Results for "Cars" in Classics

Wer mit der Hand schreibt, schreibt mit dem Herzen … Hatokos magischer Wunschzettel ist ein inspirierendes Hörbuch aus Japan über die Kunst der Kalligrafie und die Magie handgeschriebener Worte. In Kamakura steht das Sternenfest vor der Tür: Japans bezaubernde alte Hauptstadt, berühmt für ihre Tempel und ihr literarisches Erbe, ist festlich geschmückt.

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If you think tornadoes are rough on trailer parks, imagine what a tornado with claws, fangs, and a hunger for human flesh could do! David Richard Morgan is an angry and bitter man who discovers an ancient incantation and uses it to unleash the monster known as the Car Nex upon his ex-wife and the other residents of the Pleasant Palaces Trailer Park.

Set in the Pacific Northwest on the eve of lockdown, Pin Up Dolls and Classic Cars is a dark romantic thriller about desire, betrayal, and survival when the world stops making sense. She's a Pin Up Doll navigating autonomy and a culture that demands she smile through the chaos. He's a veteran gearhead with rust in his past and grease under his fingernails – haunted by choices that don't wash clean. Their connection ignites at car shows and in late-night conversations that refuse to resolve simply.

Gray Car and Other Stories is a wonderful sampling of short stories from Alexander Grin (1880-1932), an author that for too long has been one of Russia's best kept secrets. While Grin suffered through prison sentences and multiple exiles during his lifetime, his fiction often features fantasy worlds far more romantic and enticing than the harsh realities in which he lived. For those of us yet unfamiliar with Grin's work, Gray Car serves as a perfect introduction.

Mark Twain's brilliant tale of a train stuck on the prairie in a snowdrift, where the starving passengers resort to a daily ballot to select which fellow traveller will be sacrificed to provide the next meal. Will it be the succulent Mr. Harris of St. Louis, the juicy Mr. Messick of Colorado or the scraggy, tough Mr. Davis of Oregon? Twain's gentle gallows humour shines through the story and we find ourselves laughing out loud at the most grisly of details. Masterly!

Satirical humor from the master. A group of congressmen are trapped in a snowbound train for two months. When they run out of food, they do what congressmen do - they form a committee to decide who among them should be eaten first.

A Rocky Bleier Christmas is a collection of five classic Christmas stories for you and the entire family to enjoy. The collection includes an introduction by NFL legend Rocky Bleier. The delightful Christmas stories are: “A Christmas Dream and How it Came True” written by Louisa May Alcott, “Yes, Virginia There is a Santa Clause” by Francis Church, “Twas the Night Before Christmas” by Clement Clarke Moore, “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost, and “The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry.

Kate Chopin is a widely considered a forerunner to the feminist authors of the twentieth century. Focusing on themes of race andgender, her short stories largely center on life in rural Louisiana. In "A Pair of Silk Stockings," a young woman unexpected finds herself with fifteen dollars.Inspired by her newfound wealth, she ignores her natural impulses and indulgesin a day of luxurious abandon. A wistful rumination on loss and the illusion ofcontrol, "A Pair of Silk Stockings" is Chopin at her absolute best.