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August Strindberg belongs to the same generation of authors as the Russian Chekhov and the Norwegian Ibsen. Strindberg stands at the crossroads of such decisive influences as those of Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Schiller, Zola, Byron, or Freud's precursors such as Bernheim. He absorbed the aesthetic trends of his time, particularly naturalism. Four of his short stories are presented in this audiobook: The German Lieutenant; Unwelcome; Over-refinement; Paul & Peter.

Sisson tem um ponto de vista singular sobre os biografados – o de um contemporâneo deles! Esse frescor, por si só, justifica sua leitura nos dias de hoje dessas biografias. De "Barão de Mauá", destaca-se a vertiginosa ascensão como empresário, cujo exemplo atualíssimo é ter fundando o Banco do Brasil. De "Eusébio de Queirós", é de se notar seu vigoroso combate ao crime num Rio de Janeiro assolado por ladrões e falsários.

Kincaid races against the Drakean Order to thwart their plans to unleash the denizens of the arcane prison. He must take his closest friends, Sholeh, Sigurd, Adelaise, and Nakira, back to where their stories began to uncover the clues to the Drakean plan. When he understands the depths of their plot, he must gather the disciples of every discipline of magic to prepare for the inevitable battle.

Kincaid, a journeyman carpenter with artistic skills not seen in generations, discovers his shop is on the wrong side of underworld loans. In a blast of unknown and untamed power to protect those he loves, Kincaid changed his bright future in the Carpentry Guild to a dank prison beyond the laws of the city. Thrust into city politics, Kincaid faces impossible choices to escape to save his loved ones or embrace being a pawn in the games of political power. All the while a whispering voice invades his thoughts, pushing him to become the Chronomancer. 

"Det var med en känsla av vild glädje jag återvände till Nordbanans station, sedan jag där avlämnat min lilla hustru, vilken skulle fara till vårt barn, som insjuknat i fjärran land. Fullbordat var alltså offret av mitt hjärta! En aning sade mig att det var för alltid vi nu hade skilts ..." "Inferno" är en självbiografisk roman av August Strindberg som skildrar Strindbergs vistelse i Paris och Österrike under åren 1894-1896.

"Han kom som ett yrväder en aprilafton och hade ett höganäskrus i en svångrem om halsen." När fastlänningen Carlsson kommer till hemsö för att hjälpa änkan Flod med sitt lantbruk har han höga ambitioner. Men det blir inte riktigt som han tänkt sig. Flods son Gusten tycker genast illa om Carlsson och deras relation blir allt sämre allt eftersom sommaren passerar. Samtidigt förälskar sig Carlsson i en av gårdens pigor men hans uppvaktning uppskattas inte och ansvaret för gården tynger honom.

"Efter tio års vistelse i landsorten är jag åter i min födelsestad och sitter nu vid ett middagsbord bland de gamla vännerna. Vi äro mer eller mindre femtioåringar allesammans, och de yngre i sällskapet äro över fyrtio eller omkring. Vi förvånas över att vi icke ha åldrats sen sist. Det syns visserligen litet grått i skägg och vid tinningar här och där, men så finns det också de som blivit yngre sedan sist ... " "Ensam" är en självbiografisk novell av August Strindberg som publicerades 1903.

Året är 1870, det fransk-tyska kriget härjar för fullt och utarmar befolkning och natur. Kriget drivs framåt av hänsynslösa ledare men när den tyske löjtnanten Herr von Bleichroden får order om att avrätta franska krigsfångar grips han av panik. Han vidarebefordrar ordern, men när avrättningarna är genomförda drabbas han av svåra samvetskval ... "Samvetskval" är en fredsnovell från 1884 skriven av August Strindberg som följer huvudpersonen von Bleichrodens inre kamp mot sig själv.

Sixteen-year-old Leslie has come to the New Jersey shore as a companion to her ailing Aunt Marcia, whose doctor has sent her there for some quiet rest and recuperation. While the beach is lovely in October, Leslie quickly finds herself getting lonely with no one her own age to talk to. But one day, her dog digs up a metal box with an engraved dragon on it. This will lead Leslie not only to a mystery but also to a new friend.

När solen skiner klipper Mikkel sin häck. För på andra sidan finns hans granne Nanna, som njuter av solen. Hon har mer former än hans egen fru Anika, som har börjat springa maraton. Och Mikkel kan inte låta bli att fantisera, även om han vet att det är fel.

When fourteen-year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new friend Doris Craig, she couldn't possibly imagine where the solution to this intriguing mystery will lead them!

A powerful story set in small-town Arkansas in the 1950s that illuminates the friendship surrounding the arrival of Chinese immigrants in the segregated south. Azalea is not happy about being dropped off to look after Grandmother Clark. Even if she didn't care that much about meeting the new sixth graders in her Texas hometown, those strangers seem much preferable to the ones in Paris Junction. Talk about troubled Willis DeLoach or gossipy Melinda Bowman. Who needs friends like these! And then there's Billy Wong, a Chinese-American boy who shows up to help in her grandmother's garden.

All too often the talents of women have been scorned, mocked and laughed at. In reality that was more usually by those whose own talents were hardly fit to even grace their shadows. But society in general still connived and set women to one side in almost everything that men considered their rightful territory. And literature was one such territory. Remarkably resilient as well as talented these women strove to be published, to show themselves as equals. The results more often than not proved that they were.

At a secluded seaside hotel, Adi (Smith), a struggling painter, finds his creative spark reignited by Gustav (Schreiber), a magnetic stranger. Their connection is instant and consuming, but what begins as a chance encounter twists into something far darker when Gustav becomes intrigued by Adi’s wife, the dazzling Tekla (Siff). Talk into the night devolves into an intricate web of deception, seduction, and revelation, where the lives of all involved may be destroyed or transformed.

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When a ruthless commander takes over the moon, he has it out for Carter Ash. The commander sends him to a tiny settlement to defend it with the worst soldiers for the job. Carter’s only support comes from an unexpected place: an enticing alien diplomat. That’s not all, however—the meager soldiers he has are being hunted and killed by something outside the colony.

In the closing years of the nineteenth century, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are summoned to a most unsettling mystery when Mrs. Mary West implores them to locate her husband, William, who vanished after journeying to Chicago for the grand 1893 World's Fair. Their investigation carries them into the radiant marvel of the White City, a place of electric lights and bold ambition, where progress and promise reign supreme. Yet beneath its luminous splendor lies a shadowed underworld—one in which men and women disappear without explanation.

This is a story about love, loss, and the magic that lives in the spaces between. Set against the haunting beauty of Ireland’s folklore, Legends of Érie: The Secret of the Stone is a timeless tale of healing, courage, and the journey home.

Ace Winters knows he’s the only one who can help the audacious and spirited Princess of the Hidden Kingdom—but he’s not ready for the challenges ahead. As the Chosen of a Goddess, he’s all that stands between humanity and terrible demonic forces. Only this time, the danger isn’t physical, but mental. Something is manipulating people’s minds, infiltrating the protectors and turning friends to foes. Ace must work with an experienced, worldly demon hunter to face the greatest threat yet.

Nicht nur die Brüder Grimm oder Hans Christian Andersen haben Märchen gesammelt oder geschrieben, auch in anderen Ländern ist das Märchen selbstverständlich kulturelles Volksgut. In Kroatien wurden und werden gerne Märchen erzählt - wie diese feine Sammlung von zehn wunderbaren Geschichten beweist! Einige Themen kommen uns bekannt vor, anderes ist ganz neu - und natürlich mit dem Kolorit Südosteuropas versehen!