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"The millions of readers of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which operate at the heart of modern marriages. In...
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First published in 2014, this tenth-anniversary edition of the award-winning collection includes three new stories.A young mother intrudes in the life of an older woman, thinking she knows what's best. An academic becomes convinced that he is haunted by his double. Two children spy on their supposedly criminal neighbours. A man enables his cousin's predatory impulses out of loyalty, and a circus performer dreams of a perfect wedding. These characters...
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Shortlisted for Salt Publishing's Scott Prize. In Leone Ross's luminous collection of short stories ranging from richly extended stories to intense pieces of flash fiction, set between Jamaica and Britain anything can happen. Ross's setting may be familiar and her characters recognisable, but these stories take a magical/fantastical turn that dramatically transforms the way we see. Other stories draw us straight into the world of the fantastical or...
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"The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition" is an extensive collection that showcases the early works of the celebrated British author, Rudyard Kipling. Best known for iconic creations like "The Jungle Book," "Kim," and the "Just So Stories," Kipling's broader oeuvre, often overshadowed, is rich with detailed depictions of colonial India and acute observations of the British Empire's complex social and political fabric.
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5) Righter
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Righter is a collection of stories about people putting their world right… in their own way… They can't escape reality but they can certainly bend it to suit them… because reality is always and only our own reality and is rarely suited to most…Who can ever find Alana Love again ?Where is the Astronaut travelling to ?A Woman In Disappearing's world in coming to her endFedelma – A tale of hope and success for a woman who just wouldn't give...
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The stories of Vladimir Torchilin, representing the irrationality and phantasmagorical nature of everyday life both in Russia and in America, reveal the difficult world of the people of our time. The writer's gaze sharply notices the details – sometimes funny, sometimes tragic. Written in a lively, fascinating, and often ironic way, these stories are easy to read and at the same time make you think.
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In the title story of this collection, Alysson was raised to believe in a sisterhood of women. She is plunged into a world where the 'sisters' are twisted. Women set her up at work by a malicious prank. A manager tries to molest her. These events occur in the stories set in a fictitious agency where she is a badly treated casual. In 'Bad Neighbours', Trudy, Alysson, the owner of the property, and most of the street, are victimised, any hour of the...
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En esta segunda parte de Los cuatro mundos, el protagonista junto al Rymperión deberán frenar la llegada del Hombre Prisma, un ser que representa la oscuridad que todos los seres llevan dentro.
Sin embargo, no será tarea fácil, pues su influencia no ataca a nivel físico, sino de un modo mucho más atroz y despiadado. La Kingdom of Darkness es su dimensión, donde si te atrapase sufrirías la tortura eterna de un mundo de desilusión.
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9) Rock and Sea
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The sixteen short stories in Rock and Sea span an extraordinary range of mood and style. There are tales of tragedy, of mischief, of mystery and of gothic horror. Rock and Sea contains stories written by Jeanell Buckley over more than a decade, beginning in the late 1990s.
10) Small Doses
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Martin Penny, a disillusioned and awkward young man, looks back to a turning point in his life – when his old, boring, and enthusiasm-destroying English teacher was arrested for pimping and was replaced by a fresh new teacher, a man who managed to blow off the dead-dust of his predecessor and rekindle the reader and writer in Martin. Martin, now an English teacher himself, has to come to terms with which of these two teachers he has come to resemble...
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Erin McGraw's wry but poignant new collection of short stories brims with priceless insights and fresh descriptions. The Good Life features characters battling daily demons of envy, fear, and disillusionment while somehow maintaining an abiding optimism. Here are characters trying to weather the confounding people of the world--the chronically successful, the lucky in love, the athletically gifted--characters clinging to their cynicism while admitting...
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Overview: "Reflections in the Absurd: Short Stories of Existential Inquiry"Step into a realm where the ordinary unravels into the extraordinary and the mundane transforms into a tapestry of profound introspection. "Reflections in the Absurd: Short Stories of Existential Inquiry" is an anthology that delves into the depths of human existence, exploring the intricate web of philosophical conundrums that define our journey through life. Within the pages...
13) Lost Reflection
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In Dennis Callaci's third book, Lost Reflection, the author has assembled seven short stories that are sewn together with characters whose reflections on the past are not to be trusted. Tug at the seams of the book to find the connective tissue-a clone of a character in one story appearing with an assumed name in the next, a reinterpretation of previous events here and again there. Or pay no mind to the lost echo searching eternally.
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'Let her live amongst us in darkness…' Simple words were used to pass a judgment over a child who was only few hours old; a judgment that left her to live in darkness within the walls of a castle filled with secrets, blood, and suffering. It is a castle filled with gold and hope for a better life above the darkness in its basement. What is the path to the light of hope among monsters who love darkness and wear human skin as a disguise? Set in the...
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H. Lloyd Weston worked assiduously to create a compilation of short stories, some from real-life experiences, the others from the divine gift of the imagination. Each story is crafted with the author's emphasis on originality and fluidity of thought and expression, keeping in mind the reader who will embark upon the same journey by finding enjoyment in reading these engaging stories. The author wants the reader to experience the same palpable joy...
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Amores patológicos fue el primer libro de Nuria Barrios, que ahora ha vuelto a intervenir en él para celebrar los veinticinco años de su publicación. Su escritura suscitó en su momento tantos elogios como reacciones escandalizadas ante aquel mundo apasionado y excesivo, atento a la exploración del cuerpo como lenguaje del eros. Es asombroso comprobar cómo el poder perturbador de las voces de las mujeres cuando hablan de su deseo sigue hoy intacto....
17) About Face
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About Face is an illustrated children's book about a dream in which ears, eyes, nose and mouth become detached from the narrator's face, taking on lives of their own.
The facial characters, free from all restrictions, delve into mischief including party music, trying to bake a pie without burning down the kitchen, eating and even dancing!
About Face is a hilarious children's story illustrated with remarkable 3D effects and fantasic visual innovation...
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¿Has sentido miedo irracional?, ¿que la impotencia te supera? La salida está cerrada o nuestra mente nos hace creer que está bloqueada, pero el cerrojo está en tu esencia y la llave en tu autoconocimiento. La descarga es a veces la más sencilla herramienta y parece fácil, lo difícil es escucharla sin juzgar.
El cerebro es un músculo entrenable y redondo como un mundo, por lo que puedes hacer que tus miedos giren en espiral y, con efecto...
19) Beat the Beach
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A collection of short stories plus one not so short. Featuring Thai characters and/or Thai settings. A young girl wants revenge for her father's death. He was a drummer but not respected by other musicians. She steals the show with her drumsticks. She does more with blades on the Phuket's beach. A package is delivered, and an ear falls out. Then there is a tap at the door. Thailand's version of a vampire was locked in an underground room. The new...
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Big brother said that when I was born in the shadow, I was born to deal with the dead. I was born with Yin and Yang eyes, and I have learned a few mystical skills, and I can handle ordinary children. But one day, I met a thing that I don't know whether it is a person or a ghost, this thing is handsome and extraordinary, but it insisted on pegging me to marry him
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