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  Sixes and Sevens - Stories

  O. Henry

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  From America’s favorite storyteller: A rich selection of twenty-five tales by the author of “The Gift of the Magi.”    Writing under the pseudonym O. Henry, William Sydney Porter was an incredibly prolific and popular master of the short story in the early twentieth century. His stories are known for being witty, playful, full of plot twists, and marked by surprise endings. The author had a special fondness for New York City and a deep interest and appreciation for the ordinary folk who populate his timeless tales.   First published in 1911, his eleventh collection features such classics as “The Duplicity of the Hargraves,” about a destitute Confederate major and his spinster daughter in Washington, DC, and their encounter with a vaudeville actor; as well as “Makes the Whole World Kin,” about a thief and a sick old man who form a surprising bond. Once entered, O. Henry’s world becomes an unforgettable destination, and over a century later, readers continue to return—again and again.   Sixes and Sevens includes “The Duplicity of Hargraves,” “Makes the Whole World Kin,” “The Last of the Troubadours,” “Witches’ Loaves,” “The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes,” “A Ghost of a Chance,” “New York by Camp Fire Light,” “Ulysses and the Dogman,” and more.  This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

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  Elizabeth and Her German Garden

  Elizabeth Von Arnim

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  Elizabeth von Arnim, who is best known for her later novel The Enchanted April, married a Prussian aristocrat and, with their five children, lived in Nassenheide, Pomerania. Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a semi-autobiographical novel about the joy that the protagonist finds in the delights of her Pomeranian garden, which provides relief from the stifling environment of her household. The novel was originally published anonymously because von Arnim feared that her husband, whom she satirised in the book, would disapprove.Each season of the year is wittily recorded, bringing new events and visitors, conveyed through von Arnim’s idiosyncratic perspective, while the ‘kingdom of heaven’ of the garden provides a calm place where the author finds solace.

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  Kate's Choice

  Louisa May Alcott

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  In Kate's Choice a young English girl inherits a financial windfall when she is suddenly orphaned. Per her father's wish, she is sent to America to live with the families of each of her four uncles in order to choose where she will live. Each family is full of wonderful, prosperous interesting people, all of them anxious that Kate should choose their family to stay with. But at Christmastime, Kate surprises them all by announcing whom she shall stay with.

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  Indian Classic Tales Vol 1 -...

  Innofinitimo Media

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  Indian Classic Tales Volume 1 audiobook contains the following five short stories:The Priest who day dreamedThe Brahmin’s GiftThe Jackal and The DrumBeware of Mean FriendsThe Magic Crystals 
  We’re sure you’ll enjoy these five stories. Please listen to this brief sample of one of the stories to help you decide whether the audiobook is for you. 
  Listening to audio story books helps develop creativity and imagination in kids. It is better than indulge in TV or video games. This resource is suitable for the entire family, including kids of all ages, including teens. All of our titles are available in major online book stores and libraries. Don’t wait any longer. Get the full audiobook now!

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  Classic Short Stories - Volume...

  Hugh Walpole, Arnold Bennett

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  Stories are one of mankind’s greatest artistic achievements.  Whether written down or spoken they have an ability to capture our imagination and thoughts, and take us on incredible journeys in the space of a phrase and the turn of a page. 
   
  Within a few words of text or speech, new worlds and characters form, propelling a narrative to a conclusion with intricate ease. Finely crafted, perfectly formed these Miniature Masterpieces, at first thought, seem remarkably easy to conjure up. But ask any writer and they will tell you that distilling the essence of narrative and characters into a short story is one of the hardest acts of their literary craft.  Many attempt, but few achieve.

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  The Mysterious Island

  Jules Verne

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  During the Civil War, five Union soldiers and a dog quietly escape from the clutches of the Confederate Army at Richmond, Virginia by hot air balloon. Their intention was to simply drift safely over to the Union lines and rejoin their own troops.  Instead, while aloft, they were caught in a high wind and whisked hundreds of miles out to sea.  The men carried no provisions for survival and had no idea where they were.  Under those circumstances their future was bleak.  Worse yet, the balloon was leaking air and slowly deflating.  As the balloon made its slow descent from the sky, the men were fortunate to spot an island in the distance.  As the balloon dropped lower and lower it also drifted closer to the island.  When the basket hit the sea, the partially deflated balloon dragged it violently across the surface and scattered the men among the waves.  The men were able to swim to their only refuge...The Mysterious Island.  At first the island was accomodating, but then it became more mysterious as unusual and strange happenings occured.  Something deep in the depths of the island seemed to have control...something mysterious and unidentifiable....

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