The zephyr of an urban city attracts people.For those who stay on, adapting to the hubbub, is inevitable.The cycle of experiences can be broadly shown in three phases.The Brahma Stage, is the learning phase which is full of zest and bliss, spiked with creativity.The Vishnu Stage, is the peak, where the feeling of knowing everything there is to learn, plateaus.The Maheshwara Stage, is when realities dawn upon the self as bitter they can be, in turn ma...

This book is a collection of short childhood stories written by different writers from around the world. A short storybook for all age groups especially for those who want a glimpse of their childhood days. Take a short break and enroll yourself back in the golden days of your life which already passed, i.e. your childhood. Recall those memories of innocent acts, headless talks, tension free wanderings, endless joys and many more uncountable feelings. Recollect those broken or forgotten mo...

A story of becoming an artist, by the godmother of rock'n'roll: the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids'A poet of distinction' New York Times'Glorious' NPR'Rare and ferocious' Salon'Shockingly beautiful' New York MagazineEverything contained in this little book is true, and written just like it was. The writing of it d...

Based on the cult hit game, the novelization of Yume Nikki follows a lonesome girl into the bizarre dreamscapes that await her when she falls asleep. Opening doors and wandering aimlessly, is she really as alone as she thinks?

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An iconic collection of original stories from Dr. Seuss that includes the official versions of “The Sneetches,” “The Zax,” “Too Many Daves,” and “What Was I Scared Of?” This Read & Listen edition features optional audio narration for compatible ebook readers.Don’t miss the Netflix original special Dr. Seuss’s Sneetches!The Sneetches got really quite smart on that day,The day they decided th...

For thirty years now the Phoenix Poets series has been publishing the best poets working in English, from young poets publishing their first books to renowned masters at the peak of storied careers. This sample presents some of the best poets and poems from those three decades—it’s sure to whet your appetite and get you coming back for more!

These fun-filled chapter books mix school, monsters, and common kid problems with hilarious results. You'll scream with laughter!Hubie has planned a fantastic party for his birthday. There's only one problem-he didn't know it was Friday the 13th. Now that's bad luck! What if nobody shows up? What if nobody brings presents?

In 1988 the University of Arkansas Press published Billy Collins’s The Apple That Astonished Paris, his “first real book of poems,” as he describes it in a new, delightful preface written expressly for this new printing to help celebrate both the Press’s twenty-fifth anniversary and this book, one of the Press’s all-time best sellers. In his usual witty and dry style, Collins writes, “I gathered together what I considered my best poems and threw them in the mail.” After “what seemed like a...

Don't spell part backwards.It's a trap.I go up but never come down. What am I?Your age.What does a dentist call his x-rays?Tooth-pics!What did the spider do on the computer?It made a website.The next time your young comedian is looking to serve up priceless entertainment, share Literally. Best. Jokes. Ever. Get ready to throw your head back and laugh out loud, because these jokes do not...

**For the first time ever, the complete short fiction of literary legend James Sallis is collected in one gorgeous volume—a must-have gift for the crime, mystery, or speculative fiction fan in your life.Published over the six decades of Sallis's storied career, the complete collection contains 154 stories, 11 of which are exclusive to this volume.**By all accounts, James Sallis is a multi-hyphenate, once-in-a-generation thinker—an innovator of multiple genres, styles, and f...

Joyce Carol Oates, Ann Beattie, Diane Ackerman, and more explore the double-edged sword of curiosity . . .Curiosity is as central to life as breathing. And like breath itself, when it ceases, the vibrancy of life fades and disappears. Curiosity leads to discoveries both beneficent and, at times, destructive. It often occasions wonderment, but also terror. It prompts the precise scientist, but also the nosy gadfly. A double-edged sword, curiosity has forever held a c...

The least important man was a boy in the 1970s. He remembers clubhouses, plastic soldiers, swimming lessons, rocket launches, a grandfather’s letters from World War I. Those days are long gone, however: now the least important man is grown up. He lives in the city. He suffers endless rush hours, he dreams of other places, he drinks cheap coffee and crosses streets and sees explosions on the TV news. But through it all he’s still thinking about that old life, and wondering what it meant, an...