Download or read book Seven Short Novels written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1971 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Anton Chekhov's best stories display a detached sympathy for the Russian people and a controversial skill in portraying the decaying world of czarist Russia. Though not a political man, Chekhov could be cutting in his criticisms of upper-class society, and he turned a lens on its manners and shortsightedness. His finely observed and sharp-as-nails writing created unforgettable characters." "In these short novels, Chekhov was interested, above all, in human relationships, especially mutual unintelligibility and frustration between lovers and the evolution of affection over time. "The Duel," "My Life," and "Ward No. 6" are intimate portraits of individuals and their predicaments, while "A Woman's Kingdom," "Peasants," "Three Years," and "In the Ravine" depict the social milieu on a much larger scale than was possible in his shorter stories."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Secret Seven Short Story Collection written by Enid Blyton and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-05-05 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A secret store of stolen silver, a surprising view through a telescope, a shrill scream on a night out, a disappearing cash box and a dangerous accident and a trap for the Secret Seven! This collection includes the following short stories: The Secret of Old Mill; The Humbug Adventure; Adventure On The Way Home; An Afternoon with The Secret Seven; Where are The Secret Seven?; Hurry, Secret Seven, Hurry!
Download or read book Seven Short Novel Masterpieces written by Leo Ed Hamalian and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The River Swimmer written by Jim Harrison and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two outstanding late novellas from one of America’s most beloved and critically acclaimed authors. A brilliant rendering of two men striving to find their way in the world, written with freshness, abundant wit, and profound humanity, The River Swimmer is Jim Harrison at his most memorable. In The Land of Unlikeness, sixty-year-old art history academic Clive a failed artist, divorced and grappling with the vagaries of his declining years reluctantly returns to his family’s Michigan farmhouse to visit his aging mother. The return to familiar territory triggers a jolt of renewal—of ardor for his high school love, of his relationship with his estranged daughter, and of his own lost love of painting. In Water Baby, Harrison ventures into the magical as an Upper Peninsula farm boy is irresistibly drawn to the water as an escape, and sees otherworldly creatures there. Faced with the injustice and pressure of coming of age, he takes to the river and follows its siren song all the way across Lake Michigan. The River Swimmer is a striking portrait of two richly-drawn, profoundly human characters, and an exceptional reminder of why Jim Harrison remains one of America’s most cherished and important writers, on a par with such literary greats as Richard Ford, Anne Tyler, Robert Stone, Russell Banks, and Ann Beattie. “Trenchant and visionary . . . Harrison is a writer of the body, which he celebrates as the ordinary, essential and wondrous instrument by which we measure the world. Without it, there is no philosophy. And with it, of course, philosophy can be a rocky test. . . . I could feel Jim Harrison grinning . . . in his glorious novella The River Swimmer.” —The New York Times Book Review
Download or read book The Seven Deadly Sins Original Sins Short Story Collection written by Nakaba Suzuki and published by Kodansha America LLC. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Original Sins short story collection features the 94-page “Vampire of Edinburgh,” “A Dangerous Errand,” and the 56-page one-shot manga where the journey began! Plus, in a special manga short, Hawk presents the 100% official and binding results of the Seven Deadly Sins Best Character Poll, along with a few other surprises, including a special author interview, fun four-panel gag strips, and character concept sketches. Return to Britannia and take yourself on one last quest with Meliodas, Elizabeth, Hawk, and all your favorite characters.
Download or read book Seven Short Stories of the Vietnam War written by Sarge Lintecum and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2018-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although these stories are fiction, they are based on my experiences during my three tours of duty in Vietnam. Even the story about the Viet Cong soldier is based on things that I saw in the boonies that the enemy had built and things that the enemy did while I was there. I served in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968, twenty six months, and I was able to see Vietnam from three very different assignments. My first tour of eleven months was in the jungle with the 101st Airborne Division doing mostly search and destroy missions. My second tour was at E Company Support Battalion, at the base camp of the 101st Airborne Division and my third tour of duty was as a security guard with the elite Saigon Machine Gun Patrol. I tried to show with this book how very different tours of duty in a combat zone can be, depending on what job the soldier is assigned to. My three tours ran the gamut from living in the jungle for weeks and even months at a time hunting men, to living in a hotel with maid service in Saigon as an elite security guard, guarding the MPs and escorting Generals and other VIPs through the streets of Saigon at night with my machine gun jeep. This being a work of fiction, I was able to create plots that hopefully made the stories more exciting.
Download or read book A Brief History of Seven Killings written by Marlon James and published by Riverhead Books. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale inspired by the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley spans decades and continents to explore the experiences of journalists, drug dealers, killers, and ghosts against a backdrop of social and political turmoil.
Download or read book Pataki Full written by Colville N. Young and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ten Modern Short Novels written by Leo Hamalian and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Snow Black the Seven Rastas Other Short Stories written by Talisha Cree Johnson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snow Black and the Seven Rastas, is a quirky Caribbean twist on the classic fairy tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Set in the internationally renowned island of sunny Jamaica, this side splitting story of a Nubian Princess in search of safety from her wicked step-father, is a tale that will leave the entire family crying hysterically with laughter. In addition, the book contains seven short stories ranging across different genres set to take you on a series of imaginative adventure's, mystery, romance, fantasy, thriller, laughter and suspense.
