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Originally published in 1965, this autobiographical novel covers a key year in Jack Kerouac’s life—the period that led up to the publication of On the Road in September of 1957. After spending two months in the summer of 1956 as a fire lookout on Desolation Peak in the North Cascade Mountains of Washington, Kerouac’s fictional self Jack Duluoz comes down from the isolated mountains to the wild excitement of the bars, jazz clubs, and parties of San Francisco, before traveling on to Mexico City, New York, Tangiers, Paris, and London.

Остров сокровищ - классика приключенческой литературы, книга о поисках сокровищ на все времена. Простому подростку Джиму Хокинсу попадает в руки карта сокровищ, спрятанных пиратом Флинтом на необитаемом острове. Отправившись на их поиски, Джим понимает, в какую сложную авантюру он ввязался и сколько трудностей ему предстоит преодолеть.

The Ruby of Kishmoor tells the adventure of Jonathan Rugg. A mysterious woman masked behind a veil of silver. She gives Jonathan a small ball covered in beautiful markings. The ivory ball is cursed. Jonathan must defend himself against the attacks of several pirates.

രവീന്ദ്രനാഥ ടാഗോറിന്റെ നോവലുകളില്‍ ഏറ്റവും കുറച്ചുമാത്രം ചര്‍ച്ച ചെയ്യപ്പെട്ടതും എന്നാല്‍ ഏറ്റവും വിവാദം സൃഷ്ടിച്ചതുമായ കൃതിയാണ് അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ അവസാനത്തെ നോവലായ 'നാല് അധ്യായങ്ങള്‍.'

Bartleby, The Scrivener by Herman Melville is a profound and haunting tale that explores themes of isolation, free will, and the dehumanizing effects of modern work. The story is narrated by a Wall Street lawyer who hires a quiet and enigmatic scrivener named Bartleby. Initially diligent, Bartleby soon begins to refuse his tasks with the simple yet unsettling phrase, “I would prefer not to.” As his passive resistance escalates, his employer struggles to understand the man’s mysterious behavior, leading to a meditation on society’s treatment of those who refuse to conform.

A Voyage to Lilliput is a captivating retelling of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, as adapted by Andrew Lang. This whimsical and imaginative tale follows the journey of Lemuel Gulliver, a shipwrecked traveler who awakens in the strange and tiny kingdom of Lilliput. Standing as a giant among the miniature inhabitants, Gulliver quickly becomes a subject of both curiosity and political intrigue. As he navigates the customs, conflicts, and ambitions of the Lilliputian people, he finds himself caught in the middle of royal rivalries, military schemes, and a delicate struggle for power.

At a Victorian dinner party in Richmond, London, the Time Traveller tells his extraordinary tale of humankind's future in the year 802,701 AD. It is a dystopian vision of Darwinian evolution, with humans split into an above-ground species of Eloi, and their troglodyte brothers.

ധർമ്മ പുരാണം അടിയന്തരാവസ്ഥയുടെ കഥയാണെന് ചിലരെങ്കിലും വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നു. എന്നാൽ ബിഭത്സമായ് കാമരൂപങ്ങൾ കൊണ്ട് നിറഞ്ഞ ഈ മഹാപുരാണത്തെ കാലത്തിന്റെയും ചരിത്രത്തിന്റെയും ചെറിയ അതിരുകൾക്കിടയിൽ തളച്ചിടാൻ സാധിക്കില്ല. അത് നമ്മുടെയും ലോകത്തിന്റെയും ചരിത്രത്തിനു മേൽ വീണികിടക്കുന ദുരന്ത വിധിയാണ്.

A letter from a sea captain, signed only with cryptic initials, directs an experienced sailor to built and outfit a ship, and to assemble a crew to sail on a dangerous adventure. The voyage starts towards a northerly destination with, as far as anyone knows, no captain aboard. After some time at sea, the captain finally appears and announces his identity, and his plan to sail to the North Pole. The crew faces dangers and hardship as they fight their way through the icy seas, while the captain drives them with single-minded focus to find a passage ever farther north.

ദാസനും കറമ്പിയമ്മയ്ക്കും ഒപ്പം സ്ഥാനം പിടിച്ചു മുകുന്ദന്റെ തന്നെ ആദിത്യനും രാധയും മറ്റു ചിലരും. പറഞ്ഞ കഥയുടെയും കഥാപാത്രങ്ങളുടെയും ശക്തി കൊണ്ടു മാത്രമല്ല, കഥപറച്ചിലിന്റെ രീതികൊണ്ടു കൂടിയാണ് മുകുന്ദന്റെ ഈ പുസ്തകം വായനക്കാരുടെ ഹൃദയം കവരുന്നത്.

