A man awakens to find himself transformed into a giant vermin; a performer starves himself to death as a circus attraction; a fiendish engine of capital punishment engraves the letter of the law into the body of the condemned. Such are the nightmare scenarios that emerge in the short stories of Franz Kafka, one of the twentieth century's most formative, mystifying literary figures. Though immediate in their impact, Kafka's stories invite endless angles...

A collection of nearly sixty fables from Aesop, including such familiar ones as "The Grasshopper and the Ants," "The North Wind and the Sun," "Androcles and the Lion," "The Troublesome Dog," and "The Fox and the Stork.".

Schweblin's stories have the feel of a sleepless night, where every shadow and bump in the dark take on huge implications; they leave your pulse racing and the line between the real and the strange blurring. In the tradition of Raymond Carver and Flannery O'Connor, Schweblin's stories move on the boundary between the real and the fantastic. This selection, chosen by the author, is an indispensible piece of contemporary Argentine literature.

Supermuscleman and Doc Krok are at it again, and it's not just the galaxy they're out to ruin--it's Sardine and Little Louie, too! Get ready for the ultimate match-up as wits battle brawn in the best bout of this series. Yes, that's right--it's the Space Boxing Championship! The fearless cousins must go head to head with Supermuscleman, Chief Executive Dictator of the Universe, shrunken to enter the kids' matches, but just as muscley. And that's only...

A fox steals steals some chicken eggs to raise himself for a plump, juicy chicken dinner. Unfortunately, his plan falls apart when the chicks hatch and call him Mommy.

A collection of more than two dozen nursery rhymes in Spanish, from Spain and Latin America, with English translations.

A homunculus manages to breach impenetrable Fort Briggs, and the Elric brothers discover a terrible alchemical secret that pervades every corner of the world as they know it. Meanwhile, Major Kimblee and a ruthless General Raven make Major General Olivier Mira Armstrong an offer she can't refuse. Whose side is she on, really? And how far is she willing to go?".

The brothers pursue fugitive May Chang to solve the mystery of why their alchemical powers were rendered inert. Meanwhile, Scar enlists some unlikely help to delve into the secrets of his brother's alchemical knowledge.

Translates Virgil's epic poem in which the Trojan hero Aeneas wanders over land and sea after the destruction of his beloved Troy, eventually fulfilling the prophecy that he would lead his people to a new land and found an empire.

A collection of traditional South American nursery rhymes in both Spanish and English.