Sixes and Sevens - format ePub

More Stories of the Four Million: The Gold that Glittered; Babes in the Jungle; The Day Resurgent; The Fifth Wheel; The Poet and the Peasant; The Robe of Peace; The Girl and the Graft; The Call of the...

One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks...

"New Yorker Stories" offers a colourful description of O.Henry’s favourite city, together with the emotional states of New Yorkers at the turn of the twentieth century. Some of O.Henry’s best stories...

A dog, named Lovey, tells us the story of his unpleasant mistress and dear owner. A couple in love struggle to find money for Christmas gifts for each other. Another married couple sacrifices their art...

Della and James are a young married couple who want to delight each other with a surprise Christmas gift. It turns out easier said than done because both of them have very little money. Will they manage...

You lose something. And only then you appreciate it. John Perkins has a peaceful and lovely life with his wife Katy. They live in a seeming harmony. However things turn upside down when one evening John...

O. Henry is deservedly famous for his vivacious, humorous, ironic, but utterly realistic short stories, and this collection is no exception. Offering deep insights into the human soul and the throbbing...

Love, art, ambitions and sacrifices. O. Henry’s "A Service of Love" tells the story of the artist Joe and the pianist Delia who fall in love with each other. They marry and although everything seem to...

The swindler Jeff Peters is after his next victims in the small town Fisher Hill. He is left with only 5 dollars and instead of falling into despair, he finds a way to trick the whole town. Everything...

Johnny Bellchambers is one of the wealthiest men in New York. His outlandish style is famous across all of America. But one day he disappears without a trace. A kidnapping? Alien abduction? Spontaneous...

Dr. James is respectable, dependable, and kind. Mr. Chandler is vulgar, violent, and rude. A chance encounter between the two sets a series of events in motion that are bound to change their lives forever....

Published posthumously, William Sidney Porter’s ‘Sixes and Sevens’ is a collection of 25 short stories from the popular author. Some of the most famous works included are ‘Ulysses and the Dogman’, where...

"Rolling Stones" is a collection of 23 short stories, 12 poems, and letters by O. Henry providing a general overview of his literary career. The collection is important for it provides some deep insight...

"Waifs and Strays" is a collection of short stories by O. Henry that focuses on the outcasts in society, the charlatans, the humourists, and all of the other wonderous people that populate O. Henry’s...

Published posthumously in 1920, ‘O. Henryanya’ is a collection of short stories and poetry from much-loved American author William Sidney Porter, better known as ‘O. Henry’. This collection features the...

30 nouvelles surprenantesO. HenryÉgalement paru sous son titre d'origine New York Tic Tac chez Culture Commune.Texte intégral. Cet ouvrage a fait l'objet d'un véritable travail d'édition en vue d'une...

Nouveaux contes du Far West O. HenryTexte intégral. Cet ouvrage a fait l'objet d'un véritable travail en vue d'une édition numérique. Un travail typographique le rend facile et agréable à lire.Cet ouvrage...

New York Tic Tac O. HenryOuvrage paru chez le même éditeur sous le nom de "30 nouvelles surprenantes"Textes intégraux. Cet ouvrage a fait l'objet d'un véritable travail en vue d'une édition numérique....

La Chasse au trésor O. HenryTextes intégraux. Cet ouvrage a fait l'objet d'un véritable travail en vue d'une édition numérique. Un travail typographique le rend facile et agréable à lire.Cet ouvrage comporte...

C'est la fin de l'automne et l'hiver se fait sentir. Soapy, un sans-abri parmi tant d'autres arrivés à New York au début du vingtième siècle, sait qu'il est temps pour lui de se trouver un abri pour les...

Les nouvelles aventures de Jeff Peters O. HenryTextes intégraux. Cet ouvrage a fait l'objet d'un véritable travail en vue d'une édition numérique. Un travail typographique le rend facile et agréable à...

Contes du Far West O. HenryTexte intégral. Cet ouvrage a fait l'objet d'un véritable travail en vue d'une édition numérique. Un travail typographique le rend facile et agréable à lire.Cet ouvrage comporte...

Le charlatan Jeff Peters relate l'histoire de cette fois où, avec son ami Andy, il prétendit être médecin et fut appelé au chevet du maire, le docteur habituel n'étant pas disponible.L'écrivain américain...

Cette histoire sentimentale est un des plus parfaits exemples d'ironie comique. Un jeune homme, Jim, et sa femme, Della, cherchent tous deux un cadeau de Noël pour leur autre moitié, mais ils n'ont presque...

Un jeune homme recherche désespérément la femme qu'il a aimé à travers divers logements dans un quartier newyorkais. C'est peut-être la nouvelle la plus lugubre de O. Henry, et la plus froidement ironique....

