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A moving and heart-warming short story from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, written by 14-year-old competition winner and illustrated by one of Ireland's best loved and award-winning book creators. Ruka is different from all the other ten-year-olds in the village, lacking the magical powers needed to begin training as, a young sorcerer. Lonely and insecure, she runs away into the forest in despair. But, escaping the familiar presents new challenges...
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A dramatic short story taken from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, written by a number-one bestselling author When Fleece, one of the foot soldiers of the valiant Hibernian Army, is sent to battle the demons of the Fomorian Empire, he becomes the accidental Hero of Drumree. Much to his surprise. Derek Landy's action-packed tale is perfectly complemented by Alan Clarke's brilliantly dramatic artwork. Look out for the other eleven stories - also available...
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This is a collection of eleven short stories whose common theme is the heroism of our flawed lives. It explores the arduousness of people's lives and covers such diverse subjects as human solidarity, generational change, single parenthood, domestic violence, the tragic complexity of revolution, police brutality, artistic hubris, and the limitations of rationalism. In 'The Hat', a polish Jew on the run in Eastern Europe goes down to a town in search...
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Indelible linked stories centred around Azurée, a young Arab woman living in the echoes of her ancestors' voices.
Masterfully tracing the deep roots of the Arab immigrant experience, these interlocking stories follow an Arab family as they flee the Middle East in the nineteenth century, settle in Montreal in the twentieth, and face the collision between tradition and modernity in the twenty-first. This family includes trailblazing Lebanese freedom...
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With one exception, these short stories were written for this collection, and they tentatively look at different themes such as compassion, passivity and their opposites, which are not, of course, original themes, as none exist. The stories are told in different keys, and some characters appear in more than one story. The subject matter also shifts from the social to the political, and the tone becomes increasingly pessimistic. An Algerian immigrant...
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These five stories could've maybe happened. In spring 2006, a rural Texan sees a car broken down on the roadside and stops to help. His discovering the occupant is famous is just the beginning of a wild day. In 1985, a man meets a woman with a startling secret. Through the ensuing years, she demonstrates her unique abiity until a chance encounter changes everything. In 2005, a happily married man who loves music ventures off to Austin to seek the...
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"O Pequeno Herói" é um conto escrito em 1849, numa época em que Dostoiévski cumpria uma pena de prisão. Segundo o próprio autor, trabalhar nesta pequena obra foi como que uma espécie de salvação perante o horror que o cercava.
O enredo trata da história de um menino que passa alguns dias na casa de um parente rico. Tímido, ele começa a sentir-se atraído por uma jovem loura, bem mais velha do que ele, alegre e brincalhona…
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Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) não é apenas um dos mais importantes escritores franceses de todos os tempos, mas é também considerado por muitos o pai do conto moderno. Discípulo de Flaubert, Maupassant soube aproveitar ao máximo o espaço limitado das histórias curtas, elevando-as à categoria de arte, e serviu de inspiração para grandes nomes da literatura como Somerset Maugham e Henry James. Nas 21 histórias que compõem os "Contos do...
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No conto "Os Crimes da Rua Morgue" ("The Murders in the Rue Morgue"), Edgar Allan Poe conta a história do assassinato brutal de duas mulheres em Paris. Envolto em mistério, o crime tornou-se um grande desafio para a polícia, sendo desvendado apenas por Auguste Dupin, um homem tão enigmático quanto os assuntos dos quais se ocupa. Publicado pela primeira vez em 1841 na "Graham's Magazine", o texto inaugurou a linhagem do conto policial moderno,...
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A short story by Linda Grant from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In 'The Mash Up', a woman recalls the strain of juggling opposing cultures at her wedding. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë's game-changing novel and its...
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Curious, uncanny tales blending Indigenous oral storytelling and meticulous style, from an electric voice in Canadian fiction
These are stories that are a little bit larger than life, or maybe they really happened. Tales that could be told 'round the campfire, each one-upping the next. Tales about a car that drives herself, ever loyal to her owner. Tales about an impossible moose hunt. Tales about the Real Santa(TM) mashed up with the book of Genesis,...
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Nicola Barker weaves humor and tragedy through this fresh and original collection, as her characters struggle to find love, independence, and fulfillment in this new addition to the Ecco Art of the Story series
Nicola Barker's collection of her nineteen most brilliant stories exemplifies her ability to create daring, witty, and dynamic characters, all their idiosyncracies intact. Barker's stories often use wordplay and humor to stretch the boundaries...
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A short story by Kirsty Gunn from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In 'Dangerous Dog', a fitness instructor teaches teenage boys how to handle a pit bull terrier by telling them Jane Eyre's story. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader, I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte...
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A short story by Evie Wyld from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In 'Behind The Mountain', an English wife struggles with the loneliness of a new life in Canada and finds herself drawn to the town's outsider. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader, I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance...
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A short story by Sarah Hall from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In 'Luxury Hour', a new mother encounters an old lover after her daily swim and inexplicably lies to him. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader, I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë's game-changing...
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A short story by Tessa Hadley from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In 'My Mother's Wedding', a bohemian wedding party takes an unexpected turn for the bride and her daughter. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader, I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë's game-changing...
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A short story by Nadifa Mohamed from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In 'Party Girl', ahead of settling down, a woman looks back on her rebellious youth. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë's game-changing novel and its beloved...
19) La Manzana
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La Manzana Una obra literaria escrita por: Carlos Rafael Fernández Morillo Carfer La manzana es una historia de como pudo ser la lucha entre los arcángeles por el poder del paraíso, donde el arcángel Jehová se vale de muchas trampas para lograr el poder y apoyado por otros arcángeles logra expulsar del paraíso a luz bell, iniciando así un reinado de terror y sometimiento sobre todos los seres que habitan el paraíso incluyendo...
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A short story by Esther Freud from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In 'Transference', a woman in a troubled relationship is drawn to her enigmatic therapist. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strength and lasting relevance of Charlotte Brontë's game-changing novel and its...
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