Filled with danger and adventure, this is the classic story of the love and loyalty shared by a boy and his dog.

La famiglia Carraclough è costretta dalle difficoltà economiche a vendere l’amata collie scozzese Lassie, inseparabile e fedele compagna di giochi di Joe. Ma quello che sembra un addio definitivo è invece l’inizio di un lungo e avventuroso viaggio, durante il quale l’istinto e l’affetto per il suo padroncino guideranno Lassie lungo la difficile e tortuosa strada verso casa. Omaggio alla lealtà, all’amore e al coraggio degli animali, "Torna a casa Lassie" è il romanzo originale che ha ispir...

Lassie is Joe Carraclough's best friend. So when his parents are forced to sell her, he is devastated. But, unbeknownst to Joe, Lassie has made her escape. So begins an arduous journey, in which the extraordinary collie is forced to overcome overwhelming obstacles, and face insurmountable odds, in order to make her way home...A classic of children's literature, "Lassie Come-Home" is a moving and exciting story of the importance of belonging - and the resilience of man's best friend...

Spending leave together on the South Coast during the Battle of Britain and the beginning of the blitz, Clive and Prudence have an affair. Having survived Dunkirk, but having a crisis of conscience over what the war is being fought for and disgusted at the incompetence of the ruling elite, Clive decides not to return to the Army and to go absent without leave. Deserving comparison to Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms", This Above All was heralded as the first great novel of the Second World ...

Why can't we eliminate terrorism by killing terrorists? Why can't we learn anything about climate change by discussing the weather? And what do fishermen in Turkey have to teach us about international relations? Often we compound our problems by focusing on the apparent crux of the matter. In Reframe, Eric Knight encourages us to step back and observe our world from afar. By tackling problems from original perspectives and discarding the magnifying glass, we will discover hidden solutions....

Everyone in the Yorkshire town of Greenall Bridge knows Lassie, the prize collie of miner Sam Carraclough and his son Joe. But when the family falls on hard times, Sam is forced to sell his dog to the Duke of Rudling, who takes her hundreds of miles away to his estate in Scotland. Undeterred by the distance and driven by instinctive love, Lassie escapes from her new owners and embarks on an epic journey to be reunited with her young master Joe. Will she survive the hardships of the long jo...

Women were wondering how large leg o’ mutton sleeves could be (and still remain not too ultra) and with great newspaper publicity Grant’s Tomb was dedicated on Riverside Drive, New York.With headlong haste humans moved in the direction of the Klondike, where, it was said, gold could be found; people asked each other if it wasn’t horrible to think of the one hundred and fifty French socialites, mostly women, who had been burned to death while watching these new-fangled cinematographi...

This is the story of Sam Small, a man from Yorkshire who wakes up one morning and decides that he can fly on his own two hands. So he does. This is for all those who know that dogs talk, Sundays can be repeated seven days in a row so that Monday never comes, and other dreamy escapism. You'll have to read to believe how he learned to fly like a bird, by faith; how he changed a dog into a girl and back again; how he coped with the two selves of his split personality; and how he was called up...

Un giovanotto spiantato e dal cuore tenero parte per un viaggio sulle tracce della moglie che lo ha abbandonato, ma finisce per essere coinvolto in una rapina e con la refurtiva tra le mani. Mentre cerca di tirarsi fuori dalla situazione in cui si trova incontra numerosi e bizzarri personaggi, tra cui una donna matura e possessiva che vuole proteggerlo a ogni costo; un regista isterico e geniale; una languida e benestante nuotatrice con cui ha una storia d'amore. Sullo sfondo, l'America po...

Lassie is Joe's prize collie and constant companion. But when Joe's father loses his job, Lassie must be sold. Three times she escapes from her new owner, and three times she returns home to Joe, until finally she is taken to the remotest part of Scotland—too far a journey for any dog to make alone.But Lassie is not just any dog.First published in 1940, Lassie Come-Home has become one of the best-loved dog stories in the world. This beautiful 75th anniversary editio...

Przygotuj się na wzruszającą podróż przez krainy lojalności, odwagi i niezłomnej przyjaźni! Lassie, ukochana szkocka owczarka, zostaje sprzedana przez rodzinę Carracloughów z powodu trudnej sytuacji finansowej. Choć oddalona o setki kilometrów od swojego prawdziwego domu, Lassie nie ustępuje w swoim dążeniu do powrotu do swojego ukochanego młodego przyjaciela, Joego. Przemierzając dzikie krajobrazy Anglii, Lassie stawia czoła niebezpieczeństwom, przeciwnościom i samotności, ale także spoty...

Prawdziwa przyjaźń przezwycięży wszystkie przeszkody.Joe ma szczęśliwe dzieciństwo, dopóki jego rodzice nie wpadają w finansowe tarapaty. Sposobem na wyjście z kłopotów jest sprzedaż Lassie - ukochanego pupila chłopca. Załamany Joe musi pożegnać się z psem, który trafia do posiadłości księcia Rudlinga w dalekiej Szkocji. Czy ogromny dystans zakończy niezwykłą relację między człowiekiem a zwierzęciem?Utwór został wydany jako nowela, ale ze względu na popularność autor napisa...