Short Stories

Lost Face

Jack London

Lost Face is a collection of seven short stories by Jack London. It takes its name from the first short story in the book, about a European adventurer in the Yukon who outwits his (American) Indian captors' plans to torture him. The book includes Lon...

Love of Life, and Other Stories

Jack London

“And, dying, he declined to die.” “Though alone, he was not lost. ” “hard as he strove with his body, he strove equally hard with his mind, trying to think that Bill had not deserted him, that Bill would surely wait for...

Moon-Face and Other Stories

Jack London

The story follows the unnamed protagonist and his irrational hatred of John Claverhouse, a man with a "moon-face". The protagonist clearly states that his hatred of him is irrational, saying: "Why do we not like him? Ah, we do not know why; we know o...

In Our Time

Ernest Hemingway

In Our Time is the title of Ernest Hemingway's first collection of short stories, published in 1925 by Boni & Liveright, New York, and of a collection of vignettes published in 1924 in France titled in our time. Its title is derived from the Engl...

Three Stories and Ten Poems

Ernest Hemingway

Three Stories and Ten Poems is a collection of short stories and poems by Ernest Hemingway.   The three stories are: "Up in Michigan" "Out of Season" "My Old Man" The ten poems are:   "Mitraigliatrice" "Oklahoma" "Oily Weather" "...

The Gift of the Magi

William Sydney Porter

On Christmas Eve, Della Young discovers that she has only $1.87 to buy a present for her husband Jim. She visits the nearby shop of a hairdresser, Madame Sofronie, who buys Della's long hair for $20. Della then uses the money to buy a platinum pocket...

Jungle Tales of Tarzan

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Jungle Tales of Tarzan is a collection of twelve loosely connected short stories by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, comprising the sixth book in order of publication in his series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. Chronolog...

CUFF ME DADDY

Rye Hart

Cash is a decorated officer with the police department and always takes the most dangerous assignments. He's an undercover cop who's ready to do anything for his adorable baby girl. That's right - he's a single father - and he's as tough as they come...

Hunted (BookShots)

James Patterson Andrew Holmes

Hunted is a brand-new bookshot from James Patterson, the man who sold more books than any other writer in the genre of mystery thrillers. He's the king of thrillers, and his latest novel is just as great as any of his previous masterpieces. This time...

Forbidden Fruit

Anonymous

You can think about this novel is about some kind of Victorian erotic novel or even a pornography book. Some readers can be regarded it as very amusing reading, some say that there is nothing especially interesting in The Forbidden Fruit except...