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| Author | : Emily Pauline Johnson |
| Publisher | : Tacet Books |
| Total Pages | : 197 |
| Release | : 2020-08-14 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : |
Welcome to the book series 7 best short stories specials, selection dedicated to a special subject, featuring works by noteworthy authors. The texts were chosen based on their relevance, renown and interest. This edition is dedicated to Canadian literature. Influences on Canadian writers are broad, both geographically and historically, representing Canada's diversity in culture and region. This book contains the following texts: A Red Girl's Reasoning by E. Pauline Johnson; My Financial Career by Stephen Leacock; An Alpine Divorce by Robert Barr; The Blood of Kings by Frank L. Packard; The Little Bell of Honour by Gilbert Parker; The Way of the Winning of Anne by L. M. Montgomery; Captain Joe and Jamie by Charles G. D. Roberts. Bonus content: The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People by John George Bourinot. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
| Author | : Stephen Leacock |
| Publisher | : Tacet Books |
| Total Pages | : 46 |
| Release | : 2020-05-15 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 3968589947 |
Stephen Leacock sees the comic of social situations. His writing exposes the incongruity between appearance and reality in human conduct, and his work is characterized by the invention of lively comic situations. Through this seven specially selected short stories you can meet and have fun with this author: - My Financial Career - Merry Christmas - How to Make a Million Dollars - How to Live to be 200 - How to Avoid Getting Married - Aristocratic Education - Self-Made Men
| Author | : Gilbert Parker |
| Publisher | : Tacet Books |
| Total Pages | : 88 |
| Release | : 2020-05-16 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 3968584120 |
Sir Gilbert Parker was a British novelist of popular adventure and historical romances whose most widely known work was The Seats of the Mighty, a novel of the 17th-century conquest of Quebec. This book contains: - The Little Bell of Honour. - The Baron of Beaugard. - The Singing of the Bees. - The Marriage of the Miller. - Mathurin. - Uncle Jim. - Parpon the Dwarf.
| Author | : E. Pauline Johnson |
| Publisher | : Tacet Books |
| Total Pages | : 131 |
| Release | : 2020-01-16 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 8577776891 |
Emily Pauline Johnson, also known by her Mohawk stage name Tekahionwake, was a Canadian poet, author and performer who was popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Not only was Johnson a poet and writer but she was a part of the New Woman movement due to the blending of her two cultures in her works and her criticisms of the Canadian government. Johnson was also a key figure in the construction of Canadian literature as an institution and has made an indelible mark on Indigenous women's writing and performance as a whole. This book contains: - The Shagganappi. - A Red Girl's Reasoning. - The King's Coin. - The Derelict. - Little Wolf-Willow. - Her Majesty's Guest. - The Brotherhood.
| Author | : Washington Irving |
| Publisher | : Tacet Books |
| Total Pages | : 475 |
| Release | : 2020-05-12 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 3967993302 |
If you had a time machine for when would you go? To travel through time as if it were a highway is an ancient dream of mankind. The first stories of time travelers go back to the beginning of civilizations, being found in Hindu, Jewish and Japanese mythologies. But it was with science fiction that the concept became popular and began to inhabit the dreams of all of us. In this book you will find seven classics of time travel specially selected by the critic August Nemo. For more books with thought-provoking themes, be sure to check out the other volumes of this series! *** This book contains: - Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving. - The Clock That Went Backward by Edward Page Mitchell. - The Chronic Argonauts by H. G. Wells. - Lost in Time by Arthur Leo Zagat. - The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper by H. G. Wells. - The Gap in the Curtain by John Buchan. - A Dream of John Ball by William Morris.
| Author | : James Oliver Curwood |
| Publisher | : Tacet Books |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2020-08-27 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 3969440807 |
Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors.This edition is dedicated to James Oliver "Jim" Curwood was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. At least one hundred and eighty motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories; one was produced in three versions from 1919 to 1953. At the time of his death, Curwood was the highest paid author in the world.Works selected for this book:Back to God's Country; The Yellow-Back; The Fiddling Man; L'ange; The Case of Beauvais; The Other Man's Wife; The Strength of Men. If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
| Author | : John Buchan |
| Publisher | : Tacet Books |
| Total Pages | : 111 |
| Release | : 2020-05-15 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 3967998169 |
Although little known today, John Buchan's fiction was important in defining the present mystery fiction. The critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this author for your enjoyment: - The Last Crusade - Politics and the Mayfly - The Keeper of Cademuir - The Wife of Flanders - The Watcher by the Threshold - Comedy in the Full Moon - The Herd of Standlan
| Author | : Charles W. Chesnutt |
| Publisher | : Tacet Books |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2019-02-05 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 8577770656 |
Charles W. Chesnutt was an important voice in his day and remains a precious reading for those who want to better understand the period of construction of African American identity, from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. Critic August Nemo chose seven short stories that bring the best of this author to your appreciation. This books contains: - The Wife of His Youth - The Passing of Grandison - Her Virginia Mammy - The Bouquet - The Sheriffs' Children - The Web of Circunstance
| Author | : Willa Cather |
| Publisher | : Tacet Books |
| Total Pages | : 98 |
| Release | : 2020-05-12 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 3968581733 |
It is said that music begins where words end. But many writers have tried to merge these two worlds, either by portraying musicians as characters, or by writing about the effects of music on some plot. For music and literature lovers, critic August Nemo has selected seven short stories that blend these elements: - A Wagner Matinee by Willa Cather - The Wind Blows by Katherine Mansfield - A Mother by James Joyce - The Music of Erich Zann by H. P. Lovecraft - The Music on the Hill by H.H. Munro (Saki) - A Lover of Music by Henry van Dyke - The Tragedy of a Comic Song by Leonard Merrick For more books with interesting themes, be sure to check the other books in this collection!
| Author | : Stephen Crane |
| Publisher | : Tacet Books |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2019-06-27 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 8577773140 |
Life always brings us situations that require courage to be faced and overcome. Fiction reflects these moments and, throughout history, many authors have had many different ways of understanding bravery. Join us in these seven stories about courage selected by the critic August Nemo: - A Mystery of Heroism by Stephen Crane - The Princess And The Puma by O. Henry - Beyond the Bayou by Kate Chopin - The Signal by Vsevolod Garshin - The Taking of the Redoubt by Prosper Merimee - The Heroic Slave by Frederick Douglass - A Little Hero by Fyodor Dostoevsky
