Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Issue # 21

Pulphouse Fiction Magazine Issue # 21

The Cutting Edge of Modern Short FictionA three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up twenty fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction.No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude, feel, and high-quality fiction equals Pulphouse."This is definitely a strong start. All the stories have a lot of life to them, and are worthwhile reading." —Tangent Online on Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, Issue #1Includes:"Santa's Shrinkage" by David H. Hendrickson"A Crafty Christmas" by Annie Reed"The Ghost of Christmas Beta" by J. Steven York"Emergency Elf" by Stefon Mears"A Grave Kind of Love" by Robert J. McCarter"The A*****e of Christmas Present" by Ezekiel James Boston"Christmas at Lake Mead" by Lisa Silverthorne"The Ghost of Christmas Present" by David Stier"Christmas Weather" by O'Neil De Noux"Max, Marilyn, Murder, and Me" by Ray Vukcevich"Scurvy and Forgiveness" by Rob Vagle"The Friendly Beasts" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman"Christmas at Glosser's" by Robert Jeschonek"A Corner of the Mind" by Ron Collins"Other People's Stupidity" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Crónica del desamor

Crónica del desamor

La primera obra de Rosa Montero. El retrato de una generación española.PREMIO NACIONAL DE LAS LETRAS 2017Rosa Montero retrata con audacia la historia de Ana, quien deberá cumplir con las exigencias de su trabajo como redactora en una revista, cuidar de su hijo y navegar por la noctámbula vida del convulso Madrid de finales de los setenta.Crónica del desamor es la primera novela de la autora y una obra clave para entender las inquietudes de una generación que se sentía a la vez poderosa y desorientada, y que aún no sabía jugar a manejar su libertad sin herirse.«Una novela estrechamente pegada a una realidad generacional. Un retrato en directo de aquellos años ardientes de la Transición. Tengo la rara sensación de que esta novela la hemos escrito de algún modo entre todos [...], Crónica del desamor nos muestra una instantánea de lo que fuimos.»Rosa Montero** Premio Leyenda 2019 concedido por la Asociación de Librerías de Madrid

Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2

Follow the adventures of one of the greatest superheroes of all time in the official novelization of the major motion picture!  Two years have passed, and Peter Parker struggles to cope with the demands of life as a college student, a Daily Bugle photographer, and a crime-fighting superhero. But it hasn’t gotten any easier. Condemned by the press, tormented by secrets he can never reveal, forced to give up the girl of his dreams—at times the lonely burden of Spider-Man seems almost too great to bear . . . and the temptation to give up grows stronger by the hour. Enter the archfiend Doc Ock, armed with a lethal invention powerful enough to destroy half the city. If Spider-Man tries to stop Doc Ock, he’ll be placing the lives of those closest to him in mortal danger. If he doesn’t, it could be the end of the Big Apple. With millions of lives hanging in the balance, high about Manhattan’s glittering skyline, Spider-Man confronts his destiny, his fiercest enemy, and himself.

West and East

West and East

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Harry Turtledove's The War That Came Early: The Big Switch.What if British prime minister Neville Chamberlain had defied Hitler? What if the Munich Accord had gone unsigned, and Nazi Germany had launched its bid for conquest sooner? How would World War II have unfolded—and with what consequences? Dean of alternate history Harry Turtledove has the stunning answers in his breathtaking sequel to Hitler’s War.In the wake of Hitler’s bold invasion of Czechoslovakia, nations turn against nations, old enemies form new alliances, and ordinary men and women confront extraordinary life-and-death situations. An American marine falls in love with a Russian dancer in Japanese-held Singapore, as Chinese guerilla resistance erupts. A sniper on the frontlines of France finds a powerful new way to ply his deadly art—while a German assassin hunts him. In the icy North Atlantic, as a U-boat with a secret weapon wreaks havoc on British ships, occupying Nazi forces target Denmark. And in Germany, a stranded American woman encounters Hitler himself, as a Jewish family faces the rising tide of hatred. From Siberia to Spain, armies clash, sides are chosen, new weapons raise the deadly ante, and new strategies seek to break a growing stalemate. But one question hangs over the conflict from West to East: What will it take to bring America into this war?

