O Henry - Böcker

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This classic holiday tale of devotion and the art of giving is now fully illustrated with lush, watercolor drawings that add new poignancy and charm to Henry's simple tale about the rewards of unselfish love.

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I denna samling korta berättelser av novell-mästaren O. Henry finns några av författarens bästa och mest kända verk. En man sade en gång att det endast finns 400 personer i New York, som skulle komma att ha någon betydelse för framtiden. O. Henrys...

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O. Henry, the pen name of William Sydney Porter, is one of the most famous short story writers of all time, whose stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. O. Henry is so acknowledged as a great sho...

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O Henry spent fourteen years in Texas as a rancher, draftsman, bank teller, and drugstore clerk. Drawing on his experiences, he wrote a series of short stories about life on the Texas range, complete with his typical careful plotting, ironic coinc...

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För ett sekel sedan var USA i ständig förändring. Människor kom till landet från världens alla hörn, och städer expandera i en rasande takt. Denna skälvande tid beskrivs av O. Henry i dessa noveller, som bland annat utspelar sig i miljonstaden, el...

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Sixteen captivating stories by one of America’s most popular storytellers. Included are such classics as "The Gift of the Magi," "The Last Leaf," "The Ransom of Red Chief," "The Voice of the City" ...

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ISFJs are very generous and kindhearted; they value cooperation and are careful of other people's feelings. In this book you will find seven short stories specially selected to please the tastes of the ISFJ. These are stories by renowned authors t...

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Eighty stories that display O. Henry's comic eye and unique, ironic approach to life's realities. These stories about con men and tricksters and 'innocent' deceivers, about fate, luck, and coincidence, have delighted generations of readers. Set in...

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What does a poor young woman do when she loses her boyfriend or wants to find one? What little lies do we tell to make ourselves look better in the eyes of those that we love? How can a friend save someone who is sure that they are going to die? W...

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A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by John Escott. Money or love? Which is more important in life? Can money buy anything? Can it help a young man to marry the girl he loves? Does money really make peo...

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A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by John Escott. Money or love? Which is more important in life? Can money buy anything? Can it h...

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A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. This version includes an audio book: listen to the story as you read. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat. A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ...

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A level 2 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Diane Mowat. A housewife, a tramp, a lawyer, a waitress, an actress - ordinary people living ordinary lives in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century. ...

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This informative book is a comprehensive, research-based text on for educators, trainers and policy makers.  It provides an insightful analysis into the range of issues facing female entrepreneurs around the world, along w...

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Retold for students of English, this English Language Teaching (ELT/ESL) eBook is a beginner-level Macmillan Reader collection of short stories set in North America between 1898 and 1919. Five stories with unusual endings are about criminals and c...

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Retold for students of English, this English Language Teaching (ELT/ESL) eBook is a beginner-level Macmillan Reader collection of short stories set in North America between 1898 and 1919. Five stories with unusual endings are about criminals and c...

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This collection brings together stories and extracts which explore the relationship people have with animals large and small, wild and tame, real and imaginary. From a fantastical children's fable to a complex psychological love story, readers are...

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This collection brings together stories and extracts which explore the relationship people have with animals large and small, wild and tame, real and imaginary. From a fantastical children's fable to a complex psychological love story, readers are...

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O. Henry was a master of the short story and one of the most popular American writers of the twentieth century. This selection of tales from across his writing career ranges from New York apartments to the cattle-lands of Texas, taking in con men,...

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O. Henry was a master of the short story and one of the most popular American writers of the twentieth century. This selection of tales from across his writing career ranges from New York apartments to the cattle-lands of Texas, taking in con men,...

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Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. O. Henry is one of the most popular American writers of the twen...

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Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.O. Henry is one of the most popular American writers of the twent...

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Offering the most comprehensive study of southern Jordan, this illuminating account presents detailed data from over a hundred archaeological sites stretching from the Lower Paleotlithic to the Chalcolithic periods. The author uses archaeological ...

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The best of Eastern and Western medicine in an integrative healing system for the mind, body, and spirit.Now, for the first time, a Western physician and a doctor of Oriental medicine combine the unparalleled technological advances of the West wit...

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FROM THE WORLDS OF BUSINESS, POLITICS, HISTORY, LITERATURE, ENTERTAINMENT, AND MORE . . ."Think how much happier women would be if, instead of endlessly fretting about what the males in their lives are thinking, they could relax, secure in th...

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The more than 600 stories written by O. Henry provided an embarrassment of riches for the compilers of this volume.  The final selection of the thirty-eight stories in this collection offers for the reader's delight those tales honored a...

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The third in the Modern Library's series of original compilations, The Raven and the Monkey's Paw is a collection of classic tales and poems to engage our fear-seeking senses. The beauty of these stories and poems lies in their readability: ideal ...

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Explores strategies for quantifying, understanding, and protecting biodiversity. This volume describes an understanding of how megacenters of diversity are formed, maintained, and lost; what can be learned from mounting bird extinctions; and how c...

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