Sagas Classics

Sam McGee is one of the many gold miners of the Klondike Gold Rush. The freezing-cold and harsh winter of Yukon is about to take his next victim in the face of McGee. The poor man freezes to death on the trail. The night before he passed away, McGee had asked his friend, the narrator of the story, to cremate his remains, saying that he did not want to be buried in the frozen ground. However, after the man is cremated some strange things begin to happen.

Johannes Wirix-Speetjens realiseerde zich dat de kunstgeschiedenis vol queer iconen zit - van Leonard Bernstein tot Freddie Mercury. Deze ontdekkingen inspireerden hem eerst tot een serie podcasts voor de Vlaamse radiozender Klara, maar al snel groeide het idee: dit onderwerp verdient een boek. Met 'Classical Queers' brengt Johannes levens en passies samen in een kleurrijk portret van de kunstgeschiedenis die we dachten te kennen. De geschiedenis wordt vaak verteld vanuit een beperkt, mannelijk en heteroseksueel perspectief. Maar het verleden is zoveel kleurrijker dan dat!

La historia del legendario arquero de Locksley, Robin Hood, no necesita presentación. Surge de una serie de baladas y leyendas del medievo inglés interpretadas y reunidas por el autor Sir Walter Scott para darles la forma del relato de ficción de un noble inglés que se convierte en proscrito para enfrentarse a un gobierno injusto y llevar a cabo la acción que le convertiría en leyenda: robar a los ricos para repartir sus riquezas entre los pobres.

One day, a little English boy called Teddy finds a mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi in the family house garden. He thinks that the poor animal is dead, but his mother takes it inside the house and it recovers. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi then begins to explore the garden, which is half-wild and overgrown and crosses the path of two troublesome cobras. This is the moment where Rikki-Tikki-Tavi’s adventure begins.

David Copperfield was a little boy who grew up in an unfortunate family. His father died six months before David’s birth. Later his mother remarried to a cruel man who beat him up. David however fought back and bit him. This resulted in David getting sent to a boarding school which he did not finish because of his mother’s death. All in all, David’s life has been a string of misfortunes. His development from infancy to maturity happened unnecessarily fast.

This is the final book of "The Forsyte Saga". The interlude "Awakening" introduces us to young Jon's discoveries and his love for his mother Irene. To Let tells of Soames' daughter Fleur's and Jon's love for each other - a love which is subjected to the stigma of their parents' divorce.

Emília resolve ressuscitar o Visconde de Sabugosa quando ele morre afogado. A boneca consegue salvar seu amigo, mas ele volta diferente... O Visconde de Sabugosa se transformou no sábio inglês Dr. Livingstone! Esse novo Visconde tem uma ideia fantástica: e se a turma do sítio visitasse o céu? Neste passeio interplanetário, Emília, Narizinho e Pedrinho voam na cauda de um cometa e brincam nos anéis de Saturno! Aprenda os segredos dos astros e das estrelas com Emília, Narizinho e Pedrinho e voem juntos através das galáxias!

Tia Nastácia sabe contar casos e histórias como ninguém! Nessa nova aventura, ela e Dona Benta contam as lendas e mitos populares que escutaram de seus pais e avós na infância. Belas princesas, bichos fantásticos e heróis aventureiros agitam a imaginação de Emília, Narizinho e Pedrinho. A coleção Sítio do Picapau Amarelo é uma das mais importantes obras de literatura infantil do Brasil e continua a cativar o coração de milhares de brasileiros através de gerações.

Un gran talento que los niños tienen y los adultos parecen carecer es la capacidad de imaginar. Imaginar tierras distantes y extrañas, pobladas de personajes extravagantes, simpáticos o traviesos. La imaginación de un niño no conoce fin, pero para la pequeña Alicia, esta imaginación sin fin se tornará realidad cuando un conejo blanco pasa en frente de ella, revisando un reloj de bolsillo.

La tía Tula es la historia de una joven que, rechazando novios, se queda soltera para cuidar a unos sobrinos, hijos de una hermana que se muere. Vive con el cuñado, a quien rechaza para marido, pues no quiere manchar con el débito conyugal el recinto en que respiran aire de castidad sus hijos. Satisfecho el instinto de maternidad, ¿para qué perder su virginidad? Es virgen y madre.

