The complete works of Saki - formato ePub

Los gatos, esos adorables compañeros, son los protagonistas de estos cuatro cuentos.Inteligentes y elegantes por naturaleza, han servido de inspiración a muchos artistas de diferentes latitudes a lo largo...

Hector Hugh Munro, conocido por el seudonimo literario Saki, fue cuentista, novelista y dramaturgo britanico. Sus agudos y, en ocasiones, macabros cuentos recrearon ironicamente la sociedad y la cultura...

Framton Nuttel, harto del estrés de la gran ciudad, siguiendo el consejo de su hermana se decide a pasar unos días en el campo.Y también por consejo de su hermana, fue a presentar sus respetos a la señora...

Hector Hugh Munro, conocido por el seudónimo literario Saki, fue cuentista, novelista y dramaturgo británico. Sus agudos y, en ocasiones, macabros cuentos recrearon irónicamente la sociedad y la cultura...

En la actualidad, disfrutamos de extraordinarios avances tecnológicos en el diagnóstico y tratamiento de las enfermedades, al tiempo que estamos aprendiendo a asumir una mayor responsabilidad en nuestra...

La reticencia de lady Anne La telaraña La ventana abierta La música del monte Alpiste para codornices Catástrofe en la joven Turquía El alce El alma de Laploshka El barco del tesoro El buey cebado El...

El tema de este libro son las buenas maneras en el sendero espiritual, pueden estar en el corazón, la palabra, y la acción, en un camino en cuyo objetivo es El Placer de Allah, el cual es puro, valioso,...

La serie de libros "7 mejores cuentos" presenta los grandes nombres de la literatura en lengua española. En este volumen traemos a Saki, un escritor, novelista y dramaturgo británico. Sus agudos y, en...

Bienvenidos a la serie de libros de los Maestros de la Prosa, una selección de los mejores trabajos de autores notables.El crítico literario August Nemo selecciona los textos más importantes de cada autor....

Una antología de cuentos realistas en sus versiones originales que incluye "La ventana abierta", "El corazón delator", "El viejo guardarropa de roble", "Nuestro primer cigarro" y "Una historia desgraciada".

Este libro contiene 70 cuentos de 10 autores clásicos, premiados y notables. Los cuentos fueron cuidadosamente seleccionados por el crítico August Nemo, en una colección que encantará a los amantes de...

Al igual que ocurre con otros volúmenes de la Colección Mejores Cuentos, la presente antología reúne historias de los más destacados cuentistas de Inglaterra. La cantidad de grandes escritores ingleses...

Este libro contiene 350 cuentos de 50 autores clásicos, premiados y notables. Elegida sabiamente por el crítico literario August Nemo para la serie de libros 7 Mejores Cuentos, esta antología contiene...

In the quaint English countryside, amidst rolling hills and whispering willows, resides Clovis Sangrail, a mischievous and enigmatic young man. With his sharp wit and penchant for the absurd, Clovis embarks...

Uno dei maestri della narrativa breve in lingua inglese del primo Novecento è senz’altro lo scozzese Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916). Nato in Birmania da una famiglia di funzionari dell’Impero britannico,...

Beasts and Super-Beasts is a collection of short stories, written by Saki (the literary pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro) and first published in 1914. The title parodies that of George Bernard Shaw's Man...

'Grady's style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell's novel 1984, sometimes of the Dylan song 'Desolation Row'' Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post'Grady is a master...

April, 1941. At the former Whitechapel Road Underground station, repurposed as an air raid shelter since the onset of the Blitz, the body of a woman has been discovered, stabbed and eviscerated. With...

TThere is something sinister about Drumdalloch Woods in the Black Isle near Inverness. It is a place of tangled growth and shadowy darkness, and it has business opportunists, biological scientists and...

Bologna, 1575.A talented seamstressA powerful merchantA fierce battle of willsElena Morandi has gained a fragile foothold in the workshop of a master tailor, despite the profession being officially barred...

When gods war...Death is everywhere, Hopelessness. Despair. Dark Days.Fate has chosen her champions, and no one will expect what two children can do against the might of the Last God.They don't know it...

It was Fern Honeycutt's eyes that gave her away. Not witch. All demon.Her coven saw her as an abomination, handing her over to pure evil.She escaped, but a lone female is an easy target. When breeder...

