Classic For Adults

Deep within the palace of the Mede emperor, in an alcove off the main room of his master's apartments, Kamet minds his master's business and his own. Kamet has accumulated a few possessions, a little money stored in the household's cashbox, and a significant amount of personal power. As a slave, his fate is tied to his master's. If Nahuseresh's fortunes improve, so will Kamet's. A soldier in the shadows offers escape, but Kamet won't sacrifice his ambition for a meagre and unreliable freedom; not until a whispered warning of poison and murder destroys all of his carefully laid plans.

When Cat overhears a conversation about a diamond hidden somewhere in the theatre, she's determined to find the treasure. Ably assisted by Pedro, a musician in the company orchestra, she is thrust into a world of drama and intrigue, where she encounters Covent Garden street gangs, boxing matches, theatre riots and spectacular stage productions. En route, she learns a lot about who she is, and who her real friends are.

Av misstag skickas 11-åriga, föräldralösa Anne till de medelålders syskonen Cuthbert. Den rödhåriga, fräkniga Anne är intelligent och fantasifull, men har ett minst sagt häftigt humör. Hon menar att syskonen är hennes "besläktade själar", och efter mycket övertalning låter de henne stanna. Det blir början på den klassiska berättelsen om Annes äventyr i den lilla staden Avonlea på Prins Edwards ö. Hon är full av glädje och påhitt, men alla i Avonlea är inte redo för yrvädret Anne. Som tur är har hon sin bästa vän Diana, sina böcker och sina drömmar.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The horrors include: IT LURKS ON THE MOUNTAIN: Three hunters are missing and bloody body parts of headless torsos have been found at Widow’s Peak. Is there really a hairy monster on the mountain or is Bubba Rexrode up to his old tricks? FALLING: A woman fears her unfaithful husband may try to kill her for her inheritance and solicits the services of a hit man to kill him first POWDERPUFF: A couple and their dog seek refuge on a desolate mountaintop when zombies run amok in the city where...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE AX: A warlock has sworn to return on the anniversary of his burning at the stake three hundred years ago. WORLD DOMINATION: Barry believes a young man in the window seat is orchestrating Armageddon on his laptop computer game. RED HATS MASQUERADE BALL: A retired psychopath's favorite past time is wreaking havoc on people she doesn't know. She can't wait to blind and disfigure a group of ladies with an exploding gag gift at their upcoming Halloween party. THE ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE LAST HIT: A hitman plans to retire after fullfilling a contract on a notorious bad guy for his biggest payday. SCHEHERAZADE: Some degerates are killing cats in the neighborhood, and Josh's son is a suspect. THE CAVE: Four college students find the best cave ever, but someone wearing a Scream costume is trying to scare them. DOUBLE IDENTITY: A criminally insane patient claims her twin sister was actually the person responsible for the murders SOMETHING IS COMING:...

A retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s classic, Little Women: Mermaid Edition takes the story of Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy and spins it into a fantastical story of merfolk under the sea. Follow the young mergirls as they grow up in a world of talking walruses, seahorse rides, and the mysterious merboy next door.

El protagonista de la historia es la estatua dorada de un príncipe que fue feliz, y que se encuentra en lo alto de una columna donde puede ver toda la ciudad. Cuando una golondrina se posa sobre ella y ve que el príncipe está llorando a causa de las injusticias y las miserias de su ciudad, retrasa su migración a África y le ayuda a hacer justicia.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE BLIZZARD: Helen’s Christmas holiday with her husband at her parents’ secluded estate is disrupted by the worst blizzard in over thirty years on the very night a maniac has escaped from the local asylum. RESURRECTION Joseph Hyde is a medical miracle. He's still alive after being pronounced dead, undergoing an autopsy, an embalming, and being buried for forty-eight hours. HANGMAN’S OVERLOOK: A scam artist wagers $800 he will spend the night on Hangman’s ...

>Little Women, closely based on Louisa M. Alcott’s own experience of family life, was first published in 1869 and has never lost its extraordinary power to move and delight - from the heartrending story of gentle Beth to the humorous adventures of tomboyish Jo, and Meg’s vain attempts to cut a fashionable figure in "society".

