Sagas Classics

Classic tales and stories are an fundamental part of children's development. They connect with the essentials of our culture; they awaken imagination and bring essential teachings. This special compilation includes classic folk tales, handed down over years and centuries for their elegance and power of evocation, and famous inspiring stories.

"All the World" (1919) takes place in the aftermath of the Great War. The soldiers are back but they are struggling to settle down again, and so are the women who worked so hard during the war as well. One Sunday, after Dr. Ward’s sermon, something happens that will turn the life in his town upside down.

When Kara Magari uncovers a secret door in the middle of the forest, she discovers (and trips through) a portal to a hidden world full of terrifying things: Ourea. She just wants to go home, but the natives have other plans for her. She clashes with immortal shapeshifters, is carried off by a dragon, nearly dies on several occasions, and somehow becomes the master of an ancient book of magic called the Grimoire. Every time she thinks she's safe, her new "friends" show their true colors.

Amber is more than just a girl with a stolen ID and an attitude; she is a daughter of the wolf-kind, a shapeshifter able to change forms at will. One night, as Amber prowls the Hollywood Hills in wolf form, she stumbles onto an occult ceremony, interrupting the ritual. As a result, Amber finds herself the unwilling mistress of a handsome demonic servant, Richard. Appearing as a fair youth of eighteen years, Richard is a demon accidentally summoned, then captured, by Dr. John Dee, court magician to Queen Elizabeth I.

Heritage is the third book in the Amazon best-selling Grimoire Saga.

Riunire la famiglia a casa per un ultimo Natale: è questo il grande sogno, la grande ossessione di Enid Lambert, dopo quasi cinquant'anni di matrimonio. Cresciuti nel rigido rispetto della tipica morale americana del Dopoguerra, i tre figli hanno da tempo preso il volo e se le aspettative erano molte, le delusioni non sono mancate. Da uno dei più importanti scrittori americani del nuovo millennio, un formidabile romanzo ricco di dolente umorismo e di umanità.

Viaggio alle radici della nascita del clientelismo politico e della mafia. Una vicenda familiare che si snoda attraverso le generazioni e diventa il paradigma di una società.Un’opera che facilita la comprensione del presente e delle radici psicologiche dell’illegalità mafiosa.Adatto a: tutti, in particolare ai cultori delle radici dei fenomeni storici italiani; ai cercatori di chiavi di lettura delle vicende del presente.

Köln, 6. September 1959: Im großbürgerlichen Hause Fähmel begeht man den 80. Geburtstag des Familienoberhauptes. Drei Architekten-Generationen treffen an diesem schicksalsträchtigen Tag zusammen, an dem es mit der reinweißen Tischdeckenordnung schnell vorbei ist und die unbewältigte Vergangenheit in die äußerliche Ruhe der Familie einbricht. Heinrich Böll führt seine Figuren entlang assoziativer Erinnerungsströme zurück in den Zweiten Weltkrieg und die Nazizeit.

Filho de um pai alcoólatra e violento, Huck Finn logo se encontra sozinho. Quando foi acolhido por uma senhora idosa, Huck se torna gradualmente mais civilizado. Mas no dia em que seu pai reaparece e o tranca em uma cabana, Huck foge com Jim, um escravo. A viagem deles pelo Mississippi retrata a sociedade americana da época e rende muitas aventuras! Considerado um clássico da literatura americana, essa história foi fonte de inspiração para o filme "As aventuras de Huck Finn" produzido pela Disney em 1993.

Um velho marinheiro se instala na estalagem dos pais de Jim Hawkins. Ele parece estar escondendo alguma coisa... Quando os piratas atacam a pousada, Jim foge e leva consigo o que o capitão estava escondendo: um mapa do tesouro! É assim que a aventura do jovem Jim começa em uma jornada cheia de surpresas.

George Duroy asta dispuesto, caiga quien caiga y le cueste lo que le cueste, a ser alguien importante. En su concepto de moralidad, cualquier medio es aceptable para conseguir el fin propuesto. Las convenciones sociales no están hechas para él. Acaba de llegar a París, sin un céntimo, pero sabe que gusta a las mujeres y está decidido a utilizarlas de la forma que haga falta en su camino al éxito. A través de su nuevo trabajo en el períodico La vie française conocerá a Madeleine Forestier y a Clotilde de Marelle, las dos mujeres que cambiarán radicalmente su vida.

