Svetovna klasika

Für den kultivierten Großmeister Dr. B. ist das Schachspiel mehr als eine geistige Beschäftigung: Es wurde ihm einst zum Überlebensmittel, denn in der zermürbenden Einsamkeit seiner Gestapohaft hatte er aus dem strengen Regelwerk des Schachs seine Wi ..

Nell’autunno del 1981, la vita di un gruppo di diciassettenni californiani che frequentano l’elitaria Buckley School viene sconvolta dall’arrivo di un ragazzo tanto affascinante quanto disturbato e perverso. Cosa nasconde Robert Mallory, e qual è il ..

In remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the Nazi concentration camps, this award-winning, bestselling work of Holocaust fiction, inspiration for the classic film and "masterful account of the growth of the human

1932 erschien eines der größten utopischen Bücher des 20. Jahrhunderts: ein heimtückisch verführerischer Aufriss unserer Zukunft, in der das Glück verabreicht wird wie eine Droge. Sex und Konsum fegen alle Bedenken hinweg und Reproduktionsfabriken ha ..

In this novella, widely considered one of the finest works of American literature, a lawyer hires the „incurably forlorn“ Bartleby as a clerk in his small firm. Silent and enigmatic, Bartleby performs well at first. One day, however, when requested by his

One of the best sea novels ever written, „The Sea-Wolf“ tells of mutiny, shipwreck, and a desperate confrontation. Also in this volume are the stories „The Law of Life,“ „The One Thousand Dozen,“ „All Gold Canyon,“ and „Moon-Face.“ Includes a new Int ..

When the First Foundation was conquered by a force Seldon had not foreseen – the overwhelming power of a single individual, a mutant called the Mule – the second Foundation was forced to reveal its existence and, infinitely worse, a portion of its power.

Agatha Christie's first Tommy & Tuppence book is a thrill-packed novel of international intrigue, murder and suspense. Tommy and Tuppence, two young people short of money and restless for excitement, embark on a daring business scheme – Young Adventu ..

The fifth book in a series of illustrated classics, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, gets reimagined in this deluxe gift edition featuring stunning new artwork and several interactive features from the award-winning design studio behind ..

An enchanting classic of children's literature that never fails to delight.

This timeless classic is a poignant tale of Mary, a lonely orphaned girl sent to a Yorkshire mansion at the edge of a vast lonely moor. At first, she is frightened by this gloomy place until she meets a local boy, Dickon, who's earned the trust of th ..

Walter Mitty is an ordinary man living an ordinary life. But he has dreams – vivid, extraordinary day dreams – in which the life he leads is one of excitement and even adventure, in which he – a weary, put upon middle-aged man – is the hero of his ow ..