Author: Mark Twain Publisher: Wildside Press LLC ISBN: 1479401412 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 582
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The horse has been championed throughout history as a war machine, a means of transport, an adjunct to farming, a source of popular entertainment, and, finally, as a true friend and companion. So it's no surprise that writers throughout history have featured the horse prominently in their fiction. Here are 25 stories and 5 poems of equine fiction and literature, from Anna Sewell's Black Beauty to classic tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Jonathan Swift, and many others! Included are: Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell The Man from Snowy River, by A. B. Paterson [poem] Chu Chu, by Bret Harte John G., by Katherine Mayo Gulliver's Travels: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms, by Jonathan Swift How the Old Horse Won the Bet, by Oliver Wendell Holmes [poem] A Horse's Tale, by Mark Twain The Talking Horse, by F. Anstey Samuel Cowles and His Horse Royal, by Eugene Field A Horseman in the Sky, by Ambrose Bierce The Dun Horse, by George Bird Grinnell The Enchanted Horse, by Amy Steedman At Galway Races, by William Butler Yeats [poem] A Ride with a Mad Horse in a Freight-Car, by W. H. H. Murray Buying a Horse, by William Dean Howells Skipper: Being the Biography of a Blue-Ribboner, by Sewell Ford The Instinct of Animals: Horses, by Thomas Bingley A Night Among the Horses, by Djuna Barnes He Walked Around the Horses, by H. Beam Piper The Horse of the Invisible, by William Hope Hodgson Miles Keogh's Horse, by John Hay [poem] The War Horse of Alexander, by Plutarch, edited by Andrew Lang Heads and Tales: The Horse," edited by Adam White Heart Bar Johnny, by Mary Wickizer Burgess Lady Clare: The Story of a Horse, by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen Zadig: The Dog and the Horse, by Voltaire My First Horse Surgery, by Mark E. Burgess Silver Blaze, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Ballad of the Drover, by Henry Lawson [poem] Horse Latitudes: Return to the Country of the Houyhnhnms, by Robert Reginald And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more entries in the series, covering everything from animal stories to classics to science fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories...and much, much more!
Author: Damien Broderick Publisher: Wildside Press LLC ISBN: 1479401595 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 385
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Our third offering of kitty delights and delectables features 25 cat stories, 2 nonfiction compilations of cat anecdotes, and 9 poems--but the emphasis overall is decidedly more modern than in our previous cat Megapacks. Heading the list this time are: Mary A. Turzillo, who contributes 8 tales and poems; A. R. Morlan, author of 6 stories; Michael Hemmingson, who's penned 3 moving poems; Damien Broderick, writer of 2 otherworldly cat tales; Kathryn Ptacek, contributor of 2 fantasies; Douglas Menville, who provides a couple of kitty poems; and pieces by Darrell Schweitzer, David C. Smith, and Marilyn "Mattie" Brahen--not to mention Lewis Carroll, Mark Twain, Bram Stoker, and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. So, settle back in your chair, your couch, and your bed, cat-lovers everywhere, and enjoy this new anthology of frisky feline tales! "The Cheshire-Cat," by Lewis Carroll "All in the Golden Afternoon," by Marilyn "Mattie" Brahen "Fat Cat," by Robert Reginald "Alex," by Mary A. Turzillo "The Cat-Tracker Lady of Asad Alley," by A. R. Morlan "A Limp Dead Cat in My Arms," by Michael Hemmingson "The Ruined Queen of Harvest World," by Damien Broderick "Stories of Cat Sagacity," by W. H. G. Kingston "Mau," by Douglas Menville "Cat in the Box," by A. R. Morlan "Purple," by Mary A. Turzillo "Ebenezer Wheezer (c1972-1990)," by Douglas Menville "Concerning the 'Pretty Lady'," by Helen M. Winslow "The Boys," by Kathryn Ptacek "Reverence for Cats," by Mark Twain "'...And Mongo Was His Name-O'," by A. R. Morlan "Tommy's Cat," by David C. Smith "Tatiana," by Mary A. Turzillo "Lin Jee," by Mary A. Turzillo "The Squaw," by Bram Stoker "How the Former Pets Survive or Die," by Michael Hemmingson "Cat Burglar," by Kathryn Ptacek "Puss in Boots: Two Versions," by Charles Perrault and Dinah Maria Mulock "No Heaven Will Not Ever Heaven Be...," by A. R. Morlan "The Queen's Cat," by Peggy Bacon "Chocolate Kittens from Mars," by Mary A. Turzillo "Cats Can Colonize Mars," by Mary A. Turzillo "Cat Anecdotes," edited by Adam White "The Adventure of the Hanoverian Vampires," by Darrell Schweitzer "The Beancounter's Cat," by Damien Broderick "A Little Pinch Is All You Need," by A. R. Morlan "They Always Die," by Michael Hemmingson "Scout," by Mary A. Turzillo "The Cat," by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman "The Hunter's Mothers," by Mary A. Turzillo "Hunger," by A. R. Morlan "Ryah's Guest," by Robert Reginald And don't forget to search this ebook store for "Wildside Megapack" to see more entries in the series, covering mysteries, westerns, science fiction, adventure -- and much, much more!