Lights, camera... action?Ainsley Beckett might be television's sweetheart, star of a dozen romantic movies and known the world over for her sweet-as-pie schoolmarm on hit historical TV show As The Heart...

Summer and Ruari were the perfect childhood sweethearts. They did everything together, from book festivals to escape rooms, coastal walks to paintballing, and their love was the stuff of fairy tales....

Truth makes traitors out of even the most dutiful.Zanteera Island has a secret: it has two prisons. Vana, the one the world knows and fears, and an unnamed compound lined with comforts. Serving her National...

Don't miss the next instalment in the Solanki and McQueen Crime Series, perfect for fans of Stuart MacBride, Val McDermid and Marion Todd. 'A complex and expertly crafted thriller.'...

A. K. Herman's wondrous and shattering debut collection imbues people on the periphery with power hardly visible to outsiders—where no one conforms to type. In the title story, to leave a seemingly friendly...

And anyway, who cares? All that matters is that the guy is dead, right? A dark and thrilling ride about the most unlikely of killers, perfect for Tarantino fans, by the award-winning and bestselling...

'The novel's dark energies - concerned with histories of gender, property, desire, and institutionalization - carry it forth into our present moment. It remains indispensable reading' Claire Connolly...

Thinking Beyond La Boìte is a magical realist novel that explores the intersection of fate, self-discovery, and connection. Vincent, a young man trapped in a seemingly ordinary world, stumbles upon an...

October 1678. Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, respected London wood monger and Court Justice, sets out from his house, early one foggy morning, in his second-best coat. Then he vanishes. Six days later, his...

From PEN Award­­–winning author Sergio de la Pava comes an existential detective novel about a private investigator who flees New York City for Colombia after a personal tragedy and finds himself entangled...

'The stories are rich in dialogue - indeed on many pages there is only dialogue - while the quick exchange of words beats out the rhythm of history on the move' CLAIRE CONNOLLY from her preface to The...

Perfect for fans of Raven Kennedy and Thea Guanzon, Rebecca Robinson’s thrilling romantasy debut combines high-stakes political intrigue and a steamy, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance. All her life,...

The truth is buried for a reason.Ansgar the Skald is sailing into the middle of an epic war between two legendary vikings. That's about to be the least of his problems.Delving deep beneath Midgard? Battling...

From Britney King, the bestselling author of HER and The Social Affair, comes a dark psychological thriller that will make you question the boundaries of trust and the depths of deception.They say love...

Chris was a young man full of life, ready to seize every moment. But one fateful night at a party by the river, everything changed. When the enigmatic Angie is found dead the next morning, Chris becomes...

EJ inherited a royal treasure…but who will wear the crown?My specialty is guest lists and cocktails, not casting spells and hawking houseplants–but when I became heir to faery portal along with a plant...

Do you love winter and holiday reads? How about TEN OF THEM?Wishes, Snow, and Misteltoe is the perfect primer if you're new to my books or a longtime reader, and want all the fun and spice of the winter...

Dragons need love too… sometimes they're just too stubborn to admit it. Luckily, it's true what they say about love: it really does conquer all. Eventually. This box set contains: Dragon His Heels, in...

 The Addison Smith Chapbook Series collects the short fiction of Addison Smith in small, themed volumes of five to six stories each. These stories have appeared in various publications, and may appear...

A mysterious confession leads Amy and Ambrose down an unexpected path in their latest case.After a teenager comes into the station to confess to murder, Amy and Ambrose find themselves looking into a...

Emily Peterson is the Great Witch, the most powerful of them all. Even she has limits. Defeating the Great Dark Witch pushed magical essence, the remnants of good and evil magic through space. Since both...

A Christmas wedding at Edelweiss Inn may sound like the romantic ending of a fairy tale; but for Sandra and her lifelong friends it becomes a sequence of uncomfortable and often hilarious incidents which...

YOU LOVED TAYLOR'S VERSION, NOW IT'S TIME FOR TAYLOR'S CATS' SIDE OF THE STORY.Meet Meredith Grey, Olivia Benson, and Benjamin Button - Taylor Swift's three cats. By day, they live the ultra-pampered,...

A bastard among the outcasts of Faery—Corlas is a rare and unwanted hybrid born of a forbidden love. Half elf, half green seer; it seems he has no future with either of his blood lines.But Fate won't...