Sagas Classics

Old Shatterhand ist in Jefferson-City im Gasthaus von Mutter Thick. Dort sind eine ganze Reihe interessanter Gestalten versammelt, die sich gegenseitig mit erzählten Abenteuern unterhalten. Old Shatterhand hört nur zu. Diese Plauderstunde wird durch sechs Rowdies unterbrochen. Deren Anführer, Toby Spencer, erwähnt, dass er mit General Douglas nach Colorado will. Da er bald darauf Streit anfängt, wirft Old Shatterhand die ganze Bande raus. Anschließend besucht er das Bankhaus Wallace, wo er Auskunft über Old Surehand bekommt. Dieser sei ebenfalls nach Colorado unterwegs, da er die Spur von Dan Etters wiedergefunden hätte. Kurz darauf trifft Old Shatterhand auf Dick Hammerdull und Pitt Holbers, denen von dem General Geld gestohlen worden ist.

Kara Magari ignited a war when she stumbled into Ourea and found the Grimoire: a powerful artifact filled with secrets. To protect the one person she has left, she strikes a deal that compromises everything she believes in...and things don't go as planned.

Eine komplett neue Zusammenstellung der schönsten Klassiker...

"I promessi sposi" è ambientato nella Lombardia del '600 sotto la dominazione spagnola. Il romanzo racconta la storia di due giovani innamorati, Renzo e Lucia, che desiderano sposarsi, ma a causa della tirannia del signore locale Don Rodrigo, che innamoratosi di Lucia intimidisce la popolazione e il clero locale, devono intraprendere una lunga serie di avventure per riuscire a coronare il loro sogno d'amore. Il libro contiene fedeli ricostruzioni storiche e temi quali la divina provvidenza, la peste, la dominazione straniera e la povertà.

Soames Forsyte's great desire to own things even extends to his captivating wife, Irene. Jealous of her friendships with others, he concocts a plan to move her away to the countryside, where he might come to own her completely. Resisting his bitter intentions, she falls for architect Philip Bossiney, who is unfortunately engaged to her best friend (and Soames' cousin), June Forsyte.

"A Tale of Two Cities" is set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution.

Still reeling from an ancient war, the world has begun showing signs of unraveling. To save their world, a select group of the most gifted elite must form an alliance and find a solution before it is too late. But, can these historically incompatible members of the remaining nations cooperate despite their ancestral biases and distrust? Or, will shadows consume them before they uncover the secret of The Raging One.

Nathan Grier's dark fae bounty looms overhead. As he faces the very real threat of becoming a slave to the bounty's owner, his brother, Jim, uses his changeling abilities more and more trying to save him. Every changeling throughout history turns evil once their powers manifest, meaning time may be running out for both of them as Jim nears true awakening.

Once trained as a LEO (law enforcement officer), Rachel quickly realizes things aren't what they seem while being trained at an accelerated rate with the new and curious technology of the A.R.E.S. Things take a turn for the unexpected when an all-too-mysterious and charming gentleman, David, appears in her life--a man who hides his identity of being a congressman-to-be from her.

Drei der berühmtesten Erzählungen des Autors Ludwig Thoma: Käsebiers Italienreise, Lausbubengeschichten, Marget. Eine Bauerngeschichte. Auf humorvolle Art und Weise erzählt Thoma in seinen satirischen Erzählungen vom Alltagsleben in Bayern und den herrschenden politischen Umständen.

The Forsyte feud continues into the next generation with Jolly and Val involved in a drunken bout of fisticuffs.Soames continues to pursue Irene driving her to seek refuge in Paris. Believing that she has a lover, he puts her under surveillance to obtain evidence. Jolyon travels to Paris on the pretext of discussing business and he and Irene spend some time together unaware their movements are being watched.

It is 1899. Old Jolyon has long since been buried at Robin Hill, and with the death of Aunt Susan in 1895 and Roger’s funeral opening this instalment of the Saga, the Forsytes are fast becoming aware of their mortality. Yet more problems beset the family.

In this, the second volume of the Saga to be released in an unabridged recording by Assembled Stories, Soames’ house continues to be built as his marriage disintegrates. Is Irene having an affair? Certainly her relationship with the architect Bosinney is causing ructions in the family. While attempting reconciliation with his son, Old Jolyon, spurred by June’s suffering as she feels herself losing her lover, sends Young Jolyon to sound the man’s intentions.

Soames travels to Paris to make one last attempt to regain Irene and the detective agency think they have found the man involved in the affair.Irene returns to London to seek Jolyon’s help and the two become closer while Soames takes out some insurance with Annette’s mother.The spurned husband confronts the lovers at Robin Hill in a meeting which verges on violence and as devastating news comes from the Front more young Forsytes prepare to serve their country.

Timothy, at just over 100 years of age, is the last survivor of the 10 siblings of Superior Dosset Forsyte. In this latest volume we are introduced to the grandchildren of those Forsytes who first began the Saga. Soames’s daughter Fleur is 20 at the start of the 1920s, a bright, wilful and independent spirit who can twist her father around her little finger. There is also Jon, the offspring of Jolyon and Irene, a sensitive and intelligent, though slightly naïve, young man of the same age.

Sota ja rauha seuraa viittä aatelisperhettä - Bezuhovien sukua, Bolkonskien sukua, Rostovien sukua, Kuraginien sukua sekä Drubetskovien sukua - Napoleonin hyökätessä Venäjälle 1800-luvun alussa. Nämä maailmanhistoriaa muokanneet tapahtumat ravistelevat myös tsaarinaikaista, mahtavaa venäläistä imperiumia. Tärkeä osa romaania on Austerlitzin taistelu, joka toimi alkusoittona Napoleonin myöhemmille yrityksille hyökätä Venäjää vastaan. Eräs päähenkilöistä, prinssi Andrei, päätyy taistelun melskeissä ranskalaisten vangiksi ja tapaa suuresti arvostamansa keisari Napoleonin.

Kriget lägrar sig över Europa, men på samma gång spirar kärleken. Så fort löjtnant Hofmiller ser den tragiska skönheten Edit bestämmer han sig för att uppvakta henne. Edit tillhör en förmögen familj och har i hela sitt liv fått allt hon pekat på - men hon kan inte gå. Och Edit ser inte bara igenom löjtnantens tafatta närmanden, hon föraktar dem. Men kriget som drar in över Europa kommer att sätta alla känslor på spel. Stefan Zweig (1881 - 1942) var en Österrikisk författare, dramatiker och journalist.

Dopo essere stato attaccato dai pirati ed essere sopravvissuto a un terribile incidente in barca nell'Oceano Atlantico, un giovane inglese si ritrova arenato su un'isola remota e deserta. Vi rimarrà bloccato per 28 anni. Robinson dovrà imparare a sopravvivere su quest'isola e superare la sua solitudine. La storia di questo sfortunato giovane marinaio è stata portata sul grande schermo nel 1997, con Pierce Brosnan nei panni del naufrago.

"Oliver Twist", also known as "The Parish Boy's Progress", is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin, naively unaware of their unlawful activities.

Con uno straordinario esercizio di agrodolce ironia, Elizabeth von Arnim ci trasporta nell'universo "très chic" e al contempo estremamente ipocrita dell'alta società inglese. Sospeso fra l'atmosfera soffocante di Londra e i variopinti giardini della Provenza, "La fattoria dei gelsomini" prende le mosse da uno scandalo. Terry, la giovane figlia della rispettatissima lady Daisy, ha infatti avuto un'avventura con Andrew, scatenando le gelosie della moglie Rosie e, soprattutto, la perfidia di lady Belle, che non esiterà a ricorrere a un vile ricatto.