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Aljoschas Gemütsstimmung war beim Verlassen des väterlichen Hauses noch trüber und gedrückter als bei seiner Ankunft. Auch sein Denken war sozusagen zerstückelt und zersplittert, während er doch gleichzeitig Furcht davor verspürte, das Zerstückelte zu vereinigen, aus den qualvollen Widersprüchen, die er an diesem Tag durchlebt hatte, die einheitliche Idee herauszufinden. Sein Zustand grenzte beinahe an Verzweiflung.

On the day of his marriage to Maria, Hornblower is ordered to take the Hotspur and head for Brest – war is coming and Napoleon will not catch His Majesty’s navy with its britches round its ankles. With thoughts of his new life as a husband intruding on his duties, Hornblower must prove himself to be not only the most capable commander in the fleet, but also its most daring if he is to stop the French gaining the upper hand. This is the third of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester’s inimitable nautical hero, Horatio Hornblower.

Bill Nighy reads Frank L Baum's true American classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Swept away from her home in Kansas by a tornado, Dorothy and her dog Toto find themselves stranded in the fantastical Land of Oz. As instructed by the Good Witch of the North and the Munchkins, Dorothy sets off on the yellow brick road to try and find her way to the Emerald City and the Wizard of Oz, who can help her get home.

In this, the final Horatio Hornblower adventure, C.S. Forester throws his hero into one of the most challenging missions yet. Upon discovering highly confidential papers dispatched by Bonaparte, Hornblower sets off to enlighten the Admiralty about his game-changing, new findings. Troubled after having been informed of Pierre-Charles Villeneuve's escape into Spain, they welcome Horatio's news and send him off on a high-priority assignment that they believe will lead to England's victory over Napoleon.

Steve likes to spend his mornings in the NCP village and trade his wheat for emeralds, armor, books, swords, and food. One morning, he finds that Zombies have attacked the villagers. The Zombies have also turned the village blacksmith into a Zombie, leaving Steve without a place to get swords. To protect himself and the few villagers that remain, Steve goes on a quest to mine for 40 diamonds, which are the most powerful mineral in the Overworld.

When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy the freedom that her fortune has opened up and to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors, declaring that she will never marry. It is only when she finds herself irresistibly drawn to the cultivated but worthless Gilbert Osmond that she discovers that wealth is a two-edged sword.

Chesterton's allegorical masterpiece is a surreal, psychologically thrilling novel that centres on seven anarchists in turn of the century London who call themselves by the names of days of the week. The story begins when poet Gabriel Syme is recruited as a detective to a secret anarchist division of Scotland Yard by a shrouded, nameless person. Syme infiltrates a secret meeting of anarchists who are intent on destroying the world and becomes known as 'Thursday', one of the seven members of the Central Anarchist Council.

Maisie is an innocent six year-old, torn between her divorced parents, pathetically isolated yet tragically involved.

This is the second novel in the series of four, depicting the meeting, courtship and ultimate fulfilment of two modern heroes, Christopher Tietjens and Valentine Wannop, despite social condemnation, personal travails and World War I.

Dans Les deux sources de la morale et de la religion, son dernier grand livre (1932), Bergson ne se contente pas d'établir la distinction entre le clos et l'ouvert comme critère absolu, en morale, mais aussi en religion (et même dans chaque religion) et en politique. Il en recherche le double fondement, dans la structure immuable de notre espèce, d'un côté dans les actes imprévisibles des grands hommes de bien ou des mystiques, de l'autre.

"Tutti i racconti" di Cesare Pavese, quelli da lui stesso pubblicati e quelli lasciati inediti. Un percorso letterario che inevitabilmente si intreccia e si affianca alle pagine autobiografiche del diario: il più disadorno paesaggio cittadino, l'umanità dei caffè, degli imbarcaderi del Po, delle case, della campagna piemontese rivelano la travagliata maturazione dell'uomo e insieme aprono spiragli nella coscienza dolente e drammatica dello scrittore piemontese.

