Teen Classics

Hamlet's father has just died. By the time they've filled in the grave, his mother has remarried. Hamlet suspects foul play, and it's troubling his spirit. Or maybe he was always troubled. Ophelia is in love with him. His best friend Horatio can't work him out. Then, on a cold, still night, Hamlet meets the ghost of his father.

Bambini e ragazzi si possano educare da soli; l'amicizia tra loro può aiutarli a migliorarsi; il lavoro e la vita all'aperto garantiscono un corpo sano e favoriscono un buon equilibrio psicologico: queste sono quindi le tesi educative del romanzo, in netto contrasto con le convinzioni pedagogiche dell'epoca. Ma il libro non precorreva i tempi solo in questo: nella seconda parte del libro vengono affrontate e ben spiegate le teorie del “pensiero positivo” e della ripetizione dei pensieri positivi che è alla base di così tante tecniche cosiddette “magiche”.....

When Cat overhears a conversation about a diamond hidden somewhere in the theatre, she's determined to find the treasure. Ably assisted by Pedro, a musician in the company orchestra, she is thrust into a world of drama and intrigue, where she encounters Covent Garden street gangs, boxing matches, theatre riots and spectacular stage productions. En route, she learns a lot about who she is, and who her real friends are.

A collection of seven horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE DEMON: A veteran serial killer discovers his son has followed in his footsteps and is the monster the media calls The Copycat Killer. BEAUMONT HALL: After Corey attempts suicide to escape merciless bullying in college, he spends the rest of his life in a wheelchair. Since he died, a mysterious man with an ax has slaughtered four of the bullies who persecuted him. LONG IN THE TOOTH: An elderly vampire on the brink of death, accepts Jesus as his savior and ...

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: THE OTHER SIDE: After Gerald dies and is resuscitated, something evil comes back with him from the other side. THE PAINTING: Ellen buys a creepy painting at an antique shop that keeps changing and not for the better. THE GRIZZLY OR THE ZOMBIE: Two hikers are attacked by a grizzly bear and then a zombie twenty years after the apocalypse has ended. THE BOX WITH RED AND BLUE RIBBONS: A surly humpback slips an identical-looking box among a counter full of surprise ...

Esta es la historia de la señora March y sus cuatro hijas, Meg, Jo, Beth y Amy, quienes desde la inocencia de la niñez experimentan el despertar de la juventud. Con la guerra civil estadounidense de trasfondo, la novela sigue la vida de las cuatro hermanas, con sus enamoramientos, sus aspiraciones intelectuales, sus alegrías y complicaciones.

Welcome to the preview of Funny Stories and Knock Knock Jokes Bundle. This bundle consists of two audiobooks.

A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts. A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow. A fiery, addicted heiress. An irresistible, unpredictable boy. A summer of unforgivable betrayal and terrible mistakes. Welcome back to the Sinclair family. They were always liars.

Black Beauty, ein wunderschöner Rappe mit einem weißen Fuß und einem weißen Stern auf der Stirn, erzählt seine Lebensgeschichte...

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.

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 PACKAGE: A doctor receives a ransom note in a gift wrapped with ribbons and a bow from a G. Reaper. FIDO: George lost his job and needs to ...

When the naive David Balfour sets out on his quest for a long-lost relative, a terrifying chain of events is set in motion. He is plunged into a world of infamy and violence from which there seems no escape, until, that, is, he meets the enigmatic and valiant Highland, Alan Breck.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The nightmares include: MONSTROSITIES: Allison had congenital disabilities inherited from her father and made an appointment with a plastic surgeon in the hope she could live a normal life. DEAD IN THE WATER: The Mason's son had drowned while they were distracted on their phones, and since then, their marriage was on the rocks. VIRTUAL HORROR: Rhianna couldn't wait to check out the new amusement park, Virtual Horror, where every venue was filled with scares and monsters that defied her ...

Elaine "The Mink" LaCroix has just cat-burglared into a temple in Japan and reaches for the Eye of Buddha - a blazing green emerald as big as a man's fist - when she slumps to the ground. A white bony hand strips the glowing silver ring from her finger. Half a world away, Merlin opens his eyes and whispers, "It is not to be, little Mink", then drifts to the sleep of the enchanted.

Buck is living the good life in the soft South, when he is snatched and transported to the savagery of the Northland. There, the Klondike gold rush has brought out rough basic instincts of survival in men - and dogs. He adjusts to the gruelling regime of a sled dog, which almost kills him, but he survives to find a new and fulfilling way of life. The Call of the Wild is not only a classic tale, but also an enduring masterpiece of the inescapable laws of nature. Now in unabridged form in a new reading by William Roberts

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.

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.

Full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play. Universally accepted as Shakespeare's finest play, we peel back the layers of Hamlet to discover how and why it deserves such a place of honour in world literature.

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.

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.