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13 cosmic horror-tinged tales by some of the best authors the indie horror world has to offer.

This collection brings together some of the most influential and beloved novels in the English literary canon. From dystopian futures to sweeping romantic tales, these works explore human nature, social class, morality, and the quest for identity. Spanning genres and centuries, The Essential British Classics Collection is a celebration of the best of British storytelling, offering profound insights into the human experience.

This carefully curated collection brings together some of the most influential and enduring works in American literature. Spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, these novels explore love and loss, identity and ambition, innocence and disillusionment—offering a powerful reflection of the American experience in all its complexity. Timeless in their themes and revolutionary in style, The Essential American Classics Collection is a must-have for readers seeking the heart and soul of American fiction.

Le leggende fiorite intorno ai Padri del Deserto e agli eremiti della Tebaide, il Medioevo francescano o quello cortese e cavalleresco, l'Italia rinascimentale e degli umanisti rivivono in queste pagine in un clima mitico-simbolico soffuso di poesia. Ai temi consueti della favolistica tradizionale (vita-morte, amore-odio) si aggiungono qui quelli della tentazione, della povertà, del miracolo, sempre trattati con garbo ispirato.

आपल्या छोट्या अवकाशात मानवी जीवनाच्या साऱ्या पैलूला सामावून घेणारा लोकप्रिय साहित्यप्रकार म्हणजे कथा! झंकार स्टुडियोजच्या सौजन्याने सादर करीत आहे सहा कथांचा नजराणा! सुप्रसिद्ध कथाकार सर्वोत्तम सताळकर यांच्या या कथांचे निवेदन सिद्धहस्त निवेदक शीतल खरे-जोशी यांनी केले आहे. चला तर ऐकुया मानवी नातेसंबंध, राजकारण,रहस्य आणि गूढता या रंगात रंगलेल्या कथांचे ऑडियॊबुक " दुभंग आणि इतर कथा."

He's making his case... one kiss at a time. Since his engagement crashed and burned, Xavier Fuller wonders if marriage and a family are what he really wants anymore. Instead, he buries himself in work and taking his family's trucking company to the next level. Yet, one encounter with beautiful Zena Henderson reawakens something inside him, and fortunately, the attraction isn't one-sided. Each sensual kiss draws them closer and Xavier is determined to show her that he's the only man for her, now and forever.

Teddy is running across the U.S. to win a 1962 Cadillac on a bet. Indio's second swing hit Sparky's rough skull. Robert, Deputy-of-Noddingoff & Sir-Georgie do battle. Yanko & Veracruz are 2 members of "The Songbirds." Dalton entered a nightmarish scene at the office. Stinky agreed with Skeeto's idea about the dancers. Mongo and cave dwellers make strange music. Fred left the elevator smelling like Ben-Gay. Emerson removed the diaper & Leonard peed a stream. Ingeborg vomited from the cave water. Larry's omelette has 12 eggs & a pound of bacon. Felix the cat munched the fresh baked pie.

Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Edward P. Jones has brought his own refreshing perspective to the prize, selecting stories by an engaging mix of celebrated names and emerging voices.

Sweet Willie Gold Has the Blues-After a car accident, William Goldman, a nice middle aged married man wakes from a coma to find that he is a musical savant, able to play note for note every blues harmonica song he has ever heard. Is his newfound ability a blessing or a burden? Music or marriage, family or fame, he struggles to answer what he really wants out of his life. Just You Wait • Just You Wait, a contemporary, literary novella, tells the story of Jasmine Whittow, an intelligent young woman and an only child growing up in privileged familial circumstances.

Venture into the ominous and the macabre with Hellbound, a chilling collection of horror and dark fantasy stories that blurs the lines between damnation and reality. Featuring cursed small towns, malevolent supernatural forces, hideously evil humans (and one likeable succubus for a bit of comic relief), these hellish tales will take you to the darkest corners of reality and beyond.

Do you long for stories that feel like home, echoing laughter and wisdom from the past? Are you searching for heartfelt tales that are easy to listen to, without complex language or heavy themes? Would you love to share moments of nostalgia and joy with family, friends, or your book club?

Remember when strangers came door-to-door with fresh-baked pies, families gathered around black-and-white TV sets, and small towns held tight to their secrets? Jason A. Jones remembers—but in this collection of blood-curdling tales, these slice-of-life moments curdle into something far more sinister.

Good evening, horror seekers. What you are about to listen to is not for the faint of heart. In this book, you’ll find… Three lighthouse keepers who vanish without explanation, leaving behind diaries that foretell events that haven’t yet occurred. A car accident victim finds himself trapped in a strange house with a young boy who insists “dead is dead”. Four friends on a hunting trip encounter a legendary monster in the Kentucky woods. A dark figure that appears after a man’s near-death experience demanding payment for his borrowed time.

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure trove of storytellers, poets, and historians, all seeking to capture a sense of Yooper Life from settler's days to the far-flung future. Since 2017, the U.P. Reader has offered a rich collection of their voices that embraces the U.P.'s natural beauty and way of life, along with a few surprises. The seventy plus short works in this 9th annual volume take listeners around the U.P. from the Keweenaw to the Soo and from Menominee to Ironwood.

Well, you’ve found it, haven’t you? Saint Ambrose mortuary, where the dead have more to say than the living. Their whispers echoing through the hallways are begging to be heard. Curious about a local urban legend, teenagers discover the figure is horrifyingly real. A cruel CB radio prank becomes a terrifying hunt when a predator’s voice emerges from the static. A dark entity is unleashed when a teacher tests his own warning about hidden messages in rock music. Two men descend into inexplicable terror when they awaken on a barren, unnatural island.

A horror anthology edited by the genre’s greatest, Ellen Datlow, with one side featuring stories about what haunts the night while the other side showcases the terrors that can exist in the light of day in this new addition to the Saga Doubles series.

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読書観を綴ったエッセイ。若い時はショーペンハウエルを読んで感動したが、年を経るにつれてそういう本は少なくなった。しかし、偉大な思想家の思想は自分の考えが進むにつれて異なって現れ、新たに教えられることがある。書物を読むということは自分の思想がそこまで行かなければならず、一脈相通ずれば暗夜に火を打つように全体が明らかになるのだ。

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『伸子』『道標』などの代表作で知られ、昭和期に活動した作家の随筆。ナイチンゲールは生きているうちから、慈悲の女神、天使として伝説に包まれた存在だったが、現実の生活はどうだったのか。クリミア戦争が終わり、イギリス負傷兵のいるトルコの陸軍病院での激労を終えて帰国した彼女は、世間的な名声を得た。

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代表作『スケッチ・ブック』『アルハンブラ物語』で知られ、19世紀前半に活動した米国人作家によるイギリス人評。「ジョン・ブル」とは擬人化されたイギリスの国家像・国民性の象徴。彼は、情けの深い気立ての良い男だが、争いの真っ只中に飛び込むのが好きだ。

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ニューヨーク州立アルフレッド工芸大学で行った講演録。真の芸術は人の心を動かすものであり、過去数百年間の名品はその芸術的生命を保持している一方、現代の陶器の多くは日常品として機能するのみで芸術性に欠けるという。東洋と西洋の陶芸史を振り返り、大量生産への批判と個人の芸術表現の可能性を示唆する。