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Cuando le pedí al Rebe que me contara su vida, no me respondió pero se puso a llorar. Ni mi abuelo ni mi padre habían pensado en preguntarle cómo había sido su existencia antes de que los osos le devoraran el cuerpo. Yo fui el primero en interesarme en ese pasado. Comprendo la actitud de mis antecesores: Jaime nunca estuvo seguro de la realidad del caucasiano. Podría ser la esquizofrenia, y no un viaje real fuera del cuerpo, la que haciéndonos herederos de su locura nos lo transmitió.

Ubicada en un pequeño pueblo del norte de Chile que verá alterada su tranquilidad con la llegada de algunos personajes, Albina y los hombres-perro relata la historia de dos mujeres, la amnésica giganta blanca Albina, cuya sensualidad transforma a los hombres en una jauría desenfrenada, y La Jaiba, mujer con bigote y joroba, unidas por un azar mágico que las relacionará con otros personajes igualmente fuera de lo común.

La piramide è il simbolo del potere, delle gerarchie. Il personaggio di questo racconto percorre un viaggio lungo una notte attorno a se stesso e scopre…aveva capito che il rapporto tra informazione e potere era lo stesso che tra corruzione e politica. Quasi si confondevano. Trovò quindi il modo di stabilire che tutte le comunicazioni passassero da lui. Da lui invece ne uscivano pochissime. L’indispensabile. Alle volte neanche quello. Stava mettendo in pericolo l’azienda. Ma doveva farlo. Giusto il tempo necessario per arrivare in cima.

Isla Larsen Sanchez's life begins to unravel when her father passes away. Instead of being comforted at home in New Jersey, her mother starts leaving her in Puerto Rico with her great-aunt each summer, like a piece of forgotten luggage. It is only when Isla turns eighteen, and her grandmother, a great storyteller, dies, that Isla discovers she has a gift. The tales of dead family storytellers are brought back to life, replaying themselves over and over in front of her.

In a world where aesthetics is simply an expression of the human soul and there is no differentiation between internal and external beauty, a kindhearted businessman struggling over a difficult breakup decides to join a unique beauty pageant, which will grant the beauty king the prize of a lifetime—tickets to the Beatles’ reunion concert. This is the story of a man who embarks on an adventure—a mental and emotional journey in pursuit of the concept of internal beauty, which will change the way he sees the world and his place in it forever.

Riflettendo sull'evanescenza mia ectoplasmatica e in merito alla vaghezza intangibile del tempo ferocemente sfuggitomi melanconicamente di mano, la mia anima, dapprima intirizzita e strozzatasi nel disincanto più arido e scevro d'amore adamantino e vividamente nitido, furentemente ruggisce or irosa e in forma vanitosamente lottatrice dopo tanto superfluo poltrire e idiotamente languire nell'opalescenza della tetraggine mia che fu dolosa, nera e lacrimosa.

Mi era stata chiesta una scelta dei racconti contenuti nei miei due volumi "Le Cosmicomiche" e "Ti con zero". Li organizzai in un libro costruito con un ciclo di storie sulla Luna, uno sulla Terra, uno su Sole Stelle Galassie, uno sull'Evoluzione, uno sullo Spazio e sul Tempo. Mi accorsi che il libro che avevo messo insieme, e che s'intitolò "La memoria del mondo", più che una rielaborazione di cose già pubblicate per avvicinare un pubblico di lettori nuovi, era il vero libro che avevo voluto scrivere fin da principio, o almeno era ciò che più vi si avvicinava.

Paul is a reincarnated Knight Hospitaller from the 12th century. He is also a nurse, or the historical equivalent, in all of his incarnations. After so many lives, he just wants to die and get off the rebirth wheel. Then he becomes a father, and everything changes. Paul must train his adopted daughter to be the first new K-Nurse since the Crusades, but in teaching her to use her magic and in training her to fight, he must bring her into his own deadly world.

An English nurse becomes possessed with unraveling the mystery behind the disappearance of a Syrian woman in the twilight town of King's Lynn, stumbling along the way upon a history and present replete with magic and mysticism. A Syrian professor escapes Damascus only to find himself in another surreal and dangerous setting, uncovering a conspiracy that places his life in even greater peril. An Oxford scholar and an eccentric Syrian journalist embark on an adventure through Portugal and Spain, seeking to decipher an ancient manuscript, and uncover a religious conspiracy.

