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Download or read book The Great War written by Various and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combines evocative photographs and illustrations in a treasury of stories by 11 international writers that were inspired by artifacts connected to World War I. Illustrated by the Kate Greenaway Medal-winning artist of A Monster Calls.
Book Synopsis 7 best short stories - World War I by : Rudyard Kipling
Download or read book 7 best short stories - World War I written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporaneously described as "the war to end all wars", World War I was one of the largest wars in history and also one of the deadliest conflicts in history. Writers often function as the memory of the world, eternalizing in words difficult moments that we can not forget. The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories that allow us to look at the various faces of the war: - Mary Postgate by Rudyard Kipling - The Fly by Katherine Mansfield - May Day by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft - The Bowmen by Arthur Machen - His Last Bow by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - At the Bay by Katherine Mansfield For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
Book Synopsis The Penguin Book of First World War Stories by : Ann-Marie Einhaus
Download or read book The Penguin Book of First World War Stories written by Ann-Marie Einhaus and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2007-10-25 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of Great War short stories by British writers, both famous and lesser-known authors, men and women, during the war and after its end. These stories are able to illustrate the impact of the Great War on British society and culture and the many modes in which short fiction contributed to the war's literature. The selection covers different periods: the war years themselves, the famous boom years of the late 1920s to the more recent past in which the First World War has received new cultural interest.
Book Synopsis Best Little Stories from World War II by : C. Brian Kelly
Download or read book Best Little Stories from World War II written by C. Brian Kelly and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold stories of bravery, triumph, and redemption in the depths of the darkest world war. Behind the great powers, global military conflict, and infamous battles are more than 100 incredible stories that bring to life the Second World War. During the six years of war were countless little-known moments of profound triumph and tragedy, bravery and cowardice, and good and evil. These amazing and unbelievable stories of brotherhood, redemption, escape, and civilian courage shed new light on the war that gripped the entire world. Experience the action through the eyes of people like: Lieutenant Jacob Beser, who was aboard both the Enola Gay and Bock's Car and felt the force of the shockwave that nearly destroyed the planes after dropping the H-bombs that obliterated Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Professor William Miller, who collapsed during a death march of POWs in Germany and was saved by the same man who had rescued him from what would have been a fatal car wreck in Pennsylvania five years earlier. The brave civilians who answered the British Admiralty's call to help rescue an army from Dunkirk during the height of a dangerous battle and sailed small fishing boats into relentless German fire, ultimately saving 335,000 men from This is the perfect book for any history buff looking for the untold stories of military and civilian daring during World War 2.
Book Synopsis The Best Short Stories of World War II by : Charles A. Fenton
Download or read book The Best Short Stories of World War II written by Charles A. Fenton and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis 7 Best Short Stories: War by : Nathaniel Hawthorne
Download or read book 7 Best Short Stories: War written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce - Two Friends by Guy de Maupassant - The Upturned Face by Stephen Crane - Editha by William Dean Howells - War by Luigi Pirandello - The Soul of a Regiment by Talbot Mundy - Roger Malvin's Burial by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Book Synopsis 7 best short stories by Arthur Machen by : Arthur Machen
Download or read book 7 best short stories by Arthur Machen written by Arthur Machen and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was born in 1863 in Wales, in Caerlson-Usk. He settled in London, still young, where he was a bookstore clerk for a few months, becoming a preceptor. Subsequently, he began to write in total material shortage and fatigue. For a long time he lived on translations. Still unrecognized, he continued his work with a growing feeling that "an immense spiritual gulf separated him from other men" and that he lived as a "Robinson Crusoe of the soul."A curious fact was that he, along with W. B. Yeats and Aleister Crowley, was a member of the "Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn," the ill-fated 20th century magic society.His work is acclaimed worldwide and has already been recognized by such big names as H. P. Locecraf, Stephen King and Jorge Luis Borges. This selection specially chosen by the literary critic August Nemo, contains the following stories:The Great God PanThe White PeopleThe Black SealThe Novel of the White PowderThe Red HandThe Inmost LightThe Bowmen
Book Synopsis 7 best short stories by H.G. Wells by : H. G. Wells
Download or read book 7 best short stories by H.G. Wells written by H. G. Wells and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 7 best short stories collection presents a special selection of works by noteworthy writers. This edition features the English writer H. G. Wells. Wells was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, satire, biography, and autobiography, and even including two books on war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called a "father of science fiction". This book contains the following writings: The Time Machine. A Dream Of Armageddon. The Crystal Egg. The Man Who Could Work Miracles. The Flowering of the Strange Orchid. The Sea Riders. The Apple. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
Book Synopsis The 100 Best True Stories of World War Ii by : Robert J. Casey
Download or read book The 100 Best True Stories of World War Ii written by Robert J. Casey and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Additional Authors Include Robert Blake, C. S. Forster, MacKinlay Kantor, And Many Others. With Thirty-Two Illustrations.
