Résultats pour "The Grimmer" dans Fiction

When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel", "Hansel and Gretel", and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in content and style.

What happens when your past pounds on your door, and you lose the little control you have over your own life? Cesar "Beast" Ironhorse struggles with which road to take when a new threat storms into his life. As he is blackmailed, he needs to find a way out not only for himself, but also for his family, who he has sworn to protect. As luck would have it, his well-intended play goes to crap, so Beast involves his brothers from his club, the Grimm Wolves MC.

In seinem neuen Hörbuch öffnet Oliver Kalkofe sein Boomer-Herz und seine persönlichen Fotoalben. Er nimmt uns mit auf eine Zeitreise in die eigene Jugend und fragt sich im Namen aller Babyboomer: War früher wirklich mehr Lametta? Oliver Kalkofe analysiert die vermeintlich goldenen Boomer-Zeiten mit bewährt drastischer Komik und raffinierter Wortkunst.

This collection of fourteen reimagined Grimm's fairy tales from award-winning author Mark Russell offers a biting new perspective while proving the classics never go out of style. In the two hundred years since Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm first published their collection of fairy tales, things...

Pilehusene, der ligger et stykke uden for landsbyen Østerby, kunne ikke vaere mere forskellige. I det første hus bor enken Karen med sin smukke datter, Kalille. Kalille er lige så yndig som roserne, der vokser op ad huset, og huset er fyldt med latter og glaede. I huset ved siden af bor Store Ane med sin 18-årige søn Lars. I mange år har der hvilet en tung og mørk skygge over huset, for Anes mand, den fordrukne fragtmand Nelson, har gjort alt for at spolere glaeden og livslysten hos de mennesker, han burde holde af.

Die zeitlosen Abenteuer von Aschenputtel, Schneewittchen, Rotkäppchen und Hänsel und Gretel faszinieren bis heute Jung und Alt.

The German peoples spent centuries as tribes and regions without being a whole. Otto von Bismarck was instrumental in unifying these central European states into one country albeit based on the militaristic doctrine of Prussia. In the 20th Century its history was blighted by its capacity to resort to war to fulfill its ambitions, or right its perceived historical wrongs. In this volume the short stories by its greatest authors readily attest that their talents are equal to the greatest in World literature.

Dall’edizione Marzocco del 1923 a cura di Italiano Marchetti, un audiolibro di fiabe dalle più svariate culture del mondo, legate da un sottile filo magico, narrate da Daniele Fior, Andrea Collavino, Paolo Fagiolo e con le voci di Viola, Niccolò e Tanja Fior.

Einst bevölkerten Touristen und Händler die verwinkelten Gassen und weitläufigen Märkte von Tanger in Marokko; heute lauern dort nur noch Skulls. Captain Dominic Holland und die Hunters verfolgen die mysteriöse Organisation, die für das Onigen verantwortlich ist, direkt in die verwüstete Stadt. Doch etwas Furchteinflößenderes als alles, was sie bisher erlebt haben, erwartet sie dort. Jenseits des Atlantiks wird Colonel Jacob Shepherd damit beauftragt, einen entscheidenden feindlichen Wissenschaftler der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten zu übergeben.

Jonathan never expected the woman he fell in love with to become his worst nightmare. When he met Allie at work, she was charming, beautiful, and full of promises. But behind her sweet smile lurked something else.

Zaubertrankmeister, Hauslehrer von Slytherin und Doppelagent im Kampf gegen Voldemort – kaum eine Figur aus dem Harry-Potter-Universum ist so schwer zu durchschauen und zugleich faszinierend wie Severus Snape. Einst selbst Zauberschüler fällt er als Lehrer in Hogwarts durch seine Abneigung gegenüber Harry auf.

Die 14 schönsten Geschichten für eine märchenhafte Weihnachtszeit. Bei Schnee und Sturm saßen die Menschen seit jeher gemeinsam am Feuer und vertrieben sich die Zeit mit Geschichten - vom Weihnachtsfest und seinen Märchen.

Fans von Indiana Jones, Nathan Drake, Sean Wyatt und Dane Maddock werden an Jack Reilly ihre helle Freude haben! Hartnäckig halten sich die Gerüchte über einen tief unter den Bergen Polens versteckt liegenden Goldschatz. Viele Glücksritter versuchten ihn zu finden, doch der sagenumwobene Goldzug der Nazis blieb verschollen. Während eines Besuchs der Gedenkstätte Ausschwitz-Birkenau wird der ehemalige Delta-Force-Soldat Jack Reilly Zeuge, wie bewaffnete Söldner den Komplex in ihre Gewalt bringen. Sie werden von einer Frau angeführt, die einen ganz eigenen Plan verfolgt.

Als Stefan Hertmans sich zum Kauf eines alten Hauses in Gent entscheidet, ahnt er nichts von den Geschichten, die sich hinter dessen Mauern abgespielt haben. Er macht sich auf die Suche nach den Spuren der früheren Bewohner und entdeckt die fesselnde Geschichte eines SS-Offiziers und dessen pazifistischer Frau. Angetrieben von einem tiefen Bedürfnis nach Verständnis, tastet sich Hertmans an diese Figuren heran und beleuchtet damit zugleich die Tragödie eines ganzen Landes.

"The Little Brother and Sister" is a well-known European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm in their collection of Children's and Household Tales (Grimm's Fairy Tales). It is alternatively known as "Little Sister and Little Brother" or (in the Grimm's version) "Brüderchen und Schwesterchen". Tired of the cruel mistreatment they endure from their wicked stepmother, who is also a witch, a brother and sister run away from home one day. They wander off into the countryside and spend the night in the woods.

"Thumbling" is a German fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. There was once a poor peasant who sat in the evening by the hearth and poked the fire, and his wife sat and span. Then said he, "How sad it is that we have no children! With us all is so quiet, and in other houses it is noisy and lively.

"Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. A lonely couple, who wants a child, lives next to a walled garden belonging to an evil witch named Dame Gothel. The wife, experiencing the cravings associated with the arrival of her long-awaited pregnancy, notices some rapunzel, growing in the garden and longs for it. She refuses to eat anything else and gets sick, and the husband begins to fear for her life.

"Mother Holle" is a German fairy tale that comes from the book "Children's and Household Tales" collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Mother Holle is the 24th story in the first volume of the book published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales. A rich widow lives with her daughter and her stepdaughter. The widow favored her younger biological daughter allowing her to become spoiled and idle while her older stepdaughter was left to do all the work. Every day the stepdaughter would sit outside the cottage and spin beside the well...

"The Frog Prince" or "Iron Henry" is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimm's written version; traditionally it is the first story in their collection. - Although the story is best known today through the Grimm Brothers' rendition of it, parts of it may extend back until at least Roman times; a version of the story is apparently referred to in Petronius's Satyricon, in which the character Trimalchio remarks that, "qui fuit rana nunc est rex" ("The man who was once a frog is now a king.").

"Cinderella" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression and triumphant reward. A rich man's wife became sick, and when she felt that her end was drawing near, she called her only daughter to her bedside and said, "Dear child, remain pious and good, and then our dear God will always protect you, and I will look down on you from heaven and be near you." With this she closed her eyes and died...