Classic For Adults

Shakespeare for Kids adapts and abridges Shakespeare's classic plays presenting them in shorter versions in plain English, in this case our abridged adaptation of The Merchant of Venice runs just under 20 minutes. Short enough to retain the interest of a younger audience. The Merchant Of Venice is considered a romantic comedy, though has its share of dramatic scenes. A young nobleman wishes to borrow money to spend on a wealthy heiress, but falls foul of an unethical moneylender.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE RIPPER: An elderly man seeks revenge on gang members who continue to harass him after trick-or-treaters are given lethal candy on Halloween. DEJA VU: Madison has recurring dreams about the same man attempting to kill her time in different historical periods. MY SON: After a hometown hero is killed in an accident, his father finds disturbing photos hidden in his son's office. THE LAST HIT: A hitman plans to retire after fullfilling a contract on a notorious bad ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE MAKEOVER: A plastic surgeon seeks revenge for being framed by a malicious, wealthy client who bribes the judge, jury, the attorneys, and the warden to make sure he serves hard time in prison for ten years. The INITIATION: The fraternity brothers have planned a Hell night to top all Hell nights. WHO’S YOUR DADDY: Cecil returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, he discovers the father he never knew was a serial killer who devoured his victims. THE ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. If you are fans of Twilight Zone, Tales From the Crypt, Night Gallery, Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, and horror stories with a plot and a twist ending, look no further. Billy Wells Horror is your ticket to a journey into the macabre if you dare. The average Amazon review rating on all Billy Wells Horror collections is 4.3!! The terrors include: THE BABYSITTER: A psychotic female teenager cooks up an elaborate scheme to pose as a babysitter for a wealthy couple, rob them for road money, ...

Emily está firmemente persuadida de que va a convertirse en una escritora de éxito; pero también lo está de que para ello necesita tener cerca al que ha sido su gran amor desde la infancia, Teddy Kent. Cree que el amor de ambos va a durar para siempre, y que juntos van a ser capaces de lograr todo aquello que se propongan. Sin embargo, cuando Teddy decide marcharse a Montreal sin ella, para hacer realidad su sueño de ser artista, el mundo de Emily se rompe en pedazos.

Der Klassiker der Fantasy als großes Ohrenkino! Seit Tagen liegt Kims Schwester bewusstlos im Krankenhaus. Die Ärzte sind ratlos. Da erscheint der Magier Themistokles bei Kim und offenbart ihm, wie er seiner Schwester helfen kann. Kim muss ins Land Märchenmond reisen, wo Boraas, der Herr des Schattenreichs, Rebekkas Seele gefangen hält. Auf seinem gefährlichen Weg gewinnt Kim viele Freunde und dennoch scheint der Sieg von Boraas' Schwarzen Rittern unabwendbar... Wolfgang und Heike Hohlbein schufen mit der Märchenmond-Saga ein epochales Werk der Fantasy, das zum Klassiker wurde.

Paddington Bear always manages to find himself in tricky situations, sometimes extraordinary situations. Like the time he had a difficult encounter with a policeman or when he found himself in deep water with a newspaper reporter. But since arriving from his native Peru after an earthquake Paddington has always felt at home with the Brown family who found him on Paddington station.

Михайло Коцюбинський — видатний письменник-гуманіст, виразник народних прагнень, одна з найбільш яскравих постатей в історії української літератури. Тіні забутих предків — найкраще творіння Коцюбинського, трагічна історія кохання Івана та Марічки, що перегукується з всесвітньо відомою драмою "Ромео і Джульєтта". Любов, оспівана Коцюбинським, також зароджується на тлі протистояння двох ворогуючих родів, однак його герої звикли жити в оточенні природної гармонії, посеред суворих та незайманих гуцульських Карпат.

"Piccole donne" è un capolavoro della letteratura giovanile scritto nel 1868 da Louisa May Alcott e tradotto in tutto il mondo. Le protagoniste sono le quattro giovani sorelle March, Meg, Jo, Beth ed Amy, la loro famiglia e i Laurence, i vicini di casa. Radicate a saldi principi morali, sostenute da un grande sentimento religioso, da un profondo senso di dignità e dalla fede nel lavoro, le quattro sorelle affrontano le difficoltà e le gioie che la vita mette loro davanti.

Grand cœur mais petite tête, Gribouille parle à tort et à travers. Pour réparer les bêtises de son nigaud de frère, Caroline a vraiment besoin de tout son courage et de toute son affection. Mais il n'est pas dit que Gribouille ait forcément tort, ni qu'il comprenne toujours tout de travers...

