'Dipping into Miss Cross & Other Stories is like dipping into a box of strange and delicious biscuits or being offered a platter of unusual fruits that you don't know the name of but taste, in some aspects, familiar... an enticing, exciting, and enlivening read: a great book by a great writer—a big tick for Miss Cross.' – Mab Jones, Buzz Magazine Norman Schwenk's animal stories are a long way from Disneyland. They focus on the strange, complicated links people forge with animals, and how they illuminate the even more mysterious links

Mannu Bhandari's genius lies not in elevating women to heroines or superior beings; rather, she forces us to acknowledge that flawed, confused, and self-centered women are as worthy of agency and respect. She wrote among literary giants who were mostly men, but carved a singular space for herself with her unflinching gaze at the hypocrisy of a society that claims to venerate women yet balks at giving them the keys to their shackles. These 18 stories are representative of her wonderful insights into the inner life of women – her characters span the spectrum from rural to urban, illiterate to educated, homemakers to career professionals. Through all the stories runs a vein of gentle mockery – the inimitable Mannu Bhandari style.

In this electronic era of mobiles and laptops, let’s take a halt and give your children the true essence of short bedtime stories which are completely exclusive yet with hints of folktales our grandparents used to tell us. Dive into the magical world of fairies, mermaids, beasts and princes and princesses through this collection of bedtime stories and let them have a feel of our Daadi Naani ke kisse. This book is all about having fun along with moral lessons so that your child can learn while having fun and diving into his/her fantasy world. This book contains ten fabulous short stories about magical beings in the simplest of words.

The Bishop and Other Stories (1919) is a collection of short stories by Russian writer Anton Chekhov. The title story of the collection, originally published in 1902, finds the author at his most introspective. Written while Chekhov was dealing with the long term effects of tuberculosis, a period in which he began to accept the inevitability of his own death, “The Bishop” is a meditative story that follows a dedicated man who, in the face of oblivion, wants nothing more than to go about his work to the best of his ability. “The Bishop” is the story of a man named Pyotr. Set during Easter Week, it begins while Pyotr is passing out palms at a service on the night before Palm Sunday. As he begins to feel faint, he sees his mother—whose presence he did not expect—and begins to cry. Over the next several days, Pyotr goes about his duties, caring for the sick and dying, officiating at the local cathedral, and meeting with his colleagues, all while growing sicker and increasingly irritable. As he succumbs to typhoid fever, his mother and his faith are all he has left in a world that will soon forget him. “The Letter” is a similarly religious, earlier story in which a conversation between two priests, Father Orlov and Father Anastasi, is interrupted by the deacon. As the three discuss what is to be done with the deacon’s wayward son, the difference between morality and mercy is illuminated for all to see. The Bishop and Other Stories is a collection of seven short works of fiction by Russian literary icon Anton Chekhov. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Anton Chekhov’s The Bishop and Other Stories is a classic of Russian literature reimagined for modern readers.

""Time Adjusters" reminded me of Vonnegut; Cut Up "The Stolen Scroll" will be of special interest to fans of the Beat Generation"--Jay Mejia, Writer/Poet"A wild memory-frag sci-fi adventure...some of my favorite lines in the title story from an early flashback (referring metaphorically to some baseball cards), 'Sometimes I find them old and faded; other times they are slick and new. You can almost smell the bubblegum. But sometimes I look into the drawer and they are not there at all.' Thanks, Bill."--Mike O'Connor, Writer/Columnist"Fun throughout."--Larry Keenan, Artist/Photographer"Bill Ectric's writing fits neatly into no category; it is funny and serious, heartfelt and intellectually adventurous." - Levi Asher, Creator/CEO, LitKicks"Time Adjusters and Other Stories" is nine high voltage doses of mystery, science fiction, and the bizarre, with alternating currents of vision and satire.

Beowulf & Other Stories was first conceived in the belief that the study of Old English – and its close cousins, Old Icelandic and Anglo-Norman – can be a genuine delight, covering a period as replete with wonder, creativity and magic as any other in literature. Now in a fully revised second edition, the collection of essays written by leading academics in the field is set to build upon its established reputation as the standard introduction to the literatures of the time. Beowulf & Other Stories captures the fire and bloodlust of the great epic, Beowulf, and the sophistication and eroticism of the Exeter Riddles. Fresh interpretations give new life to the spiritual ecstasy of The Seafarer and to the imaginative dexterity of The Dream of the Rood, andprovide the student and general reader with all they might need to explore and enjoy this complex but rewarding field. The book sheds light, too, on the shadowy contexts of the period, with suggestive and highly readable essays on matters ranging from the dynamism of the Viking Age to Anglo-Saxon input into The Lord of the Rings, from the great religious prose works to the transition from Old to Middle English. It also branches out into related traditions, with expert introductions to the Icelandic Sagas, Viking Religion and Norse Mythology. Peter S. Baker provides an outstanding guide to taking your first steps in the Old English language, while David Crystal provides a crisp linguistic overview of the entire period. With a new chapter by Mike Bintley on Anglo-Saxon archaeology and a revised chapter by Stewart Brookes on the prose writers of the English Benedictine Reform, this updated second edition will be essential reading for students of the period.