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This book contains two plays by Henrik Ibsen. Norma is a satirical opera designed as a dramatic parody of Vincenzo Bellini's opera Norma, in which the characters are portrayed as central figures in the political life of contemporary Norway. St. John's Night is a fairy-tale comedy that takes place during a midsummer feast on a farm in Telemark. It is inspired by many sources, most notably A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, and features many of the same themes.

Numa época em que a Europa dava os primeiros passos para tornar-se uma sociedade pós-cristã, um intelectual de grosso calibre, cansado do cinismo reinante e do fascínio despertado por novas idéias, resgata o núcleo da fé cristã como arcabouço suficiente para dar sentido à existência humana. Ao contar sua jornada espiritual, G. K. Chesterton faz saber à intelligentsia européia da primeira metade do século XX que o socialismo, o relativismo, o materialismo e o ceticismo estavam longe de responder às questões existenciais mais profundas.

In the follow-up to the best-selling children’s picture book, Harry the Happy Mouse, all of the characters are back working together to help Santa on Christmas Eve. Harry sets off on his short winter walk to discover Santa in trouble. Harry and friends work together as a great team to save Christmas.

Harry's Spooky Surprise! is set around Halloween. Harry needs to visit his friends at nighttime to collect items from them for a very special reason. Harry learns that there is no reason to be afraid of the dark and the importance of saying "thank you".

El conjunto de los relatos del padre Brown constituye quizá la obra más popular de Chesterton. El simpático cura-detective que los protagoniza resuelve en ellos, armado únicamente con su paraguas, su inocencia y su sabiduría, intrincados casos gracias a un conocimiento sencillo a la par que es profundo de la naturaleza humana. Chesterton crea este singular personaje para mostrar que sólo una mirada sincera y que reconozca el misterio que la realidad encierra es capaz de salvaguardar la razón.

Mrs. Marsh spends her days caring for her home and avoiding her neighbors whenever possible. A home invasion by a pompous goop and a monstrous, flaming rat creature will threaten her peaceful retirement plans.

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a novel by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1908. The book is sometimes referred to as a metaphysical thriller.

We all have dreams when we are sleeping. Some we cannot remember; others we can. Some are humorous; some are sad. Some dreams can be frightening. I wonder though, how many of us have dreams that come true? This is a very difficult question to answer. Dulk travels down the road of dreams and finds out if his dreams come true, how they might affect his life and his beliefs, and how they might help him contribute to helping solve problems and difficulties of his friends as well has humankind and the world. Join Dulk on his adventures through dreamland.

PS: The Dragon Bites transports us to a world of court intrigue, wizardry, and dueling magical species in a crossover of our planet Earth and the mysterious Shadeworld, which is unlike any we have ever experienced before. Aeron is a troubled dragon prince. His brother is stirring up rebellion and trying to steal his throne, his MIA childhood friend has finally been found after a years-long search but doesn't remember him, and being a teenager in a human school just isn't all it's cracked up to be.

First published in 1922 and filled with evocative portraits of pre-World War I society, these eight stories from the creator of the Father Brown mysteries recount the adventures of Horne Fisher, a socialite who uses his immense knowledge and powerful deductive gifts to investigate crimes committed on the sprawling country estates of the aristocracy - crimes that must, alas, go largely unpunished due to the greater harm that justice would unleash.

Chances are that if you're listening to this audiobook, you're feeling stuck or unsure about your life's direction. Maybe you're even wondering if it's worth the work it'll take to change. But let me tell you: Your life has value - a value that is hard to place a monetary price tag on. You are of great value first to yourself, then to your immediate family, the community where you live, and to the country as a whole.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an English writer best known for his fictional priest-detective, Father Brown. In 'The Mistake of the Machine', Father Brown pits himself against an early polygraph device to solve a highly puzzling crime.

Los Angeles, the 1930s. The city of angels. Just beneath the surface is a city stinking of corruption with criminal bosses and politicians squeezing the life out of the city. Stunned by the murder of her crusading politician father, socialite Ellen Patrick determines to bring her father's killers to justice - at any cost! Donning a distinctive white dress and a black domino mask, she becomes the Domino Lady, one of the sexiest - and most elusive - crime fighters of all time.

The Flying Stars are missing. Three brilliant diamonds, whose fame has spread throughout England, have been purloined during an innocent Christmas pantomime. Can Father Brown discover the culprit before the curtain falls?

A man has died. But there's really no mystery in that. His heart failed, that's all. But when Father Brown goes into a room to write down the man's final confession, he is distracted by the strange way in which someone is walking outside his door. From the gait of the queer feet, he deduces all.

This collection of 12 short stories is part of the Father Brown series, about a mystery-solving Catholic priest. In a refreshing contrast with the deductive detective Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown works intuitively. Through many years of hearing confessions, he has developed an uncanny ability to see inside the minds of criminals. Although he appears unobtrusive and dowdy, with a face "as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling", he is also surprisingly worldly for a priest.

Die menschenähnlichen Cappins aus der fernen Galaxis Gruelfin bereiten eine Invasion gegen die Milchstraße vor. Perry Rhodan weiß, dass er nur vor Ort etwas dagegen unternehmen kann - er muss den riesigen Sprung über 36 Millionen Lichtjahre wagen und die Sterneninsel erkunden, die in irdischen Sternkatalogen als NGC 4594 verzeichnet wird. Perry Rhodan lässt die MARCO POLO ausrüsten, sein neues Flaggschiff, ein imposantes Wunderwerk der Technik.

Father Brown was a character created by G.K Chesterton and draws inspiration from Arthur Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. While Sherlock Holmes' detective career relies on his logic and deduction, Father Brown relies on sympathy and intuition to solve mysteries and crime. The Innocence of Father Brown is a collection of 12 stories that have Father Brown doing what he does best; being a detective.

From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest takes on bandits, traitors, and killers. Why is he so successful? The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it.

Valentin, the greatest detective in the world, travels to London on the trail of the most elusive of villains. But a strange trail of clues leads Valentin through London and out into the country. It isn't until the meandering journey's end that the short, moon-faced Father Brown sets Valentin back on his feet.