Résultats pour "Frank" dans Classiques

Fourteen-year-old Frank Brown has a respectable home, a secure future waiting in his father's long-established firm, and a family who expect him to take the safe road. But Frank's heart is elsewhere. A restless longing for ships, salt wind and far horizons has taken hold of him, and no argument...

Dorothy, tras ser arrastrada por un ciclón desde Kansas a la mágica tierra de Oz, emprende un viaje en busca del camino de regreso a casa. Acompañada por un Espantapájaros sin cerebro, un Hombre de Hojalata sin corazón y un León cobarde, Dorothy recorre el Camino de Ladrillos Amarillos hacia la Ciudad Esmeralda, donde espera recibir ayuda del poderoso Mago de Oz. Juntos enfrentarán desafíos, descubrirán verdades sobre sí mismos y aprenderán que el poder para transformar sus vidas siempre ha estado dentro de ellos.

Georgetown, British Guiana, 1890. A young man steeped in legends of the lost city of El Dorado, a skeptical friend, and a mysterious stranger named Monella who claims to know the way: it takes no more than that to set an expedition in motion. Beyond the last settlements lie impenetrable jungle...

McTeague, a strong but stupid dentist, marries Trina, introduced to him by her cousin Marcus Schouler. When Trina wins $5,000 in a lottery and increases the sum by shrewd investment, Schouler, who had wanted to marry Trina himself, feels cheated. In revenge, he exposes McTeague's lack of diploma or license. Forbidden to practice, McTeague becomes mean and surly, but the miserly Trina refuses to let him use her money, and they sink into poverty.

Discover a thrilling collection of maritime tales from Frank Thomas Bullen, a master of nautical fiction and a real-life seaman. Originally published in 1901, Deep-Sea Plunderings captures the raw mystery, romance, and peril of life upon the open ocean. From intense whaling expeditions and...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the road home led through a land of witches, wonders, false magic, and hidden courage? In *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*, L. Frank Baum creates one of the most beloved fantasy journeys in American literature. First published in 1900, this...

In The Secret of the Old Mill, Frank and Joe Hardy find themselves in the middle of a dangerous counterfeit money scheme that leads straight to an abandoned mill with a sinister reputation. What begins as a simple exchange of a five-dollar bill at the Bayport station quickly spirals into a high-stakes investigation filled with suspense, deception, and surprising twists.

When Glinda informs Ozma, the ruler of Oz, that there is trouble brewing between two distant lands in Oz, Ozma decides to take Dorothy along with her and try to put an end to the problems. Ozma and Dorothy travel first to the land of the Flatheads, where they encounter the evil dictator Su-Dic and are forced to discover they will not be able to make Su-Dic want peace. They then move on to the land of the Skeezers, whose evil queen Coo-ee-ooh is unwilling to make peace as Su-Dic.

Cowboy had been drifting ever since he left his home in Yellow House Creek, Texas, moving from ranch to ranch, following the work for nigh on 15 years. He had saved the pay he sweated so hard for. He looked into the Triple X Ranch, the one they called the Whiskey Brand. It was a bargain...or so it seemed.

El Mago De Oz es una hermosa historia sobre una joven, Dorthy, que se aventura a ver al mago de oz. En el camino conoce a algunos amigos que le enseñan la verdadera importancia de la vida.

Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles.

Amazon best-selling author Frank Schildiner's collection of pulp tales breaks into new ground for this growing genre, telling tales of noble knights in the time of King Henry IV, a Roman nobleman fighting demons, and even a hero from France's legendary Hexagon Comics Universe taking on terrible monsters who seek to destroy the Earth. Giant scorpions, evil demons, and a bored bureaucrat dealing with fake witches and vampires from Alabama are just a few of the chills and thrills in Frank Schildiner's First Seas and Other Tales from Pro Se Productions.

Bill Nighy reads Frank L Baum's true American classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Swept away from her home in Kansas by a tornado, Dorothy and her dog Toto find themselves stranded in the fantastical Land of Oz. As instructed by the Good Witch of the North and the Munchkins, Dorothy sets off on the yellow brick road to try and find her way to the Emerald City and the Wizard of Oz, who can help her get home.

"Gullivers Reisen" sind und bleiben ein grandioses, großen Abenteuer für Groß und Klein. Aber wer kennt Gullivers vierte Fahrt? Die Reise zu den Houyhnhnms? Ein wunderseltsames Land. Und wunderseltsame Wesen sind auch die Houyhnhnms. Edle Pferde, die sprechen können und den Menschen überlegen sind. Gulliver, verfremdet als Tier, wird von den Houyhnhnms zunächst nicht als gleichwertiger Partner aufgenommen. Wie auch? Halten sich die Pferde doch menschenähnliche Geschöpfe, die Yahoos, als Nutztiere. Gulliver sieht lediglich reinlicher als diese aus. Er gewinnt jedoch das Vertrauen des Anführers der Pferde.