7 best short stories by Lord Dunsany - formato ePub

El estilo poético y la grandeza de La hija del rey del País de los Elfos la ha convertido en una de las novelas fantásticas más entrañables de todos los tiempos. La desgarradora historia de la unión entre...

Las doce joyas imaginativas que componen La espada de Welleran suponen una de las cimas narrativas de Dunsany, quien aquí conjuga con maestría el colorido oriental, la forma helénica, las tinieblas teutónicas...

This peculiar collection is a very real treat: we envy you the reading of it. Among the treasures in this volume are "The Last Dream of Bwona Khubla," "How the Office of Postman Fell Vacant in Offord-Under-the-Wold,"...

Looking for a stiff dose of classic fantasy? Look no further than Lord Dunsany's remarkably well-written collection, A Book of Wonder. This medley of fables, fantasy, and action-adventure will pique the...

Irish writer Edward J. M. D. Plunkett, the eighteenth Baron Dunsany, was one of English literature's most original talents. The author of many of the best fantastic tales in the language, he also greatly...

Toldees, Mondath, Arizim, these are the Inner Lands, the lands whose sentinels upon their borders do not behold the sea. Beyond them to the east there lies a desert, for ever untroubled by man: all yellow...

The bullets were snapping over thick to keep them down while the Boche went on, on the right: machine guns, of course. The barrage was screaming well over and dropping far back, and their wire was still...

Twelve tales by a master of the English language take readers on flights of fancy and make-believe. Enhanced by the author's power of expression, the collection includes such inventive tales as "The Highwayman,"...

Fifty-One Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories by Irish writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin and others. The...

Fifty-One Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories by Irish writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin and others. The...

This peculiar collection is a very real treat: we envy you the reading of it. Among the treasures in this volume are "The Last Dream of Bwona Khubla," "How the Office of Postman Fell Vacant in Offord-Under-the-Wold,"...

The 12 stories here are some of Dunsany's best. They will take you on a remarkable journey to places that sometimes seem soft and pleasant, sometimes bleak and ominous - but always surprising. Dunsany...

The Gods of Pegana, by Lord Dunsany, is an imaginative book of fantasy and one of the most important collections compiled of short stories from the early part of the 20th century. A masterpiece of fiction...

The Book of Wonder is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula...

These tales are of the things that befell gods and men in Yarnith, Averon, and Zarkandhu, and in the other countries of my dreams." An incredible collection of some of the most mind-bending fantasy every...

Fifty-One Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories by Irish writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula LeGuin and others. The first...

The Highly Anticipated Sequel to New Rock New RoleShortly after surviving—against overwhelming odds—their epic quest in New Rock New Role, battlemage Daxx and his crew (dual-wielding sword-dancer Qrysta,...

Some things are worse than death… or high school. Fourteen-year-old Xenia Findlay survived the crash that claimed her parents and her best friend Bethany. Moving to Porter Valley to live with her great-aunt...

Silvey Rhoades is a living miracle, having survived being hurled a mile by a tornado. But her recovery has drawn the wrong kind of attention. She's uncovered a dangerous secret tied to forgotten technology,...

Two women. Two generations. A lifetime of secrets… Sydney, 1989. When a secret trunk belonging to her enigmatic mother is delivered, Olivia Bennet's safe and predictable world is thrown into disarray. Inside...

After completing the previous season of her true crime podcast, barista Joss Miller is ready to hang up her microphone for good. But when she meets Lily Hartman, the widow of a renowned choir director...

Taming a Ruthless Heart- A Dark Mafia Romance of Secrets, Survival, and SeductionA broken mafia princess desperate for freedom.A ruthless protector consumed by vengeance.And a sadistic kingpin who will...

Three extraordinary novels of cosmic terror set in the world of the Arkham Horror games.

In book 3 of the Love is Worth Fighting For series, can a firefighter with kind eyes and a warm personality ever find true love?Can a woman whose been betrayed by her other half and tossed to the side...

