Erik: 1534 books

England 1979. Britain is in deep recession; strikes and high unemployment grip the country. The ongoing Cold War and IRA bombings cast a dark shadow over everyone’s lives. ‘The Russians Are Coming’ follows the experiences of a disruptive schoolboy and dangerous ex-soldier, Sergeant Major York....

Magic and wonder fill our world in ways we can never comprehend. Sometimes it brings together the most unlikely of friends. This is one of those stories. One young cub and one teenage girl are about to learn that our differences are what make us special. Every so often, a Spirit Bear is born...

Evil stirs in the darkness. Seraphina Miles can feel it bleeding into the world around her, suffocating the life of every living creature. The shadows become its playground, while it stalks the new Guardian. Evil will not stop until it possesses the magic flowing through her veins. Part of...

Oaktree Farm is a sanctuary for animals that need new homes. From the billowy white sheep, all the way down to the tiny little chicks, Farmer Hubbard has a respect for all animal lives. Rocket, a greyhound and former racing dog, has made Oaktree his home after several years on the racing circuit....

Ever since the beginning, people have shared the world with the animals. Magical guardians once guided the people to treat all Earth’s creatures with reverence. The mystical winged serpent, Challis, lived within the chosen guardians, guiding them to promote a peaceful co-existence. When her spirit...

A young warrior must rise above what he is to become what he was born to be… Legend proclaimed that the Cloud Warriors would be the key to saving the Inca people, and the secret to all could be found on the top of Alahambra, a sheer mountain next to Machu Picchu in the Western Amazon Basin. The...

One tiny elephant, one gigantic adventure… A search for adventure may get Thunder more than he bargained for. He never expected to find himself alone again, but the footprints left by his mother will be his guide to healing and finding his way. On his journey he finds himself making some...

Samantha Taylor is not your average teenager. From the moment she could speak, her first words were filled with questions of the way things worked around her. With a father who fostered her love of science, mirroring his own, Sam is fascinated with genetics and computer programming, two things that...

From the moment their parents moved them into the ancient relic of a house, Indigo Monsterjunkie finds herself in a world beyond her worst imaginations. The wallpaper walls and clawfoot bathtub makes it clear the house was built long before the beginning of time. Their house isn’t even wired for...

He came against his will to fight in a war he didnt believe in. She lived to make the lives of her fellow villagers easier, and dreamed of a day when her home was free. In a simple land now overturned with passion and death, they found through each other something far greater than themselves.----On a...

Can you be brave if you’re afraid? Why do we “know better” and do things anyway? What makes a family? Philosophers have wrestled with such questions for centuries. They are also the stuff of playground debates. Ethics for the Very Young uses the perplexities of young children’s lives to spark...

Performing Punk is a rich exploration of subcultural contrasts and similarities among punks. By investigating how punk is made, for whom, and in opposition to what, this book takes the reader on a journey through the lesser-known aspects of the punk subculture.

Die Erzählung stammt aus dem Buch "Geheimnisvolle Geschichten - Steampunk" des Verlages Saphir im Stahl. Ein Krimi mit überraschendem Schluss im Prag des Jahres 1875.

„Ein Märchen ist ein Märchen ist ein Märchen … Und doch: Manchmal sind Märchen wirklicher als die Wirklichkeit, traumhafter als unsere Träume und bunter als unsere Farben, obwohl einige behaupten, sie seien nichts als erfundene Worte.“ (Christian Mörsch, aus: Die Insel der verlorenen Farben)...