Download or read book Elephant Hook and Other Stories written by Martin Sherman and published by NeWest Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the stories in this unique collection take place in what seems like an exotic, alien world -- the circus. But a clown's make-up is no more jolting to the clown than the last glimpse in a mirror on Monday morning taken by someone going off to work after a weekend in T-shirts and jeans. Exploring relationships in the alein hyperworlds of circus performers as well as the seemingly more mundane worlds of cab drivers and single fathers -- Martin Scherman weaves a magic spell over reader and character alike as he deftly convinces us that the lines between who we are and what we do are both mutable and muddied.
Download or read book Off Sandy Hook And Other Stories written by Richard Dehan and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-12 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Download or read book Elephant and Other Stories written by Raymond Carver and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short stories.
Download or read book The Kaliani Wind and other Jungle Stories written by Ashok Biswal and published by Pustak Mahal. This book was released on 2012 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Elephant on the Tracks and Other Stories written by John A. S. Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Elephants on Acid written by Alex Boese and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a world of outrageous experiments with the Sunday Times top ten bestseller, Elephants on Acid. Guided by Alex Boese's engaging storytelling, unearth answers to questions that have tickled your curious mind – from the unusual to the hilariously absurd. 'Excellent accounts of some of the most important and interesting experiments in biology and psychology' – Simon Singh, author of The Code Book A riveting look at historical experiments that challenge conventional thinking: If left to their own devices, would babies instinctively choose a well-balanced diet? - Discover the secret of how to sleep on planes - Which really tastes better in a blind tasting - Coke or Pepsi? - Would your dog run to fetch help if you fell down a disused mineshaft? - What would happen if you gave an elephant the largest ever single dose of LSD? Elephants on Acid humorously delves into these and more, delivering a unique blend of popular psychology and historical science – a fascinating insight into the bizarre world of scientific experiments.
Download or read book Chained written by Lynne Kelly and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To work off a family debt, 10-year-old Hastin leaves his desert village in India to work as a circus elephant keeper but many challenges await him, including trying to keep Nandita, a sweet elephant, safe from the cruel circus owner.
Download or read book The Clever Adulteress and Other Stories written by Phyllis Granoff and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in this collection span almost one thousand years of story-telling in India. Most originate in North India and all were written by Jain monks for the edification and amusement of the faithful. The treasures of India`s heritage of story-telling are known to us today mainly from these Jain stories which have been carefully preserved through the years. The Stories in The Clever Adulteress have been translated by a renowned group of scholars from India, North America and Europe. Each translator has chosen his or her favorites from the vast treasures of Jain literature.
Download or read book The Elephant Vanishes written by Haruki Murakami and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tales that make up The Elephant Vanishes, the imaginative genius that has made Haruki Murakami an international superstar is on full display. In these stories, a man sees his favorite elephant vanish into thin air; a newlywed couple suffers attacks of hunger that drive them to hold up a McDonald’s in the middle of the night; and a young woman discovers that she has become irresistible to a little green monster who burrows up through her backyard. By turns haunting and hilarious, in The Elephant Vanishes Murakami crosses the border between separate realities—and comes back bearing remarkable treasures. Includes the story "Barn Burning," which is the basis for the major motion picture Burning.
Download or read book Conan Volume 3 The Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories written by Kurt Busiek and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2006-06-20 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eisner award-winning writer Kurt Busiek (JLA/Avengers, Astro City), Eisner award-nominated artist Cary Nord (Daredevil), and Eisner award-winning color artist Dave Stewart (Ultimate Fantastic Four; DC: The New Frontier) continue their groundbreaking run on Dark Horse's best-selling Conan series with an adaptation of one of Robert E. Howard's greatest Conan tales, "The Tower of the Elephant"! Fed up with both civilization and mysticism, Conan travels to the infamous City of Thieves to take out his frustrations. When a bar fight uncovers the legend of the impregnable Tower of the Elephant, he becomes determined to rob it, setting out on a quest unlike any he's undertaken-one that will involve new comrades, sudden death, horrifying creatures, and gruesome unsettling fates for both gods and men. • Busiek and Nord-with a special appearance by legendary illustrator Michael Wm. Kaluta (Books of Magic, Lucifer)-chronicle a seminal adventure in Conan's life. • Collecting Conan #0, #16-17, #19-22. • The hardcover edition is exclusive to Direct Market and will be printed to order.
