Paris Stories, Paperback

Paris Street Tales contains eighteen newly translated stories related to particular streets in Paris, and one newly written tale, accompanied by ev...

If you've never been to Paris, here is your chance to experience it; if you have been there, here is your chance to return. Paris Tales is a highly...

THE STORIES THAT INSPIRED THE FILM COLETTE, out Jan 2019. The second book in Colette's enchanting Claudine series. Seventeen-year-old Claudine is i...

Reducere. A New York Magazine Best Book of the YearA Huffington Post Best Book of the Year Twenty contemporary authors introduce twenty sterling examples of ...

DescriptionTranslated for the first time, the best short stories by the 'modernist master' Gazdanov, author of The Spectre of Alexander Wolf. In a ...

The Level 6 Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories provide humorous storylines to engage and motivate children. The popular characters and familiar settings...

Escaped from prison and living in Paris, Filippo spends his nights writing down the stories recounted to him in prison by his former cellmate. Alth...

The New Gods return for a new era in this collection of stories that reimagined Jack Kirby's famous creations for a new era!

Reducere. The unique sights, smells and sounds of the famous city are the luminous backdrop to these eleven tales whose colourful characters are lured to the...

Reducere. This work looks at the 1920s in Paris, considered the pivotal years in Ernest Hemingway's apprenticeship as a writer, whether sitting in cafes or a...

Reducere. Ten unusual stories by French literary masters from Voltaire to Camus: "Microm gas" by Voltaire; "The Atheist's Mass" by Balzac; "The Legend of St....

Reducere. Human life is filled with predicaments. In these eight stories, Theodore Dalrymple examines how people struggle with everyday conflicts and frustra...

Reducere. The stories are all told by the author in the first person, typically addressing a Parisian reader. The author, having relocated his home from Pari...

A captivating collection of pitch-black tales from one of the most important Japanese writers of the second half of the twentieth century - 'shocki...

Reducere. Hubert Crackanthorpe (1870-1896) made a critically significant contribution to the evolution of the modernist short story in Britain. His unexplain...

Within these pages are nineteen stories of a life. Stories of events such as a first dance, reluctantly, between friends. Of Elliott, a good friend...

Reducere. About the AuthorMinnesota-born and Midwest-bred, Scott Dominic Carpenter is the author of Theory of Remainders: A Novel (named to Kirkus Reviews' "...

Reducere. The reputation of Paul Morand (1888-1976) rests squarely upon his short stories from the 1920s, which introduced a fresh and exuberant style into p...

Reducere. From Ian and Charlotte's first meeting in Paris to a look into the future, Taggart Family Values chronicles Masters and Mercenaries' favorite famil...

One of the untold stories of the Holocaust--the nail-biting drama of Suzanne Spaak, who risked and gave her life to save hundreds of Jewish childre...

N'Golo Kante is widely regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world, but life hasn't always been easy for the Chelsea superstar. ...

Reducere. Enjoy this collection of Missouri's paranormal history. A young woman's fiery death leads her spirit to haunt the Missouri State University dormito...

Reducere. Although Renée Vivien led a life of wealth and privilege in belle epoque Paris, she often felt like an outsider because she was attracted to other ...

DescriptionAn enthralling reflection on the ways that family history influences identity, from the 2014 Nobel laureate for literature A mix of auto...

Reducere. DescriptionBetween 1933 and 1945, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party were responsible for the persecution of millions of Jews across Europe.This extra...

Reducere. From swimming in waterfalls amid ancient ruins in Mexico to fairy hunting amid the castles of Scotland; from chasing rainbows on the Isle of Skye t...

A rich collection of stories from around the world which reveal what really goes on within an organisation. Recounting diverse tales of organisatio...

A dapper Paris doctor dispenses a treatment for dissatisfied wives. A mother auditions for her first porn movie. A writer working on a study of pai...

Designed as a reader for intermediate students of Arabic and those who may wish to broaden their appreciation of leading Middle Eastern writers, th...

DescriptionBestselling author and world-renowned chef David Lebovitz continues to mine the rich subject of his evolving ex-Pat life in Paris, using...

The phenomenon of Paris between 1940 and 1950 playing host to many of the artists, writers and intellectuals who influence us today is the subject ...

In The Three Musketeers, d'Artagnan goes to Paris with the ambition to become a musketeer - a King's Guard. He must convince the three musketeers t...

Before the huge crowd that packed the cathedral square, La Esmeralda stood between two executioners. Suddenly Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dam...

Reducere. From Kate Chopin's turn-of-the-century Lousiana, to Gertrude Stein's war-time Paris, to Alice Walker's modern-day America, here are twenty-six shor...

Reducere. Widely known for her much-admired novels, including The Heat of the Day, The House in Paris, and The Death of the Heart, Elizabeth Bowen establishe...

