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The stories collected in the twelve volumes of Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors have captivated generations of readers. In The Blue Fairy Book, the first in his legendary series, Lang compiled and edited tales from the Brothers Grimm, Madame d’Aulnoy, and French, Scandinavian, and Middle Eastern sources. He captured the folkloric traditions and dark origins of dozens of the world's best-known fairy-tale characters, including Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow-White, Cinderella, and Rumpelstiltskin.

Priya has a boyfriend, but her relationship has become boring. She makes a risky sinful plan with her best friend Shanaya to spice up her relationship. Will she lose everything for the sake of one naughty plan? Or will the three of them end up in a sinful party near an isolated lake?

In the stories that make up Oblivion, David Foster Wallace joins the rawest, most naked humanity with the infinite involutions of self-consciousness--a combination that is dazzlingly, uniquely his. These are worlds undreamt-of by any other mind. Only David Foster Wallace could convey a father's desperate loneliness by way of his son's daydreaming through a teacher's homicidal breakdown ("The Soul Is Not a Smithy"). Or could explore the deepest and most hilarious aspects of creativity.

The ex-planet Pluto has a few choice words about being thrown out of the solar system. A listing of alternate histories tells you all the various ways Hitler has died. A lawyer sues an interplanetary union for dangerous working conditions. And four artificial intelligences explain, in increasingly worrying detail, how they plan not to destroy humanity. Welcome to Miniatures: The Very Short Fiction of John Scalzi.

"Die Nacht, die Lichter" ist ein literarisches Panoptikum von Glückssuchern, Losern, Träumern und Heimatlosen - packend, authentisch und gewaltig. Clemens Meyer erzählt in seinen Geschichten von der Hoffnung, einmal im Leben den großen Gewinn einzustreichen, von verpasster Liebe, von Außenseitern, die den Weg zu sich selbst suchen. Der preisgekrönte Senkrechtstarter der Literaturszene trifft nicht nur gekonnt die Töne, sondern vor allem den Nerv der Zeit.

Michael Ende gelingt es mit seinen Geschichten, junge und alte Leser aus allen Ländern in seinen Bann zu ziehen. Mit den acht Erzählungen dieses Bandes entführt der große Geschichtenerzähler den staunenden Leser in die Welt der Fantasie, in eine Welt voller Wunder und Zeichen. Er erzählt von dem Korridor eines imposanten römischen Palazzo, dessen Ende niemals erreicht werden kann, von einer herrschaftlichen Villa, die durch ihr weites, einladendes Portal niemals zu betreten ist - und die Geschichte von einem, der auszog, das Wundern zu lernen.

Ranging from Texas, to Chile, to New Mexico and New York, in this new collection Berlin writes about the good, the bad and everything in between: struggling young mothers, husbands who pack their bags and leave in the middle of the night, wives looking back at their first marriage from the distance of their second.... Evening in Paradise is a careful selection from Lucia Berlin's remaining stories - a jewel box follow-up for her hungry fans.

Plutarch: Caesar is the essential companion to Plutarch's Alexander, the life paired with Caesar in Plutarch's Parallel Lives. This new English version of Caesar is followed by an Afterword about Plutarch’s Parallel Lives by the translator, Christopher Pelling, Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University.

J. R. R. Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor best known as the author of fantasy works like "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings." Listen as Tolkien reads "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil," "The Hoard," "Perry-The-Winkle," and "The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon." Also included is a reading of "A Elbereth Gilthoniel" in Elvish and "The Road Goes Ever on," sung by William Elvin with music by Donald Swann.

The eight stories here show Wells in various moods and foreshadow his celebrity. These are uncanny tales, resonating strangely, despite arising from ordinary thoughts, interactions, and memories. Wells shows just how fantastic the everyday can be, if one only pauses to reflect on missed chances, suggestions of what might have been, bleak premonitions of blessed futures whose utopian promise is destroyed by new forms of war.

In the past 50 years, the American short story has changed dramatically. New voices, forms, and mixtures of genres have brought this unique US genre a thrilling burst of energy. This rich anthology celebrates this avalanche of talent. Beginning in 1970, it culls together a half century of powerful American short stories from all genres, including - for the first time in a literary anthology - science fiction, horror, and fantasy.

"وإذا كان الشيء بالشيء يذكر، فالشيء بالشيء يحَّس... فما بالك والشباب شباب مصطفى والطرف الآخر صاحبة هذا القوام والوجه والعيون .. سوزان! أربعة عيون وكل ما سواها عدم،...

Un periodista freelance que busca el dinero para comprarle un ataúd a su difunto padre, un desempleado cuya esperanza gira alrededor de un sofá abandonado frente a su casa, un adolescente que encuentra el amor gracias a la adicción al NyQuil de su padre, un hombre desesperado que roba una pistola de agua para su hijo y protagoniza un milagro equivocado: así es la vida en Levittown, uno de los proyectos suburbanos más grandes del Caribe.

This magisterial collection of short works by Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner reminds listeners of his ability to compress his epic vision into narratives as hard and wounding as bullets. Among the 42 selections in this audiobook are such classics as "A Bear Hunt", "A Rose for Emily", "Two Soldiers", and "The Brooch".

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】泉鏡花によって書かれた紀行文。5月中旬に平泉を訪れ、毛越寺と中尊寺を巡ったときの様子が綴られている。大池の畔に佇む芭蕉の句碑、藤原氏三代の栄華を偲ばせる古塚。山吹やツツジが咲き乱れる風景が見られる、中尊寺へ続く道中。七宝荘厳の柱と黄金の装飾に圧倒される金色堂など。平泉の風景や仏像に感銘を受ける様子や、旅の道中での食事や宿での体験が描かれる。

The unabridged, digital audiobook edition of "Man from the South", a short, sharp, chilling story from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking tale, read by the actor Stephen Mangan. In "Man from the South", Roald Dahl, one of the world’s favourite authors, tells a sinister story about the darker side of human nature. Here, a man takes part in a very unusual bet, one with appalling consequences.... "Man from the South" is taken from the short story collection Someone Like You.

This book contains 26 of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America, those who have shaped the genre and who know, more intimately than anyone else, what the criteria for excellence in the field should be. The authors chosen for the Science Fiction Hall Fame are the men and women who have shaped the body and heart of modern science fiction; their brilliantly imaginative creations continue to inspire and astound new generations of writers and fans.

The hit BBC series Sherlock has introduced a whole new generation of fans to Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective. In this unique collection, Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have selected their all-time favorite Sherlock Holmes adventures, providing listeners a curated masterclass in crime fiction. Each of these 19 tales, from Sherlock's first appearance in A Study in Scarlet to the late classic The Dying Detective, is a potent mix of murder, suspense, cryptic clues, red herrings, and revenge.

Franz Kafka ist aus der deutschsprachigen Literatur nicht wegzudenken. Seine Phantasie, seine Erzählkunst, seine Menschenkenntnis sind einmalig. Immer wieder verschmilzt er virtuos Handlung mit Gedanken und legt im Leben seiner Figuren Tiefenschichten frei. Die Hörbuch Box präsentiert Kafka kompakt, seine erstaunlichsten Erzählungen und Parabeln.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】少年は、父が学生時代に古道具屋で購入した外国製の置き時計に親しみを抱いていた。