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In the dusty village of Tenali, while others ploughed the land, a lazy boy dreamed beneath tamarind trees. Tenali Raman — sharp-tongued, sharp-minded, and dangerously underestimated — seemed destined to amount to nothing. Burdened by his father's debts and mocked for his idleness, he carried only one inheritance: a mind that refused to think like the rest.

Fear walks the corridors of Fatehpur Sikri. And sometimes, it wears the face of a ghost. When Emperor Akbar is haunted by a mysterious drenched woman and his court begins to fracture under paranoia, poison, and betrayal, the empire stands on the brink — not of invasion, but of collapse from within. Rumours spread. Allies tremble. Enemies wait. Into this unease steps Mahesh Das — a wandering poet with a sharp mind, a buried past, and motives no one suspects.

When ideas become weapons, who survives the lesson? In the shadowed streets of Pataliputra, a city built on order begins to rot from within. Symbols drawn in funeral ash appear overnight. Bodies fall — not at random, but with purpose. Each death desecrates an ideal that once held the empire together. At the centre stands Chanakya — architect of power, master of strategy, and the mind that shaped kings.

A Glen St. Mary arriva il nuovo pastore, il reverendo John Meredith, un uomo buono ma molto distratto. Rimasto vedovo, si trasferisce nella vecchia Canonica con i suoi quattro figli. I bambini crescono liberi e selvaggi, stringendo un forte legame con i figli di Anna. Il loro ritrovo fisso diventa "Rainbow Valley", una splendida conca boscosa.

Weekly ballet classes are Harriet Morton's only escape from her intolerably dull life. So when she is chosen to join a corps de ballet which is setting off on a tour of the Amazon, she leaps at the chance to run away for good. Performing in the grand opera houses is everything Harriet dreamed of...

Verführung, Eifersucht & das Erwachen verborgener Gefühle – Stefan Zweigs psychologisch meisterhafte Novelle über Kindheit und Geheimnisse, eindrucksvoll gesprochen von Sven Görtz. Mit „Brennendes Geheimnis" schuf Stefan Zweig eine seiner bekanntesten und feinfühligsten Novellen. Im Mittelpunkt steht der junge Edgar, der während eines Kuraufenthalts die Bekanntschaft eines charmanten Barons macht. Was zunächst wie ein harmloses Spiel erscheint, entwickelt sich zu einem emotionalen Konflikt voller Misstrauen, Sehnsucht und unausgesprochener Wahrheiten.

Oliver Twist doesn't ask for much—just a little more. When a hungry orphan speaks up, he's hurled from the workhouse into London's maze of alleys, where charm comes cheap and danger wears a friendly grin. Scooped up by a nimble crew of pickpockets and their smooth-talking handler, Oliver must navigate smoky dens, sudden kindnesses, and close calls—keeping hold of a stubborn belief that goodness can still win out.

The epic conclusion to the Tidespeaker duology! Corith must choose between her heart and her mission in this lush, salt-soaked fantasy inspired by Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park and featuring a young water mage, scheming elites, and devastating slow-burn romance. Formerly a water mage to the...

Penny’s father is a newspaper owner being sued for libel in his home base of New York. He sends her on a western ski vacation in order to avoid the legalities, but she manages to gain entrance to a room with a mysterious Green Door, an entrance to an illegal fur importation racket from Canada. The culprits turn out to be those pursuing the libel situation back east. She is threatened with possible death, but not only solves the fur racket but winds up scooping a rival reporter. 

When Iris Green catches her boyfriend in the arms of one of her closest friends it's not just emotional distress she feels, but an actual physical shift - she starts to disappear! As she grows more invisible each day, a hidden world reveals itself. People's true nature begins to surface in front of her eyes - including uncomfortable facts about those closest to her... and even herself. Can Iris navigate this fascinating yet terrifying new reality and will she reclaim her presence before vanishing completely?

30 Short Stories of memories, adventures, beliefs, and some a creation by Laleh Chini. Buckle up, let's laugh, cry, and most of all, have fun with this ride.

