Anthologies & Short Stories

This volume brings together the best of Ruskin Bond’s prose and poetry. For over four decades, by way of innumerable novels, essays, short stories, and poems, the author has mapped out and peopled a unique literary landscape....

Jaya: A Retelling of the Mahabharata has the whole epic, which was originally known as Jaya, condensed into a tiny capsule in this book....

Ruskin Bond’s simple characters, living amidst the lush forests of the Himalayan foothills, are remarkable for their quiet heroism, courage and grace, and age-old values of honesty and fidelity.  These stories are a magnificent evocation of an India that may be fast disappearing....

The Panchatantra is a collection of short stories from India, written more than 5,000 years ago! This is a collection of stories from that legendary collection....

Commissioned by Audible and written especially for audio format this collection brings together six crime stories through the themes of discovery, destination and arrival....

Only You is full of tenderness, raw passion, love, longing, and the many emotions that kindle true romance. This audiobook showcases 20 stories that are as loving as they are lusty....

In appearance Hercule Poirot hardly resembled an ancient Greek hero. Yet, reasoned the detective, like Hercules, he had been responsible for ridding society of some of its most unpleasant monsters....

Some of the best relationships that exist in this world are nameless ones. They crouch behind those sanctioned by society: the legitimate ones, the ones that you can define because they are approved, allowed, understood and normal....

This year's shortlist of six exceptional stories each take the listener on an intense and gripping journey into the human heart. With poise, precision, and a light-footed grace, they conjure dramatically different, starkly real worlds....

Mystery. Adventure. Horror. Romance. You can get a healthy mix of it all in The Classic Tales Podcast, Season Five. An anthology of all of the stories released through the podcast during 2011. Over 36 hours total! Optimized for mobile listening, this is one binge-worthy collection....

The Periodic Table by Primo Levi is an impassioned response to the Holocaust: Consisting of 21 short stories, each possessing the name of a chemical element....

In this sparkling collection of stories, India’s best-known writer addresses some pertinent questions: Why do we believe in miracles?....

Bislang unveröffentlichte Novellen des jungen Marcel Proust - erstmals auf Deutsch. Mit Anfang 20 verfasst der junge Marcel Proust kurze fiktionale Texte, Skizzen, zarte Geschichten, geprägt vom ersten Aufscheinen homosexueller Liebe, noch empfunden als Fluch und immer tragisch endend. Die Geschichten bleiben, wohl weil sie nicht den traditionellen Moralvorstellungen der Zeit entsprechen, unveröffentlicht und geraten in Vergessenheit, bis der Proust-Forscher Bernard de Fallois sie Anfang der 50er Jahre in einem Stapel Manuskripte findet, eigentlich für die Veröffentlichung in "Les Plaisirs et les Jours" gedacht, aber nie veröffentlicht.

A TIME PORTRAYAL FROM A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE. This collection includes stories from different societal environments, their drama, and problems. At the same time as the book also is moving on another level in an underlying story. It is a time portrayal of a crumbling industrial society. Where dark clouds are covering the sky as it is no longer in line with the development. The first story starts on a peaceful day on the beach. With an approaching mystery and ends in the eye of a storm in "Breaths" on the edge of destruction.

Un gruppo di viaggiatori che, per un complesso di circostanze diverse, hanno perso la parola si ritrovano in un castello. L'unico mezzo che hanno per comunicare è rappresentato da un mazzo di tarocchi. Un romanzo affascinante composto da tante storie intrecciate.

Este audiolivro traz os contos “A carta do gatinho preto”; “Um apólogo”, em que uma linha e uma agulha discutem sobre sua importância; “História comum”, narrada por um alfinete; e “Conto de escola”, um aprendizado muito especial para um estudante. Traz ainda a biografia de Machado de Assis adaptada. Com narração de Barros Batista e participação especial de Vera Perossi.

Su riqueza le permitió un poder de posición. Su obediencia lo llevó a renunciar a sus posesiones mundanas. Su humildad le ayudó a dedicar su vida a grabar las palabras de los demás. Después de la muerte y resurrección de Jesús, Pedro y Pablo predicaron a las naciones, llevando el mensaje de Cristo a todos los que escuchaban. Pero cuando fueron silenciados, fue su escriba Silas quien llevó sus palabras a las generaciones futuras.

Un hombre de fuego, cuyas palabras agitaban el corazón de los hombres. Un hombre de acción, cuyo coraje salvó la vida de los hombres. Un hombre de fe, cuya pasión lo llevó a Dios. Josué sucedió a Moisés como líder de la nación. Pero fue el celo de Caleb lo que empujó al pueblo a poner su fe en acción. Sea desafiado por este hombre fiel cuya historia nunca debemos olvidar.