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These vivid, tightly focused observations about the life of Dublin's poorer classes originally made publishers uneasy: the stories contain unconventional themes and coarse language, and they mention actual people and places. Today, however, the stories are admired. They are considered to be masterful representations of Dublin done with economy and grace - representations, as Joyce himself once explained, of a chapter in the moral history of Ireland that give the Irish a good look at themselves.

The young poet Stephen has been recalled from Paris to Dublin to be at his mother’s deathbed. But he refuses her dying wishes: to kneel and pray for her. Now, holed up in his Martello tower outside the city walls, he has to suffer the taunts of Buck Mulligan by day and, by night, the vision of...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Patrick Gibson, known for his roles in The OA, The Tudors and The Passing Bells. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Declan Kiberd 'Everybody knows now that Ulysses is the greatest novel of the century' Anthony...

Professor Castillo's daughter has mysteriously disappeared into the Amazon jungle. Determined to find her, he begs Ulysses and Cassie to go with him. Unable to dissuade him and not wanting him to go on his own, they both accept to help their old friend in his crazy attempt at her rescue. The three embark on an incredible journey to a place that should not exist, the Lost City of Z. A journey nobody has ever returned from.

Le point de départ de La dernière crypte est une trouvaille inexplicable : Ulysse Vidal, plongeur sous-marin et globe-trotter, met la main sur une vieille cloche en bronze, enterrée dans un récif corallien de la mer des Caraïbes, devant les côtes du Honduras. Avec l'aide de son ami, le professeur médiéviste Eduardo Castillo, ils découvrent que l'étrange objet aurait une origine impossible… à moins que tous les livres d'histoire ne fassent erreur.

Apre`s leur retour d'Amazonie, les choses vont de mal en pis pour Ulysse, Cassandra et le professeur Castillo. Leur re´cit des e´ve´nements ve´cus dans la Cite´ noire s'ave`re si extraordinaire qu'ils sont de´sormais conside´re´s comme des mystificateurs et de´nigre´s publiquement.

Ulises Vidal findet beim Tauchen an einem Riff vor der honduranischen Küste eine Bronzeglocke des Templerordens aus dem 14. Jahrhundert, die dort schon über ein Jahrhundert lag, bevor Christoph Kolumbus Amerika entdeckte. Neugierig geworden, macht Ulises sich voll Abenteuerlust auf die Suche nach dem legendären Schatz der Templer. Zusammen mit einem Professor für mittelalterliche Geschichte und einer wagemutigen mexikanischen Archäologin folgt er der Spur von Spanien durch die malische Wüste und die Karibik bis in den guatemaltekischen Dschungel.

Seit ihrer Rückkehr aus dem Amazonasgebiet ist es für Ulises, Cassie und Professor Castillo nicht gut gelaufen. Die Berichte über ihre Erlebnisse in der Schwarzen Stadt klingen so bizarr, dass sie als Scharlatane gebrandmarkt und öffentlich lächerlich gemacht werden. Was ein großer Triumph hätte werden sollen, entwickelt sich zu einem dramatischen Rückschlag. Um sich zu rehabilitieren und zu zeigen, dass sie die Wahrheit sagen, bleibt ihnen keine andere Wahl, als sich auf der Suche nach unwiderlegbaren Beweisen erneut ins Ungewisse zu stürzen.

Ein dringender Hilferuf des Professors erreicht Ulises und Cassandra. Seine Tochter Valeria ist unter mysteriösen Umständen in einer der entlegensten und gefährlichsten Gegenden der Welt verschollen. Der verzweifelte Professor hat sich zu einer überstürzten Expedition entschlossen, um sie zu suchen, und bittet die beiden, ihn zu begleiten.

Things haven't gone so well for Ulysses, Cassie, and Professor Castillo since their return from the Amazon jungle. The story of their adventures in the Black City is so unbelievable that they're reviled by the public and branded as frauds, turning what should have been a great triumph for them into a dramatic setback. In order to prove they're telling the truth and get their lives back, Ulysses and his two companions are forced to embark on a new journey into the unknown in search of irrefutable evidence that will corroborate their story.

Diver Ulysses Vidal finds a fourteenth-century bronze bell of Templar origin buried under a reef off the Honduras coast. It turns out it's been lying there for more than one century, prior to Christopher Columbus's discovery of America. Driven by curiosity and a sense of adventure, he begins the search for the legendary treasure of the Order of The Temple.

Through Penelope's eyes we understand the experience of thousands of girls who are kidnapped and become statistics of human trafficking. With the courageous intervention of a young girl, she escapes and ends up living with other children in the Teguciligapa city dump. Her hero is Ulysses, a Nez Perce boy raised in the rugged Wallowa Mountains in Eastern Oregon. He and his six brothers and their Beauceron dog have many adventures and are hunted by a monstrous bear.

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense – an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Constant patrols have pushed the crew of the HMS Ulysses beyond the limits of endurance. And now they must be put...

The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense – an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Constant patrols have pushed the crew of the HMS Ulysses beyond the limits of endurance. And now they must be put...