Jerusha Abbott, an eighteen year old orphan, faces an uncertain future in the charity home where she has lived all her life. On reaching adulthood, the orphanage can no longer offer shelter to its inmates. Her anxiety leads her into wild speculation when she is summoned to the matron's office. But a surprise awaits her. One of the visitors, a wealthy Trustee of the orphanage, has offered to fund Jerusha's college education and fulfill her dreams of becoming a writer. The only condition he makes is that he remain anonymous and that she write to him regularly about her progress.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. If you are fans of Twilight Zone, Tales From the Crypt, Night Gallery, Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, and horror stories with a plot and a twist ending, look no further. Billy Wells Horror is your ticket to a journey into the macabre if you dare. The average Amazon review rating on all Billy Wells Horror collections is 4.3!! The terrors include: WITCH ALBERT: Marty’s new toy man is eating his other super heroes in his collection. He wonders what Witch Albert will do when they are gone, ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. These are my latest stories The terrors include: UTOPIA: A multi-billionaire builds a fortress to allow his family to survive the Zombie Apocalypse, but his son has smuggled in his girlfriend. SHAPESHIFTER: A man buys a used TV from a Halloween connoisseur who keeps his monsters in his yard the entire year and lives across the road from an abandoned graveyard. THE CALL FROM THE GRAVE: Mark gets a call from a colleague he murdered to obtain a promotion twenty-five years ago. THE HOSPICE: A ...

Six tales of terror for readers who would enjoy a stroll through a graveyard after midnight. Hark! Don’t read this book if a deranged maniac has escaped from the local asylum. Otherwise, enjoy the horror! The terrors include: BUG: A student who is used to getting her way propositions a professor with sex for an "A.” UNBELIEVABLE: Strange things happen to a commuter after he is captivated by an alluring woman on his way to work. THE TIME MACHINE: After his hiring by NASA on a project to teleport a person to the new planet, Vulcan, Dirk decides to travel back in time to save his mother ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The horrors include: SOMETHING IN THE CAVE: Mysterious things begin to happen when two friends explore a cave over a thousand feet deep and find a myriad of tunnels someone created long ago. THE ICE MAN: A woman and her boy friend try to convince her bridge partner that her husband is an infamous hit man who has a reputation for unspeakable acts and cruelty. WEREWOLF ON BROADWAY: A werewolf propositions a promoter to make his transformation the main event at Madison Square Garden. SEANCE: ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The terrors include: THE MONSTER NEXT DOOR: An apartment dweller is convinced his next-door neighbor is a monster. UNCANNY COINCIDENCES: Ashley joins a dating club to find the perfect mate but is drawn to a member who resembles the man who murdered her mother. LAKE RIDGE POULTRY: The author's true life horrofic experiences working in a poultry plant as a teenager CONFESSIONAL:A stranger intercedes after an altar boy has a sexual encounter with a priest. VAMPIRE: After a woman and her son ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. If you are fans of Twilight Zone, Tales From the Crypt, Night Gallery, Outer Limits, One Step Beyond, and horror stories with a plot and a twist ending, look no further. Billy Wells Horror is your ticket to a journey into the macabre if you dare. The average Amazon review rating on all Billy Wells Horror collections is 4.3!! The terrors include: NO REST FOR THE DEAD: A gravedigger provides fresh cadavers for medical research and makes a killing. MR. BLUE: Gillian receives a call with the ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE CADAVER: Blanche foolishly risks her career as a university professor to enhance the learning curve of her students by supplying fresher cadavers for them to dissect. THE GOBLIN: A tourist in Vegas steals money from a quadriplegic panhandler who has special powers FEELINGS: A motorist seeks revenge on a TV news reporter whose ambition to be a star causes an accident that takes the life of the man's wife. THE VELVET CAGE: An abusive and destructive marriage ...

The story of an evil Persian king, who marries a new wife each day and then kills her the next morning. To stop this murderous ruler, a brave woman named Scheherazade risks her own life and marries the king herself...but not without a plan. On their wedding night, she will entertain him with the tale of the Fisherman and the Genie, a legend so great, he'll never want it to end.

Deep within the palace of the Mede emperor, in an alcove off the main room of his master's apartments, Kamet minds his master's business and his own. Kamet has accumulated a few possessions, a little money stored in the household's cashbox, and a significant amount of personal power. As a slave, his fate is tied to his master's. If Nahuseresh's fortunes improve, so will Kamet's. A soldier in the shadows offers escape, but Kamet won't sacrifice his ambition for a meagre and unreliable freedom; not until a whispered warning of poison and murder destroys all of his carefully laid plans.