Kan, a hot-headed college freshman who is bad at socializing, is invited by his senior Ton to go on a motorcycle getaway trip with his friends. Kan invites his girlfriend, Toey, a third-year engineering student to go with him to get to know his friends. The trip seems fun until Kan's hot-headed nature brings about unexpected events.
Ratio Rasch, the president of planet Gyllenblå, has banned laughter and emotions in order to create a society based on reason. Police are constantly patrolling the planet and anyone caught laughing is imprisoned and given anti-laughter serum. Only a few members of an underground guerrilla oppose the president. On Earth, the eccentric Dr. Krull listens to signals from outer space and realizes that something needs to be done so he sends the two children Cecilie and Fredrik to Gyllenblå. Epicykel, a guerrilla member, senses their presence and hopes to get to them first but fails. The children are put in school, where Fredrik has great difficulty controlling his laughter but Cecilie adapts well. The guerrilla knows that laughter is contagious and Fredrik gives them new hope of returning laughter to the people of Gyllenblå.
Throughout history when ordinary people find themselves under the shadow of evil, the Payne Family has answered the call of duty. A long line of knights, crusaders, monster hunters, police, scientists, archaeologists, and adventurers, there has always been a Payne protecting human civilization from every sinister force imaginable. Funded by an immense family fortune, the Paynes exist to protect us from the worst in ourselves and from elsewhere. Now Amanda Payne, the youngest of the next generation of the Payne Family is coming of age and preparing to inherit this awesome mantle of responsibility... but her father doesn't want her to follow in his footsteps!
About Sheima, niece of a Bedouin sheikh and famous for her beauty and poetry, who captures the heart of her cousin Rabih. Sheima's verse contains hidden riddles that no one except Rabih could solve. But she dislikes Rabih's arrogance and pride, so she writes a new poem with a riddle. The man who solves this riddle shall marry her. A strange cavalier called Bashar succeed in solving the riddle and captures the heart of Sheima.
At the edge of reality lies Yeluo Li Wonderland, a magical realm where fairies once lived in harmony with nature. Now, human environmental destruction threatens this balance, and the realm’s queen, Mandora, plans to use the power of dreams to invade and reshape the human world.
Follow the characters that are exploring and adventuring the Land of Alethrion. They are all in some way or another connected to a mysterious treasure map that was created by the most epic hero of all time, Alethrion. No one knows what treasure or magical artifact Alethrion placed at the X on the map, but they do believe that it is the biggest treasure ever. What none of them know, is that the map leads to Alethrion’s greedy and dangerous spirit trapped inside of a magical chest - its prison. It has been waiting to be found and knows that it is just a matter of time before greedy adventurous will find the treasure and it. Now, generations later, new adventurers from all corners of The Land of Alethrion are in search of a mysterious treasure map to become the new mightiest heroes of all time.
A story about two urban boys, who spend a summer at the romantic Kis-Balaton side with an old field keeper, and gradually change their point of view about their civilized life, and fall in love with the nature.
Cliff divers Jonathan Paredes and Orland Duque explore the Riviera Maya to find the best places to dive from. Five days and 12 cenotes are the result of this adventure through the Yucatán Peninsula.
The pinnacle of human civilization has come and gone, leaving only ruins in its wake. Society and science now struggle to rebuild, rediscovering scraps of knowledge from powerful ancient artifacts that defy comprehension. These relics of the “Old World” can make the fortunes of those who find them—if ancient security systems and rogue bioweapons don't kill the relic hunters first. Akira, a young street orphan, sets out to become one such hunter to escape his brutal life in the slums. Untrained, malnourished, and poorly armed, Akira would be lucky to make it back from the ruins alive—until an encounter with Alpha, a mysterious, ghostly woman, changes his fate forever. Alpha needs a hunter, and she's willing to train Akira to get one.
Will her support be enough to help a penniless kid from the slums climb to the top of a crushing and merciless world?