The Bear Came Over The Mountain (Storycuts) - format ePub

When Queenie elopes with a recently widowed neighbour her family are uniformly shocked, and a window on adult life and relationships is opened for her step-sister. A summertime stay with the newlyweds...

A fleeting affair lingers in the memory of a woman. Thirty years after the event, when both husband and lover have died, she remembers one further detail. Part of the Storycuts series, this short story...

Alfrida, for so long an admired, urbane exponent of big-city living to her young rurally isolated niece, has lost some of her gloss by the time she accepts a university place in the same city as her aunt....

A reluctant decision is made to put Fiona in a home catering for those suffering from Alzheimer's. When her husband, Grant, comes to see her, he is confused and dismayed to learn that she has struck up...

When her sick husband carries out a long-agreed-upon plan in her absence, Nina is unable to deny shock and grief from taking hold. This story recounts the married life of the couple, the aftermath of...

When two teenage girls fabricate one end of a correspondence, they leave a lonely, unprepossessing housemaid with some sadly misguided ideas. The prank upsets several lives, even if all the pieces don't...

Childhood friends, whose affectionate relationship suffered an abrupt disruption, are reunited unexpectedly in the home of a mutual acquaintance. Both bear the marks of life's disappointments as they...

A consultation with an oncologist disrupts Jinny's resolutions and resignations, and she must confront issues she'd hitherto been content to let lie. Leaving her husband to his distractions, she allows...

In this collection, Alice Munro captures the lives of ordinary women; their passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface.‘One of the finest short-story writers of our time...absorbing and...

In these stories lives come into focus through single events or sudden memories which bring the past bubbling to the surface.‘No one could possibly dispute Munro's greatness’ Daily MailThe past, as Alice...

Discover Alice Munro’s first mesmerising and atmospheric short story collection.‘A remarkable writer whose major characters emerge in shining clarity... A major talent is at work here’ Los Angeles TimesAlice...

The matchless Munro makes art out of everyday lives in this exquisite short story collection.**WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JONATHAN FRANZEN**Here are men and women of wildly different times and circumstances,...

Covering the first half of Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro's career, these are some of the best, most touching and powerful short stories ever written.‘Munro can pack more into one of her stories - more...

Alice Munro turns to her family for inspiration; and what follows is a fictionalised, brilliantly imagined version of the past.‘One of my very favourite writers’ Claire TomalinFrom her ancestors' view...

**WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE****WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE**Alice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant collection of short stories.Moments of change, chance...

« Sur le quai de la gare, un chat noir croise obliquement leur chemin. Elle déteste les chats. Plus encore les chats noirs. Mais elle ne dit rien et réprime un frisson. Comme pour récompenser cette retenue,...

Vieux couple à la retraite, ils croyaient ne plus avoir grand-chose à vivre en attendant la mort. Mais leur quotidien se trouve brutalement bouleversé par l'irruption d'une figure du passé. Cette vendeuse...

La Danse des ombres est le tout premier recueil de nouvelles de l’écrivaine canadienne Alice Munro, nobélisée en 2013. À la lecture de cette œuvre publiée en 1968, on reconnait les grands thèmes qui...

De quoi parlent les histoires d'Alice Munro ? De baisers donnés. De meubles encombrants dont on ne parvient pas à se séparer. De trahisons nécessaires. De mots d'adieu. De femmes déchirées entre...

Alice Munro décrypte les sentiments puissants et égoïstes qui animent Joyce, une jeune violoncelliste belle et brillante, blessée, quittée par son mari pour une femme vulgaire et fruste dont la fille...

Dans ce recueil de treize nouvelles, Alice Munro nous emporte avec ses personnages jusqu'aux moments charnières de leurs existences, où tout peut basculer : une mère perd la trace de son enfant, un soldat...

« Sur le quai de la gare, un chat noir croise obliquement leur chemin. Elle déteste les chats. Plus encore les chats noirs. Mais elle ne dit rien et réprime un frisson. Comme pour récompenser cette retenue,...

"Sur le quai de la gare, un chat noir croise obliquement leur chemin. Elle déteste les chats. Plus encore les chats noirs. Mais elle ne dit rien et réprime un frisson. Comme pour récompenser cette retenue,...

In den dreizehn Erzählungen ihres zweiten Erzählbandes Was ich dir schon immer sagen wollte von 1974, der jetzt erstmals auf Deutsch erscheint, stellt Alice Munro ihre präzise Beobachtungsgabe und den...

