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Il povero hawaiano Keawe pensa di aver fatto il miglior affare della sua vita. Ha comprato una strana bottiglia da un uomo anziano e misterioso, in cui risiede un diavoletto. Gli è stato detto che il diavoletto soddisferà ogni suo desiderio... ma ogni cosa ha un prezzo, e Keawe non era pronto a pagarlo. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) fu uno scrittore scozzese di romanzi, poesie, saggi e libri di viaggio. A causa di problemi di salute, trascorse molto tempo all'estero, dove entrò a far parte di importanti circoli letterari.

The Classic Crime Collection is a collection of 12 classic detective novels, read by an esteemed cast of award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the most iconic crime writers in history, including Arthur Conan Doyle; Wilkie Collins; Josephine Tey; AA Milne; and more.

Dealing with split personalities, Dr. Jekyll battles with himself to overcome the evil Mr. Hyde. An old friend of Dr. Jekyll's, lawyer Gabriel John Utterson, investigates odd occurrences that are linked to Mr. Hyde. Dr. Jekyll is determined to stop becoming Mr. Hyde and uses a potion to stop the transition. This works for a time, but the need for the potion increases because he can't stave off the beast.

"Voyage au bout de la nuit", chef d'œuvre littéraire incontesté dont Denis Poadalydès nous restitue toute la force brute, est présenté pour la première fois en version numérique (en coédition avec l'Historial de la Grande Guerre, et en accord avec Gallimard et la Succession Céline).

Odin has given Loki another chance to prove himself worthy of Asgard. But earning everyone’s trust is tricky, and when Thor’s hammer goes missing, everyone blames Loki! Outrageous! To clear his name he must: 1) Find Thor’s beloved hammer 2) Uncover the real thief 3) Force everyone to admit...

Librivox recording of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson.Source: https://archive.org/details/jekyll_and_hyde_librivox Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mankind can rule itself without the force of top-down authority, and freedom is more than just choosing how to meet the needs and demands of capital. Inequality is structural and intentional, not inevitable and necessary. It does not have to be this way. In solidarity, we are better. Think for yourself, and question authority. This is the essence of anarchism, which has a bad name and reputation because it attacks the necessity of centralised power and authority.

With buried treasure, treacherous buccaneers, a young hero, and Long John Silver, the one-legged villain, Treasure Island remains one of the most popular of pirate adventures.

It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in...

La peripecia del manuscrito de Guerra es novelesca. En las postrimerías de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, al huir de Francia con otros colaboracionistas de los nazis, Louis-Ferdinand Céline dejó dos maletas repletas de manuscritos. Alguien las sustrajo, y su pista se perdió durante décadas, hasta que se recuperaron en 2021 y se procedió al estudio del material que contenían.

Ballantrae and Henry are two brothers and Scottish noblemen, whose family is torn apart during the Jacobite rising of 1745. Ballantrae is an unscrupulous and bold man, who joins the fights to restore the Stuarts to the English throne. His brother, an honest and good-natured man, stays as a supporter of King George. Just when everyone thinks that Ballantrae has been killed, he returns to find out the terrible truth about his younger brother.

"Fábulas" es la recopilación póstuma de cuatro relatos de Robert Louis Stevenson. Autores como Jorge Luis Borges la han considerado una de las obras más originales y de mayor calidad del autor escocés. Una fábula, como decía su autor, tenía que sorprender al lector por su audacia y combinar siempre lo onírico con lo alegórico sin ofrecer soluciones fáciles o únicas a un problema que se planteara. Era el lector el que debía estar alerta para encontrar en la mitología de la fábula la justicia.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. First published in 1886, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is Robert Louis Stevenson's enduring tale of mystery, horror, and the darker side of human nature. London lawyer Gabriel John Utterson becomes increasingly disturbed by the strange...

THE BRAND-NEW HILARIOUS DIARY IN THE BESTSELLING LOKI SERIES. ‘Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid fans need look no further than this laugh-out-loud offering’ Mail on Sunday 'I am Loki, the trickster and the greatest of all gods.' Loki the mighty trickster god has been banished by Odin for bad...

Loki's fourth doodle-packed diary in the number one best-selling series. Loki has made a fair few enemies during his time in Asgard. Too many to count and certainly too many to remember. When the elf, Vinir beams Loki aboard his chariot and challenges him to a magical duel, Loki hasn't got a...

Peg-legged pirates, colorful parrots, and plundered riches - they're all here in Robert Louis Stevenson's original seafaring adventure. When young Jim Hawkins decides to follow a map to buried treasure, he must befriend or outsmart memorable characters such as pirate Long John Silver, captain Billy Bones, and island man Ben Gunn. Mutinous plans, mysterious deaths, and a tangle of double crosses keep Jim guessing all the way to the prize.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. «La verdadera puñalada de la historia no radica en descubrir que un hombre son dos hombres, sino en descubrir que los dos hombres son un solo hombre.» — G. K. Chesterton (1927) «Desde la niñez, Robert Louis Stevenson ha sido para mí una de las...

Birds Without Wings tells of the inhabitants of a small coastal town in South West Anatolia in the dying days of the Ottoman empire: the local Potter and fount of proverbial wisdom; a Christian girl of legendary beauty; childhood friends who play in the hills above the town, and the two holy men...

Un misterioso marino con una pata de palo se esconce en la posada Almirante Benbow y se hace llamar capitán. Cuando Jim Hawkins, el hijo del dueño de la posada, abre el cofre del capitan y se apodera del mapa de una isla desierta donde se esconde un legendario tesoro, nada volverá a ser igual. Jim, Squire Trelawney y el doctor Livesey se embarcan junto al capitán Smollet en la Hispaniola a la más fascinante aventura de todos los tiempos.

Mergulhe nessa incrível história de Jim Hawkins e sua aventura pelo mar!