Six has always been a number we group things around – Six of the best, six of one half a dozen of another, six feet under, six pack, six degrees of separation and a sixth sense are but a few of the ways we use this number.Such is its popularity that we thought it is also a very good way of challenging and investigating an author’s work to give width, brevity, humour and depth across six of their very best.In this series we gather together authors whose short stories both ri...

Le Crabe qui jouait avec la mer:(The Crab that Played with the Sea):Avant les Temps Anciens et Reculés, ô ma Mieux-Aimée, fut leTemps des Tout Commencements ; et c'est à cette époque que le Doyendes Magiciens prépara les Choses. Tout d'abord, il prépara la Terrepuis il prépara la Mer, puis il annonça à tous les Animaux qu'ilspouvaient sortir jouer. Et les Animaux dirent :— Ô Doyen des Magiciens, à quoi allons-nous jouer ?Et il dit.....

Includes the following works: The Jungle Book, The Second Jungle Book, Kim, Plain Tales from the Hills, Just So Stories, Captains Courageous, Barrack Room Ballads, and The Man Who Would be King. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was one of the most well known writers of the 20th century, chiefly remembered for his celebration of British imperialism, tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. Born in Bombay, he was taken by his family to England when he was five yea...

Rudyard Kipling ist vielen Leuten als Verfasser des Dschungelbuchs ein Begriff, doch auch die Prosa des jüngsten Literatur-Nobelpreisträgers aller Zeiten zieht den geneigten Zuhörer schnell in ihren Bann. „Jenseits“ beschreibt auf eindrucksvolle Weise, wie manche Menschen, die sich zu stark in ihren anerzogenen fixen Vorstellungen verlieren, ihre Menschlichkeit verlieren. In „Irrungen“ lernen wir einen Mann kennen, der aufgrund seiner Unerfahrenheit eine ganz spezielle Frau völlig falsch e...

I denne lydbog er seks historier samlet. En veloplagt lytteoplevelse for hele familien, fra 5 år og opefter. Oversat fra engelsk efter ’Just So Stories’ af Jesper Ewald.Bogen indeholder følgende seks historier:Hvordan elefanten fik sin lange snabel.Hvordan næsehornet fik sin runkne hud.Hvordan hvalen fik sin snævre hals.Hvordan dromedaren fik sin pukkel.Hvordan bæltedyret blev til.Springremsen om kænguruen.Lydbogen er indlæst af An...

Revisados y actualizados, disponen de un índice de contenidos al inicio del libro que permite acceder a cada tíltulo de forma fácil y directa.Las Mil y Una Noches por AnónimoEl Principito por Antoine De Saint-ExupéryLas Memorias de Sherlock Holmes por Arthur Conan DoyleBen-Hur Libros I-IV por Lewis WallaceBen-Hur Libros V-VIII por Lewis WallaceAmok po...

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This sixth volume of “The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written” features 30 stories by an all-star cast, including Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Louis S...

An author’s talents may seem obvious and indisputable as they move words and ideas into gathered phrases and stories.But where do these ideas and stories come from? A lonely thought that suddenly gathers form? An inspiration from a Muse? A suggestion from an everyday event?Perhaps in the case of their darker, more malevolent stories, other forces are at work. They help to nourish single words into sentences and paragraphs that ease themselves from the shadows and are sudden...

Este libro contiene 70 cuentos de 10 autores clásicos, premiados y notables. Los cuentos fueron cuidadosamente seleccionados por el crítico August Nemo, en una colección que encantará a los amantes de la literatura. Para lo mejor de la literatura mundial, asegúrese de consultar los otros libros de Tacet Books. Este libro contiene: Rabindranath Tagore: - El héroe. - La patria del proscrito. - Nubes y olas. - El cortejo invisible. - El fin. - La ladrona del sueño. - BendiciónAlexander Puchki...

The Greatest Books of All Time Vol. 6 contains the following 10 Masterpieces :Dracula - Bram StokerKim - Rudyard KiplingNew Grub Street - George GissingSister Carrie - Theodore DreiserThe Age of Innocence - Edith WhartonThe Golden Bowl - Henry JamesThe Red Badge of Courage - Stephen CraneThe Sign of the Four - Arthur Conan Doyle