Agustín Pérez-Zaragoza Godínez (siglo XVIII-siglo XIX), escritor español del que no se sabe la fecha de su nacimiento y su muerte, fue uno de los primeros narradores de novela de terror o novela gótica en castellano. Poseedora de una ironía inevitable, Dompareli Bocanegra nos detalla el pacto de un bandido con el demonio, ambos, bastante alejados de los estereotipos. Los sucesos que aparecen en este relato se sitúan en el siglo XV en la Lombardía, lo que es hoy el norte de Italia. bajo el reinado de los duques de Milán, la dinastía Visconti.

Malý John Clayton, jediné dítě lorda Greystokea, osiřelý v africké džungli, je zachráněn kmenem lidoopů. Dítě, pojmenované "Tarzan," roste k mužnosti v divočině mezi divokými opicemi. Za pomoci nože a vrozené inteligence, Tarzan roste, aby se stal králem opic, schopný čelit jakémukoliv nebezpečí a pokořit všechny nepřátele. Lidé přicházející do Tarzanovy džungle, přinášejí nebezpečí, které je motivováno chamtivostí a podvody. Jestli má porazit tuto hrozbu a získat lásku Jane Porterové, krásné mladé ženy, bude zapotřebí veškeré Tarzanovy vychytralosti.

Třiadvacetiletý reportér Edward Dunn Malone by se velmi rád oženil, ale jeho vyvolená si chce vzít pouze někoho, na koho by mohla být pyšná. Malone proto hledá možnosti, kde by mohl vyniknout. Dostane se do výpravy na náhorní plošinu – ztracený svět v Jižní Americe, která má potvrdit informace profesora Challengera o tom, že zde žijí prehistorická zvířata. Cesta opravdu není jednoduchá, výprava zažije mnohá dobrodružství a několikrát se ocitne v ohrožení života. Podaří se výpravě bombastický objev potvrdit a hlavně – uvěří jim svět? A co Maloneho láska? Jak přivítá svého hrdinu?

In this iconic mystery, Holmes and Watson must unravel more than one mystery before time runs out as they confront a cunning foe who will stop at nothing to accomplish a dreadful goal. But is that foe human or the result of a centuries-old curse? Come to the foggy English moors to learn the truth about The Hound of the Baskervilles, in this audio adaptation performed by Jim Weiss.

Here's to You, Rachel Robinson is Judy Blume's classic novel about family conflict. From the bestselling author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Meet Rachel, the youngest in a family of high-achievers. She's also the cleverest. But it's not easy being super-intelligent – especially...

Davey's father has been murdered – and the aftermath is causing her family to fall apart. Tiger Eyes is bestselling author Judy Blume's most powerful, raw and emotional novel. From the author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Davey's heartbroken mum plucks them up and takes them to stay...

Just as Long as We're Together is Judy Blume's classic novel about changing friendships. From the bestselling author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Stephanie and Rachel have been best friends for years, in spite of their differences. Alison is new in town, and immediately becomes an...

Miss Anne de Bourgh is the son her father always wanted, except for one rather large detail. Still, her being a girl doesn’t stop her from hunting, shooting, riding, and fencing as well as her cousins, and when her older cousin Henry wrongs her, Anne ropes Darcy and Richard into a scheme to exact revenge. But Anne is about to learn that even her father, who has always encouraged her in all her pursuits, thinks she’s gone too far this time, and his punishment will be dire indeed.

Klasický pirátský příběh pro děti a mládež s pokladem, zakopaným na neznámém ostrově byl mnohokrát zfilmován, upraven pro rozhlas i divadlo a motivy z něj se nacházejí i v dílech jiných autorů. Poprvé vyšel v roce 1883 a stal se nejpopulárnějším dílem svého autora. Příběh začíná v hostinci U admirála Benbowa, kde se ubytuje starý námořník Bill Bones, který záhy zemře. Při vyklízení jeho pokoje objeví syn hostinského Jim Hawkins v truhle mapu, na které je zakreslena cesta za tajuplným pokladem kapitána Flinta. Ukáže ji zemanovi Trelawneyovi a lékaři (a zároveň smírčímu soudci) Liveseyovi.