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An ancient feud between two frontier families is inflamed when one of the families takes up cattle rustling. In the grip of their relentless code of loyalty, they fight a war in Tonto Basin, desperately, doggedly, neither side seeing the futility of the conflict. Surrounded by this volatile environment, young Jean finds himself hopelessly in love with a girl from whom he is separated by an impassable barrier.
In The Faithful Look Away, the acclaimed poet Melissa Lee-Houghton brings her full imaginative force to bear on a short fiction with all the hallmarks of her singular talent. Exploring domestic pressures, mental health, addiction and issues surrounding body image with a caustic wit, an almost physical delight in description and a wellspring of empathy, this story is yet another marker laid down by one of the most exciting authors currently writing in English.Mostra libro
Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. The North-East region of the United States has a long and excellent history of literary works from its talented sons and daughters. Although some travelled the continent, and even further afield, their roots are unfailingly of this American landscape, its people and their shared experiences. 1 - The Top 10 - US Authors of the North-East - An Introduction 2 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 1 by Herman Melville 4 - Bartleby the Scrivener - Part 2 by Herman Melville 5 - The Rats in the Walls by H P Lovecraft 6 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 7 - The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte 8 - The Fullness of Life by Edith Wharton 9 - The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving 10 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 11 - The Open Boat by Stephen Crane 12 - The Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellMostra libro
This is a collection of a few stories by Hans Christian Andersen included - The Little Match Girl-The Swineherd- The Real Princess- The Leap-Frog- The Elderbush- The Bell- The Old HouseMostra libro
Fenek and Max are on their way to attend a meeting with Mr Rhinoceros, who is a policeman. They have both been looking forward to it a lot. During the meeting, Fenek receives a big applause. What has he done?Thanks to this book, your child will:learn what police officers do and what their uniforms look like;get to know some of the dangers he/she can experience on holiday;learn why it is worth knowing one’s home address;learn what he/she has to do if he/she is lost. The Adventures of Fenek - Books for younger children Thematic series that respond to the needs of pre-school and kindergarten teachers, parents, and psychologists. 20-page brochures are published in series of four books each, and they are all thematically related.Mostra libro
Dostoevsky's most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, and between the visions of self each century embodied. One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator is a former official who has defiantly withdrawn into an underground existence. In full retreat from society, he scrawls a passionate, obsessive, self-contradictory narrative that serves as a devastating attack on social utopianism and an assertion of man's essentially irrational nature.Mostra libro
Scallop-like sea creatures… Supermarket pickling malfunctions… The dreadful effects of mass poisoning… The truth about darkness… A visitor from the waking world… THAT TIME OF THE NIGHT is the second collection of Ian’s short stories, including Night of the Nuckelavee, Cleanup on Aisle 22, Pockets, and It’s Your Turn, Joey. There’s no better time to tell a horror story, than at that time of the night, long after darkness has fallen, and the hidden things have come out to play…Mostra libro
