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Sokak lambalarının sönük ışığında, kahveci çırağının camı silerken yaptığı hareket kadar sıradan; ama bir o kadar da derin öykülerle dolu bir kitap elinizde: Mahalle Kahvesi. Sait Faik, bu kitabında büyük hikâyelerin peşine düşmez. Onun dünyası, köşe başındaki manavda bekleyen yaşlı adamın gözlerinde, denize bakarken sigarasını söndüren bir gencin iç geçirişinde saklıdır. Bir fincan kahveyle başlayan cümleler, bizi insanın en sade, en kırılgan hâline götürür.

İstanbul’un unutulmuş kuytularında yankılanan martı çığlıkları ve rıhtımda ağır ağır sürüklenen dalgalar…

Sarnıç, Sait Faik’in ilk öykü kitabı olmasına karşın, yazarın benzersiz anlatı evrenine açılan bir baş kapı niteliğinde. Ada balıkçılarından meyhanedeki kırgın kalplere, yoksul hamalların ter kokusundan Boğaz’ın serin esintisine uzanan bu öyküler, gündelik seslerin içinden bir şiir devşirir.

Memduh Şevket Esendal, incecik bir hikâyede koca bir insanlık hâlini yakalıyor. Otlakçı, adını bilmediğimiz ama pek çoğumuzun hemen tanıyacağı bir karakterin peşine düşüyor: cebi sık sık delik, gönlü her daim “başkasının bıyık altı pamuğunda” gezinen sigara avcısı… Kahvehanelerde, tren kompartımanlarında, rıhtımın serin gecelerinde türlü bahanelerle bitmek bilmez bir tüttürme kampanyası yürütüyor; üstelik kendince makul gerekçeler bulmayı da ihmal etmiyor.

Sait Faik’in ilk öykü kitabı olan Semaver, 1930’ların İstanbul’undan küçük kesitler sunar. Fakat bunlar, ansiklopedik bir şehrin resmi değil; iskelede balık temizleyen bir adamın elleri, yağmurdan sığınan çocukların titrek kahkahası, gece yarısı fener ışığında sallanan bir sandal gibidir. Yazar, sokağın sıradan seslerini alır, onlara unutulmaz bir tını kazandırır. Bu öykülerde kahraman yoktur, zafer yoktur—ama insanın kalbine dokunan o küçücük anlar vardır. Bir çayın telvesinde görülen geleceğin telaşı…

This is the story of The Cursed Galleon, a strange artifact kept at the oldest pub in England. A swashbuckling adventure story of mystery, love and tragedy.

Before the Hooded. Before Hurnungaz and Wulfrun of Scarsdale and before Caerne, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Black Bishop. William of Gisborough is a young man, serving in the King's Army, fighting in the Holy Land. He is making a name for himself as a capable and competent warrior, serving under Captain Hwitbei. He believes in the cause, in the Holy War. One night, half asleep, watching a sensuous dancer practicing her art, his rest and composure is disturbed by the arrival of a commanding brother, a servant of The Christ of the East.

This book is a true-to-life collection of 30 short stories from physicist and electrical engineer Roman Litovsky chronicling his family’s harrowing emigration journey in 1989 from Ukraine to the United States during the height of the impending collapse of the USSR. It details his life in Kyiv, traveling throughout Europe to gain freedom from the oppressive Soviet regime, settling in the U.S., and his life after that with a great engineering career at a prominent U.S. electro-acoustic company.

Este relato cuenta la historia de la Sra. Kearney, que ansía ascender socialmente y asegurar un futuro prometedor para su hija Kathleen a través de la música. Kathleen es invitada a participar en una serie de conciertos organizados por el Comité Eire Abu. Sin embargo, las expectativas de éxito y reconocimiento se ven empañadas por disputas contractuales y tensiones entre la Sra. Kearney y los organizadores del evento.

London Tales is a collection of short stories from Tim Walker that offer dramatic pinpricks in the rich tapestry of London's timeline, a city with two thousand years of history. The stories offer glimpses of imagined lives and dramatic moments, starting with a tribal perspective on the Roman invasion followed by the terror of Boudica's destruction of the fledgling city.

A world traveler and adventurer, L. Ron Hubbard was a keen observer and astute researcher and imbued his fiction with authentic characters, local color, and real-life adventure. Whether sailing the high seas with Lord Nelson’s fleet, digging in a scorching desert for Alexander’s treasure, or ducking bullets across war-torn China, these stories will carry you on adventure to other times and places.

A world traveler and adventurer, L. Ron Hubbard was a keen observer and astute researcher and imbued his fiction with authentic characters, local color and real-life adventure. Whether sailing the high seas with Lord Nelson’s fleet, digging in a scorching desert for Alexander’s treasure, or ducking bullets across war-torn China, these stories will carry you on adventure to other times and places.

The gold drew them into the wilderness, only to test them with the most trying and thrilling experiences of their lives. It held them in the boom town of Dawson with a fever that would not break as long as nuggets, flakes, and dust could still be dredged from the muddy creeks, as long as there was even a chance at getting rich off the yellow metal as it spilled to the scales for services rendered, or found its way secreted into one’s pockets for the same.

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Una de las 100 historias cortas incluidas en El Decameron. Se sitúa en el quinto día y relata los pormenores de un amor no correspondido.

Nine short pieces of fiction constructed around 170 years of North American history and interspersed at intervals by fourteen poems. The first story is a fictional account of the first European to reach the Pacific coast of Canada. Following are fictional pictures of the winners and losers who became builders of North America and thus, eventually, all winners and though they didn’t know it or want it, builders of what exists today.

Agustina de Villeblanche plantea el tema de la homosexualidad de una forma natural, atrevida y espontánea. El filósofo y autor francés nos muestra a través de la joven, bella y rica Agustina, una moral realmente comprometida en la Francia de finales del siglo XVIII; sin embargo, el ingenio del marqués consigue conquistarnos con un relato que rebosa simpatía, amor por la vida y sus pequeños placeres.

Esta historia distópica se centra en la vida de una familia rural y pobre en España que es víctima de la modernidad y la industrialización.

In Teeth in the Hedgerow, giants, púcas, and fairies roam the forests and streets of Ireland, in search of the things they need. Blood, body parts, love and obsession from beyond the grave, or maybe just some good drugs and a good time? You won't get out without losing something dear to you, but be careful the thing you lose isn't your life!

O Lapso é um conto de Machado de Assis que mergulha nos dilemas morais e nas complexidades da psique humana. A história acompanha Dr. Armando, um médico que comete um erro fatal durante uma cirurgia, resultando na morte de um paciente. Consumido pela culpa, ele passa a questionar sua própria integridade e a enfrentar uma crescente deterioração psicológica. O lapso que dá nome ao conto não é apenas um erro técnico, mas simboliza uma profunda crise moral que desencadeia uma espiral de autodestruição.

Venture into the untamed wilderness of the Montana Rockies of the 1870's, where the legend of Mountain Man Jack Freeman and his loyal moose, Baby, was born. In this captivating collection of three short stories, witness the extraordinary bonds of friendship, courage, and love that thrive amidst the breathtaking beauty and challenges of the great outdoors. In the first tale, follow Jack and Baby as they navigate treacherous mountain passes and evade the watchful gaze of predators, their unwavering trust and camaraderie the key to their survival.