Luke loves his seasonal job as Jolly Elf at the mall's Santa display. It suits his sweet and joyful nature and compliments his summer landscaping job perfectly. This year there's a new man playing Santa...

I'm broken. Haunted by trauma from my pastthat defines every moment of my present. She's the lifeline tugging me free froman endless abyss I'm content to drown in. With every protest I wage, she digs...

Facing the truth can be deadlier than facing the killer. Ten days to keep a lie.Ten plagues if you deny.Ten ways to watch them die.Five years ago, when Detective Jena Campbell put the Leviticus Killer...

Don't take it for granted.Twenty-year-old Léa Young is hungry… again. Weeks after returning to the Rift Zone, she finds herself back where she started: in a scramble for resources in post-apocalyptic...

When home is anything but a haven …Detective Inspector Palmer yearns for a caseload of ordinary crimes—no monsters, no mages, and definitely no magic. Dark sorcery has left his city in bloody chaos, and...

With an unbreakable bond forged in their youth, Harrison Montlake, The Earl of Hendershot, and the captivating Katherine Smith were destined for each other. But, life took an unexpected turn and Hendershot...

Lem's world is ending.That's not just her personal world, even though she's still reeling a year after burying one of her best friends at the bottom of a desert ravine—and she's got family enslaved by...

"What happens if he returns to our world?""It will burn." There's just no rest for Valek, Ixia's Chief of Security. Challenges are constant and new problems arrive daily, including a request to help Castletown's...

After two years deployed, Captain Mark Saunders rolls back into town just in time for the holidays and finds out his fling with Essence Monroe left him with more than memories—a baby boy. Mark has never...

It's winter in New York City, and Rufus O'Callaghan is trying to make things work. He's still got his job as a confidential informant, and he's still got Sam Auden. The ex-Army drifter has moved in with...

A search and rescue operation during a bitter blizzard in Iceland quickly turns to terror as the team encounters more than just lost tourists in the novelette, What Protects Our Heritage. This and other...

A once-famous ballerina faces a final choice—to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or to walk away forever—in this incandescent novel of redemption and loveOn a White Night in...

Have you ever imagined that your partner was involved with someone or married to someone that never existed? Have you ever asked yourself questions on why we never see partners of our friends or family...

 "Listen carefully to me now, son. Tate wants to kill you. That's why we're here." When soldiers from the Phentinite empire came to attack his village, Jad the shepherd boy discovered a power within himself,...

here are some places even a demon fears to tread...My name is Kyann, and I'm half-demon. I grew up on the streets, learning how to take care of myself early on. I also learned, with the help of my best...

Tracy 'TK' King just came home from a ten year bid, after shooting someone for trying to get over on him. TK a ex-King Pin wants the respect and power, he once had before being ten years removed from...

Three priceless treasures. Three extraordinary women. Three powerful legacies. The Paris Affair is the first in Muna Shehadi's spellbinding dual-time narrative series, with cross-generational appeal...

When the good girl falls…SierraOver a decade ago, I aimed too high when I fell for my brother's best friend. So I settled for someone else. And then got dumped. And now I'm dangling from a fence waiting...

A snowstorm cuts off a small New England diner, stranding the eclectic group of patrons and their pets on Christmas Eve, serenaded by a local radio host. Callie, the diner's owner, is determined to make...

A young warrior pledged to vengeance. A skyship captain harboring a perilous secret. A sparking conflict threatening to consume them both.Jaleya is a guardian sworn to protect the rowshatari, who veer...

The holidays are a time of reflection and redemption...Reflecting on the year's events, Kassie Winters recognizes the blessings and hardships her friends and family have endured this past year. Through...

Homeless. Broke. Shunned by friends and neighbours. This was not what sixty-two was supposed to look like for Barbara Baker. As a member of Toronto's exclusive Rosedale society, Barb was a fixture on...