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Author : Rupa Publications
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789390260294
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Greatest Short Stories Ever Told written by Rupa Publications and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arunava Sinha
Publisher : Rupa Publication
ISBN 13 : 9789382277743
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (777 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told written by Arunava Sinha and published by Rupa Publication. This book was released on 2016 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected and translated by renowned writer, editor and translator Arunava Sinha, the twenty-one stories in this anthology represent the finest example of the genre. Some of the world's finest short fiction has originated (and continues to flow) from) the cities, villages, rivers, forests and plains of Bengal. This selection features twenty-one of the very best stories from the region. Here, the reader will find one of Rabindranath Tagore's most revered stories 'The Kabuliwallah' in a glinting new translation, memorable studies of ordinary people from Tarashankar and Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, the iconic Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's wrenching study of Bengali society, 'Mahesh', as well as over a dozen other astounding stories by some of the greatest practitioners of the form-Buddha deva Bose, Ashapurna Debi, Premendra Mitra, Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Mahasweta Devi, Sunil Gangopadhyay and Nabarun Bhattacharya, among others. These are stories of anger, loss, grief, disillusionment, magic, politics, trickery, humour and the darkness of mind and heart. They reimagine life in ways that make them unforgettable.
Author : Christopher Caswell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493083538
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told written by Christopher Caswell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thousands of years, man has sailed into battle, sailed for rumored wealth, and sailed for pure adventure. And for nearly as long, stories about the sea have entertained, intrigued, and inspired readers. The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told brings together some of the most compelling writing of the millennium. Here is Peter Goss's wrenching narrative of incredible courage in the world's most desolate ocean along with Ernest Shackleton's understated and awesome account of one of the most daring small-boat journeys ever taken, where failure meant certain death for his long-suffering crew. But sailing is much more than headlong dashes into roaring seas. You'll also find William F. Buckley Jr. on idyllic cruising; James Thurber on the arcane and often impenetrable language of sailors; and the legendary Joshua Slocum on sailing alone around the world. The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told is a treasure trove: tears, adrenaline, laughter, and adventure abound. With contributions from: - James Thurber -William F. Buckley Jr. - Ann Davison - Sterling Hayden - Ernest Shackleton - Tristan Jones - Samuel Eliot Morrison - Joshua Slocum - E. B. White - C. S. Forester - Cleveland Amory - Weston Martyr - Peter Goss - David Kasanof – and many others.
Author : Charles Elliott
Publisher : Lyons Press
ISBN 13 : 9781585743650
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (436 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Cat Stories Ever Told written by Charles Elliott and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the tiniest of kittens to the lordliest of lions, the most memorable feline stories ever written.
Author : Rick Beyer
Publisher : Harper
ISBN 13 : 9780060760175
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (61 download)
Download or read book The Greatest War Stories Never Told written by Rick Beyer and published by Harper. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Search the annals of military history and you will discover no end of quirky characters and surprising true stories: The topless dancer who saved the Byzantine Empire. The World War I battle that was halted so a soccer game could be played. The scientist who invented a pigeon-guided missile in 1943. And don't forget the elderly pig whose death triggered an international crisis between the United States and Great Britain. This is the kind of history you'll find in The Greatest War Stories Never Told. One hundred fascinating stories drawn from two thousand years of military history, accompanied by a wealth of photographs, maps, drawings, and documents that help bring each story to life. Little-known tales told with a one-two punch of history and humor that will make you shake your head in disbelief -- but they're all true! Did You Know That: One military unit served on both sides during the Civil War The War of Jenkins's Ear was actually fought over a sea captain's ear Daniel Boone was once tried for treason A siege on Poland in 1519 gave birth to the marriage of bread and butter Discover how war can be a catalyst for change; an engine for innovation; and an arena for valor, deceit, intrigue, ambition, revenge, audacity, folly, and even silliness. Want to know how the mafia helped the United States win World War II, when the word bazooka was coined, or how Silly Putty was invented? Read on!
