Weather Fiction

Edgar Allan Poe fue un escritor norteamericano que está considerado, con justicia, como el maestro de los cuentos de terror. Tuvo una vida bastante desdichada, murió joven, a los 40 años, pero tuvo tiempo para crear un obra donde combina como nadie, elementos fantásticos y de la más inteligente literatura policial. En este libro te presentamos siete de sus relatos más espeluznantes: El gato negro, Manuscrito encontrado en una botella, El retrato oval, El corazón delator, Morella, La isla del hada y La caja de pino.

Die Tage werden heller und wärmer, die Blumen beginnen zu blühen, und der Osterhase kündigt sich an: Es ist Frühling! Davon erzählen auch die Geschichten in diesem Hörbuch. Man begegnet Blumen auf der Suche nach der Sonne, besucht das Frühlingsfest der Drachen und wohnt sogar der Krönung eines Prinzen bei. Ein gelangweilter Osterhase, der zum Superhelden wird, findet genauso Platz wie eine Prinzessin auf Einhornsuche. So ist für alle etwas dabei, und langweilig wird es nie. Die kurzweiligen Geschichten werden von mehreren Sprecherinnen und Sprechern vorgetragen.

A young woman possessed by a ghost has slain the Fisher King of the West, Scott Crane. Now, temporarily freed from that malevolent spirit, she seeks to restore the King to life....

Nick Hornby meets Patti Smith, Mean Streets meets A Visit from the Goon Squad in this quintessential New York City story about two people who knew each other in the downtown music scene in the 1980s, meet again in the present day, and fall in love.

A snowstorm is coming to Jeremy Cooper's little town. As mayor, he decides to gather everybody together to make sure everybody is safe. But when one member of the community is overlooked, Jeremy has to decide what to do about the legendary Ugly Trudy Pitter. Also includes an author's note.

What do you do when it's raining cats and dogs...and pigs and whales? Take refuge in 15 stories of wild and wicked weather. They will freeze you to the core, they will soak you to the bone. You will find no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow, no sunshine after the rain. Just thunder and lightning that's very, very frightening. There's a storm coming....

In a rural Appalachian town, a man reckons with the violence and lassitude of his neighbors after a dark and confusing encounter in the woods. His life, as dull and steady as the weather hanging over the town where he lives, becomes a phantasmagoria when he is haunted by waking nightmares about a dead girl no one else can see. In this short work of Appalachian magical realism, a man is plagued by the ghosts of murders he didn't commit.

Amelia Bedelia is feeling under the weather. While it rains cats and dogs outside, Amelia Bedelia is stuck in bed with a fever. She passes the time by learning all about weather around the world. And with a lot of rest and a big bowl of Mrs. Adams' chicken soup, Amelia Bedelia will be back on her feet soon.

Catching Tigers in Red Weather, winner of the Three Candles Press Open Book Award (selected by Joan Larkin), is a collection of poems by a new voice that combines montage cut-ups with an informing dialectic that gives us a wide array of contemporary American viewpoints. By turns playful and serious, the poet deftly embraces and criticizes a popular culture that is too complicated to dismiss with swift and simple comments. It is a book of rich rewards.

Pete the Bee and the Chilly Weather is the 14th of 20 individual Pete the Bee stories written by British author Paul Cook. The stories are centered around the rescue farm where Pete and his friends live. The animals, which include Shebdon the Shire horse and Brandon the Fly, share many adventures together, but Pete usually saves the day. These lighthearted stories can be enjoyed by children of all ages.

We've all heard that if we don't like the weather just give it five minutes and it will change. This short story by humorist Mark Twain may have been the origin of the idea. Twain seems convinced that no weather is more varied than in New England. No forecast is so difficult to claim as true as New England. Then again, each region could make the claim and be proud of their prognostication.

When Lucy Lovett’s husband loses his job, she is forced to give up her posh life in London and move their family to a tiny apartment in Manhattan. Homesick and resentful at first, Lucy soon embarks on the love affair of her life - with New York City and the three women who befriend her. Spot-on observant, laugh-out-loud funny, yet laced with kindness through and through, No One Could Have Guessed the Weather is a story of what happens when you grow up and realize the middle part of your story might just be your beginning.

What are tornadoes? Blizzards? Hurricanes? Listeners will learn the ins and outs of severe weather in this book. Accessible text describes severe weather conditions and encourages students to be weather aware and to take proper precautions in the event of severe weather.

Is it rainy? Cloudy? Stormy? Listeners will learn the ins and outs of observing weather conditions in this book. Accessible text describes the different weather conditions and encourages students to think about and engage with the weather that is just outside their windows!

This is an educational book about the weather.

Small talk is a staple of conversation. We say "How are you?", but we may not really want to know. We remark about the weather, but it’s usually just a way to feel less awkward. Classic storyteller O. Henry introduces us to Bud on a trip to New York. In Bud's world if you bring up the subject of weather you'd better be willing to carry on a meaningful conversation.

Big raindrops were pattering on the dark windows. It was one of .those disgusting summer holiday rains which, when they have begun, last a long time - for weeks, till the frozen holiday maker grows used to it and sinks into complete apathy. It was cold; there was a feeling of raw, unpleasant dampness. The mother-in-law of a lawyer, called Kvashin, and his wife, Nadyezhda Filippovna, dressed in waterproofs and shawls, were sitting over the dinner table in the dining room.

Brian, and his trusty assistants, Linda and Jayne, find that their plans to attend a conference in New York are disrupted by Hurricane Sandy. Team bonding takes on a whole new meaning when they have to move to more cramped accommodation.

Professor Kompressor visits Walter's family, offering a remedy for the dog's digestive disorder: special food that must be mixed in his Kompressatron. Unfortunately, the professor's cure doesn't work, so Father has to take matters into his own hands. Father's combination of ingredients has a strange effect on the pooch. Walter blows up like a balloon and floats out the window! Just when it looks as though Walter's paws may never touch Earth again, he encounters a flock of butterflies in distress.

What if you could talk to the weather? Sage dreams of playing with the rainbows, flowers, snowflakes, and the sun. But how will she do it, when they are out of her reach? Tag along with Sage, and discover the true power of imagination.