Presents 16 short stories including: Esmé, Tobermory, Mrs. Packeltide's tiger, Sredni Vashtar, The Easter egg, The Byzantine omelette, and The open window.
English
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Author:SakiSummary: -
Author:McInerney, MonicaSummary:When Eva and Joseph meet while on vacation in Australia, they each keep secrets from the other, unaware that they will discover something about each other and themselves during a supposed holiday fling.
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Author:Moorcock, MichaelSummary:There is a sword, forged by the master swordsmith Goffanon the Dwarf, imbued with powerfully magical properties. But this magic can only be wielded by one man. And there is a stallion—a fierce animal that allows only those pure of heart...
- Author:Beverley, JoSummary:
Simon St. Bride has been in Canada fighting the War of 1812--but the war is over now, and Simon is ready to come home. Before he leaves, however, Simon must defend a young woman's honor. What does her past hide?
- Author:Moorcock, MichaelSummary:
Prince Corum has defeated the Chaos Lord Arioch. But any peace for him and his faithful Rhalina is brief. His actions have evoked the murderous anger of Arioch's sister, the dreaded Xiombarg. The Prince in the Scarlet Robe must...
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Author:Burgess, TonySummary:Three celebrated books — all of which harbour a twisted ambition to physically alter your imagination — together for the first time.
The Hellmouths of Bewdley is a series of 16 stories hiding in a novel about a small...
- Author:RHODES, ElviSummary:
From a very early age Chloe always got what she wanted. At the age of eighteen the northern town of her birth was definitely not what she wanted. So she moved south to Brighton where life was more to her liking but not always as she...
- Author:GOWER, IrisSummary:
Rhiannon, proud and spirited, is alone in the world after Bill Beynon, her one time lover, marries someone else. She gains a respectable post as a housekeeper to an elderly man, but when he dies his sister throws her out on the streets...
- Author:Kennedy, Wilma, McArthur, ArmandSummary:
"Nakón-i'a wo! Beginning Nakoda is a language resource designed to help revitalize and document Nakoda, now spoken in Montana and Saskatchewan. Written for beginning learners of Nakoda (also known as Assiniboine), this workbook,...
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Author:Jacobs, AnnaSummary:When a skilled accountant like Meriel falls for a financially impractical landscape artist, things don't always run smoothly. After her grandpop dies, Meriel emigrates to Australia where fate brings her into contact with Ben....
- Author:Brookner, AnitaSummary:
Emma Roberts goes to France to carry out research into seventeenth-century garden design. As she meets new people, and life in France becomes more significant in every respect, London recedes into the background. A horrifying episode...
- Author:Barber, Marilyn, Watson, MurraySummary:
Despite being one of the largest immigrant groups contributing to the development of modern Canada, the story of the English has been all but untold. In Invisible Immigrants, Barber and Watson document the experiences of English-born...
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Author:Kendris, ChristopherSummary:"Language students will find this concise summary of French grammar to be a handy supplement to their standard textbooks...Topics include parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, idioms, and pronunciation advice..."--...
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Author:Jacobs, AnnaSummary:The final part of the Blake sisters saga set in Lancashire and Western Australia in the 1860s
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Author:Jarvis, Ana C.Summary:One of the top-selling programs of Spanish, with solid four-skills methodology. It includes grammar explanations with flexibility and ease of use, maintaining an adaptable approach accommodating a range of tacking and learning styles....
- Author:Sawyer, Kim VogelSummary:
Geoffrey Garrett leaves his 17- year-old fiancée in England while he establishes his Kansas ranch and builds her a proper house. But when he sends for her five years later in 1874, it's clear her feelings have changed far more than his...
