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Brought to you by Penguin. Short, sometimes sweet and often strange, here are seven great stories by some of the best writers from around the world... Anne Enright Yoko Ogawa David Szalay Nadifa Mohamed Andrey Kurkov Yael van der Wouden and Roddy Doyle The Booker Prizes celebrate the world’s...

Ralphie Davis, was never man enough for his father or worth his mother’s attention. His life began once he moved from his parents’ home and into his sister’s. Tess, his older sister, was the only one to ever give him the time of day. He really never fit in anywhere and with no path to follow, no outlet, or really anything he enjoyed, he was well and truly lost. Then one day, his sister took him to work with her and introduced him to a whole new world full of endless possibilities. Had he finally found where he belonged? Daddy Marcel Allard hadn’t been a daddy in ages.

Dans ce recueil du début du XXe siècle, Georges Fourest compose des contes vifs et malicieux où l’humour et la satire s’allient à une observation sociale aussi fine que piquante. D’une histoire à l’autre, les situations se dérobent, les points de vue se renversent, et la comédie humaine, tour à tour burlesque, ironique ou cruellement lucide, prend des reflets inattendus. Entre légèreté et mordant, ces textes courts épinglent travers, illusions et prétentions.

How much heat can one man handle? Five red-hot stories. Five straight men. Five explosive first encounters with desires they never knew they had—until the right man made them impossible to ignore. This sizzling MM erotica boxset is packed with steamy first-time gay romance, forbidden attraction, and alpha males surrendering to pleasure they never saw coming. Whether you love tension that ignites into scorching passion, or instant heat that burns from the very first page, this collection delivers five unforgettable straight-to-gay stories that will leave you desperate for more.

The illustrations here center on a leaf. Their story is familiar to many. Whether at the beginning, middle or end of your journey in life, in one way or another we are all attempting to find a home a place where we belong, a place where we are cared for, a place where we are loved, and a place where we are held. For many, home is where you are born, where people look like you, talk like you, maybe even think like you.

Nobody gets more upset about a lack of eggs than I do...

The Golden Flame of India The monsoon winds whispered secrets through the narrow alleys of Bombay, where incense mingled with the scent of wet earth, and lanterns cast golden halos upon ancient stone, in a world where tradition-bound daughters in silk and silence, Asha Patel dared to dream beyond the confines of her father's courtyard.

Alex knew life with an angel and demon would bring its challenges. After feuds with monsters and the lords of Hell, he’s got the scars to prove it. Yet between each crisis, Alex, Rachel, and Lorelei share a deep romance and a daily life that makes the dangers all worthwhile—even if some of those days between crises aren’t entirely peaceful, either. COZY SHADOWS collects twenty novelettes and short stories threaded in between the novels of the Good Intentions series, ranging from pure steamy romance and fun to supernatural action and adventure.

Everybody loves stories and Scotland is full of them. Every town, village, glen, loch, nook and cranny has a tale to tell and it’s these stories that bring those places to life. Scotland’s Stories is the key to unlocking those legends and seeing these already incredible places in a new way. Loch Garve looks different once you know there’s a Kelpie lurking somewhere in its depths.

He was called many things—outlaw, poet, killer, gentleman. But in the dying light of the Arizona Territory, Johnny Ringo was simply a man trying to outrun his own shadow. From the dusty backroads of Texas to the lawless streets of Tombstone, Ringo follows one of the West’s most haunted figures—a man torn between faith and fury, poetry and the pistol. As the world around him bleeds into legend, Ringo searches for something the frontier can’t give him: peace.

Ce premier volume des Scènes de la vie privée rassemble des récits où Balzac scrute les cœurs et les fortunes avec une précision implacable. De La Maison du Chat-qui-pelote au Bal de Sceaux, de La Bourse à La Vendetta, jusqu’à Madame Firmiani, Une double famille, La Paix du ménage, La Fausse Maîtresse, Étude de femme et Albert Savarus, ces tableaux de la vie intime révèlent l’ambition, l’amour, l’orgueil et les calculs qui tissent le quotidien.

The final three contemporary western romance novels in the Stones of Heart Falls series from New York Times bestselling author Vivian Arend.

Gain insight into shifting perspectives. Small town comradery and lessons in good manners. Advancement and enrichment of personality through sharing in community happenings.

There are games that were never meant to be played with rules that must never be broken. To win the Highway Man Game, you must make an offering to the creature under the streetlights. Just don’t pass him a fourth time. If I can survive a night of tag with a monster in a shopping mall, I can talk to my dead girlfriend one last time.

If you've never heard of The Book of Ava: Blending of Realities—an experimental, multi-genre, time-traveling science fiction that blends modern physics, ancient history, quantum tarot, mythology, spirituality, and emerging technology into one multidimensional journey—this work serves as a standalone preview and deep dive into the core ideas behind the series.