Queer City

Queer City

Nella Londra romana l’omosessualità era più che accettata. La città era ricca di lupanari e piscine pubbliche deputate al piacere, terme e bordelli. Poi arrivò l’imperatore Costantino con vescovi e missionari; il suo regolamento conteneva le prime leggi contro le pratiche queer. Seguì un’alternanza infinita di permissività e censura, dal travestitismo femminile alla moda nel 1620 alle frenetiche esecuzioni per sodomia dei primi dell’Ottocento, fino alla ‘peste’ gay negli anni Ottanta. Ackroyd ci porta in una città nascosta, celebrandone la diversità e l’energia; nel contempo ci ricorda i suoi terrori e i rischi. In una città di superlativi, forse sono questa fluidità sessuale e l’infinita resilienza che incarnano il vero trionfo della City. Dopo la monumentale opera Londra. Una biografia, l’autore offre un’altra esperienza di lettura unica. Con questo libro Ackroyd lancia un avviso sull’accettazione dell’omosessualità. Trasportandoci in tutti i periodi oscuri della storia gay, Queer City è un preoccupante promemoria di una peculiarità della storia: ciò che è oggi non significa che sarà sempre.

I ragazzi Burgess

I ragazzi Burgess

A cinque anni di distanza dal grande successo di Olive Kitteridge, Premio Pulitzer 2009, Elizabeth Strout ci regala un grande romanzo corale sull’essere fratelli e sull’inesorabile richiamo della famiglia e delle radici. I ragazzi Burgess, come vengono chiamati Jim, Bob e Susan, sono nati a Shirley Falls, nel Maine, e sono cresciuti in una piccola casa gialla in cima a una collina, in un angolo di continente appartato. Da adulti si sono allontanati, ognuno a scacciare il ricordo di un antico dramma familiare mai spento. Lassù è rimasta solo Susan, mentre gli altri due vivono a Brooklyn, New York. Nei Burgess si possono scorgere tre anime distinte e tanto diverse che è quasi impensabile immaginarli nella stessa foto di famiglia. Eppure, quando inizia questa storia, Susan chiama e chiede aiuto proprio a Bob e Jim: suo figlio, loro nipote, è nei guai. E allora non solo i tre fratelli sono costretti a riavvicinarsi, a dividere la preoccupazione e a tentare di ricomporre un trauma che alimenta ogni minima increspatura della loro intimità, ma sono anche travolti da una rivoluzione privata che implica, per tutti, il progetto di una nuova vita. L’ultimo romanzo di Elizabeth Strout è un’istantanea scattata nel momento esatto in cui le fragilità affettive escono allo scoperto mostrando tutta la complessità dei legami indissolubili. La sottile accortezza narrativa, che si manifesta in dettagli minuti quanto necessari, riesce a illuminare i più esili movimenti dell’animo e a scandagliare l’oscillazione perpetua della nostra emotività. Sono questi elementi a fare de I ragazzi Burgess un grande romanzo sull’essere fratelli e sull’inesorabile richiamo della famiglia. E confermano Elizabeth Strout come una delle più importanti voci della letteratura americana contemporanea.«I ragazzi Burgess sa avere un punto di vista forte sul’oggi, su tutto ciò che è contemporaneo della vita borghese, in America ma non soltanto».Paolo Giordano«Elizabeth Strout è ai vertici della narrativa contemporanea di lingua inglese».Roberto Bertinetti, Il Sole 24 Ore«Elizabeth Strout è uno di quegli scrittori rarissimi capaci di fare di garbo e sottigliezza una forza, senza lasciare una parola al patetico».Tiziano Gianotti, D di Repubblica«Un romanzo delicato, sottile ma anche brusco e sensibile come la sua protagonista».Daria Bignardi, Donna Moderna«Una narratrice straordinaria».Caterina Soffici, Vanity Fair«Un romanzo giocato con pazienza e intelligenza da scacchista su parole e situazioni sospese, non dette né raccontate mai scopertamente, sempre alluse o allusive, che solo a squarci, in minuscole sfolgoranti epifanie, vengono condivise con qualcuno (il lettore, magari) in intima complicità».Ruggero Bianchi, TuttoLibri

Something New

Something New

The first entry in P.G. Wodehouse's beloved Blandings Castle Saga, Something New (also published under the alternate title Something Fresh) introduces two young writers, Joan Valentine and Ashe Marson, who find themselves flung together by an increasingly unusual set of circumstances. Forced to pose as servants for a fabulously wealthy family, the two scribes gradually soften toward one another. Can their burgeoning romance survive even as everything else around them appears to be going awry?