Author : Lamar Underwood
Publisher : Lyons Press
ISBN 13 : 9781493039586
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (395 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Told written by Lamar Underwood and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 2020-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greatest Fishing Stories Ever Toldis sure to ignite recollections of your own angling experiences as well as send your imagination adrift. In this compilation of tales you will read about two kinds of places, the ones you have been to before and love to remember, and the places you have only dreamed of going, and would love to visit. Whether you prefer to fish rivers, estuaries, or beaches, this book will take you to all kinds of water, where you'll experience catching every kind of fish.Read on as some of the sport's most talented writers recount their personal memories of catching bass, trout, bluefish marlin, tuna, and more. You'll read about all kinds of fish, and all kinds of fishermen in these pages. Explore the Pacific with Zane Grey, as he fights a 1,000-pound blue marlin, or listen as A.J. McClane explains just what it really means to be an angler. Take a step back in time when you read Ernie Schwiebert's tale of fishing a remote lake in Michigan, when he was still only a young boy. Each of these stories, selected because of its intrinsic literary worth, reinforces the unique personal connection that fishing creates between man and nature.
Author : Sujatha Vijayaraghavan
Publisher : Aleph
ISBN 13 : 9789390652297
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (522 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Tamil Stories Ever Told written by Sujatha Vijayaraghavan and published by Aleph. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Greatest Tamil Stories Ever Told showcases some of the best short fiction to emerge out of Tamil Nadu, dating from the last century to the present day. Two of the earliest stories included here are Subramania Bharati's 'The Story of a Crow Learning Prosody', a satirical tale about the exaltation of language, and 'Kalki' Krishnamurthy's 'The Governor's Visit', about how bigwigs in little places pandered to the British rulers during the time of the Raj. While some stories in this volume wrestle with the idea of public justice, as in Father Mark Stephen's 'Penance' and Sa. Kandasamy's 'The Slaying of Hiranya', others, such as Ambai's 'Journey 4', hide secrets that could destroy lives and relationships if they are ever revealed. Featuring memorable works by, among others, Bama, Perumal Murugan, and Poomani, the thirty stories in this collection, selected and edited by Sujatha Vijayaraghavan and Mini Krishnan, come together to paint a striking picture of the Tamil people.
Author : Ernest Hemingway
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway written by Ernest Hemingway and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat presents to you this meticulously edited collection of 50 short tales by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and sportsman. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his adventurous lifestyle and his public image brought him admiration from later generations. He was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. Contents: The Old Man and the Sea The Torrents of Spring Up in Michigan Out of Season My Old Man In Our Time (1924 edition) On The Quai at Smyrna Indian Camp The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife The End of Something The Three Day Blow The Battler A Very Short Story Soldier's Home The Revolutionist Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Cat in the Rain Out of Season Cross Country Snow My Old Man Big Two-Hearted River 1 Big Two-Hearted River 2 The Undefeated In Another Country Hills Like White Elephants The Killers Che Ti Dice La Patria? Fifty Grand A Simple Enquiry Ten Indians A Canary for One An Alpine Idyll A Pursuit Race To-day Is Friday Banal Story Now I Lay Me After the Storm A Clean, Well-Lighted Place The Light of the World God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen The Sea Change A Way You'll Never Be The Mother of a Queen One Reader Writes Homage to Switzerland A Day's Wait A Natural History of the Dead Wine of Wyoming The Gambler, the Nun, and the Radio Fathers and Sons
Author : Col. Robert Barr Smith
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149302969X
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Air Aces Stories Ever Told written by Col. Robert Barr Smith and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In thirty-five chapters, The Greatest Air Aces Stories Ever Told covers many of the leading American and British Commonwealth fighter aces of WW I and II, together with a few bomber crews whose gallantry made a substantial contribution to the end of WW II. Other nations had their aces, but this book concentrates on American and Commonwealth pilots. These aviators were chosen not only because of their “scores” and their great courage, but also for other qualities which set them apart, like the WWII Royal Air Force Wing Commander who shot down more than 20 Germans while flying with two artificial legs. Here are a few of the aces. Note that the air forces of Europe and the United States did not always have today’s names, used here for simplicity’s sake: Albert Ball, RAF, son of the Lord Mayor of Nottingham, winner of the Victoria Cross. He had 44 victories in WWI when he was killed at the age of 20, well known to his German foes, who much admired him. Gabby Gabreski, USAF. Son of hard-working Polish immigrants. An ace in WWII with 28 kills and later in Korea, with another six. He was an accomplished commander, finished a long career as a colonel. Mick Mannock, RAF. Tough and aggressive in spite of his fear of fire, he won not only the Victoria Cross, but five other high awards for gallantry. Highest British scorer of WWI with 73 victories, he detested Germans, and rejoiced with every kill. He was shot down by ground fire in the last year of the war. David McCampbell, USN. Scored 34 WWII kills to become the U.S. Navy’s all-time ace. In 1944, set an all-time record with nine victories on a single mission. Winner of the Congressional Medal. Pick Pickard, RAF. Led the RAF rooftop bomber raid on Amiens Prison In WWII, freeing many underground members, some of whom were facing death, and who were promptly spirited away by French partisans. Frank Luke, USAF. Deadly American famous for his busting of German observation balloons in WWI. Shot up over German territory, he managed to land safely, but, being Luke, tried to fight it out with enemy infantrymen with only his pistol. The book will also touch on the equipment these aces flew, from the famous Fokkers and Sopwith Camels to the ungainly two-seater FE2b, which was driven by a pusher engine and looked like a bathtub with wings and a miniature oil derrick glued on the back. Also included are our own Grumman carrier fighters, the P-40s, the P-38s, as well as the P-51 Mustang, probably the finest fighter of the war, a happy marriage of an American airframe and a British engine. The deadly, graceful Spitfire has its place, as do the Hurricane, the biplane Gladiator, and even the four-engine Lancaster.
