Maria: 6239 books

The modem Brazilian short story begins with the mature work of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908), acclaimed almost unanimously as Brazil's greatest writer. Collectively, these nineteen stories are representative of Machado's unique style and world view, and this translation doubles the number...

"José Matias," the tale of a madly romantic man of leisure who is going to his grave accompanied by a very brief procession of carriages, highlights the gentle irony—equal parts affection and sarcasm—that makes the work of the great nineteenth-century Portuguese writer José Maria de Eça de...

Scholars consider sound and its concepts, taking as their premise the idea that popular culture can be analyzed in an innovative way through sound. The wide-ranging texts in this book take as their premise the idea that sound is a subject through which popular culture can be analyzed in an...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction (new and classic works), articles, interviews and art. Our October 2014 issue contains: Original Fiction by Maria Dahvana Headley ("Taxidermist in the Underworld"),...

New York Times bestselling author Maria Dahvana Headley presents a modern retelling of the literary classic Beowulf, set in American suburbia as two mothers—a housewife and a battle-hardened veteran—fight to protect those they love in The Mere Wife. From the perspective of those who live...

Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Irish writer and is considered to be a significant figure in how novels have evolved in Europe.  Edgeworth’s novels are known for moral and social themes.  This edition of The Bracelets includes a table of contents.

Once readers find Narnia, they never want to leave. Extend their stay with these imaginative writing ideas based on C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel. Prompts are closely connected to the text and include a wide variety of writing topics. Here are just two of the many ideas you’ll find...

NIGHTMARE is an online horror and dark fantasy magazine. In NIGHTMARE's pages, you will find all kinds of horror fiction, from zombie stories and haunted house tales, to visceral psychological horror. This month, we have original fiction from Adam-Troy Castro ("Four Haunted Houses") and Maria...

Claim your destiny, or crash and burn… Jay Sharp is a gifted up-and-coming singer, destined for stardom. The problem is, crippling stage fright holds him back. Jay freezes every time he is in the spotlight. Young runaway Alice Electra is living on the street. She is an amazing guitarist,...

In What We Pass On: Collected Poems: 1980-2009, Maria Mazziotti Gillan weaves a tapestry of one woman's life - wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, grand-daughter, Italian American. Reading these poems in one volume makes us acutely aware of how memory is layered, each new poem adding another detail,...

Décryptez La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh de Philippe Claudel avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir de La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh, le roman sur le thème de l'exil qui a ému le public ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une fiche...

Décryptez L'Étrange Voyage de Monsieur Daldry de Marc Levy avec l’analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr ! Que faut-il retenir de L'Étrange Voyage de Monsieur Daldry, le roman qui a captivé les lecteurs ? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une fiche de lecture complète...

The third in the very popular Very Christmas series, this volume brings together the best Italian Christmas stories of all time in an elegant and vibrant collection featuring classic tales and contemporary works. With writing that dates from the Renaissance to the present day, from Boccaccio to Pirandello,...

Rilke's haunting images focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety. Rainer Maria Rilke felt that the world and all its joys most truly belonged to the young, and in Stories of God he captured for them the magic, charm and wisdom of fairy and folk tales.