Author: Enid Blyton
Publisher: Bounty Books
ISBN: 9780753729410
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Tip-Tap the naughty pixie is very lazy, but he gets his comeuppance one day when he borrows Dame Trip's umbrella without asking, and all sorts of funny things happen! This lovely story collection also tells of a very surprising Easter egg, a rabbit that didn't grow up and the story of Sly-One and his ice cream. Other stories in this volume: Blackberry Pie The Old Boot The Enchanted Mirror It's Going to Rain! The Frightened Teddy Bear The Singing Shell and many more...
The Strange Umbrella
Author: Enid Blyton
Publisher: Bounty Books
ISBN: 9780753729410
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Tip-Tap the naughty pixie is very lazy, but he gets his comeuppance one day when he borrows Dame Trip's umbrella without asking, and all sorts of funny things happen! This lovely story collection also tells of a very surprising Easter egg, a rabbit that didn't grow up and the story of Sly-One and his ice cream. Other stories in this volume: Blackberry Pie The Old Boot The Enchanted Mirror It's Going to Rain! The Frightened Teddy Bear The Singing Shell and many more...
Publisher: Bounty Books
ISBN: 9780753729410
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Tip-Tap the naughty pixie is very lazy, but he gets his comeuppance one day when he borrows Dame Trip's umbrella without asking, and all sorts of funny things happen! This lovely story collection also tells of a very surprising Easter egg, a rabbit that didn't grow up and the story of Sly-One and his ice cream. Other stories in this volume: Blackberry Pie The Old Boot The Enchanted Mirror It's Going to Rain! The Frightened Teddy Bear The Singing Shell and many more...
Umbrella
Author: Will Self
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408841215
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
"A brother is as easily forgotten as an umbrella."--James Joyce, "Ulysses" 1918 Audrey Death--feminist, socialist and munitions worker at Woolwich Arsenal--falls ill with encephalitis lethargica as the epidemic rages across Europe, killing a third of its victims and condemning a further third to living death. 1971 Under the curious eyes of psychiatrist Dr. Zack Busner, assumed mental patient Audrey Death lies supine in bed above a spring grotto that she has made every one of the forty-nine years she has resided in Friern Mental Hospital. 2010 Now retired, Dr. Busner travels waywardly across North London in search of the truth about that tumultuous summer when he awoke the post-encephalitic patients under his care using a new and powerful drug. Weaving together a dense tapestry of consciousness and lived life across an entire century, in his latest and most ambitious novel, Will Self takes up the challenge of Modernism and reveals how it--and it alone--can unravel new and unsettling truths about our world and how it came to be.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408841215
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
"A brother is as easily forgotten as an umbrella."--James Joyce, "Ulysses" 1918 Audrey Death--feminist, socialist and munitions worker at Woolwich Arsenal--falls ill with encephalitis lethargica as the epidemic rages across Europe, killing a third of its victims and condemning a further third to living death. 1971 Under the curious eyes of psychiatrist Dr. Zack Busner, assumed mental patient Audrey Death lies supine in bed above a spring grotto that she has made every one of the forty-nine years she has resided in Friern Mental Hospital. 2010 Now retired, Dr. Busner travels waywardly across North London in search of the truth about that tumultuous summer when he awoke the post-encephalitic patients under his care using a new and powerful drug. Weaving together a dense tapestry of consciousness and lived life across an entire century, in his latest and most ambitious novel, Will Self takes up the challenge of Modernism and reveals how it--and it alone--can unravel new and unsettling truths about our world and how it came to be.
A Day in the Country and Other Stories
Author: Guy de Maupassant
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191606006
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
This selection of twenty-seven stories shows Maupassant at his comic, cruel, and brilliant best. In addition to the poignant title story, it includes one of the most famous tales ever written, The Necklace , and Le Horla, an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the author's own decline into madness. All the stories demonstrate his genius for invention and his ability to write unblinkingly about the absurdity of the human condition, supporting Henry James' claim that in the annals of story-telling, Maupassant stands `like a lion in the path'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191606006
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
This selection of twenty-seven stories shows Maupassant at his comic, cruel, and brilliant best. In addition to the poignant title story, it includes one of the most famous tales ever written, The Necklace , and Le Horla, an account of a disintegrating personality that chillingly parallels the author's own decline into madness. All the stories demonstrate his genius for invention and his ability to write unblinkingly about the absurdity of the human condition, supporting Henry James' claim that in the annals of story-telling, Maupassant stands `like a lion in the path'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101636289
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Is it really possible to invent a machine that does the job of a writer? What is it about the landlady's house that makes it so hard for her guests to leave? Does Sir Basil Turton value most his wife or one of his priceless sculptures? These compelling tales are a perfect introduction to the adult writing of a storytelling genius.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101636289
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Is it really possible to invent a machine that does the job of a writer? What is it about the landlady's house that makes it so hard for her guests to leave? Does Sir Basil Turton value most his wife or one of his priceless sculptures? These compelling tales are a perfect introduction to the adult writing of a storytelling genius.