Author : Lamar Underwood
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149308352X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told written by Lamar Underwood and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I don't regard nature as a spectator sport." -Ed Zern, 1985 Hunting is a serious business-but it's also about camaraderie, achievements and failures, seeing new places, and revisiting cherished ones. The true stories here feature a variety of game, in locations that range from high Yukon Territory mountain peaks to lowland swamps off of Mobile Bay, Alabama. This is an indispensable volume for all lovers and students of the natural world. If your definition of home includes fields and marshes, creeks and river bottoms, plains and mountains, consider this required reading.
Author : H.P. Lovecraft
Publisher : Lebooks Editora
ISBN 13 : 6558942437
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (589 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Short Stories of America written by H.P. Lovecraft and published by Lebooks Editora. This book was released on 2024-06-13 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short Stories are a fascinating literary genre. They are characterized by shorter texts, fewer characters, and greater conciseness, yet they grip us emotionally and make us eagerly seek the outcome. In "The Best American Short Stories," much like in other editions of the Best Short Stories Collection, you will discover a representative selection from the vast body of work produced by international short story writers. This ebook presents an unparalleled selection of the finest stories written by a highly select group of brilliant American writers. It's a unique opportunity to explore, in one volume, the works of seven literary giants: H.P. Lovecraft, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, Jack London, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry James.
Author : E. F. Benson
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8027235251
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Short Stories of E. F. Benson written by E. F. Benson and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Edward Frederic Benson (1867–1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. He started his novel writing career in 1893 with the fashionably controversial Dodo, which was an instant success, and followed it with a variety of satire and romantic and supernatural melodrama. Benson was also known as a writer of atmospheric, oblique, and at times humorous or satirical ghost stories. Table of Contents: The Room in the Tower, and Other Stories The Room in the Tower Gavon's Eve The Dust-Cloud The Confession of Charles Linkworth At Abdul Ali's Grave The Shootings of Achnaleish How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery Caterpillars The Cat The Bus-Conductor The Man Who Went Too Far Between the Lights Outside the Door The Other Bed The Thing in the Hall The House with the Brick-Kiln The Terror by Night The Countess of Lowndes Square, and Other Stories BLACKMAILING STORIES The Countess of Lowndes Square The Blackmailer of Park Lane GENERAL STORIES The Dance on the Beefsteak The Oriolist In the Dark The False Step CAT STORIES "Puss-cat" There Arose a King CRANK STORIES The Tragedy of Oliver Bowman Philip's Safety Razor SPOOK STORIES The Case of Frank Hampden...
Author : Charles Neider
Publisher : Cooper Square Press
ISBN 13 : 1461661013
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Great Short Stories of the Masters written by Charles Neider and published by Cooper Square Press. This book was released on 2002-12-09 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-nine short stories, selected for their richness of detail, accurate depictions of human passion, and international scope, fill this collection. The authors include Americans such as Hemingway, Faulkner, Saul Bellow, and Flannery O'Connor, 19th and 20th century Western European giants such as Proust, Sartre, Flaubert, Kafka, Mann, Pirandello, Rilke, and Balzac, Russian icons Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, Turgenev, and Chekhov, and Asian writers Rabindranath Tagore and Lu Hsun. While many of the names are recognizable (though some, such as Bunin, Lagerlof, Nexo, and Svevo rank among the lesser-known), Neider has favored gems less familiar to the average reader.