"Ich denke vor allem an die Kanadierin Alice Munro, mit der es auf diesem Planeten allenfalls eine Handvoll Schriftsteller aufnehmen kann. Ich meine, sie hat im Bereich der Kurzgeschichte Tschechow übertroffen,...

THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREThe characters who populate an Alice Munro story live and breathe. Passions hopelessly conceived, affections betrayed, marriages made and broken: the joys,...

Read Alice Munro’s dark and powerful exploration of the human heart in this ten-story collection.‘Brilliant at evoking life's diversity and unpredictability...an unrivalled chronicler of human nature...

Discover Alice Munro’s remarkable early stories.‘Alice Munro’s stories are miraculous’ Sunday TimesThe sisters, mothers and daughters, aunts, grandmothers, and friends in these stories shimmer with hope...

'Superb' Independent'Exact and unflinching' GuardianCatching frogs, grazing knees, singing songs to save England from Hitler - that was childhood for Del Jordan, and now she's impatient for more.More...

Lorna finds herself strangely attracted to Lionel, a former maths prodigy and student of her husband's. When family affairs call him away and his absence coincides with the unwelcome visit of her cousin,...

Her Man – A Captivating Tale of Love and Fate⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Dive into a sizzling contemporary romance that has readers raving and topping Amazon's charts! In Her Man, our strong yet tender heroine (think the charm...

Four guys in a punk rock band have one night to impress a record executive but the bass player is on a 51-50 hold and the gig is in Hollywood. Bonus Story: All My Ex Girlfriends 

The evolution and the refinement of identity are not related to places and people, but they can be influenced by them. In these stories, the experiences remain transparent. Under the influence of inner...

Experience the tale of Pancho, a four-pound anxiety grenade with a pin pulled at 30,000 feet. When his family decides flying is a good idea, Pancho causes a mid-air emergency so dire that the FAA created...

A grim fairy taleDEATH LISTENS TO NO ONE."The voice says the cat will die."Born out of wedlock, Thana has an uncanny gift just as ominous as her name. She sees dreams of omens and hears the voice of death.After...

LESS IS MORE is a collection of five short stories. Stories about life, death, and finding our place in the complicated mix.God In A Fishbowl is pure whimsyThe Problem is definitely notThe/A Christmas...

The Devil Who Went to Heaven is an essential read for everyone who enjoys dark fantasy, theological re-imaginings, and mythical retellings. Long after the last page is turned, Zwahk Muchoney's collection...

A contemporary short story collectionTIME FAVORS NONE.Kara's father has always wanted to take her and the family on a cruise.Carl has planned to marry Andrea since age five.A young man who loathes summer...

A grim fairy taleNOT ALL LOVE IS MEANT TO BEA butterfly falls in love with a spider.Despite their opposite position on the food chain, the two unlikely creatures draw each other in.And the forest is watching....

At the Zenith cocktail bar, one man is about to answer a burning question about reincarnation and our place in the cosmos.

A Valentine's short storyNO MORE REVISIONSHigh salary, glorious job title, big city apartment, and a perfect fiancé. Life couldn't be better, right?Wrong.As a head designer of an upcoming project, Aimee...

A grim fairy taleTHE OCEAN IS A TRICKSTERHush and retire 'fore herLuring tune calls out to youLike many explorers, young Jacob boards a ship to the New World, hoping to find gold and claim a land of his...

An Evil Queen Origin NoveletteEVIL IS THE CHILD OF TRAGEDY.As a witch, Glinda finds solace in the forest with her lover and the dwarves, cherishing a life of tranquility.However, her peace is destroyed...

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…...

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...

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...

Who falls in love on vacation? Lymric:When my best friend convinced me to come visit her in Wolf Valley, I thought that maybe it would be a fresh start. I thought that it would be a chance for me to find...

(Round Up) - Ils sont les meilleurs amis du monde depuis qu'ils ont quinze ans. Il a compris que la seule fille qu'il aimera, c'est elle. Vont-ils risquer leur amitié pour avoir une chance d'aimer ?Cette...

Diamonds are forever. They're a girl's best friend. Until you're the one accused of stealing them.Summer in Texas means two things: blistering heat and competitive softball. For twin sisters Samantha...

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...

**Pre-order DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie now!** From the Women's Prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun come twelve...

"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...

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.

'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,...

A body was found in the bedroom of a newly appointed Police Officer. Read the explosive letters and uncover the truth behind Kiera Reyez, Jennifer de Ville and the terrifying secret hidden by the authorities.