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Hold onto your magic hats for another spellbinding adventure! All aboard for Rome! Maxat sets sail for the city of history, song, gods and goddesses, art...and delicious ice cream. There are a thousand sights to see...but the one sight Maxat could do without seeing is the figure staring back at him from a very old mirror. After a fierce and shocking fight, it becomes clear that a perilous piece of history is repeating itself here and now, threatening to tear apart a lifelong friendship. Usually the rescuer, Maxat now needs to be rescued.

Il giovane Ilani è destinato a diventare il prossimo Re d'Assiria, padrone del più grande impero dell'antica Mesopotamia. Ma lui non vuole essere il Re spietato che desidera suo padre. Con l'aiuto di Napirasu, una giovane prigioniera dall'animo indipendente, affronterà un pericoloso viaggio dal soffocante palazzo reale fin lungo il fiume Tigri, arrivando alla Grande Palude, dove vivono liberi gli ultimi leoni. Ilani si ribellerà al padre, affronterà nemici e la natura selvaggia per salvare gli animali e scoprire sé stesso.

The war between the shadowy cabal that seeks to gain control of the entire land and those who hope to stop the spread of chaos and lawlessness is engulfing city after city. The growing number of atrocities and death convinces Ammon-shur that there has to be a better way to combat the violence than with violence of his own. He travels from Sumeria to Elam and Egypt, seeking allies for his cause while doing his best to cut off the supplies that are feeding and equipping his enemies.

Katinka Dashkova is running for her life because everything she knows is changing. Katinka, a dazzling ballerina with a hunched back, and her friends, Alexei the Giant and Nikolai the dwarf, are different. That's why they are part of Peter the Great's Circus of Curiosities. But the Tzar is dead, and they must flee the Winter Palace. Guided by a special map, they set out across Russia running for their lives.

It is 1847, a time of revolutions throughout Europe. Young Catherine Ayre has been called from her quiet home in England by a grandfather she scarcely knows, Grand Duke Edmond of Letzenstein. She becomes a pawn in the political unrest of the small country. Why does her grandfather so hate her uncle, Constant, the rightful heir? And just who is Rafael le Marre? Catherine is swept into exciting adventures before she can feel herself a part of the small but fascinating country of Letzenstein.

In der Reihe "Abenteurer unserer Zeit" erzählen wir euch diesmal über Wyatt Earp und Doc Holliday - die zwei berühmt-berüchtigten Revolverhelden des Wilden Westens. In dieser zweiten Folge hört ihr "Wyatt Earp und Doc Holliday in Bedrängnis" und "O. K. Corral".

In der Reihe "Abenteurer unserer Zeit" erzählen wir euch diesmal über Wyatt Earp und Doc Holliday - die zwei berühmt-berüchtigten Revolverhelden des Wilden Westens. In der ersten Folge hört ihr "Wyatt Earp räumt auf" und "TOMBSTONE!".

Ein spannendes Abenteuerhörspiel von Hans Paulisch über den berühmten Büffeljäger und Wildwest-Show-Begründer Buffalo Bill!

In der Reihe "Abenteurer unserer Zeit" erzählen wir euch diesmal über Buffalo Bill - den berühmtesten Büffeljäger der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika im 19. Jahrhundert. In der zweiten Folge hört ihr "Wie aus Bill Cody Buffalo Bill wurde" und "General Custers Ende am Little Big Horn".

Was wisst ihr über Buffalo Bill? Dass er ein berühmter, ach was!, der berühmteste Büffeljäger der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika des 19. Jahrhunderts war? Stimmt! Vielleicht auch, dass er später, nach seiner "Jägerzeit", mit einer großartigen Superschau, einem Zirkus ähnlich, durch die Lande zog und den Leuten - ziemlich auf "Wirkung hochpoliert - vorführte, was er im Westen erlebt hatte und was es überhaupt dort an Abenteuern zu erleben gab? Stimmt auch! Aber all das, was mancher vielleicht noch nicht weiß über diesen tollen Burschen, das könnte Bücherregale füllen.

