Editorial: Booklassic
The Slithering Shadow was written in the year 1933 by Robert Ervin Howard. This book is one of the most popular novels of Robert Ervin Howard, and has been translated into several other languages around the world. This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.
This anthology contains ten quirky and mostly humorous short stories. It contains the following stories:Jared Pond and the Temper Complication.(Jared must use his talents for gambling and philandering to post bail for an ill-tempered Australian tennis player.)Jared Pond's First Mission.(Jared is hired by RAKI to stop a female Russian agent from posting pictures of her and the Australian Prime Minister)Jared Pond and the Yakuza Connection.(Jared must meet up with a Japanese agent to stop the Yakuza from murdering Japanese Emperor)The Soccer Date (Geoffrey is asked out by the prettiest female soccer player in the competition. But does she have other plans for Geoff?The Pursuit of Dangerous Dave's Treasure. (The protagonist arrives at Dangerous Dave's Farm and finds out that he is not the only one looking for Dave's Treasure)Jared Pond and the Swedish Fish Factory. (Jared travels to Sweden to stop a group of Norse religion zealots from smuggling drugs to Australia.)The Disgruntled Soccer Terrorist. (A bored triple zero operator decides to stop a terrorist who plans to bomb Sydney because of Referee Lundgren's shoddy refereeing calls)Jared Pond and the Quirky Malaysian Agent (Jared meets up with a time-travelling agent and accidentally blows up the Malaysian consulate(..Kingsley's Quest in India. (Lord Kingsley is driven insane his opium addiction and falls in love with an imaginary woman)Jared Pond and the Tamil Guru. (Jared Pond travels to Sri Lanka to secure a shipment of premium tea for Prime Minister Scurry Morrissette)Ver libro
Originally published in 1916 and revised in 1920, Mountain Interval is Robert Frost's third collection of solo poetry. In it, Frost reflects on human tragedies and fears, expresses his reaction to the complexities of life, and ultimately accepts his own personal burdens. The collection prefaces itself with one of Frost's best known poems, "The Road Not Taken." - Summary by Mary Kay and Bartleby Cast list for "Snow"Narrator: Kristin GjerløwMr. Cole: TriciaGMrs. Cole: Maria KasperMeserve: Ray KasperEdited by Maria KasperVer libro
Singapore Literature Prize winner Yong Shu Hoong’s latest book features more than just poetry. There is also a ghostly tale at its core, complete with prose poems and micro fiction of exactly 100 words each, as well as annotated excerpts from an abandoned work. In this viewing party, readers are invited to take a peek into the domain of death and cinema. You are part of a mob of dispassionate onlookers. Sometimes, you get to play the voyeuristic judge. Winner of the 2014 Singapore Literature Prize for English Poetry “There’s a warm easiness to Yong’s voice that’s balanced by a sharpness of insight. He cuts through the layers of familial and social habit to the unseen images and urges that give the mundane the sheen of the numinous. If the book is a viewing party, Yong is a genial and attentive host, inviting us in to absorbing scenes of everyday curiosity and surprise.” -Jen Crawford, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Creative Writing Programme at Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeVer libro
William Austin was born on 2nd March 1778 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. After being educated at Harvard College, Austin served as the Unitarian chaplain onboard the USS Constitution from 1799 but resigned a year later after they captured a French ship and his share of salvage proceedings was $200. He now gained the acquaintance of one of the Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton, who helped him begin his legal studies at London’s Lincoln’s Inn. Whilst there he began his literary career by producing a well-regarded series of ‘Letters from London’, which described and detailed the politics and personalities of the times. Returning to America, Austin was active in local Boston politics and served in the state senate representing Middlesex during the early 1820s. Although he was a frequent contributor to local periodicals on various subjects from Unitarian theology to chemistry to legal history, nothing quite approached the popularity of ‘Peter Rugg: The Missing Man’. This story and its sequels, constructed as long letters, were originally published in the New England Galaxy periodical between 1824 and 1827. So credible was his writing premise that they were accepted as a factual recounting of local legends rather than Austin’s fiction. William Austin died on 27th June 1841.Ver libro
"Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities...there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars.... Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand...to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet." In a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years before his tragic suicide, Robert E. Howard single-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. Collected in this volume are Howard's first thirteen Conan stories in their original versions and in the order Howard wrote them. Included are classics of dark fantasy like "The Tower of the Elephant" and swashbuckling adventure like "Queen of the Black Coast." Here are timeless tales featuring Conan the raw and dangerous youth, Conan the daring thief, Conan the swashbuckling pirate, and Conan the commander of armies. Here, too, is an unparalleled glimpse into the mind of a genius whose bold storytelling style has been imitated by many yet equaled by none. The tales contained in The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian are "The Phoenix on the Sword," "The Frost-Giant's Daughter," "The God in the Bowl," "The Tower of the Elephant," "The Scarlet Citadel," "Queen of the Black Coast," "Black Colossus," "Iron Shadows in the Moon," "Xuthal of the Dusk," "The Pool of the Black One," "Rogues in the House," "The Vale of Lost Women," and "The Devil in Iron."Ver libro
These short stories from the award-winning South African author “combine the coolly interrogative gaze of the outsider with an insider’s intimate warmth” (J. M. Coetzee). Zoë Wicomb’s debut short story collection, You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town, won critical acclaim across the globe as well as high praise from fellow authors including Toni Morrison, J. M. Coetzee, Bharati Mukherjee, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. Now, after two novels, Wicomb returns to the genre that first brought her international acclaim. Set mostly in the South African city of Cape Town, where Wicomb is from, and the Scottish city of Glasgow, where she now lives, this new collection of short stories straddles two worlds. With an array of expertly drawn characters, these twelve tales explore a range of human relationships: marriage, friendship, family, and the fraught yet often intimate relations between those who serve and those who are served. Full of ironic twists, ambiguities, and moments of startling insight, The One That Got Away showcases this Windham Campbell Award–winning author at the height of her powers. “An extraordinary writer . . . seductive, brilliant, and precious, her talent glitters.” —Toni MorrisonVer libro
