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Sleepy Hollow, a supposedly haunted glen on the outskirts of Tarry Town, is home to a particularly ghoulish fiend - the Headless Horseman - who is said to be the specter of a fallen soldier. Ichabod Crane, a schoolmaster from Connecticut, competes with local hero Abraham 'Brom Bones' Van Brunt for the affections of the young, beautiful, and wealthy Katrina Van Tassel.

Conan and Valeria discover a lost city that is walled in and roofed over, allowing none to enter or leave. Within its walls are riches beyond compare and a seething war between the tribes of degenerates who live there. FNH audio presents an unabridged reading of Red Nails. Red Nails was the last Conan story penned by Robert E. Howard and is often represented by Howard scholars as one of the best.

At a dinner party in Richmond, the host tells an astonishing story of his travels into the future, where, at first, it seems that man has moved on to a higher plane of existence - suffering and war seem to have been eliminated. But in fact there are two races living on the Earth: the Eloi, a leisured, decadent, androgynous group; and the Morlocks, an underground tribe of bestial workers.

Phileas Fogg, gentleman anglais, parie avec les membres de son club qu'il parviendra à boucler le tour de la terre en 80 jours.

Jan Valjean, que despues de ir a la carcel por robar un pedazo de pan, es inmisericordemente perseguido por un agente de la autoridad, Valjean, que trata de mostrar que el pasado ha convertido al hombre en un criminal.

Young Robinson Crusoe has a burning ambition to be a sailor. Paying no attention to his parent's warnings he runs away to sea to embark on an extraordinary series of adventures: struggles with Barbary pirates, a shipwreck and the extraordinary meeting with Man Friday. Roy Marsden plays the older Robinson Crusoe looking back on a life of recklessness, daring and adventure - and the survival of 28 years, two months and 19 days on a desert island.

It’s been three weeks since Jacob Merely crash-landed on the mythical island of Lycastia, and the newly minted War God finally has things under control. He’s grown into his power, built his city, and earned the respect of his gorgeous, hard-charging amazons. He’s not in the clear yet, though. Hades still lives, and the mystical sigil holding him at bay is rapidly failing. Worse, a horde of new enemies is battering Lycastia’s gates daily, slowly grinding down Jacob’s forces. But Jacob has a plan to get the upper hand.

This is a rollicking, fast-paced Western setting double-crossing mayhem set against the colorful background of the Yukon gold rush.

Zorro, is the debut edition of Literature's Greatest Heroes, a deluxe collection of novels spanning Western literature's most daring protagonists. Originally published in 1924 as The Curse of Capistrano, this is the debut novel featuring the legendary Zorro. This special audiobook edition, commissioned by the Royal Atlantic Library for this series, is narrated by Martin Osborne in a delightfully campy--yet thoroughly compelling--style reminiscent of the pulp era of the novel's debut.

The dead do not sleep in Denmark. Thrice the vision of the suddenly departed king has haunted the night watchmen. Upon seeing his own son, prince Hamlet, the ghost calls him away to divulge most nefarious secret. This most noble king was murdered by his own brother, Hamlet's uncle, who now wears his crown and beds his bride. To the prince he charges with the unholy quest to avenge his death and kill his murderer. Young Hamlet, shocked and amazed, swears to do the bloody deed. Thus begins one of the greatest works by the greatest English author - William Shakespeare.

The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London, published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand.

Mute is science fantasy of mutation and psi: special mental powers. The protagonist, Knot, is a double mutant: He has a physical deformity, and the psi power to make others forget him. He's satisfied with his life - until the lovely Finesse walks into his life to recruit him for a dangerous galactic mission. She is aided by two small animal mutants: a telepathic weasel and a clairvoyant crab.

The essential novels of Jules Verne include the classics such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Enjoy all three novels in this enthralling science-fiction collection.

Los veteranos mosqueteros Aramis y Portos, traman un plan para derrocar al inepto y corrupto Rey Luís XIV de su trono y poner en su lugar a su hermano gemelo Felipe, quien se encuentra injustamente encarcelado dentro del castillo de la Bastilla.

Escrito no século XIX, em meio a ascensão de ideias liberais em Portugal, Viagens na Minha Terra narra o percurso do autor Almeida Garrett, que parte de Lisboa em direção a Santarém. Além de ser um romance histórico, a obra traça profundas críticas ao desenvolvimento urbano de Portugal e de seu progresso como nação ao longo dos anos. Entre paisagens naturais, o autor também conta a história do romance de Carlos e Joaninha e seu envolvimento com a Guerra Civil portuguesa.

Eine deutsche Auswandererfamilie ist von Wegelagerern ausgeplündert worden. Da kommt ihr das berühmte 'Kleeblatt' zur Hilfe. Auch Old Firehand und Winnetou greifen ein. Im "Tal des Todes", einem Ort des Grauens, laufen schließlich die Schicksalsfäden der Menschen zusammen, von denen bereits im Band Der Derwisch die Rede war. Die Verschollenen tauchen wieder auf und ihre Familien werden endlich vereint.

In Tunis und im Wilden Westen spielt der erste Teil dieses dreibändigen Romans. Er schildert die Schicksale einer deutschen Familie, deren Mitglieder durch die Intrigen von Verbrechern in die ganze Welt zerstreut wurden. Im Mittelpunkt der abenteuerlichen Handlung steht die Wiedervereinigung der Getrennten. Neben Action und Spannung kommt auch der Humor nicht zu kurz; dafür sorgt einmal mehr die Figur des spleenigen Sir David Lindsay, mit dem es hier ein Wiedersehen gibt.

"The Beasts of Tarzan" is a novel written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the third in his series of books about the title character Tarzan. Originally serialized in All Story Cavalier magazine in 1914, the novel was first published in book form by A. C. McClurg in 1916.

La Guerra de los Mundos (1898) relato trepidante que narra la invasión de la Tierra por los marcianos y que supuso por primera vez la irrupción de seres de otros planetas en el nuestro, marcó en buena medida la fantasía del siglo XX y abrió un filón - el del contacto de los hombres con seres extraterrestres - que no tardó en convertirse en uno de los más importantes de la ciencia ficción, sirviendo de inspiración a numerosos artistas posteriores en los ámbitos de la radio, el cine, la literatura, el cómic, y la television.

The atomic submarine Dolphin has impossible orders: to sail beneath the ice-floes of the Arctic Ocean to locate and rescue the men of weather-station Zebra, gutted by fire and drifting with the ice-pack somewhere north of the Arctic Circle. But the orders do not say what the Dolphin will find if she succeeds – that the fire at Ice Station Zebra was sabotage, and that one of the survivors is a killer….