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Fake news, genetic engineering, designer babies, Big Pharma, incipient totalitarian rule, the destruction of books, transhumanism, the desire to play God, and the serial misuse of the word “science”—it may sound a lot like America in the 2020s, but these politically charged modern concerns have been probed deeply in classic fiction by a host of prescient authors over the past two centuries. The Art of Being Human draws some much-needed attention to the impact great literature can and does have, especially in the realm of the cautionary tale, in considering how we might learn from the past in order to inform our present decisions and plan for the future, all the while maintaining our humanity amid a dehumanizing world.
Collects short horror stories and extracts from longer acclaimed novels.
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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Short Stories" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks among the 26 most translated authors in the world. Table of Contents: Island Nights' Entertainments (South Sea Tales) New Arabian Nights: THE SUICIDE CLUB THE RAJAH'S DIAMOND THE PAVILION ON THE LINKS A LODGING FOR THE NIGHT - A STORY OF FRANCIS VILLON THE SIRE DE MALETROIT'S DOOR PROLOGUE OF THE CIGAR...
Published in this Volume 6 of Iswaydaarsi (exchange) series, is a collection of five short stories English novelists and story writers. Each story has been translated into Somali by Rashid Sheikh Abdullahi and Mohamed Hassan. The original stories in English and their translated Somali version are both included in the book. Also included are the translated works, into English of visiting artists to the Somali Week Festival 2012. The Iswaydaarsi (exchange) series offers translations into Somali of English works by Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edith Nesbit and Oscar Wilde; and from Somali poetry by Said Salah, Muuse Cali Faruur, Cabdi Yuusuf Xasan “Cabdi-dhuux”, Faysal Cumar Mushteeg and Xasan Qowdhan Yuusuf into English. The series intends to provide knowledge of international classical literature to the Somali speaking readership, alongside Somali literature and wisdom.
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Three Supernatural Short Stories In the Body Snatcher, the Bottle Imp and the Merry Men, Robert Louis Stevenson takes his characters into an alternate reality where supernatural occurs. In the new reality, corpses seem to have a life of their own, bottles have the ability of fulfill any human desire but with a cost and magic islands are the ultimate source for wealth. Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes
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