Short Walk

“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...

It was 1956, and Eric Newby was earning an improbable living in the chaotic family business of London haute couture. Pining for adventure, Newby sent his friend Hugh Carless the now-famous cable - CAN YOU TRAVEL NURISTAN JUNE? - setting in motion a legendary journey from Mayfair to Afghanistan, and the mountains of the Hindu Kush, northeast of Kabul. Inexperienced and ill prepared (their preparations involved nothing more than some tips from a Welsh waitress), the amateurish rogues embarked on a month of adventure and hardship in one of the most beautiful wildernesses on earth. 

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.

“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...

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.

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.

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 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...

Brought to you by Penguin. A spellbinding fantasy adventure that follows a young woman struck down by a mysterious curse, and her extraordinary journey in search of survival. PARIS, 1885. On an otherwise ordinary night, Aubry Tourvel – spoiled, stubborn and nine years old – is suddenly...

The international bestseller and masterpiece of science fiction in a new eye-catching package “There is so much to love about the remarkable Patrick Ness! Above all, his deep, ferocious respect for young readers.” —#1 New York Times best-selling author Libba Bray Fleeing before a...

Is the Camino calling you? Again? Pilgrim numbers are soaring, but you have an option. Walk the Camino Ingles, the shorter, sweeter, safer, and authentic hike in a post-pandemic world. In 2022 you need the latest information before you walk, and it's in this book. Get checklists, printables and fully updated information sheets on the "new normal" from the reader bonuses, to get every detail you need for this pilgrimage, from prayers to postal services, it's all covered in this book. The Camino Inglés is a smart choice if you want to walk in 2022 and beyond. The Camino Inglés spans one ...

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 ...

"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...

"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.

His mistress thought she was stealing a prize. She was inheriting a problem. Brooke Harlan expected heartbreak when she found out about the affair. What she didn’t expect was to feel embarrassed for the other woman. Because once Brooke stops spiraling and starts paying attention, she sees the truth: her husband isn’t a prize worth stealing. He’s a charming, selfish, emotionally draining man who needs women to prop up his life, his ego, and his excuses. So instead of fighting for him, Brooke chooses something better. She lets him go. And as his carefully managed image starts cracking, ...

STOP WAITING FOR CHANGE. You keep waiting for the version of them they promise to become. The relationship may still have soft moments. They may still say the right thing sometimes. You may still remember who they are when things are good. But the pattern keeps coming back: the reset without real repair, the promise without follow-through, the serious conversation that somehow leaves you carrying the same hurt with a slightly better explanation around it. At some point, the question changes. It stops being, “Can this work?” and becomes, “What is this costing me to keep calling it ...

Tom Patey, one of Scotland’s foremost climbers and mountaineers, was legendary for his pioneering ascents and boundless enthusiasm, and his carefree approach and ability to burn the candle at both ends. "A Short Walk With Whillans" was originally published in the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal in 1963.

We Also Walk Dogs is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. One of his Future History stories, it was first published in Astounding Science Fiction (July 1941, as by Anson MacDonald) and collected in The Green Hills of Earth (and subsequently The Past Through Tomorrow).

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

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...