Travel Classics

"Deutsche Sagen und Legenden" ist ein literarischer Streifzug durch die Sagenwelt Deutschlands. Von Bayern ins Rheinland...

Katrine Feinberg is an acclaimed artist. Her mother's death reveals a true surprise. She, too, was an artist, in her youth. A new technology offers Katrine the chance to go back and live for a time in her mother's memories. A chance to learn how art could be lost. But can she handle the truth when she chooses to relive the day?

Temi stood in stunned silence at the sight before her. She had finally come face to face with the man from her dreams. Having slipped through time as a child, she had seen this man on three occasions. Destiny now seemingly fulfilled, this man she recognized from her past travels through time was standing right in front of her, in a small general store, at the foot of the mountain that she called home. But Temi has a secret. She is inextricably linked to the spirit that resides in the heart of the mountain.

¿Hacia dónde irá la humanidad, miles de años en el futuro? ¿Evolucionaremos a seres avanzados, de inteligencia y sociedades superiores? ¿Volveremos a la edad de piedra, perdiendo el conocimiento de nuestros errores acumulados durante los años? Un científico victoriano buscará la respuesta a esta incógnita con su increíble máquina. La Máquina del Tiempo es una de las primeras novelas en popularizar el concepto del viaje temporal, y ha sido adaptada a varias películas y series del mismo nombre, entre ellas el éxito de taquilla de 2002, protagonizada por Guy Pierce.

The Time Machine is a science-fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 and written as a frame narrative. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively forward or backward through time. The term time machine, coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle or device.

On a wager, the eccentric English gentleman Phileas Fogg accepts a challenge to circle the globe in 80 days. Follow Phileas and his faithful valet Passepartout in this classic fantastic adventure.

An ingenious Yankee mechanic, knocked unconscious in a fight, awakens to find himself in Camelot in 528 A.D. Imprisoned by Sir Kay the Seneschal and exhibited before the knights of the Round Table, he is condemned to death but saves himself by posing as a Merlin-like magician, correctly predicting an eclipse, and becoming a minister to King Arthur. He increases his power by applying 19th century knowledge of gunpowder, electricity, and industrial methods.

Las aventuras alrededor del mundo de un ingles. A Julio Verne le consideran como uno de los precursores de la novela de ficcion cientifica, por que escribio sobre temas como los viajes submarinos o la llegada a la luna, que en esos tiempos eran casi un imposible.

Escrito no século XIX, em meio a ascensão de ideias liberais em Portugal, Viagens na Minha Terra narra o percurso do autor Almeida Garrett, que parte de Lisboa em direção a Santarém. Além de ser um romance histórico, a obra traça profundas críticas ao desenvolvimento urbano de Portugal e de seu progresso como nação ao longo dos anos. Entre paisagens naturais, o autor também conta a história do romance de Carlos e Joaninha e seu envolvimento com a Guerra Civil portuguesa.

Ein auf den "Reisetagebüchern" des großen Schriftstellers und Seefahrers basierendes Hörbuch, das ebenso viel über das Leben des "Moby-Dick"-Autors wie über seine Werke aussagt: Herman Melville hat drei große Reisen in seinem Leben unternommen, die ihn nach Europa, in das Heilige Land und in den vorderen Orient geführt haben und auf denen er so manch spannendes Abenteuer erlebt und die Welt kennengelernt hat.

In the 2150s, a scientist discovers time is actually fluid; past, present, and future all exist at the same time. What he doesn't know, is if the current timeline can change when something is changed in the past. The U.S. government wants him to find out. The theme being to make right what once went wrong.

Four classic stories featuring bold and daring protagonists, abridged especially for young listeners: Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, The Railway Children, The Secret Garden. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move! Introduce your children to four classic stories with strong female characters. These abridged versions of classic stories will become firm favourites in your family.

Ten classic stories, magically retold, featuring a cast of familiar faces from Puss In Boots to Snow White. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move! Introduce your children to a selection of classic fairy tales written especially for children. Filled with sound effects and fun, your children will come away with a newfound love for these classic stories!

Eight of the bard’s funniest plays, from A Midsummer’s Night Dream to The Winter’s Tale, abridged and novelised for young listeners. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move! Introduce your children to the wonderful world of Shakespearean comedies with these abridged stories, written especially for children. Filled with sound effects, music and fun, your children will come away with a newfound love for these classic stories!

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, composer, essayist, and adventure writer. "The Silverado Squatters" is a travelogue of his honeymoon in the Napa Valley. "Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes" (1879), one of his earliest published works, is considered a milestone of outdoor literature. The short story "A Lodging for the Night" (1877) was Stevenson's first published fiction, at the age of 27, while Kidnapped (1886) is an historical novel set in 18th-century Scotland, about the Appin Murder.

Jo peered through the panel and saw - nothing. Yet someone had entered the cabin. She could hear hoarse breathing and stealthy padding footsteps. A beaker rose in the air of its own accord, then dropped to the floor... After pursuing the Daleks through space, Doctor Who lands on the planet of Spiridon, in the midst of a tropical jungle... and finds more than Daleks. Vicious plants spitting deadly poison, invisible Spiridons attacking from all sides and, in hiding, a vast army waits... for the moment to mobilise and conquer.

Accused of 'crimes against the inviolate laws of evolution', the Doctor is on trial for his life in this exciting novelisation continuing the 'Trial of a Time Lord' story arc. The sinister prosecutor, the Valeyard, presents the High Council of Time Lords with the second piece of evidence against the Doctor: a dramatic adventure on the planet Thoros-Beta which led to the renegade Time Lord's summons to the Court of Enquiry.

In this thrilling adventure - the start of the 'Trial of a Time Lord' story arc - The Tardis has been taken out of time and the Doctor has been brought before a court of his fellow Time Lords. There the sinister Valeyard accuses the Doctor of breaking Gallifrey's most important law and interfering in the affairs of other planets. If the Valeyard can prove him guilty, the Doctor must sacrifice his remaining regenerations. To prove his case the Valeyard focuses on an adventure set in the Doctor's past.

Als dieser Science-Fiction-Klassiker im Jahre 1895 erschien, läutete er eine Zeitenwende ein. Wer kennt nicht die Geschichte um den Zeitreisenden, der mit einer selbstgebauten Maschine in die ferne Zukunft reist, um ein packendes Abenteuer mit den Eloi und den Morlocks zu erleben? Zahlreich verfilmt - ein echtes Juwel des Genres.

Ob als scharfer Beobachter, zielstrebiger Spaziergänger, oder als Anekdoten erzählender Flaneur - in diesem Hörbuch nimmt der Autor Fritz Hessel den Hörer mit auf eine Reise in das facettenreiche, sich kolossal zu wandeln beginnende und vor Kontrasten nur so flimmernde Berlin der späten 20er Jahre. Staunend wie ein Kind und sammelnd wie ein Historiker lässt er die verschiedenen Welten und Zeiten dieser einzigartigen europäischen Metropole zusammenfließen ohne dabei grundlos ins Schwärmen zu geraten.