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"HARROWING THRILLS . . . FAST-PACED AND ENGAGING." --People It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end--the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to...

Depuis quarante jours, il marchait, cherchant partout du travail. Il avait quitté son pays, Ville-Avaray, dans la Manche, parce que l'ouvrage manquait. Compagnon charpentier, âgé de vingt-sept ans, bon sujet, vaillant, il était resté pendant deux mois à la charge de sa famille, lui, fils aîné, n'ayant plus qu'à croiser ses bras vigoureux, dans le chômage général. Le pain devint rare dans la maison ; les deux sœurs allaient en journée, mais gagnaient peu.

কর্নেল সমগ্র ২ রহস্য রোমাঞ্চ যাদের মনে শিহরণ জাগায় তারা কিছুতেই কর্ণেল নীলাদ্রি সরকারের রহস্য গল্পের আকর্ষণ...

বাংলা কিশোর অ্যাডভেঞ্চার কাহিনির জগতে অজেয় রায় পাঠকদের দ্বারা বিশেষভাবে সমাদৃত। তাঁর কয়েকটি দুঃসাহসিক অভিযান...

A poignant tale of love and loneliness takes place during the 'White Nights' of St. Petersburg: a time in the summer months when the nights do not darken beyond twilight due to the city's northern location. The story is told by an unnamed narrator, a young man of 26, a self-professed dreamer and introvert, who lives alone in St. Petersburg. Wandering the streets at night he meets a young lady, lonely like himself, and they strike up a friendship. Meeting on successive nights the friendship develops and begins to show signs of love.

The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly magazine (January 27 - April 16, 1898). Classified as both gothic fiction and a ghost story, the novella focuses on a young governess sent to a remote country house to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a dark foreboding of menace within the house, she soon comes to believe that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. But is the threat to her young charges really a ghostly presence or something else entirely?

Samuel Hansson är en ung man som arbetar med kryonik – konsten att bevara människor genom nedfrysning i hopp om att väcka dem till liv i en bättre framtid. Han drivs av en vilja att skapa en rättvisare värld, men upptäcker snart att ideal och verklighet sällan går hand i hand. Att...

Face raw wilderness survival and off-grid solitude in this gritty historical adventure of man against nature. Perfect for those seeking an escape from modern society, these interconnected short stories thrust you into the harsh, breathtaking reality of the untamed frontier. Whether you are...

Atticus, captain of one of the ships of Rome's small, coastal fleet, is from a Greek fishing family. Septimus, legionary commander, reluctantly ordered aboard ship, is from Rome, born into a traditionally army family. It could never be an easy alliance. But the arrival of a hostile fleet, larger, far more skilful and more powerful than any Atticus has encountered before, forces them to act together.

Sharp Ends is the ultimate collection of award winning tales and exclusive new short stories from the master of grimdark fantasy, Joe Abercrombie. Violence explodes, treachery abounds, and the words are as deadly as the weapons in this rogue's gallery of side-shows, back-stories, and sharp...

A rifleman is dead. A sergeant stands accused. Corporal Henry Knox was the first Royal Military Police NCO on the scene. Eight months later, Knox is pulled out of Iraq and sent back to Germany to give evidence at a court martial. He expects to speak only to the events of a live-fire exercise in Poland.

كتاب أدبي يجمع قصصاً وحكايات عن كرم وسخاء الأجواد والمحسنين، يبرز فيه مآثرهم الطيبة ومكارم أخلاقهم، ويُعتبر مرجعاً في باب الجود والكرم في الأدب العربي، ويُلحق به غالباً كتاب "فضل العطاء على العسر" و"الدرر المنضود".

In the mountains of West Virginia, chaos is never far away—especially when the Beechy Hollow Great Outdoors Club gets involved. Join small-town reporter Rob Greenwood and a cast of offbeat characters as they prove that the best outdoor adventures are the ones that fall completely off the rails. From camping and fishing trips gone sideways to eerie trailside encounters, these stories celebrate friendship, mischief, and the untamed spirit of Appalachia. Includes the novella, "The Evil Psychic Mule of Devil Ridge," because no backwoods saga is complete without a demon mule on the loose.

Miguel Rivera had it all: best-selling author status, a doting publisher, and the world at his feet. Until his girlfriend left, and with her, his will to write. Now, trapped in what feels like a fatal case of writer's block, Miguel is on the brink of losing everything. A grim message from his agent, Jonathan Harper, confirms his worst fears: he has until Monday to pitch a new novel, or he's out. Seeking a desperate last chance, Miguel retreats to a secluded cottage away from the Miami distractions. His initial attempts to find a story are fraught with setbacks.

In a world where shapeshifters are hunted, Aislinn’s family lives a life of secrecy, traveling as traders to avoid discovery. They’ve learned that life may be safer in the small mountain town of Frenhill, but as they make the journey south, their luck finally runs out. They’re attacked by the king’s guards and her parents fight back, giving Aislinn and her little brother, Liam, the chance to escape. To run. To hide in the unforgiving wilderness.

The myth of Babel wasn't a story of divine punishment. It was a suicide pact. Dr. Elias Thorne sacrificed his magic to save the world, only to find the true war had just begun. Now a "Null"—stripped of his synesthetic connection to the earth and permanently deafened by a subterranean trap—Elias is a fragile scholar trapped in a silent void. But he is also the only man alive who can read the math of the apocalypse. Alongside elite Israeli operative Dr.

Edgar Allan Poe (1809- 1849) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Er prägte entscheidend die Gattung der Kurzgeschichte sowie die Genres der Kriminal-, Horror- und Schauerliteratur. Einzelne Erzählungen haben spätere Autoren der Science-Fiction wie Jules Verne beeinflusst. Seine Lyrik, in Europa u. a. von Charles Baudelaire rezipiert, wurde zum Fundament des Symbolismus und damit der modernen Dichtung.

Der Handlung gehen essayistische Bemerkungen voran, mit denen der Erzähler seine eigene Geschichte einleitet und bekräftigt. Grauenvolle Themen ließen sich nur da literarisch darstellen, „wo Ernst und Majestät der Wahrheit sie heiligen“. Er zählt eine Reihe von Katastrophen wie das Erdbeben zu Lissabon und die Große Pest von London auf, um schließlich zu konstatieren, dass das „furchtbarste Unheil […] den Einzelnen, nicht die Gemeinschaft“ treffe.

Heinrich von Kleist war ein deutscher Dramatiker, Erzähler, Lyriker und Publizist. Heinrich von Kleist stand als „Außenseiter im literarischen Leben seiner Zeit jenseits der etablierten Lager“ und der Literaturepochen der Weimarer Klassik und der Romantik. Bekannt ist er vor allem für das „historische Ritterschauspiel“ Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, seine Lustspiele Der zerbrochene Krug und Amphitryon, das Trauerspiel Penthesilea sowie für seine Novellen Michael Kohlhaas und Die Marquise von O...

"The Necklace" is a short story about Mathilde Loisel, a middle-class woman who dreams of a luxurious life. She borrows a diamond necklace from her wealthy friend, Madame Forestier, to wear to a ball, where she feels glamorous. However, after losing the necklace, Mathilde and her husband spend ten years in poverty to repay the debt incurred to replace it.