Ergebnis für "alpha" in Literatur & Belletristik

Nachdem die Alpha Cru Rom erreicht, kehrt sie nach Hause auf die Crucis zurück. Auf Alea und ihre Freunde warten größere Herausforderungen als je zuvor. Wie können sie die Gretzer aufhalten, die im Thyrrhenischen Meer giftige Industrieabfälle verklappen? Und welche Hilfe kommt aus dem Reich der Nixen? Die Zerstörung des Meeres nimmt nie gekannte Ausmaße an und das große Klimakonzert in Rom wird zur Bewährungsprobe für die Alpha Cru. Können die Freunde mit ihren Umwelt-Songs zum dringend notwendigen Umdenken beitragen?

Like his fellow lunarnauts - otherwise known as Moonies - living on Moon Base Alpha, twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson is famous the world over for being one of the first humans to live on the moon. And he's bored out of his mind. Kids aren't allowed on the lunar surface, meaning they're trapped inside the tiny moon base with next to nothing to occupy their time - and the only other kid Dash's age spends all his time hooked into virtual reality games.

Tensions are running high when multibillionaire Lars Sjoburg is poisoned and demands to go home, and everyone is looking to Dash Gibson to solve the case in this third and final book in the New York Times best-selling Moon Base Alpha series.

There's nowhere to hide on the world's first moon base. After all, it's only the size of a soccer field. So when Nina Stack, the commander of Moon Base Alpha, mysteriously vanishes, the Moonies are at a total loss. Though he may be just 12 years old, Dashiell Gibson is the best detective they've got. But this confusing mystery pushes Dash to his limits. Especially since Dash accidentally made contact with an alien and has to keep it a secret.

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of this, Louisa May Alcott's most popular and enduring novel. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy - united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.

Alpha ist der erste Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets und ist eine Sammlung von 11 Geschichten für Kinder, welche Jens der Christ und Isa SonShine zusammen produziert haben. Es ist eine bunte Mischung aus lustigen Geschichten mit und ohne christlichem Inhalt. Teilweise werden alte Märchen modern interpretiert oder Tiere erzählen die Geschichten. Aber immer haben die Geschichten einen gewissen Tiefgang und vermitteln eine ernsthafte Botschaft.

Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, middle-aged brother & sister, live together at Green Gables, their farm on Prince Edward Island. They decide to adopt a boy from an orphanage in Nova Scotia to help out on the farm. Through a series of mishaps, the child that arrives at their door is not a boy, but Anne Shirley, a precocious 11 year old girl!

Ultraville. Ian, Spike und MJ sind die größten Fans des spektakulären Polizei-Autorennen-Computerspiels "Alpha Mods". Ein Spiel, das bisher noch niemand geschlagen hat. Und bei dem man den bösen Schatten jagt, der die Stadt Ultraville vernichten möchte. Aber erst als Zoe auftaucht und ihnen hilft, können sie das Spiel gemeinsam besiegen – und werden umgehend ins echte Ultraville gebeamt: Riesige Wolkenkratzer mit seltsamen Werbetafeln. Zwischen den Häusern schlängeln sich Straßen – doch nicht irgendwie, sie machen Loopings, teilweise sind sogar zwei, drei, vier Straßen übereinander! Und sie schweben in der Luft.

In letzter Sekunde. Ian, Zoe, MJ und Spike sind die jüngsten Mitglieder des Alpha Mods Police Departments: einer Spezialeinheit, die Ultraville vor dem Bösewicht – dem Schatten – beschützen soll. Und die mit spektakulären Autos ausgestattet ist, die während der Fahrt Spezialfähigkeiten modden können. Doch Teil der Alpha Mods P.D. zu sein, haben sich die Freunde spannender vorgestellt – mit mehr Action und abenteuerlichen Verfolgungsjagden.

Earth is about to go dark. Without a new power source, life as we know it will be toast. A global competition is under way to determine which four kids will join the secret mission that might just save us all. Project Alpha is a contest of physical challenges, mental puzzles, and strategic alliances. The battle is fierce. Who will lead the team? Who will pilot the most complicated space ship ever built? Who will be a friend? An enemy? And how will they survive over a year stuck on a space ship together?

The team is in action: Alex, Li, Paulo, Hex, and Amber. An elite team sent to South America to take part in a covert SAS operation to catch an evil drugs rat. They begin with the street kids but their adventure takes them high into the isolated mountains. Will their combined skills be enough to lead to a successful operation? The second adventure in the Alpha Force series. New to audio, this gripping story is read by Adrian Lester, best known for his role in Spooks on TV.

Treasure Island is a tale of pirates, treasure, and shipwreck. When young Jim Hawkins finds a packet in Captain Flint's sea chest, he could not know that the map inside it would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Shipping as cabin boy on the Hispaniola, he sails with Squire Trelawney, Captain Smollett, Dr. Livesey, the sinister Long John Silver and a frightening crew to Treasure Island. There, mutiny, murder and mayhem lead to a thrilling climax.

Ebenezer Scrooge is a miser who lords over his poor employee, Bob Cratchit, and hates the joys that Christmas affords everyone but himself. After being exceptionally miserable at the office on the day of Christmas Eve, Scrooge returns home to be haunted by three spirits who attempt to motivate a change in the old man's demeanor - lest he continue on his current path and face almost certain eternal damnation.

The Hippos of Hippopolis have teamed up with their friends to bring you an audiobook about learning your letters. Join your favorite hippos and their friends as they have fun learning A to Z. From an autumn afternoon with Alligator to Zebra taking Hippo to Zippy Pizza where the sauce is Zesty. Every minute is a delightful learning moment for you!

On Christmas Eve, while his wife and children sleep, a man awakens to noises outside his house. Looking out the window, he spies landing on his roof St. Nicholas in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. The saint enters the house through the chimney. The man watches Nicholas filling the children's stockings hanging by the fire. They share a conspiratorial moment before the saint bounds up the chimney again. As he flies away, Nicholas wishes everyone a happy Christmas.

One of the world's best-loved stories of shipwreck and survival, The Swiss Family Robinson portrays a family's struggle to create a new life for themselves on a strange and fantastic tropical island. Blown off course by a raging storm, the family - a Swiss pastor, his wife, their four young sons, plus two dogs and a shipload of livestock - must rely on one another in order to adapt to their needs the natural wonders of their exotic new home.

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane is considered one of the most influential works in American literature. The novel, a depiction of the cruelty of the American Civil War, features 18-year-old private Henry Fleming who deserts his battalion. He later learns that his battalion has won the battle, and returns to them. The next morning, Fleming goes into battle for the third time and becomes one of the best fighters, finally proving his courage as a man.

The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, tells the story of Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and Toad. The story takes place along a peaceful riverbank surrounded by lush meadows. Mole is originally from a neighboring meadow, but one fine spring day he ventures away from his home and finds the magical life of the river awaiting him. Mole quickly becomes fast friends with Water Rat, a polite and civilized creature who invites Mole to live with him while he teaches Mole the secrets of river life.

J. M. Barrie's classic "Peter Pan" is about a mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up. Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with mermaids, Indians, fairies and pirates, and from time to time meeting ordinary children from the world outside.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the first great American novels. The book is noted for its innocent young protagonist, its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River, and its sober and often scathing look at the entrenched attitudes, particularly racism, of the time. The journey of Huck and his friend Jim, a runaway slave, down the Mississippi River on their raft may be one of the most enduring images of escape and freedom in all of American literature.