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Un bûcheron très pauvre habite à l'orée d'un bois avec sa femme et ses deux enfants : Hansel et Gretel.

Mathias est une page de notre histoire qui ne nous a jamais été racontée. Un récit plein d'émotion, bouleversant, à couper le souffle. Des mots et des images saisissantes qui vont droit au cœur. Une leçon de vie passionnante pour toute la famille. Mathias, une histoire vraie !

Ciondolino è la storia di un bambino trasformato magicamente in formica e catapultato in un formicaio. Da qui inizia l'avventura, che porterà Gigino, soprannominato Ciondolino, alla scoperta del mondo delle formiche. Una favola educativa, avventurosa e divertente.

Misère et famine règnent sur le pays. Un bûcheron et sa femme n'ont plus de quoi nourrir leurs sept garçons.

Demetrio è stato incarcerato con la gravissima accusa di far parte di una congiura contro l'Imperatore Nerone, ma per proteggere la sua amica Clelia ha deciso di rinunciare alla propria difesa. La ragazza, infatti, nasconde un segreto che mette in pericolo non solo la sua vita, ma anche quella di molte altre persone.

Trop pauvres pour nourrir leurs sept garçons, les parents du Petit Poucet décident d'abandonner leurs enfants dans la forêt. La ruse et la finesse du Petit Poucet lui permettront de sauver ses frères et de changer le cours de leur vie.

Au XVIIème siècle, un jeune garçon, Robinson Crusoé, quitte l'Autriche et sa famille pour accomplir son rêve : devenir marin. Mais le navire sur lequel il s'embarque subit une tempête et Robinson se réveille sur une île déserte, seul survivant de tout l'équipage. Armé seulement de son...

Buildings were weaving in and out, the street pitched like a stormy sea and bricks were raining down all around him.... Experience first hand through young Jacob what it was like living through this country’s most destructive earthquake!

Le Petit Poucet et ses six frères sont abandonnés dans la forêt par leurs parents, trop pauvres pour les pouvoir nourrir. Afin d'échapper aux loups, ils trouvent refuge dans la maison d'un Ogre. Mais dès le retour du maître des lieux, un autre danger les menaces.

"Le avventure di Pinocchio" o, meglio, le sue marachelle, hanno fatto e continuano a far sognare milioni di bambini, piccoli e grandi. Il grande classico della letteratura italiana rivive in questo pregevole audiolibro che si è meritato il patrocinio della Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi.

Mitten in Berlin geschehen unheimliche Dinge. In Sandras Buchhandlung verschwinden plötzlich Geschichten aus den Kinderbüchern. Ob Anna und Jakob etwas damit zu tun haben? Die beiden wurden nämlich ausgerechnet von einem Mathebuch ins "Nichts" gezogen. Dort sollen sie Geschichten erfinden und diese in eine geheime Bibliothek bringen, damit sie für alle Kinder der Welt zugänglich werden. Doch die beiden sind dort im "Nichts" nicht alleine. Sie ahnen nicht, dass sie einen bösen Gegenspieler haben.

After his many years as a typical bachelor cowboy, Slim Chance is convinced - against his will - that he needs to build his own herd of cattle and invest in the future. But, just about the time his new herd is calved-out and his investment is beginning to look promising, the dry and windy weather conditions put the entire county on high alert for fire danger. Hank is sure he and Slim can defend the ranch against anything that comes their way...that is, until they come face-to-face with a wildfire unlike any grass fire they’ve seen before.

Le richissime Kin-Fo se retrouve soudainement ruiné. Il demande à son ami, le fidéle Wang de l'assassiner, mais à l'improviste, au moment où il s'y attends le moins.

"I'm a free and independent dog!" That's how K-10 likes to think of himself. But life on the road can get lonely, and as K-10's travels bring him into contact with a range of dogs, he begins to wonder if being a wanderer really is the best life for a dog. Filled with great canine characters, this novel is both laugh-out-loud funny and deeply touching.

Ever since his mother died and his father went to Brazil for a scientific expedition, 14-year-old Jacob Lansa has been staying with his grandfather in Poughkeepsie. He longs to join his father and help him set up a jaguar preserve in the rain forest, but he can't miss school. When his father invites him down over spring break, he jumps at the chance.

Dylan Barstow has finally crossed the line. After getting caught on a late-night joyride in a stolen car, Dylan is shipped off to live with his ex-Marine uncle for the summer. But Uncle Todd has bigger plans for Dylan than push-ups and early-morning jogs. Deep in the steamy jungles of Papua New Guinea, there's a WWII fighter plane named SECOND ACE that's been lost for years, a plane that Dylan's own grandfather barely escaped from with his life. In all this time, no one has ever been able to track down SECOND ACE - but now Dylan and his uncle are going to try.

It begins as a school trip to London. But with a sudden tidal surge and a dramatic thunderstorm that hurls rainwater down on the capital, it suddenly becomes something totally different: the site of a major disaster as the Thames Barrier is breached and London is flooded. With streets underwater, communications down, rats pouring up out of the sewers, and thousands of people in a state of panic, survival becomes a very key issue for Ben and his mates.

De retour de Troie, Ulysse découvre une île inconnue. Qui habite sur cette étrange terre ? D'où viennent ces bruits inquiétants ? Le courageux Ulysse va devoir affronter Polyphème, le terrifiant cyclope. Parviendra-t-il à sauver son équipage pour reprendre la mer ?

Frederick Frederickson has a food-chain theory about life. There are lions, like the school bully. Gazelles, like the bullied kids. There are meerkats, and the fleas that live on the butts of meerkats. Frederick's a flea. Fifth grade is off to a terrible start when Frederick is sent to a...

Thanks to Connor, Lev, and Risa—and their high-profile revolt at Happy Jack Harvest Camp—people can no longer turn a blind eye to unwinding. Ridding society of troublesome teens while simultaneously providing much-needed tissues for transplant might be convenient, but its morality has finally been brought into question. However, unwinding has become big business, and there are powerful political and corporate interests that want to see it not only continue, but also expand.