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Long ago, our homeland cradled us, sheltered us, fed us, and eventually sent us off, as mothers do, confident our gifts would shine. Now, she croons to us a melody of love, reminding us of our bond with her and with one another.

Marion, la parfumeuse attitrée de la reine est victime d’un enlèvement ! La favorite de Louis XIV pourrait-elle être l’instigatrice d’un tel complot ? Un classique de la littérature jeunesse.

Quanto è grande questa città, solo io lo so. È in guerra, alla fame, rotola, stremata. E non è mai stata così viva. Se cerchi dèi, imperatori, vigliacchi ed eroi, a Roma li troverai. Io la conosco come nessuno. E corro molto più veloce di te.

Himmelhoch ragt der gewaltige Dom über die Dächer von Köln. In seiner Schatzkammer befinden sich unersetzliche Kunstgegenstände aus Gold, Silber und Edelsteinen. Die will sich der gerissene Dieb Ljubomir Ernst unter den Nagel reißen und heckt einen gewagten Plan aus, um in die Schatzkammer einzusteigen. David, Jonas und Emma schlüpfen mit der Hilfe ihres Zauberbuchs in die Rollen der Diebe und der Polizisten und erleben die wahre Geschichte aus dem Jahr 1975 in allen Einzelheiten mit. Doch mit ihrem Buch stimmt irgend etwas nicht. Und als sie das endlich erkennen, ist es schon zu spät.

“The Persians are coming…” Hearing these words, Gorgo of Sparta is plunged into a dangerous world of vengeful gods and invincible heroes. For a mighty empire threatens Athens, Sparta and all who stand in its path... Calling on the ancient power to transform into a wolf and the blood of Zeus that runs through her veins, Gorgo must lead her nation in one of history's greatest wars. Multi-award-winning author Tom Holland and acclaimed illustrator Jason Cockcroft boldly weave myth and history in this dramatic tale of Greeks and Gods.

In the winter of 1846, the Donner Party was stranded by heavy snows in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The pioneers endured bitter hardships and many of them died. But some survived, including eight-year-old Patty Reed, a girl filled with dignity and determination in the face of mortal danger. This is her story, as told by Dolly, the wooden doll she kept hidden in her dress.

Británie je ve válce s Německem. Jedenáctiletý sirotek Erik tráví dny na místě, kde se cítí nejvíc šťastný, v Londýnské ZOO. Naváže tu neobyčejné přátelství s pozoruhodnou gorilou Gertrudou. S bombami dopadajícími na celý Londýn musí Erik Gertrudu zachránit. Společně se strýcem Sidem, chovatelem v ZOO, se dají všichni tři na útěk. Zatímco se ukrývají na mořském pobřeží, odkrývají spiknutí.

At her dull Victorian academy, fourteen-year-old Winnie dreams of becoming a top inventor like her father. When he mysteriously vanishes, she is determined to find him—but how? Help comes unexpectedly from her headmistress. Turns out, her school is recruiting remarkable young women to guard Her Majesty the Queen. Soon, Winnie is not only protecting royalty—but developing the spy skills she needs to save her beloved Papa.

Gibt es Geister wirklich? Und kann man mit ihnen sprechen? Das behauptet zumindest Anna Rothe, die anscheinend nicht nur eine Verbindung ins Geisterreich gefunden hat, sondern auch Blumen und andere Gegenstände aus dem Nichts erscheinen lassen kann. Darum nennt man sie auch das Blumenmedium. Aber in Wirklichkeit ist sie nur eine geschickte Betrügerin, die mit Hilfe ihres Managers die Menschen an der Nase herumführt. David, Jonas und Emma finden schnell heraus, dass Anna Rothe nicht die geringsten magischen Kräfte besitzt – oder vielleicht doch?

Archibald is a changed boy. He stands up to bullies and hangs out with the gargoyles that used to scare him. But for all his new toughness, he’s also a lost boy who misses his friends in Lemurea. When strange footprints are discovered on the manor grounds, he realizes a piece of that world has followed him home. Without golems, witches, or magic, Archibald knows there’s little to stop what’s prowling the London suburbs, which means he’ll have to return to Lemurea to seek Faerydae’s help.

For Lil, life at the Squawking Mackerel inn couldn't be more miserable. She's tasked with the sloppiest, grottiest jobs and picked on at every turn. Her only friend is Augustus Scratchy, a cantankerous crow with a habit of stealing. When the dread villain Rotten Bob Hatchet and his gang of cut-throat highwaymen begin attacking travellers on the road, things get really dire. Joining forces with a new servant boy, Ned - and armed with the contents of the inn's lost property cupboard, a pocketful of dumplings and some knicker elastic - Lil comes up with a plot to scare off Rotten Bob.

