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"The Ebb-Tide" is a novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. Three beggars operate in the port of Papeete on Tahiti. They are Herrick, a failed English businessman; Davis, an American sea captain disgraced by the loss of his last ship; and Huish, a dishonest Cockney of various employments. One day they see THE opportunity to steal a ship and its cargo, but being trapped into an insurance scam, their hopes prove to be in vain.

Twenty-one SonicMovies - stirring AuralPerformances enhanced with sound effects and musical scores - interwoven in a collaboration centuries in the making between some of the world's greatest musicians, poets, and entertainers featuring John Quincy Adams, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Mathilde Blind, Ada Cambridge, Emily Dickinson, Frances E. W. Harper, Felicia Dorothea Hemans, William Earnest Henley, Lucy Larcom, James E. McGirt, Alice Christiana Meynell, Lydia Jane Peirson, and more.

This ghostly (and ghastly) collection includes: "The Upper Berth", "The Lady's Maid", "Markheim", "Ghost Stories of the Tiled House","What Was It?", "Madame Crowl's Ghost" and "The Golden Arm".

This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers as diverse as Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jerome K. Jerome and Edgar Allan Poe. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little, as they lead you on a walk to places you’d perhaps rather not visit on your own. Our stories are "A Ghost Story" by Mark Twain, "Ollah" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Doctor’s Story" by Jerome K. Jerome, and "Murders In The Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Over the far horizon the blanket of night begins to slowly dissolve. The sun is once more on its daily journey across the heavens. The light begins to sharpen and increase in intensity, revealing the landscape. Morning has begun, and dazed heads and sleepy faces come to terms with the new day. Our poets capture the mood, the emotions and all manner of other details in their descriptions of this time. But then with the calibre of wordsmiths such as Tennyson, Wordsworth, Milton, Southey, Donne and many more besides, we are almost spoilt.

In una Londra cupa e piovigginosa può capitare di incontrare un innocente giovane che vi porge gustosissime paste alla crema prima di concedervi il lusso di un suicidio al tavolo da gioco, dove ogni carta ha un valore ugualmente letale. Oppure perdervi terrorizzati fra le peripezie di un giovane, sprovveduto americano e un cadavere troppo ingombrante che non vuole saperne di sparire per sempre. E può anche accadere che una stanza sontuosamente arredata sparisca davanti ai vostri occhi in una sorta di incubo senza spazio e senza tempo.

Jim Hawkins ist noch jung, als das Abenteuer seines Lebens beginnt: Durch Zufall gerät er an die Karte einer entlegenen Insel. Genau dort soll der berüchtigte Piratenkapitän Flint seine Schätze vergraben haben. Bald darauf heuert Hawkins auf dem Expeditionsschiff "Hispaniola" an, um die geheimnisvolle Schatzinsel zu finden. Doch an Bord tummeln sich auch ehemalige Mitglieder von Flints Mannschaft, unter ihnen der einbeinige Schiffskoch John Silver. Die legendäre Jagd nach dem Schatz beginnt.

The Black Arrow tells the story of seventeen-year-old Dick Shelton, an orphan who comes to believe that his guardian, Sir Daniel Brackley, was responsible for the murder of his father. Setting out to discover the truth and obtain justice for his father, Dick joins a company of outlaws known as the fellowship of The Black Arrow who also have reasons for wanting to take revenge on Sir Daniel. Meanwhile Dick falls in love with Joanna Sedley, a young heiress kidnapped by Sir Daniel so that he can arrange a marriage for her to his own advantage. And while all of this is taking place, the Wars of ...

Doctor Henry Jekyll, on a quest to liberate our inner demons from the constraints of our conscience, unleashes ancient and primal forces buried deep within us all. Once released, can that nature ever be contained? In true Gothic tradition, join Henry in his race against time as investigating detectives and others uncover evidence that slowly leads them back toward the doctor himself.

Robert Louis Stevenson's lengthy short story 'The Pavilion on the Links' was considered by Arthur Conan Doyle to be 'the first short story in the world'. This unsettlingly nerve-racking tale is every bit as chilling as its much wider known follower, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and at the time of its publication was every bit as successful. Stevenson makes the choice in the story of having two fairly unpleasant characters for his main protagonists.

A fabulous anthology of some of the finest stories ever written.

Lo strano cado del Dr. Jekyll e Mr. Hyde di Robert Louis Stevenson è un romanzo psicologico imperniato sulla vicenda di un medico che scopre la doppia natura degli esseri umani e che si propone di creare un farmaco capace di separare le due anime dell’uomo, consentendo loro di vivere esistenze separate.

This disturbing, yet intriguing story reveals the nightmare of living a double life, the conflict over good and evil and the arrogance of power. A novella about a dual personality - a kind and intelligent physician who turns into a psychopathic monster after partaking of a drug intended to separate good from evil in a personality. It is enough to make your hair stand on end!

Robert Louis Stevenson was best known for novels like Treasure Island and Kidnapped, but he also wrote a number of fascinating short stories, many dealing with the supernatural.

This eerie collection includes: "The Doll's Ghost", "Thrawn Janet", "The Watcher", "The Old Nurse's Story", and "The Canterville Ghost".

A wonderful collection of short stories selected for children including "Hansel and Gretel", "Treasure Island", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi".

First published in 1885, Markheim blends crime, horror and the supernatural. The titular character, Markheim, visits an antiques dealer on Christmas Day to find a present for his beloved, but when the dealer’s back is turned, he stabs him to death and begins to ransack the shop for money. But he is disturbed by a spirit who knows all about Markheim’s life and forces him to consider his choices and the nature of good and evil.

Está todo permitido en la profesión médica, para poder investigar? Unos amigos están una noche bebiendo en una taberna, cuando entra el Dr. MacFarlane, que resulta ser un antiguo compañero de estudios de Medicina de uno de los presentes, Fettes, cuando ambos estaban a las órdens del Dr. Robert Knox.Al mirarse los dos recuerdan las experiancias que vivieron sobre la forma irregular que el Dr. Knox tenía de procurarse el material de investigación.

Louis Stevenson, the Swedish author best known for classics such as Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , remains one of the most translated writers of all time. This audiobook contains a collection of his short stories, including "The Yellow Paint", "The Suicide Club" and "Markheim".

Once the vampire was man’s deadliest natural enemy, but the dual nature of the revenant pathogen has given rise to a new scourge. Only one man stands in the way of humanity’s total annihilation.