Showing results for "Animals" in Anthologies & Short Stories

This audiobook Jungle Tales for Children makes a strong case that well-chosen stories give children good role models and increase their empathy for others. It doesn't just hand children simplistic moral precepts, but gives them the opportunity to think about and discuss moral choices. Jungle Tales for Children is a compilation of 50 one-page short stories for children. Language used is elementary and simple. Each story comes with a narrative description to retain interest of young listeners.

A man and his daughter attempt to chase a polar bear out of their small town. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.

In the final years of his life, Chekhov produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces and some of the most highly-regarded works in Russian literature. The poignant 'The Lady with the Little Dog' and 'About Love' examine the nature of love outside of marriage - its romantic idealism and the fear of disillusionment. And in stories such as 'Peasants', 'The House with the Mezzanine' and 'My Life' Chekhov paints a vivid picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship.

Full-cast dramatisations of six masterpieces from the founding fathers of dystopian fiction Dark and disturbing, provocative and prescient, dystopian literature has long captured our imagination with its nightmarish visions of forbidding future worlds. Included here are six classic novels of...

Un profesor enamorado, una pareja que cuenta sus polvos, un pescador muy gordo que termina en un trío con dos jovencitas, un Papá Noel borracho que se ve involucrado en un atraco a mano armada, un padre ausente y extraño que reaparece esporádicamente para revolver las vidas de todos, un par...

For fans of Souvankham Thammavongsa, Lynn Coady, and Lisa Moore comes a striking debut collection of short stories that explore bodies both human and animal: our fascination with their strange effluences, growths, and protrusions, and the dangerous ways we play with their power to inflict harm on ourselves and on others.

With bravura storytelling, daring imagination, and fierce narrative control, this dazzling debut introduces that rare writer who finds humanity in our most unconventional behavior, and the humor beneath our darkest impulses. In these strange, funny, and unnerving stories, animals become the litmus test of our deepest fears and longings

Estreia da romancista Priscila Gontijo na arte da narrativa curta, Animais submersos reúne 17 contos. O ouvinte mergulha de cabeça, atraído pelo canto das sereias, e sai das histórias alucinado pela vertigem narrativa. A cada relato somos apresentados a personagens viscerais, comportamentos desviantes, impulsos insondáveis.

Cominciamo a leggere un racconto di Francesca Marciano e, prima ancora di rendercene conto, stiamo già frugando negli angoli più nascosti e vulnerabili delle vite di personaggi apparentemente distanti da noi e lontanissimi l'uno dall'altro. Con scrittura limpida e cinematografica Marciano li porta, nell'arco di una manciata di pagine, a mettere in dubbio tutte le loro certezze, a tuffarsi in avventure inaspettate, ad affrontare decisioni cruciali: una relazione clandestina finisce dolorosamente nella sala di un ristorante.

Antología de cuentos de Aixa de la Cruz, una de las autoras emergentes más interesantes del panorama español actual. En ella, la autora explora el lado más siniestro de la realidad cotidiana, coquetea con lo fantástico y lo perverso que anida detrás de nuestras convenciones sociales. Un viaje a veces onírico y a veces reflexivo, pero siempre demoledor.

“A captivating exploration of gender dynamics, set against a background of the trying and confusing time of adolescence, when identity is in flux and everything in life is unstable and magical.” —Lydia Conklin, author of Rainbow Rainbow A fresh, thoughtful, and always surprising short...

Con mucho cuidado han de andarse los lectores que se acerquen a esta colección de relatos. En su interior hay cosas que envenenan por contacto, filos que rajan la piel a la menor oportunidad, dientes ansiosos por hincarse en carne fresca. Todo ello envuelto en el embriagador aroma de la retribución y la venganza. Carolina Sarmiento (Asturias, 1981) es periodista y autora del poemario IKIRU (vivir) (Gravitaciones, 2018).

“In villages where women bore most of the weight of a constricted life, witches flew by night on broomsticks,” said Italo Calvino of the way imagination bridges the gap between everyday existence and an idealized alternative. The 15 stories of Animal Wife are each about girls and women who cross this threshold seeking liberation from family responsibilities, from societal expectations, from their own minds.

R.F. Kuang, Kate Elliott, Ken Liu, Todd McCaffrey, Garth Nix, Peter S. Beagle, and other modern masters of fantasy and science fiction put their unique spin on the greatest of mythical beasts—the dragon—in never-before-seen works written exclusively for this fantasy anthology compiled by...

Stories and animals have long travelled the same routes. Through our heritage of charming, quirky and profound tales, you will find yourself re-acquainted with Britain's wondrous fauna. Find out how hedgehog ended up with spines and what makes him scuttle so fast, discover how pigs saved a prince from leprosy and why the wealthy lord was so intent on capturing the black fox. Sharon Jacksties' wonderful book combines traditional stories, little-known zoological facts and true anecdotes to create a treasure trove of stories for animal lovers of every kind.

From Harlequin Romantic Suspense comes the beginning of a new Colton family saga full of passion and danger. Colton Threat Unleashed Sebastian Cross is the owner of Crosswinds, an elite dog training facility in Owl Creek. Ruby Colton is the verterinarian helping care for his dogs, and the two...

In pursuit of danger Mountain Survival by Christy Barritt When search-and-rescue park ranger Autumn Mercer and her K-9 partner, Sherlock, meet a stranger in the mountains whose brother is injured, they drop everything to help. But all they find where Derek Peterson last saw his sibling is a...

Target of a killer Undercover Mission by Sharon Dunn Undercover on a cruise ship with her K-9 dog, Alaska State Trooper Maya Rodriguez uses herself as bait to catch a murderer. And security officer David Garrison is the only person she can trust with the truth. But with a possible serial killer...

Tracking the Truth To expose a suspect, he needs evidence…and a K-9’s instincts. After Emery Duncan is abducted and dumped in a lake, private investigator Roman Wolfe and his bloodhound partner rescue her from an icy death. Someone doesn’t want Emery to find out what really happened the...

Every town has its secrets, but no one has a secret like hers. Amber Blackwood, lifelong resident of Edgehill, Oregon, has earned a reputation for being a semi-reclusive odd duck. Her store The Quirky Whisker is full of curiosities, from extremely potent sleepy teas and ever-burning candles to kids' toys that seem to run endlessly without the aid of batteries. The people of Edgehill think of the Quirky Whisker as an integral part of their feline-obsessed town, but most give Amber herself a wide berth.