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This adventure story has everything you could want: the good guy, some bad guys, the girl, sword fighting, revenge, romance, of course a happy ending, and rodents of unusual size. Join Westley the plucky farm boy, Buttercup the beautiful young maiden, Inigo Montoya the driven, embittered swordsman, and many other strange and unusual characters in this swashbuckling tale of good-natured silliness. It is read by Rob Reiner, who directed the motion picture based on this classic tale.

No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the best-selling author of Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you into Hollywood's inner sanctums...on and behind the scenes for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, and other films...into the plush offices of Hollywood producers...into the working lives of acting greats such as Redford, Olivier, Newman, and Hoffman...and more.

This adventure story has everything you could want: a handsome good guy, a pretty heroine, some bad guys, sword fighting, revenge, romance, and of course a happy ending, along with “rodents of unusual size.” Join Westley (the plucky farm boy), Buttercup (the beautiful young maiden), Inigo Montoya (the driven, embittered swordsman), Prince Humperdinck (the scheming villain), and many other strange and unusual characters in this swashbuckling tale of good-natured silliness.

Matt discovers an underworld of people with uncanny powers living in the shadows of New York City, all trying to elude a dark force that’s ruthlessly hunting them down in Joel Goldman’s “Freaks Must Die”. Now Matt must save the “freaks” from bloody annihilation. In Lisa Klink’s “Slaves to Evil”, Matt is trapped in a small town between hordes of deranged, killer cops and an innocent girl hell-bent on seeking bloody vengeance from him for the killing of her brother.

Es war einmal, da gab es eine Geschichte so voll edler Abenteuer und wahrer Liebe, dass sie über Nacht zu einem Klassiker wurde. Worum es geht in diesem Buch? Fechten. Ringkämpfe. Folter. Gift. Wahre Liebe. Hass. Rache. Riesen. Jäger. Böse Menschen. Gute Menschen. Bildschöne Damen. Schlangen. Spinnen. Wilde Tiere jeder Art und in mannigfaltigster Beschreibung. Schmerzen. Tod. Tapfere Männer. Feige Männer. Bärenstarke Männer. Verfolgungsjagden. Entkommen. Lügen. Wahrheiten. Leidenschaften. Wunder. Ein Buch, das anders ist als alles, was Sie bisher gelesen haben.

Un tempo, a Venezia, tutti i gondolieri cantavano, ed erano i più meravigliosi cantanti del mondo. Ma sono in pochi, ormai, a ricordare quei tempi gloriosi. Nessuno si spiegava perché all'improvviso tutti i gondolieri avessero smesso di cantare. Un bel giorno William Goldman sbarcò a Venezia, ebbe un'illuminazione e andò sino in fondo al mistero. Scoprì così la nobile e triste storia di Luigi, il gondoliere con il sorriso da tontolone. La sua impareggiabile maestria, le sue disavventure e il suo riscatto finale.

Buttercup é uma camponesa que se apaixona perdidamente por Westley, o jovem humilde que trabalha na fazenda do pai dela. Juntos, eles descobrem o amor verdadeiro, mas um trágico acidente envolvendo um navio pirata os separa. Em poucos anos, Buttercup se torna a mulher mais bonita de todos os reinos e acaba sendo pedida em casamento pelo sádico príncipe Humperdinck. Mas nada, nem um poderoso príncipe amante da caça, é capaz de separar esse amor, e o destemido Westley volta para resgatar sua princesa que foi prometida a outro.