Short Walk

A classic of travel writing, ‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush’ is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on earth. It was 1956, and Eric Newby was earning an improbable living in the chaotic family business of London haute...

“Imagine The Life of Pi, The Alchemist, and The Midnight Library rolled into one fantastical fable.” —The New York Times Book Review * “An epic adventure…rich with all the possibilities the world can hold.” —People NATIONAL BESTSELLER A dazzlingly epic debut that charts the...

Andre Monroe is ready to move on from heartbreak, and the first step is bringing home his rescue pup. He’d bonded instantly with the playful Zeus and was already planning their first adventures. But one thing he definitely hadn’t daydreamed about was Zeus accidentally being promised to someone else - or that he might go home empty-handed and brokenhearted all over again.

Costa Book Award (Winner) BookTrust Teenage Prize (Short-listed) The Carnegie Medal (Short-listed) “Grim and beautifully written. … Superb. … This is among the best YA science fiction novels of the year.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Reaching the end of their flight in...

From the mind of the man Stephen King calls "a master of the macabre", comes a brilliant new collection of no-punches-pulled horror stories, some never-before-collected and many originals that have never been published anywhere before. Bentley Little can take the innocuous, twist it around, and write a story that will change your way of thinking. Walking Alone: Short Stories is a shining example of his talent to scare you, creep you out, and make you shudder. 

“Narrated with crack dramatic and comic timing. … The cliffhanger ending is as effective as a shot to the gut.”—Booklist (starred review) Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and...

Six Halloween stories. One long walk into the dark. In Walking After Midnight: Tales for Halloween—Part I, Evan Camby gathers six creepy Halloween stories filled with haunted roads, old cemeteries, night terrors, Ouija boards, autumn rituals, and things best left waiting after midnight. Read them beside a bonfire on a chilly October night, under a blanket by candlelight, or alone in a quiet house after everyone else has gone to sleep. Just don’t look behind you. Inside this Halloween horror short story collection: Hayride A family trip to an apple orchard takes a terrifying turn on a ...

The international bestseller and masterpiece of science fiction in a new eye-catching package “Harrowing, heartbreaking, and brutally human . . . a masterpiece of speculative fiction and social commentary.” —Neal Shusterman, New York Times best-selling author of the Arc of a Scythe trilogy...

"A Walk in the Dark" was first published in the August 1950 issue of Thrilling Wonder Stories. Sir Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) is regarded as one of the most-influential science fiction writers of all time. He was named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.

My husband stole five brides’ wedding money to pay for his mistress—and forged my name on every withdrawal. I’ve spent eleven years making sure other women get the perfect day...Then I discovered seventy-one thousand dollars missing from a client's trust account. Five families. Five weddings. And five forged authorizations carrying my signature. If this destroys my license, it destroys everything I built. So I served my husband with divorce papers and flew to the Amalfi Coast. Dante Moretti—the billionaire owner of the cliffside estate I spent fourteen months restoring—met my boat...

A town with a horrible secret. A doctor whose patients may not be imagining the shadows they see. An ancient creature stalking a young woman on a dark mountain road. The Halloween season continues in Walking After Midnight: Tales for Halloween—Part II, featuring ten more tales of terror, suspense, and dread from Evan Camby. Inside this collection: CABIN CREEK A prequel to “Walking After Midnight,” revealing more about Sheriff Benoit and the terrible secret buried in Cabin Creek. THE DEVIL YOU KNOW Dr. Martell runs a psychiatric facility with a steady hand. But what if the shadows his ...

Five minutes can change the direction of your day. Life is full before your feet hit the floor. Appointments, emails, family needs, unfinished tasks — and thoughts that refuse to slow down. Finding time with God can start to feel like one more thing you're failing to fit in. 5 Minutes With God offers a gentler way forward. This 365-day devotional was written for busy women who want real connection with God, not another item on an already-full to-do list. Each daily reading pairs a short passage of Scripture with a practical, honest reflection and a simple prayer — designed to meet you ...

A young man caught in a time loop has to figure out how to convince his crush—a barista at his favorite coffee ship—to go out with him so he can escape the loop. After a series of mortifying and hilarious attempts, he finally realizes the only approach he hasn’t tried is to simply be himself.

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You do not need hiking boots. You do not need a free weekend or a trail map. You need one walk. This short read is built around a single idea backed by real research: take one walk in a natural setting, using the steps in this book, and you will likely feel a difference by the time you get home. Inside: why walking in nature calms an anxious or racing mind, how to pick a walk you will actually take, what forest bathing really means, a simple five senses practice, what to do if your mind will not quiet down, and how to turn one good walk into a twenty-minute habit. Written by a licensed ...

"McFarlane’s skill in evoking individual inner lives and Jones’s deftness in capturing their spirit make every character distinct." —The Washington Post on The Sun Walks Down, one of The Washington Post's 10 Best Audiobooks of 2023 A gripping, enigmatic collection of linked short stories...

Blood. Loyalty. Love. Walking With Cane weaves a story as old as Cain and Abel, set in a modern world where every choice leaves a mark and every wound leaves a trail. A single night of violence tests the fragile threads between brothers. When the stakes are high, will they hold—or snap? Part of the AFTERLIGHT short story collection: Stories about love, loss, hope, and the light revealed through life’s defining moments.

Elizabeth Bennet did not come to Rosings to understand Mr. Darcy. She came to visit Charlotte, endure Mr. Collins, and survive Lady Catherine de Bourgh with as much wit as civility allows. Mr. Darcy’s arrival at the parsonage should change nothing. Their conversations have already become too particular, their silences too full, and the road between them far too dangerous. Then a walk before Rosings places them where neither drawing-room manners nor Lady Catherine’s opinions can easily interfere. Elizabeth has questions she has tried not to ask. Mr. Darcy has explanations he has avoided ...

The New England Masterworks Collection gathers ten works connected with New England life, literature, history, reform, and imagination.

My husband told one woman I was dead. In a town this small, that was never going to stay buried. I drive Route 9. I know who’s getting divorced, whose kid got suspended, who’s sick, and who’s pretending not to be. So when I offered my old cancer wig to a young woman on my route and discovered it missing, I started asking questions. Jason said he donated it. The cancer society had never heard of us, but the salon had. They also had a return slip signed by my husband, a story about my death, and eighteen hundred and fifty dollars in store credit he’d already started spending. On ...