Author: Publisher: Dark Horse Books ISBN: 9781569711798 Category : Comic books, strips, etc Languages : en Pages : 0
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Stories by Frank Miller, Matt Wagner, Mark Verheiden, Masamune Shirow, and Paul Chadwick, and appearances by Predator, Concrete, Nexus, Aliens, Sin City, and The Mask--it's all here in the culmination of Dark Horse Comics' ten-year history celebrating its reputation for publishing the most diverse line of quality comics. If you're a fan of adventure, horror, crime, fantasy, science fiction, or the supernatural, there's bound to be something you'll love within these pages!
Author: Rick Panto Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 152460254X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 47
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Russell the Horse Storybook is a collection of three stories. Each story is unique and tells a tale of children or animals that need help. Russell has to take action to help them and shows them what is right.
Author: Theodore Cogswell Publisher: Wildside Press LLC ISBN: 1479408999 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 82
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500 years after the Galactic Empire's collapse, the 427th Light Maintenance Battalion of the Imperial Space Marines stubbornly hold onto their mission, training to repair starships that never come. Their equipment gradually wears out and to all outward appearance, they seem to be primitive savages, living by hunting and farming. When a coup removes Colonel Marcus Harris, commander of the maintenance battalion, in favor of his executive officer, the colonel and a loyal second lieutenant, Kurt Dixon, are jailed. When Dixon escapes, he hides in a battle suit to avoid detection. He accidentally activates it and is propelled into outer space. There, he is rescued by a scout of the new Galactic Protectorate...a ramshackle, barely-functioning organization whose leaders are fighting amongst themselves. The Galactic Protectorate, despite its name, has lost most of the technical expertise to do even routine maintenance on their own equipment. Both sides have something the other needs. But can they possibly work together? And if they do, will it be war -- or the start of a new Galactic Empire? Theodore Cogswell's classic science fiction novella is available in ebook form for the first time in more than a decade!
Author: Angela Buck Publisher: Fiction Collective 2 ISBN: 1573661880 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 197
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A visceral, stark, and deadpan collection of stories that brilliantly fuse humor with horror Horses Dream of Money is a daring collection of tales, darkly humorous, that eerily channels the surreal and sinister mood of the times. Preoccupied with the fault lines between life and death, and veering often into horror, Angela Buck brings a raw energy and witty sobriety to these accounts of human life and connection with the intimacy of fireside-storytelling, gimlet-eyed revelry in bloodletting, and a masterful sleight of hand between the fantastical and the quotidian. “The Solicitor” reinvents the coming-of-age story as a romance-for-hire between a girl and her “solicitor,” a man whose services are demanded by her mother and enforced by a cruel master. “Coffin-Testament” is a fabulous futuristic account of the extinction of human life on earth written 1,667 years later by a group of lady robots channeling Sir Thomas Browne to muse on their own mortality. “The Bears at Bedtime” documents a compound of cuddly kind worker-bears and their ruthless doings. “Bisquit” imagines today’s precariat as a lovable horse who is traded from one master to another until a horse race brings his maddeningly repetitive adventures to a violent conclusion.
