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After sixteen years, the secret is ready to be told. The true king of England is near! But first he must pull the sword from the stone.

"Mr. Bangs has caught the spirit of the 'Christmas Carols,' and phrased it in his own style, so well liked in America. Not in a long time have we had Christmas stories so good.... Mr. Bangs' sense of humor never fails, his diction is well liked, and in these tales he has woven a strain of pathos which is not unfitting." (Journal of Education, 1912)

Brought to you by Puffin. From the strange case of 'The Red-Headed League' to the extraordinary tale of 'The Engineer's Thumb', Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson grapple with treachery, murder, and ingenious crimes of all kinds. But no case is too challenging for the immortal...

Before Arthur commanded a round table of legendary knights in Camelot, he was simply a young squire with dreams of becoming a great knight himself. Arthur lived during a time when Britain was without a ruler, but fate would quickly draw him into the middle of a grand search for the next king - a search that involved a sword famously set in stone.

Lillian Hoban's classic Arthur tales are now available in one audio collection! Arthur's Honey Bear: Arthur and his sister, Violet, are selling all their old toys in a tag sale. Even Arthur's Honey Bear! But Arthur finds there's more than one way to say good-bye to an old friend. Arthur's Pen...

King Arthur of England is the figure of the Good Ruler at the heart of the Arthurian legends, and the myths surrounding his life have been recounted in endless stories. This collection includes 13 of the best-loved legends of the King and his Knights of the Round Table. It includes the tales of how the young Arthur pulled a sword from a stone.

The White Company is a motley group of English mercenaries, fighting under the leadership of Sir Nigel Loring. Bound by an unquestioning respect for social order, patriotism, and a lust for adventure, the company makes its way to France to fight in the local wars. Encountering pirate ships and other dramas during their crossing, they finally land at Bordeaux and become involved with the fighting at the siege of Chateau of Villefranch du Perigord and in the Spanish Pyrenees.

American author Howard Pyle (who also wrote The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood) weaves the tales of chivalrous knights, the magic sword of Excalibur, the magician Merlin the Wise, and the legendary Arthur, later to become King of Britain. Pyle describes bouts of jousting and knightly jealousies played out in grand style.

With a horse between his thighs and a weapon in his grip, the dashing Brigadier Etienne Gerard, Colonel of the Hussars of Conflans, gallops through the Napoleonic campaigns on secret missions for his beloved Emperor and his country. He encounters danger and hair-breadth escapes but never loses his bravado, his eye for a pretty girl, his boastfulness or his enormous vanity.

Arthur Ransome (1884-1967) wrote Old Peter's Russian Tales while he was in Russia during the First World War, prior to becoming a war correspondent for The Manchester Guardian. There are 22 stories in all and are told by Old Peter at the behest of his grandchildren, Ivan and Maroosia, in a cozy log cabin in the middle of the forest. These are delightful re-tellings in Ransome's own words of Russian folk tales, and include stories such as "The Little Snow Girl", "Baba Yaga", "Frost", and "Salt".

Follow the adventures of cheerful, joke-loving Jolly Robin, and learn along with him how a robin survives in the wild. In this book, lighthearted Jolly learns how to find food, how to fly, and how to get along with the other animals (and people) in his community. With his sense of humor, can Jolly make a vocation of laughing for others? Can his friend Jimmy Rabbit help solve the mystery of the eerie white giant in the orchard? Should he trust Jasper Jay to teach him a better way to fly south for the winter?

K jezeru na anglickém venkově přijíždí opět po roce strávit báječné letní prázdniny čtveřice dětí - Vlaštovky. Společnost jim mají dělat dvě místní dívky - Amazonky. Ze začátku se nic nedaří podle plánu. Amazonky nemohou tábořit na ostrově Divokých koček, protože na návštěvu přijela prateta a tak místo dobrodružných pirátských výprav musí být nastrojené ve svátečních šatech. A aby toho nebylo málo, Vlaštovky nešťastně ztroskotají a přijdou tak o svou loď. Žádná nesnáz ale nemůže porazit děti s fantazií a odhodláním.

El Dr. James Mortimer pide ayuda a Sherlock Holmes después de la muerte de su amigo, Sir Charles Baskerville, hallado muerto en su propiedad de Devonshire. A pesar de que la muerte de Charles fue diagnosticada por un ataque al corazón, Mortimer no termina de creérselo, ya que en el rostro del difunto se percibía una expresión de pánico.

Beatrice Clay's retelling of Arthurian tales remain as vibrant today as when they first became a popular success eighty years ago. Sir Galahad, Sir Launcelot, Queen Guenevere and Morgan Le Fey, all these beloved characters are brought together for a vibrant recreation of life in the Middle Ages. This great treasure-house of stories is to English culture what the stories of Ulysses and Aeneas were to the Greeks and Latins, a national inheritance of which they should be, and are, proud.

These stories are about how, many years ago, Arthur the once and future King of England, set out to save his country from the troubles that plagued it, aided by the brave knights of the Round Table, and the most famous sword in the world, Excalibur. How Merlin the Wizard fought against the wicked Morgana le Fay's enchantments, and how Arthur loved and lost the beautiful Guinevere, his Queen.

Une lumière éblouissante descendit du ciel sur Arthur. La foudre vint frapper la pointe d'Excalibur, et l'enchanteur Merlin apparut ! C'est ainsi qu'Arthur devint roi.

This collection features some of the greatest fictional detectives ever, including: Sherlock Holmes, Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, Father Brown, Morris Klaw, and Inspector Morse amongst others. Reader Edward Hardwicke, who played Watson to Jeremy Brett's Holmes in the early 1990s, makes an ideal reader for the genre.

Mr Funny's car is a shoe! It looks very funny when he drives to the zoo. But can he cheer up the animals? Mr Dizzy always gets things confused, until one day he happens upon a wishing well... Mr Bump tries his hand at many jobs, but keeps getting fired! Will he ever bump into one that's suitable...

KLASYCZNA POWIEŚĆ DETEKTYWISTYCZNA Z NUTKĄ DRESZCZYKU AUTORSTWA SIR ARTHURA CONANA DOYLE’A W WERSJI DLA DZIECI! Gdy przedstawicieli rodu Baskerville’ów zaczyna prześladować ogromny czarny pies otoczony upiorną poświatą, jedyną osobą, która może im pomóc, jest Sherlock Holmes! Słynny detektyw wspólnie z Doktorem Watsonem tropi bestię wśród zdradliwych bagien. Gdy w końcu rozwiązuje zagadkę, dowiaduje się przy okazji czegoś na temat ludzkiej chciwości, kłamstwa i iluzji.

Many of his animal friends consider Grandfather Mole to be strange. It is not that he is strange but rather quite different from most of them. Grandfather Mole spends most of his time in his favorite place, underground. He loves digging and nature has equipped him with the body, legs, and feet to dig. Surprisingly, he can also swim quite well. Because Grandfather Mole spends so much time underground, he has very poor eyesight and hearing.