The Beast in the Jungle and Other Stories, Paperback

Following in the footsteps of such chroniclers of American absurdity as Cormac McCarthy, Joy Williams, and Charles Portis, Robin McLean's Pity the ...

Reducere. In sixteen apparently simple stories, John Young's memorable characters ask (or refuse to ask) what shapes us. Education? Talent? Impulse? Family? ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Considered one of the most accomplished examples of the horror genre, 'The Rats in the Walls' is presented here along with other quintessentially L...

Classic / British English Three stories, three ghosts. A young woman marries an older man. His first wife is dead. Or is she ...? Why does a dead m...

Reducere. Still fresh and strikingly contemporary, the stark realism of these stories carefully explores the dreams and emotions of Sherwood Anderson's unfor...

DescriptionA timeless collection of stories told with a focus on children's perspectives. Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows is an enduring ...

Reducere. Phantom limbs, porous realities, and strange reflections shifting in black glass. The thirteen stories included in David Peak's decade-spanning col...

Publisher: Inanna Publications and Education Inc.Author(s): Rummana ChowdhuryNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 140 x 208 x 9Cov...

Reducere. A collection of Penn Warren's best short fiction: two novelettes and twelve stories that skillfully handle a variety of themes and styles."Worth re...

Some of the Sneetches have bellies with stars, but the plain-bellied ones have none upon thars! But an unexpected visitor soon leads them to discov...

A whirling library of ghost story, funny story, love story, scary story, and more. Like Russian dolls, separate yet invisibly linked, they unfold f...

Reducere. A superb collection of science fiction and fantasy stories, The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories is a book that transcend...

Reducere. When residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their backyards, it became clear that the cats had returned after deca...

DescriptionA biographical history of Aleister Crowley's activities in Berlin from 1930 to 1932 as Hitler was rising to power - Examines Crowley's f...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jose Emilio PachecoSeven stories depict harsh realities of life in urban Mexico and the tragedies of childhood innocence be...

Reducere. DescriptionA collection of tales rooted in Chinese folk traditions and contemporary issues includes the stories of a family's victimization by host...

In addition to the title story, this selection of twenty-seven stories includes one of Maupassant's most famous tales, "The Necklace, " and "Le Hor...

This Biff, Chip and Kipper collection contains four funny stories, plus activities focusing on reading skills. This Read with Oxford Stage 5 collec...

Reducere. In The Mane Event, Shelly Laurenston introduced a whole new breed of heroes-sexy, shape-shifting hunks who redefine the term Alpha male. Now, in Th...

The first collection of short stories from the author of }Accidents In The Home{ and }Everything Will Be All Right{, examining the extraordinary an...

Reducere. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST - NPR - GOOD HOUSEKEEPING - FRESH AIR - THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS - LIT HUB - KIRKUS REVIEWS -...

In this hilarious book, featuring three timeless fables, Dr. Seuss explores the pitfalls of growing too big for your boots!

First published in 1888, The Happy Prince and Other Stories brings together beloved children's stories by Oscar Wilde, including The Happy Prince, ...

Reducere. Ten thrilling and intriguing tales of space travel, war, and alien encounters from the multiple Hugo Award-winning Grand Master of Science Fiction....

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jean-Francois KiefferFollow the action-filled stories of the young Italian orphan friend of St. Francis of Assisi in the da...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mark HelprinWinner of the Prix de Rome and the National Jewish Book Award, these ten stories and the title novella, "Ellis ...

Thirteen of Roald Dahl's most unexpected tales to appeal to older readers. Ages: 12+

Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold anthology--written by the best children's authors--...

'There's not a recipe here I don't want to eat immediately.' - Nigella LawsonRoast Chicken and Other Stories provides an insight into Simon Hopkins...

Reducere. The nineteen stories contained herein, all beautifully translated for the first time into English by Sue Boswell, combine work published by Marcel ...

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Reducere. Irrevocably tied to the Carolinas, these stories tell tales of the woebegone, their obsessions with decay, and the haunting ache of the region itse...

Everyone's favourite family cat is back in this fabulous collection of 3 Mog stories: Mog & Bunny, Mog & The V.E.T, and Mog & The Granny.

Reducere. Before she wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx was already producing some of the finest short fiction in...

A collection of stories about love from the author of Every Day - newly published in the UK for the first time. They explore the many aspects of an...

Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat... Mog is everyone's favourite family cat! Come play with her in this collection of funny and warm-...

Reducere. The Mexican American author Gary Soto draws on his own experience of growing up in California's Central Valley in this finely crafted collection of...