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An all-new collection of the six brand new duet recordings of the #1 NYT Bestselling Big Rock series Big Rock by Lauren Blakely! This is the ONLY collection that features all six new duet productions of the rom coms from her beloved series! Each one is narrated in duet by Sebastian York with a new leading lady–Erin Mallon, Brooke Bloomingdale, Stella Hunter, Vanessa Edwin, Emma Wilder and Simone Lewis!

Life in Stories is a deeply human collection of fiction, lyrics, and novel excerpts that traces the arc of life—moving through youth and age, humor and tragedy, love and loss. From the beaches of Rio to the soccer fields of New Jersey, from the Roman conquest at Alesia to the American West of the 18th century, these stories explore athletes chasing vanished glory, lovers trying to find their way back to each other, ordinary people facing extraordinary moral choices, and moments of quiet reflection that define who we become.

Yoga gegen Rechts vereint Kurzgeschichten mit trockenem Humor, bissigen Dialogen und messerscharfen Beobachtungen. Mit satirischem Scharfsinn und viel Selbstironie entlarvt Patrick Salmen die pathologischen Züge achtsamkeitsbesessener Stadtneurotiker, denn niemand weiß so gut wie der Dortmunder Comedian, dass einem das Gegenüber oft nur deshalb so schräg vorkommt, weil man gerade in einen Spiegel schaut.

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook. Mr Davenheim, a wealthy financier, leaves his home to mail a letter, then fails to return. The story fills the newspapers and intrigues Hercule Poirot, who challenges Inspector Japp that he can solve...

"A stunning collection that lingers in the mind and heart" Ruth Ozeki "I've been yearning for the whole world to read Kim Choyeop and fall in love with her as I did" Bora Chung, author of Cursed Bunny and The Midnight Timetable FOR FANS OF DALLERGUT DREAM DEPARTMENT STORE AND CURSED BUNNY...

When the White family come into the possession of a supposedly mystical talisman – a mummified monkey's paw – they are at first sceptical. According to the previous owner, the paw can grant three wishes, but only with a hellish cost. Mr. White, following encouragement from his son, flippantly wishes for £200, which will enable him to pay off the mortgage for his house. But when Mr. White's innocent wish comes true, a series of tragic and horrifying events ensue, changing the family forever.

The humble yet shrewd Father Brown returns in a series of epic mysteries that see him use his gift of human understanding to solve the crimes at play. After all, it is not just logic and rational thinking that can get to the root of these crimes – but moral reasoning too. In these twelve tales, we see a man seemingly disappear from a locked room, a staged robbery, a fatal love triangle and much more. Rather than mere criminal tricks, these stories offer profound psychological and spiritual truths.

'Madmen do not rebel against logic – they merely use it where it is not applicable.' A brilliantly unique collection of short stories, The Poet and the Lunatics was originally published in Nash's Magazine in 1921. Today, it remains a masterpiece of detective fiction. Gabriel Gale, an eccentric poet, often finds himself acting as detective when he becomes entangled in a series of bizarre and psychologically challenging events.

First published in 1906, The Four Million consists of twenty-five moving short stories based in New York. Each tale showcases the lives of seemingly ordinary people – clerks, waiters, con artists and more – with irony, humour and warmth. From a charming exploration of love with 'The Gift of the Magi' to a tragic tale of friendship in 'After Twenty Years', The Four Million compellingly conveys the unique breadth of the human experience. A brilliant collection of character sketches, O. Henry reminds us how everyone has a story worth telling.

She wanted to be seen. Just once. Mathilde Loisel lives a quiet, ordinary life in Paris—but she believes she was meant for something more. Elegance. Luxury. Admiration. A life just out of reach. When a single invitation offers her a glimpse of that world, she risks everything for one perfect evening—borrowing a necklace that seems to promise the life she has always imagined.

Her life was shattered in an instant. Her purpose will demand everything. After a devastating accident, Kasha is drawn toward a calling she doesn’t fully understand—and isn’t sure she can survive. Each step forward brings doubt, darkness, and trials that test her faith and her heart.

This time Heaven means business!... Ricky has been secretly in love with his best friend Jez forever, but he's never dared confess his feelings because he thinks Jez is too high-class for him. One day, while sharing a quiet evening with Jez, a mysterious angel, Madred, appears and tries to persuade Ricky to take a chance on love.

Um pai ausente busca o filho no internato quando ele comete um ato de violência chocante. A babá de uma família de celebridades se refugia em um rancho após um escândalo ser estampado nos tabloides. Uma jovem vende suas roupas íntimas para estranhos. Um hóspede famoso se interna em uma clínica de reabilitação no sudoeste dos Estados Unidos.

El apartado 'Mañas, destrezas y estrategias o De la naturaleza y sus zoologías' trata de las formas de vida: animal y vegetal, el cuerpo humano, la vida y la muerte. 'Planos del planeta o De las ciudades y sus sociedades' toca temas como la civilización y sus esplendores y contradicciones, el progreso, la guerra, la historia. 'Publicidad o De la condición humana' colecciona aforismos sobre la risa, la belleza, la libertad, la pasión y los anhelos. 'Orfandad o Del amor y los afectos' trata los temas del sexo, la pasión, los apegos, la compañía, la pareja, el deseo.

Un guía turístico de Chichén Itzá da una conferencia sobre la teoría maya del fin del mundo para impresionar a una mujer y de paso todo en lo que ha creído. Tras una caminata iniciática por la ciudad, una niña empieza a sospechar que su papá convive con una familia alternativa. Un hombre que se dedica a la estadística tiene un tórrido romance con una desconocida que miente cuando está excitada.

Este libro contiene siete relatos cuyos diversos estilos narrativos, tratamiento de los asuntos y construcción de los personajes, son una muestra de la fantasía del autor y de su versatilidad literaria. This book contains several stories whose differing narrative styles, treatment of subject matter and development of characters, are a sample of the author's imagination and literary versatility.

Mark Twain ist einer der bedeutendsten Erzähler der amerikanischen Literatur – berühmt für seinen scharfen Witz, seine lebendige Sprache und seinen unbestechlichen Blick auf Gesellschaft und Mensch. Diese Hörbuch-Edition vereint einige seiner bekanntesten Werke und zeigt die ganze Bandbreite seines Schaffens: von humorvoller Satire über große Abenteuerromane bis hin zu pointierten Kurzgeschichten. Mit "Die Abenteuer des Huckleberry Finn" schuf Twain einen Meilenstein der Weltliteratur.

Ten interconnected tales from the town where the impossible becomes inevitable and redemption is always within reach.

In the late 1970s, Ziad Idilbi, a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon, marries Salma, a Lebanese refugee escaping the war in Beirut. Resolving to start over for the very last time, the couple opens a corner store in Toledo, Ohio, across from the General Motors factory, where Toledo’s Arab community intermingles with the working class. Over the decades, whether it’s bigotry (pre- and post-9/11), financial ruin, or terminal illness, the Idilbis find themselves on life’s outskirts, attempting to build something new.

An unsuspecting couple is treated to a luxury vacation by their deceased neighbor. After begrudgingly agreeing to volunteer at a nursing home, a middle school girl gambles over games of bridge with elderly residents. A single mother struggles to understand the unique bond between her autistic son and his dying grandmother. Four friends experience decades of highs and lows as pawns in The Game of Life. A professional gynecology patient runs into a high school flame while at work, undressed, on the job.