Lingering Spirit Whispers

Lingering Spirit Whispers

Three great WordCrafter paranormal anthologies bundled into one great paranormal anthology set: Whispers of the Past, Spirits of the West, and Where Spirits Linger. Thought provoking short fiction for every lover of ghost stories and paranormal tales.Contributing authors include Kaye Lynne Booth, Roberta Eaton Cheadle, Stevie Turner, Enid Holden, Laurel McHargue, Jeff Bowles, Julie Goodswen, Tom Johnson, Arthur Rosch, S.L. Kretschmer and Christa Planko,

The Complete Harvard Classics 2021 Edition - ALL 71 Volumes

The Complete Harvard Classics 2021 Edition - ALL 71 Volumes

( newly updated TOC ) The Harvard Universal Classics, originally known as Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and first published in 1909. Eliot had stated in speeches that the elements of a liberal education could be obtained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf. (Originally he had said a three-foot shelf.) The publisher P. F. Collier and Son saw an opportunity and challenged Eliot to make good on this statement by selecting an appropriate collection of works, and the Harvard Classics was the result. Eliot worked for one year with William A. Neilson, a professor of English; Eliot determined the works to be included and Neilson selected the specific editions and wrote introductory notes. Each volume had 400–450 pages, and the included texts are "so far as possible, entire works or complete segments of the world's written legacies." The collection was widely advertised by Collier and Son, in Collier's and elsewhere, with great success. Eight years later Eliot added a further 20 volumes as a sub-collection titled 'The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction', offering some of the greatest novels and short stories of world literature. The exhaustive anthology of the 'The Harvard Classics' comprises every major literary figure, philosopher, religion, folklore and historical subject up to the twentieth century. The Harvard Classics: . 1: Franklin, Woolman & Penn 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus Aurelius 3: Bacon, Milton, Browne 4: John Milton 5: R. W.

The Cosmic Computer

The Cosmic Computer

To the victor go the spoils and in the aftermath of a brutal and drawn-out war on the planet Poictesme, an agent is sent to hunt among the smoldering ruins for the most valuable prize of all Merlin, the most powerful computer the universe has ever known. Will the mission be successful, or will the intrepid technology hunter come home empty-handed?

Hammer and Bolter: Issue Fifteen

Hammer and Bolter: Issue Fifteen

Hammer & Bolter is Black Library’s monthly fiction magazine. Each issue is packed with all-new short stories, serialised novels, interviews, previews and more.In this issue: Far below the Empire, in the catacombs and warrens that criss-cross the Old World, the nefarious rat-things plot the downfall of Gilead the High Elf, in Gilead’s Curse: Chapter Three by Nik Vincent and Dan Abnett Beneath the Flesh (Part One of Two) is the first half of a new Flesh Tearers story from Andy Smillie After rebelling against his master, Burias faces punishment. But the voices in his head will not let him go quietly, and he may yet have a greater destiny among the Word Bearers... in the short story Torment by Anthony Reynolds. When the Silver Skulls First Company return to a long-dead recruitment world they are forced into an uneasy alliance lest the ancient evil they’ve disturbed wipe out both Space Marine and Eldar alike, in The Pact by Sarah Cawkwell

Anecdotes of painting in England: with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from his original MSS. by Mr. Horace Walpole. The second edition. ..

Anecdotes of painting in England: with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from his original MSS. by Mr. Horace Walpole. The second edition. ..

Anecdotes of painting in England: with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from his original MSS. by Mr. Horace Walpole. The second edition. ... [pt.2], Horace Walpole. Anecdotes of painting in England: with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; and now digested and published from his original MSS. by Mr. Horace Walpole. The second edition. ... Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797. 4v.,plates : ports. ; 4⁰. [Twickenham] : Printed by Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry-Hill, 1765-71 [1765-80] Dedication signed: Horace Walpole. With an unpaginated appendix, and index, at the end of each vol. Vol. 3 bears the imprint: "Strawberry-Hill: printed in the year 1765". Vol. 4 bears the imprint: "Strawberry-Hill: printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1771"; it has no edition statement, but is numbered "Volume the Fourth and last"; the Advertisement to the reader is dated on p. x: October 1, 1780. A continuation was issued as 'A catalogue of engravers'. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Hazen. Strawberry Hill, 10 English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT63190. Electronic data. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Page image (PNG). Digitized image of the microfilm version produced in Woodbridge, CT by Research Publications, 1982-2002 (later known as Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of the Gale Group).