Author : Bram Stoker
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Greatest Short Stories of Bram Stoker written by Bram Stoker and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-12 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bram Stoker's 'The Greatest Short Stories of Bram Stoker' is a collection of captivating and eerie tales that showcase the writer's mastery of Gothic fiction. Each story is filled with dark themes, supernatural elements, and a sense of foreboding that is characteristic of Stoker's style. Whether it's the chilling tale of 'Dracula's Guest' or the haunting narrative of 'The Judge's House,' Stoker's ability to create an atmosphere of suspense and dread is truly exceptional. Set against the backdrop of Victorian England, these stories provide a glimpse into the fears and anxieties of the era, while also offering a timeless appeal to readers of all generations. Bram Stoker, best known for his iconic novel 'Dracula,' drew inspiration from his own fascination with the supernatural and his keen understanding of human psychology. His unique storytelling style and his ability to evoke a sense of terror make this collection a must-read for fans of Gothic literature and horror fiction. 'The Greatest Short Stories of Bram Stoker' is a testament to Stoker's enduring legacy as a master of the macabre, and is sure to leave readers spellbound and terrified in equal measure.
Author : James Daley
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486447162
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The World's Greatest Short Stories written by James Daley and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2006-04-28 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable, this outstanding collection features short stories by great nineteenth- and twentieth-century writers from America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Western Europe. Included are Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," in which two waiters and a lonely customer in a Spanish cafe confront the concept of nothingness; "A & P," John Updike's most anthologized story and one of his most popular; "Borges and I," typical Jorge Luis Borges — imaginative, philosophical, and mysterious; as well as short masterpieces by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, Herman Melville, Thomas Mann, Guy de Maupassant, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, D. H. Lawrence, and ten other great writers. Prime examples of the classic short story, these enduring literary treasures will be invaluable to students and teachers as well as to anyone who appreciates the finely turned tale.
Author : H.P. Lovecraft
Publisher : Lebooks Editora
ISBN 13 : 6558943107
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (589 download)
Download or read book GREATEST SHORT STORIES H.P LOVECRAFT written by H.P. Lovecraft and published by Lebooks Editora. This book was released on 2024-04-08 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H.P. Lovecraft has established himself as the foremost figure in the literary genre classified as Fantastic Horror, having written hundreds of tales in this genre. In this ebook, as in other editions of the Best Short Stories Collection, you will discover a representative part of his vast body of work: There are 20 of his best tales, some already well-known among genre readers such as "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Thing on the Doorstep," "The Statement of Randolph Carter," "Dagon," "The History of the Necronomicon"... among others that will leave you breathless. I f you enjoy the Fantastic Horror genre, unquestionably, H.P. Lovecraft is the author to be read.
Author : Various Author
Publisher : Abhishek Publications
ISBN 13 : 8182476003
Total Pages : 687 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (824 download)
Download or read book Fifty World's Greatest Short Stories written by Various Author and published by Abhishek Publications. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dating back to the early traditions of oral storytelling, the short story has evolved through the ages from myths, legends, fairy tales, fables, parables, stories in the Ramayana and Mahabharata, tales in the Panchatantra, the adventure tales of the Odyssey, biblical stories, the Norse sagas and many others. As the oriental tale and Gothic novel gained popularity in the latter half of the eighteenth century, short story began developing in Britain. And by the beginning of nineteenth century, it had highly evolved as a form. This anthology is a compilation of some of the classic short stories of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, from around the world. Beginning with the realistic stories of Pushkin and Chekov, it includes ‘The Necklace’ by Guy de Maupassant, ‘Eve’s Diary’ by Mark Twain, ‘The “Slapping Sal”’ by Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Fly’ by Katherine Mansfield, ‘A Little Cloud’ by James Joyce, ‘White Nights’ by Fyodor Dostoevsky, ‘The Postmaster’ by Rabindranath Tagore and ‘The Gift of Magi’ by O. Henry. “Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.” – Neil Gaiman “‘What shall I write?’ said Yegor and he dipped his pen in the ink.” – Anton Chekov, At Christmas Time “There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck.” – D. H. Lawrence, The Rocking-Horse Winner
