Books with title Horse Kick and Other True Stories

Book 7 in the Real Kids Real Adventures™ How would you survive a plane crash that left you stranded in the ocean for three days? If your father was suddenly kicked in the head by a horse, would you know how to save his life? What if you went for a walk and suddenly found yourself lost and alone in the middle of a raging blizzard? Meet more real-life kids who have faced danger with courage, and unexpected adventure with confidence. Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a master of the short story. The son of a former serf in southern Russia, he attended Moscow University to study medicine, writing short stories for periodicals in order to support his family. What began as a necessity became a legitimate career in 1886 when he was asked to write in St. Petersburg for the Novoye Vremya (New Times), owned by millionaire magnate Alexey Suvorin. Chekhov began paying more attention to his writing, revising and developing his own principles and conceptions of truth, for a time coming under the influence of Leo Tolstoy. As a result of his widespread popularity, Chekhov amassed a vast collection of short stories displaying an early use of stream-of-consciousness writing, as well as his powerful ideas concerning the individual, the tedium of life, and the beauty nature and humanity. This edition contains many stories, including "Ward No. 6," "The Looking-Glass," "The Beggar," "Darkness," "An Avenger," "A Happy Man," and "A Troublesome Visitor."

A hospital assistant, called Yergunov, an empty-headed fellow, known throughout the district as a great braggart and drunkard, was returning one evening in Christmas week from the hamlet of Ryepino, where he had been to make some purchases for the hospital. That he might get home in good time and not be late, the doctor had lent him his very best horse.

A collection of six Western stories; over twenty thousand words of entertainment.The Horse ThiefIn 1875, Mike Thornton came to Dodge City, Kansas to arrest a horse thief and take him back to Texas alive, no matter what anyone else had planned. Why? It was his brother.The Lonely WindDorothy loved flowers, books and company; that was only natural for a teenage girl. However, on a farm in the middle of nowhere, she was so lonely she risked everything when she ran away.The Buffalo HuntIn 1847, on the Oregon Trail, Padric MacCarthy led a band of buffalo hunters. The wagon trains needed the meat.The Cripple of PiocheIn 1872, in Pioche Nevada, Jack Wheelock lost his leg in a mining accident. How could he earn money to send home to his mother? He couldn’t run from trouble, so he had to face it.AbileneIn 1867 the money was no good. Captain Mason Baxter planned to bring cattle out of Texas despite the carpetbaggers, the Comanches, and the jayhawkers, even if he had to drive them to the gates of perdition, by himself.Belle Takes a HusbandIn the spring of 1867, Belle O’Reilly came to a conclusion there wasn’t an acceptable husband to be had within a hundred miles. When she did find one, she wasn’t going to let a range war stop her.

Joan Aiken was famous for her spine-tingling ghost stories, and this collection presents five classic Aiken chillers in a new, accessible edition. Ghosts appear both in the strangest and most familiar places, but their effect is often the same, inspiring shock and chills in the characters and readers alike. None of these stories will be easily forgotten!