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Typhoon is the story of a steamship and her crew beset by a tempest and of the captain whose dogged courage is tested to the limit. Captain MacWhirr was an ordinary man. However, when his steamer Nan-Shan blunders into a hurricane, he and his crew must pull together to survive. The steadfast courage of an undemonstrative captain and the imaginative readiness of his young first mate becomes a partnership vital to human survival as they are challenged from without by the elements, and from within by human doubts and fears.

Everyone loves adventure, and Otto Penzler has collected the best adventure stories of all time into one mammoth volume. With stories by Jack London, O. Henry, H. Rider Haggard, Alastair MacLean, Talbot Mundy, Cornell Woolrich, and many others, this wide-reaching and fascinating volume contains some of the best characters from the most thrilling adventure tales, including The Cisco Kid.

Un giovane cercatore tenta di trovare qualche pepita d'oro senza riuscirci. Un vecchio poco distante gli dimostra che l'esperienza, in alcuni casi, vale più dell'energia giovanile.

“Adventure,” L. Ron Hubbard said, “I well know, is in the heart, not in the view.” In his stories, which were uniquely drawn from true-to-life experiences, including then-rare voyages to Asia and the South Pacific, he adventured grandly, carrying readers into the cold, storm-swept sea, or the heat of a vast desert or the wild currents of the air. A member of the famed Explorers Club, Mr. Hubbard delivered in these stories a sharp jolt of reality with a healthy dose of pulse-pounding bold adventure.

“Adventure,” L. Ron Hubbard said, “I well know, is in the heart, not in the view.” In his stories, which were uniquely drawn from true-to-life experiences, including then-rare voyages to Asia and the South Pacific, he adventured grandly, carrying readers into the cold, storm-swept sea, or the heat of a vast desert or the wild currents of the air. A member of the famed Explorers Club, Mr. Hubbard delivered in these stories a sharp jolt of reality with a healthy dose of pulse-pounding bold adventure.

“Adventure,” L. Ron Hubbard said, “I well know, is in the heart, not in the view.” In his stories, which were uniquely drawn from true-to-life experiences, including then-rare voyages to Asia and the South Pacific, he adventured grandly, carrying readers into the cold, storm-swept sea, or the heat of a vast desert or the wild currents of the air. A member of the famed Explorers Club, Mr. Hubbard delivered in these stories a sharp jolt of reality with a healthy dose of pulse-pounding bold adventure.

Más de 25 horas de audiolibros: Tarzán de los Monos, de Edgar Rice Burroughs - Dramatizado; El Corazon de las Tinieblas, de Joseph Conrad - Dramatizado; Nada Es lo Que Parece, de Alejandro Khan - Dramatizado; y La Llamada del Instinto, de Jack London - Dramatizado. Grandes aventuras!

Atrévete a explorar nuevos mundos y a vivir nuevas experiencias con esta colección de clásicos que te transportará a las ocho aventuras más impresionantes de la historia. Nada se compara con el sentimiento que genera leer una buena historia de aventura. Todos queremos realizar el mayor número de viajes y conocer muchos lugares antes de que sea muy tarde, por este motivo esta una colección imprescindible para cualquier lector.

A great collection of tales of myths is presented here: The Trojan War and the tales of brave Ulysses, The adventures of King Arthur and Merlin and the Holy Grail, Tales from 1,001 night with Aladdin, Ali Baba, and others, Gulliver's travels to Lilliput, and many other tales and stories like The wild swans, The snow queen, The bronze ring, The history of Jack the giant-killer, and many more!

In dieser Novelle kulminiert die deutsche Romantik als Antwort auf den Konservativismus des Biedermeier. Die der Musik, Malerei und Dichtung frönenden Protagonisten verlachen mit ihrer hemmungslosen Fröhlichkeit und Naturverbundenheit die sauertöpfische Sittenstrenge des rechthaberischen Spießertums. "Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts" ist ein unvergängliches Memorandum für alle Jungen und Junggebliebenen. "Das Marmorbild" ist ein romantischer Fantasy-Roman. "Das Schloss Dürande" ist ein Liebesdrama mit Irrungen und Wirrungen vor dem Hintergrund der französischen Revolution.

هذا الجزء من رواية "روكامبول"، يظهر فيه الكثير من أنواع العذاب والشقاء البشري، الذي يتجسد خلف قضبان السجن، كما تتعدد فيه طرق التفريق بين الغني والفقير، حتى وراء...

Más de 25 horas de audiolibros: LADRON DE MAPAS, de Eduardo Lago; MISION VERNE, de Mario Escobar; LA NOVELA DE LA MOMIA, de T. Gautier; y LOS OJOS DEL TUAREG, de A. Vázquez Figueroa.

A blind obsession. A driving ambition. A relentless, unrestrained, single-minded pursuit of a shiny metal. These are the symptoms of a condition known as gold fever, and, like Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, American mining engineer Captain Humbert Reynolds has got it bad. Possible side effects include: temporary insanity, a propensity for violence, and death.

Tom Christian is on the trail of revenge and a fortune in gold. Square-jawed and rugged, Tom is headed deep into the jungles of the Solomon Islands to find Punjo Charlie—the ruthless criminal who killed his partner. But these jungles are thick with danger ... as greed, temptation and sudden violence threaten to draw Tom into the heart of darkness. There’s a pile of gold.... There’s a beautiful blonde.... And there’s a bloodthirsty tribe of headhunters who have fallen under the spell of Punjo Charlie. The trap has been set.

Itauk the Madman has spread death to the Yukon, throwing the bodies of his victims to his sled team of 12 wolves. Tracking him down are Canadian Mountie Tommy McKenna and his partner, Simmons. But when the pair separate to hunt for food, Itauk attacks Simmons and lets his wolves make an unmentionable feast that Tommy later discovers on his return to camp.

An obscure original manuscript of Marco Polo’s travels ... A tantalizing clue to the site of Kublai Khan’s fabled burial site ... A chance to unearth the truth behind a long-lost treasure. It’s an opportunity that would make Indiana Jones drop everything but his whip and race off to China. But he’d be too late. Lieutenant Jonathan Daly is way ahead of him. Two bullet holes and a bad case of malaria may not be enough to stop Daly, but a crew of criminals, a brood of British agents, and the entire Chinese army are all in the game ... and determined to keep him out of it.

The North American Jules Verne Society is pleased to present its first-ever anthology of short stories, written by a select group of modern authors, inspired by classics like Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, and other novels and stories by the 19th-century master of “Extraordinary Voyages,” Jules Verne.

Nadie es capaz de tejer una red de suspense, provocar una sacudida de sorpresa o dar una lección sobre la vida como el autor de bestsellers Jeffrey Archer. Desde África a Oriente Medio, desde Londres a Pekín, Archer nos lleva a lugares que jamás hemos visto y nos presenta personajes a los que jamás podremos olvidar.

The first of Maurice Leblanc's collections about his devilish, debonair rogue, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar presents eight dazzling short stories that display some of Lupin's greatest thefts and escapes. Lupin robs from within prison, leaves its walls with ease, steals priceless diamonds from the rich and outwits the greatest detective of all: Sherlock Holmes. Witty, cunning, and taunting, Lupin is a genius on the wrong side of the law, although his noble code of ethics and Robin-Hood-like ways often see him use his talents for good.

On the 20th anniversary of the publication of Barry Gifford's international best seller, Wild at Heart, as well as the anniversary of the Palme d'Or–winning film adaptation by director David Lynch, Sailor & Lula: The Complete Novels presents all of the novels and novellas that comprise the saga of Sailor Ripley and Lula Pace Fortune, "the Romeo and Juliet of the South".