Bevor sie zu Cruella de Vil wird, rennt die Teenagerin Estella mit ihren besten Freunden und kleinkriminellen Partnern Horace und Jasper durch die Straßen von London.
When Froelich disappears from his permanent perch atop a giant ladder, his nephew embarks on a madcap quest to find him in this nineteenth century adventure novel, set in a reimagined Pacific Northwest landscape inhabited by resolute young women who outwit their guardians, skittish Civil War veterans, hungry clouds, and a few murderers, all seeking their own versions of the American dream.
Das Märchen vom eigensinnigen Kind ist kurz und schrecklich, und illustriert mit seltener Brutalität, was mit Kindern geschieht, die ›nicht tun, was ihre Mütter haben wollen‹.
A shapeshifter, a stepdaughter, and a prince look for reasons to live in this stunning fable from the New York Times–bestselling author of October Light.
Dans ce recueil de contes captivant, les animaux de l’Afrique subsaharienne et les hommes se côtoient dans des histoires pleines d’aventures et d’enseignements.
Eine geheimnisvolle Zeit sind die zwölf Nächte zwischen Weihnachten und dem Dreikönigstag – eine Zeit, in der die Natur stillsteht und die Grenzen zwischen unserer Welt und dem Reich der Magie aufgehoben scheinen.
*** Ein mutiges Mädchen mit überraschender Vergangenheit, zwei indische Prinzen mit schwierigem Auftrag und haufenweise Abenteuer voller Monster und Magie!
When Froelich disappears from his permanent perch atop a giant ladder, his nephew embarks on a madcap quest to find him in this nineteenth century adventure novel, set in a reimagined Pacific Northwest landscape inhabited by resolute young women who outwit their guardians, skittish Civil War veterans, hungry clouds, and a few murderers, all seeking their own versions of the American dream.
Sometimes known as the Arabian Nights, Tales from the Thousand and One Nights includes some of the world's best-loved tales, including such classics as Aladdin and 'Sindbad the Sailor' The tales told by Scheherazade over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahryar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature.
Pérenniser les acquis et connaissances de la vieillesse et des anciens est pour l'auteur de ce recueil de contes un devoir régalien qu'on peut noter à travers ses petits ouvrages pleins de sens.
"e;The posthumous confessions of the half-man, half-bull of Crete, as offered to an audience of recently-deceased, 21st century fellow souls in Hades' domain"e;--Back cover.
The most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source of Norse mythologyWritten in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for survival.
**WINNER OF THE WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023****WATERSTONES WELSH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022**'Truly beautiful and haunting, and an incredible feat of storytelling' DONAL RYAN'A tender, unusual and gorgeously wrought love story' RACHEL JOYCE'In times of war, Lewis finds resilience, redemption and hope.
The Four Kingdoms is a fictional book about four neighboring realms: the Kingdom of the Rising Moon, the Kingdom of the Setting Sun, the Kingdom of the Burning Sands, and the Kingdom of the Wretched Forests.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Following her bestselling, critically acclaimed The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker continues her extraordinary retelling of one of our greatest myths.
'Her Imagination was one of the most dazzling this century' MARINA WALKER, INDEPENDENT 'The way to Carter's visionary and lurid world' THE TIMES'The darting, lyrical pen of Angela Carter, mistress of the erotic picaresque' KIRKUS REVIEWS'I know nothing.
Once upon a time, the name Baghdad conjured up visions of the most magical, romantic city on earth, where flying carpets carried noble thieves off on wonderful adventures, and vicious viziers and beautiful princesses mingled with wily peasants and powerful genies.
Extrait : "Rechercher avec trop de subtilité les idées morales qui ont présidé à ces créations poétiques, dont nous essayons l'analyse, ce serait sans doute en altérer le naturel et s'égarer dans le labyrinthe d'une métaphysique bizarre, et en dehors du sujet.
FOR FANS OF SARAH MOSS, EMMA STONEX AND MAGGIE O'FARRELL 'A bold, magical story' JO BROWNING WROE, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Terrible Kindness'A majestic work of the imagination .
Extrait : "Il existe à Madrid, la ville aux molles sérénades, aux folles amours et aux balcons dorés, à Madrid la ville au ciel bleu, aux nuits tièdes et parfumées, le pays où l'on sait aimer en dépit des duègues et des tuteurs, il existe, disons-nous, une merveilleuse promenade, un Eldorado, comme disent les amoureuses, où vont chaque soir les sénoras oublier les ennuis d'une trop longue journée en décochant des oeillades assassines aux Almavivas.
The story of the Ramayana, intricately interwoven with mythologies, legends and the supernatural, bases upon events having taken place sometimes in the 8th century B.