Download or read book Insomnia and Seven More Short Stories written by Jeremy Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSOMNIA is a collection of seven exciting short stories (plus one bonus story) that tackle several different genres including action, science-fiction, horror, noir and thriller. Written by top thriller author, Jeremy Robinson, these stories include all of the action, imagination and twists that fans have come to expect, but they also contain experiments into subjects and voices not normally touched on in his novels. INSOMNIA - In a world of super efficiency and equality, sleep is illegal and Feene keeps the masses going. THE EATER - Three children discover a writhing black puddle in the woods of New Hampshire. HARDEN'S TREE - A group of teens visit a tree planted atop the ashes of a mass murderer from late 1800's. STAR CROSSED KILLERS - Two lovers, both deadly killers, compete for the same target. COUNTING SHEEP - A future terrorist gives an insomniac three minutes to fall asleep. HEARING AID - In the future, a deaf man is healed, but does he like what he hears? DARK SEED OF THE MOON - Vampires live, and kill, in the eternal shadow of the moon's polar crater. BOUGHT AND PAID FOR (Bonus Story) - A brutal character sketch for Scott Sigler's THE CRYPT.
Download or read book Seven Hotel Stories written by Robert Pimm and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-05 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Charming, fun and fast-paced, Seven Hotel Stories brings Pimm's wit and vigour to that most difficult of literary forms, the short story" - Matthew Parris You'll never make a fuss at a hotel again Glamorous, petite Ms N is the world's deadliest hotel manager. Do you think "men will be men"? Ms N and her ally, the beautiful but naive Tatiana, won't tolerate misbehaviour. Whether they use a giant cake, a posse of alligators, an enraged sushi chef, the Russian mafia or three metres of concrete, Ms N and Tatiana will always get their man. 'Ms N is good at solving problems. One day, I want to be like her' - Tatiana "Utterly gripping: I devoured it" - Edmund de Waal on Robert Pimm's thriller Blood Summit
Download or read book Just a Book written by Anna Kristina Nikitina and published by . This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just a Book is a delightful set of mystical, magical short stories that will capture your imagination as you are transported to exotic worlds far, far away. Be prepared for your heart to take flight as you follow the adventures of each memorable character in this unusual collection of seven remarkable tales. True romantics everywhere will discover just a tiny bit of themselves in normal, everyday Abigail, the heroine in the title story of Just a Book. Abigail longs to become a famous writer, yet her inspiration only comes during sleep, when a warrior hero and his priestess love play out their romance in Abigail's dreams. When a transcript of her dreams becomes a bestselling book, Abigail must learn the hard truth that success can never be cherished if the price is too steep. Each of the remaining stories in Just a Book, from "Embrace in Flames," the story of Nora the doomed sorceress, to "Beloved Enemy," the tale of Sir Sterdan, a dragon-slaying knight, are set against an unexpected concoction of both real-world and makebelieve locations. So much more than Just a Book, these seven short stories will delight readers with a host of unforgettable characters moving through an endless series of fascinating twists and turns of fate.
Download or read book Seven Pennies and Other Short Stories written by Zsigmond Móricz and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Afternoon with the Secret Seven written by Enid Blyton and published by Hodder Children's Books. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter is running the hoopla-stall, but when Fred offers him a pony ride, Scamper is left in charge. When Peter returns Scamper and the money are missing!
Download or read book Pink Flamingo Waves written by P. G. Neil and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pink Flamingo Waves is a gripping collection of short stories - including a tale about two friend's true test of loyalty and a stripper forced to work as an informant for the FBI. These stories exist in worlds just past reality, or not? Just slightly uncomfortable, familiar - until, suddenly, they aren't. Each story reveals at once the absolute absurdity and magnificence of being alive. Neil's writing and world-building demand space to reflect on, react to, and then live in it. The Motherless Two long-time friends find themselves entangled in the drug cartel scene of Mexico during a surf trip, after one of them sets out to pay off an old street debt. The burden of one becomes the burden of the other and their friendship is tested when both come face to face with death's door. Retox The leader of an all-female biker gang hunts down a shady rehab mogul after learning that her sister has become the latest victim in his predatory game of preying on vulnerable female patients for his own sadistic pleasure. The Dukes A minor league baseball team's collective spirit endures the modern-day trials of COVID-19, a financial crisis, personal life, and everything that comes with being the talk of a small town. Respect the Mic A wealthy young man's mental illness is seemingly nonexistent in the presence of his favorite music, but when he meets the artist behind the lyrics in person, things take an irreversible turn for the worst. Black & Grey An ex-con is released from prison into a life where it's all too easy for him to remain in the comfort of his old wayward ways. An apprenticeship with a famous tattoo artist in East L.A. looks promising until the facade of it all fades away revealing life-threatening secrets. Echo & The Diamond A young woman's dream to work with the FBI becomes a reality, but under the worst of circumstances. Her best friend is found murdered and to find the truth of how she was killed, she must descend into a life of corruption as a hired companion to some of the wealthiest and perverted men in the world. Her only lead? One of them is guilty. Valle de Guadalupe A young family moves to Baja's wine region to get away from city life, but the deceptive appearance of tranquility quickly bears the fruit of something more sinister after meeting the locals.
Download or read book The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar written by Roald Dahl and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-05-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven superb short stories from the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is coming soon to Netflix! Meet the boy who can talk to animals and the man who can see with his eyes closed. And find out about the treasure buried deep underground. A clever mix of fact and fiction, this collection also includes how master storyteller Roald Dahl became a writer. With Roald Dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins. "All the tales are entrancing inventions." —Publishers Weekly