Safe Haven

Safe Haven

In a small North Carolina town, a mysterious and beautiful woman running from her past slowly falls for a kind-hearted store owner . . . until dark secrets begin to threaten her new life.When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family.But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo's empathetic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards . . . and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven.

Madame Bovary (French Edition)

Madame Bovary (French Edition)

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the iPad, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.

Dictionnaire des idées reçues

Dictionnaire des idées reçues

Le Dictionnaire des idées reçues ou Catalogue des opinions chics est un ouvrage littéraire inachevé de Gustave Flaubert qui regroupe sous forme de dictionnaire des définitions et aphorismes de son imagination. Il commence à mettre en forme ses aphorismes et les clichés de la société française de son époque à partir de 1850 à la suite d'une discussion tenue avec Louis Bouilhet.

Julia Kiss Band 16

Julia Kiss Band 16

1, 2, 3, WER KRIEGT DIE BRAUT? von KRISTIN GABRIEL Mit Männern hat Annie nur Pech: Ihr erster Verlobter entpuppt sich als Gangster, der zweite verschwindet spurlos. Zusammen mit sexy Privatdetektiv Cole Rafferty macht sie sich auf die Suche und merkt: Er ist ihr Mr. Right! Doch plötzlich stehen Nummer 1 und Nummer 2 vor der Tür … WER KÜSST HIER WEN? von JULIE KISTLER Michael will es wissen: Die tolle Frau, die er gerade zärtlich küsst, kann unmöglich Cassie sein, denn die will doch seinen Bruder heiraten. Ist es ihre Zwillingsschwester Polly, die damals spurlos aus seinem Leben verschwand? Doch die Traumfrau schweigt - und genießt … SÜSS WIE SCHOKOLADE von DAWN ATKINS Weil Nathan seinen Job hinschmeißen will, soll Mariah kommen und ihn zur Vernunft bringen! Leider ist er immer noch so gefährlich attraktiv wie damals, als sie ihn beinahe geheiratet hätte … An die Ehe glaubt Mariah bis heute nicht, aber an Nathans heiße Küsse erinnert sie sich nur zu gut.

An Election

An Election

When his city council representative is hit by a bus, David Sawyer decides to run for the newly-vacated seat. One problem: He's a human in an alien-majority district that hasn't voted in a human in half a century. Can Sawyer pull it off in a race that includes a politically smooth, physically gelatinous front runner, a carnivore whose entire platform is on the right to consume pets, and two literally bile-spewing sisters? A tale of aliens, politics and humor from the author of "Old Man's War" and "The Android's Dream".

Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Complete Works of William Shakespeare is the standard name given to any volume containing all the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. Some editions include several works which were not completely of Shakespeare's authorship (collaborative writings), such as The Two Noble Kinsmen, a collaboration with John Fletcher, as well as Pericles, Prince of Tyre and/or Edward III. In their 2006-2007 season the Royal Shakespeare Company committed to the performance of the Complete Works in a single year. In 1987 Adrian Hilton acquired a Guinness World Record for reciting the Complete Works non-stop, enduring 5 days without sleep.

The Nostalgist

The Nostalgist

The Nostalgist: A Tor.Com Original from Daniel H. Wilson. With EyesTM and EarsTM, everything can look and sound just fine, just like it used to be; it's a shock when they break down, though.This story has been adapted into a short film of the same name, directed by Giacomo Cimini and starring Lambert Wilson and Samuel Joslin.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

7 best short stories by B. M. Bower

7 best short stories by B. M. Bower

B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters, the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting." For this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this author: - The Lonesome Trail. - First Aid To Cupid. - When The Cook Fell Ill. - The Lamb. - The Spirit of the Range. - The Reveler. - The Unheavenly Twins