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Forty years ago, Walt Kelly's comic strip character Pogo famously intoned: "We have met the enemy, and he is us." Now, as the evidence for climate change becomes overwhelming, we learn the hard reality behind that witticism. The possible destruction, and certain transformation, of the ecosphere has been brought about by our own activities. What will our new world look like? How will we - can we - adapt? The clash of a rapidly changing environment with earth's self-styled ruling species, humans, provides ample creative fodder for this riveting anthology of original science fiction.

Bertie Ross has a few more deliveries to make for Sampson's store before the New Year's holiday. After a delivery at the Forbes' house, Dr. Forbes' daughters invite cold-looking Bertie in to get warm and ask why he isn't wearing mittens. Explaining that he lent them to his sickly brother William John, the sisters hatch a plan to provide a proper New Year's celebration with the Ross brothers and provide them with a little holiday warmth in the meantime.

The story describes the invention of a substance by a Professor Gibberne, which exponentially accelerates an individual's physiological and cognitive processes. The elixir has considerable advantages, but also many risks. Although the individual perceives no change in themselves, the external world seems to be almost immobile and only the motion of rapidly moving objects can be perceived.

Herbert George Wells was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called a "father of science fiction". Discover H. G. Wells best short stories and science fiction classics.

Welcome to Snowy Peaks. A town of 920 citizens, proud of its high elevation and wooded locale nestled in western Maryland, five miles off the Potomac River's origin point. As far as anyone can tell, no outsider cared about Snowy Peaks - until Pete Zendel bought it through an online auction from prison. He seized the opportunity during an annual honorary auction held as a tradition in memory of the town's founding fathers, a symbolic gesture never meant to be taken seriously.

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction and a close associate of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. 'New Dresses' is the story of two sisters whose mother and grandmother have made them new dresses. One sister, Rose, is a model child in her mother's eyes - pretty, tidy and clean. The other, Helen, is always in trouble. Her mother wonders how on earth Helen will manage to keep her new dress clean and neat....

Alex Herron has more secrets than a cat has lives. Keeping up with the charade that’s her life is draining, and her façade is cracking under the stress. She’s the American teen dream - blonde, blue-eyed, and head cheerleader at her high school, but no one knows the real Alex...and she plans to keep it that way. The truth would make her an instant outcast.

Seven tales of conflict set among the stars, driven by the very roots of humankind’s Earth-bound strife. Yet even in the face of the vast void of space, these brave souls fight to hold on to their humanity.

Trials of poetry are lyrical episodes presented as an opening dialogue or correspondence on the subject of love. Keywords and white blank pages are symbolic of reflective spaces, inviting to examine and perhaps continue an imaginary compositional journey. Conceptual basis of this work is rooted in an assessment of the value of poetry, and its potential accessibility as a literary genre.

De la prosa de Tagore, las obras que se tienen más en consideración son sus cuentos cortos. Se le atribuye la introducción de este género en la literatura bengalí. Sus cuentos cortos están escritos en una prosa rítmica, a menudo incluso poética, y cuya principal temática son las vidas de la gente corriente.

Dive into the chilling depths of "Spooky Stories: Terrifying Tales and Haunted Encounters and Eerie Legends," a spine-tingling collection that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

H.G. Wells was more than a science fiction pioneer—he was a futurist, a philosopher, and an architect of ideas that continue to shape modern discussions on global governance, education, and human progress. This essential collection brings together Wells’ most influential works on civilization’s fate, world order, and the role of centralized planning in shaping the future. From the bold proclamations of The Open Conspiracy to the thought-provoking insights of World Brain, these writings lay out his vision for a unified, scientifically managed society.

Welcome to I Spy Island: the sunny new series from the creators of the blockbuster Supertato books! In the middle of the ocean, miles from anywhere is a happy little island who loves to play I Spy.... Join Island, and friends Glove, Banana, Bird and Bottle, as they investigate the curious case of what's just washed up on Island's chin.... What can it be? And what adventures lie in store?

జీవితంతో పోరాడుతున్న ఓ వార్తాపత్రిక ఎడిటర్ కథ ఇది. అతను ఆ వార్తాపత్రిక నుండి సంపద లేదా కీర్తి పొందకపోయినప్పటికీ అతను తన పనితో సంతోషంగా ఉన్నాడు. అతని ప్రత్యర్థులు అతనికి వ్యతిరేకంగా ఏమి చెబుతారు? ప్రజలు అతని గురించి ఏమనుకుంటున్నారు? లేదా ప్రపంచం అతని మార్గంలో ఎన్ని కష్టాలు సృష్టిస్తోంది అని అసలు పట్టించుకోడు. అతను కేవలం తన మార్గంలో వచ్చే ప్రతి అడ్డంకిని తొలగించాలని మాత్రం ఆలోచిస్తాడు.

A girl asks her best friend to pretend to be her fiancé and falls for him hard. That wasn’t Louise’s plan. Her plan was to prove that everything her parents ever said about her was wrong. And since that included that no one would ever love her, when the hottest guy ever asked her to marry him after two dates, she said yes. Lou’s plan might have worked if the hot guy didn’t ghost her after she told her parents to expect him at their next family get-together. So, what choice did she have but to instead ask her way too sexy best friend to pretend to be her fiancé?

Welcome to my magical world of imagination taking you back to 17th century France. The human experiences we all face today are very similar to the needs and losses of humanity in history. The book has short stories with no chronological historical order. The aim of this book is purely for entertainment purpose, but it has elements of historical and psychological perspectives that may educate the listener.

"Life in Questions and Exclamations" is a short story by the Russian writer and playwright Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904). Written and first published in 1882 in the journal Alarm Clock under the pseudonym Antosha Chekhonte, the short story "Life in Questions and Exclamations" is written in an unusual form of a collection of key phrases—memoirs for each stage of a man's life—childhood, adolescence, youth, the period "between 20 and 30 years", "between 30-50 years", and old age.

సదత్ హసన్ మాంటో రాసిన కొత్త నిబంధనలో మనకు సామ్రాజ్యవాదం, ఆశ, స్వేచ్ఛ, మార్పు, అహంకారం మరియు ఆశావాదం యొక్క నేపథ్యం ఉంది. పేరు తెలియని వ్యక్తి ద్వారా వివరించబడిన కథను చదివిన తర్వాత పాఠకుడు, మంటో సామ్రాజ్యవాద ఇతివృత్తాన్ని అన్వేషిస్తున్నాడని గ్రహించాడు.

If you like “edge of your seat suspense/horror” this is your audiobook. Beta readers have described Fears Volume 2 as completely immersive, like they have plunged into the stories with the characters. They described feeling panicked, catching themselves hyperventilating or holding their breath as they read it.

There are seven erotic romance stories in Desperately Delicious. Included Stories: Stranger Delight - Claire finds herself in a sexy encounter with an unknown stranger Perfect Amy - Amy needs to release her inhibitions before she can find true pleasure Betrayed By Love - Samantha gets hurt by the one she loves Seducing Samantha - Samantha takes revenge with an unlikely partner One Night Stand - Melissa doesn't want commitment Double Delight - Samantha gets a double dose of fun All Tied Up - Amy likes being told what to do