Ficción - Literatura en otros idiomas

For the price of a truce, Yseult is sent to a world where magic is dying - to marry the father of the man she loves. Marcus's son Drystan would have saved her from a loveless marriage, but with her relatives...

Aufrüttelnd berührend witzig, z. B. Frau Poll. Sie ist Besitzerin eines Souvenierladens. Sie trifft eines Tages einen Mafiaboß im Cafe 'Della Morte'. Man kann Musikdirektoren umwandeln in Plastikunterwäsche....

Dieses Buch sollte bei keinem Hundefreund fehlen, der eine wirkliche Harmonie-Beziehung zu seinem Vierbeiner aufbauen will. Anschaulich wird normales Verhalten geschildert, es wird abnomes Verhalten...

Just Like Jonah Wail Tales is a collection of exaggerated tales of woe involving modern day characters who make bad choices and land in a whale of trouble. Just like Jonah in the Bible, the characters...

She was the perfect future bride, hot, insatiable, willing to please her man any where, at any time, as many times as he could go. She was the perfect wife to be with one small exception... she liked...

Libro da leggere prima di innamorarsi ! Questo libro è la guida esauriente per la scena dei bar in Thailandia: Bar beer, go-go bar, centri massaggi, Patpong, Soi Cowboy, Nana, bar fine, shows, katoeys,...

These tales range from the almost normal to the fantastic, from the tragic to the comedic, from from dark tale to fairytale. You'll encounter a futuristic "mind cleaner" and an angel, a rodeo cowboy...

Carmen, daughter of the alcalde of Aguafuertes, falls passionately in love with the handsome young cavalry captain who leads his troopers into the village for a brief respite from a long, arduous trail....

Aus Hundesicht geschrieben: Eine lustige Kurzgeschichte, wie im tiefsten Winter kurz vor Weihnachten zwei Hunde ausbüchsen und zu Lebensrettern werden. Leicht lesbar. Für alle, die selbst Hunde haben...

A willow tree, soft and flowy on the outside, unbreakable and strong on the inside, left to brave the lashings and extremities of wind and storm but never quite breaking Hanako Ishigaki was just 9 years...

This is the true story of the tragic life of Okichi Saito who became the pawn to placate Townsend Harris, the first American Consul to Japan in the turbulent mid 1800's . This poignant story takes place...

This unique manual shows on the basis of 34 detailed tutorials, how to implement classical painting techniques on the computer. The range is wide: From the very simple smudge technique to drawing with...

Behind every face is a life and a story… The Japanese 5,000 yen note circulates round the world and changes hands every minute but has anyone really stopped to look at the face on this note? Take a...

Dieses einzigartige Handbuch zeigt Ihnen anhand von 34 detaillierten Tutorials, wie Sie klassische Maltechniken am Computer umsetzen können. Das Spektrum ist groß: von der sehr einfachen Smudge-Technik...

The kamikaze pilots or “Winds of God” were created in 1945, during Japan’s twilight year of the Second World War. The world looked upon this monstrous creation of “human bombs” with disbelief but the...

Zu Beginn des bayerischen Kulturkampfes, also in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts, strebte die liberale Partei eine Schulreform an, stieß jedoch von Anfang an auf heftigen konservativen Widerstand....

This is the first part of a reflective account of my experiences in Thailand over the past seventeen years. It is an account of someone who has journeyed two different paths; that of a professional diving...

Dit boek vertelt over de geschiedenis, het symbolisme en de wortels van de traditionele feesten: Kerstmis, Lichtmis, Carnaval, Pasen, de Sint-Jansvuren, Halloween (Allerheiligen). Vrucht van 25 jaar...

Jarapan's dreams died the day she was raped. It wasn’t her fault, yet everyone treats her with disdain. She flees to the tourist city of Pattaya to start a new life. That decision unleashes the grinding...

Imagine a man who needs to be taught a thing or two. Imagine a man who thinks he knows what the game is all about. Imagine a man who has to make some life changing decisions. Imagine Robert Church! An...

“I entered the club to a blast of house music. A raised platform ran the length of the subterranean bar area. The three chrome poles spaced along its length gave freelance dancers an opportunity to recall...

Fünf Kurzgeschichten von Puschkin ursprünglich unter dem Titel "Die Geschichten des verstorbenen Iwan Petrowitsch Belkin": der Schuss, der Schneesturm, der Sargmacher, der Stationsaufseher und Fräulein...

*Gondolos* Mutter war ein Rennpferd - sein Vater ein geheimnisvoller Mustang. Obwohl Gondolo viel schneller ist als jedes andere Pferd, darf er nicht auf den großen Rennbahnen der Welt laufen, weil...

A famous Russian fairy tale about a brave girl sent by her jealous stepsisters to fetch fire from old frightful witch Baba Yaga. Color illustrations by Ivan Bilibin.

Based on a true story surrounding the 2004 tsunami, we follow author Chris Jaymes as he accidentally exchanged his would-be vacation in for a six-week stint as an aid worker in one of the world’s most...

"The Captain’s Daughter" (also known as "The Daughter of the Commandant" or "Marie: A Story of Russian Love") is regarded as Pushkin’s best prose work. It was first published in 1836 in the literary journal...

SULTANA: In thirteenth-century Moorish Spain, the realm of Granada is in crisis. The union of Fatima, granddaughter of the Sultan of Granada, with the Sultan’s nephew Faraj has fractured the nation....

Neapel 1647: Die ehrgeizige Patriziertochter Mirella Scandore ist mit einem Neffen des spanischen Vizekönigs verlobt, als sich das Volk von Neapel gegen dessen Herrschaft erhebt. Neapel erwählt den Herzog...

A famous Russian fairy tale about the evil wizard Koschei, beautiful Maria Morevna, and brave tsarevich Alexis. The illustrations included in this edition were created in the early 20th century by the...

Five short stories by Pushkin known as The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin: The Shot, The Snowstorm, The Coffin-Maker, The Postmaster, An Amateur Peasant Girl. They were created in autumn 1830...