**A thrilling and perplexing investigation of a true Victorian crime at Dublin railway station.Dublin, November 1856:** George Little, the chief cashier of the Broadstone railway terminus, is found dead, lying in a pool of blood beneath his desk.He has been savagely beaten, his head almost severed; there is no sign of a murder weapon, and the office door is locked, apparently from the inside. Thousands of pounds in gold and silver are left untouched at the scene of the crim...

Un bambino che va per la prima volta allo stadio col padre; un impiegato frustrato dalla propria bassa statura; un giovane incapace di godersi le vacanze con la donna che ama; un vampiro ventenne alla ricerca della propria identità; e un cavalluccio marino alle prese con la paura del sesso e le responsabilità dell'amore. In cinque potenti racconti, raccogliendo e aggiornando una tradizione che va da James Joyce a Clarice Lispector a Italo Calvino, Thomas Morris mette a nudo lucidamente, do...

"Delightfully horrifying."--Popular ScienceOne of Mental Floss's Best Books of 2018One of Science Friday's Best Science Books of 2018· A mysterious epidemic of dental explosions…· A teenage boy who got his wick stuck in a candlestick...· A remarkable woman who, like a human fountain, spurted urine from virtually every orifice...These are just a few of the anecdotal gems ...

A GRANTA BEST YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST 2023'Brilliant, funny, unsettling. . . Thomas Morris is a master of the contemporary short story' SALLY ROONEY'With precision, wry humour and a generous heart, Morris visits life's agonies and ecstasies.' NATHAN FILER'A fierce and tender suite of stories' LUCY CALDWELL'Thomas Morris is incredibly gifted within the form. It's so heartening to read his...

'Thrilling... The “dizzying” story of heart surgery is every bit as important as that of the nuclear, computer or rocket ages. And now it has been given the history it deserves' James McConnachie, Sunday TimesFor thousands of years the human heart remained the deepest of mysteries; both home to the soul and an organ too complex to touch, let alone operate on. Then, in the late nineteenth century, medics began going where no one had dared go before....

Brought to you by Penguin.A thrilling and perplexing investigation of a true Victorian crime at Dublin railway station.Dublin, November 1856: George Little, the chief cashier of the Broadstone railway terminus, is found dead, lying in a pool of blood beneath his desk.He has been savagely beaten, his head almost severed; there is no sign of a murder weapon, and the office door is locked, apparently from the inside. T...

A young video shop assistant exchanges the home comforts of one mother-figure for a fleeting sexual encounter with another; a brother and sister find themselves at the bottom of a coal mine with a Japanese tourist; a Welsh stag on a debauched weekend in Dublin confesses an unimaginable truth; and a twice-widowed pensioner tries to persuade the lovely Mrs Morgan to be his date at the town's summer festival...Set in Caerphilly, a diminished castle town in South Wales, Thomas Morris' ...

Thomas Morris's Dubliners 100 invites new and established Irish writers to create 'cover versions' of their favourite stories from James Joyce's Dubliners. Dubliners 100 is a timely conversation with Joyce's classic short story collection one hundred years after its publication. It serves to bring together ambitious new writers, like Elske Rahill, with well-known voices, like Patrick McCabe, looking in, reacting to and reinterpreting Joyce. Dubliners 100 is a celebration, an invitation, a ...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris, read by Thomas Morris and Rupert Farley.· A mysterious epidemic of dental explosions.· A teenage boy who got his wick stuck in a candlestick.· A remarkable woman who, like a human fountain, spurted urine from virtually every orifice.The...

A: Oh, They were sick to bloody death. They were ten years old, and already half of their lives had been spent sitting in that bottom group— Q: How else—A: —dealing with teachers who asked the class to do one thing, and the bottom group another; teachers who couldn't subtly differentiate their lesson plans; teachers who asked the class to turn to page fifteen in the workbook, while handing the bottom group a separate sheet…

Once interested in the air, science soon began to take up that commonplace but baffling phase of it called the weather. Now, of all matters under the sun the weather was the deepest intrenched in superstition and hearsay. From the era of Noah it had been made the subject of more remarks unrelieved by common sense than any other. It was at once the commonest topic for conversation and the rarest for thought.

"The Catskills" by Thomas Morris LongstrethIn this enchanting 2024 republication of the timeless classic "The Catskills," journey alongside Thomas Morris Longstreth as he explores the captivating landscapes of the Catskill Mountains. Originally published in 1918, this travelogue remains a cherished ode to nature's grandeur and the rugged beauty of upstate New York.Author's Biography: Thomas Morris Longstreth was born on February 17, 1886, amidst a blizzard ...