Resultados para "UP" en Clásicos

What would the world be like if video game rules suddenly applied? Marcus is about to find out. After a freak accident, he finds himself stuck between a game and the real world. He’ll need to fight his way through football hooligans, carnies, and the dreaded RNG to get to the final boss and save the world. Anything less means it’s game over for good. Along the way, he’ll learn new skills, chase epic loot, and, most importantly of all, level up!

A bestselling book upon its publication, The Home-Maker is the story of family life in New England - with a twist. Eva and Lester are getting by, with Eva living at home and looking after their children and their house full-time, and Lester going to work each day. Lester is eager to spend more...

Die Mutter rät dem Sohn vom Reisen ab, weil sie arm sind, aber er will sich helfen und immer sagen: "Nicht viel, nicht viel, nicht viel." Er wird dann von Fischern verdroschen, weil sie wirklich wenig fangen. Auf seine Frage, was er hätte sagen sollen: "Fang voll, fang voll, fang voll." Dafür wird er bei einer Hinrichtung geschlagen. Er soll lieber sagen: "Gott tröste die arme Seele." Das wiederum ärgert einen Pferdehäuter an einem Graben. Für dessen Satz "Da liegt das Aas im Graben" wird er von Kutschleuten so gepeitscht, dass er heim kriecht und nie mehr auf Reisen geht.

Up the Down Staircase is the funny and touching story of a committed, idealistic teacher whose clash with school bureaucracy is a timeless lesson for students, teachers, parents – anyone concerned about public education. Bel Kaufman lets her characters speak for themselves through memos, letters, directives from the principal, comments by students, notes between teachers, and papers from desk drawers and wastebaskets, evoking a vivid picture of teachers fighting the good fight against all that stands in the way of good teaching.

Elorion has just finished a VR gaming session to find a monster waiting for him. With 19 other students who have also been kidnapped, he is now subject to the whims of a thousand year old succubus, and he must survive deep under the Earth in the lost realm of the Underworld. Gifted with the ability to use magic and advance in power, he is given an ultimatum: Level up or die! 

Pollyanna, now cured of her crippling spinal injury, and able to walk again, goes to live in Boston with Mrs. Carew, a heart-broken woman searching for her lost nephew. Her Aunt Polly goes abroad with her new Uncle, Dr. Chilton. While in Boston, Pollyanna meets new friends and has several interesting adventures... A startling change in Aunt Polly's and Pollyanna's circumstances require Pollyanna to come up with a workable solution. Pollyanna's solution brings all her new friends from Boston and her old friends in Beldingsville together.

Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) was a British writer, clergyman and member of the landed gentry, having inherited an estate of 3,000 acres. His strangest and most enduring works are those which are based on fantastical medieval myths and folklore. 'The 9.30 Up Train' is a peculiar ghost story about a strange ghost which haunts both the road near the railway station and also a particular carriage of the train itself.

"The Man That Was Used Up", sometimes subtitled "A Tale of the Late Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign", is a short story and satire by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in August 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. The story follows an unnamed narrator who seeks out the famous war hero John A. B. C. Smith. He becomes suspicious that Smith has some deep secret when others refuse to describe him, instead remarking only on the latest advancements in technology. When he finally meets Smith, the man must first be assembled piece by piece.

Detective Cadence Riley never believed in ghosts, until she became one. Killed in the line of duty, she finds herself recruited into a group that monitors haunted sites, making sure the spirits don't give too much away to the living. All seems to be going well until a group of cultists unleash a chaos demon in a haunted asylum. Being a detective and the drive to help others didn’t stop with her pulse.

A young man, Owen Biddulph, is drawn to a beautiful young woman with a mysterious past... a past that seems to have returned to cause her disappearance! Is she his new found love or his nemesis? And who is this mysterious clergyman that warns him to avoid this young woman, at risk of his very life! What possible harm could this sweet young woman inflict? Written by one of the Masters of Mystery, William Le Queux.

George Bowling is 45, married with children, working as a suburban insurance salesman and desperate to escape London. It’s 1939, and the Second World War is imminent. Foreseeing the chaos it will bring, George decides to escape to the smaller life of his childhood, to the village of Lower Binfield where everything is quiet and peaceful. But his journey may bring nothing more than chaos, confusion and disillusionment.

This darkly humorous short story transports listeners to an overcrowded future where anti-aging drugs have created a society where nobody dies and multiple generations are forced to cohabitate. Follow the dysfunctional Ford family as they navigate life under the iron rule of 172-year-old Gramps, whose possession of the family apartment gives him absolute power. When young Lou plots to overthrow the family hierarchy, chaos ensues.

Wilkie Collins was an early master of the mystery and detective story and the first English novelist to write in this genre. "Blow Up with the Brig" is a short story written in 1859, just a year before he wrote his famous novel The Woman in White.

SPECIAL COLLECTORS’ EDITION with commentary by eight science-fiction writers KING KONG: His very name inspires awe, horror, and, for some of the greatest masters of contemporary science fiction, a strong affection. Find out why in this special collector’s edition of the original 1932...

Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store.

富家公子张荩外出游玩，对年轻姑娘潘寿儿一见钟情，为了成就好事，张荩拜托卖头花的陆婆子暗中牵线……富家公子張藎外出遊玩，對年輕姑娘潘壽兒一見鍾情，為了成就好事，張藎拜託賣頭花的陸婆子暗中牽線……

大宋年间，刘璞和孙家姑娘订了亲，可是婚期将至，刘璞却得了重病。孙家怕女儿过门就做寡妇，商量拖延婚期，刘家不肯让步……大宋年間，劉璞和孫家姑娘訂了親，可是婚期將至，劉璞卻得了重病。孫家怕女兒過門就做寡婦，商量拖延婚期，劉家不肯讓步……

Das Abenteuer geht direkt weiter. Jason und seine Freunde werden in den Kampf gegen Goblins, Bestien und andere Spieler geworfen. Im örtlichen Dungeon merkt Jason, dass seine Erzfeinde jetzt im Spiel sind und den Server kontrollieren wollen, wie sie das in früheren MMORPGs getan hatten. Während er seinen Gildenkameraden und NPCs hilft, stärker zu werden, verschärft sich der Konflikt, und es werden neue Allianzen gegen die wachsende Bedrohung geschmiedet.

The Saddle Boys in this western-themed series are Frank Haywood, only son of rich miner/ranch owner Leonidas Haywood, and Frank’s friend, Bob Archer, who hails from Kentucky. They became known far and wide because of being seen riding and dashing over the prairies at top-notch speed. They were often confronted by a spoiled young Peg, (nickname for Percy Egbert Grant, whose wealthy father let him get by with more than he should.)

An inspirational story about how individual traits and efforts help one to rise and progress. It is the story that eloquently compares and contrasts between two characters, their attitudes, efforts and consequently their success and failure. The book remains an inspiration for those who are ready to put in efforts and move ahead in life.