fantastiske verden.

Nietzsche called homo sapien the “murderer of all murderers” when he declared that “God is dead” at the turn of the 20th century. Yet the great god Pan died nearly 2,000 years ago. Thamus, are you there? Take care. The Obsolescence of Oracles followed. All Earths’ mightiest Heroes swallowed. And what of the Poets hallowed? “Who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves?”

Eifel, 1315, Gero und Hannah sind am Ort ihrer Träume angelangt und erhoffen sich auf der Burg seiner Vorfahren ein friedliches Familienleben. Doch das Glück währt nur kurz. Truppen des Erzbischofs von Trier sind Gero auf der Spur und verlangen seine Auslieferung an die Heilige Inquisition. Zu allem Übel taucht ein alter Bekannter aus der Zukunft auf, der mit Hannahs Hilfe herausfinden will, warum mächtige Gegner plötzlich auch ohne das Haupt der Weisheit die Zeiten wechseln können. Aber nicht nur sie drohen das letzte Geheimnis der Templer zu entschlüsseln und damit die Welt an den Abgrund zu führen.

Le suspense monte d'un cran dans ce deuxième tome consacré au jeune viking Arnulf. Arnulf est assommé sur une plage anglaise. Lorsqu'il se réveille, il est dans un monastère où un moine soigne ses blessures. Arnulf reprend son expédition, mais il emporte aussi avec lui dans son cœur le meurtre de son frère et le souvenir de Frejdis, dont il est amoureux. Ce sont de grandes émotions et des événements dramatiques qu’il devra affronter, tandis que sa proue perce les vagues.

Lítill, ljótur andarungi reynist vera fallegur svanur. Snædrottningin er með ís í hjartanu og litla hafmeyjan þráir að losna við fjötra hreisturs og sporðs og ganga tveimur fótum meðal manna. Ævintýraheimur Hans Christians Andersens er flestum að góðu kunnur. Þó eftir hann liggi bæði skáldsögur, leikrit og ljóð eru það listævintýri hans sem lifa með lesendum, jafnt í bóklegri- og munnlegri geymd.

Une petite fille, appelée Blanche Neige car elle a la peau blanche comme la neige, s'enfuit de chez elle pour échapper aux mauvais traitements de la nouvelle femme de son père. Blanche Neige trouve refuge dans une cabane, cachée au fin fond de la forêt.

Relembre os contos preferidos da sua infância ou apresente a um pequeno leitor o mundo mágico de um dos melhores contadores de história: Hans Christian Andersen. Quase dois séculos depois de serem publicados pela primeira vez, os contos de Andersen permanecem como contos de bem e mal, amor e perda, e lealdade em face a grandes dificuldades. Eles estão ao alcance das crianças, mas também apresentam lições de virtude para os adultos também, pois abordam temas que ultrapassam idades e nacionalidades.

Charles Perrault is one of the most well-known authors of fairy tales for children. These are the 7 most famous fairy tales written by Charles Perrault, the best classic stories for kids.

Caught between the past and the future, can friendship survive in changing times? Thirteen years have passed since the railway came to the Borders, bringing changes that would radically alter the lives of the people who lived there. Yet the steam train was not the only legacy from the men who built the railway - in their wake they left several fatherless children. One such child is Kitty Scott. Wild through neglect and an outcast within the community, Kitty is a loner...

El joven vikingo Arnulf es tan salvaje como el águila y el lobo que dan forma a su nombre. Ansía lanzarse a una vida de aventuras y acción, pero sus planes pronto se verán truncados cuando el barco de su hermano Helge regrese a casa hecho añicos. Ciego de dolor, Arnulf se embarca junto con un esclavo noruego en un viaje de venganza. Sin embargo, el viaje que le aguarda estará plagado de peligros y vicisitudes, desde una incursión a un encuentro real, pasando por multitud de batallas a cual más sangrienta hasta encontrar a los vikingos de Jomsborg.

Romanen utspelar sig i Ayrshire och Lanarkshire runt 1306, kort efter William Wallaces död under de skotska frihetskrigen. Lady Augusta har lovat att gifta sig med Sir John de Walton om han kan behålla kontrollen över slottet som han erövrade för ett år och en dag sedan. Hon ångrar dock sitt löfte och reser till slottet i förklädnad för att försöka bryta överenskommelsen. Walter Scott (1771-1832) var en skotsk skald och författare. Scott är känd för att ha skapat den historiska romangenren.

Marcel vokser op i New Orleans i første halvdel af 1800-tallet som søn af en rig slaveejer og hans sorte elskerinde. Marcel er måske nok fri, men som mulat er hans muligheder meget begrænsede på trods af hans fine opvækst. Den unge mand kan ikke finde sig til rette i det stærkt racistiske New Orleans, og han bliver hurtigt blandet ind i den voldsomme konflikt mellem de priviligerede hvide og de undertrykte sorte - selv er han fanget et sted midt imellem. Den amerikanske bestsellerforfatter Anne Rice (f.

Joanna Lumley reads "The Snow Queen". One day, a diabolical troll builds a mirror that shows everything that is beautiful as ugly and all that is good as evil. Delighted, the trolls decided to carry this mirror to heaven and mock the angels, but on their way the mirror breaks and shatters into hundreds of pieces that spread across the world. Some bigger pieces are turned into windows and others are made into spectacles, but some of tiniest bits get stuck into people’s eyes or in their heart, changing their life for ever.

When newly-unemployed music teacher Alannys Gale lands in Ravanmark, it seems to be the answer to her prayers. Ravanmark is a fantasy world where music is magic, the gods are the Greek Muses, an ancient sword of fabled power awaits a legendary hero...and the man of her dreams awaits her. It's like a beautiful fairy tale. But it keeps trying to kill her.

In 1860, Alexander Ferguson, a newly ordained vicar and amateur evolutionary scientist, takes up his new parish, a poor, isolated patch on the remote Scottish island of Harris. He hopes to uncover the truth behind the legend of the selkies - mermaids or seal people who have been sighted off the north of Scotland for centuries. He has a more personal motive, too: Family legend states that Alexander is descended from seal men.