Book Synopsis 7 best short stories by Leonard Merrick by : Leonard Merrick
Download or read book 7 best short stories by Leonard Merrick written by Leonard Merrick and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-16 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonard Merrick was an English novelist. Although largely forgotten today, he was widely admired by his peers; J. M. Barrie called Merrick the "novelist's novelist." This book contains: - Aribaud's Two Wives. - The Attack in the Rue de la Presse. - The Doll in the Pink Silk Dress. - The Elegant de Fronsac. - Fluffums. - A Millionaire's Romance. - The Propriety of Pauline.
Book Synopsis 7 best short stories - Work by : O. Henry
Download or read book 7 best short stories - Work written by O. Henry and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Money - and the social effects of having it or not - is too big a theme in people's daily lives to be ignored by literature. The writers gave the most varied interpretations and looked from the most different angles to the human relationship with money - but the final thought is always up to the reader. The critic August Nemo selected seven classic short stories on this subject: - Counterparts by James Joyce - The Romance of a Busy Broker by O. Henry - Sleepy by Anton Chekhov - Neighbour Rosicky by Willa Cather - An Old Maid's Triumph by George Gissing - The Egg by Sherwood Anderson - A Simple Soul by Gustave Flaubert For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
Book Synopsis The World's Greatest Short Stories by : James Daley
Download or read book The World's Greatest Short Stories written by James Daley and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging from the 19th to the 20th centuries, this wonderfully wide-ranging and enjoyable anthology includes Tolstoy, Kipling, Chekhov, Joyce, Kafka, Pirandello, Mann, Updike, Borges, and other major writers of world literature.
Book Synopsis 7 best short stories by Otis Adelbert Kline by : Otis Adelbert Kline
Download or read book 7 best short stories by Otis Adelbert Kline written by Otis Adelbert Kline and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-16 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Otis Adelbert Kline was a songwriter, an adventure novelist and literary agent during the pulp era. Much of his work first appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. Kline was an amateur orientalist and a student of Arabic, like his friend and sometime collaborator, E. Hoffmann Price. The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this remarkable author for your enjoyment: - The Corpse on the Third Slab. - The Man from the Moon. - The Cup of Blood. - Mignight Madness. - The Malignant Entity. - The Bird-People. - The Thing of a Thousand Shapes.
Book Synopsis 7 Best Short Stories by Stacy Aumonier by : Stacy Aumonier
Download or read book 7 Best Short Stories by Stacy Aumonier written by Stacy Aumonier and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was as a short-story writer that Stacy Aumonier was most highly regarded. Fellow writers stated that some of his short stories were among the best ever written. Rebecca West said of his writing in 1922 that his ability to blend reality with the imaginary was "the envy of all artists." This selection chosen by the critic August Nemo contains the following stories: - A Source of Irritation - Where Was Wych Street? - Burney's Laugh - The Chinese Philosopher and the European War - Cricket - George - "Solemn-Looking Blokes"
Book Synopsis 7 best short stories by Agatha Christie by : Agatha Christie
Download or read book 7 best short stories by Agatha Christie written by Agatha Christie and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. This edition is dedicated to English author Agatha Christie. Agatha Christie was an English writer known for her sixty-six detective novels and fourteen short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies and according to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author. Works selected for this book: The Adventure of The Western Star; The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor; The Adventure of the Cheap Flat; The Mystery of Hunters Lodge; The Million Dollar Bond Robbery; The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb; The Kidnapped Prime Minister. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
Book Synopsis 7 Best Short Stories by Alice Duer Miller by : Alice Duer Miller
Download or read book 7 Best Short Stories by Alice Duer Miller written by Alice Duer Miller and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice Duer Miller was a writer from the U.S. whose poetry actively influenced political opinion. Her feminist verses made an impact on the suffrage issue, and her verse novel The White Cliffs encouraged U.S. entry into World War II. She also wrote novels and screenplays. This book contains: - The Candid Friend. - A Clash of Sentimentalists. - Emulation. - Home Influence. - Middle Age. - The Relapse. - The Respecters of Law.
Book Synopsis 7 best short stories - Western by : Jack London
Download or read book 7 best short stories - Western written by Jack London and published by Tacet Books. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West, most commonly between the years of 1860 and 1900. Westerns often stress the harshness of the wilderness and frequently set the action in an arid, desolate landscape of deserts and mountains. Often, the vast landscape plays an important role, presenting a mythic vision of the plains and deserts of the American West. Critics August Nemo brings seven short stories specially selected with the best of Western's courage and adventure: - The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte - All Gold Canyon by Jack London - On the Divide by Willa Cather - The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane - The Caballero's Way by O. Henry - The Great Slave by Zane Grey - Wine in the Desert by Max Brand For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
