Munro: 420 books

A New York Times Editors’ Choice Book Spanning almost thirty years and settings that range from big cities to small towns and farmsteads of rural Canada, this magnificent collection brings together twenty-eight stories by a writer of unparalleled wit, generosity, and emotional power. In A...

During a routine stop en route to Viros, Jannike Hondros is kidnapped and incarcerated, her destination a planet she’d hoped to never, ever visit again—Manx Two, the planet where she was accused of murder. Prince Lynx Leandros of Viros, second-in-line to the House of the Cat, and his bodyguard,...

 Munro’s stories were born five decades ago in a small English village where children were seen and not heard, fathers were wacky, neighbors were snoopy, and maiden aunts were beautifully crafted artifices. Her original stories, dolloped with characters reminiscent of those from her childhood,...

Drug Use Cuts a Wide Swath Among Author’s FriendsShort Stories to Die For“Stink” in Australian slang means a “fight” or something or someone that is not welcome. The Chronicles of a Stink Chicken: Episodes Second Edition features eight short stories and poetry describing the madness and wildness...

Love at first sight… When she arrives on the planet Viros, Gweneth Swithin takes one look at royal bodyguard Ellard Tetsu and her inner feline—the one she didn’t know existed—falls for the silent, alpha shapeshifter. She’s thrilled and excited at the way her half-feline side has made...

Hope always thought she would end up overseas as a missionary serving God as a teacher. Serious about God, and a quiet home body most of the time, it seemed nothing would stop her achieving her goals.Instead, in a series of tragic betrayals, she is drugged and seduced. Forced into marriage with a...

Bill Ross is a retired Scottish police detective now living in Austin, Texas. He spent many years with the London Metropolitan Police Major Crimes Division (The Met) and he is now volunteering with the Travis County police cold case unit as a Special Reserve Officer. His son Tommy, a former Marine,...

Resistance is futile. Cimmaron Zhaan refuses to follow the traditional path of a Dlog woman. Instead she dreams of traveling through space and flying spaceships for the Coalition. Years of hard work bring her goal within grasp, until her superior seeks sexual favors and leaves her stranded...

This eBook edition of "The History of the Russian Empire" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Rise of the Russian Empire is a historical study on Russian history, written by Hector H. Munro. The Book covers the period from...

Portobello grew from a settlement founded around 1750 on the Figgate Whins, a desolate area of scrubland 3 miles east of Edinburgh. It took its name from Puerta Bella, the port in Panama that was captured from Spain by the British in 1739 and is best known as a popular beach resort. What is less well-known...

When the Spaniards conquered the Yucatan Peninsula in the early 1500s, they made a great effort to destroy or Christianize the native cultures flourishing there. That they were in large part unsuccessful is evidenced by the survival of a number of documents written in Maya and preserved and added to...

The Unbearable Bassington was the first novel written by Saki (H. H. Munro). It also contains much of the elegant wit found in his short stories. Comus  Bassington, is a charming young man about town. His perversity however thwarts all his mother’s efforts to advance his prospects and lands him...

When Sophie was little her parents died. That was bad enough. Most children who die are looked after successfully by social workers and foster carers. Not Sophie. For in the background of Sophie's life, supposedly worshipping at her church is a man called the deacon. He preys on children. He uses...

Een jonge vrouw en moeder die moet leren omgaan met de ondraaglijke pijn van het verlies van haar drie kinderen; een vrouw die probeert wraak te nemen op haar concurrente in de liefde; en een negentiende-eeuwse vrouwelijke wiskundige die het geluk najaagt: Alice Munro schrijft met een bedrieglijke...