It’s been two years and two months since trauma shattered hospital chaplain Isabel Myles’s world. Since that day, she has stopped answering calls. She’s shut out her family, friends, and coworkers. Even her faith seems to have faded. Except for her connection with her younger sister, Chantel, Isabel copes by forgetting. Then she takes on a summer job as a home caregiver for Opal, a dementia patient who is struggling to remember.

It was a beautiful morning. Despite the ancient oracle's strange warning, Lydia set sail. She was experienced. She had done this plenty of times before. The oracle offered her a lucky talisman. Lydia took it. Now, it seems both their luck has run out. She is stuck on an island with a charm whose magic is spent. Will it ever return, or is she doomed to spend the rest of her life marooned in the middle of nowhere?

In the state of Liberty, water is rationed, free speech is hardly without a cost, and Texas has just declared itself its own country. In this society, paranoia is well-suited because eyes and ears are all around, and they are judging. Always judging. This terrifying terrain is explored via Eleanor, a young woman eagerly learning about her magic through her coven. But being a white witch is not as easy as they portray it in the books, and she’s already been placed under "house arrest" with a letch named Stan, a coworker who wronged her in the past and now exists in the form of a cat.

The tight-knit Izquierdo family is grappling with misfortunes none of them can explain. Their beloved patriarch has suffered from an emotional collapse and is dying; eldest son Gonzalo’s marriage is falling apart as he tries to care for his father; daughter Dina, beleaguered by fear that her nightmares are real, is a shut-in. When Gonzalo digs up a strange object in the backyard of the family home, the Izquierdos take it as proof that a jealous neighbor has cursed them―could this be the reason for all their troubles?

Con il suo caratteristico stile ironico e surreale, ricco di riferimenti colti e soluzioni linguistiche originali, Roberto Barbolini torna con una nuova raccolta di racconti che esplorano il tragicomico intreccio fra le "basse voglie" del corpo e il richiamo insopprimibile del sacro nell’epoca della sua impossibilità.

Set against the tropics and megacities of the Americas, Maria, Maria takes inspiration from wild creatures, tarot, and the porous borders between life and death. Motivated by love and its inverse, grief, the characters who inhabit these stories negotiate boldly with nature to cast their desired ends. Brimming with sharp wit and ferocious female intuition, these stories bubble over into the titular novella, "Maria, Maria"—a family drama set in a reimagined California rainforest that explores the legacies of three Marias, and possibly all Marias.

Dark Factory is a dance club: three floors of DJs, drinks, and customizable reality, everything you see and hear and feel. Ari Regon is the club's wild card floor manager, and Max Caspar is a stubborn DIY artist, both chasing a vision of true reality. And rogue journalist Marfa Carpenter is there to write it all down. Then a rooftop rave sets in motion a fathomless energy that may drive Ari and Max to the edge of the ultimate experience. Kathe Koja combines her award-winning writing and her skill directing immersive events to create a story that unfolds in the listener's creative mind.

There’s something magical about Yarrow, Kentucky. The three empathic witches of the Haywood family are known for their shadow garden—from strawberries that taste like chocolate to cherry tomatoes imbued with the flavors of basil and oregano. Their magic can cure any heartache, and the fruits of their garden bring a special quality to the local bourbon distillery. On one day every year, a shot of Bonner bourbon will make your worst memory disappear. But the Haywoods will never forget the Bonners’ bitter betrayal.

Un viaggio lungo 10 racconti attorno alle più comuni angosce e riflessioni della vita di tutti i giorni. Viste da prospettive davvero inconsuete.

Es la historia mágica y curiosa de una pequeña niña llamada Alexia, que a través de su vida, su desarrollo y su crecimiento, hasta convertirse en una jovencita, va atravesando por diversas manifestaciones milagrosas y extraordinarias que no tienen una explicación lógica. Primero es el llanto imparable que no se detiene jamás hasta alcanzar cierta edad, luego es la risa incontenible que se desborda como un río y que la mete en problemas y en situaciones jocosas, luego la tercera manifestación es la indetenible locuacidad que la lleva a cumplir grandes tareas.

Lying alone on the edge of the sidewalk in an abandoned cardboard box, a nameless narrator contemplates the indifferent world around him. With his mother long gone, his only company is the sound of the nearby train. Just as he fears that the end is near, a young woman peers down at him, this fateful encounter changing their lives forever.