Muse of Nightmares
Author: Laini Taylor
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316341703
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
The highly anticipated, thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer, from National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy. Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old. She believed she knew every horror, and was beyond surprise. She was wrong. In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggle to grasp the new boundaries of their selves as dark-minded Minya holds them hostage, intent on vengeance against Weep. Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice--save the woman he loves, or everyone else?--while Sarai feels more helpless than ever. But is she? Sometimes, only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Sarai, the muse of nightmares, has not yet discovered what she's capable of. As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected: Where did the gods come from, and why? What was done with thousands of children born in the citadel nursery? And most important of all, as forgotten doors are opened and new worlds revealed: Must heroes always slay monsters, or is it possible to save them instead? Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this gorgeous sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer./DIV
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316341703
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
The highly anticipated, thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer, from National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy. Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old. She believed she knew every horror, and was beyond surprise. She was wrong. In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggle to grasp the new boundaries of their selves as dark-minded Minya holds them hostage, intent on vengeance against Weep. Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice--save the woman he loves, or everyone else?--while Sarai feels more helpless than ever. But is she? Sometimes, only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Sarai, the muse of nightmares, has not yet discovered what she's capable of. As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected: Where did the gods come from, and why? What was done with thousands of children born in the citadel nursery? And most important of all, as forgotten doors are opened and new worlds revealed: Must heroes always slay monsters, or is it possible to save them instead? Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this gorgeous sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer./DIV
The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories
Author: Yu Chen
Publisher: Tordotcom
ISBN: 1250768934
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022 From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story collection that explores the expanse of Chinese science fiction and fantasy. In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end of the universe, cultivate to immortality in the high mountains, watch roses perform Shakespeare, or arrive at the island of the gods on the backs of giant fish to ensure that the world can bloom. Written, edited, and translated by a female and nonbinary team, these stories have never before been published in English and represent both the richly complicated past and the vivid future of Chinese science fiction and fantasy. Time travel to a winter's day on the West Lake, explore the very boundaries of death itself, and meet old gods and new heroes in this stunning new collection. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tordotcom
ISBN: 1250768934
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022 From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story collection that explores the expanse of Chinese science fiction and fantasy. In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end of the universe, cultivate to immortality in the high mountains, watch roses perform Shakespeare, or arrive at the island of the gods on the backs of giant fish to ensure that the world can bloom. Written, edited, and translated by a female and nonbinary team, these stories have never before been published in English and represent both the richly complicated past and the vivid future of Chinese science fiction and fantasy. Time travel to a winter's day on the West Lake, explore the very boundaries of death itself, and meet old gods and new heroes in this stunning new collection. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Panther's Moon and Other Stories
Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184754442
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Ten unforgettable tales of fascinating human encounters with animals and birds—of a man-eater that terrorizes an entire village; the strange and wonderful trust that develops between a fierce leopard and a boy; revengeful monkeys who never forgive a woman who grows dahlias; a crow who genuinely thinks human beings are stupid; and many others— that create a world in which men and wild creatures struggle to survive despite each other: a world where, in the end, one is not quite sure which side one is on. Panther’s Moon and Other Stories is another marvellous collection of stories from India’s most-loved author that will once again amuse, enchant, and delight readers of all ages.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184754442
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Ten unforgettable tales of fascinating human encounters with animals and birds—of a man-eater that terrorizes an entire village; the strange and wonderful trust that develops between a fierce leopard and a boy; revengeful monkeys who never forgive a woman who grows dahlias; a crow who genuinely thinks human beings are stupid; and many others— that create a world in which men and wild creatures struggle to survive despite each other: a world where, in the end, one is not quite sure which side one is on. Panther’s Moon and Other Stories is another marvellous collection of stories from India’s most-loved author that will once again amuse, enchant, and delight readers of all ages.
Trent's Trust and Other Stories
Author: Bret Harte
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
White Snake and Other Stories
Author: Geling Yan
Publisher: Aunt Lute Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
First collection published in English by major, multiple award-winning Chinese writer Yan Geling.
Publisher: Aunt Lute Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
First collection published in English by major, multiple award-winning Chinese writer Yan Geling.
Elizabeth Gaskell
Author: Jennifer S. Uglow
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571170364
Category : Women authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571170364
Category : Women authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description