New Classics

A mean wizard sends three monsters to torment the Kingdom of Glee led by King Gentle, with the hope of discovering: Why the people living there are so happy? One-by-one the monsters’ plans are spoiled, until the wizard succeeds in discovering a secret that changes his life, forever. This stunning addition to the New Classics Books collection contains a heartfelt story by Nicholas Tana with wonderful sound design and compositions by German film composer, Richard Albert, destined to delight children and adults alike for years to come.

A cat goes out of its way to entertain its bored and impatient kitten leading to profound questions about the meaning of life until eventually, both discover an obvious yet often overlooked solution. A deceptively simple story by Nicholas Tana, its profound message is certain to entertain both children and adults. Award-winning, German-based film composer, Richard Albert, teamed up with the author to create the perfect accompanying composition and sound design, in this marvelous philosophical addition to the New Classics Books collection.

A boy learns to face his fear of monsters after discovering that monsters are afraid of his baby sister. Inspired by a child’s imagination, this children’s story published by New Classics Books features a timeless, rhythmical tale by writer and filmmaker Nicholas Tana along with fantastic sound design and original compositions from the award-winning German film composer Richard Albert.

Following our hugely successful adaptation of the stories of the Old Testament, here is a re-telling of the essential story of the New Testament. From the birth of Jesus, to his resurrection and his ascension into heaven, we tell a tale of miracles, tragic loss and ultimately of happiness and glory.

Il diavolo nella bottiglia è un racconto di Robert Louis Stevenson pubblicato per la prima volta su New York Herald (Febbraio-Marzo 1891) e su Black and White a Londra (Marzo-Aprile 1891). Fu inserito poi, nel 1893, nella raccolta Island Nights' Entertainments (Gli intrattenimenti delle notti sull'isola), edito a Londra da Cassell, con illustrazioni di Gordon Browne e William Hatherell.

This is a story from the Andersen's Fairy Tales collection.

Here's a marvellous tale by the famous Hans Christian Andersen, adapted by the renowned producer Mike Bennett, about two cunning weavers who promise an emperor a beautiful set of clothes that they say appears invisible to those who are unfit for their positions, incompetent, or stupid. Voiced by the wonderful Anita Harris.

The classic story of a king buying invisible clothes from con men. See what peer pressure can do.

While the title "His New Mittens" doesn't sound like an inspired title, acclaimed author Stephen Crane wrote this classic to help everyone understand - or identify - with the brain of boyhood. The early experiences of anger, pain, shame, and love most of us experienced as children, and escorted us into puberty, that we look back upon as adults.

Here is the delightful story of how a little boy was the only one in a crowd of worshippers who was honest enough to say that the emperor's "magic new clothes" were really no clothes at all.

Bertie Ross has a few more deliveries to make for Sampson's store before the New Year's holiday. After a delivery at the Forbes' house, Dr. Forbes' daughters invite cold-looking Bertie in to get warm and ask why he isn't wearing mittens. Explaining that he lent them to his sickly brother William John, the sisters hatch a plan to provide a proper New Year's celebration with the Ross brothers and provide them with a little holiday warmth in the meantime.

One photograph is all it takes for me to become obsessed. She's the prettiest little thing I've seen. I'll stop at nothing to make her mine. Even if it means moving clean across the country to find her. I'm going to do whatever it takes to make her mine.

Do you want to know how an ordinary person like you can get extraordinary results? How can you learn to truly claim and exercise your power? How can you turn negative situations into positive ones? In As One Thinks, Patrick J. Dailey answers these questions and more. Through deeply moving stories, provocative new arguments, life-changing quotes, and the re-imagination of James Allen’s As a Man Thinketh, he presents a powerful manifesto for how you can claim the driver’s seat of your life and create a great future for yourself.

Dans As a Man Thinks, Patrick J. Dailey répond à ces questions et plus encore. À travers des histoires profondément émouvantes, de nouveaux arguments provocateurs, des citations qui changent la vie et la réimagination de As a Man Thinks de James Allen, il présente un manifeste puissant sur la façon dont vous pouvez revendiquer le siège du conducteur de votre vie et créer un grand avenir pour vous-même. Ce guide étape par étape est à la fois spirituel, informatif et motivant.

In The Merchant of Venice, the path to marriage is hazardous. To win Portia, Bassanio must pass a test prescribed by her father's will, choosing correctly among three caskets or chests. If he fails, he may never marry at all. Bassanio and Portia also face a magnificent villain, the moneylender Shylock. Portia is most remembered for her disguise as a lawyer, Balthazar, especially the speech in which she urges Shylock to show mercy that "[D]roppeth as the gentle rain from heaven". Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

This collection of short stories includes the works of three famous American writers who contributed a great deal to world literature.

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by American author Washington Irving. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was first published in 1820. Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Shakespeare's Sonnets cover themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty, and mortality. The first 17 poems, traditionally called the procreation sonnets, are addressed to a young man urging him to marry and have children in order to immortalize his beauty by passing it to the next generation. Other sonnets brood upon loneliness, death, and the transience of life; seem to criticize the young man for preferring a rival poet; and more. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

The coffin-maker Yakov is shocked by his wife's illness, with whom he lived for 52 years. An understanding suddenly came to him that the woman had never seen love or affection from him for the entire time of family life. But only accusations and abuse. The husband, who fell into extreme stinginess, forbade her to drink tea, and the unfortunate woman was forced to drink empty boiling water. Her whole life was spent in work and utmost need in the tiny hut where Yakov stored, ready for sale, coffins.

Heaven I’m the preacher’s daughter, and I have a secret. It’s a most forbidden secret, one that everyone in our mountainous Tennessee town would disapprove of. I hoped that I could keep it. No one was ever supposed to find out. Not until it was safe. But I should have known better. Caleb I’ve been in love with Heaven Leigh from the moment I first set eyes on her. But she’s the preacher’s daughter, and I’m the worst sort of sinner. But can’t even sinners be forgiven? I don’t know if Heaven is my redemption or my damnation, but I don’t really care because there’s one ...