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"The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition" is an extensive collection that showcases the early works of the celebrated British author, Rudyard Kipling. Best known for iconic creations like "The Jungle Book," "Kim," and the "Just So Stories," Kipling's broader oeuvre, often overshadowed, is rich with detailed depictions of colonial India and acute observations of the British Empire's complex social and political fabric.
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Twelve original stories, with illustrations, about growing up, adventure, strange creatures, good and evil, imagination, and beauty.
The stories have been lovingly crafted and presented by the author, Galya, to be told to children dear to her, but they can be read by anyone who enjoys the magic of fairy tales.
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The book is a large collection of must-read, out-of-the-ordinary stories. They are unlike anything you have ever read before. Some of them will challenge your cultural view of the world. This large collection of literary works encompasses the following genres: suspense, horror, action, science fiction, literary fiction, historical fiction, erotic, and off-the-beat.
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Fred and I enjoyed wrestling around on the playground. We tried not to hurt each other, and both of us knew that. "Oh no. Here comes the teacher.""Here we go. To the office again. I don't mind. I had fun wrestling with you, Fred.""Yeah, me too. My mom and dad will not like this. I just hope the paddle does not have any holes in it."The paddle did not contain any holes. However, the next time, and every time after that, there were holes in the paddle....
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The more you look at the chicken, the more eggs hurt, the purpose of this new village is to refresh the poison dragon flower only half a month, but now the poison dragon flower is under the body of these two field comrades! Do not want to expose their own chicken bad can only nest in place and wait for two people to leave, just look for a long time, chicken bad heart is also some itching, want to rush up to knock which soldier to the ground, but even...
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Discover over 55+ Relaxing, enjoyable Bedtime Stories in this amazing Short Story Collection. Are you looking for a fun way to help Your Child get to sleep?Want to help them Relax, de-stress, and experience the benefits of Mindfulness?Then this audiobook is for you! Inside this collection, you'll discover a wide range of fun tales and adventures featuring compelling characters, fantastical locations, and important moral lessons. Designed to help your...
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A failed photographer in 1970's Krakow. A demon who wants to switch sides. An apocalyptic talent show organizer. A mishap prone Neanderthal hunter. A nefarious Victorian nose surgeon. A teenager claiming to be king of Scotland. A Roman centurion's dying wish. A woman trying to buy a soul for her dog.A bunch of twisted, tragic, comic and sinister tales by award-winning author Jan-Andrew Henderson. Includes the Aurelais Award winner 'God Complex' 'One...
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In the appropriately titled The Corridors of Longing, a wide variety of otherwise ordinary people anxiously face crucial choices. Personal trauma, anger, frustration, sexual desire, cultural shifts, work, and an assortment of other common issues are deepened and made singular, even in these very short stories, by the sharp focus of close observation.In settings and situations that range from mid-20th century to the present, fathers and sons, mothers...
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Having very little memory very few memories of my childhood in Iran… and less and less as time goes by… I chose to pay tribute to the Iranians… my own way… at last I have a bridge back to Iran again…Iran is often confused with a country with ill-famed people… little do people know how wrong they can be in assuming so… and those (usually self-proclaimed) specialist of Iran and Iranian life and culture are not specialist at all…Iran...
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Mientras el mundo cambia es una compilación de relatos escritos con una precisión exquisita. J. M. Aguilera perfila cada una de los personajes protagonistas de estas historias con un cincel diestro, con el que ilumina las complejas aristas psicológicas de todo ser humano ubicándolos en situaciones comprometidas, inquietantes o meramente desapacibles mientras el mundo alrededor sigue su curso, «mientras el mundo cambia».
Entre otros, conoceremos...
12) Heart of Night
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Lady Jannessa Guillory was the daughter of an ambassador, and therefore it was her duty to marry to her station, and to help her father. Yet, the night called to her in such a way she couldn't deny it. And when a voice found her in the dark, she knew she couldn't stop her own passions.
13) Heartbreak
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8 Short Stories
Forgotten love, terror, death and nightmares all play a part in this intriguing collection of stories.
Most will break your heart.
Abducted
Isobel Cummings lives through a mother's worst fears; the abduction of her daughter.
Betsy's Doll House
A spaceship lands on an unknown planet and to this day no one knows or can understand what happened to the men who had previously landed their craft there.
Grandmother Would Not Give...
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Do you know the theology of Gnosticism? If you don't, Ms. Gnosticism is advancing Gnosticism to enligthen you. If you do, Ms. Gnosticism is advancing Gnosticism to enlighten you.
Ms. Gnosticism will share Gnosticism with you in her favorite cities of Austin, Beirut, and Damascus. She will also share Gnosticism with you, if you frequent other cities.
When you want to advance Gnosticism, kindly choose this book.
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Jonathan Trial has a perfect life: his dream job as a professional boxer or so he thinks...
The perfect house, the perfect car, and the perfect wife-to-be, but one fatal night on the highway brings all of that crashing down.
This once famous boxer and even more famous womanizer now finds himself working as a personal trainer in an all women's gym for a group of less than enthusiastic female fighters where he meets Laurel, an up-and-coming MMA...
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Cotton Candy The Sequel to Erin Lee's international bestselling Diary of a Serial Killer series
Because serial killers need happy endings too...Thirty-something victims and too many years on death row to count later, Jimmie Putnam has found love. It comes in the form of a woman named Candy who has fallen in love with the infamous Ice Cream Killer. With sprinkles of love, lust and even fear, the duo teams up to create a new flavor all their own. Can...
18) Second Chances
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Anna
I've made decisions about my life that I thought were the right thing to do. Not just for myself, but for everyone involved. But I never dreamed that helping a sexy biker broke down on the side of the road would change my life so much. One chance encounter was all it took. Now, when my past is coming back to haunt me, will secrets come out? Can I withstand the backlash that is coming my way?
Taz
I needed a change of scenery, so I transferred...
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Featuring stories from R.L. Stine and Madeleine Roux, this middle grade horror anthology, curated by New York Times bestselling author and master of macabre Jonathan Maberry, is a chilling tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
Flesh-hungry ogres? Brains full of spiders? Haunted houses you can't escape? This collection of 35 terrifying stories from the Horror Writers Association has it all, including ghastly illustrations...
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What you have here is a collection of fifty brief, silly-ass stories. None of them are long, so you don't have to suffer through one for pages and pages if you don't dig it. For this blurb, we include a bonus story. You can read it and see if you want to pick up this book and read the others. It's up to you. It's always up to you. Here is the free story we have given to you just because we like your face. "Surfing "One of the difficult parts of surfing...
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