Resultados para "Born" en Clásicos

A Witch Shall Be Born is one of the original sword and sorcery novellas by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian. The story concerns a witch replacing her twin sister as queen of a city state, which brings her into conflict with Conan who had been the captain of the queen's guard. Themes of paranoia, and the duality of the twin sisters, are paramount in this story but it also includes elements of the conflict between barbarism and civilization that is common to the entire Conan series.

A Witch Shall Be Born by Robert E. Howard is a gripping sword-and-sorcery fantasy novella set in the ancient desert kingdom of Khauran. The story centers on twin sisters divided by fate—the noble Queen Taramis and her dark counterpart Salome, a witch marked by a blood-red crescent. When Salome returns from exile to seize the throne through deception and sorcery, the kingdom plunges into chaos.

Fribonden Esben er i modsætning til sine standsfæller et oplyst menneske, der er opsat på at forbedre sine egne forhold, og i årene efter stavnsbåndets ophævelse kæmper han en hård kamp for at forjage sløvheden og slavementaliteten hos bønderne, så de kan tage ansvar for deres eget liv. Romanen er ikke bare en spændende historie om en fars kamp for at skabe en bedre fremtid for sine børn; den er også et værdifuldt billede på en brydningstid i dansk historie set fra bøndernes synspunkt. "Fæstebondens børn" er anden del i A.J.

The Shadow Children's greatest enemies have been unmasked, and the stakes are far higher than Grace had ever feared. With her friends imprisoned and the Circle determined to annihilate the human race, Grace and The Shadow Children must prepare for war. There is only one way to break the Circle, but are Grace and Sam strong enough to make the sacrifice?

Long before he'd produced any of his great works, Oscar Wilde was already famous for being famous. Armed only with some witty epigrams, a carefully crafted persona and his genius for self-promotion, he had conquered America and transformed himself from nobody to star. This radio collection opens with four plays from Radio 4's Born to be Wilde season, offering a 21st-century perspective on the making of one of the first true celebrities. First up are two sparkling and surprising productions of his two most popular comedies, marking the peak of his theatrical career.

Supernatural Bounty Hunter isn't the sort of thing you see on LinkedIn. But with a rare type of magic like mine, I don't have many options. Dangerous or not, the job is mine. And it was going fine, until an old-as-sin vampire stole my mark, and with it, my pay day. Knowing I'm poor and desperate, he has offered me a job. I'll have to work by his side to help solve a top secret case. Everyone knows not to trust vampires. Especially a hot elder vampire.

En flaskepost i maven på en haj bliver starten på en lang rejse. En rejse, der helst skal ende med, at kaptajn Grant og hans to matroser bliver reddet. Brevet i flasken fortæller nemlig, at de er fanger hos nogle indfødte, og det slutter med ordene: "Bring hjælp? Fortabt". Lord Edward og lady Helena tager kaptajn Grants børn Mary og Robert med på en rejse, der skal foregå på skibet Duncan. Det bliver en farefuld færd, og de føres rundt om hele jorden.

"Rozhdennaja v nochi" - sbornik rasskazov amerikanskogo pisatelja Dzheka Londona. Opublikovan v 1913 godu. Geroi rasskazov - sil'nye i muzhestvennye ljudi, kotorym v zhizni vypadaet nemalo ispytanij, no nesgibaemaja volja, ostroe zhelanie borot'sja za svoju zhizn' i svoe mesto "pod solncem" ne pokidajut ih. Zdes' net mesta miloserdiju, nereshitel'nost' pochitaetsja za trusost' i vedet k gibeli.

Like all great metropolises before it, when a city gets big enough, old enough, it must be born; but there are ancient enemies who cannot tolerate new life. Thus New York will live or die by the efforts of a reluctant midwife...and how well he can learn to sing the city's mighty song.

Fortællingen om Húrins børn opstod i sin første form i 1918 som en af de tre Store Fortællinger, som Tolkien arbejdede på hele sit liv, men aldrig udgav. Fortællingerne var en del af hans livslange projekt om at skabe et stort, sammenhængende mytisk univers, der kulminerede med skabelsen af Ringenes herre i 50'erne. Fortællingen om Húrins børn finder sted længe før Frodos kamp mod Sauron - i Tolkiens tidsregning ca. 6.500 år før.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of 1800 to 1849 and its male authors whose time has now come again.

Dorothy L. Sayers' classic play cycle based on the life and times of Jesus Dorothy L. Sayers was best known for her mystery novels featuring aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey. But she was also a poet, playwright and committed Christian, and in The Man Born to Be King she combined art...

The young magic-wielder known as Rhyen Hyldhem, newly graduated from the great Academy in Ikha, knows of the story of Taida - but such events occurred millennia ago. As war brews, however, Rhyen will learn more about his powers and the identity of the fearsome Dark Rider who has stalked him since childhood. Rhyen is about to discover the past isn't dead - and that his destiny is intricately tied to Taida's betrayal of humanity.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of the 18th Century and its male authors whose time has now come again.

From the author of the Earthside series and the Rewoven Tales novels, No Man of Woman Born is a collection of seven fantasy stories in which transgender and nonbinary characters subvert and fulfill gendered prophecies. These prophecies recognize and acknowledge each character's gender, even when others do not.

Lyon, 1948. À quinze ans, Marcel est atteint d’un mal contagieux. Lui qui a grandi sans père doit aussi quitter sa mère pour rejoindre le sanatorium de S. Là-haut, face au mont Blanc, Marcel découvre une société à part, où rode la tragédie malgré le confort et l’abondance. Un lieu d’enfermement mais de liberté pour l’adolescent car, dans les interstices laissés par les soins, avec l’excentrique Scala et la lumineuse Valentine, c’est la vie qui palpite. Un monde ambivalent, en lutte contre un mal qui lui donne sa raison d’être, chahuté au fil des décennies par les progrès contre la maladie.

Größter Verführer aller Zeiten. Liebhaber von Katharina der Grossen. Flüchtling der Bleikammern Venedigs. Geheimagent der Inquisition. Das sind nur einige Beinamen des legendären Lebemannes Giacomo Girolamo Casanova. Zwei seiner unzähligen Abenteuergeschichten voller Lust und Verführung nehmen uns mit auf eine Reise in die Zeit, da die pure Nennung seines Namens sämtliche Türen und Schenkel der feinen Damengesellschaft zu öffnen vermochte.

In 1962 a cache of ancient urns was discovered in Antarctica dating back tens of thousands of years. They contained writings proving our ancestral myths and lore are actually rooted in the history and culture of a pre-glacial utopian civilization. Zandernatis - Predestination sets the scene and describes the opening of the most fascinating story contained in these texts: "The Song of Gorin", an epic poem describing what really led up to the fall of man in Paradise.

Die effektvolle Geschichte einer alten Bäuerin, deren Angehörige durch ihre übertriebene Ehrvorstellung sterben müssen. Mit Musik von Ludwig van Beethoven.