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Spanning four decades in the mid-19th century, the interconnected novellas of Old New York lay out in vivid detail the complex and inscrutable codes, customs, and taboos of New York society in classic Wharton style.

La metamorfosis es una novela corta escrita por Franz Kafka en 1915. La historia trata sobre Gregorio Samsa, cuya repentina transformación en un enorme insecto dificulta cada vez más la comunicación de su entorno social con él.

Esta colección de cuentos es la mejor oportunidad de aproximación al universo Faulkner. Perlas de especial rareza que evocan desde el mítico territorio de Yoknapatawpha hasta la ciudad de Nueva York.

As a 41-year-old man confronts his own mortality in this collection's title story, he recalls his Spokane Indian father's chilling death from alcoholism and diabetes. Another tale features an eccentric salesman pursuing a married woman from airport to airport. And then there's the film editor who sees nothing wrong with altering footage to fit preconceived views - until he becomes the target of media distortion.

Durante una noche blanca en San Petersburgo, fenómeno que se da durante el solsticio de verano y a causa del cual la oscuridad nunca es completa, un joven solitario e introvertido conoce de forma accidental a Nástenka, una joven y bella muchacha. La aparición de la joven ilumina su existencia con un fulgor trágico, y el hecho de haber presentido el amor en sus primeras y sinceras conversaciones son suficientes para que el joven soñador se considere un bienaventurado.

Brilliant and original, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers introduces a remarkable new writer whose breathtaking stories are set in China and among Chinese Americans in the United States. In this rich, astonishing collection, Yiyun Li illuminates how mythology, politics, history, and culture intersect with personality to create fate. From the bustling heart of Beijing, to a fast-food restaurant in Chicago, to the barren expanse of Inner Mongolia, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers reveals worlds both foreign and familiar, with heartbreaking honesty and in beautiful prose.

Charles Dickens was a major contributor to the romantic revival of Christmas traditions that occurred in the Victorian era. With their heart, humor and good morals, Dickens' Christmas stories have made the author's name synonymous with the season. Here we present four charming novellas to complete his series that began with "A Christmas Carol", with echoes of sleigh bells throughout. The stories include "The Chimes", "The Cricket on the Hearth", "The Battle of Life", and "The Haunted Man" - the perfect companion for the yearly celebrations.

Forty years ago, Herschel Ruggles, the most legendary player on the Mighty Johns football team at Draven University, disappeared after scoring a record-breaking touchdown. Instead of tossing the ball to the referee after his near-mythical athletic feat or celebrating with the nearly 25,000 spectators in the stands, Ruggles continued running, ball in hand, into a passageway that led deep underneath the field to the Mighty Johns’ locker room - and was never seen again.

always wondered, How does she do it? Defying gravity is no easy trick. Neither is motherhood. Now that her mother is leaving New York for bigger skies in New Mexico, it’s a new stage in life for both of them in an ever-evolving relationship that reveals the true magic of being a mother.

So many things have changed in Treasure’s life since that eventful weekend with Bleek; some for the better and some that are still up in the air. With a newfound purpose and a rewarding career, Treasure seems to be content with the trajectory of her life. The girl that was once faking her happiness in a loveless marriage was long gone. In her place was a truly happy woman with major accomplishments and tons of success. Treasure had built the life that she always dreamed of and was in control of her own life, for once. That is until her seemingly perfect world is flipped upside down by the...

In the series of linked stories at the heart of Filthy Animals, set among young creatives in the American Midwest, a young man treads delicate emotional waters as he navigates a series of sexually fraught encounters with two dancers in an open relationship, forcing him to weigh his vulnerabilities against his loneliness.

Flowers in the Rain & Other Stories collects sixteen of #1 New York Times bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher’s romantic tales set across Britain from the Scottish countryside to the city of London.

It’s the perfect time to curl up in front of a crackling fire with these wintry whodunits from the legendary Agatha Christie. But beware of deadly snowdrifts and dangerous gifts, poisoned meals and mysterious guests. This chilling compendium of short stories - some featuring beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple - is an essential omnibus for Christie fans.

Can love overcome danger? Remaining in her Virginia hometown won't mend Clara Brown's broken heart. Determined to set her life back in order--and go somewhere she won't have to see her former beau--she answers an advertisement for a mail-order bride. Before she knows it, she's arrived in Crest Stone, a rugged new railroad town nestled between the mountains in Colorado. And when she meets her intended, he's better than she ever could have dreamed--handsome and kind, even if he does seem preoccupied. Roman Carlisle is a cowboy turned livery owner. More than anything, he wants what his ...

It’s just one thing after another for magician Eli Marks: The bizarre death of a barista. Performing close-up magic at a funeral. A homicidal husband looking for ideas. An unexpected customer encounter. An impossible stabbing during a show. A Halloween murder. A life-changing magic lesson. A mystifying murder/suicide. A puzzling jewel heist and an even odder painting theft. And more! A dozen new Eli Marks short stories (10 never-before published), which means you now have a dozen more reasons to spend some quality time with Eli Marks.

Real English-speaking people don’t speak like your textbook…so it’s no wonder you feel unprepared when it’s your turn to speak! Try the StoryLearning method, and dive into a real-world, gripping drama between six characters that helps you learn authentic spoken English in the process.

In the words of Alexander McCall Smith: "You feel the rocking of the train, you hear the sound of its wheels on the rails; you are in the world rather than suspended somewhere above it. And sometimes there are conversations to be had, which is what the overarching story in this collection is all about. It is a simple device: people brought together entertain one another with tales of what happened to them on trains. It takes place on a journey I frequently make myself and know well, the journey between Edinburgh and London. It is best read on a train, preferably that one."

The Werewolf Shifter promised me my freedom if I played along with him. But the longer I faked it, the deeper we fell, and the more my heart wanted anything but freedom. I'm the pack’s most valued witch, trapped in servitude, craving freedom. He’s a mysterious, smoking-hot wolf shifter exiled from his pack. Now, he needs to overcome their rejection by pretending to be my fated mate. Except I know it's not pretend. Our genuine mating bond has been concealed by a powerful potion. It's a thrilling masquerade but oh-so-tempting, and he's oblivious to the truth. Activating the alpha bad ...

В этот сборник вошли известный цикл рассказов Бабеля "Конармия" и его бессмертные, разобранные на цитаты "Одесские рассказы". В конармейском цикле автор страстно и правдиво рассказывает о Гражданской войне, о "стихии революции", где нашлось место победам и поражениям, великодушию и жестокости. "Одесские рассказы" – ироничные истории о неунывающих бандитах с Молдаванки и их неотразимом предводителе Бене Крике. Бабель мастерски изображает воров, налетчиков и контрабандистов в рождении, любви и смерти.