All six, full-length, stand alone, contemporary romances in the bestselling Mister Series, together in one collection. If you like British billionaires, fake dating, second chances, work place romances, single dads, grumpy sunshine, opposites attract, enemies to lovers, then you're going to love the Misters...

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】K君は、二十年前の学生時代の話を語る。学生時代の夏休み、K君は木曽へ旅行し、途中の小さな駅で古い旅籠屋に泊まった。旅籠屋の入口では商人が山椒の魚を売っており、学生の一人がそれを買った。同じ宿には女学生風の三人連れも泊まっていた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】ゴッホの人間性と芸術についての評論。著者は、ゴッホを支えた三つの柱として、高度に純粋な創造的性格、徹頭徹尾「貧乏人の画家」であったこと、彼の中に生きていたキリスト教を挙げる。また、ゴッホを「人生の画家」「絵を生きている」画家として捉え、唯美主義やキュービズムとは異なる存在だと論じる。

This year's shortlist of six exceptional stories each take the listener on an intense and gripping journey into the human heart. With poise, precision, and a light-footed grace, they conjure dramatically different, starkly real worlds. Hailing from Ireland, the United States and The Bahamas, the finalists of 2020 share stories on subjects as far apart as their settings, exploring among them romantic and marital discord, dark secrets, homelessness and even a high school football team; yet each one opens doors into its characters' lives in surprising and moving ways.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

彫刻家である高村が触覚を通して世界を捉える視点を述べたエッセイ。高村は、触覚は最も幼稚でありながら最も根源的な感覚であり、彫刻は最も根源的な芸術だと主張する。色彩、音楽、香り、味覚など、一般に別の感覚と考えられるものも実は触覚に統一されている。「人は五官というが、私には五官の境界がはっきりしない。」と続け、様々な”触覚”を綴っていく。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

永井荷風による短編小説。戦後の日本社会を背景にしている。17歳の季子は、母の死後、姉夫婦の家に引き取られて暮らしていた。姉の家はありふれた家庭であったが、季子にはどこか居心地の悪さがあり、この家にいるのが嫌だと感じていた。ある日、鳥打帽をかぶった20代半ばの男が現れ、季子に話しかける。二人は夜店のある通りを歩き、汁粉屋で一緒に汁粉を食べた。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】新張炭坑の女坑主・新張眉香子のもとに、一人の青年が訪ねてきた。青年はエチオピアへ行くためにダイナマイトが必要だと言う。眉香子は青年の話に興味を示し、応接間で話を聞く。青年は東京の政治結社・東亜会から学費を貰って学校を卒業させて貰った者で、政府嘱託の軍事探偵だった。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】日本との文化の違い、特にアメリカの少女たちの活発さや明るい社会の雰囲気について語った随筆。戦争の終わりごろのおよそ1年余りの間に見たアメリカ社会の明るさ・協調性・行動力を讃えながら、日本の形式的な風習や内気さを描く。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】季節の湿気で精神が不健康になった「私」は、電車の響きが勝手に下品な音楽に聞こえ、車内の人々がその音楽に乗って嘲笑しているように感じていた。人の視線を勝手に意識したり、太いズボンや赤い靴、髪型や服装に苛立ち、俗悪さに激しい嫌悪を覚えてしまう。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】「僕」は、深夜に本を読みながら眠りにつき、夢の中で「自分がすでに死んだ後の世界」に入り込む。 夢の中の「僕」は友人Ｓと町を歩き、自分が三十四歳で死んだことや、未完の仕事、残された家族について他人事のように話すが、Ｓが内心では「自分は死なずに済んだ」とどこか安堵しているのを感じ取り、不快さと羞恥を覚える。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】亡くなった息子が、姉と母のもとに「ふつうの子ども」の姿で現れ、姉とは川辺で季節や家族の話を、母とは、「どこから来て、どこへ帰るのか」「なぜ忘れてしまうのか」を巡って静かに対話する。しかし、その往来は息子自身にも制御できず、「思い出すときだけ」つながり、「いずれは忘れられ、姿も消えてしまう」運命にあった──。

The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by a diverse and exciting array of writers, including Wendell Berry, Alice Hoffman, Dave Eggers, Ling Ma, Lori Ostlund, and Anthony Marra. Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's...

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】二・二六事件が起きた日、「私」は客人と火鉢を囲んで話をしていた。話題は「女」のことになり、客人が自身の体験を語り始める。客人は二十七八歳で、向島に五歳の娘と二人で暮らしていた。川開きの花火の夜、娘に絵を描いてやっていた時、水色のタオル地の寝巻を着た女と出会ったという。