Book Description
This collection of Tolstoy's stories includes "Sevastopol," "Two Hussars," "Albert," "What Men Live By," "Master and Man," "How Much Land Does a Man Need?," "The Death of Ivan Ilych," "The Three Hermits," and the title piece.
Author : graf Leo Tolstoy
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 37,51 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780192838087
This collection of Tolstoy's stories includes "Sevastopol," "Two Hussars," "Albert," "What Men Live By," "Master and Man," "How Much Land Does a Man Need?," "The Death of Ivan Ilych," "The Three Hermits," and the title piece.
Author : Tibor Déry
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 37,32 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811216258
Tibor Déry (1894-1977), winner of Hungary's highest artistic honor, the Kossuth Prize, in 1948, was first imprisoned in 1934 by the Horthy regime for translating André Gide's diary of his journey to Russia, and again, over twenty years later, for his writings and political activities during the Hungarian Revolt of 1956 against Soviet occupation. Around the world, Tibor Déry Committees formed: Picasso, Camus, Sartre, Bertrand Russel, E.M. Forster, and in the Indian Congress Committee were among the many involved. Today, Tibor Déry is venerated as one of the most important literary figures of Hungary and, like Chekhov, a master of the modern short story. Love and Other Stories presents some of Déry's finest work. In "Games of the Underworld," ordinary people in Budapest try to survive the winter of war in cramped cellars and encounter menacing Arrow-Cross men, a towering giant, a blind horse, a vinegar sponge; in "The Circus," a group of bored children transmogrifies into a grotesque spectacle; in "Love," a political prisoner is released after seven years and returns home to his wife and son. George Szirtes, the award-winning translator from the Hungarian and winner of the 2004 T.S. Eliot Prize for poetry, gives a brilliant introduction to this visionary collection that deals passionately with questions of responsibility and conscience, of social justice and renewal.
Author : John Brick
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 27,59 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Kilpatraick-Dahlgren Raid
ISBN :
The story of the Dahlgren raid of 1864, in which Union General Kilpatrick attempts to force his way into Richmond and capture or kill Jefferson Davis.
Author : Nigel Cawthorne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,28 MB
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1569759693
Heart-pounding accounts of the courageous men, elite methods, and deadly moments that make up daring special ops missions. They are the strongest, best-trained and most powerfully equipped soldiers in the world. The select few who overcome near-impossible odds. The special ops forces. Presenting real-life stories that read like fictional thrillers, Warrior Elite recounts over two dozen of modern warfare’s most riveting, dangerous, and infamous missions. From support amid the lethal chaos of major combat operations, like the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq, to targeted military strikes against rogue enemies, like the Navy SEAL sniper shots that saved Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates, these are the missions that test the gut level of even the bravest soldier. Warrior Elite brings readers into the heart of the battle to experience the hectic horror of Black Hawk Down, the blind terror of Tora Bora cave warfare, and the triumphant success of MIA rescue missions deep in Laos.
Author : Richard Harding Davis
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,95 MB
Release : 1891
Category : American short stories
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Author : Richard Harding Davis
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 13,56 MB
Release : 1891
Category : Short stories
ISBN :
Author : Kristen Ashley
Publisher : Kristen Ashley
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 14,96 MB
Release : 2013-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1301513466
Hanna Boudreaux has lived in the small town of Willow all her life. She’s sweet, cute and quiet. Hanna has a moment of epiphany when she realizes her crush for forever, Raiden Ulysses Miller, is not ever going to be hers. She sees her life as narrow and decides to do something about it. Raiden Miller is the town’s local hero. A former Marine with the medal to prove his hero status, he comes home, shrouded in mystery. It takes a while, but eventually Hanna catches his eye. After all these years of Raid and Hanna living in the same town, the question is why? Is Raid interested in Hanna because she’s sweet and cute? Or does Raid have something else going on?
Author : Leo Tolstoy
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 29,36 MB
Release : 2008-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101160608
Here are some of Tolstoy?s extraordinary short stories, from ?The Death of Ivan Ilyich??in a masterly new translation?to ?The Raid,? ?The Wood-felling,? ?Three Deaths,? ?Polikushka,? ?After the Ball,? and ?The Forged Coupon,? all gripping and eloquent lessons on two of Tolstoy?s most persistent themes: life and death. More experimental than his novels, Tolstoy?s stories are essential reading for anyone interested in his development as one of the major writers and thinkers of his time.
Author : Gallegher and other Stories
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 27,84 MB
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
A collection of 10 short stories; Gallegher; A Walk Up The Avenue; My Disreputable Friend, Mr. Raegen; The Other Woman; The Trailer For Room No. 8; "There Were Ninety And Nine"; The Cynical Miss Catherwaight; Van Bibber And The Swan-Boats; Van Bibber's Burglar; and, Van Bibber As Best Man.
Author : Edward Payson Roe
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 41,9 MB
Release : 1898
Category :
ISBN :