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An empty mansion sitting on a hundred acres of waterfront property. A long lost friend with the deal of a lifetime. A family lost at sea. And an old woman with a memory that may hold the key to it all. Richie and Lisa Craine thought they were going to a high school reunion to laugh together about the Homecoming King’s receding hairline and the Homecoming Queen’s aged skin. They felt good about where they’d ended up in life twenty years after graduation. And then along came Fredrick Patterson.

Perfect for short listening sessions — three unforgettable stories designed to fit a commute. Read Your Commute: Collection 1 delivers three witty, warmly written short stories packed with heart, humor, and just enough surprise to make the ride feel short.

Written in confinement. Unbound by imagination. Unbound Ink: Of Mercy and Madness is the debut anthology from the Writers Guild Beginners class at Mabel Bassett Correctional Center. Nine incarcerated women prove through these very stories that even in the most overlooked places, extraordinary literature can take root. Here, every genre becomes a doorway into resilience, vision, and the unbreakable pulse of human creativity.

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】第一次世界大戦後の世界的変動を背景に、芸術と社会変革の関係を論じた文章。第一次世界大戦は、戦場だけでなく芸術のあり方にも根本的な問いを突きつけた。既成の秩序が崩壊し、民衆が目覚めた時代に、芸術はこれまでどおり個人の楽しみでいられるのか。ロシア革命、各国の労働運動、トルストイが投げかけた芸術の社会的役割についての問い。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】日本人の「海外礼賛」と外国での日本料理をめぐる体験を通して、「本物の味」「客としての主体性」「日本的な食」を語る随筆。

「情熱大陸」出演で話題！
現代ショートショートの旗手、最新作。

月曜日は気分が沈む……
注文した料理がなかなかこない……
スマホの充電がすぐなくなる……

｢そんな依頼はおれにまかせ

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】かつおぶしの良否は、叩き合わせたときにカンカンと音がするものが良く、湿っぽい匂いのするものは悪い。亀節が本節より美味で値段も安い。削り方は、切れ味の良い鉋を使い、雁皮紙のように薄くガラスのような光沢のあるものに削る必要がある。だしを取る際は、グラグラと沸騰した湯にサッと入れた瞬間で十分であり、長く煮るとかえって味を損なう。

【小学館の名作文芸朗読】

食と味覚についてのエッセイ。美味しく食べる方法への問いから始まり、味覚の感受性と経験の関係性について論じている。魯山人は味覚の鈍い人、自称通人、真の味覚を持つ人の三種類を挙げ、それぞれへの対応法を示す。また、味覚は美術鑑賞力と同様に深い経験と努力によって向上し、他者に美味しく食べさせるには自分がより高い味覚を持つ必要があると説いている。

自己肯定から自己否定への内面的変遷と、真の個性の完成について考察した随筆文。自我の尊重や個人の解放といった思想が、幼少期からの反抗心と結びつき、自尊の本能が他のあらゆる本能を支配するに至った過程を振り返る。外からの命令はすべて無力に見え、自分の意欲するもののみが貴いと感じられた。

2082: The Weight of Memory The Future in Ten Stories The year is 2082. Humanity has survived the crises it once feared — but survival has come at a cost. Across ten cities, towns and villages worldwide, ordinary lives are caught in extraordinary systems. Memory can be copied, traded or stolen...

What if every choice you didn’t make still existed somewhere? The Atlas of Possible Stories is a collection of strange, funny, and quietly unsettling tales that explore the lives we almost lived. From forgotten paths and missed chances to impossible worlds hiding just beneath the surface of the ordinary, each story opens a door into something familiar—and deeply off-kilter. Blending sharp humour with moments of real reflection, this is a book about chance, regret, and the fragile, unpredictable nature of being human. Not every story leads somewhere comfortable.

Step into a world of slow-burn suspense and eerie, atmospheric mysteries where nothing is quite as it seems. This gripping collection of short stories follows investigators chasing altered records of a town that shouldn't exist, midnight trains running on tracks decommissioned forty years ago, and an idyllic street harboring a house that no one remembers building. But when the unthinkable happens, the most unsettling question remains: Why did no one hear the alarm?

Do life’s pitfalls get the better of you, and as you feel you are falling in one, do you wonder what Joy is? If so, then you must listen to these six perspective-changing short stories. The protagonists in each of them experience crises at various stages in their lives and pause to meet G & F, two conscious characters residing within all of us. These conscious immortals possess the energies of love and intelligence, prompting the protagonists to rediscover their paths and change their perspectives on life.

AUDIOLLIBRE EN CATALÀ Mil cretins és el nou llibre de relats de Quim Monzó després d’El millor dels mons. En un pas endavant, Monzó passa comptes amb el dolor, la vellesa, la mort i l’amor. Valent i sense...

The last thing Colt expects to find on his doorstep in the middle of the night is a stranded stranger. Colt doesn’t do complicated, and Sable has complicated written all over her. His life is simple: run his mechanic shop and raise his daughter. Everything changes with Sable. She slams into his life—stubborn, gorgeous, and fiercely independent. His quiet world starts to shift.

SENTRY OF THE SKY AND OTHER STORIES is part of the Evelyn E. Smith series published by Unforgotten Books, and includes the stories: NOT FIT FOR CHILDREN, SENTRY OF THE SKY, THE MAN OUTSIDE, and JACK OF NO TRADES. Evelyn E. Smith wrote fabulously witty and imaginative science fiction and satirical stories throughout the 1950's, and this collection is part of a series re-issuing those works and concurrently producing the audiobook editions.

This collection highlights our best stories from 2017 as defined by our readers. You will laugh, you will wonder, and you may even gasp. Your imagination will definitely run wild.

'Stories to Entertain You… While Waiting For a Plumber' is the third book of short stories by Pat Muir. It contains 26 diverse short stories, which include three of length: 'Locked In' describes an immobilized man whose caregiver is his wife's murderer, 'Infertility' describes the difficulties a couple experiences in starting a family, and 'A Little Noise Won't Hurt You' describes how a student helps her professor to make an acoustic gun and its consequences.

The third book of Deusdia novella series is set in the Portals of Yahweh universe. This First Valley warrior screams her war cry. DeeDee incorporates herself into the Star tribe and proves her worth, the hard way. Going from the stone age to the space age is no simple matter even if the most powerful A.I. in the galaxy has your back. Her best friend, MaTonia helps too but feels shadowed by the new girl. Nothing a new cat and handsome boys can't cure. Follow DeeDee into this new fantastic adventure.

Four pulse-pounding mysteries. One unstoppable couple. The origin of the Thorny Rose. Jessica Faraday and Murphy Thornton are brilliant, bold, and deadly together — the ultimate power couple in the world of crime-solving. But every legend has an origin story.