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This audiobook Folk 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 give them the opportunity to think about and discuss moral choices. Folk Tales for Children is a compilation of 50 short stories for children. Language used is elementary and simple. Each story comes with a caricature type illustration in black & white to retain interest of young listeners. The moral at the end of the story summaries precisely what the child is supposed to learn!

The Beast with Five Fingers is a masterwork of early 20th-century supernatural horror, where intellect, skepticism, and rational explanation steadily erode under the pressure of something that should not exist. Set within shadowed libraries, lonely houses, and candlelit rooms, the story follows a man of science confronted by an entity that moves with purpose, memory, and malice—yet defies every known law of nature.

दस्तावेज़ सिरीज़ का ये पाँचवा पार्ट है! इससे पहले के चार पार्ट को काफ़ी सराहाना मिली है. 'मंटो' की लिखी और भी कहानियाँ सुनिए "दस्तावेज़-5" में!

Discover the compelling world of Munshi Premchand in Mansarovar 5, a masterful collection that delves into the heart of rural India. Each story in this anthology reveals Premchand's profound insights into human nature and societal challenges, portraying vivid characters and intricate narratives. Through themes of struggle, empathy, and social justice, Premchand captures the essence of the human experience with both tenderness and authenticity.

Billie and Vero are getting married and the gang's all here, even the only two members left of the Singles Girl's Club, Isla and Freya. When the wedding planner mixes up reservations for the wedding, party girl Isla and jaded artist Freya find that they're either sharing the very last room available or one of them is sleeping out on the beach. There's just one teeny-tiny problem—the room has one bed. But they're mature adult friends who can handle a sleepover.

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter...

In diesem Buch erwarten dich 30 rabenschwarze Kurzgeschichten, jede so kompakt, dass sie in fünf Minuten gehört ist, doch ihr Echo hallt viel länger in deinem Kopf nach. Düsterer Humor, unheimliche Wendungen und kleine Alltagsmomente, die plötzlich aus dem Ruder laufen, ziehen dich in ihren Bann. Jede Story ist ein schneller Trip in die Abgründe der menschlichen Psyche, perfekt für zwischendurch, aber garantiert nichts für schwache Nerven.

One of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2017 “A pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humor... McBride at his brave and joyous best.” —New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of...

Two Bestselling Agatha Christie Novels in One Great Audiobook The Mysterious Affair at Styles Hercule Poirot solves his first case in the Agatha Christie novel that started it all, now in a fully restored edition that features a “missing chapter” along with commentary from Christie expert...

هذا الجزء من رواية "روكامبول"، يظهر فيه الكثير من أنواع العذاب والشقاء البشري، الذي يتجسد خلف قضبان السجن، كما تتعدد فيه طرق التفريق بين الغني والفقير، حتى وراء...

For Alex Davidson, being a celebrity publicist at a Los Angeles PR firm isn't the glamour job she thought it would be. Her love life is zilch, her newest client is an actor fresh out of rehab, and her firm has just been bought out by a rival agency. Suddenly, Alex finds her once-secure job at stake.

Here is a celebration of the bizarre and beautiful, and a marriage of unlikely worlds. From a reverence of the dead to the sacrifices the living make to unspeakable gods, from clockwork dreams to tales of merciless revenge, Kiernan blurs the artificial lines of genre, and shows us a world where there is no division between the light and dark.

We all come to the fork in the road many times every day, every week. What was your last fork and where did the road lead? Choice, Chance, and Repercussion face each of us when we decide to go left or right. Reflecting later was it a good or poor choice? Did it yield wealth or disaster? Should we have taken greater care? These 25 stories examine those possibilities in various genres: general, romance, adventure, mystery, crime, fable, and fantasy—whatever your leaning you will find something to your taste here.

A brilliantly twisty, 80-page novella from the No. 1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. Including an extract from his new Logan novel, THE MISSING AND THE DEAD. It’s the night of the big Referendum, and all Acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae has to do is find a missing ‘No’...

Geboren, um Menschen das Fürchten zu lehren! Werther T. Graf ist ein aufstrebender Horrorautor mit einer schaurigen Leidenschaft für Horror-, Grusel- und Gespenstergeschichten. Grafs Schreibstil ist direkt, lebhaft und bildhaft, und er nimmt kein Blatt vor den Mund, wenn der Fürst der Finsternis die Untoten aus der Gruft auferstehen lässt und dir die Psychos direkt nach Hause in dein Schlafzimmer schickt. Angst hat einen neuen Namen! Das Grauen besitzt einen neuen Vater: Nenn ihn Graf! Werther T. Graf! Wenn du dich völlig verängstigt unter deiner Bettdecke verkriechst, weißt du, dass es kein Entkommen gibt.

Die wichtigsten Tragödien von William Shakespeare als Kurzgeschichte erzählt: Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, Romeo und Julia sowie König Lear...

Hören Sie die berühmtesten Komödien Shakespeares: Viel Lärm um nichts, Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung, Der Sturm, Was Ihr wollt, Ein Sommernachtstraum...

Die Mutter des Investigativ-Journalismus "Egon Erwin Kisch" bereiste mehrere Kontinente und zahlreiche Länder - dementsprechend reflektiert dessen detailverliebte Prosa unzählige Facetten zahlreicher gesellschaftlicher Begebenheiten und Situationen auf höchst interessante und humorvolle Weise. "Der Doktor Becker vor den Pforten des Paradieses" schildert eine Schifffahrt ins gelobte Land. "Vorabend - Tag und Nacht der Präsidentenwahl" beschreibt den Wahlkampf zweier Politiker um das mächtigste Amt der Welt.

اللاوعي عالمٌ يزخرُ بالحياة، تلك التي لا قواعدَ لها ولا شكلَ محدداً مسبقاً؛ إنها حياةٌ تشبهُ الموجَ المتلاطم، تجري فيها قصصٌ لا يعرفها إلا أصحابُها، ونادراً ما...

The five shortlisted titles for the BBC National Short Story Award 2013 administered in partnership with Booktrust, containing: 'Mrs Fox' by Sarah Hall (read by Andrea Riseborough), 'Barmouth' by Lisa Blower (read by Rebekah Staton), 'Prepositions' by Lionel Shriver (read by Nancy Crane), 'Notes...