Jean M. Auel

The Valley of Horses

The Clan of the Cave Bear

The third novel in the Earth's Children series, Jean M. Auel's internationally bestselling epic of life 25,000 years ago when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth. Leaving the valley of horses with Jondalar, the handsome man she has nursed back to health and come to love, Ayla embarks on a journey that will lead her to the Mamutoi, the Mammoth Hunters, who are Others like her. As she settles into this new life among a people at first strange and disturbingly different, soon Ayla begins to feel at home, finally leaving her painful memories of the Clan behind and finding female friends. Yet Ayla is also drawn to Ranec, the dark-skinned, magnetic master-carver of ivory. Ayla must choose: remain with Ranec and the Mamutoi, or follow Jondalar into the unknown . . . Set 25,000 years in the past, yet utterly relatable today, The Mammoth Hunters is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual. Praise for Jean M. Auel 'Beautiful, exciting, imaginative' New York Times 'A major bestseller . . . A remarkable work of imagination' Daily Express

The Mammoth Hunters

Forced to leave the Clan, and her young son, Ayla sets out alone to travel the frigid steppes until she finds the valley of horses. Unable to find people like herself, the Cro Magnons, she settles there and seeks friendship elsewhere. First she adopts a young filly, then a wounded lion cub. But far to the west, two young Cro Magnon brothers have begun a journey. One of them is Jondalar, whose destiny is bound inextricably with Ayla's. Jean Auel's imaginative reconstruction of pre-historic life, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual, has become a set text in schools and colleges around the world.

Ayla and Jondalar continue their epic journey across Ice Age Europe to join Jondalar's people, the Zelandonii, confronting new hardships and perilous challenges along the way.

The Shelters of Stone

De stam van de holebeer

Mechthild Sandberg

Der Welterfolg von Jean M. Auel! Die Urzeit vor 30 000 Jahren: Das junge Mädchen Ayla irrt verlassen durch die gefährliche Wildnis der vorzeitlichen Erde. Der “Clan des Bären”, ein Stamm von Urmenschen, nimmt sie auf. Doch Ayla ist nicht wie die anderen Stammesmitglieder. Sie ist blond, schlank und lernt überdurchschnittlich schnell ... Ayla lebt vor 30.000 Jahren in einer Zeit, in der Schnee und Eis weite Teile des europäischen Kontinents bedecken. Als während eines Erdbebens Aylas Stamm vernichtet wird, irrt sie ziellos umher und überlebt nur knapp den Angriff eines Höhlenlöwen. Völlig entkräftet wird sie vom Clan des Bären gefunden und aufgenommen. In Iza, der Heilerin des Clans, und deren Bruder Creb, einem mächtigen Medizinmann, findet Ayla neue Eltern. Bald schon ergeben sich Konflikte durch Aylas Andersartigkeit. Nicht nur ihr Aussehen, sondern auch ihre seltsame Art, durch Laute zu kommunizieren, befremden die Clan-Mitglieder. Bald lernt Ayla, auf die "richtige" Art zu sprechen - in der Gebärdensprache. Viele Verhaltensregeln und Tabus, die den Frauen des Bärenclans auferlegt sind, bereiten der selbstbewussten Ayla auch weiterhin Probleme. Mit Feuereifer stürzt sich Ayla in ihre Ausbildung zur Medizinfrau, denn darin sieht sie ihre einzige Chance, in Zukunft vom Clan akzeptiert zu werden. Doch ihr unabhängiges Wesen lässt sich nicht unterdrücken. So sehr sie sich auch müht, sie bleibt eine Außenseiterin in einer ihr fremden Kultur ...

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Ayla und der Clan des Bären

Im vierten Band des spannenden Zyklus "Die Kinder der Erde" reitet die schöne und kluge Ayla mit ihrem Gefährten Jondalar durch das Tal des Grossen Mutter Flusses - Jondalars Heimat entgegen. Grosse Gefahren sind zu überwinden. Sie begegnen treuen Freunden und erbitterten Gegnern, doch beiden sind sie an Fähigkeiten und Erfindungsreichtum überlegen. Jean M. Auel ist Jahrgang 1936. Nach ihrem Wirtschaftsdiplom sucht sie 1977 eigentlich nach einem gutbezahlten Job im Bankwesen, um ihre Kinder zu ernähren. Parallel dazu beginnt sie einen Roman zu schreiben, und als sie eine Führungsposition angeboten bekommt, ist sie bereits mit Leidenschaft Schriftstellerin. Um weiterschreiben zu können, verzichtet sie auf das sichere Gehalt. Zu Recht, denn ihre Steinzeit-Romane werden zu Knüllern mit Kultcharakter. Jean M. Auel ist fünffache Mutter und vielfache Grossmutter und lebt in Oregon.