Oliver Twist, Sohn unbekannter Eltern, wächst im Armenhaus einer Kleinstadt unter dem harten Regiment des selbstgefälligen Mr. Bumble auf...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The terrors include:SOMETHING IN THE ICE: A teenager finds a monster frozen in the lake on the same day big cats have escaped from the local zoo and are gobbling up the town folk. ROAD KILL: Matt and Penny pick up a young man with a flat tire on a lonely road in the middle of the night. STREET CINDERWINE: A man who loves to escape the hustle and bustle of the city meets a sad young girl waking on a lonely road in the middle of the night. THE RAPTURE: A televangelist predicts the end of the...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The creepers include: THE GRIM REAPER: Ellen is left alone with Grandpa on his deathbed when he believes the Grim Reaper has come to take his soul. WANTED: SOMEONE TO KILL: He has "kill someone" on his bucket list and answers an ad that may provide a victim. COMA: He awakens from a coma with amnesia two years after a fatal automobile accident has taken everything from him. AN EYE FOR AN EYE: Bobby seeks revenge on a group of elite female classmates who caused his friend to commit suicide ...

Before you is a timeless classic that will never cease to warm your heart and fill the long winter evenings with anticipated wonders and merry celebrations. This collection of Christmas stories by famous authors is the best gift for the holidays. These festive stories range from touching and magical to funny and sad. They include the best classic works of literature; whose themes involve the nativity and the magic of Christmas. Prepare yourself to experience true holiday magic and create new Christmas traditions as you read through these classics year after year.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: BORN TO BE WILD: After working with a renowned geneticist for five years, a young Harvard graduate is frustrated by his mentor's failure to publish any of their discoveries. SANTA’S NOT COMING TO TOWN: An eight-year-old boy is pissed that Santa never brings him toys like his friends at school and seeks revenge THE LOSER: A disillusioned wife regrets marrying her loser husband who fathered two pathetic dolts and fantasizes how great life would be without them. ...

"¿Le aflige acaso el verse sumergido por mucho tiempo en la oscuridad? Pues de usted depende que esa oscuridad no sea eterna." Aún cuando el criminal crea que el delito es moralmente justificable, y aún cuando es lo suficientemente hábil como para esconder las pruebas, ¿recibirá su castigo igualmente? Esta novela plantea un profundo análisis psicológico del protagonista, el joven estudiante Rodion Raskolnikov, cuya firme creencia en que los fines humanitarios justifican la maldad, le conduce al asesinato de una usurera petersburgués.

A narrativa revela lendas curiosas sobre o nascimentos dos sacis, histórias sobre a mula sem cabeça, o lobisomem, o boitatá, o Negrinho do Pastoreio, a Cuca, e a sereia Iara. O saci parte da curiosidade de Pedrinho, neto de Dona Benta, que costuma passar as férias no Sitio do Picapau Amarelo, a respeito de um ser da floresta que está sempre com um gorro vermelho e fumando cachimbo. Destemido, o garoto não tem medo de urutus, onças, vespas nem de cobras, mas descobre seu pavor de Saci.

Zwei anonyme Briefe findet die 14-Jährige Sofie in ihrem Briefkasten...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: HOMICIDE MAINTENANCE: A detective goes into the homicide cleaning business after he learns about the obscene fees businesses pay for the service. BAD APPLE: Two brothers, different as night and day, reunite after one spends fifteen years in prison while the other prospered. THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: A billionaire’s heir falls madly in love with a woman he sees as the most beautiful in the world while others see something markedly different. CANCELED: A traveler on ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: SOMETHING IN THE SKY: Strange things happen to two college students on Lovers Lane after a meteor cuts a path through a nearby cemetery. THE TOASTER: The City of Baltimore appropriates funds to move Edgar Allen Poe's gravesite to a new mausoleum. LORD OF DARKNESS: Fred finds a large box on his doorstep with a horrific looking ebony statue inside that terrifies him. He abhors scary things and takes it to the city dump for disposal. THE METEOR: Newt is awakened when a...