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9461) Lord Have Mercy
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**This book is a Prequel Novella to the Possum Creek series. It was previously published as "Long Dead".**MISSING PERSONS ALERT Casey Black Age:13 Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown Height: 5'2 Weight: 137 lbs Casey was last seen leaving Possum Creek Middle School. She was wearing a pink t-shirt and blue jeans at the time of her disappearance. If you have seen Casey, please contact 890-5569. A $1,000 reward is being offered for any information about her whereabouts....
9462) Calloustown
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Calloustown, the seventh collection from master raconteur George Singleton, finds the author at the absolute top of his game as he traces the unlikely inhabitants of the titular Calloustown in all their humanity. Whether exploring family, religion, politics or the true meaning of home, these stories range from deeply affecting to wildly absurd and back again, all in the blink of an eye.
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Five short stories with an autumn feel. Five Short Stories for Autumn is a Wordsworth Collection of five themed short stories that have been previously published or broadcast. Full publishing history details below: THE GIRL ON THE BENCH first published in Words Worth Reading Issue 1; also published in Twee Tales More and as a Wordsworth ShortTHE MOST SCARIEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR first published in Words Worth Reading Issue 1; also published in Twee...
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Un portrait mosaïque de la Belgique.
Neuf portraits cocasses de nos stars politiques transformées en chats. Une Belgique comme on la connaît : décalée dans son conformisme, grinçante dans la décadence. À miauler de rire !
Belgiques est une collection de recueils de nouvelles. Chaque recueil, écrit par un seul auteur, est un portrait en mosaïque de la Belgique. Des paysages, des ambiances, du folklore, des traditions, de la gastronomie,...
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Inhalt:
Der Luftballon
Gottesfriede
Das Mädchen vom Moorhof
Der erste im ersten Jahr des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts
Peter Nord und Frau Fastenzeit
Das Hünengrab
Die Vogelfreien
Waldemar Attertag brandschatzt Visby
Mamsell Friederike
Der Roman einer Fischersfrau
Mutters Bild
Ein gefallener König
Ein Weihnachtsgast
Onkel Ruben
Das Flaumvögelchen
Unter den Kletterrosen
Die Grabschrift
Römerblut
Die Rache bleibt nicht aus
Die Geisterhand
Der...
9466) La comedia sueca
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Entre muchas otras cosas, un género literario es una reacción. Un efecto de lectura. La invención de un género, entonces, tiene que también inventar sus consecuencias, los espasmos específicos en sus lectores. Esa es la operación que Nicolás Lavagnino realiza en este libro de relatos tan preciso como fabuloso que es La comedia sueca.
Las historias son múltiples: enanos en redes bancarias, viajes al pasado en busca del punto cero del amor,...
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Découvrez une nouvelle biographique!
Parce qu'il y a des mots qui, mal employés, blessent à vie;
parce qu'il devient plus facile de s'excuser plutt que d'être juste;
parce qu'il y a des pensées irréfléchies qu'on devrait parfois garder pour soi;
parce que la bêtise a cela de supérieur à l'intelligence qu'elle n'a pas de limites;
parce que j'aimerais plus de profondeur dans le silence et moins de superficiel dans les mots;
parce que...
9468) Necktie Party
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Just as their small Southern town began to experience a re-birth on a new way of industry related to neurocybernetic technology, a terrorist attack destroys their city and someone is going to pay. Now, two old farts must talk a mob of angry, frightened people out of murder at a broken down motel in post-collapse America.
9469) Dancing in Valhalla
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13 twisted tales of music, magick, mayhem & murder.
Some torn from headlines in sunny South Africa where, for many, these are part of everyday life. Shop for shrunken heads in a village that time forgot.
Witness an ancient ritual passed down from the Aztecs through Jack the Ripper to modern day London.
Savour the sweet taste of revenge in a French restaurant.
Sit in on the Grim Reaper's disciplinary hearing.
And experience life on the streets...
