Résultats pour "The Animals" dans Anthologies et nouvelles

In The Other Animals, a worm breaks up with a snail, a vulture contemplates the act of killing, a whale falls in love with a song, and more. This funny, moving collection of stories - written by a crew of scientists, literary writers, and comics, and informed by animal behavioral science - explores what animal perspectives can show humans about the world.

This is a collection of previously released steamy short contemporary romance stories complete with instalove and a guaranteed happily ever-after. If you're looking for a great lunchtime listen, or something to spark sexy dreams before bed, you’ll want to pick these up.

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY USA TODAY, NPR, VULTURE, MARIE CLAIRE, THE TIMES OF LONDON, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY A group portrait of young adults enmeshed in desire and violence, a...

From the award-winning author of The Wonder Garden comes a set of linked stories spotlighting human-animal relations—and revealing the tensions that threaten to fracture a suburban New England community. Tensions simmer in small-town Connecticut. A city transplant is haunted by the deer...

Una serie di storie, favole, leggende scritte e raccolte dal grande Leonardo da Vinci e attualizzate nello stile e nel linguaggio per un ascolto più scorrevole e immediato. Dalle parole di Leonardo emerge l'immenso amore per la natura di un autore che riesce a colorare di poesia anche i miti e i racconti popolari più ingenui, come solo i grandi geni riescono a fare.

"Stories for Fun: Animals" is a delightful anthology that brings the animal kingdom to life through ten captivating tales. Each story in this collection showcases the unique personalities and extraordinary capabilities of different animals, from household pets to wild creatures. Inside, you'll meet: Ringo, a loyal Siberian husky who saves his owner's life in the wilderness. Biscuit, a comical bloodhound who helps a city boy find his place on a farm. Chiquita, an adventurous African Grey parrot who explores the world beyond her cage.

A man and his daughter attempt to chase a polar bear out of their small town. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.

The stories in Animal Husbandry all deal in some way with mythology, from animal fables to imaginary friends to the myths people tell themselves. In some cases, the myths are fantastical: a farmer finds his cow has given birth to a surprising offspring; a guitarist tries to improve his skills with a visit to the crossroads; or a young girl meets with a visitor in the woods to plot against her neighbors. Others concern everyday mythology: a small-town ballplayer struggles to earn a nickname; or a man's clean bill of health arrives at the worst possible time.

ONE OF NPR'S 2024 "BOOKS WE LOVE" From the author of Sea Change comes a short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformation as a means of survival. "The stories hit, each one, and land with such seeming perfection. Chung’s book sits next to my...

In the final years of his life, Chekhov produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces and some of the most highly-regarded works in Russian literature. The poignant 'The Lady with the Little Dog' and 'About Love' examine the nature of love outside of marriage - its romantic idealism and the fear of disillusionment. And in stories such as 'Peasants', 'The House with the Mezzanine' and 'My Life' Chekhov paints a vivid picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship.

Un profesor enamorado, una pareja que cuenta sus polvos, un pescador muy gordo que termina en un trío con dos jovencitas, un Papá Noel borracho que se ve involucrado en un atraco a mano armada, un padre ausente y extraño que reaparece esporádicamente para revolver las vidas de todos, un par...

Full-cast dramatisations of six masterpieces from the founding fathers of dystopian fiction Dark and disturbing, provocative and prescient, dystopian literature has long captured our imagination with its nightmarish visions of forbidding future worlds. Included here are six classic novels of...

An imaginative, moving collection of stories infused with the magic and enigma of the human condition and drenched in Texas heat, from the best-selling author of We Burn Daylight. Encounters with Unexpected Animals takes readers deep into the heart of bestselling author Bret Anthony Johnston’s...

Animal Behaviour titles each of its short stories with animal facts, but the experiences they describe are very much human. The cast of characters is diverse but the world they inhabit is universal: one in which all of us will recognise fragments of our own lives in some form, an echo of our shared humanity.

Winner of the Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction. Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, CBC Books, and the Globe and Mail. From Giller Prize finalist Alexander MacLeod comes a magnificent collection about the needs, temptations, and tensions that exist just beneath the surface of our...

Cominciamo a leggere un racconto di Francesca Marciano e, prima ancora di rendercene conto, stiamo già frugando negli angoli più nascosti e vulnerabili delle vite di personaggi apparentemente distanti da noi e lontanissimi l'uno dall'altro. Con scrittura limpida e cinematografica Marciano li porta, nell'arco di una manciata di pagine, a mettere in dubbio tutte le loro certezze, a tuffarsi in avventure inaspettate, ad affrontare decisioni cruciali: una relazione clandestina finisce dolorosamente nella sala di un ristorante.

Centered in Rome but transporting us into worlds as varied and alluring as they are emotionally real, Francesca Marciano’s stories paint landscapes that are populated—vividly, hauntingly—by animals: from violent seagulls and starlings circling the evening sky in exhilarating formation to...

Antología de cuentos de Aixa de la Cruz, una de las autoras emergentes más interesantes del panorama español actual. En ella, la autora explora el lado más siniestro de la realidad cotidiana, coquetea con lo fantástico y lo perverso que anida detrás de nuestras convenciones sociales. Un viaje a veces onírico y a veces reflexivo, pero siempre demoledor.

"Reading this series is like eating potato chips, you can't read just one!" Hobby farming takes a back seat to crime-solving for Ivy and her clever team. There's no end to the secrets for amateur sleuth, Ivy Galloway, and her canine and feline detectives in quaint Clover Grove.

Brought to you by Penguin. The bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time weaves ancient fables into fresh, unexpected forms and forges new unforgettable legends. The myth of the Minotaur in his labyrinth is turned into a wrenching parable of maternal love – and of...