Showing results for "Goats" in Literature & Fiction

Najeeb s dearest wish is to work in the Gulf and earn enough money to send back home. He achieves his dream only to be propelled by a series of incidents, grim and absurd, into a slave-like existence herding goats in the middle of the Saudi desert. Memories of the lush, verdant landscape...

“The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats” by the Brothers Grimm is a cautionary tale about the importance of being cautious and listening to parental advice. When a mother goat leaves her seven kids at home while she goes to the forest, she warns them about the dangers of the wicked wolf, who might try to trick his way into their house. The cunning wolf attempts to impersonate the mother goat, first with a gruff voice and then with a softened one, but the kids recognize his deception.

As a Soviet-style collapse unfolds in America, Grayson, equal parts philosopher and warrior but legitimately neither, makes a death-bed promise to watch over a couple with a child on the way. Driven by his own severe loss, he must make good on his promise and carry the psychic consequences as he races headlong into the fallout of our imploding civilization.

Whatever happened to Dan Gelber - the divorced screenwriter who journeyed to Nepal in his seventies, only to plunge to his death off of Mt. Everest? And just who is Jay Reynolds, the mysterious 20-year-old tennis prodigy who appears out of nowhere to battle Rafael Nadal at the French Open and Roger Federer at Wimbledon and become the new hope of American tennis, possibly "the greatest of all time". Roger L. Simon answers these questions and more in The Goat, his first stand-alone novel in years.

Meet Moni, the spirited goat boy of Fideris, Switzerland, who spends his days frolicking among the mountains with his beloved herd. Known for his infectious yodeling and joyful whistling, Moni shares a special bond with a little goat named Mäggerli. But when he stumbles upon a troubling secret that threatens Mäggerlis life, Moni faces a heart-wrenching choice should he keep the secret to protect his friend or tell the truth? This enchanting tale beautifully illustrates the importance of trust and integrity, reminding children that doing what is right is always worth the risk. (Summary by ...

After he died, conman Jake thought he made a good deal with the System. Turns out, the System swindled him. He woke up in an upside-down world with four furry legs and the powers of a mind-warping necromancer at his hoof tips. Humans are the servants, farm animals are the demon masters, and amid the mayhem, Jake finds meaning in his new life. Building out a barnyard kingdom and ritualizing the remains of his foes makes for some pretty sweet fire-breathing abilities.

It had been 20 years since Lenny Cates had seen or heard from his old college flame Sheena. Theirs had been a brief and tumultuous relationship that ended badly, so when Lenny is notified that Sheena has died in a freak accident and has left her entire estate to him, he feels compelled to investigate the last days leading to her untimely death. Soon, Lenny will discover that Sheena’s death has awakened something insatiably demonic and old as mankind, something lying in wait and growing stronger in a quiet little town where the horrors of the past never truly die.

After tragedy shatters William's world of self-imposed isolation, he finds himself on the road with a younger woman whose life becomes intertwined with his. Forging an unlikely friendship, they must learn to navigate the dangers and chaos of their journey into Mexico, while confronting ghosts from the past.

A moving poetic debut from a talented artist, USA TODAY bestseller Words of a Goat Princess is everything you love about singer/songwriter Jessie Reyez—her rawness, her love affair with the ugly truths of humanity, and so much more. Words of a Goat Princess is the USA TODAY bestselling debut...

Gabrielle Bates's electric debut collection Judas Goat plumbs the depths of intimate relationships. The book's eponymous animal is used to lead sheep to slaughter, while its own life is spared, and its harrowing existence echoes through this spellbinding collection of forty poems, which wrestle with betrayal and forced obedience, violence and young womanhood, and the "forbidden felt language" of sexual and sacred love.

一族を殺された堀家の女たちは、会津藩主加藤明成を討つべく立ち上がる。助力を求めた老僧と共に現れたのは……！　忍法と武芸が火花を散らす（？）前代未聞の伝奇やぎ小説。（GOAT 第２号「GOAT Summer 2025」掲載）

A love letter to the healing power of collaboration and feeling seen, The People's Purge: Words of a Goat Princess Vol II is a must-read for anyone looking to rid themselves of the guilt of existing and get lost in the razor sharp mind of Jessie Reyez. Born from a popular long-running series on...

A selection of funny, surreal, and grotesque short stories by a new master of the genre, Alex Burrett. Ideal for the daily commute....

Dr. Ibrahim Bihi of Somaliland has an advanced degree in economics and, as far as worldly goods go, a goat with three legs. Using his knowledge of temporary market inefficiencies and the propellers of a UN food plane, he turns his goat into capital and sends the global economy into a speculative frenzy. Soon most of the world's wealth is tied up in goat-backed securities. What could possibly go wrong? Only everything, and with our faithful orphan Jude as guide, we can sit back and laugh our way toward the resolution of this uproariously instructive satire.

表参道で、高校３年生の我孫子美亜は人を待っていた。戦禍の大磯で、ミヤコは毎日出征する人の送り出しに忙しなくしていた。在日韓国人パクチヘは、夫の仕事の都合で60歳にして初めてソウルで暮らす。

Confederate Camel Caravan 1861: The Civil War is raging. The men have gone to fight, leaving the women behind to cope. Cotton is the lifeblood of the South. Sara, a young wife, risks her life and reputation to lead an official Confederate Camel Caravan hundreds of miles across Texas to Matamoros, Mexico. There, cotton can be sold and shipped to the buyer, avoiding the Union blockade and providing critical funds for the South and for desperate Dallas cotton growers.

君が付き合っていた人の知恵や考えなんかが私の生活に入ってくるのがすっごく嫌。そんな私は、もう忘れた？ とまじめな顔で彼に聞く。（GOAT 第２号「GOAT Summer 2025」掲載）

Her story sheds light on a little-known segment of a 20th-century diaspora, a mass-exodus from Europe by some "huddled masses yearning to be free". This oppressed group fled the dire poverty of Sicily and southern Italy to endure a subsistence lifestyle bestowed by the owners of the coal mining industry and early American factories. She was surrounded by a clan of families.

息子が弁護士から内容証明を？　なぜ？　揺れに揺れる母親だが、相談した元夫はいたって冷静で、それが逆に腹立たしい。俳優・三浦透子がナレーションを務めた話題作。（GOAT 第２号「GOAT Summer 2025」掲載）

平凡きわまりない会社員の34歳は、”誰にでも取り柄の一つぐらいはある”という綺麗事を地で行くかのように、類い稀な、ある種の”慧眼”をもっていた。人間に取り憑いて悪事を唆す”虫”が見えるのだ……孤高の物語作家の面目躍如たる一品。