Acclaimed actress Claire Danes burnishes an epic story of heroes, gods, and monsters in a groundbreaking translation of The Odyssey, the first great adventure story in the Western literary tradition. When the wily warrior-king Odysseus sets off for home after the Trojan War, he doesn’t realize this simple undertaking will become a perilous journey of 10 years. Beset at every turn, he encounters obstacles, detours, and temptations—both supernatural and human—while his wife Penelope fends off would-be suitors desperate to take the throne.

Des événements étranges ont lieu à l'Opéra : le grand lustre s'effondre pendant une représentation, un machiniste est retrouvé pendu. La direction doit se rendre à l'évidence : un fantôme ou un homme machiavélique nommé Erik hante le théâtre. Certains affirment avoir vu le visage déformé de cet être qui ne semblerait pas être humain. Peu après, les directeurs de l'Opéra se voient réclamer 20 000 francs par mois de la part d'un certain « Fantôme de l'Opéra » qui exige aussi que la loge numéro 5 lui soit réservée.

Considerado um dos primeiros romances brasileiros a ser escrito por uma mulher, a narrativa conta a história do jovem bacharel Tancredo e a simples moça Úrsula, um casal que se apaixona rapidamente mas precisa enfrentar a sociedade para ficar junto. Em meio a essa luta por um amor impossível, Maria Firmina contextualiza e critica o cenário sócio-histórico do século XIX, bem como o sistema escravocrata brasileiro, denunciando as injustiças de minorias, sobretudo aquelas direcionadas à população negra do Brasil.

Ventisette dialoghi brevi ma carichi di tensione, suadenti eppure sconfinanti nel tragico, in cui gli dèi e gli eroi della Grecia classica (da Edipo e Tiresia a Calipso e Odisseo, da Eros e Tànatos a Achille e Patroclo) sono invitati a discutere il rapporto tra uomo e natura, il carattere ineluttabile del destino, la profondità del dolore e l'irrevocabile condanna della morte.

War and Peace is at once an epic war chronicle and an exploration of everything that make us all human: love and hate, ambition and despair, life and death. Allow yourself to get lost in the lives of three Russian aristocratic families, whose triumphs and challenges are every bit as resonant to today’s listener as they were to original readers. Thandiwe Newton inhabits each character with such flair that it is easy to forget that you are listening to one voice.

Meet Lady Toad, Mistress Badger, Miss Water Rat and Mrs Mole as they go about their adventures, messing around on the river, gallivanting in Lady Toad’s shiny new toy and fighting valiantly to save Toad Hall from unruly squatters. In this retelling by Dina Gregory, The Wind in the Willows becomes a story about a group of female animals to be admired for their close sisterhood and fierce independence. Featuring original music and songs by Rosabella Gregory and sound effects captured on location, put your headphones on, sit back and lose yourself in the British countryside.

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Vivekanand and experience a cultural novel based on the life of Swami Vivekananda.

Nella solitudine delle foreste e dei ghiacciai alpini si svolge l'avventura esistenziale della giovane guardia forestale Barnabo, custode, insieme ad alcuni compagni, di una polveriera in alta montagna. In seguito all'attacco di alcuni banditi la polveriera viene espugnata e il comandante delle guardie ucciso. Barnabo, che aveva abbandonato il posto di guardia, viene radiato dal corpo e costretto ad abbandonare la montagna per andare a lavorare in pianura. Ma il giovane continua a sognare le vette e il suo riscatto.

Una Milano che, con i suoi inferni vecchi e nuovi, i suoi falansteri giganteschi, certi suoi grovigli di vicoli, è insieme ritratto della metropoli in un preciso momento storico e simbolo della babele d'ogni tempo. È questo lo sfondo su cui si muove il protagonista di "Un amore": un professionista maturo, un uomo che ha atteso troppo, senza saperlo; è rimasto nell'intimo un giovane, crede che il sentimento sia ancora capace di compiere tutti i miracoli. E si innamora perdutamente di una donna giovanissima d'anni.