Forty Stories

Forty Stories PDF

Author: Dave Eggers

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2012-04-05

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 014138932X

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This collection of pithy, brilliantly acerbic pieces is a companion to Sixty Stories, Barthelme's earlier retrospective volume. Barthelme spotlights the idiosyncratic, haughty, sometimes downright ludicrous behavior of human beings, but it is style rather than content which takes precedence.

Forty Bedtime Stories

Forty Bedtime Stories PDF

Author: Agnes Rahoza

Publisher: Tom eMusic

Published: 2014-01-27

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1623210275

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This collection of bedtime stories is specifically designed for both parents and children, with forty lively tales! These are short, written in an appealing style and are in turn, exciting, amusing, whimsical and involving; there are tales to suit every taste. In addition, all forty tales are richly illustrated. This volume promises to be a veritable treasure trove of stories for bedtime, long car journeys or even just rainy afternoons! The collection includes the following titles: 1) The Scarecrow 2) Tim’s Train 3) The Great War 4) Hidden Treasures 5) Mr. Frog 6) Ice Cream for Refreshment 7) The Snowman and the Hare 8) Mr. Nightingale’s Music School 9) Night Encounter 10) The Favorite Tasks of Lou Trumpet ...and 30 more.

Sum

Sum PDF

Author: David Eagleman

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2009-02-10

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 0307378020

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At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives—each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version, you work as a background character in other people’s dreams. Or you may find that God is a married couple, or that the universe is running backward, or that you are forced to live out your afterlife with annoying versions of who you could have been. With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now.

Bedtime Stories: Bedtime Stories: Movie Storybook

Bedtime Stories: Bedtime Stories: Movie Storybook PDF

Author: Annmarie Harris

Publisher: Disney Press

Published: 2008-11-25

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781423115762

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Featuring forty-eight pages of full color stills from the film, Bedtime Stories: The Movie Storybook lets boys and girls of all ages fall in love with the characters from the big screen and experience the magical adventures time and time again!/DIV DIVThe movie storybook retells the entire film and includes full-color photos throughout.

My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me

My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me PDF

Author: Kate Bernheimer

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-09-28

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 1101464380

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The fairy tale lives again in this book of forty new stories by some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction. Neil Gaiman, “Orange” Aimee Bender, “The Color Master” Joyce Carol Oates, “Blue-bearded Lover” Michael Cunningham, “The Wild Swans” These and more than thirty other stories by Francine Prose, Kelly Link, Jim Shepard, Lydia Millet, and many other extraordinary writers make up this thrilling celebration of fairy tales—the ultimate literary costume party. Spinning houses and talking birds. Whispered secrets and borrowed hope. Here are new stories sewn from old skins, gathered by visionary editor Kate Bernheimer and inspired by everything from Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” and “The Little Match Girl” to Charles Perrault’s “Bluebeard” and “Cinderella” to the Brothers Grimm’s “Hansel and Gretel” and “Rumpelstiltskin” to fairy tales by Goethe and Calvino and from China, Japan, Vietnam, Russia, Norway, and Mexico. Fairy tales are our oldest literary tradition, and yet they chart the imaginative frontiers of the twenty-first century as powerfully as they evoke our earliest encounters with literature. This exhilarating collection restores their place in the literary canon.

The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories

The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories PDF

Author: Jhumpa Lahiri

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2019-03-07

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 0141985623

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'Rich. . . eclectic. . . a feast' Telegraph This landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, from the birth of the modern nation to the end of the twentieth century. Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society, their powerful voices resonating through regional landscapes, private passions and dramatic political events. This wide-ranging selection curated by Jhumpa Lahiri includes well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello alongside many captivating new discoveries. More than a third of the stories featured in this volume have been translated into English for the first time, several of them by Lahiri herself.

Forty Winks

Forty Winks PDF

Author: Kelly DiPucchio

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2021-10-26

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1647004934

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A rollicking bedtime read-aloud about a family of mice, from bestselling author Kelly DiPucchio and award-winning illustrator Lita Judge “It’s time for bed!” the Wink parents said. Their routine was the same every night. Mama and Papa lined up their big brood, all thirty-eight children in sight . . . When the sun sets on this mouse family's house, it's the start of a bedtime routine for the ages! Come along as all 38 Wink children have snacks and baths, brush their teeth, read stories, and finally, finally settle down to sleep. This rollicking, rhyming story from the award-winning pair Kelly DiPucchio and Lita Judge is the perfect read-aloud for parents and their wiggly little ones to share before bedtime.