In der Reihe "Abenteurer unserer Zeit" erzählen wir euch diesmal über Buffalo Bill - den berühmtesten Büffeljäger der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika im 19. Jahrhundert. In der ersten Folge hört ihr "Buffalo Bill und der Pony-Express" und "Pony-Reiter kämpfen gegen die Sioux".

En s’engageant sur la route des rivières naviguées autrefois par les voyageurs, du Fort William (maintenant Thunder Bay) jusqu'à la rivière Rouge, Gabriel, qui a 14 ans, utilise son goût de l’aventure et son amour de la nature pour surmonter des défis personnels aussi bien que pour inspirer ceux qui l’entourent.

The Spindrift Scientific Foundation has sent Dr. Tony Briotti, Rick Brant, and Don "Scotty" Scott to the Philippine Islands for a quiet peaceful archeological expedition. Dr. Briotti wants to investigate some native artifacts, among which is supposedly a golden skull. Rick and Scotty travel along to assist Dr. Briotti. The artifacts are located in a remote part of an island with natives who are purported to be headhunters.

A boy and his elephant escape into the jungle when the Viet Cong attack his village immediately after the Vietnam war.

Darwishi Ur-Atum Msamaki Minkabh Ishaq Eboni is de jonge, onbezorgde zoon van Achnetoet en zijn vrouw Enisis. Maar als zijn opa, koning Sadihotep sterft, wordt alles anders. De jonge prins moet ineens van alles leren voor als hij zelf later koning is. Maar Darwishi wordt veel liever goudsmid, zoals de vader van zijn beste vriend Noezi! Darwishi en Noezi bedenken samen een plan. Ze willen van zelf uitgehakt goud een machtige gouden scarabee smeden voor in de nieuwe kroon van Achnetoent, zodat die eeuwig blijft leven. Maar de goudmijnen zijn gevaarlijk.

Britain, 1962. Nothing ever happens in World's End Close. So when Stevie discovers a runaway girl in her coal shed, the first thing she does is fetch her best friend, Ray. Both are dying for a bit of adventure, and when the girl begs for help, they readily agree. Yet they soon realise they've taken on more than they bargained for. The girl, Anna, reveals she's on the run from people who are trying to poison her. Meanwhile, on the news, the Americans and Russians are arguing over missiles in Cuba.

Vulgar the Viking and a Midsummer Night's Scream: Vulgar thinks Midsummer Night's Eve is the best Viking festival of all! There'll be a massive bonfire, and everyone will sing songs about excellent longboats and enormous battles, then eat and drink until their stomachs explode! So what's with the tiny pile of firewood? Vulgar the Viking and the Battle of Burp: Vulgar can't believe his luck. He's going on a school trip in a real live longboat, with oars and everything! And they're going to visit Burp, where a long-ago battle once took place.

Nathan couldn't believe it. He, his dad, and his friend Colin were going on a cattle drive. But as they set out, the trip took unexpected turns. Nathan's dad had to leave them to hunt down an escaped crook. Then, Colin's friend Leah finagled her way along. When Pepper the cook hurt his foot and had to return to camp, the three kids were on their own. How would they round up cattle when they had never done it before? And how should they deal with the coyote family living beneath their cabin?

Cat Sparrow is on the road. She's following her sister, Meg, who was torn from their convent home and sent to London. But Cat isn't like other people - she thinks differently - and for a girl like her the world holds many perils. Luckily she befriends a young actor, Jacques, and together they follow Meg's trail to a wondrous place called the Field of Cloth of Gold. But here, they discover that the kingdoms of England and France are both in terrible danger....

In Smuggler’s Treasure, life is good for Liesl in West Germany in 1989. But as she works on a class project, she stumbles onto a startling secret no one will talk about. Will she ever learn the whole story about her family and what happened to them after the building of the Berlin Wall?