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The Christmas Tape Nobody Meant to MakeThe portable cassette recorder arrived at the Bellamy house three days before Christmas, in a box showing a serious man recording a bird.Perry Bellamy had bought it for his wife, Linnea, because she often said the children were growing up too quickly.“Now...

Предисловие к новелле И над Крещатиком есть небо. Прошли, нет пролетели 80 е годы прошлого столетия. Что они оставили в наших душах кроме воспоминаний. Людей?...

Предисловие к новелле Отъезд. Казалось бы, прошли годы, изменились времена, города, не стало тех дорог и людей которых я знала. Но я сегодня читаю эти новеллы и...

Pull up a chair. Stoke the fire. Grandpa has seven stories to tell, and every one of them is true in the way that matters because out past the firelight, the world keeps its own rules, and the people who live to tell about it are the ones who learned those rules in time.These are grown-up...

The lawyer wants an inventory. The realtor wants two hundred words of history. All she has to do is walk through her late parents Oregon coast bar, write a tidy listing, and put a number on the place. But every photograph, carved boat, and pencil mark on the doorframe pulls her back to a British...

Joan Lippolis was twenty-seven in 1985, vivacious and whip-smart, recently accepted into a major university's top-notch creative writing program, when she unexpectedly and tragically died. Hers was a quiet, lonely death. What happened that final night? For decades, Joan's demise would be...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The streets of 18th century Dublin in Ireland were rife with appalling levels of poverty. Desperate mothers regularly begged for alms to feed their children, and although passers-by might have occasionally contributed a few coins, no large-scale remedy...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Paul's Case by Willa Cather is a short story collection of one title, presented here as an audiobook narrated by an AI voice. The single story, Paul's Case, is a sharply observed portrait of longing, identity, and the pull of a more beautiful life. Set...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The library is closing. The last readers have gone, the bolt has slid into place, and the only ones left are you, the quiet librarian Ruth, and Marmalade — the library cat who has been on the staff for nine years. As the evening settles, Marmalade...

waterborne (wȯ-tər-bȯrn) supported, carried, or transmitted by water. Water can serve as a vector for disease or monsters. The water beckons with its gentle waves. The peaceful surface reflections hide the monsters that lurk below. Theres more than fish that live in these waters. How deep...

This title is narrated by virtual voice. 27-year-old fur trader seeks wife and helpmate." Expecting a plain, dependable woman to reply to his advert, what Jack Trudeau actually gets is pampered fashion plate Olivia Hansson. There's no denying she's pretty, but patently ill-equipped for life in...

כל הגיבורות שבקובץ הסיפורים 'שווייצריה זה כאן' נמצאות על סף התמוטטות רגשית או אובדן שליטה. הן חיות בחוסר נחת ובתחושת אי־סיפוק, ועולמן מלא בחרדות יומיומיות והרות...

**Eleven interconnected murder mysteries. One seemingly peaceful street. A secret that changes everything.** Ashcroft Lane looks like an ordinary neighbourhood, where familiar faces live behind respectable doors and quiet gardens hide nothing more than everyday life. But appearances can be...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Rappaccini's Daughter is a single-story audiobook of classic American Gothic fiction by Nathaniel Hawthorne, narrated by an AI voice in English. In a secluded garden, a young man becomes captivated by a mysterious young woman and the strange world...

Jeden Tag kommen Menschen zum kleinen Buddha unter den Bodhi-Baum, um ihn um seinen weisen Rat zu bitten. Und immer wieder erklärt der kleine Buddha, dass Ratschläge auch in die Tat umgesetzt werden müssen, denn sonst ändert sich nichts. Müsste er selbst auch etwas verändern?, fragt sich der kleine Buddha, der das Gefühl hat, sich im Kreis zu drehen. Also begibt er sich auf eine Reise voller Begegnungen und neuer Erfahrungen, auf der er das Wesen der Veränderung kennenlernt – um schließlich als ein anderer zurückzukehren.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. El caso de Paul es una colección de un solo relato, escrito por Willa Cather y narrado en español por una voz de inteligencia artificial. Paul es un joven sensible e inconforme que siente su entorno como demasiado estrecho y monótono. Frente a esa...

A rare cold snap grips the South, and a lonely new bishop—quarantined with the measles—watches a brilliant red cardinal plead for help outside his window. Across the way, brave little Gwinie phones from the orphanage, and a simple request for birdseed sparks a quiet cascade of charity. As...

In a game of destiny and death, mortal fates hold little importance. Ambjorn and his wife Jofrid face death eye to eye when the peace of their home village is shattered. Thrown into a game where every move carries high consequence, every choice could be their last. But is it possible to win when playing against forces beyond your own comprehension?

Sie fühlt sich zu ihm hingezogen. Doch welche Absichten verfolgt er? In der Kurzgeschichte What the Winter Won’t Say von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Antonia Wesseling trifft Abby auf den attraktiven Fremden Robin, den ein Geheimnis umgibt … Gelesen von der Autorin! Eigentlich wollte sich Abby im Skiurlaub im schönen Winterberg von der Trennung von ihrem Freund erholen und einfach mal auf andere Gedanken kommen. Doch der Urlaub läuft alles andere als geplant.

Five of Neil Plakcy’s best MM romances, collected in one volume. From the sweet to the sexy, in settings from Miami’s South Beach to Paris to the Philadelphia suburbs, men meet, fall in love and overcome the obstacles in their way. Includes GayLife.com, Mi Amor, In His Kiss, The Russian Boy...