Author: Rudyard Kipling Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: 8026843916 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1010
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This carefully crafted ebook: "Rudyard Kipling Ultimate Short Story Collection: 440+ Short Stories in One Volume (Complete Illustrated Edition)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Short Story Collections: The City of Dreadful Night Plain Tales from the Hills The Story of the Gadsbys Soldier's Three The Phantom 'Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories Under the Deodars Wee Willie Winkie Life's Handicap Many Inventions The Jungle Book The Second Jungle Book The Day's Work Stalky and Co. Just So Stories Traffics and Discoveries Puck of Pook's Hill Actions and Reactions Abaft the Funnel Rewards and Fairies The Eyes of Asia A Diversity of Creatures Land and Sea Tales Debits and Credits Thy Servant a Dog Limits and Renewals Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".
Author: Donald Gilman Publisher: Dorrance Publishing ISBN: 1647022789 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 30
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My Collection of Horse Stories: Volume 2 By: Donald Gilman My Collection of Horse Stories: Volume 2 pays tribute to a magnificent creature. This collection of stories showcases horses in a variety of settings, from wild ponies to the pony express.
Author: Connor Whiteley Publisher: CGD Publishing ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 63
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5 gripping, action packed short stories in one great collection! BUY NOW! The Remarkable Way She Died Witch Cults. Secret Lairs. A Remarkable Way To Die. Catherion rises into the heavens damning a race. Catherion feels rocks slice into her flesh. She needs to do it. Catherion investigates witches. Catherion knows her actions affects the entire Realm. Dragons, Goats and Kingdom A Raging Fire. Some Goats. One Farmwoman To Save The Realm. Goats are the only hope as fire engulfs the Realm. Farm woman Lucis watches flames engulf her land. She smells thick black smoke. Lucis feels the heat against her body. An entire nation depends on Lucis and her goats. If you love wacky, enthralling, unputdownable fantasy short stories. You will love this one! Dragon Rider An Exiled Prince. A New Problem. A Dragon Training Facility. Dragons need Riders. Exiled Dragon Rider Cato loves dragons. He trains them. He waits for a recruit. But what trouble does the recruit bring? Smog The Pathetic Dragon A Pathetic Dragon. A Lonely Dragon. A Dragon called Smog. Not all dragons are great. Smog hates himself. He struggles being a dragon. Smog wants to be brave. Can Smog find happiness? If you enjoy voicey enthralling fantasy short stories. You will love this one! The Tomato Saver Living Tomatoes. Tomato Killers. A Tomato Saver. Tomatoes live in the Realm. Tomato Saver Abbic arrives at a massacre. She sees innocent dead tomatoes everywhere. Abbic investigates the brutal murders. An entire species’ survival depends on Abbic. If you love wacky, action-packed fantasy short stories. You will love this one! BUY NOW!
Author: Rudyard Kipling Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 5298
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Rudyard Kipling's 'Ultimate Short Story Collection' is a literary masterpiece that compiles over 440 short stories in one volume, showcasing the author's versatility and mastery of the short story genre. Kipling's stories are known for their vivid imagery, compelling characters, and profound themes that explore the complexities of human nature and society. His concise yet evocative prose transports readers to exotic locales and allows them to delve into the rich tapestry of Kipling's imagination. This collection is a treasure trove for literature enthusiasts and scholars alike, providing a comprehensive overview of Kipling's storytelling prowess and enduring legacy in the world of literature. From tales of adventure and exploration to poignant reflections on colonialism and identity, Kipling's short stories continue to captivate readers with their timeless relevance and thought-provoking narratives. Rudyard Kipling, a Nobel Prize-winning author, drew inspiration from his experiences in British India and his deep fascination with global culture and history. His unique perspective as a writer and traveler informs the vivid depictions and diverse themes found in his short stories, making them essential reading for anyone interested in classic literature and the art of storytelling. I highly recommend Rudyard Kipling's 'Ultimate Short Story Collection' to readers seeking a diverse and enriching literary experience that transcends time and space, offering a glimpse into the brilliant mind of one of the greatest storytellers of the 19th century.