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Akira is a rare Kitsune Fae who is being hunted for his fur. When he takes refuge at the Black Cat Circus, the last thing he expects to find is a tempting human who makes him feel alive.

Her må Holmes og Watson bekæmpe Ku Klux Klans forfærdelige forbrydelser, bevæge sig rundt blandt professionelle tiggere i London, opklare sagen om tyveriet af en i sandhed sjælden ædelsten og løse mysteriet i mesterstykket Det brogede bånd – den historie Conan Doyle selv opfattede som en af sine bedste. For slet ikke at nævne sagen om den legendariske eventyrerske Irene Adler, som for Holmes altid vil være Kvinden.

Un tremendo incendio se ha desatado en el centro de vacaciones donde se alojan las amigas. ¿Qué consecuencias tendrá para ellas? A Andrés parece interesarle Sara, y a ella el taxista, pero huye a hurtadillas de la pija, ¿qué habrá entre ellos?

In the hands of these classic American humorists, even the simplest household task can become a spectacular catastrophe. A cook turns a respectable home upside down. A burglar alarm causes more trouble than any burglar. Weddings descend into chaos, automobiles become runaway hazards, and the...

Оноре де Бальзак — титан французской литературы, создатель грандиозной «Человеческой комедии». «Настойчивость любви» — история всепобеждающей страсти...

Кэтрин Мэнсфилд — признанный классик английской новеллы. «Актриса» — изящная зарисовка о грёзах, тщеславии и хрупкой границе между мечтой и реальностью...

Джек Лондон — певец мужества, воли и неукротимого духа. «Любовь к жизни» — захватывающая история человека, один на один сошедшегося со смертью в ледяной пустыне...

Стефан Цвейг — один из величайших новеллистов XX века, непревзойдённый знаток тайных движений человеческого сердца. «Летняя новелла» — изящная и щемящая...

Every mother deserves to end her day wrapped in a story that holds her as gently as she holds everyone else. The nights are long, and the weight of loving others can leave little room for your own soul to rest. You need more than silence — you need words that settle into your bones and remind you who you are. This collection of 16 original Scripture-inspired bedtime stories speaks directly to the mother's heart, drawing from the timeless women of the Bible to offer comfort, courage, and deep, unhurried peace.

Connected by the mysterious Echotide Emporium, a shop that exists outside of time, these speculative tales explore the darkest corners of imagination. Excavating a dead planet, an archaeologist uncovers an artifact that feels terrifyingly familiar. Five friends open a bunker in the woods to find a message waiting for them from thirty years in the future. A grieving artist discovers her paintings don’t just capture reality… they overwrite it. Two investigators enter a Nevada ghost town where the clocks have stopped, but the day refuses to end. The shop is open.

Some distances cannot be measured in miles. Some are measured in seasons, silences, and the words we never found the courage to say. If you've ever longed for a place of quiet beauty at the end of the day, this audiobook was written for you. As twilight settles over moonlit gardens and wildflowers sway beneath a sky full of stars, The Distance Between Flowers invites you into a world where every story feels like a gentle breath, every page like a warm light in the darkness.

The story that inspired the bestselling classic A Separate Peace and two other coming-of-age tales exploring themes of disillusionment, self-discovery, and friendship, originally published in the 1950s. John Knowles’s A Separate Peace is an American classic; a timeless portrayal of adolescence...

Кэтрин Мэнсфилд — одна из тончайших мастеров короткого рассказа в мировой литературе. «Чашка чая» — изящная и психологически точная история о женском...

What if the life you've been living isn't the one you were meant for — and it's not too late to find out? Starting Over is a collection of twelve powerful stories about the people who begin again — a woman who sells the house she lived in for twenty-three years and discovers that the empty rooms hold more possibility than she expected, a man who sends a four-sentence resignation letter after twenty-eight years and finds out who he is without the title, a woman who stops speaking her mother's language for two decades and finds it waiting for her exactly where she left it.

The "Archival Mystery" Beneath the moss-draped cedars of the Kitsap Peninsula, something is waking up. When archivist Amaya Freeman is called to a crumbling Scandia farmhouse, she expects to find dusty records of Norwegian pioneers. Instead, she discovers a hidden cedar chest containing the journals of Dr. Soren Nilsen—a man who vanished in 1947 while tracking a shadow he called Chief Kitsap’s "Red Medicine." From the historic docks of Poulsbo to the rugged Hoh River, Nilsen’s records reveal a terrifying truth: the earth isn’t just soil and stone; it is a sentient ledger.

I never meant to stay here. I came to pack up her things, to close the door on a life that no longer exists. But when I step into the apartment, I feel her everywhere. Her laughter echoes in the silence. Her perfume still lingers. I swear I see her in the corners of the room, her voice calling my name. But she’s gone. She has to be. Except, sometimes... I’m not so sure. As I move through the space we once shared, the line between grief and specter starts to blur. And the more I linger, the more I realize: I haven’t left either. We’re both still here.

Being laid off from his job, a grief-stricken Thomas Charles Baker, or simply TC Baker, finds an escape in smoking a joint with his friend, Richard. But the situation takes an unexpected turn when, during his trip, he meets the great Elvis Presley. Although TC swishes away the trip he took with the star as a mere hallucination, things are not the same for the singer.

Edward Everett Hale’s The Man Without a Country is a poignant and patriotic short story that explores the devastating consequences of exile and the importance of national identity. The story follows Philip Nolan, a young army officer who, in a moment of reckless defiance, renounces his country during a treason trial. As punishment, he is sentenced to spend the rest of his life at sea, never again hearing mention of the United States.

"The Great Wall of China" is a short story by Franz Kafka. While written in 1917, it was not published until 1930, seven years after his death. Its first publication occurred in Der Morgen, a German literary magazine. A year later, Max Brod included it in Beim Bau der Chinesischen Mauer, the first posthumous collection of short stories by Franz Kafka. Contained within the story is a parable that was separately published as "A Message from the Emperor" ("Eine kaiserliche Botschaft") in 1919 in the collection Ein Landarzt (A Country Doctor).

The world is plagued with turmoil. Rowan is a soldier fighting in a war ridden land for the far flung peace that appears nowhere in sight. Everything takes a turn when her fight seems to be nearing its end, and the God of War joins their last battle to victory. Once he realizes one of his strongest soldiers is not who everyone thinks her to be, the God of War finds himself wanting to know the truth. And as the end to their war approaches, ugly realizations settle in.