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During the last desperate days of the Vietnam War, American soldier Israel Broussard is assigned to a secret CIA PSYOP far behind enemy lines meant to drive terror into the heart of the North Vietnamese and end an unwinnable war. When the mission goes sideways, Broussard is plunged into a nightmare he soon finds he is unable to escape, dragging a remnant of that night in the Laotian wilderness with him no matter how far he runs.

Todo el mundo conoce el gran ballet con musica de Tchaikovsky, Cascanueces pero el relato de Hoffmann en que esta obra fue basada no ha corrido la misma suerte y es lastima, por que como se puede ver en este maravilloso libro, la vena fantastica que caracterizo a Hoffmann.

Hoffmann's stories are imaginative, wise, and educational, just how children's stories are supposed to be. Some of his characters instill fear, while others overcome it and continue towards their goal in the surreal world of this great storyteller. Hoffmann's world will awaken the imagination of your child.

A golden collection of gems from classic German literature, ranging from early Sturm und Drang, through Gothic horror, to some of the finest stories from later German Romanticism.

'Gambler's Luck' tells the story of a young German baron who is enjoying a streak of beginner's luck at the gambling tables. As his winnings mount up, the young man is gradually becoming sucked into the addictive habit of gambling. One night a stranger appears at the gambling table and watches the baron intently. The stranger appears night after night, until the baron is infuriated and challenges the man. A later chance meeting between the two results in the stranger relating a most unusual and gripping tale....

E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776 – 1822), was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror as well as a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories were highly influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement."The Mines of Falun" tells the story of Elis Fröbom, a sailor, who returns from the East Indies to Gotherburg in Sweden, only to discover that his mother has died and he is alone in the world.

Another collection of great classic novellas by superb storytellers, including Robert E. Howard, E. T. A. Hoffman, Edith Wharton, Bessie Kyffin-Taylor, F. Marion Crawford and more....

E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror as well as a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories were highly influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement. This audiobook includes three short stories: 'The Mines of Falun', 'Gambler's Luck' and 'The Cremona Violin'.

E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror as well as a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories were highly influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement. 'The Cremona Violin' is the story of Councillor Krespel, an eccentric violin maker who lives with a mysterious woman, Antonia, who has the most beautiful singing voice ever heard by anyone in the town, but she was only ever heard to sing once.

Die viel gelesene Erzählung E.T.A. Hoffmanns aus dem Paris Ludwig XIV führt in die Abgründe einer getriebenen Seele...

This whimsical collection of Christmas stories is sure to delight children of all ages. Includes the holiday favorites "Santa Claus Does Not Forget", "The Doll's Christmas Party", "Little Girl's Christmas", "Jimmy Scarecrow's Christmas", "The First Christmas Tree", and "Mama's Happy Christmas".

Die Flasche mit dem Teufelselixier stammt aus dem Nachlass des Heiligen Antonius. Jetzt soll der Kapuzinermönch Medardus diese gefährliche Reliquie nach Rom bringen. Aber der Teufel ist ihm dicht auf den Versen und so erlebtMedardus Dinge, die er sich in seinen kühnsten Träumen nicht vorgestellt hätte.

Ein Straßenverkäufer klopft an Nathanaels Wohnungstür, er möchte ihm Brillen und Ferngläser verkaufen - doch er stürzt den jungen Studenten damit in einen grausigen Albtraum! Der gewaltsame Tod des Vaters, verschuldet durch den Kinderhasser und Alchemisten Coppelius, verfolgt er Nathanael nun auf Schritt und Tritt.

El Hombre de Arena (Der Sandmann) es el cuento más célebre de E.T.A. Hoffmann. Publicado en 1817 en sus Cuentos nocturnos (Nachtstücke), es el cuento más representativo del máximo autor del género del romanticismo negro (Schwarze Romantik, conocido también como literatura del terror gótico) durante el siglo XIX. El cuento relata la vida de un muchacho llamado, Nathanaël, quien está traumatizado por la muerte de su padre, que murió en muy extrañas circunstancias, ocurrida durante su infancia.

É como tenente do serviço secreto inglês que Lawrence inicia, em 1914, sua carreira militar no Oriente Médio. A identificação com a causa árabe, cultivada quando ainda trabalhava como arqueólogo às margens do rio Eufrates, torna-o peça importante no movimento árabe contra a dominação turca; parte da manobra britânica para vencer a Alemanha, e sua aliada, a Turquia, durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial.

In diesem Kistchen befindet sich nun aus dem Nachlaß des heiligen Antonius eben eine solche Flasche mit einem Teufelselixier. Übrigens kann ich versichern, lieber Bruder Medardus, daß, sooft ich die Flasche, ja nur dieses Kistchen, worin sie verschlossen, berühre, mich ein unerklärliches inneres Grauen angewandelt

The Fall of Lucifer or the Origin of Evil by E.T. Smets is a poem which typifies perfectly the concept of religious and philosophical freedom and a verse to rival even the the darkest works by Edgar Allen Poe. Although because of the subject matter, it was very rarely recited in public during the latter part of the 19th century or first half of the 20th century. Instead it became classed as a work of demonology and neglected by the poet societies of the time.

Master Flea is a humorous fairytale fantasy novel by E. T. A. Hoffmann first published in 1822. Set in the city of Frankfurt am Main, the novel follows the story of Peregrinus Tyss, who becomes entangled in the conflict between supernatural characters in bourgeois form over Dörtje Elverdink, in reality Princess Gamaheh of Famagusta. Shortly before its publication, the novel was the target of a major censorship case. In question were two scenes that appeared to mock the court system and its manner of prosecuting nationalists in the wake of the Carlsbad Decrees.

Life as a vampire is way cooler than head-banging, flannel shirt wearing, music-loving Jude Dornfeld ever imagined. The eternal 27-year-old was having the time of his life – or at least he thought he was – until he wandered off and made friends with the wrong crowd in the underground clubs of Chicago. Mistaken as an orphaned fledgling and blinded by lust, Jude is re-sired by the son of a power-hungry lunatic. The Cades have had a taste of the honey, but now they want the whole beehive.

In this story - a fairy tale in the style of Grimm's - a dying king must entrust his nation to one of his three sons. But which? The one who can slay the dragon, as you might expect. Each brother tries his own approach in turn, but will any succeed? And how?