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The Death Ship tells the story of an American sailor, stateless and penniless because he has lost his passport, who is harassed by police and hounded across Europe until he finds an "illegal" job shoveling coal in the hold of a steamer bound for destruction.

Ein Abenteuerroman aus dem 19. Jahrhundert über die Domestizierung eines wilden Tieres: Wolfsblut ist kein reinrassiger Wolf und stellt sich als besonders guter Schlittenhund heraus. Doch dann wird er verkauft, und sein neuer Besitzer setzt ihn in brutalen Hundekämpfen ein. Als Wolfsblut bei einem Kampf schwer verletzt wird, rettet der Kalifornier Weeden Scott ihn schließlich, pflegt ihn und nimmt ihn mit nach Kalifornien, wo der Wolfshund eine erstaunliche Wandlung durchläuft.

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne is a classic novel filled with wonder and adventure. The story begins when London native Phileas Fogg attempts to win a wager by attempting to travel around the world in 80 days. Fogg accompanied by his newly hired valet, Jean Passepartout, sets off on his adventure on October 2, 1872.

Landing in Darom, Startum Ironwolf is confronted by the devastation being wrought by the Chaos Storm alliance and is forced into a guild war of epic proportions. With the beginnings of a massive invasion from the northern tribes looming on the horizon, Star fights his way across the Kingdom of Kader to reach his friend. Along the way, the face of the true enemy is revealed with the deception of a close friend. Somehow, Star and his allies must survive the betrayal and the overwhelming odds stacked against them.

The Keiko is a ship of smugglers, soldiers of fortune and adventurers, travelling Earth's colony planets, searching for the next job. And nobody talks about their past. But when a face from Captain Ichabod Drift's former life sends them on a run to Old Earth, all the rules change. Trust will be broken, and blood will be spilled.

Der Waldkönig (Eine Erzählung aus dem Erzgebirge) von Karl May ist eine vielfach nachgedruckte erzgebirgische Dorfgeschichte Karl Mays. Frieder, der studiert hat, kommt nach einem Brief seiner Mutter Anna nach Hause auf den Bachhof. Er erfährt, dass der "Waldkönig", Anführer einer Schmugglerbande, seinen älteren Bruder Franz tötete und den Vater durch einen Schuss absichtlich blendete. Er beschließt, den Bachhof zu übernehmen und nebenbei den Waldkönig zu fangen.

In a poor, remote section of southern Mexico, the Red Shirts have taken control. God has been outlawed, and the priests have been systematically hunted down and killed. Now, the last priest strives to overcome physical and moral cowardice in order to find redemption. Graham Greene explores...

Salt-crusted veterans whisper of an island of swirling black fog that manifests in the night. Ships that sail into it are never seen again. One of those ships carried a mysterious relic that cannot be allowed to remain lost. The Dungeoneers take to the high seas to do what has never been done before - sail into the fog and return to tell the tale.

Millions of people have thrilled to the adventure of young Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver since the publication of Treasure Island in 1883. It has been dramatized countless times since its appearance. Treasure maps marked with an X, schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and peglegged sailors with parrots on their shoulders: All these stereotypes of the buccaneer tale were the invention of R. L. Stevenson. But make no mistake about it...this novel is a masterpiece of plot development, character study, and sheer writing skill.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Robinson Crusoe is the timeless tale of a young Englishman who defies his father's wishes and sets sail, only to be shipwrecked alone on a remote tropical island. For twenty-eight years he battles nature, builds a life from nothing, and confronts his...

In Three Men in a Boat, Jerome K. Jerome delivers a charming and hilariously absurd account of a boating trip gone awry. When three friends—George, Harris, and the narrator—decide to take a relaxing journey down the River Thames, they set off with grand plans of leisure and adventure. What follows is a series of comically disastrous events that reveal just how little they know about boating, camping, or life in general. With plenty of misadventures, misunderstandings, and laugh-out-loud moments, the trio’s journey becomes a delightful satire on the absurdities of human nature.

Join Peter, Wendy, John, Michael, and the Lost Boys in their amazing adventures in the Neverland, where children learn to fly, and never have to grow up. This modern recording of the beloved children’s classic will become a family treasure you’ll enjoy again and again.

BOND MUST PROVE HIS LOYALTY TO MI6 IN A DEADLY DUEL Narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Bond may have a license to kill, but “Pistols” Scaramanga has a talent for it. He’s a KGB-trained assassin who’s left a trail of dead British Secret Service agents in his wake. His weapon of choice? A...

Seit Generationen gehört Karl May zu den beliebtesten und meistgelesenen deutschen Schriftstellern. Nach vielen Abenteuern und blutigen Kämpfen beim Bau der Great Western Eisenbahn erringt Old Shatterhand die Freundschaft des edlen Apatschen-Häuptlings Winnetou und die Liebe dessen Schwester. Das tragische Schicksal Nscho-tschis verleiht dieser Geschichte einen Hauch von Schwermut. Karl May: 25.2.1842 geboren in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, gestorben 30.3.1912 in Radebeul bei Dresden. Sohn eines armen Webers, war bis zum 5. Lebensjahr blind.

Omar Ben Dschali und Abdullha haben geplant, zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe zu schlagen. Sie wollen nicht nur Waziris Krieger als Sklaven verschleppen, sondern auch den alten Waziri selbst, und zwar lebend und bei bester Gesundheit; denn sie hoffen von ihm das Geheimnis der toten Stadt zu erfahren. Er ist der letzte Überlebende jener sagenumwobenen Expedition, die vor vielen Jahren das Geheimnis der toten Stadt lüften konnte. Omar ben Dschali und seine Sklavenjäger ahnen nicht, dass ihnen auf diesem Weg ein entscheidendes Hindernis bevorsteht: Tarzan!

A new translation picking up twenty years after the conclusion of The Three Musketeers and continuing the adventures of the valiant d’Artagnan and his three loyal friends The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas’s most famous and enduring novel, completed its serial publication in the summer of...

In this abridged audiobook, we discover a glimpse of how the Aubrey–Maturin adventure would continue … At the time of his death, Patrick O'Brian had begun to write the twenty-first book in his famous and much-loved Aubrey–Maturin series. The chapters he left behind are presented here, both...

Dr. Randall Forth is so desperate to discover a cure for the 48-year-fever, known as Trailmen's fever, he persuades Dr. Jay Allison to undergo hypnosis. Once hypnotized, Jay Allison becomes Jason Allison, his hidden and polar opposite secondary personality.

Lily Cole stars as Helen of Troy, ‘the face that launched a thousand ships’, in Simon Armitage’s vivid, visceral adaptation of Homer’s Iliad and Virgil’s Aeneid. For 10 years, the Greeks have been laying siege to Troy to win back their abducted queen, Helen. But as the war drags on, and the battlefields run scarlet with blood, the opposing forces are entrenched in a bitter stalemate. As gods and mortals squabble amongst themselves for the spoils of war, the exhausted warriors go to extreme lengths in a desperate grab for victory....

Der britische Gentleman Phileas Fogg bricht mit seinem Diener Passepartout aufgrund einer Wette in seinem Herrenclub zu einer Reise um die Welt in 80 Tagen auf und erlebt turbulente Abenteuer. Fogg gerät unter Verdacht, ein Bankräuber zu sein, und so kommt es, dass sich der Detektiv Wilbur Fix an seine Fersen heftet. Die Reise beginnt im Reform Club in London und führt über Ägypten nach Indien, wo Fogg die schöne Aouda kennenlernt, die er und Passepartout vor dem Flammentod retten, und von dort weiter nach Hong Kong.