This book is a compilation of classic short stori... more

This book is a compilation of classic short stories by the worlds greatest writers. The stories have been carefully chosen to showcase the authors versatility and skill as storytellers. The collection covers an extraordinary range of themes, styles and settings, allowing the reader to get a glimpse of another world gone by. Yet, these stories seem timeless, and the characters in them show the same foibles, fears and hopes as people in the brave new world of the 21st century. This collection includes works by:E.M. Forster, Walter de la Mare, Joseph Conrad, Mulk Raj Anand, Katherine Mansfield, Anatole France, Karel Capek, Leo Tolstoy, Alexander Pushkin, Hans Christian Andersen, Giovanni Boccaccio, Nizami, Edith Wharton, Edgar Allan Poe, Saki, W. Somerset Maugham, R.L. Stevenson, Liam OFlaherty, Guy de Maupassant, Anton Chehov, Maxim Gorky, Miguel Cervantes, Luigi Pirandello, Richard F. Burton, O. Henry and Ernest Hemingway... less

The publication of a representative selection of ... more

The publication of a representative selection of French short stories from Voltaire up to the First World War is indeed a formidable task, for the French have excelled in this literary Genre. The 27 selected stories, newly translated, are by 17 great writers such as Voltaire, Zola, France, Maupassant, Balzac and Colette. Here are stories on the short side and on the long; stories in which little happens or much. One or two are hardly more than impressions or scraps of dialogue people sit and talk in the evening about their childhood; a woman is oppressed by a sense of tragedy that looms but never materializes; a little boy races with a wildly beating hearth through a garden. Savage justice is done in Corsica, and a romantic couple misbehave in a wood. These French stories, so different from each other in voice and method, simply say, as stories do in any language "Because life was never quite like this, this is how life is."... less

Henry James is generally regarded by discriminati... more

Henry James is generally regarded by discriminating readers as Americas greatest novelist & a master of modern prose belonging to the company of Proust and Joyce. He is among the two or three American writers of the nineteenth century who were able to invent and put to creative use the imaginative methods of the twentieth century.... less

This book is a selection of the greatest crime st... more

This book is a selection of the greatest crime stories ever written. The stories span more than a hundred years of crime fiction writing and feature a wide variety of heroes, heroines, villains, settings, story types and stylistic approaches. The selection demonstrates how the mystery story has evolved over a century, and how authors have kept it fresh through their ingenuity and thematic variations. The stories also reflect the times in which they were written so that they can be enjoyed from a historical perspective as well as pure entertainment. Ed McBains The Storm is a great way to start!... less

This is a collection of short stories from the va... more

This is a collection of short stories from the vast corpus of work that O. Henry has left behind. These selected stories not only give the reader a chance to read some of the best known of his works but also bear ample evidence of the wide range of his writings.Humorous and energetic, O. Henrys stories are marked by coincidence and surprise endings. They offer an insight into human nature and the ways it is affected by love, hate, wealth, poverty, gentility, disguise, and crime.O. Henrys depiction of his characters and their unique situation continues to weave their magic over readers almost a hundred years after the author created them. This is a must-read for all short story lovers as well as for those who want to take a dip into the world of classics.... less

The Russian novelist and moral philosopher Leo To... more

The Russian novelist and moral philosopher Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) ranks as one of the worlds great writers, and his War and Peace has been called the greatest novel ever written. The purpose of all true creative art, he believed, is to teach. But the message in all his stories is presented with such humour that the reader hardly realises that it is strongly didactic.The seven parts into which this book is divided include the best known Tolstoy stories. God Sees the Truth, but Waits and A Prisoner in the Caucasus which Tolstoy himself considered as his best; How Much Land Does a Man Need? depicting the greed of a peasant for land; the most brilliantly told parable, Ivan the Fool these are all contained in this volume.... less

The new edition gives amended and up-to-date text... more

The new edition gives amended and up-to-date text of the Code of Civil Procedure. A special feature of the book is the State and High Court amendments given below each section. The date of enforcement of the amending provisions and legislative history further enhance the utility of the book. Short Notes provide recent and important case-law.... less

containing Guidelines Governing the Adoption of C... more

containing Guidelines Governing the Adoption of Children 2011 and other allied acts... less

As amended by Finance Act 2009

As amended by Finance Act 2009... less

As amended by Finance Act 2009

As amended by Finance Act 2009... less