The novel was originally titled "A Yankee in King Arthur's Court". Some early editions are titled "A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur". In it, a Yankee engineer from Connecticut is accidentally transported back in time to the court of King Arthur, where he fools the inhabitants of that time into thinking he is a magician and soon uses his knowledge of modern technology to become a "magician" in earnest, stunning the English of the Early Middle Ages with such feats as demolitions, fireworks and the shoring up of a holy well.

This novel begins with an odd inheritance at the end of a honeymoon, both parties being inexperienced. Then someone comes to visit, then another, until we've got a chaotic bedlam of New England's tragically off the wall odd ball relations. Our protagonists may not communicate efficiently at first but at least they've got a sense of humour. The humourous style keeps up as well as some moments of lustre and rich feeling about the printed word itself.

"En för alla, alla för en!" Alexandre Dumas klassiska äventyrsroman De tre musketörerna handlar om den modige ynglingen D'Artagnan som kommer till Paris för att bli musketör. De tre musketörerna Athos, Portos och Aramis korsar D'Artagnans väg och tillsammans dras de in i maktens intriger. D'Artagnan blir häftigt förälskad i en förtjusande hovdam medan konflikten med England och den lömska kardinal Richelieu lurar i bakgrunden. "De tre musketörerna" kom ut 1844 och har filmatiserats många gånger.

James F. Coopers klassischer Abenteuerroman "Der Kaperkapitän" spielt vor dem historischen Hintergrund des Seekrieges zwischen Großbritannien und Frankreich 1793. Vergeblich jagt eine englische Fregatte im Mittelmeer ein französisches Kaperschiff, das vor der Insel Elba aufgetaucht ist. Der Kapitän des Schiffes, Raoul Yvard, der sich wegen seiner Zuneigung zu einem italienischen Mädchen bis in die Nähe der englischen Flotte Admiral Nelsons gewagt hatte, gerät in Gefangenschaft und wird wegen angeblicher Spionage zum Tode verurteilt, ihm gelingt aber die Flucht und die Rückkehr auf sein Kaperschiff. Doch schon bald darauf wird das auf Klippen auflaufende Schiff von den Engländern aufgespürt.

Arnold Bennett hyllades under sin livstid som en av den engelskspråkiga världens största men också mest varmhjärtade realister. "Systrarna" från 1908 kom att bli hans mästerverk och har filmatiserats flera gånger med stor framgång. Här får vi följa systrarna Sophia och Constances resa genom livet från barndom till ålderdom. Sophia väljer den stora världen i Paris och Constance stannar i provinsstaden men 1800-talets snabba förändringar drabbar dem båda.

Arnold Bennett hyllades under sin livstid som en av den engelskspråkiga världens största men också mest varmhjärtade realister. "Systrarna" från 1908 kom att bli hans mästerverk och har filmatiserats flera gånger med stor framgång. Här får vi följa systrarna Sophia och Constances resa genom livet från barndom till ålderdom. Sophia väljer den stora världen i Paris och Constance stannar i provinsstaden men 1800-talets snabba förändringar drabbar dem båda.

"Herman Bangs vielleicht erschütterndstes, sicherlich gelungenstes, stärkstes Buch... der traurigste Liebesroman aller Zeiten." - Klaus Mann, 1924. Der berühmte Maler Claude Zoret hat den siebzehnjährigen Michael als Schüler bei sich aufgenommen und malt ihn wieder und wieder in klassischen Posen, als Eros, Alkibiades oder Michaelangelos "Der Sieger". Für Zoret bricht die Welt zusammen, als Michael sich im Alter von zweiundzwanzig Jahren in die Fürstin Zamikoff verliebt und seinen Meister verlässt.

"Old Rose and Silver" is a novel by Myrtle Reed first published in 1909. The novel follows the lives of Rose and her widowed Aunt, Madame Francesca Bernard, along with young visitor and cousin Isabel, whose lives are changed by the return of an old friend and neighbor, Colonel Kent, and his grown son, Allison. Other characters that help shape their lives in significant ways are the Crosby twins, unconventional and uninhibited youths that set society at naught, and an unconventional doctor who specializes in the impossible.

"En för alla, alla för en!" Alexandre Dumas klassiska äventyrsroman "De tre musketörerna" handlar om den modige ynglingen D'Artagnan som kommer till Paris för att bli musketör. De tre musketörerna Athos, Portos och Aramis korsar D'Artagnans väg och tillsammans dras de in i maktens intriger. D'Artagnan blir häftigt förälskad i en förtjusande hovdam medan konflikten med England och den lömska kardinal Richelieu lurar i bakgrunden.