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Nothing ever turns out right for Jerry!Jerry the Squirrel is back with another Volume full of edge of your seat, hilarious stories!The Squirrel Inventor is faced with all new adventures involving a flying squirrel, a robot Mary, a frozen Squirrel village, and the Squirrel Who Cried Hawk. Don't miss out on ten more captivating tales!Jerry the Squirrel can also be heard on Chat and Spin Radio on Thursdays at 7pm (UK time)."I am now caught up on this...
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Reading on Trains: A Collection of Short Stories for Your CommuteTraveling by train offers a unique opportunity to get lost in a book, as the gentle rocking of the carriage and changing scenery create the perfect environment for losing oneself in a story. That's why I'm so excited to promote the new short story collection "Reading on Trains" by author Dolly Owens.This charming book contains 8 short stories, each designed to be read during a real train...
9473) Judgement Day
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Marriage counselor Nancy Werlock didn't want to take over the family business. Unfortunately, for her fate, and a bunch of conniving but well-meaning spirits, have other plans. Because for Werlock women, the family business is demonology. And, at the Three Wishes Boutique, the customer may not always be right, but he may very well be possessed.
Episode Thirteen of the series includes two stories (estimated word count 7400 words)
Blame Games: A formal...
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A Special Bond Like No Other A wonderful auntie loves by choice. Embracing children not her own, giving the gifts of time, attention, and fun. With a little learning thrown in along the way.
Always receiving more than they give, from ever-changing relationships with fantastic kids that last a lifetime.
Aunties offer a guiding hand and warm hugs through all the adventures life brings.
Come meet all kinds of aunties and the children in their lives....
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Dying of thirst is the least of their worries... The plane went down in less than a minute. One moment personal assistant Jane was staring out the window at the sprawling Mojave desert, the next she was squeezing her eyes shut and praying for a quick death. Yet somehow Jane has miraculously survived the crash. Now, along with a nefarious Hollywood agent and a badly injured flight attendant, she must find her way out of the desert and back to civilisation...
9476) Shadow Plays
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"If The Twilight Zone ever makes a comeback, they need to give J. Patrick Lemarr a call immediately. The man knows how to do creepy, hair-standing-on-end fiction, yet always with a deep moral core that will leave you pondering life's greatest questions. Be sure to share this book with someone you care about, because you're really going to want to talk to someone after reading these stories." - Robin Parrish (from the foreword)J. Patrick Lemarr temporarily...
9477) Los Bastardos
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"Ricardo Piglia señala que el cuento "reproduce la búsqueda siempre renovada de una experiencia única que nos permite ver, bajo la superficie opaca de la vida, una verdad secreta". En estos cuentos, los autores lo consiguen con cuanto dicen, pero también con lo que callan, con los sobreentendidos que aluden a una realidad mayor encerrada en sus historias y que el lector sólo puede observar una vez pasado el punto final. Justo el descubrimiento...
9478) A Fat Zero
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Glimpse into the DarkWelcome, dear reader, to a collection where paradise and dread intertwine. Within these pages lie eight tales, each a portal to a world where the sun casts an unsettling glow.We journey from the bustling streets of Thailand to the smokey grime of London, encountering seemingly ordinary lives that take a sinister turn. Here, friendships sour, desires turn deadly, and the line between reality and delusion blurs.Prepare to be captivated...
9479) Eres el único
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Tomás Rodríguez le pidió a Santiago López que fuera a uno sus conciertos a los doce, y desde entonces este no se ha podido librar de asistir. Esto se debe a la persistencia del cellista, la cual si bien lo ha llevado lejos, a veces intimida a Santiago y le hace ir a dichos eventos a pesar de que no quiere...
Sin embargo, pasados los años, se acostumbra. De hecho, podría decirse que más que solo se acostumbra a ello: se acostumbra a Tomás......
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From the award-winning author of Perfume Dreams, a collection of thirteen short stories following Vietnamese immigrants new to the United States.
The thirteen stories in Birds of Paradise Lost shimmer with humor and pathos as they chronicle the anguish and joy and bravery of America's newest Americans, the troubled lives of those who fled Vietnam and remade themselves in the San Francisco Bay Area. The past-memories of war and its aftermath, of murder,...
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