For fans of Gary Paulsen’s classic Hatchet and Lauren Tarshis’s bestselling I Survived series, J. L. Esplin's 96 Miles is a story of survival and desperation as two young brothers confront the worst in humanity—and themselves.
Dad always said if things get desperate, it’s okay to drink the water in the toilet. I never thought it would come to that. I thought I’d sooner die than let one drop of toilet water touch my lips. Yet here I am, kneeling before a porcelain throne, holding a tin mug for scooping in one hand, and my half-gallon canteen in the other.
The Lockwood brothers are supposed to be able to survive anything. Their dad, a hardcore believer in self-reliance, has stockpiled enough food and water at their isolated Nevada home to last for months. But when they are robbed of all their supplies during a massive blackout while their dad is out of town, John and Stew must walk 96 miles in the stark desert sun to get help. Along the way, they’re forced to question their dad’s insistence on self-reliance and ask just what it is that we owe to our neighbors, our kin, and to ourselves.
From talented newcomer J. L. Esplin comes this story of survival and determination as two young brothers confront the unpredictability of human nature in the face of desperate circumstances.
A Macmillan Audio production from Starscape
Melinda soll eigentlich spuken lernen und alle Bewohner der Burghotels so richtig schön erschrecken - schließlich ist sie ein waschechtes Gespenstermädchen! Doch die Zwillinge Jost und Kurt lassen sich nicht von ihren Spukereien einschüchtern. Zum Glück! Denn als immer mehr seltsame Dinge geschehen und das Hotel kurz vor dem Ruin steht, müssen die drei alle ihre menschlichen und gespenstischen Kräfte zusammennehmen, um das Hotel zu retten.
Charles Perrault n'a pas seulement écrit ses très célèbres contes. Nous lui devons aussi de nombreuses fables, tout à fait dans la tradition des fables de Jean de La Fontaine ou d'Esope. Le duc et les oiseaux, Les coqs et la perdrix, Le coq et le renard, Le coq et le diamant, L'aigle et le renard et bien d'autres fables drôles, émouvantes, qui font souvent rire et réfléchir.
When you come from Nowhere, can you ever really make it anywhere? Author Dusti Bowling (Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus) returns to the desert to create a gripping story about friendship, hope, and finding the power we all have within ourselves.
Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona, the least livable town in the United States. For Gus, a bright thirteen-year-old with dreams of getting out and going to college, life there is made even worse by Bo Taylor, Nowhere's biggest, baddest bully. When Bo tries to force Gus to eat a dangerously spiny cactus, Rossi Scott, one of the best racers in Nowhere, comes to his rescue-but in return she has to give Bo her prized dirt bike. Determined to buy it back, Gus agrees to go searching for gold in Dead Frenchman Mine, joined by his old friends Jessie Navarro and Matthew Dufort, and Rossi herself. As they hunt for treasure, narrowly surviving everything from cave-ins to mountain lions, they bond over shared stories of how hard life in Nowhere is-and they realize this adventure just may be their way out.
Was treibt den Bruder Stefanus, mitten im Winter durch das Schneegstöber zu Arborex zu fahren? Und warum bringt erst die Erinnerung an eine ganz alte Geschichte Licht in das dunkle Geheimnis um das 'güldene' Kreuz? KIM sucht und findet einen echten historischen Schatz – im Klosterbrunnen.
During the year 1866, ships of several nations spot a mysterious sea monster, which some suggest to be a giant narwhal. The United States government assembles an expedition in New York City to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist and narrator of the story, who happens to be in New York at the time, receives a last-minute invitation to join the expedition which he accepts. Canadian whaler and master harpoonist Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful servant Conseil are also brought aboard.
A comic audiobook adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic. In the mid 1800s a giant sea monster is started and an expedition is sent to destroy the monster.
'ДВАДЦАТЬ ТЫСЯЧ ЛЬЕ ПОД ВОДОЙ' [1869] – один из самых известных романов популярного французского писателя Жюля Верна – рассказывает о невероятном кругосветном путешествии в морских глубинах на фантастической подводной лодке 'Наутилус'. Захватывающий сюжет
Wer ist der Mann, der bei Arborex Zuflucht sucht, während Karsten und Monika beim Windsurfen im Baggersee ein im Wasser versenktes Auto entdecken? Und warum wird ein Kegelfreund von Monikas Vater, der Kriminalkommissar Bingel, alarmiert? KIM gelingt es – auch ohne den verreisten Ingo – einen Raubüberfall aufzuklären.
Was hat ein trostloser Hinterhof mit dem gehbehinderten Herrn Eilemann zu tun? Und warum muss Freund Holger mal wieder einen flotten Werbespruch dichten? KIM regt eine 'Begrünungs-Aktion' an – und hat damit großen Erfolg.
Was verspritzt der Bauer Stoffers als Frühjahrsdüngung auf sein Weideland? Und warum regt sich der benachbarte Bio-Bauer darüber auf? KIM entdeckt einen Umweltverstoß und Arborex seine magischen Kräfte.
It's been more than forty years since NASA sent the first men to the moon, and to grab some much-needed funding and attention, they decide to launch an historic international lottery in which three lucky teenagers can win a week-long trip to moon base DARLAH 2--a place that no one but top government officials even knew existed until now. The three winners, Antoine, Midori, and Mia, come from all over the world, and they have only one thing in common: they aren't especially interested in space travel.
But just before the scheduled launch, the teenagers each experience strange, inexplicable events, one of which contains a direct warning not to travel to the moon. Little do they know that there was a reason NASA never sent anyone back there until now--a sinister reason. But the countdown has already begun, and as soon as they set foot on the moon... everything goes wrong.
Strap yourself in for this chilling adventure from a young Norwegian author on the rise. You'll want to keep your lights on long after you've heard the last chapter.
