Sjömansbiblioteket

Young Madelon is hiking in the French mountains with her uncle and their guide Mr Billingham. They come across a deserted inn where they stop for refreshments. All is not as it see ...

Originally published anonymously in 1908, ‘The Last Egyptian’ is a novel by famous author L. Frank Baum. Set in Egypt, the story follows the fortunes of Egyptologist Gerald Winston ...

Chicago 2056. Marci, a young housemaid, is in despair. Her husband has disappeared without a trace and she doesn't know how she and her two boys can get through in the slums.Meanwh ...

If you could create your own world from scratch what would it look like? In this story the brave characters find out.10-year-old Philip becomes concerned when his sister marries th ...

What would you do if you found out magic is actually all around you?These twelve magical short stories are all about magic and how it can be found in unlikely places. The atmospher ...

Would you be happy if all your wishes could come true?Most people would assume the answer is "yes" but the five siblings of this story find out that it is not that simple.The adven ...

What is the most valuable thing in the world? Is it material things like money, or is it things that cannot be counted like love and friendship?This is the question the brave Basta ...

Do you believe in magic? Then fasten your seatbelt and join the ride as The Three C’s – Charlotte, Caroline, and Charles - try to figure out where it can be found.Spending an adven ...

‘The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo’ is a collection of fourteen short stories for children by renowned ‘Oz’ author L. Frank Baum. The stories focus on the adve ...

Av författaren till DRAKVISKAREN. Etara lever i en instängd värld. Utanför murarna härjar smittan och de förbjudna djur som bär på den. Men när Etaras pappa blir sjuk tvingas hon t ...

Published posthumously in 1919, ‘The Magic of Oz’ is the thirteenth book in the Oz series by author L. Frank Baum. Familiar characters Dorothy, the Wizard and the Cowardly Lion reu ...

‘Tales and Fantasies’ is a short story collection by much-loved Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. Published posthumously in 1905, the collection included the farcical ‘The Mi ...

Jules Verne’s ‘Off on a Comet’ is a science-fiction adventure first published in 1877. After a comet collides with planet earth, several inhabitants of earth are unknowingly carrie ...

First published in 1874, ‘The Temptation of Saint Anthony’ is a novel which French author Gustave Flaubert worked on throughout his life. Inspired by the painting of the same name ...

‘The Doom of the Griffiths’ is a haunting short story by the acclaimed Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. A long-forgotten curse was placed upon the Griffiths family by the last n ...

Suspicious King Leontes of Sicily accuses his pregnant wife Hermione of having an affair with his best friend, Polixenes, the King of Bohemia. Enraged at the alleged betrayal, he ...

‘The Bell in the Fog, and Other Stories’ is a supernatural short story collection from famous American author Gertrude Atherton. The collection focusses on the dark side of human n ...

Eletään 2080-lukua. Suomi ja koko läntinen Eurooppa on joutunut valloittajan kynsien alle. Vanhaa Suomea ei enää ole. Naiset eivät saa liikkua kodin ulkopuolella, ja Suomen koulutu ...

Det är samling vid den Gamles tält. Tältet som är störst i lägret, tillverkat av kreaturskinn och rest på stänger av berglandsträ, är platsen där viktiga beslut fattas. Åhörarna si ...

Landet nära tidens rand har fått en ny invånare. Äntligen har det blivit dags för Petra att flytta ihop med sin älskade jimbug, och numera rönnman, Lhan. Det fanns de som motsatte ...

Ett mystiskt mord på en rönnkvinna gäckar Rands Högsta Råd. Hon har dödats med hjälp av en ondskefull trollkonst och misstankarna riktas genast mot demonen Ramgor. Problemet är bar ...

När studenten Petra Bravo vaknar mitt i natten är hon säker på att hon fortfarande drömmer. För vem skulle inte tro det när det hänger en starkt lysande reva i luften? Hennes nyfik ...

Eld. Vatten. Vind. Metall. Jord. Blixt. Djur. Trä. Tid. Världen är uppdelad i nio element. Alla tonåringar måste göra ett val, vilket element vill de tillhöra? När valet väl är gjo ...

"To have a Cricket on the Hearth, is the luckiest thing in all the world!"... Or is it?On the hearth in the home of the Peerybingle family sits a little cricket who acts as their p ...

Unusual for an Anthony Trollope novel, ‘The Fixed Period’ is a story set in the future – in 1980. It is based in the fictional land of Britannula, where a group of young New Zealan ...