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"It was an old book that was a collection of tricky, narrative riddles that also had accompanying illustrations. One riddle was about a deer throwing a spear and counting to ten before catching it, another riddle was about a man having to buy something to eat, something to drink, something to feed the cows, and something to plant in the garden and only being…"

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September 25, 2026
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Antología de la literatura fantástica
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Antología de la literatura fantástica

Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Леонид Николаевич Андреев, John Aubrey, J. G. Ballard, Sir Max Beerbohm, Ambrose Bierce, Ah'med Ech Chiruani, Léon Bloy, Delia Ingenieros, Ray Bradbury, Tor Åge Bringsværd, Martin Buber, Richard Francis Burton, Arturo Cancela, Pilar de Lusarreta, Thomas Carlyle, Lewis Carroll, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Zhuangzi, Jean Cocteau, Julio Cortázar, Santiago Dabove, Alexandra David-Néel, Lord Edward Dunsay, Macedonio Fernandez, James George Frazer, Elena Garro, Herbert Allen Giles, Nathaniel Hawthorne, I. A. Ireland, W. W. Jacobs, James Joyce, Don Juan Manuel, Franz Kafka, Rudyard Kipling, Leopoldo Lugones, Arthur Machen, Walter De la Mare, Guy de Maupassant, Edwin Morgan, H. A. Murena, Niu Chiao, Papini, Giovanni, Carlos Peralta, Barry Perowne, Petronius, Manuel Peyrou, Edgar Allan Poe, Pu Songling, François Rabelais, Saki, May Sinclair, Walter W. Skeat, Olaf Stapledon, Emanuel Swedenborg, Лев Толстой, B. Traven, Tsʻao, Hsüeh-chʻin., Auguste comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, Voltaire, Evelyn Waugh, Edward Lucas White, Juan Rodolfo Wilcock, Oscar Wilde, Richard Wilhelm, G. Willoughby-Meade, Mary Shelley, Wu Cheng'en, William Butler Yeats, Jose Zorilla

1940
16 editions
The Gigantic Book of Riddles
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The Gigantic Book of Riddles

Jacqueline Horsfall, Lori Miller Fox, Joseph Rosenbloom

2004
1 edition
Riddles for Kids: Brain Teasers and Trick Questions for Kids and Families
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Riddles for Kids: Brain Teasers and Trick Questions for Kids and Families

Martha Astin

2019
1 edition
Quest for the Historical Jesus Christ and Christianity
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Quest for the Historical Jesus Christ and Christianity

Mr.Avinash Patra

2011
1 edition
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