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Ayla und das Tal der Grossen Mutter

The fourth novel in the Earth's Children series, Jean M. Auel's internationally bestselling epic of life 25,000 years ago when two kinds of human beings, Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon, shared the earth. Ayla and Jondalar have left the safety of the lands of the Mammoth Hunters and embarked on a seemingly impossible journey across an entire continent. Their goal is the Cro-Magnon settlement in what is now southern France where Jondalar lived as a young man. Accompanied by the half-tame Wolf, the stallion, Racer, and the mare, Whinney, they are forced to brave both savage enemies and the elemental dangers of weather and terrain in their search for the place that will become Home. Set 25,000 years in the past, yet utterly relatable today, The Mammoth Hunters is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive, rich in detail of language, culture, myth and ritual. Praise for Jean M. Auel 'Beautiful, exciting, imaginative' New York Times 'A major bestseller . . . A remarkable work of imagination' Daily Express

The Plains of Passage

Once again Jean M. Auel opens the door of a time long past to reveal an age of wonder and danger at the dawn of the modern human race. With all the consummate storytelling artistry and vivid authenticity she brought to The Clan of the Cave Bear and its sequel, The Valley of Horses, Jean M. Auel continues the breathtaking epic journey of the woman called Ayla. Riding Whinney with Jondalar, the man she loves, and followed by the mare’s colt, Ayla ventures into the land of the Mamutoi--The Mammoth Hunters. She has finally found the Others she has been seeking. Though Ayla must learn their different customs and language, she is adopted because of her remarkable hunting ability, singular healing skills, and uncanny fire-making technique. Bringing back the single pup of a lone wolf she has killed, Ayla shows the way she tames animals. She finds women friends and painful memories of the Clan she left behind, and meets Ranec, the dark-skinned, magnetic master carver of ivory, whom she cannot refuse--inciting Jondalar to a fierce jealousy that he tries to control by avoiding her. Unfamiliar with the ways of the Others, Ayla misunderstands, and thinking Jondalar no longer loves her, she turns more to Ranec. Throughout the icy winter the tension mounts, but warming weather will bring the great mammoth hunt and the mating rituals of the Summer Meeting, when Ayla must choose to remain with Ranec and the Mamutoi, or to follow Jondalar on a long journey into an unknown future.

Earth's Children, Book Three

Werner Peterich

Im dritten, mitreißenden Band aus dem Zyklus “Die Kinder der Erde” treffen Ayla und Jondalar auf die Mammutjäger, die wie sie zur Gruppe der Cro-Magnon-Menschen gehören. Sie werden von dem Stamm als vollwertige Mitglieder aufgenommen. Das Schicksal scheint ihnen endlich gewogen, doch Ayla steht plötzlich zwischen zwei Männern ...

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Ayla und die Mammutjäger

This Enhanced Edition contains exclusive content including the first chapter of the unabridged audiobook and eight videos. These videos include footage from 'Jean M. Auel in conversation with Chris Stringer' a sell-out event which took place on the 28th February 2011 at London's Natural History Museum, as well as videos about the eighteen lucky competition winners who influenced the making of the limited edition Augmented Reality hardback. Please note this a large file that will take time to download over slower connections. Europe is in the grip of the Ice Age. Its harsh but spectacularly beautiful terrain supports many varieties of animals but few people. They are Cro-Magnons - the first anatomically modern people - and Neanderthals, the other race with whom we shared that cold, ancient land. Ayla is a Cro-Magnon child who lost her parents in an earthquake and was adopted by a tribe of Neanderthal, the Clan. The Clan's wary suspicion was gradually transformed into acceptance of this girl, so different from them, under the guidance of its medicine woman Iza and its wise holy man Creb. But Broud, the Clan's future leader, becomes an implacable enemy, and causes her exile. Forced into dangerous isolation, she eventually finds her soul mate and fellow Cro-Magnon, Jondalar. Their epic journey across Europe is complete and Ayla and Jondalar join his people in the region now known as south-west France. Settling into the rhythm of life in the Ninth Cave, the couple find much pleasure in their baby daughter and in being reunited with friends and family. Ayla plays a vital role in the area of healing: her knowledge of plants and herbs, gleaned from her days with the Clan, strike awe in her new tribe. They are also both impressed by and wary of her uncanny affinity with long-time companions, the mare Whinney and Wolf. But, torn between her desire to concentrate on her new child and the rigours of her training as a Zelandoni acolyte, Ayla finds her relationship with Jondalar moving into stormy waters. Can she manage to balance her sense of destiny with her heart?

The Land of Painted Caves

The triumphant finale of the hugely successful Earth's Childrens series

Nionde grottan

Los refugios de piedra

Aníbal Leal

Las llanuras del tránsito

Los cazadores de mamuts

Ayla et Jondalar, son compagnon, poursuivent leur traversée des steppes immenses du continent européen. La femme aux cheveux d'or et le géant blond suscitent le trouble et l'effroi sur leur passage. Les peuples rudes qu'ils rencontrent vivent de la chasse et de la cueillette mais n'ont jamais vu d'animaux domestiques. Or, ce couple étrange se déplace à cheval, en compagnie d'un loup apprivoisé. D'où tient-il donc ses pouvoirs ? En quête d'un lieu qui deviendrait le foyer de leur union, Ayla et Jondalar affrontent les mille périls qui menaçaient nos ancêtres il y a 35 000 ans, entre Lascaux et Néanderthal, et nous font assister à l'éveil de la pensée humaine.

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