Soothing Short Stories for Sweet Dreams
Explore a collection of gentle tales that are perfect for lulling your loved one to sleep. These stories are crafted to be comforting and easy to narrate, ensuring a peaceful bedtime experience. Gift her the warmth of your voice with these delightful reads.
Introduction To Algorithms
1216 pages
This book is so dense and complex that it can feel like chloroform, putting you in a state of confusion!
Collected Short Stories
742 pages
Ruskin Bond's short stories are sweet and simple, often ending with warm fuzzy feelings. They offer a quiet sense of peace, making them perfect for bedtime reading.
The Little Prince
100 pages
OVER 140 MILLION COPIES SOLD The beloved classic story about a young prince's travels through space??—??a profound tale about loneliness and loss, and love and friendship. A pilot crashes in the Sahara Deser and encounters a strange young boy who calls himself the Little Prince. The Little Prince has traveled there from his home on a lonely, distant asteroid with a single rose. The story that follows is a beautiful and at times heartbreaking meditation on human nature. The Little Prince is one of the best-selling and most translated books of all time, universally cherished by children and adults alike, and Richard Howard's translation of the beloved classic beautifully reflects Saint-Exupéry's unique and gifted style, bringing the English text as close as possible to the French in language, style, and spirit. This definitive English-language edition of The Little Prince will capture the hearts of readers of all ages.
Welcome to the Monkey House: The Special Edition
375 pages
One of the favorites from the collection, it's a must-read.
Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
364 pages
A bit sad, but it adds depth to the overall experience of the book.
Welcome to the Monkey House
354 pages
This collection offers a captivating mix of sci-fi, drama, and satire, featuring stories that are funny, sad, and wistful. It's a timeless read that leaves a lasting impression.
Dandelion Wine
84 pages
It's a beautifully written and calming collection of short stories that captures the essence of an 1890s summer holiday, offering a meditative and philosophical twist.
The Hobbit
329 pages
It's a fantastic adventure that captivates the imagination and is perfect for bedtime storytelling.
The Phantom Tollbooth
290 pages
This whimsical tale is filled with clever wordplay and enchanting characters, making it a delightful read for both kids and adults.
The Princess Bride
405 pages
A writer's views on life and art are revealed in his effort to edit the children's classic that shaped his literary ambitions.
The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia
950 pages
The most comprehensive treatment of the Arabian Nights ever published, with more than 800 detailed encyclopedic entries and a wealth of authoritative essays and resources. The tales of the Arabian Nights have long been the focus of scholarly research and critique, but no English language work has ever attempted an all-embracing treatment of them. The fruit of years of research, The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference work introducing both the Arabian Nights and the context of their genesis and aftermath in Near Eastern, European, and world culture. Editors Ulrich Marzolph, one of the world's foremost scholars of Near Eastern narrative culture, and Richard van Leeuwen, a prominent scholar of the Arabian Nights, present detailed, authoritative, and up-to-date research on virtually all aspects of the tales, including major protagonists, themes, important translations, textual history, adaptations, reworkings, works inspired by the Arabian Nights, and aspects of literary theory, and provide extensive bibliographies for each tale. In addition to the 800+ encyclopedic entries and numerous essays, the work introduces research that has not previously been published, making it an invaluable resource to scholars, educators, students, and the general public, as well as an essential addition to the core collection of academic and public libraries.
One Thousand and One Nights
322 pages
Passed down over centuries from India, Persia, and across the Arab world, the mesmerizing stories of One Thousand and One Nights are related by the beautiful, young Shahrazad as she attempts to delay her execution. Retold in modern English by the acclaimed Lebanese author Hanan al-Shaykh, here are stories of the real and the supernatural, love and marriage, power and punishment, wealth and poverty, and the endless trials and uncertainties of fate. Bringing together nineteen classic tales, in these pages al-Shaykh weaves an utterly intoxicating collection, rich with humor, violence, and romance.
Moby Dick
74 pages
Bring the Classics To Life. These novels have been adapted into 10 short chapters that will excite the reluctant reader as well as the enthusiastic one. Key words are defined and used in context. Multiple-choice questions require the student to recall specific details, sequence the events, draw inferences from story context, develop another name for the chapter, and choose the main idea. Let the Classics introduce Kipling, Stevenson, and H.G. Wells. Your students will embrace the notion of Crusoe's lonely reflections, the psychological reactions of a Civil War soldier at Chancellorsville, and the tragedy of the Jacobite Cause in 18th Century Scotland. In our society, knowledge of these Classics is a cultural necessity. Improves fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.
The Little Prince
139 pages
It's a delightful short chapter book that appeals to both children and adults, making it a perfect read for all ages!
Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens
394 pages
Reading Harry Potter to your children will be a magical experience, filled with adventure and valuable life lessons that can spark their imagination.
The Palace Thief
225 pages
Ethan Canin's stories in *The Palace Thief* are engaging and thought-provoking.
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
508 pages
Ambrose Bierce's stories offer a unique and often cynical perspective on human nature.
Dance of the Happy Shades
209 pages
In the stories that make up Dance of the Happy Shades, the deceptive calm of small-town life is brought memorably to the page, revealing the countryside of Southwestern Ontario to be home to as many small sufferings and unanticipated emotions as any place. This is the book that earned Alice Munro a devoted readership and established her as one of Canada's most beloved writers. Winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction, Dance of the Happy Shades is Alice Munro's first short story collection.
