Maison d'édition: Sheba Blake Publishing
The longish short story "Adieu" is an excerpt from Honore de Balzac's sweeping masterpiece The Human Comedy. A ghost story of sorts, this tragic tale recounts the blossoming romance of two lovers whose relationship is torn asunder by the vagaries of war. When they reunite by chance years later, there is nothing left to be salvaged.
This is the story of a voyage of a sailing ship from Baltimore to Seattle, east-to-west around Cape Horn in the winter. It is set in 1913 and the glory days of "wooden ships and iron men" are long over. The Elsinore is a four-masted iron sailing vessel carrying a cargo of 5000 tons of coal. She has a "bughouse" crew of misfits and incompetents.This book was published in 1915 and some actions of some of the characters seem odd to us today. There is romance, but it is strangely platonic. Two important characters disappear with no real explanation. The disparity between the officers on the one hand and the fo'c'sle on the other is striking (literally). Some people will be offended by the bigotry.Voir livre
About Audiobook "The Despicable Virus" is inspired from the pandemic and is narrated from the perspective of the virus. Starting with the beautiful life of the virus, followed by how and why virus becomes so dangerous, infecting millions of people and what came to heal it. This story concludes a moral how bad influence can negatively impact on yourself and surrounding. About Author and Narrator Ridhhaan Jaiin Ridhhaan Jaiin is one of India’s youngest and most talented authors. At just 9 years old, he is already an accomplished author, audiobook narrator, and motivational speaker. He is also a passionate child philanthropist, using his platform to raise awareness and funds for causes close to his heart. His parents encouraged him to put his thoughts to paper, and he created magic! His first book – ‘Once Upon in My Mind’ – was published when he was just 8 years old, making him one of India’s youngest authors. In 2022, three more books by Ridhhaan were released: “The Mirror and The Greedy Man”, “The Despicable Virus”, and “Penny and the Monsters”. All these stories have happy endings with good morals, adding values. He has also narrated audiobook of same titles. As a motivational speaker, Ridhhaan has visited numerous schools, clubs, events and hosted motivational sessions for over 1000 children and 250 adults. Ridhhaan Jaiin is an author who believes in giving a platform to other children to express themselves through story writing. In 2022, he founded a story writing competition for children aged 5 to 12 and sponsored the book publishing of all the winners. Ridhhaan also donates portion of his income from audiobooks with blind students for their welfare. Additionally, Ridhhaan is officially signed as Brand Ambassador of BVJSS Foundation, an orphanage based in Pune providing shelter and education to children of 6 to 16 years of age.Voir livre
Winner of the 2015 International Frank O'Connor Short Story Award Winner of the 2015 Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize Shortlisted for the 2015 Wales Book of the Year: Fiction Shortlisted for the 2015 Edge Hill Short Story Prize The Globe 100: The Best International Fiction of 2017 In a remote Australian settlement a young wife with an untellable secret reluctantly invites her neighbour into her home. A Quaker spinster offers companionship to a condemned man in a Colorado jail. In the ice and snows of Siberia an office employee from Birmingham witnesses a scene that will change her life. At a jubilee celebration in a northern English town a middle-aged alderman opens his heart to Queen Victoria. A teenage daughter leaves home in search of adventure. High in the Cumbrian fells a woman seeks help from her father's enemy. Spare, precise, charged with a prickly wit, the stories in Carys Davies's sparkling second collection remind us how little we know of the lives of others.Voir livre
A young peasant finds himself confronting a doctor at a hospital with the hopes of convincing him to release his brother. The doctor is not pleased and refuses to release him saying the peasant needs to go to the authorities. He is disappointed by his statement and unsure of where to go. On his way out he comes to meet an old man just outside the hospital gate. He reveals his problem to him and the old man directs him exactly where he needs to head. The peasant is conflicted because it is a long journey, but after a few moments he decides to head out with the hope of saving his brother.Voir livre
An award-winning collection of short fiction from one of “the strongest American writers of his generation” (The Washington Post Book World). Proclaimed “a master” by the New York Times and selected as one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists, Stewart O’Nan started his literary career with this outstanding collection of short stories. Selected as the winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, these twelve stories offer intimate portraits of a broad range of characters—including a ruined farmer, a black day laborer, an old Chinese grocer, and a young policeman who descends into madness after being separated from his family. Probing and lyrical, these stories illuminate the connections that bind us and the obligations and sorrows of love. From The Speed Queen to The Names of the Dead to West of Sunset, O’Nan has dazzled readers again and again. Fans new and old will enjoy In the Walled City. “These are stories of a high order, sophisticated, humane, persistent; once read, they don’t go away.” —Tobias WolffVoir livre
Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter with the language targeted at learners of English. There is a dangerous atmosphere at Stoneygates, a centre for young criminals. When Miss Marple visits her friend there, she can sense the danger, too. One evening during her stay someone shoots at the administrator of the centre. He is not injured, but a visiting relative is shot dead at the same time in another part of the building. Could this be a coincidence? Miss Marple must solve the mystery.Voir livre
