DescriptionNo one ever sees me write, Paul Theroux says in an intimate introduction to his collected short stories. "One of the triumphs of fiction is that it is created in the dark. It leaves my house in a plain wrapper, with no bloodstains. Unlike me, my stories are whole and indestructible." This collection of tales of suspense and the unexpected spans 25 years. The stories are the essence of the writer's experience and evidence that he is a master of the form.
DescriptionJack London's stories about man's relationship with nature and its creatures remain some of the most beloved American literature ever published. This collection gathers 8 of his greatest short stories: "To the Man on Trail, " "Diablé - a Dog, " "To Build a Fire, " "The Law of Life, " "An Odyssey of the North, " "Moonface, " "The One Thousand Dozen, " and "All Gold Canyon."…
DescriptionWith an unfailing eye for folly and pretentiousness, Wharton gives seven wonderful stories of possession and loyalty. This unabridged collection contains some of Edith Wharton's best and most intriguing works of short fiction. "The Daunt Diana" tells about the love of art. "The Moving Finger" explains the motives of a man who asks that the portrait of his deceased wife be altered. "The Debt" is an engaging story about loyalty and men of science. In the famous ghost story, "The Eyes", a man is haunted by his past. In "The Dilettante", a man losses the woman he loves because he doesn't have a past. Perhaps Wharton's best-known short story, "The Other Two" tells of a man who finds himself entertaining two of his wife's previous husbands. In "Autres Temps", a woman with a past returns to New York for her daughter's wedding.
DescriptionFrom early stories like "Breaking Strain, " to classics like "The Star, " "The Nine Billion Names of God, " and "The Sentinel" (kernel of the later novel and movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey ), all the way to later groundbreaking works such as "The Hammer of God" and "Transit to Earth, " this volume encapsulates one of the great science fiction writing careers of all time. Also, this collection begins with an original foreword read by the author himself, Sir Arthur C. Clarke. This is a collection of unabridged selections from the hardcover book of the same name. Look for another collection called The Shining Ones next year, which will complete the collection in audio.
DescriptionImzadi: to the people of the planet Betazed, including counsellor Deanna Troi of the Starship Enterprise, it means "beloved" and denotes a special closeness that can never be truly broken. Or can it? Best selling author Peter David explored…
DescriptionFirst came Theodore White's The Making of the President, 1960. Then All the President's Men . Now the searing chronicle that will forever change the way we view the man and the office...The dramatic rise and dizzying fall of Al Franken, who w…
