Libros de Saki

The Toys Of Peace, And Other Papers: In Large Print

• 268 páginas
• Reproduction of the original.

Tobermory Y Otros Cuentos

The Chronicles Of Clovis

• This early work by H. H. Munro was originally published in 1911. ’The Chronicles of Clovis’ is a collection of short stories, including ’The Great Weep’, ’Tobermory&...

Tobermory And Other Stories

• 320 páginas
• 'Tobermory' – the title story of this collection – is widely considered one of Saki's finest pieces, in which a short-sighted dinner-party guest introduces a talking cat to the diners, inadvertently revealing...

Bassington, Un Noi Insuportable

• 160 páginas
• Francesa Bassington, viuda i mare d'un fill, ocupa provisionalment una casa confortable a Blue Street, que haurà de deixar quan la neboda de la propietària es casi. En el seu egoisme materialista, no fa sinó provar de posar en...

Truita Bizantina

• 152 páginas
• Comenceu un conte de Saki i l'acabareu. Acabeu-ne un i n'haureu de començar un altre, i quan els hàgiu acabat tots no els oblidareu mai. Es converteixen en una addicció perquè són molt més que divertits....

When William Came

• 134 páginas
• When William Came (1913) is a novel by Saki. Considered a masterpiece of invasion literature, When William Came indulges in the paranoid atmosphere of the leadup to the Great War to weave a sinister tale of espionage, survival, and conspiracy. Keenly awar...

The Chronicles Of Clovis

• 260 páginas
• In two brilliant collections of stories, Reginald (1904) and Reginald in Russia (1910), which spanned the Edwardian period, Saki made his name as the predominant wit of the emergent twentieth century. As the new Georgian age dawned, his star was at its...

Glacial Systems And Landforms

• 136 páginas
• This interactive guide serves to make glacial systems and landforms more accessible, as students use Google Earth and other satellite imagery to understand the patterns and processes found within glacial environments. Guided inquiry activities range from...

The Westminster Alice

• This early work by H. H. Munro was originally published in 1912 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. ’The Westminster Alice’ is a collection of satirical sketches, including â
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Whitewashing Julia And Other Plays

• Three comedies of societal hypocrisy. WHITEWASHING JULIA, adapted from a play by Henry Arthur Jones, tells the story of Julia Wren, whose presence is at first rejected by the scions of society, because of some supposedly scandalous behavior that once occu...

The Curious Tale Of Mandogi's Ghost

• 114 páginas
• The Curious Tale of Mandogi's Ghost incorporates Korean folk tales, ghost stories, and myth into a phenomenal depiction of epic tragedy. Written by a zainichi , a permanent resident of Japan who is not of Japanese ancestry, the novel tells the story...

Wicked And Humorous Tales +cd

• 128 páginas
• HUMOUR & COMEDY A dramatic intrusion ends a long family feud, a man is strangely influenced by his pets, a cat brings scandal to British society and a little boy battles to enjoy life with the help of his own personal god. These are just a few of the...

The Complete Saki

• 960 páginas
• Saki is perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England's 'Golden Afternoon' - the slow and peaceful years before the First World War. Although, like so many of his generation, he died tragically young, in action on the Western Front, his reputation...

World Atlas Of Atmospheric Pollution

• 120 páginas
• Air pollution affects us all in a number of crucial ways, causing lasting damage to our health and our environment. Whereas primary pollution can result from local activities, the extent of the impact can be felt at spatial scales from the individual up...

Improper Stories

• 136 páginas
• Eighteen sharply satirical and deliciously disturbing tales by Saki, the Edwardian master of the short story.

The Complete Short Stories Of Saki (h. H. Munro)

• 364 páginas
• Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916) was a British writer, whose witty works satirizing Edwardian society and culture led him to be known as a master of the short story. Munro, better recognized by the pen name Saki, produced works that contrasted the convention...

Obl 3 Tooth & Clawshort Stories Ed 08

• 80 páginas
• This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading..

The Happy Cat

• Saki was the pseudonym used by H.H. Munro (1870-1916), a British author and journalist who is best remembered for his short stories, which The Encyclopedia of Fantasy calls "witty, barbed and epigramatic." He wandered between the fanciful and...

The Complete Short Stories

• 563 páginas
• Saki is perhaps the most graceful spokesman for England's 'Golden Afternoon' - the slow and peaceful years before the First World War. Although, like so many of his generation, he died tragically young, in action on the Western Front, his reputation...