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"The Open Boat" is based on a harrowing incident in the author's life: the 1897 sinking of a ship on which he was a passenger; "The Blue Hotel" and "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" reflect Crane's early travels in Mexico and the American Southwest; and six other short stories.
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Stories of adventures and derring-do featuring the man who is "after Holmes and Watson, Arthur Conan Doyle's most successful literary creation" (Julian Symons, Edgar Award–winning British crime writer).
Originally published in The Strand magazine in the 1890s, the tales of Etienne Gerard, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, shows Arthur Conan Doyle at his satiric best. In his own words, Gerard takes readers through his illustrious career, his...
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"It is December 8, 1941. Everyone in the school assembly in Artie Garber's school in Birney, Illinois is hushed and serious. They are listening to President Roosevelt declare that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has brought on war. Down the street Artie's big brother, Roy, recovering from a hangover, is preparing to join the Marines. Shirley, a girl Roy cares for, is taking a new interest in the would-be soldier. And Arties, "going on 11,"...
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Extrait : "S'il est vrai, selon le poète catholique, qu'il n'y ait pas de plus grande peine que de se rappeler un temps heureux, dans la misère, il est aussi vrai que l'âme trouve quelque bonheur à se rappeler, dans un moment de calme et de liberté, les temps de peine ou d'esclavage. Cette mélancolique émotion me fait jeter en arrière un triste regard sur quelques années de ma vie, quoique ces années soient bien proches de celle-ci..."
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The Twilight Zone meets Saturday Night Live in captivating collection of short stories! Science fiction, paranormal, mystery, suspense, drama and comedy, combined in one collection of plot twisting reads. Some tales based on true stories, there's something for everyone. Curl up next to the fire or in your favorite nook, but don't get too comfortable. One minute you'll laugh, the next you'll be sitting on the edge of your seat, and within a flip of...
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When the world is collapsing,
how is survival possible?
When a three-year-old stuffs paper into the toilet, it seeps through the ceiling onto the mahogany table to enrage his mother. Money tight, a girl does farm work in hot sun. A homeless man yearns for his childhood home. A young Merchant marine sails into the port city just A-bombed. Millions are stunned as planes slice into their tallest skyscraper.
In Jean E. Verthein's Bottled Cries...
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Inhalt:
Lispeth
Drei Walzer-und eine Extratour
Vergeudet
Miss Youghals "Sais"
Im Joch
Zwielicht
Pluffles' Befreiung
Amors Pfeile
Die drei Musketiere
Der Wendepunkt
Uhren
Der Andere
Folgen
Die Bekehrung Aurelian Mc. Goggins
Die Einnahme von Lungtungpen
Der Bazillentöter
Entführt
Die Verhaftung des Leutnants Golightly
Im Hause Suddhoos
Seine Ehefrau
Der Rekordbrecher
Jenseits
Irrungen
Ein Bankbetrug
Toddy's Antrag
Die Tochter des Regiments
In der...
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Faruk Šehić ha ido escribiendo estos relatos durante años para ponerse a salvo de la guerra y de la vida. "¿Por qué alguien inventaría historias de terror cuando las vivió durante los años de la guerra? -escribe el autor- ¿De qué fantasía hablamos cuando todo lo que vivimos fue fantástico? En nuestro país, la literatura es a menudo más que la vida misma, porque es una combinación de maquinación y hechos irrefutables".
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A pair of U.S. Navy Security Police petty officers make their rounds checking guards within the city. An observation at the OK Hotel creates a dilemma over reporting this to Military Police authorities--one in favor, one opposed. The unexpected outcome results in more than they had planned. The story provides a unique view of Da Nang from so many years ago.
11) Larie
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Larie started working the farm with his dad beginning at the age of 5. Larie knew that he wanted to do something better with his life, and he needed motivation in the right direction. While in high school, Larie researched the branches of the military and, decided the Marines would provide the benefits, training, and motivation he needed to succeed. God has a path for each one of us, and in this story, Larie perseveres and stays on his path that...
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"A Fight with a Cannon" is a short story by Victor Hugo narrating an effort to deal with a wayward cannon destroying a French warship. Entertaining and intelligent, it is highly recommended for fans of historical fiction and is not to be missed by collectors of Hugo's seminal work. Victor Marie Hugo (1802 – 1885) was a French novelist, dramatist, and poet belonging to the Romantic movement. He is widely hailed as one of the most accomplished and...
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Twelve tales of the United States' early days, capturing moments in the lives of great leaders and farmers alike, all dreaming of the nation to come Written mostly while the United States was engaged in World War II, these patriotic stories imagine the best of the American spirit during its formative years. From "The Day of Victory," about a victorious George Washington meeting with his generals one last time to swap stories before they all return...
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Un recueil de nouvelles historiques avec pour toile de fond le paysage ardennais belge
L'allumeur de réverbères se souvient des réalités rurales tissées de bonheurs simples et d'infinie patience, dans l'Ardenne de jadis, jusqu'à la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Ce recueil de nouvelles se distingue par la sincérité généreuse de l'auteur et une couleur locale très attachante.
Il regroupe sept récits, dont les titres sont les suivants:
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15) Killed at Resaca
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Bierce's Civil War tale Killed At Resaca, describes a reckless but gallant Union officer known for facing the hottest fire of any battle upright and in full uniform. His fellow soldiers wonder at his casual disregard for his own life and safety. When he is finally killed after a demonstration of pure bravery, Confederate and Union soldiers alike carry his body off the field. The answer to his mysterious behavior is a classic Bierce-ian twist.
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First published in the San Francisco Examiner in 1889, Ambrose Bierce's A Horseman In the Sky‚ uses suspense and dreamlike imagery to help describe an unusual wartime episode. Set during the Civil War, a lookout in the Union army sees a mounted confederate spy across the river. Realizing the spy is his own father, the soldier faces a terrible ethical dilemma.
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In Ambrose Bierce's short story One of the Missing, an orderly for the Union Army undertakes a scouting mission. Preparing to fire on a retreating army, the structure in which he is hiding is suddenly destroyed by cannon fire. When he comes to, he realizes he is completely pinned under the rubble. Making matters worse his own gun, primed and ready to fire, is coincidentally pointing at his head. This story, which originally appeared in The San Francisco...
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In Ambrose Bierce's The Eyes of the Panther, a beautiful young woman rejects her suitor's marriage proposal. Explaining that she is insane, she describes the strange circumstances of her birth, involving the mysterious appearance of a panther at her mother's window, an event which terrorized her mother and led to the death of her older sister. Haunted by this spectre of a panther, the woman cannot marry. An early example of werewolf fiction, this...
19) Chickamauga
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Ambrose Bierce's Chickamauga‚ describes the 1863 Civil War battle in Northern Georgia known for bitter fighting and heavy casualties. A child stumbles onto the battlefield and witnesses the horror of heavily wounded combatants retreating and staggering to their death. Dreamlike and surreal, the story contrasts the innocence of the child with the terrible realities of war. As with many Bierce stories, a profound and surprising flourish brings the...
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Ambrose Bierce's An Affair of Outposts' mixes melodrama with graphic combat writing to tell the story of an ill-fated love triangle. Betrayed by his wife, a young man with southern sympathies requests a commission in the Union Army from the Governor of his State. The Governor is reluctant but the man convinces him he wishes to be dead. When the governor visits the regiment during a battle, the young captain dies saving his life. The ending is classic...
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