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Tolstoy is primarily known for his impressively long novels, but he also wrote some wonderful short stories. This one, dealing with ambition and greed, has an unforgettable message.

This is a story of the days of chivalry in England and of young Myles Falworth, son of a lord unjustly disgraced for treason, who was forced to make his fortune as best he might in the days when men seemed made of iron. How he entered the service of a powerful lord, rose to knighthood, defeated his father's old enemy in thrilling combat, and at last won the friendship of the king is told against a background of the dangerous times of the 14th century that makes them live again.

Spending the summer with his grandparents in the Pennsylvania countryside is pure joy for young Jamie. There, he fills his days with looking up at the sky, watching the clouds make dragons and knights. There, it doesn't matter that he can't read. The special school he attends is far away. But one afternoon, when Jamie sees a man parachute down through the sky, the boy's fantasy world of clouds is shattered. The man is very real - and very dangerous. How can he convince his grandparents that the man is not part of his imagination?

Von den Weiten des Weltraums direkt ins Herz. Zum Geburtstag wünscht Bastian sich zwei Dinge: ein Teleskop und dass sein Vater seinen Geburtstag nicht vergisst. Äußern kann er das nicht, denn seit dem Tod seiner Mutter spricht er nicht mehr. Das ersehnte Teleskop bekommt Bastian zwar nicht, dafür fahren sie zur Sternwarte. Dort blickt Bastian in die Tiefen des Weltalls - und findet eine Geschichte. Noch in derselben Nacht zeichnet er sie in sein Skizzenbuch: Sie handelt von dem Jungen Buzz, der sich mit einer selbst gebauten Rakete ins All schießt.