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Part mystery, part fantasy-adventure, part riveting real-life disaster, this deft tale-within-a-tale blends the history of the 1980 Lake Peigneur drilling accident with a fateful quest for pirate treasure.

Robbie McLeod has the misfortune to be orphaned at a very young age and is brought up for a while by his heartless uncle. He is also born into a difficult age, being young and idealistic, in Scotland, at the time of the Jacobite Uprising in 1745. Robbie McLeod has the misfortune to be orphaned...

Six thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined. In this page-turning, original, and spectacularly told adventure...

It was a mistake for Ben to tell the Hunter that there were still wolves in Surrey. For the Hunter was a fanatic, always on the lookout for unusual prey. Driven by an ambition to wipe out the last English wolves, the Hunter set out on his savage quest.

Nic may have escaped enslavement in the mines outside of Rome, but his troubles are far from over. The Praetor War - the battle to destroy Rome from within - is in full force, and Nic is caught in the crossfire. The secretive Praetors are determined to unlock a powerful amulet - one sure to bring the empire to its knees. Worse, the Praetors believe Nic holds the key to finding this amulet, and they will stop at nothing to steal it, even if that means harming the people Nic holds most dear.

A frozen palace and a sparkling secret – an epic Russian adventure awaits! Anna Orlov might be the luckiest girl in the world. She is the daughter of a Russian Count and lives in a beautiful snowbound palace that is home to a menagerie of wonderful animals: tigers, wolfhounds and, of course...

Mr Wolf loves looking good. Mr Wolf loves to dance. But more than anything in the world, Mr Wolf loves his beautiful socks. Until one day, a hole appears in one...WHAT can he do?

Good boy Phasie is enjoying his friendship with Astra and his travels to Phasieland, but the magical land is attacked by an evil wolf pack and the bad but strong boy Spar challenges Phasie to a duel. As he overcomes these difficulties, Phasie will go through incredible and fantastic events.

Per Zeitmaschine zu den Rittern. Oma Olchi hat noch was bei einer alten Hexe gut zu machen, und so reisen sie und die OlchiKinder mit Brauseweins Zeitmaschine ins Mittelalter. Dort müffelt es ganz hervorragend, aber der üble Ritter Gregor hält die holde Gunhilde auf seiner Burg gefangen, damit sie seinen Sohn heiratet, und nicht den Schusterjungen, in den sie verliebt ist. Das macht die Olchis natürlich oberstinkig. Und so setzen sie alle grätigen Tricks ein, um die gute Gunhilde zu ihrem Schuster zu bringen.

Gisela Pekrul, Jahrgang 1944, hat in dem Büchlein kleine Episoden aus ihrem Leben aufgeschrieben, die sie schon mehrmals ihren Enkeln erzählen musste. Nun können sie diese Erinnerungen an die Zeit vor rund 60 Jahren selbst lesen. Die Geschichten spielen in Wolteritz, einem kleinen Dorf in Sachsen, das heute zu Schkeuditz gehört. Es sind Begebenheiten, die für das kleine Mädchen und ihren Bruder so schlimm waren, dass sie nach so langer Zeit noch nicht vergessen wurden.