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Questa è l'ultima novella che Papà Catrame racconta all'equipaggio. Riuscirà questa volta a convincere il Capitano della nave della verità di una delle tante leggende e misteri che si tramandano i marinai che solcano gli oceani?

Spanien, Anno 1060. Kastilien wird von einem furchtbaren Wirbelsturm verwüstet. In seiner Not ruft König Rudolpho seine drei Kinder Hernandez, Adolfo und Sancha zu sich. Da die Burgen der einzige Schutz des Landes sind, müssen die Ruinen so schnell wie möglich wieder aufgebaut werden. Und derjenige der drei Thronfolger, der am Schnellsten und Besten arbeitet, soll nach des Königs Tod das Land übernehmen dürfen...

Un drammatico e misterioso naufragio di una nave predestinata ad abissarsi; questo sarà l'argomento della sesta novella che vi racconterà Papà Catrame, e che anche il Capitano difficlmente riuscirà a spiegare in modo scientifico.

Guai a non offrire il giusto tributo a Nettuno quando si passa la linea dell'equatore... Il Passaggio della Linea è il secondo dei fantastici e tenebrosi racconti che Papà Catrame racconta, sorseggiando un bicchiere di Cipro, all'equipaggio con cui sta veleggiando nell'Oceano Indiano.

Esistono veramente le Sirene? E' difficile credere all'esistenza di queste creature, ma sicuramente Papà Catrame è in grado di raccontarci qualche cosa su di loro...

Il Vascello dei Topi è la settima novella che Papà Catrame racconta all'equipaggio. Il racconto inizia con la spiegazione scientifica che il Capitano fornisce in merito al precedente episodio, e prosegue con un racconto di una nave infestata da topi, con i quali Papà Catrame finirà con il fare amicizia.

La novella che racconterà Mastro Catrame durante la nona serata riguarda un gigantesco mostro, con le sembianze di un serpente; anche questa volta il capitano della nave riuscirà a fornire una spiegazione scientifica del fenomeno?

La sesta novella di papà Catrame vi trasporterà tra le nebbie e ghiacci polari e vi farà rabbrividire, ma non soltanto di freddo....

Secondo dei tre romanzi che compongono il ciclo del Corsaro Nero, La regina dei Caraibi ci presenta il personaggio forse più affascinante e malinconico dell'intera opera salgariana. Accompagnato dai fidi Carmaux, Moko e Wan Stiller, oltre che da Yara, una bella principessa indiana, il Corsaro Nero, spinto anche dall'istinto che lo porta a ricercare l'amata Honorata, intraprende un lungo viaggio in mare che lo porterà fino a Veracruz, con lo scopo di vendicarsi del perfido Wan Guld.

Margaret of Anjou, wife of England's Henry VI, played a key role in launching the storied "War of the Roses" - the 30 year civil conflict fuelled by the Lancasters and the Yorks, each vying for the British throne in the 15th century. Margaret of Anjou is one of many biographies aimed at young people written by Jacob Abbott and his brother. The biographies are written in such a way that makes them appealing and easily accessible to everyone.

One day, 15-year-old Emily Dickinson meets a mysterious, handsome young man. Surprisingly, he doesn't seem to know who she or her family is. And even more surprisingly, he playfully refuses to divulge his name. Emily enjoys her secret flirtation with Mr. "Nobody" until he turns up dead in her family's pond. She's stricken with guilt. Only Emily can discover who this enigmatic stranger was before he's condemned to be buried in an anonymous grave. Her investigation takes her deep into town secrets, blossoming romance, and deadly danger.

When Sybella accompanies the duchess to France, she expects trouble, but she isn’t expecting a deadly trap. Surrounded by enemies both known and unknown, Sybella searches for the undercover assassins from the convent of St. Mortain who were placed in the French court years ago. Genevieve has been undercover for so many years, she no longer knows who she is or for what she’s supposed to be fighting. When she discovers a hidden prisoner who may be of importance, she takes matters into her own hands.   

Die Abrafaxe sind seit 1976 die Helden der Comiczeitschrift MOSAIK. Abrax, Brabax und Califax bestehen lustige und spannende Abenteuer, die sie quer durch die gesamte Weltgeschichte führen. Abrax (blond) ist dabei der Kühne, Brabax (rothaarig) der Intelligente und Califax (schwarzhaarig) der gemütliche Dicke. Das Mosaik erscheint monatlich in einer Auflage von über 100.000 Heften.

In this heroic clash of opposing conviction, Vincent Wingfield, a young spirited teenager and heir to a southern slave plantation, bravely proves his sympathy for brutally treated slaves and becomes a staunch supporter of slaves' rights. But, with the onset of the Civil War, Wingfield's fidelity to the state of Virginia leads him to serve under Robert E. Lee's cavalry and fight for the Confederacy.

Die Abrafaxe sind seit 1976 die Helden der Comiczeitschrift MOSAIK. Abrax, Brabax und Califax bestehen lustige und spannende Abenteuer, die sie quer durch die gesamte Weltgeschichte führen. Abrax (blond) ist dabei der Kühne, Brabax (rothaarig) der Intelligente und Califax (schwarzhaarig) der gemütliche Dicke. Das Mosaik erscheint monatlich in einer Auflage von über 100.000 Heften.

Swordsman, soldier, poet...and possessor of the biggest nose in all of France! Cyrano de Bergerac was all this and more, for behind his grotesque face beat the heart of a lover. And, being Cyrano, who could he fall in love with but the most beautiful woman in Paris?From this conflict of nose versus heart springs one of the most uproarious, tender, funny, painful, and action-packed stories of all time - a tale that has its roots in truth, for Cyrano de Bergerac really existed.

Jessie Myrer is the daughter of the prison warden in Cayuta County, where there are few foreigners and even fewer Jews. Jessie's provincial views change when she meets her new across-the-street neighbor. At 15, sophisticated, German-born Elisa Stadler is a year older than Jessie. The girls would seem to have little in common, yet they soon become the best of friends. Then one night, they hear the music of the prison band's spellbinding solo bugler.

Fleeing dark forces and unfounded accusations across Europe in the dark years between World Wars, a young man named Vango has been in danger for as long as he can remember. He has spent his life jumping across rooftops, fleeing to isolated islands, and evading capture across Russia, Paris, New York, and Italy. Narrow escapes, near misses, and a dash of romantic intrigue will rivet adventurous teens to their seats as Vango continues to unravel the mysteries of his past.

Cordelia Lu Hankins is the half Caucasian, half Chinese - and all albino. She has grown up in a remote lumber town with her distant father and a giant stepmother nicknamed Babe (after Paul Bunyan's blue ox), convinced she is ugly. Then, in the summer of 1918, when she is fourteen, she falls in love with the dashing Squirl. One day they meet on the mountain and Cordy receives her first kiss, as well as a wild ride down a log flume that gets Squirl fired.

In 1944, while much of the world is at war, 14-year-old Teddy wages her own war against herself, her brother, and her perfect, and perfectly despised, mother. Forced to spend the summer at the beach with a grandmother she'd never met, Teddy faces her enemies with arrogance and anger. But as the summer unfolds, she begins learning the answers to some painful questions about the past that destroyed her family and left her mother and grandmother bitterly divided.