House Classics

June 1957. One hot afternoon in the backwaters of the Deep South, a young black farmer named Tucker Caliban salts his fields, shoots his horse, burns his house, and heads north with his wife and child. His departure sets off an exodus of the state’s entire black population, throwing the established order into brilliant disarray. Told from the points of view of the white residents who remained, A Different Drummer stands, decades after its first publication in 1962, as an extraordinary and prescient triumph of satire and spirit.

Sandokán, el príncipe conocido por su audacia como el Tigre de Malasia, se enfrenta a mil peligros en su lucha por devolver a su pueblo lo que los colonos le quitaron. Gracias a su fortaleza, y con la ayuda de su fiel amigo europeo Yáñez y su tripulación pirata, será capaz de salir victorioso de las aventuras más increíbles.

From the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table comes an anthology of gender-bent, race-bent, LGBTQIA+ inclusive retellings.

M. R. James (1862-1936) was provost of King's College, Cambridge, and Eton College. He was a highly regarded scholar and academic in his time but today is remembered for his ghost stories, which are considered among the finest in the genre. The six stories in Volume Two are: "The Ash Tree", "Martin's Close", "Lost Hearts", "The Tractate Middoth", "After Dark in the Playing Fields", and "Wailing Well".

Enlist the unlimited power of your mind to manifest your dreams into reality with this proven two-part system of spoken and subliminal suggestions. Created especially for anyone looking to cultivate the entrepreneurial skill and spirit to be incredibly successful, this audio program will increase your determination and willingness to do what it takes.

Everything happens for a purpose. Discover the endless good that comes to you in ways you never imagined possible - and strengthen and reaffirm this reality - with this proven two-part system of spoken and subliminal suggestions. Experiment with this “wish fulfillment” audio program, and prepare for the miracles that will begin to appear in your life!

If driving is stressful to you, reprogram your perception with this two-part system of spoken and subliminal suggestions. Stress is mental...so enlist the unlimited power of your mind, and your viewpoint will be corrected.

That which you can visualize, you can manifest. Enlist the unlimited power of your mind to form and hold vivid images, programming them into your subconscious - and thereby into reality - with this proven two-part system of spoken and subliminal suggestions.

Always broke? Spending more than you make? Enlist the unlimited power of your mind to assist you in cultivating financial responsibility with this proven two-part system of spoken and subliminal suggestions.

You don’t want to think fearful thoughts, but they just “pop” into your mind, resulting in negative subconscious programming. Reverse the effect of “fear” programming, and feel immediate relief with this proven two-part system of spoken and subliminal suggestions and practices.

Enlist the unlimited power of your mind to assist you in strengthening your body’s natural defenses with this two-part system of spoken and subliminal suggestions. Created especially for anyone combating a viral infection, this audio program will be an indispensable addition to your wellness toolkit during cold-and-flu season - or in the face of any potential health threats.

In Agatha Christie’s short story “The Case of the Missing Will,” Poirot must help clever student Violet Marsh meet the terms of an unusual will by her Uncle Andrew. She must live in his house for a month and “prove her wits” if she is ever to receive his fortune. But is there another will?

Is there a connection between Greek and Hindu mythology? Does it have something to do with a common Indo-European root? Or maybe an exchange of ideas in the centuries that followed the arrival of Alexander the Great, when Greek emissaries travelled to the kingdoms of Mathura and Magadha? In this book, mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik turns his attention to ancient Greek tales and explores a new world of stories. Long have Europeans and Americans retold Indic mythologies. It is time for Indians to reverse the gaze.

An incident near the desolate Chhinnamasta temple on the rocky riverbank of Rajrappa leads to the death of Mahesh Chowdhury, the head of a Hazaribagh family. Adding to the mystery are a set of coded diaries, a valuable stamp collection that is missing, and a tiger that is roaming the streets of Hazaribagh. One of Feluda’s most intriguing adventures, this shows the master sleuth at his best.

Basil Hallward había terminado el retrato. El joven Dorian, al verlo, no pudo más que desear, desde su frívola inocencia, que fuera su imagen la que envejeciera y se corrompiera con el paso de los años mientras él permanecía intacto. Y así fue: a partir de entonces, Dorian Gray conservó no solo la lozanía y la hermosura propias de la juventud, sino el aspecto puro de los inocentes. Pero ¿a qué precio? El retrato de Dorian Gray es un logro insoslayable de la literatura universal, vertido aquí magníficamente por el escritor y traductor Alejandro Palomas.

Der Jugendliche Alex zieht mit drei anderen Rowdys durch die Straßen. Zum Spaß verprügeln sie hilflose Passanten, rauben Geschäfte aus...

Oscar Wilde's classic comic ghost story was the first of his short stories to be published, in February 1887. It relates the experiences of Mr. Hiram B. Otis, an American minister, and his family when they move into Canterville Chase, an ancient pile haunted by the previous owner's dead ancestor, Sir Simon. Of course, Mr. Otis declares, "There is no such thing, sir, as a ghost", and all of Sir Simon's hauntings have no effect on the skeptical American family, with the exception of the daughter, Virginia, despite his most strenuous efforts.

Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland.

A tudás átadható, a bölcsesség azonban nem. A bölcsességet lehet megtalálni, lehet aszerint élni, a sodrásához igazodni, csodákat tenni általa, de kimondani és megtanítani nem lehet.

The I-narrator in "The Fall of the House of Usher" visits his old friend Roderick Usher. He surely would not have done it, if he had known what ghastly...