Reducere. Guy de Maupassant, one of the 19th century's most admired French writers, is considered to be one of the fathers of the modern short story. Maupass...

Reducere. The Old Wives Tale deals with the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, following their stories from their youth, worki...

DescriptionA rediscovered classic from the author of For Two Thousand Years, this remarkable novel presents nuanced snapshots of love in the early ...

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 ...

This revised and expanded second edition brings together the uncollected short fiction of the poet, writer and religious philosopher Aleister Crowl...

Reducere. Unflinching portrayals of desire and alienation fill Bonnie Chau's award-winning story collection. Chau's short fiction explores the lives of young...

DescriptionA collection of Sci-Fi masterpieces featuring stories by acclaimed creators Geoff Johns and Kurt Busiek. "M tal Hurlant" magazine was cr...

DescriptionWhat does eating out tell us about who we are? The deliciously cosmopolitan story of the restaurant from eighteenth-century Paris to El ...

Reducere. Stories from a Rearview Mirror follows the life of a boy, raised at the bank of the Danube River after World War II. This covers seventy years of s...

Reducere. "The Dark Dark reads like a feminist manifesto threaded through imaginative fiction; it's the most evocative, impressive collection I've read this ...

Reducere. Possession. Power. Passion. New York Times bestselling novelist M.J. Rose creates her most provocative spellbinder to date in this gothic novel set...

Reducere. You Won't Believe Your Eyes Relentlessly Readable Insider StoriesUPDATED AND REVISED FOR 2019, WITH NEW FOREWORD BY STACEY KEITH, AND SPECIAL EPILO...

The Modern Salonni re is a collection of essays that combines Saxon Henry's passions of traveling, reading, and creative nonfiction. Locale by loca...

DescriptionWhen a prominent figure from the Paris restaurant world turns up dead, Inspector Maigret is on the case The body of a well-known Parisia...

Reducere. In Our Time, Ernest Hemingway's first novel, published in Paris in 1924, launched his career as a major literary talent. This book includes the eig...

Reducere. Getting there is half the fun with this pair, and along the way (past an electrical tower they think is the Eiffel), Minnie and Moo pick up a buslo...

Reducere. He wasn't from St. Louis, but St. Louis changed his life. Most of his greatest experiences stemmed from the St. Louisans he married and befriended:...

Reducere. From C. J. Box, the New York Times bestselling author of the Joe Pickett novels, comes a thrilling book of suspense stories about the Wyoming he kn...

Reducere. Do you want to learn French without feeling like studying? Do you want to learn idioms and speak like a real Parisien? Do you want to read French s...

Best known by her stage name, La Goulue (the Glutton), Louise Weber was one of the biggest stars of fin de siecle Paris. This book is the first sub...

Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. To commemorate the 40th...

The second magical bookwandering adventure in the nationally bestselling Pages & Co. series, featuring Tilly Pages as she journeys to France to wan...

Reducere. THE KING IN YELLOW Robert W. Chambers was influenced by Ambrose Bierce and hailed by H. P. Lovecraft. He inspired such authors as Clark Ashton Smit...

This compilation contains three complete novels and eight major short stories from the canon of one of the twentieth century's most enduringly popu...

Reducere. Discover New York Times bestseller Samira Ahmed's romantic, sweeping adventure through the streets of Paris told in alternating narratives that bri...

Reducere. Nobody's Boy is a French novel by Hector Malot, published for the first time in 1878. The story is set in the nineteenth century. An abandoned chil...

Reducere. An incandescent group portrait of the midcentury artists and thinkers whose lives, loves, collaborations, and passions were forged against the wart...

Reducere. Two impossible love stories are fatefully connected by one artistic legacy in a stunning debut that leaps between the mysteries of late-Renaissance...

"The selections are good and the translations are excellent." Germaine Bree, New York UniversityDrawn from two centuries of French literature, thes...

Reducere. 2018 SCBWI Spark Honor WINNER"A bittersweet story of ... eternal optimism." --Publisher's Weekly (BookLife) "A deeply moving story that belongs on ...

DescriptionMost famous for his twenty-volume dissection of nineteenth-century French mores and society, the Rougon-Macquart novels, Zola was also a...

Reducere. Award NameTriangle AwardsAward categoryDebut FictionEnter the world of New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, where the characters are as intelligent and charming...

The hidden elegance in everyday objects and physical mechanisms, from crumpled paper to sandcastles. Hidden Wonders focuses on the objects that pop...

"Queer, dirty, insightful, and so funny" (Andrea Lawlor), this coyly revolutionary debut story collection imagines new origins and futures for its ...

Reducere. "Can priests miss Mass? This little book light-heartedly depicts ten Holy Masses nearly missed by priests due to some opposition from within Holy C...