An orchestra explodes in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens and suddenly the music of London disappears...and a terrifying monster stirs off the Greenwich peninsular, threatening to trample London underfoot. The detectives must track down the thief behind the music's disappearance – via the Whispering Gallery of St Paul's Cathedral, a Windmill-with-teeth on the Isle of Dogs and the dark streets of Soho...where a shadowy villain and his mechanical animal spies live.

Brasil, 1667. O jovem Francisco, capturado quando criança e entregue à Igreja, vive como coroinha em Porto Calvo e sonha com a liberdade. Ágil e silencioso, explora o vilarejo à noite, pregando peças, vingando os negros mortos no tronco e aterrorizando feitores e senhores de engenho como um fantasma – ou como um nzumbi, em quimbundo, a língua típica de Angola. Até que surge uma oportunidade de fuga, e Francisco a aproveita, dando início a sua jornada para se tornar quem a história não esqueceria: Zumbi dos Palmares, filho de Angola Janga.

Die Jaguarkrieger haben sich gegen den König von Tikal erhoben. Jetzt droht ihnen der Opfertod. Xkik', die Tochter des Großen Jaguars, will das nicht hinnehmen und macht sich auf den Weg ihren Vater und dessen Männer zu befreien. Fred weiß von all dem nichts, als er zusammen mit Opa Alfred in der Morgendämmerung die steile Treppe zum Tempel der Masken hinaufsteigt, um den Sonnenaufgang zu bestaunen. Frühstück über den Baumwipfeln des dampfenden Regenwaldes - das Highlight ihrer Reise durch Mesoamerika.

When Sidney Dashworth's school is evacuated to a huge stately home in the countryside, she thinks she's going to spend the war being very bored. At least her brother must be having fun, flying his Spitfire all over France! But soon Sidney and a housemaid called Nancy discover that the Earl is up to no good. He has secret nighttime meetings with mysterious men from the government and seems to be hiding something sinister on his land. At first it's all terribly thrilling, investigating by creeping about at night and finding secret passageways, but soon everything takes a deadly turn.

Twelve-year-old Dory Byrne lives with her brothers on New York City's Lower East Side, waiting impatiently through the darkest hours of World War II for her pop to come home from fighting Hitler. Legally speaking, Dory's brother, Fish, isn't old enough to be in charge of Dory and her younger brother, Pike, but the neighborhood knows the score and, like Pop always says, "the neighborhood will give you what you need." There's the lady from the bakery, who saves them leftover crullers. The kind landlord who checks in on them. 

Berlin, 1961. Anja and Monika are best friends–they even share a cat called Otto. When a huge barbed wire fence is built between their apartment blocks, everything changes; their city and family are divided by the Berlin Wall. In the West, Anja is sure it will be taken down, but Monika is afraid. Her world is changing: neighbours keep disappearing, others become spies and shadowy threats lurk around every corner.

Twins Scarlett and Thomas are learning about the Romans at school. So Grandad uses his time machine to send them back to Roman Britain. Scarlett finds herself in a Roman camp and is chosen as a slave by the Emperor Claudius's daughter, Antonia. The two become friends and Scarlett sees first hand the glamour and treachery of the Roman court. Thomas joins a rabble of local kids who hate the Romans. Their leader is a small red-headed girl called Boudicca. Even when the kids are overwhelmed and taken as slaves, Bou hatches another plan to attack the Romans.

Auf einer Reise nach China lernen David, Jonas und Emma nicht nur dieses faszinierende Land näher kennen, sie treffen auch auf den mächtigsten Piraten aller Zeiten – und der war eine Frau. Sie erleben mit, wie die kluge und gerissene Zheng Yisao die Macht über eine riesige Piratenflotte an sich reißt, in gefährlichen Seeschlachten kämpft und sogar den Plan schmiedet, den chinesischen Kaiser vom Thron zu stoßen. Die Ereignisse, in die David, Jonas und Emma durch ihr Zauberbuch hineingeraten, sind mehr als 200 Jahre her.

Bridget and Josie are leaving rural Ireland for New York, to stay with a distant relative, Catherine, who has found jobs for them. On the journey they meet a young orphaned girl, Julia, who is travelling alone in hopes of staying with her long-absent brother. When they get to the brother's address, he is no longer there, and no one knows where he has gone to. In the following weeks they do their best to search for him, but are unsuccessful as he has a common name, and the police are not particularly interested in finding yet another lost Irish man.