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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The Umbrella and Other Stories
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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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...
Skin and Other Stories
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014192893X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
HOW would you dispose of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? WHERE would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? WHAT if you discovered the tattoo on your back was worth a million dollars? ELEVEN TALES FILLED WITH INTRIGUE AND SUSPENSE TO STARTLE AND SPELLBIND YOU.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014192893X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
HOW would you dispose of a murder weapon without causing suspicion? WHERE would you hide a diamond where no one else would think of looking? WHAT if you discovered the tattoo on your back was worth a million dollars? ELEVEN TALES FILLED WITH INTRIGUE AND SUSPENSE TO STARTLE AND SPELLBIND YOU.
The Beach Umbrella
Author: Cyrus Colter
Publisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Colter illuminates familiar things and people -- 63rd street and Martin Luther King Highway, wives and common-law mates, a teenager hooked on drugs and retired old men subsisting on pensions ...
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Colter illuminates familiar things and people -- 63rd street and Martin Luther King Highway, wives and common-law mates, a teenager hooked on drugs and retired old men subsisting on pensions ...
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.
Babylon And Other Stories
Author: Alix Ohlin
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0375415254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
An anthology of short fiction captures characters in the midst of coping with life's uncertainties, from a child who practices the piano on paper keys, to an expectant mother who discovers the tragic story of her new home's previous inhabitants.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0375415254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
An anthology of short fiction captures characters in the midst of coping with life's uncertainties, from a child who practices the piano on paper keys, to an expectant mother who discovers the tragic story of her new home's previous inhabitants.
The Umbrella
Author: Jan Brett
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399255400
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Jan Brett's New York Times bestselling picture book The Umbrella has all the rollicking fun of the woodland animals that crowd into a mitten in the snow in The Mitten. Only this time it's in a lush cloud forest as one by one, tree frog, toucan, kinkajou, baby tapir, quetzal, monkey, and jaguar crowd into an open, upside down banana umbrella until a tiny hummingbird lands and they all fall out. A shortened text for toddlers and simple Spanish phrases like "Hola!" add to the fun of reading aloud this lively board book.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399255400
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Jan Brett's New York Times bestselling picture book The Umbrella has all the rollicking fun of the woodland animals that crowd into a mitten in the snow in The Mitten. Only this time it's in a lush cloud forest as one by one, tree frog, toucan, kinkajou, baby tapir, quetzal, monkey, and jaguar crowd into an open, upside down banana umbrella until a tiny hummingbird lands and they all fall out. A shortened text for toddlers and simple Spanish phrases like "Hola!" add to the fun of reading aloud this lively board book.
Short-Tempered Melancholic and Other Stories
Author: Arina Tanemura
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421551063
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Short-Tempered Melancholic Kajika Yamano is a female ninja whose job is to protect her family's legendary weapon. But when a boy she has a crush on tells her she should be more ladylike, she vows to give up all ninja deeds. This Love is Nonfiction Yuri sends her pen pal Ryo a picture of herself--but it's really of her best friend Karin, who is prettier than she is. Now Ryo wants to meet her, so she has no choice but to send Karin instead! Rainy Afternoons are for Romantic Heroines Minori falls in love with Takato, a boy who shared his umbrella with her one rainy afternoon. Now she "forgets" her umbrella every time it rains in hopes of becoming closer to him. The Style of the Second Love Mana secretly likes her friend's boyfriend, but Nakamura, a younger boy, is determined to win Mana's heart. -- VIZ Media
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1421551063
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Short-Tempered Melancholic Kajika Yamano is a female ninja whose job is to protect her family's legendary weapon. But when a boy she has a crush on tells her she should be more ladylike, she vows to give up all ninja deeds. This Love is Nonfiction Yuri sends her pen pal Ryo a picture of herself--but it's really of her best friend Karin, who is prettier than she is. Now Ryo wants to meet her, so she has no choice but to send Karin instead! Rainy Afternoons are for Romantic Heroines Minori falls in love with Takato, a boy who shared his umbrella with her one rainy afternoon. Now she "forgets" her umbrella every time it rains in hopes of becoming closer to him. The Style of the Second Love Mana secretly likes her friend's boyfriend, but Nakamura, a younger boy, is determined to win Mana's heart. -- VIZ Media
Umbrellabird's Umbrella
Author: Heather Feldman
Publisher: Teaching Resources
ISBN: 9780439165440
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Umbrellabird is very unhappy. The other birds tease him about his unusual feathers. But one day, the birds see just how useful an umbrella can be.
Publisher: Teaching Resources
ISBN: 9780439165440
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Umbrellabird is very unhappy. The other birds tease him about his unusual feathers. But one day, the birds see just how useful an umbrella can be.
The Trouble with Happiness
Author: Tove Ditlevsen
Publisher: Picador USA
ISBN: 1250863104
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Trouble with Happiness is a powerful new collection of short stories by Tove Ditlevsen, “a terrifying talent” (Parul Sehgal, The New York Times). A newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a husband chases away his wife’s beloved cat; a betrayed mother impulsively sacks her housekeeper. Underneath the surface of these precisely observed tales of marriage and family life in midcentury Copenhagen pulse currents of desire, violence, and despair, as women and men struggle to escape from the roles assigned to them and dream of becoming free and happy—without ever truly understanding what that might mean. Tove Ditlevsen is one of Denmark’s most famous and beloved writers, and her autobiographical Copenhagen Trilogy was hailed as a masterpiece on republication in English, named a New York Times Best Book of the Year, and lauded for its wry humor, limpid prose, and powerful honesty. The poignant and understated stories in The Trouble with Happiness, written in the 1950s and 1960s and never before translated into English, offer readers a new chance to encounter the quietly devastating work of this essential twentieth-century writer.
Publisher: Picador USA
ISBN: 1250863104
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Trouble with Happiness is a powerful new collection of short stories by Tove Ditlevsen, “a terrifying talent” (Parul Sehgal, The New York Times). A newly married woman longs, irrationally, for a silk umbrella; a husband chases away his wife’s beloved cat; a betrayed mother impulsively sacks her housekeeper. Underneath the surface of these precisely observed tales of marriage and family life in midcentury Copenhagen pulse currents of desire, violence, and despair, as women and men struggle to escape from the roles assigned to them and dream of becoming free and happy—without ever truly understanding what that might mean. Tove Ditlevsen is one of Denmark’s most famous and beloved writers, and her autobiographical Copenhagen Trilogy was hailed as a masterpiece on republication in English, named a New York Times Best Book of the Year, and lauded for its wry humor, limpid prose, and powerful honesty. The poignant and understated stories in The Trouble with Happiness, written in the 1950s and 1960s and never before translated into English, offer readers a new chance to encounter the quietly devastating work of this essential twentieth-century writer.