Titoli in Classici

Riddle of the Sands is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War and is a classic of spy fiction.

Survival is the Only Rule. Sanger Rainsford is a master of the kill. He lives by a cold, unwavering creed: the world is comprised of only two classes - the hunters and the huntees. But when he washes ashore on the jagged rocks of Ship-Trap Island, Rainsford is forced to learn a blood-chilling...

Abandoned and destitute, Roxana harnesses her faculties to change her fortunes. With her wits, her looks and her loyal maid Amy, she flouts all the rules, transforming herself from penniless widow to celebrated courtesan, dressed in finery and cavorting with princes. Yet, brazen and bejewelled, she becomes more and more trapped by deceit.

When a young boy named Jim Hawkins finds a treasure map and narrowly escapes pirates searching for it, he brings it to Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney, who immediately outfit a schooner named The Hispaniola and bring Jim along as cabin boy to retrieve the buried treasure. However, as they near the secret island, Jim discovers that 19 out of the 25 members of the crew are plotting a mutiny, lead by the ship’s cook, Long John Silver.

For Max Schreiber, World War II was an idyll. It is the return home to Connecticut that feels like entering a combat zone. Ridiculed by his wife and daughter, bored by his legal practice, Schreiber spends his evenings drinking and eating alone, hoping that when he goes to sleep he will dream of France and Micheline, the beautiful young woman who may have broken his heart but at least made him feel alive.

Mute is science fantasy of mutation and psi: special mental powers. The protagonist, Knot, is a double mutant: He has a physical deformity, and the psi power to make others forget him. He's satisfied with his life - until the lovely Finesse walks into his life to recruit him for a dangerous galactic mission. She is aided by two small animal mutants: a telepathic weasel and a clairvoyant crab.

Anthony and Margroff continue the saga of young Kelvin of Rud, a child of prophecy, whose adventures and destiny should keep listeners locked in from start to finish.

Fleeing a carnivorous race of alien monsters, the entire surviving human population from 500 years in the future escapes into the present in this thrilling science fiction adventure from one of the golden age greats. Our human descendants from five centuries in the future are coming to visit - all one billion of them - arriving via tunnels through time. Even though the present is merely a stopover and their ultimate destination is the age of the dinosaurs, their arrival has caused a worldwide uproar.

Diana's life was in a rut - she hated her job, she was perpetually single, and she needed a place to live. But then the perfect apartment came along. It seemed too good to be true - because it was. As it turns out, the apartment was already inhabited - by monsters.

Teri and Phil had never needed their own personal god. But when Phil is passed up for a promotion - again - it's time to take matters into their own hands. And look online. Choosing a god isn't as simple as you would think. There are too many choices; and they often have very hefty prices for their eternal devotion: blood, money, sacrifices, and vows of chastity. But then they find Luka, raccoon god of prosperity. All he wants is a small cut of their good fortune. Oh - and to crash on their couch for a few days.

Meet Monster. Meet Judy. Two humans who don't like each other much, but together must fight dragons, fire-breathing felines, trolls, Inuit walrus dogs, and a crazy cat lady - for the future of the universe.

Publié en 1864 par Jules Verne, Voyage au centre de la Terre est un roman d’aventures fascinant qui entraîne le lecteur dans une épopée extraordinaire. Le récit suit le professeur Otto Lidenbrock, un scientifique passionné qui explore les profondeurs de la Terre, accompagné de son neveu Axel et de leur guide islandais Hans.

Um herói forjado pelo vento e pela dor do exílio. Um usurpador assombrado por um oráculo. Um navio que respira e uma tripulação de lendas. Jasão inicia uma busca que vai além da glória: ele busca a alma de um reino. No entanto, o caminho para a Cólquida é cercado por horrores que desafiam a sanidade — de feras aladas que roubam o fôlego a montanhas colossais que se chocam como as mandíbulas de um monstro de pedra.

Um mundo medieval em franca decadência, anunciando o frescor de uma nova era. Traduzida pela primeira vez no Brasil, a parte final da saga dos mosqueteiros Aramis, D'Artagnan, Porthos e Athos apresenta um novo companheiro de aventuras. Trinta anos se passaram na vida de D'Artagnan, Aramis, Porthos e Athos, o quarteto mais famoso da literatura ocidental, desde os eventos ocorridos em Os três mosqueteiros.

En un mundo donde manda el instinto… sobrevivir es la única ley. Y esta vez, no solo lo vas a leer. Lo vas a escuchar. Colmillo Blanco te sumerge en una historia cruda y salvaje, donde la frontera entre la naturaleza y el ser humano se desdibuja en cada instante. A través de la vida de un animal marcado por la lucha y la supervivencia, emerge un enfrentamiento brutal entre lo instintivo y lo civilizado.

Es una novela de aventuras clásica de Alexandre Dumas (padre). Esta obra se suele considerar como el mejor trabajo de Dumas, y a menudo se incluye en las listas de las mejores novelas de todos los tiempos. Edmond Dantès es un joven marinero, que lleva una existencia tranquila. Quiere casarse con la hermosa Mercedes, pero su vida se verá arruinada cuando su mejor amigo, Ferdinand, deseoso de conquistar a su prometida, le traicione vilmente.

Trata de la expedición de un profesor de mineralogía, Otto Lidenbrock, su sobrino Axel y un guía llamado Hans al interior de la Tierra. El viaje está lleno de emocionantes peripecias, sucesos sorprendentes y penalidades imprevistas, desde la falta del agua hasta las dificultades para orientarse.

Sir Percy Blakeney es un hedonista miembro de la aristocracia francesa, aparentemente frívolo, que en realidad oculta otra identidad. Él es La Pimpinela Escarlata, un justiciero que combate las injusticias de la corona francesa, trasladando a las futuras víctimas de la guillotina a un lugar seguro en Inglaterra.

El Corsario Negro es una novela de aventuras del escritor italiano Emilio Salgari. La acción se desarrolla en el mar Caribe durante el siglo XVII, en los años posteriores a 1686, época de esplendor de la piratería. Emilio de Roccanera, señor de Ventimiglia, más conocido como el Corsario Negro, ha jurado una terrible venganza por la muerte de sus hermanos (el Corsario Rojo y el Corsario Verde) a manos del gobernador de Maracaibo, el flamenco Van Guld. Y en su cruzada personal, el destino pone en su camino los ojos grises de una mujer de innegable belleza que será su perdición...

Un misterioso marino con una pata de palo se esconde en la posada Almirante Benbow, y desde el momento en que el joven Jim Hawks se apodera del mapa de una isla desierta donde se esconde una fortuna en oro robado, nada volverá a ser lo mismo. Jim, Squire Trelawney y el doctor Livesey se embarcan en la Hispaniola, rumbo a la más fascinante aventura de todos los tiempos. Pronto descubrirán que la tripulación está formada por villanos y filibusteros a las órdenes de John Silver, cocinero y pirata a bordo, quien también codicia el tesoro.