How does a hero face his last battle? A retelling of Beowulf's final battle from the perspective of his squire, Wiglaf, who hates Beowulf as a cruel master and plots his revenge even as they prepare to face the Dragon. This novella transports listener to a darker time when men stamped a less confident tread across the face of the earth.

Publicado por primera vez en 1917, Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte reúne los mejores cuentos de Horacio Quiroga, siendo la obra que lo posiciona como uno de los mayores cuentistas hispanoamericanos. Con una violencia implícita, en estos cuentos se presenta un mundo perturbador donde, frente a la inexorabilidad de la muerte, la locura y el amor se entrelazan de manera constante. Los relatos son breves y presentan una tensión e intensidad constante, mostrando la lucha desigual del hombre contra la naturaleza, lo salvaje y el horror.

There comes a time in the course of a battle when a soldier leaves his fate in the hands of the Gods of war. He carries on with the battle at hand, the only way he knows how - fight now, think later. Stephen Cranes’ classic novel ‘The Red Badge of Courage’ offers us an insight into the mind of a young soldier. As he delves into the black depths of both PTSD and trauma, Cranes’ striking descriptions and masterful prose make this captivating novel unmissable for fans of Jack London, John Steinbeck, and Edith Wharton.

Las aventuras de Tom Sawyer es el relato de unos meses en la vida de este niño que vive en una ciudad pequeña del suroeste de Estados Unidos a orillas del Mississippi. Criado por su tía Polly que lo quiere de corazón pero que lo somete a una disciplina que se le hace absurda y desagradable Tom contempla el mundo de una manera muy distinta a como lo hacen los adultos con los que tiene que convivir. Precisamente porque existe ese distanciamiento nos entretiene con sus reacciones divertidas y nobles.

Gustave Flaubert is one of the major figures of French literature. He was known for his scrupulous devotion to his style, sometimes working for a whole week to achieve a single page; he was made famous by his first novel, Madame Bovary. "A Simple Soul", sometimes translated as "A Simple Heart", is a short story containing a lifetime of human emotions. After her one and only love purportedly marries a well-to-do woman to avoid conscription, the simple servant Félicité picks up work in a widow's house.

Após a morte de seus pais, Tom vive com sua tia perto do Mississippi. Garoto inteligente e sapeca, ele está sempre envolvido em diversas travessuras com seus camaradas. Venha batalhar, soltar pipa e correr com Tom e seus amigos nesse clássico infantil! Personagem icônico da literatura americana, as aventuras de Tom foram adaptadas inúmeras vezes, como no filme "Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn" (2014) e na série de animação "As aventuras de Tom Sawyer" (1980). Este audiolivro é narrado em português brasileiro.

En la ciudad imaginaria de Iliria, el duque Orsino está enamorado de la bella Olivia, quien, debido a la muerte de su hermano, vive aislada del mundo y rechaza el amor del duque. Cuando el barco en el que viajaban los hermanos gemelos Viola y Sebastián, naufraga en las costas de Iliria. La hermosa Viola, es salvada en un bote y creyendo que su hermano ha muerto, decide disfrazarse de un joven paje y trabajar, bajo el nombre de Cesario, al servicio del duque Orsino. Es así que el duque envía al joven Cesario como mensajero de su amor a Olivia, sin saber que Viola se ha enamorado perdidamente de

"Le chef-d'œuvre inconnu" est une nouvelle d'Honoré de Balzac de 1831. Ce texte, à la fois fantastique et philosophique, est une véritable réflexion sur l'art.

A prose translation of the oldest surviving long poem in Old English, this production captures the mood of the original legend of a pagan hero defeating a monster, its mother, and a dragon in Scandinavia.

B.J. Harrison narrates "An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving" by author Louisa May Alcott. Thanksgiving is here, but the mother and father of seven children are called away to the bedside of an ill grandmother. The farm is left in charge of the eldest child and the children decide to whip up a Thanksgiving dinner that will make their parents proud, but the task turns out to be more difficult than they had imagined.