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In einem arabischen Land herrscht im 19. Jahrhundert der weise König Salih. Als die Königin bei einem Attentat ums Leben kommt, versinkt die einzige Tochter in tiefe Melancholie. Die Thronfolgerin hat sich in einen armen Fischer verliebt, wovon ihr Vater nichts ahnt. Als Karam, der Kaffeehauserzähler, von ihrer Krankheit erfährt, beschließt er, die Prinzessin zu heilen. Allabendlich versammelt er erzählfreudige Menschen im Palast, um die junge Frau durch die schönsten Geschichten ins Leben zurückzuholen: von Mut und Feigheit, von Freundschaft und Feindschaft, von der Liebe und der Weisheit des Herzens.

Di Arsène Lupin, personaggio immaginario ideato da Maurice Leblanc nel 1905, sono state realizzate trasposizioni cinematografiche, televisive, cartoons e fumetti. Arsène ruba per sé ma anche per i più bisognosi e sempre e solo ai più facoltosi.

Sette racconti, sette storie, sette viaggi verso non si sa dove. Intorno a ognuno di noi, dentro a ognuno di noi, c'è sempre una parte oscura, un lato in ombra che la luce della ragione ha timore di illuminare per paura di ritrovarsi sconfitta. E in questa zona buia e fantastica si muovono i personaggi di questa antologia, uomini e donne che si trasformano in vittime o carnefici quando si trovano all'improvviso di fronte a un mondo sconosciuto, a un nuovo volto nello specchio, a quella cupa forma di angoscia che solo l'incomprensibile può trasformare in orrore.

Johnston McCulley, the author responsible for Zorro, also created the mysterious avenger known as The Whirlwind. A young man leaves behind a life of wealth and privilege in Spain and journeys to California. He builds a new life with a new name, Pedro Garzos. As he settles into his new home, the man known as Pedro discovers tyrants, bandits, and other dangers that threaten the weak and powerless!

Beat it, Beatles! Move over, Monkees! Roll it up, Rolling Stones! Here comes the greatest, grooviest, gearest rock-and-roll group of all time: The Lemon Herberts, launching themselves on their very first world tour - and straight into more danger, more peril, more sheer adventure than they ever bargained for! In six kicky, pulpy, far-out tales, you'll meet drummer Ellroy, guitarists Honor and Dilly, bassist Ally, and the gorgeously fab Her Majesty - trouble-magnets that even their long-suffering manager, the mysterious Brighton Hawks, can't hope to contain.

Romance has endured for centuries as the most popular genre in entertainment, even in the era of classic pulp! Three stories that look at the blessed curse that has plagued men and women since time began through a pulp prism. Authors Mark Bousquet, Bonnie J. Sterling, and Phillip Drayer Duncan put their hearts on the line with three tales of lust, passion, love, hate, and more.

Pierre Bellemare trouve dans les récits du XIXe, publiés pour bon nombre d'entre eux dans les revues et les journaux de l'époque, l'occasion de nous faire réentendre une voix qu'on associe volontiers à l'esprit de la narration populaire.

Sherlock Holmes’ determination to destroy the powerful criminal organization of Professor Moriarty reaches its crisis as Holmes and Watson attempt to track down and finally apprehend the criminal genius behind the most foul and evil events plaguing the good people of England.

Durante el saqueo de Cádiz por los ingleses, Clotaldo, caballero y militar británico, rapta a una niña de siete años, Isabel, y se la lleva a su casa a Londres, donde la cría como si fuera su propia hija. La niña crece para convertirse en una joven de extraordinaria belleza, cuyo nombre han convertido en Isabela. El hijo de Clotaldo, Ricaredo, está locamente enamorado de Isabela y después de convencer a su padre de que su amor es lo único que le importa en la vida, éste accede al matrimonio de la pareja.

Aces and eights, a dead man's hand. Life and death dealt over a shuffle of a deck. Stakes from dollar bills to souls tossed into the center of the table. And sitting around, waiting for the turn of a card, to raise, check, bet, or fold, are rogues, scoundrels, dames, and sharps. Every single one betting their last breath on the hand they hold.

When Mike heads home from college for summer break a few days early, he couldn’t imagine in one million years the events that were about to unfold. These types of things only happen to other people–people seen on television and read about in newspaper headlines. In a completely unexpected battle against Mother Nature, Mike has to use what very little survival knowledge and resources he has to stay alive.

Conspiracy thrillers don’t come any bigger or better than The Key – from the author of Top 5 Bestseller Sanctus: ‘Plenty of action, plenty of intrigue and wonderfully imaginative. The sort of novel to devour in one sitting' Kate Mosse Hounded. Haunted. Hunted. She is the most important person in the world. She is The Key. In the ancient Turkish city of Ruin, American journalist Liv Adamsen lies in an isolation ward staring at walls as blank as her memory.

They had a plan, but they never thought the plan would be reality. Friendship as a whole is strong, but during an apocalypse it is a different story.

This short story is a little of all of us at one time or another facing the growing pains of life. This is a motivating story on how Keith as a person teaches himself to overcome certain events in his life that bring him down or that him a man. Creating a imagery friend in his mind helps him to cope with day to day life and Creed the monster guides him through all of it with advance.

Famous killers have fan clubs. Hamish Wolfe is no different. Locked up for the rest of his life for the abduction and murder of three young women, he gets countless adoring letters every day. He's handsome, charismatic and very persuasive. His admirers are convinced he's innocent and that he's the man of their dreams. Who would join such a club?

An audiobook of short stories recalled from a life lived on the edge.

Major Malcolm-Wheeler Nicholson is best remembered as the man who invented the modern comic book, founded DC Comics, and brought Superman, hero of heroes, to the public. But before all of that the Major wrote adventure tales for the great pulp magazines - and it was not run-of-the-mill pulp fiction. The Major served as a cavalry officer on the southwest border during the Mexican Revolution.

Geeks Rule: Computer nerd Lewis Puller seemed like an easy target, but when a gang of skinheads come after him they get more than they bargained for...much more. For Mommy: A father and his young son heading to the forest, trying to recover from the loss of the beloved wife and mother killed in a DUI accident, stumble across a chance to set things right.

Unspeakable rituals are performed by an occult group residing in the Red Hook region of New York City in this haunting short story by H P Lovecraft, and told by Mike Vendetti.

Meet Lieutenant Flint: hard-edged and muscle-bound, radiating machismo - a bull of a soldier. In the opposite corner stands Captain Turner: with his pencil mustache and tailored shirts, he’s a Trick Soldier - smart, crisply-dressed, and always at attention. They’re fire and ice, oil and water. Ten years ago and a thousand miles away, they attended boot camp together. They didn’t get along then...and they don’t get along now. Reunited in the Haitian jungles, in the midst of a fierce rebel uprising, they confront the most dangerous enemy of all - each other.