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Ambientato nel turbolento contesto storico dell'Inghilterra del XV° secolo, insanguinata dalla Guerra delle Due Rose...

Nella notte di Londra, un uomo calpesta volutamente una bambina, non curandosi delle sue grida. Rincorso da un passante, il demoniaco signor Hyde accetta di risarcirla con del denaro: ma l'assegno che produce ha la firma del distinto Jekyll, un medico stimato da molti. È l'inizio della caduta di Jekyll in un vortice di stranezze: si isola, pare tormentato da angosce violente, e soprattutto fornisce a Hyde - che ispira orrore istintivo, e che è accusato di delitti ripugnanti - non solo denaro, ma anche protezione in casa sua. Quale oscuro patto può unire due personalità tanto diverse?

"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).

Vinir, the luscious-locked elven menace is staying in Midgard. To preserve the peace and prevent him from trying to murder Loki (again), Odin sends the goddess Freyja to keep an eye on things. Soon, strange things start to happen. Thor receives mysterious fan mail, Valerie and Georgina start...

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...

"Olalla" is a short story by the Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson. It was first published in the Christmas 1885 issue of The Court and Society Review, then re-published in 1887 as part of the collection The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables. It is set in Spain during the Peninsular War. The story is based on a dream that Stevenson had and in his 1888 essay "A Chapter on Dreams", he describes the difficulties he had in fitting his vision into a narrative framework.

Keawe, un marinero de las islas Hawai, compra una singular botella que hará realidad su gran sueño: una hermosa casa en las costas de su pueblo. Sin embargo, deberá revender la botella por un precio inferior al que la compró, de lo contrario, cuando muera, el demonio que habita en su interior lo arrastrará con él hasta las llamas del infierno. Este fascinante relato es una versión del clásico cuento del genio escondido en una botella, capaz de conceder los deseos de aquél que la posea.

A rare collection of vintage radio dramas from the renowned Ulster poet, plus bonus documentary Born in Belfast in 1907, Louis MacNeice wrote some of the most beautiful and best-loved poetry of the 20th century. But he was also one of the BBC’s most innovative writers and producers, scripting...

with Lou & Mel

If English Literature is your passion, this is the podcast for you! Presented by two keen GCSE students, Samuel Harding and Louis Aspray set out to explore some of the most praised literary works in the English Language. Links to charity and socials below. 👇 Why not donate to support Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital? buymeacoffee.com/englishboyspodcast https://linktr.ee/the_english_boys_podcast

Keawe es un joven hawaiano que siente la necesidad de conocer otras tierras, por lo que se dirige a San Francisco. Allí descubre una casa hermosa cuyo dueño parece algo triste y asustado. Al entablar conversación con él y preguntarle el motivo de su tristeza, el anciano le enseña una...

Cheyenne, Wyoming. A town that's leaping into the 20th century spurs first. Pretty soon Cheyenne will be just as newfangled fancy as any Eastern city-but the folks there still know how to have fun. First the rodeo…and then the hanging. It's the rodeo that Stringer's been sent out to write about. However, before he knows it, he's up to his neck in the West's most notorious murder case. They're fixin' to hang Tom Horn…but something in town smells worse than a stableboy's boots, and Stringer aims to find out what.

La historia transcurre a mediados del siglo XV durante los primeros años de la Guerra de las Dos Rosas, guerra civil en la que se enfrentaron la Casa de Lancaster (rosa roja) y la Casa de York (rosa blanca) por el trono de Inglaterra. La novela narra las aventuras del joven Richard Shelton, aspirante a caballero y pupilo de Sir Daniel Brackley, señor de Tunstall. Tras haber perdido a su padre en extrañas circunstancias, el joven sirve a las órdenes de Sir Daniel y recorre la agreste región con los mensajes de su señor.

Almost always when we think of Ghost Stories, we first think of those written by the Victorians. If you want a really good ghost story to bring that edge of chill, that foreboding of dread, that feeling that in an empty house we are not quite alone and that sometimes the sharp, sheer shock of what just happened is upon us then look no further than ‘The Victorian Ghost Story’ for your reading and listening pleasure.

Queste 100 citazioni mirano a fornire l'accesso a un'opera o a una vita eccezionale, attraverso una selezione dei pensieri più eclatanti, in un formato accessibile a tutti. Una citazione è più di un estratto di un'affermazione, può essere un colpo di mente, una sintesi di un pensiero complesso, una massima, un'apertura a una riflessione più profonda.

Fig Fitzsherbert is good at a lot of things: making lists, playing the piano, advanced mathematics. But it's never quite enough for her high-flying mother, who every New Year's Day sets Fig an impossible resolution. So one year, Fig decides to set her own challenge instead: she's going to swim her way round the world. There's just one tiny problem... Fig can't swim. Taking it one length at a time, Fig embarks on the adventure of a lifetime.

Une guerre civile sanglante et de sombres intrigues politiques déchirent à jamais la couronne d'Angleterre. Parfait pour cultiver votre esprit pendant vos trajets, ce récit captivant vous plonge dans l'ambiance tragique du XVe siècle. Assistez à l'embrasement meurtrier d'une querelle...

Libérez-vous de la charge mentale pour enfin savourer un lâcher-prise total et un repos sans culpabilité. Si la préparation de vos voyages ressemble à une course à la performance, cette réflexion psychologique pleine d'ironie chaleureuse est votre antidote. Fini les plannings surchargés...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Stop living as a candidate for anyone's acceptance. Reclaim your time, your focus, and your authority. The greatest challenge facing you today is not a lack of talent, opportunity, or drive. It is the quiet, unfolding loss of your own voice and your own...

Kim Sartain is an easygoing, peace-loving drifter. But when cattleman Jim Targ challenges Sartain's right to ride across an unclaimed stretch of meadow, Sartain retaliates by deciding to homestead there. Soon, more is at risk than land and pride, when Targ decides to teach Sartain a permanent and deadly lesson.