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Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren; he felt sure of it. They had to leave immediately. So begins a long and perilous journey of survival for a small band of rabbits. As the rabbits skirt danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band, its humorous characters, and its compelling culture, complete with its own folk history and mythos. Fiver’s vision finally leads them to Watership Down, an upland meadow. But here they face their most difficult challenges of all.

After being horribly mistreated at a government animal-research facility, Snitter and Rowf escape into the isolation—and terror—of the wilderness. Aided only by a fox they call “the tod,” the two dogs must struggle to survive in their new environment. When the starving dogs attack some sheep, they are labeled ferocious man-eating monsters, setting off a great dog hunt that is later intensified by the fear that the dogs could be carriers of the bubonic plague.

Shardik is a fantasy of tragic character, centered on the long-awaited reincarnation of the gigantic bear Shardik and his appearance among the half-barbaric Ortelgan people. Mighty, ferocious, and unpredictable, Shardik changes the life of every person in the story. His advent commences a momentous chain of events.

Adams returns to the vivid and distinctive world he created in that enduring work, reacquainting listeners with the characters we know and love, including Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, Dandelion and the legendary rabbit hero El-ahrairah. These compelling tales include all-new adventures, with the younger generation of rabbits eager to find out about the heroic age that existed before they were born.

Quinto presentía peligro. Algo terrible iba a suceder en la madriguera: estaba seguro. Tenían que marcharse de inmediato. Así se inicia un largo y arriesgado periplo de supervivencia para una pequeña pandilla de conejos. A medida que los conejos van esquivando el peligro a cada paso, llegamos a conocer a la pandilla, a sus graciosos personajes y su fascinante cultura, con su propio folclor, historia y mitos. Finalmente, la visión de Quinto los lleva a la colina de Watership, una pradera de tierras altas. Pero es allí donde enfrentan los obstáculos más difíciles.

Sometimes the voices of ghosts are caught on tape. The Demonic Tapes is a horror podcast based on real life hauntings. The recordings you are about to listen to are the property of Jonathan and Eleanor West, a family who recorded their encounters with demonic and ghostly entities.

Sydney Henderson is a truly great man. As a young man, Sydney, believing he has accidentally killed a friend, makes a pact with God, promising never to harm another if the boy's life is spared. In the years that follow, the almost pathologically gentle Sydney holds true to his promise - at terrible cost to himself and his family. Stunningly beautiful and haunting, scenes from this magisterial novel will remain etched in the mind forever.

A poverty-stricken girl develops a strange ability that makes her family rich, but at a terrible price. A grieving attorney teams up with a terrifying mythological force to prove that justice reaches beyond the grave. And a police officer discovers that a quiet little antique store is ground zero for an invasion of horrific creatures, hiding in plain sight….

Sông Bé, a fact-based narrative told in flashback from a present-day evening concert at the New Orleans Orpheum Theater, features a fit, world-renowned architect, Richard Foxworth, a West Point graduate who reacts to what his wife finds in his old Army footlocker.

Janie McCleary runs one of the first movie theatres in New Brunswick. A successful woman in a world of men, she is ostracized, a victim of double-dealing and overt violence. She trusts no one outside her family. Spanning generations, River of the Brokenhearted explores the life of this formidable woman, a pioneer before the age of feminism, and her legacy as it unfolds tragically in the lives of her son and grandchildren.

If you love the savage and barbaric worlds of Robert E. Howard, you won't be disappointed with Savage Realms Monthly. Hot new authors bring you tales that capture the spirit of Howard's iconic characters, while exploring new horizons in the realm of sword and sorcery, bringing you fresh takes on the genre that will leave you breathless.

In this invaluable contribution to the continuing debate about religious belief, David Adams Richards offers an exhilaratingly fresh perspective and a voice more impassioned, heartfelt, and sometimes furious, than anything written about God by an atheist. David Adams Richards, one of Canada’s most beloved and celebrated authors, has been wrestling with questions of morality, faith, and religion ever since he was a child.

Quinto podía percibir la sensación de peligro. Estaba seguro de que iba a ocurrir algo terrible a todos los habitantes de la madriguera. Tenían que salir de allí inmediatamente. Así comienza el largo y azaroso viaje de supervivencia de un pequeño grupo de conejos. A medida que los conejos van sorteando peligros a cada paso, nos vamos familiarizando con cada uno de los miembros del grupo, sus personalidades singulares y divertidas, y su cultura apasionante, con sus propios relatos y mitos tradicionales.

In this ground-breaking work, James Adams and Richard Kletter clearly explain the potential and likely ramifications of AI. They show how ill-prepared we are for the forthcoming "fourth industrial revolution" and look at how human beings might fare as it unfolds. Meticulously researched and extensively referenced, this audiobook to the brave new world is created by two highly credible authors, who use all of their experience, insight and contacts to give listeners a privileged look into that which is to come.

In August 1860, would anyone have conceived that the upcoming November presidential election would result in the unraveling of a nation and a war between its parts, a war that would claim more lives than all the nation's other wars combined? Told through the lens of West Point classmates and graduates, THE PARTING is a factual narrative of the impulsive descent of the United States of America from peace to war from August 1860 through the First Battle of Bull Run, July 1861.

Highly charged and profoundly important, Incidents in the Life of Markus Paul is a new masterpiece from one of Canada’s greatest writers. On a bright morning in June 1985, a young Micmac man starts his first day of work—but by noon he is dead, killed mysteriously in the fourth hold of the cargo ship Lutheran. Hector Penniac had been planning to go to university, perhaps to study medicine. Roger Savage, a loner who has had to make his own way since his youth, comes under suspicion of killing Hector over a union card and a morning’s work.

2020 has been a very trying year for humanity. In addition to a barely-checked viral contagion causing widespread economic distress, there are the usual cavalcade of Dear Leaders doing exactly what they do best, oppressing and dividing the rest of us. Politicians don't have an exclusive in this regard, although sometimes it seems that way. These stories and poems are meant to humorously talk truth to power, even though we fully understand the narcissists simply won't see themselves represented. Whether your Dear Leader is an orange-haired Wendigo, Asian Dictator, Religion, CEO, spouse, ...

The places in this book are shunned, abandoned, and forgotten. They do not exist, and yet here you will find the stories of people who have gone and survived to tell their tales. These are the postcards from the void, frightful evidence of places that should not be, and yet exist in our nightmares. Should you dare to venture into these blighted places, remember: Don't talk to strangers, don't stray far from home, and never, ever go in alone.

Slavná kniha ze zlatého fondu světové literatury. Poprvé vyšla v roce 1972, stala se bestsellerem i předlohou animovaného filmu, seriálu a několika počítačových her. „Sem tam některý panáčkoval na vrcholku mraveniště, s nastraženýma ušima se rozhlížel kolem a větřil. Ale nerušený zpěv kosa na pokraji lesa zvěstoval, že odtamtud nebezpečí nehrozí.“ Nebezpečí však přichází s člověkem a jeho plány postavit domy na území obývaném sandlefordskou králičí kolonií.

I Kaninbjerget fortælles om en lille flok unge, vilde kaniner, der anført af den kloge Hassel bryder op fra deres koloni. Hassels bror, Femmer, fornemmer, at kolonien er truet af tilintetgørelse, og hans sjette sans slår aldrig fejl. Derfor forsøger brødrene at overtale så mange kaniner som muligt til at flygte sammen med dem, men ikke mange vil lytte til dem, for det er forår, og græsset er grønt og saftigt.