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"e;Filled with exquisitely calibrated gradations and expressions of class, conducted with symphonic intensity and complexity.

A New York Times BestsellerThirteen relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including “In the Tall Grass,” one of two stories cowritten with Stephen King and the basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix.

"e;Here are stories to read again and again.

For over half a century the world has been kept safe from alien invasion by the tireless work of UNIT the Unified Intelligence Taskforce.

"e;Dangerous, charming, and funny, this elegant miniature rediscovery will delight even brilliant minds.

This early work by Wilkie Collins was originally published in 1886.

A new collection of stories by bestselling author Michelle Richmond, Hum presents a cautionary political fable, a celebration of the complexities of marriage, and a meditation on modern-day alienation.

Jola is a beautiful and privileged soap star who wants very much to be taken seriously; her partner Theo is a middle-aged author with writers block.

Jim Tomlinson's previous book of short stories, Things Kept, Things Left Behind, won the prestigious Iowa Short Fiction Award and received enthusiastic reviews.

Als Ömer bei einer Fahrt auf dem Bosporus Macide erblickt, durchfährt es ihn wie ein Blitz: Er kennt diese Frau bereits!

On 19 August 1936 Hercules the boxer stands on the quayside at Coru a and watches Fascist soldiers piling up books and setting them alight.

“Reading [this book] is like driving down the road with a companion who is so smart and funny and insightful that her conversation transforms the landscape” (Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Thousand Acres).

For over three decades, Ellen Datlow has been at the center of horror.

Pedro Almodóvar betritt die literarische Bühne: »Der letzte Traum«Befreiung und Liebe sind die Lebensthemen von Pedro Almodóvar, einem der wichtigsten Filmemacher der Gegenwart, der auch ein leidenschaftlicher Schriftsteller ist.

Presenting the year's steamiest, most provocative gay sex writing.

One of the classic short stories based around the American Civil War.

Shimmer Chinodya, winner of the 1989 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Africa region) is one of Zimbabwe's foremost fiction writers.

"e;In the Days of Serfdom"e; and Other Stories, originally published in 1911, presents in miniature themes developed in Tolstoy's longer works War and Peace and Anna Karenina.

Welche großen Fragen prägen unsere Gesellschaft in der Zukunft?

The Lady of Solitude projects a fresh and daring new voice on to the Brazilian literary scene.

Sexy, smart and literatethese erotic stories are for readers who want to know the truth about womens sexuality in all its variety and emotional depth, with its surprises and twists and turns.

In these raw, uncompromising stories, author George K.

Inspired by an experiment on Twitter, these 300 moving stories are no bigger than a sentence or two, on themes like love, death, and family.

Married to the retired magistrate of Vetusta, Ana Ozores cares deeply for her much older husband but feels stifled by the monotony of her life in the shabby and conservative provincial town.

'Beirut39' is a Hay Festival project which aims to select and celebrate 39 of the best young Arab writers as a centrepiece of the Beirut World Capital festivities in April 2010.

A spectacular display of this key European writer's early workThis dazzling collection of stories follows the individual adventures of a varied cast of characters and masterfully illustrates Calvino's unique perspective and narrative gifts.

Excellent new collection Her touch is so light and exuberantly inventive, her insight at once so forensic and intimate, her people so ordinary even in their oddities.

From the author of the bestselling Richard and Judy bookclub pick I'm Travelling Alone'Gives Jo Nesbo a run for his money' Sunday Express'The latest Norwegian crime-writing sensation' Sunday Times___________When a young woman is found dead, the police are quick to respond.

Wolf Wondratscheks literarischer Band über das Boxen versammelt – in einer erweiterten Neuausgabe – alles, was der Autor zu diesem Thema geschrieben hat.

An artist cooks a Jamaican meal for her straying lover, thinking she might just have the one ingredient that will ensure he never leaves her.

Jackson Leaves - an Edwardian house in Penylan.

Ob in einem Brief an ihr sechzehnjähriges Ich, in einer Erinnerung an einen Abend in Wien, an dem sie alles unternahm, um Rudolf Nurejew tanzen sehen zu können, oder in der Beschreibung eines überraschenden Wiedersehens mit einem alten Freund an einem Bahnhofsgleis mitten in der Nacht: Elke Heidenreichs Texte sind meisterhafte Momentaufnahmen des Lebens in all seinen Facetten.

Joe Hill, "e;the best horror writer of our generation (Michael Koryta), returns with a brand new short story.

»Lyons schreibt so gewaltig und schicksalhaft wie Patrick Rothfuss.

Dieser Band beinhaltet Thomas Manns Erzählungen, die zwischen dem Ende des Ersten Weltkrieges und 1930 entstanden.

Waren Gerüchte nicht schon immer eine Währung?

A young journalist sees a man slap a beautiful woman on the shore of the Danube.

A collection of stories from some of our best-loved writers, inspired by ideas found in Henry James's notebooks.

In August 1898, Wilmington, North Carolina, was a mecca for middle-class black citizens.

Looking for Trouble is a collection of short stories set in Yeoville from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.

This collection-derived from many impulses but unified through one distinctive sensibility-contains passionate subversive acts of language, oblique takes on American life, outbursts of comic genius, long meditations on the cruelty of contemporary customs, and funny, disturbing glimpses of daily life.

This is Rudyard Kipling's 1902 children's book, "e;Just So Stories for Little Children"e;.

A harrowing, redemptive coming-of-age journey from youthful innocence to the darkest levels of addiction and human experience.

Gerade hat der kleine Junge seine Mutter verloren, da nimmt eine fremde Frau ihren Platz ein, die Stiefmutter.