The best in short fiction from around the world, from celebrated anthologist and author John Freeman and award-winning novelist Rabih AlameddineIn The Penguin Book of the International Short Story, writers from different nations, languages and sensibilities come together in a globe-spanning and long overdue tour of modern fiction. In ‘Super-Frog Saves Tokyo’, Haruki Murakami presents a man who believes a giant amphibian is enlisting him to protect his city...

Table of ContentsList of Works by Author List of Works in Alphabetical Order Authors' BiographiesEdwin Abbott Abbott :: Edgar Rice Burroughs :: John Wood Campbell :: Raymond King Cummings :: Arthur Conan Doyle :: Tom Godwin :: Andre Norton :: H. Beam Piper :: Mack Reynolds :: Mary Shelley :: Edward Elmer Smith :: Jules Verne :: H. G. WellsEdwin Abbott AbbottFlatland: A Romance of Many DimensionsEdgar Rice BurroughsThe Chessmen of Mars The Gods of Mars The Land that Time Forgot The Mucker a...

From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and the writers of the new CW series Riverdale comes the first issue of the MUST-READ, brand new, ongoing comic series. Set in the universe of the TV series, the Riverdale comic offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, Josie & the Pussycats and their friends, exploring small-town life and the darkness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.

This comprehensive collector’s edition presents the full landscape of Stoic philosophy across six thoughtfully curated sections—Exploring Stoicism, The Stoic Mindset, Stoicism 101, Wisdom from the Stoics, Stoicism in a Nutshell, and Famous Faces on the Stoic Path—offering readers a complete and accessible journey from ancient wisdom to modern interpretation.Featuring reflections and quotes from over sixty

A complete guide to Buddhist philosophy, this book is organized into six major sections—Curious About Buddhism, Discover the Main Paths, Buddhism 101, The Handbook of a Buddhist, Buddhism and the World, and Famous Faces on the Buddhist Path. It brings together core teachings such as the Four Noble Truths, the Noble Eightfold Path, Karma, Mindfulness, and the Middle Way in an accessible, contemporary tone. Offering context on Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana schools, it reveals their endu...

The temperature rises and so does the body count, as Hello Darkness returns for another summer slashing!A bride’s devoted faith is tested when she’s caught in an endless time loop–will murder be the only way to achieve salvation? Repent, reader, with “Sunday Pt. I” from Eisner and Harvey Award–winning writer Ryan North and artist Giada Belviso!A lone cowboy looking for a payday finds instead a book filled with endless wakin...

The inaugural collection in the new VERVE Voices series, Queerphoria is a joyful and defiant queer-authored anthology proudly supporting Switchboard, the national LGBTQIA+ support line**.**Four housemates welcome the reader into their home for a birthday party. An elderly widow visits her first queer bar, beneath the flat she shared with her husband. A couple invite a shipwrecked sailor into their isolated lighthouse on th...

This version is the American Standard Version of the Bible, containing both the complete books of the Old and New Testaments. Released in 1901, this version has been meticulously converted to the Kindle format and includes the following features:SEARCH EVERY VERSE NAVIGATIONNo matter where you are in the Bible, quickly jump to a verse by typing the book's three-letter abbreviation and chapter and verse. For instance to jump to John 3:16, simply type "joh3.16". Easy as that!

Loving Her Curves by Various familly is a carefully prepared Bookjack digital edition of classic literary fiction. The book is presented for clear ebook reading, with metadata and structure designed for discoverability in a modern digital catalogue. Readers will find a work shaped by character, setting, conflict, style, and the lasting pleasures of storytelling, making it a useful addition for anyone exploring Various familly's writing or building a library of enduring books.

Obsessed With Her Curves by Various is a carefully prepared Bookjack digital edition of classic literary fiction. The book is presented for clear ebook reading, with metadata and structure designed for discoverability in a modern digital catalogue. Readers will find a work shaped by character, setting, conflict, style, and the lasting pleasures of storytelling, making it a useful addition for anyone exploring Various's writing or building a library of enduring books.

Short, sometimes sweet and often strange, here are seven great stories by some of the best writers from around the world...Anne EnrightYoko OgawaDavid SzalayNadifa MohamedAndrey KurkovYael van der Woudenand Roddy DoyleThe Booker Prizes celebrate the world’s best fiction. In this book, Roddy Doyle, who won in 1993, has chosen a range of brilliant stories written by other winners and nominees. Discover short stories t...

It’s time to feed your fears.Prepare for a full spread of all-new horrors from the darkest hearts in comics!In the fifth volume of the acclaimed horror anthology Hello Darkness, an unspeakable hunger awakens in “The Pothole” by Tyler Crook, while Zack Kaplan and Dennis Menheere explore a crime that memory itself refuses to bury in “Recollect.” Horror takes the field as Sam Humphries and