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On a desolate tropical island, a shipwrecked British seaman tries to master his hostile environment and remain civilized.

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.

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?

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Oliver Twist has asked for more ' Fleeing the workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets in London. As he tries to free himself from their clutches he becomes immersed in the seedy underbelly of the Capital, amongst criminals, prostitutes and the homeless. Dickens scathing attack on the cruelness of Victorian Society features some of his most memorable and enduring characters, including innocent Oliver himself, the Artful Dodger, Fagin, Bill Sikes and Nancy.

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.

Esta obra es una de las más famosas de Julio Verne. En ella, muestra la importancia de la ciencia en nuestras vidas, a través del personaje Ciro. Este 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. One of the most famous novels by Jules Verne, this book shows the importance of science in our lives through the character Ciro. This adaptation of Verne's text in Spanish and English can be enjoyed in both languages.

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

V této knížce se mohou malí čtenáři seznámit s klasickými příběhy, jako jsou Ostrov pokladů, Tři mušketýři a další. Všechny příběhy jsou bohatě ilustrované a převyprávěné srozumitelnou formou, aby nenudily a příjemně se četly. Knížka obsahuje tyto příběhy: Ostrov pokladů, Moby Dick, Robin Hood, Cesta kolem světa za 80 dní, Tajuplný ostrov, Tři mušketýři, Dobrodružství Toma Sawyera.

Five Union prisoners escaping in a balloon from the siege of Richmond set down on the shores of an uncharted island.

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?"' So begins the tale of Alice, who follows a curious White Rabbit down a hole and falls into Wonderland, a fantastical place where nothing is quite as it seems: animals talk, nonsensical characters confuse, Mad Hatters throw tea parties and the Queen plays croquet. Alice's attempts to find her way home become increasingly bizarre, infuriating and amazing in turn. A beloved classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has continued to delight readers, young and old, for over 150 years.

Banished from England for seeking to marry against his father’s wishes, Ivanhoe joins Richard the Lion Heart on a crusade in the Holy Land. On his return, his passionate desire is to be reunited with the beautiful but forbidden lady Rowena, but he soon finds himself playing a more dangerous game as he is drawn into a bitter power struggle between the noble King Richard and his evil and scheming brother John. The first of Scott’s novels to address a purely English subject, Ivanhoe is set in a highly romanticized medieval world of tournaments and sieges, chivalry and adventure where dispossessed Saxons are pitted against their Norman overlords, and where the historical and fictional seamlessly merge.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

Slavná a nesmrtelná Shakespearova tragedie o lásce dvou milenců z nesvářených rodů Monteků a Kapuletů.