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Awaiting execution and counting down the final hours of his life, an unnamed prisoner records his thoughts, fears, and fading hopes with raw honesty. As the walls close in around him, he confronts mortality, justice, and the human cost of punishment. Powerful, intimate, and deeply moving, The Last Day of a Condemned Man is both a gripping psychological portrait and a timeless plea for compassion, challenging readers to reflect on the meaning of justice and the value of human life.

The Classic Oral Tradition Mega Collection gathers ancient epics, mythological works, fairy tales, folk traditions, and Native American stories from across cultures.

Dreizehn atemberaubende Geschichten. Ein sagenumwobener Tag. Eine Verbindung, die alles verändert. Diese Sammlung enthält dreizehn Geschichten vom Tag des Dreschens einiger der beliebtesten Charaktere und ihrer Drachen, darunter auch Xaden Riorson. Die internationale Bestsellerreihe – diese...

The Greek poet, Hesiod, stands out as the first personality in European literature. The Theogony contains a genealogy of the gods from the beginning of time and an account of their violent struggles before the present order was established. The Works and Days, a compendium of advice for a life of honest husbandry, shines a unique and fascinating light on archaic Greek society, ethics, and superstition. Hesiod's poetry is the oldest source of the myths of Prometheus, Pandora, and the Golden Age.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE From the internationally acclaimed author of the novels De Niro’s Game, Cockroach, Carnival and Beirut Hellfire Society, here is a captivating and cosmopolitan collection of stories. In Montreal, a photographer’s unexpected encounter with...

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】電気学の発展と、その中心人物マイケル・ファラデイの生涯・業績をまとめた伝記的解説文。電気の歴史を紹介したあと、マイケル・ファラデイがどんなに貧しい家に生まれ、製本屋で働きながら独学で科学を学び、デヴィーの助手となって研究者の道を開いたかをたどる。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】『貧しき人々の群』『道標』などの代表作で知られ、昭和期に活動した作家の随筆。日本のラジオがメーデーを皆の祭り日として歌の指導までしたのは、日本の歴史始まって以来のことである。十余年前のメーデーは、勤労大衆の行進か警官の行進かが分からぬほど荒々しいもので、婦人の参加は少なかった。

From Booker Prize finalist and bestselling author of "pitch perfect" (Boston Globe) Small Things Like These, comes a triptych of stories about love, lust, betrayal, and the ever-intriguing interchanges between women and men. Celebrated for her powerful short fiction, considered "among the form's...

Topaz now realizes why the saying "distance makes the heart grow fonder" rings true. Weeks have passed since the couple's Valentine's Day rendezvous, and Topaz has still been floating on cloud nine. That is, until the cloud evaporates, and a vicious fit of home sickness awaits in its place. Is Meeko's presence just the remedy the doctor prescribed? And when life throws them an unexpected curveball, how will the long distance couple be able to adapt and adjust?

In this tale, a powerful witch attempts to control others’ perception of the world and subjugates a baby boy and baby girl to different experiments, attempting to gain knowledge and power. These two young people grow into opposites and must learn to conquer their fears and rejoice in the...

Some questions arrive quietly. They do not demand answers. They simply sit beside us, waiting to see what we will do with them. In this gentle visit to the Orion Library, Kai walks with Cuddle Monster and Aiko on a breezy hillside where the wind moves freely through the tall grass. At first Kai tries to understand every movement of the wind. But what begins as curiosity slowly becomes a reflection on something deeper — the quiet freedom that appears when we allow some mysteries to remain unsolved.

This is my latest collection of short stories. As with the previous books, most of these 11 tales are set in Thailand. You can hear about a domestic cleaner who despairs of her feckless husband, a junior bank teller who tries to convince her boss there's been a murder, a lady in a hurry who won't stop to help an old man who's lost his shorts, a butcher and a restaurateur discussing farming techniques, and a lady-boy searching for love.

A modern romantic comedy about love, loyalty and limos from GMTV presenter, Fiona Phillips. A Day To Remember is a successful business, but when her right-hand man Steve runs away with their receptionist and the limo, Jo is left to pick up the pieces. Bookings are a mess, her home life is in...

A collection of highly disturbing and deeply original short stories from the master of horror Graham Masterton and rising star Dawn G Harris. A belt adorned with strange markings has the power to strangle anyone who attacks its owner. A man whose wife has been placed into a portrait at the Tate...

A fascinating mix of humourous Short Stories from the acclaimed writer Christopher J. F. Gibson.

Nora Lange's debut novel, Us Fools, was praised as the "Great American Novel" by Molly Young in the New York Times, and "a razor-sharp critique of American capitalism" by Michael Schaub at NPR. Now, she turns her eye toward the daily exercise of getting by. In "Heart Beats," Carol and David...

"With dark humor and sharp dialogue, Homes plumbs the depths of everyday American anxieties." --Time A razor-sharp story collection from a writer who is always "furiously good" (Zadie Smith, bestselling author of Swing Time). With her signature humor and compassion, A.M. Homes exposes the heart...

Upon returning from abroad, Ryan Jordan receives word that his mother has passed. As he processes this news from his sister over the phone, Ryan begins to question his past relationship with his mother. Grief soon mingles with regret as he makes the necessary preparations for her burial alongside his father. While at his father’s gravesite, memories of a fond childhood growing up around horses at their former home flood his mind, memories that he wants to share with his sister’s family when they bring down his mother’s cremated remains.

Three months after leaving Earth, the URSS Alabama had just achieved cruise velocity when the accident occurred: Leslie Gillis woke up. His first lucid thought was, Thank God, I made it. His next thought was, Something's wrong. Everyone was still asleep. Everyone except himself.

Trapped in bumper-to-bumper traffic, Lilian is caught up in a maelstrom of death when the outbreak hits Johannesburg...a city numbering in the millions. With no one to rely on but herself, she has to find a way off the bloody streets before it's too late. But with a six-month-old baby and a hysterical toddler in tow, escape seems unlikely. Battered and abused, Maria looks back upon her life with husband Rolf with loathing. Caught in a prison from which she cannot escape, she's powerless to change her destiny. Until the virus grants her an unexpected chance at revenge.