Jimmy Valentine est libéré après quatre mois de prison . Cambrioleur, il est pressé de retourner au travail, mais voilà qu'il s'énamoure de la fille d'un banquier. Pour elle, il change de vie, mais on...

O. Henry dépeint ici, avec l'humour et l'empathie pour lesquels il est connu, New York au début du vingtième siècle et ses petites gens.Ce recueil contient: "Les Cadeaux inutiles", "Mammon et le petit...

Dans cette nouvelle, O. Henry s'attaque au prototype du triangle amoureux et à l'adage: "Sois proche de tes amis, et encore plus proche de tes ennemis". Notre narrateur, Jim, est amoureux d'une jeune...

This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! Jim Dillingham Young and his wife Della are a young couple who are very much in love with each other, but...

This ebook contains O. Henry's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

Belinda Middleton is about to lose her job at the county library. Just as she thinks she won't find new work elsewhere, she's invited to interview for a position overseeing a private library. Her meeting...

Whispers in the MirrorA Paranormal Tale of Haunting Secrets and Unbreakable Family Bonds When Sarah Winters moves her family into the aging Briarwood House, she believes it will be a fresh start—until...

The Mission: Steal a sentient diamond figurineThe Team: a lockpicking squirrel, a larcenous raccoon, a soft-spoken porcupine, and a mage's red panda familiarNo resources? No opposable thumbs? No problem...

Ever wanted to follow a black cat and see where it goes? Well you're in luck. In this collection of reedited and new stories Kevin Densmore (Author of "Leftovers") has collected every one of his stories...

At United Middle School, mysteries aren't just an occasional problem—they're an everyday disaster. When Jake, Emily, Amy, and Max—the school's unofficial mystery squad—team up to solve a string of bizarre...

The Symphony of Absences: An Exploration of Meaning in the IncompleteIn a world that often equates value with presence and completion, "The Symphony of Absences" offers a refreshingly contrarian perspective....

All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume – plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years. ‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the...

Agatha Christie’s seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection. First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding… then the discovery of a corpse in a chest…...

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's timeless coming-of-age novella, The Body - set in Castle Rock and originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into...

This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents of the complete works of Oscar Wilde, containing more than 150 works. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie...

‘No Muggle Prime Minister has ever set foot in the Ministry of Magic, for reasons most succinctly summed up by ex-Minister Dugald McPhail (term of office 1858-1865): “their puir wee braines couldnae cope...

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After studying the Moon card, Madeline blesses Alice and Eliot's upcoming marriage.

Welcome to a world of wisdom, tradition, and life lessons, told through the vibrant voice of the Ndebele people. This book is a collection of 25 Ndebele proverbs—each one a piece of ancient knowledge...

An anonymous tip leads detectives to the bodies of a dozen women in the cellar of an abandoned cabin. The cellar also contains the body of a man killed within the previous thirty-six hours. Who killed...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

Can the perfect village save the perfect wedding? INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM A POSTCARD FROM ITALY Cher, the landlady of the Duck & Puddle...

'Sailing away, he survived at sea, then on foreign land, and then by writing - re-living his life, many times, many ways, in English fiction' Neil Rennie, from his preface to The Secret Sharer and Other...

Being a bodyguard isn't easy, not even when you're the seventh son in a long line of seventh sons, not even when the magic comes when you call—and especially not when the man you are protecting is a treacherous,...

The death of his wife leaves Florian the beekeeper heartbroken. Out of love for him, his bees create a duplicate wife to console him, but this act has unexpected consequences for humans and bees alike.

Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction, but arguably the most famous character in all fiction. In sixty adventures that pit his extraordinary wits and courage against foreign...

Nick Roberts, author of The Exorcist's House, called Gage, "Arguably the most versatile voice writing today,"  and Gage puts that genre-blending flexibility on full display in this collection of short...

📖 My Neuro Evil Partner – A Sensational Dark Academia Romance with Sci-Fi Twists!🔥 NOVEL in Psychological Romance & Dark Academia!⭐📌 What's Inside?✔️ A Calculated Love Story: A morally ambiguous school...

A dark and disturbing ebook original from the master of the crime genre.A famous writer asks a boxman to open an old safe that comes with the mansion he's just bought. It's not as easy a job as he's used...

Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter.Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first,...

Isaac Asimov’s Robot series – from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three...

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"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath is a haunting exploration of the human psyche. Set against the backdrop of 1950s America, the novel follows Esther Greenwood, a talented and ambitious young woman, as she...

A Machine for Hugs is a collection of tales embracing the everyday strangeness of being alive. These stories explore forgotten avenues and dark corners too weird to ignore. A lone gravedigger's life...

Little girls and their dragons. Ever wonder how your favorite Reverse Harem started? Wanting nothing more but to meet the dragon in the cave, Risa will stop at nothing. Even if that means endearing, it's...