Francesc Ráfols Books

It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it, and birds of prey hover over it."So Melville wrote of his masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. In part, Moby-Dick is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend, the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, Moby-Dick is also a profound inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.

This reprint of a historical book originally published in 1872 aims to preserve and provide access to older literature. Acknowledging the potential for missing pages or inferior quality due to age, the publishing house Anatiposi focuses on making these texts available to the public, ensuring that valuable historical works are not lost to time.

Eines Tages findet der junge Jim Hawkins eine geheimnisvolle Schatzkarte. Entschlossen begibt er sich zusammen mit seinen Gefährten Doktor Livesey und Trelawney auf eine besonders abenteuerliche und schicksalhafte Reise in die Südsee. Doch Sie müssen sich in Acht nehmen, denn Piraten sind unter ihrer Mannschaft und die haben es auf den Schatz abgesehen. Besonders der einbeinige Long John Silver hat es faustdick hinter den Ohren. Ob Jim wohl seinen Schatz auf der Insel gefunden hat?

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens’s tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters – the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, in Oliver Twist Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.

Julio Verne es un clásico de la literatura juvenil por sus novelas de aventuras de tipo científico. Para esta obra, publicada en 1864, tuvo que documentarse en geología, mineralogía y paleontología. El libro ofrece al lector juvenil una adaptación del texto en español y en inglés, para que disfrute del gran clásico mientras practica la lectura en los dos idiomas.Jules Verne’s scientific adventure novels make him a classic of children’s literature. He included elements of geology, mineralogy, and paleontology in this novel, originally published in 1864. Children can enjoy adaptation of Verne’s text in Spanish and English and practice reading in both languages.

Offers a simplified version of the story of five Union prisoners of war who escape from a Confederate prison camp in a hot-air balloon, only to crash land on an unknown island where they must learn to survive on their own.

An adventure classic of deep-sea volcanoes, giant squid and the renegade scientist Captain Nemo. Professor Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down and destroy a menacing sea monster. However, he discovers that the beast is metal - it is a giant submarine called the Nautilus built by the renegade scientist Captain Nemo. So begins an underwater adventure that takes them from the South Pole to the submerged lost city of Atlantis.

Zkrácený a převyprávěný příběh o dobrodružné honbě za pokladem kapitána Flinta v bohatě ilustrované knížce pro děti mírně až středně pokročilé v angličtině.