മലയാളികളുടെ സ്വകാര്യ കമ്പവും ആനന്ദവുമായ ആനകളെ ചുറ്റിയുള്ള ഐതീഹ്യകഥകൾ. ഐതീഹ്യമാലയിലെ തിരഞ്ഞെടുക്കപ്പെട്ട ആനകഥകൾ.

Edward Prendick, a shipwrecked gentleman stranded on a Pacific island, is lorded over by the notorious Dr. Moreau. He is forced to confront dark secrets, strange creatures, and a reason to run for his life.

Broke and working as a tour guide in Germany, rootless Englishman Ted Mundy catches a glimpse of an old friend hiding in the shadows. A friend he thought was lost to him. A friend who took him from radical 1960s Berlin to life as a double agent. Now, decades later, the Cold War is over and the war on terror has begun. Sasha has another mission for them both, but this time it is impossible to tell the difference between allies—and enemies.

Auf der Suche nach dem jungen Small Hunter geraten Old Shatterhand, Winnetou und Emery Bothwell in Tunesien zwischen die Fronten eines Konflikts zwischen zwei Beduinen-Stämmen und den von Krüger Bei kommandierten Truppen El-Sadok Paschas. Im Lager der Uled Ayar stehen die Helden ganz unerwartet Thomas Melton und dessen Sohn Jonathan gegenüber, die ihren teuflischen Plan gegen Small Hunter bereits in die Tat umgesetzt haben. Es entbrennt eine Verfolgungsjagd von der Wüste Tunesiens über Southampton, New Orleans und Alboquerque bis tief in die Jagdgründe der Yuma-Indianer.

Inspirados por um sábio, amigos realizam experiências para comprovar a eficácia de uma doutrina. O sábio ensina que a opinião das pessoas é mais importante do que a realidade em si. Eles decidem testar a teoria de maneiras diferentes. Um cria notícia sobre suas alparcas, se tornando amplamente aceito na cidade. Outro convence os moradores a aceitar narizes metafísicos no lugar de narizes afetados por uma doença. Os resultados dessas experiências surpreendem.

Johnny Harlow seems to have it all: he's good looking, desired by women, and envied by men; he's also the reigning Formula One world champion, the poster-boy for the world's most thrilling and richly financed sport. But a recent devastating accident has driven him to drink. And now his beloved sport is changing: too many things are going wrong in too many races. And when Johnny is the apparent cause of the latest accident, he decides the time has come to sort things out.

Vier klassische Abenteuergeschichten in einer großen Hörbuch Box! Ungekürzt gelesen! Mit dabei sind: 1. Robert Louis Stevenson: Die Schatzinsel (Track 1 - 34), 2. Mark Twain: Die Abenteuer und Fahrten des Huckleberry Finn (Track 35 - 68), Jack London: Ruf der Wildnis (Track 69 - 75), Edgar Allan Poe: Der Goldkäfer (Track 76 - 77).

“C’è qualcosa in questo romanzo di mare e in questa figura mitica tra il dio e l’uomo che resta nel profondo di chi lo legge per la prima volta e, soprattutto in un’età in cui tutto è ancora da essere, gli pianta dentro un seme di meraviglia. È la seduzione della potenza e del tormento di un cuore acceso da sentimenti primigeni, come vendetta e passione, che batte nel petto di un uomo a cui non è concessa alcuna debolezza. È proprio questo che ne fa un’opera che sembra nata per la lettura a voce alta, perfetta nella sua multidimensionalità.” dall’introduzione di Carla Fiorentino.

The Thirty-Nine Steps begins John Buchan’s series of spy novels featuring adventurer Richard Hannay. Having just returned from South Africa, he finds life dull until a mysterious American tells him about an assassination plot before being murdered in Hannay’s London flat.

In The Power-House, Leithen’s quiet life is disrupted when he is pitted against the murderous forces of an international network of anarchists, and its chilling leader. Then, adopting the nom de guerre of “John Macnab,” Leithen and two friends risk their reputations when they take to poaching in the Highlands of Scotland in an effort to recover their zest for life. Finally, in The Dancing Floor, Sir Edward befriends a young man haunted by an annually recurring dream, and a young woman stubbornly determined to atone for the sins of her disreputable family, even at the risk of her own life.