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In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work and features many never-before-published pieces, international bestselling author and legendary creator of From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and other modern classics, Alan Moore, presents nine stories full of wonder and strangeness, each taking us deeper into the fantastical underside of reality.

A collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Brontë, published in the year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her great work Jane Eyre. The 21 stories in Reader, I Married Him - one of the most celebrated lines in fiction - are inspired by Jane Eyre and shaped by its perennially fascinating themes of love, compromise and self-determination.

A schoolgirl catches the eye of the future leader of Nazi Germany. An aspiring playwright writes to a convicted serial killer, seeking inspiration. A pair of childhood sweethearts reunite to commit rape and murder. A devoted Mormon wife follows her husband into the wilderness after he declares himself a prophet. The 12 stories in The Love of a Bad Man imagine the lives of real women, all of whom were the lovers, wives or mistresses of various ‘bad’ men in history.

Join the journey from 'rags' to 'riches'. Learn etiquette and good manners from the masters. A epic experience of culinary delights while learning proper behaviour; at the table and for life.

Tamila Soroush wanted it all. But in the Islamic Republic of Iran, dreams are a dangerous thing for a girl. Tami abandons them…until her twenty-seventh birthday, when her parents give her a one-way ticket to America, hoping she will “go and wake up her luck.” If they have their way, Tami will never return to Iran…which means she has three months to find a husband in America.

Immune to the consequences of immorality, five privileged young men in Bogotá bond over a shared code: worship drugs and drink, exploit women, and scorn the underclass. As males, they declare the right to freedom of pleasure. As friends, only disloyalty to each other is forbidden. When a little girl from the slums disappears, the limits of a perverse and sacred bond will be tested in ways none of them could have imagined.

"Cuentos a los cuarenta" es una colección de nueve relatos en los que la autora Laura Freixas reflexiona sobre la entrada en la mediana edad para una mujer escritora, sobre las renuncias, desencuentros y certezas a las que una tiene que enfrentarse una vez ha pasado definitivamente el tiempo de soñar qué se hará cuando llegue la edad adulta. Un cruce entre imaginación y verdad, entre lo antiguo y lo nuevo, desde en pasado que mira hacia el futuro.

We are the North. With ground-breaking new authors, a thriving independent publishing scene and vibrant grass-roots networks, the North is driving a revolution in new literature. This anthology showcases the best of its talent, from every corner of the region and across all its vibrant genres. Some contributors are well-known established names, others are newcomers - all of them are part of the new northern writing scene.

Nicolas Gogol es considerado como uno de los padres del realismo literario, pero en sus cuentos casi podría decirse que no solo hay realismo sino tambien una buena dosis de surrealismo, el mismo que se pondría de moda casi un siglo mas tarde, por lo que el insigne escrito es igualmente un precursor.

Una colección de relatos cortos de Laura Freixas en las que la autora da rienda suelta a la parte más siniestra, humorosa y juguetona de su imaginación. Niñas de 38 años que se niegan a salir del vientre de su madre, islas que deambulan por el mundo, personalidades desdobladas o palabras asesinas se reúnen en esta antología de cuentos tan malévolos como deliciosos.

Tutto quello che il Re Benefattore e la Regina Eco di Littleland scrivono, mangiano o usano deve essere di qualità eccelsa. Una mattina, a colazione, i due regnanti si accorgono di non sapere ancora quale sia la macchina più veloce del regno e decidono di organizzare una gara automobilistica per scoprirlo. Tutte le auto di Littleland si presentano alla gara: ci sono la Veloce, la Vistosa, la Golosa, la Trendy, la Trasandata e la Tonta.

Todo el mundo conoce el gran ballet con musica de Tchaikovsky, Cascanueces pero el relato de Hoffmann en que esta obra fue basada no ha corrido la misma suerte y es lastima, por que como se puede ver en este maravilloso libro, la vena fantastica que caracterizo a Hoffmann.

Sense and Super-Abilities is a pastiche of the settings, style, and sort of characters usually associated with Jane Austen and Superlatives subjects, superhuman characters similar to modern comic book heroes. Though it combines two previously existing elements, it is an original story and not a mash-up. Sense and Super-Abilities is the tale of one girl’s coming of age, and how she learns to do what is right, even if it is not what comes easily.