検索キーワード： "MAJOR" 選集・短編小説

STREAMING ON NETFLIX FROM JANUARY 2025: Stephen King's 'The Life of Chuck' is a 'phenomenal' (USA Today) tale of life and legacy - and now a feature film directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Karen Gillan. Available in a beautiful standalone...

A story that blends practical joking with death; the irony of the Devil's Dictionary is a live and well in this story. A jewel.

„Der nackte Major“ ist eine Erzählung von Nikolai Soukup die auf Basis eines Gesprächs mit Elisabeth Trebusch (geboren 1910) beruht. In meinen Augen lag etwas, das Männer verrückt machte. Das wurde mir sogar quasi wissenschaftlich bestätigt: Eine alte Ärztin empfahl mir einmal, Männern lieber nie in die Augen zu blicken. Ich antwortete im Scherz, dass ich ihnen ohnedies lieber auf den Hintern schauen würde. Wir lachten darüber. Ich war immer ein fröhlicher Mensch.

'Major Wilbraham' is the extraordinary tale of a respectable ex-army officer whose mysterious death is shrouded in the greatest mystery of all. What could have led to Major Wilbraham to behave like that? Causing a scene on Piccadilly, staying out all night in Green Park with a street fighter and a prostitute, causing a fight at Covent Garden Market in which he was fatally injured....

Inspired by these action-packed spaghetti westerns, writer Rick Lai has created a terrific new hero in Major Sabbath. A veteran of the Civil War, he now roams the Wild West as the most efficient manhunter of them all. Lai, along with Erik Franklin and Frank Schildiner, offer up a trio of gun-blasting tales featuring this man with the penetrating angel eyes and lightning fast draw. Once you meet Major Sabbath, you'll never forget him.

Twelve dramatisations of the best love stories ever written, performed by star casts Treat yourself to this stunning collection of classic stories of love, loss, obstacles overcome and desperate attraction. This is a beautiful, moving and at times thrilling listen which takes you on a journey...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Deception by Roald Dahl, read by Richard Griffiths, Andrew Scott, Derek Jacobi, Mark Heap, Juliet Stevenson and Stephen Mangan. 'The cruelest lies are often told in silence . . .' Why do we lie? Why do we deceive those we love most? What do we fear...

In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are selected to enter an annual contest where the winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life. The game is simple - maintain a steady walking pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three...

Twenty years ago, Barney the Dinosaur told the nation's children they were special. We're still paying the price. From "one of the funniest writers in America" comes a collection of stories culled from the front lines of the millennial culture wars (Jimmy So, Daily Beast). Rife with failing rock...

A man reflects back into his childhood to revisit over 75 sexual encounters, from the age of five until the age of 20. Females made him lust and turn into the man they call thrill. But he learns that sex is not love and it takes more than just sex to have a successful relationship.