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This is a short story dealing with an injustice, a town without patience or pity in 1912 for the last living slave woman in this town. Each of six scenes builds to a crescendo of action. It is an old story of injustice brought about by those in power toward the poorest and least powerful in the community. It is also a story of rage when the last straw is put on old, dear Aunt Tilley who has changed the diapers of those who want to remove her. Told in the best tradition of Mark Twain's more serious tales.

Northampton. The center of England. Twelve extraordinary characters transport you through 6,000 years of astonishing history. As Alan Moore’s place-writing masterpiece reaches its 25th anniversary, New Perspectives brings this expansive work to life through twelve immersive audio journeys. 

Brigadier Gerard is the hero of a series of historical short stories by the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity - he is utterly convinced that he is the bravest soldier, greatest swordsman, most accomplished horseman and most gallant lover in all France. Gerard is not entirely wrong, since he displays notable bravery on many occasions, but his self-satisfaction undercuts this quite often.

There are 11 short stories and a novella, The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid. Six of the stories were published before 1891, and, therefore, lacked international copyright protection when the collection began to be sold in October 1913.

Nineteen tales, spanning from July 1975 to June 1984, sewn together with the common thread of Tyler Willett, his wife Nancy, and their son Sean. Tales populated by drill sergeants, a collection of stalwart NCOs, and various commanders. These tales capture the conflicts, angst, setbacks, and triumphs as Willett goes from junior corporate executive infantry private to armor lieutenant platoon leader and finally a seasoned tank company commander.

1643. Bloody civil war rages through England. The Roundhead army is in disarray and its leadership, divided. The King looks certain to defeat his rebellious Parliament. If the Royalists can capture Gloucester, a town with weak defences and few men, the road to London and victory is open. A Bloody Campaign is a collection of short stories tracing the campaign and Candy's involvement.

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 offers a rich collection of their voices that embraces the UP's natural beauty and way of life, along with a few surprises. The 41 short works in this fifth annual volume take readers on UP road and boat trips from the Keweenaw to the Soo. Rich with descriptions of the characters and culture that make the Upper Peninsula worth living in and writing about.

A delightful and touching tale of 300 years in America as told from the eyes of the forest. America unfolds from wagon trains to motor homes. Native Americans, hunters, and generations of the family tell the history of America.

Five short love stories! "The Light at the End of the Tunnel", "Leave or Perish", "A Broom in her Hand", "Deception" and "A Cry for Help".

Aristotle once said, "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Antarctica has to be one of the most mysterious places on Earth. After hearing all the ancient accounts, geological evidence, and other weird things going on in Antarctica right now, you might wonder, is it about to get even stranger? Could it have been the home of Atlantis, the famous lost continent? Is Antarctica home to the Nephilim giants?

Elizabeth Killington, recently widowed at age 27, flies to England to claim her late husband, Lord Horace Killington’s estate. She finds she not only owns a grand manor house in the country, but also the “crowds of people” who made Lord Killington avoid home for many years. As she meets and recognizes characters from her favorites books, and some she never heard of, she learns a wonderful secret from her lady’s maid, Bridget. Is it possible that all stories can have a happy-ever-after ending? 

Il avait traversé les récentes années sans se poser de questions. À la faveur de l'avènement du nouvel ordre, il avait obtenu un statut et un respect qui lui avaient été auparavant toujours refusés. En peu de temps, on l'avait extrait de son effacement, de la masse des autres hommes. On lui avait assigné une fonction et un rang. On l'avait usiné. On en avait fait un outil efficace. Des ordres lui étaient donnés. Il les exécutait. Il n'avait pas senti venir le chaos. Le grand mécanisme s'était effondré.

Tadeusz Borowski’s concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. In spare, brutal prose he describes a world where where the will to survive overrides compassion, and prisoners eat, work, and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup, an extra blanket, or the luxury of a pair of shoes with thick soles; and where the line between normality and abnormality vanishes.

Slightly Scary Short Stories with humorous, creepy, historical, and thought-provoking tales. An entertaining Halloween book. Featuring new urban legends like "The Coquina Madman", the creepy "Sleepless", and the amusing "What’s in the Attic?".

These are the stories of our heroes, back when they were just another black or Jew or queer. Back when they were nobody. But the real key to these stories is that the protagonists’ identities are withheld. This means that your job is to find them - leading to that Eureka moment when you realise who's mind you've been living inside for the last 20 minutes.

La palabra muisca, significa en lenguaje nativo persona o gente. Y según muy serias investigaciones los nativos muiscas parecen descendientes de los chinos que poblaron la América Central, y de ahí sin duda pasaron a Panamá, territorio que antes pertenecía a Colombia, Perú, Ecuador y otros lugares. Sí, a los “Chibchas” o “Muiscas” los hacen descendientes de los chinos, por cuanto el legisla cultural y legendaria, cuna a la vez de los primeros inventos y de una gran civilización. De la misma manera se afirma que los fenicios también se establecieron en América.

Lady Justine Everly has almost everything her heart has ever desired. With a doting husband and a beautiful estate, nearly all of her wishes have been fulfilled, except for one: a child of her own. When at last she finally conceives, she concocts a plan to surprise her husband Calvin at Christmas with the happy news. But can she keep the secret growing inside her a surprise until the Christmas bells begin to chime? 

Wunderliche Dinge ereignen sich in der Nacht vor Weihnachten in einem verschneiten ukrainischen Dorf. Am Himmel zieht die Hexe ihre Kreise, kurz darauf ist der Mond verschwunden: Der Teufel will sich in finsterer Nacht am Schmied Wakula rächen, der seine Vertreibung aus der Hölle an die Kirchenwand malte. Wakula jedoch wirbt gerade um die schöne, eitle Oxana. Zum Beweis seiner Liebe fordert diese ein Paar Schuhe der Zarin. Um diese aussichtslose Aufgabe zu erfüllen, muss der Schmied einen Pakt mit dem Teufel eingehen.

Роберт Ирвин Говард (1906-1936) - американский писатель, автор приключений и детективов, а также произведений в жанрах фэнтези и хоррор. Герои многих его романов, повестей и рассказов перекочевали на страницы комиксов и экраны голливудских фильмов.

A young woman’s night-time escapade goes eerily wrong. A man is forced to relive the horrible accident that tore his family apart over and over again. An underground thrill through ancient catacombs proves disastrously horrific. A young boy is haunted by the scarecrow in the fields behind his home. And a woman is revisited by the ghost of a psychotic killer in the most dreadful of ways. Scare Street brings you some of the best short horror stories by authors Ron Ripley, David Longhorn, Eric Whittle, Sara Clancy, and A. I. Nasser, all in one book.