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For those looking for the real story behind the fictionalized movie account of the 47 Ronin story, this is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master, and faced certain death as a result. It led to one of the bloodiest episodes in Japanese history, and in the process, created a new set of heroes in Japan.

After a trip to London, Anne Blythe learns that a new minister, John Meredith, has arrived in Glen St. Mary. Soon, Anne's six children become friends with the four Meredith children who, having recently lost their mother, have a reputation for running wild. The children all meet and play in a hollow called Rainbow Valley, where they begin to concoct plans for protecting their orphaned friend Mary and finding a wife for the widowed minister. Rainbow Valley was published in 1919 and was the fifth book to feature the beloved protagonist from Anne of Green Gables.

Desde que Homero contó las venturas y desventuras de Ulises, la humanidad conoce dos metáforas sobre la vida del hombre y su destino: el viaje y el mar, ese espacio mágico donde todo puede ocurrir. En esta ocasión, Javier Alonso plantea una adaptación en prosa del poema clásico de Homero...

"Tarzan the Untamed" is a book by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, the seventh in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. It was originally published as two separate stories serialized in different pulp magazines; "Tarzan the Untamed" (also known as "Tarzan and the Huns") in Redbook from March to August, 1919, and "Tarzan and the Valley of Luna" in All-Story Weekly from March to April 1920. The two stories were combined under the title of the first in the first book edition, published in 1920 by A. C. McClurg.

I marchesi di Saint-Méran (nonni materni di Valentine Villefort) partono da Marsiglia per Parigi per concludere il matrimonio della nipote con Franz d'Epinay, ma durante il viaggio il marchese muore improvvisamente. A poche ore dalla firma del contratto matrimoniale, quando Valentine e Maximilien Morrel già si preparano alla fuga per non essere separati, anche la signora di Saint-Méran muore di colpo, in circostanze simili al marito.

Angosa war ein kleines, schmutziges Nest inmitten einer wilden, gefährlichen Umgebung, über 170 Meilen vom Sitz des Gouverneurs und fast 200 Meilen von der Küste entfernt. Ein Ort wie unzählige im westlichen Afrika. Und doch gab es einen Unterschied zu den meisten anderen: Angosa besaß eine kleine Militärstation, hatte einen Telegrafenposten und - ein Gefängnis. Chef der bescheidenen militärischen Streitmacht war Capitan Legrand.