Un hombre llamado Steve Davis llega a casa un día para encontrar una carta de su esposa, Diane, indicando con frialdad que lo ha dejado y tiene la intención de divorciarse. Él no tiene idea de qué aco…
«La cata» es uno de los más brillantes relatos de Roald Dahl. Se publicó por primera vez en la edición de marzo de 1945 del Ladies Home Journal y posteriormente fue publicado, en 1951, en The New York…
Captain Bluebear tells the story of his first 13-1/2 lives spent on the mysterious continent of Zamonia, where intelligence is an infectious disease, water flows uphill, and dangers lie in wait for hi…
Grande appassionato di gialli, Marzio Montecristo ha aperto da qualche anno nel centro di Cagliari una piccola libreria specializzata in romanzi polizieschi. Il nome della libreria, Les Chats Noirs, è…
To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it's just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk the…
In this poignant and humorous work, Virginia Woolf observes that though illness is part of every human being's experience, it has never been the subject of literature—like the more acceptable subjects…
Offering an engrossing spin on a time-honored theme - the risky business of making a pact with the devil - this short story is a radiant jewel. It recounts the mercurial lot of Keawe, a Hawaiian who p…
With a simple, witty story and free-spirited illustrations, Peter H. Reynolds entices even the stubbornly uncreative among us to make a mark -- and follow where it takes us.
The philosophies of Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)—hero to environmentalists and ecologists, profound thinker on humanity's happiness—have greatly influenced the American character, and his writings …
Morris Lessmore loved words. He loved stories. He loved books. But every story has its upsets. Everything in Morris Lessmore’s life, including his own story, is scattered to the winds. But the power …
Narcissus and Goldmund tells the story of two medieval men whose characters are diametrically opposite: Narcissus, an ascetic monk firm in his religious commitment, and Goldmund, a romantic youth hung…
