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SIMONE: ADVENTURES IN DATING (Books 1-5): All my life, I've been a man-magnet. Everywhere I go, guys drop at my feet. After all, I have a perfect body, insatiable sex drive, and a razor wit. I'm also modest (can't you tell?). Trouble is, I've never been lucky in love. I only attract guys who forget their wallets and show up to dates wearing #@%#-stained clothes. With my best friend's wedding around the corner, I finally decide enough is enough.

Пять разных героев. Пять столь не похожих друг на друга характеров и судеб. Каждый из них живет ожиданием Великого Шанса — на любовь, на успех, на справедливость. Каждая из этих историй — притча о том, насколько велика разница между «быть» и «казаться».

Every Friday at exactly 8:15 PM, the routine begins...YOU WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER is the first standalone story in The Friday Trilogy—a collection of atmospheric psychological suspense tales exploring the dark secrets hidden within our daily habits.

A continent. A climate. A future no one can ignore. The Danube is one of Europe's great lifelines. But what happens when even this mighty river loses its way? THE DANUBE IS DUST is a Climate Fiction story about water, climate change and the future of Europe. A young man sets out on a journey along the Danube. He is searching for freedom, nature and a life beyond the digital world—and discovers a future that may have already begun.

Sara herää sängystä miehensä Lennonin ja tämän parhaan ystävän Fredin välistä. Edellinen yö murskasi kaikki rajat, joiden hän luuli olevan olemassa heidän avioliitossaan. Mutta kun humala hälvenee ja todellisuus hiipii takaisin, kysymykset alkavat kasaantua. Illan jälkeen...

No final do século XIX, Joris-Karl Huysmans percorreu as ruas de Paris e deu vida àquilo que parecia comum: o barulho das carroças, os anúncios de jornal e os gestos apressados dos transeuntes. Em Esboços de Paris, o autor reúne poemas em prosa e textos breves que registram o dia a dia de uma cidade em plena modernização. A partir de cenas fugazes do cotidiano—em cabarés, bailes, cafés e interiores domésticos—Huysmans transforma o banal em literatura.

Una de las características culturales de esta época es la poca importancia que se le presta a los mitos en la vida cotidiana. No los reconocemos como formas de expresar verdades significativas. Mesetas de espejos es un libro de imágenes, de reflejos (individuales y colectivos) que a través de relatos y fábulas intenta darnos alguna idea de dónde estamos en la Tierra y dónde podemos terminar. Es decir, Mesetas de espejos no es lineal, pero sí coherente y personal; un texto que dialoga con obras literarias, cine, política, filosofía y arte.

Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890–1937) was an American writer of weird, horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos, but his legacy is also apparent in terms like "Lovecraftian horror" and an enduring fandom. The H. P.

Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer. He wrote horror stories and poems. The Edgar Allan Poe – Box - Contents: MS.

Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer.

উপেন্দ্রকিশোর রায়চৌধুরী রচিত ছোট গল্প সঙ্কলন। এই গল্প গুলি টুনটুনি আর তার চারপাশের অন্য মানুষ আর পশুপাখিদের...

A BBC collection of 16 Full-Cast Dramas & 5 short stories from the award-winning novelist, Rose Tremain Best known as a multi-award-winning novelist, Rose Tremain has also written numerous short stories and original dramas. 16 of them are featured here, including several plays written specially...

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】豊富な良水を持つ京都は古来より豆腐作りで名高い土地である。特に精進料理を好む京都人の嗜好も相まって、上質な豆腐の産地として知られていた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】伊代は九太から40円の手切れ金を受け取り、貯金をする。二人は3年間連れ添った夫婦であったが、九太が故楽長の未亡人まさ子と関係を持ったことで別れることとなった。

Dr. Margaret Richter has it all. She’s rich, thanks to her best-selling self-help books. She has a beautiful home in Cape Cod overlooking the beach. And she has a monthly book club that everyone is dying to get invited to. Literally. Because behind the crystal wine glasses, the fine linens and the catered hors d'oeuvres lies a tangled web of secrets, of deceit, of murder. No member of the book club is innocent—and many are guilty. And the person with the most to hide is Margaret Richter herself.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】戦死したと思われていた出征者が停戦後に帰還し、再縁していた妻が困るという話は少なからずあることらしい。わたくしは、戦死とされ遺骨まで戻っていた兄の妻を弟が娶っていたところへ、兄が突然帰ってきたという実際の噂話を聞いた。兄の帰還に妻は恐怖して近所の教師の家へ逃げ込み、両親と仲人夫婦はその夜のうちに嫁を実家に戻してしまったようだ。

Brought to you by Penguin. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A GUARDIAN AND SUNDAY TIMES 'BOOKS OF 2021' PICK A mindbending new collection of short stories from the unique, internationally acclaimed author of Norwegian Wood and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. The eight masterly stories in this new...

岐路に立ち、惑う人々に贈る 喪失と再生の記憶。この物語は、あなたの明日をやさしく照らす――絵本作家として活躍する高城好子はかつて美弥子の継母だった。

幕末の儒学者・安井仲平の妻となった佐代の生涯を描いた伝記的作品。日向国清武村の安井家に生まれた仲平は、幼少時の疱瘡で片目となり、加えて背が低かった。学問の才は誰もが認めるものの、「仲平さんは不男だ」という蔭言が郷里では絶えない。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】漱石が東京高等工業学校で行った講演で、自身の経験を交えながら文学と工業の対比について語った記録。漱石は文学の道にこそ進んだが、当初は建築家を志望していた。