Download or read book Elephant s Nest in a Rhubarb Tree Other Stories written by Herbert Ernest Bates and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1989 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 20 stories reflect vintage Bates.
Download or read book Three Elephant Power and Other Stories written by A B Paterson and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-10 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories by A. B. Paterson
Download or read book Three Elephant Power and Other Stories written by Andrew Barton Paterson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-10-20 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Download or read book An Evening In Paris And Other Stories written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and published by Om Books International. This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely known for his humanistic outlook and social realism, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas invariably drew inspiration from real-life situations and characters. In An Evening in Paris And Other Stories, the storyteller charms the reader with aspirational tales of ordinary men and women, guided forward by a lifelong dream. With dabs of magic realism and tales of wishful travel to faraway lands coursing through the stories, this is a fascinating collection. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, born in Panipat, Haryana, wrote stories and novels in Urdu, Hindi and English, which have been translated into several Indian and foreign languages. As a screenwriter, his most famous films have been Naya Sansaar, Saat Hindustani, Jagte Raho, the Palme d’Or winner Neecha Nagar, and well-known Raj Kapoor movies like Awara, Shree 420, Mera Naam Joker and Bobby. His column ‘Last Page’, holds the distinction of being one of the longest-running columns in the history of Indian journalism. Begun in 1935, in Bombay Chronicle, it was published by the Blitz after the Chronicle’s closure, until his death in 1987. In 1969, Abbas was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India. Talking Points Includes some of the finest short stories by the author, journalist and film director Each story provides a glimpse into the humanistic outlook of the writer Encompasses a variety of socially relevant themes that were close to the writer’s heart Includes a milestone interview with Abbas about his views on cinema and filmmaking Worldwide readership/market Students of Literature, schools and colleges, libraries, journalism schools, story/screenplay writers, vintage book collectors and general trade
Download or read book Twenty first century Canadian Writers written by Christian Riegel and published by Dictionary of Literary Biograp. This book was released on 2007 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dedicated for nearly thirty years to making literature and its creators more accessible and intriguing to researchers, the series presents signed, authoritative biographical and critical essays on writers from all eras and genres. Rigorously meeting the standards of librarians and instructors, signed entries are written by academic experts in the field and include illustrations and extensive bibliographies.
Download or read book Him With His Foot In His Mouth and Other Stories written by Saul Bellow and published by Odyssey Editions. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five of Saul Bellow’s most moving, richly textured, and exquisitely plotted short stories make up this volume, each providing a history of personality and self-awakening. The title story, “Him with His Foot in His Mouth,” follows a musicologist narrator who for years has scattered wounding witticisms “from the depths of my nature, that hoard of strange formulations.” As the story unfolds he tries to discover what led him into a “deep legal-financial hole,” while he awaits extradition from a refuge in British Columbia. “What Kind of Day Did You Have?” follows a divorced suburban woman and her lovers—would-be and actual—through a frantic day in their lives. Their needs and passions, as well as their comic conflicts, are matters of life and death. In “Zetland: By a Character Witness” and in “A Silver Dish,” Bellow returns, with his unequaled command of eloquent recollected detail, to a bygone Chicago, “Zetland” is a brilliant portrait of an artist as a young boy and a man, precocious and eccentric; “A Silver Dish” is a memorable story of a raffish, willful father and his affectionate son. “Cousins,” the final story in the volume, explores the mysteries of family feeling—mysteries that defy both logic and the worthiness of their objects, as Ijah Brodsky, successful in the larger world, is drawn into an encounter with criminal and naively idealistic forces. This collection represents a turning point in the bountiful career of Saul Bellow, a felicitous rendering of the human condition in all its absurd complexity.
Download or read book The Kath Sarit S gara Or Ocean of the Streams of Story written by Somadeva Bhaṭṭa and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
