Culture Adventure

Welcome to Austria! It’s raining, so Brooke and Eva have nothing to do but play hide-and-seek in the castle’s attic. It’s just an ordinary game on an ordinary rainy afternoon. But then Brooke stumbles into a room everyone has forgotten for decades. A beautiful porcelain doll sits at a table set for tea for two. It’s as if she’s been waiting for Brooke and Eva to arrive.

Tom really wants to be an explorer. His favourite book is an atlas, and he follows adventurers not footballers. His schooldays are spent daydreaming about travelling from Tibet to Timbuktu. A private wish blurted out loud started his freewheeling adventure: I'm going to cycle round the world. His classmates laughed. No one believed him, least of all his teacher.

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Husband-and-wife team Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel create a sequel to the enormously popular Travels with My Family and On the Road Again! - but with a twist. This time Charlie and his family stay home, and find adventure in their own Montreal neighborhood.

Life takes unusual turns for a nomadic family and their animals, including a young pup born far away in the African desert. Due to sudden, strange events at their kraal, he is adopted by a free-range farmer to herd cattle in Molodi Valley. The pup, whose Faunalang name is Flame, faces many a challenge to prove himself to more than one of his new family.

When the movies come alive, survival means staying in frame. When four teens visit an abandoned drive-in theater on a snowy winter night, they expect cheesy thrills from a forgotten horror film. Instead, they find themselves fighting for survival as monsters tear through the screen and into reality. Now infected with strange powers, they must stop a cursed movie marathon before the final reel unleashes an unstoppable apocalypse. Some classics were never meant to be revived.

Pimpa recibe una invitación para el cumpleaños de tres amigos: Leo, Bombo y Coco Cocodrilo. Así comienza una nueva aventura de la curiosa perrita, una historia emocionante que llevará a pequeños y mayores a través de mares, desiertos, bosques... ¡hasta África!

Nine-year-old Brooke Mason has lived all her life on a ranch in the Colorado Rockies. Now she's headed to Austria with her mom. Brooke can't wait! They even get to stay in Schloss Mueller, an ancient Austrian castle. Even better? There's a girl Brooke's age to play with! Eva, the girl who lives in Schloss Mueller is thrilled to meet Brooke. Unfortunately, the castle's ghost isn't quite so happy.

It’s hot. It’s windy. It’s dusty. It’s the Australian outback. Wendy Lee arrives from California. She’s lucky to meet Chloe Taylor, who invites Wendy to their sheep station. It sounds like fun, except that someone is stealing the sheep. And the thief just might be something as crazy as a UFO.

Turkey has grown to prominence as one of the world's most visited countries in recent years, thanks in part to the beauty of its cities, particularly Constantinople, now known as Istanbul, the Republic of Turkey's primary city, seaport, and financial center. It is a cultural and historical center. It is still a bustling metropolis, a favored place to visit by tourists when they plan a trip to this country.

"Dagli Appennini alle Ande" è il penultimo e il più lungo ed articolato dei racconti mensili del "Cuore" di Edmondo De Amicis. Marco, da Genova, s'imbarca alla volta di Buenos Aires per raggiungere sua madre, emigrata in Argentina per lavoro. La madre, ammalata, rifiuta di farsi curare; nel frattempo Marco compie un viaggio lungo e apparentemente senza speranza, sulle tracce dei vari spostamenti della famiglia presso cui sua madre è a servizio; da Buenos Aires Marco si sposta verso l'interno fino ai piedi delle Ande.

Are you going to Australia soon or want to learn more about the Land Down Under? This well-designed audiobook for young kids features hand-drawn artwork of cute, Theodore the bear, who teaches young listeners all about Australia, Australian slang, and what life is like in Australia. Theodore travels to the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Opera House, Bondi Beach, and all over Australia on his journey, coming across all types of different Australian animals on the way. Your child will love learning about Australia as they join in the adventure of cute Theodore the Bear.

Enclavada en la región norte de Sudamérica, Guyana es un país heredero de las tribus indígenas arawak, de cuya lengua proviene su nombre: Tierra de agua. Rodeado de un clima tropical y dotado de una amplia planicie costera y una región selvática rica en recursos minerales, el territorio guyanés posee diversos fenómenos geográficos tales como antiguos cordones montañosos, una abundante red hidrográfica y extensos bosques, que se han salvado de la tala indiscriminada de árboles.

Endlich findet wieder das Wettsingen in der Savanne statt! Pinsel möchte auch teilnehmen und treibt seine Freund*innen mit seinem schiefen Gesang in den Wahnsinn. Noch dazu hat sich eine Gruppe von Krokodilen am Wasserloch niedergelassen und niemand traut sich mehr dorthin. Was nun? Zum Glück hat Tafiti eine Idee: Mit einer List überzeugt er die Krokodile davon, auch an dem Gesangswettbewerb teilzunehmen. Während die Krokodile abgelenkt sind, schleichen die anderen Tiere ans Wasserloch und füllen ihre Vorräte wieder auf.

Kyoto, Japan. Mina is on a bus. Everything is strange and beautiful. Mina watches as a woman folds a piece of paper into an origami boat, then floats it over to her. As Mina discovers the magic of origami, her eyes are opened to the wonders of the real city around her.

Go Ruthie Goes to Africa is about a young super sleuth, "Go Ruthie", solving mysteries for her friends. This time, it's Banana Barbara in need, as she cannot find her monkey in the jungles of Africa and enlists the help of Go Ruthie and her friend Rockin' Roger.

Platsch! Was ist denn da in der Kürbissuppe gelandet? Tafiti und Pinsel staunen nicht schlecht, als sie einen kleinen Goldmull aus der Suppe fischen. Mulle ist auf dem Weg zum Halbmondsee. Dort gibt es den magischen Wunschstein, der dem Ersten, der ihn findet, seinen Herzenswunsch erfüllt. Tafiti und Pinsel bieten Mulle an, ihm zu helfen und so ziehen die drei gemeinsam los. Doch auf ihrer Expedition lauern unzählige Gefahren. Als sie den Wunschstein endlich gefunden haben, werden Tafiti, Pinsel und Mulle aber von einem hungrigen Löwenrudel angegriffen.

All aboard! The Chunga Munga Express is about to leave, taking the young Indian boy, Mowgli, off to see his granny in the big city. He will meet strangers and jungle dangers, but will his good manners and bravery be enough to see him through? Join Mowgli as he faces being thrown like a canon ball, greedy old ladies, fierce bandits, and makes a new best friend. This is your ticket, so please open it up and take your seat on the Chunga Munga Express.