Showing results for "Love" in Anthologies & Short Stories

After the loss of her beloved sister and both of her parents, overworked talk show assistant Olivia Banks sets off on a Paris adventure to fulfill the dreams she and her sister once had as little girls. Olivia only has one day to devote to the City of Light before she must return to her demanding job back in Manhattan. But when she steps out of the cab onto the cobblestoned streets of Montmartre and meets a sexy boulanger who wants to help her make all of those dreams come true, Olivia realizes that Paris may have more in store for her than she ever could have imagined.

Tales of Love and Madness by Donald Pizzarello is a compelling collection of four short stories that dive into the complexities of the human mind and heart. Each story weaves its own narrative of psychological tension, exploring the fragile boundaries between love, obsession, sanity, and madness. The standout story features Nugent, a man whose paranoia and delusions spiral out of control as his town faces the dual threats of a deadly flood and an unseen, sinister force.

A hypnotic collection of speculative fiction about compassion, love, and human resilience in the technological hyper-age, from Alexander Weinstein, author of Children of the New World. Universal Love welcomes listeners to a near-future world where our everyday technologies have fundamentally...

Jack London — a writer whose works are enthusiastically read all over the world. His collection Love of Life is one of the brilliant pearls of his Northern stories cycle. Alaska is the place where each person should reveal their own real features. The North makes equal the poor and the rich; the intense cold does not take into account the infirmity; harsh, biting wind is indifferent to the social status, and a wild beast does not discriminate between social standings.

Amar, verbo intransitivo é um romance publicado em 1941 pelo escritor brasileiro Mário de Andrade. A obra retrata a vida boêmia da elite cultural paulistana dos anos 1930 e aborda temas como a liberdade sexual e de costumes. A trama gira em torno de um triângulo amoroso entre um escritor, uma médica e um estudante de direito. Ao longo da narrativa, os personagens refletem sobre o amor, o desejo e as convenções sociais da época. Considerado uma obra-prima da ficção modernista brasileira, o livro inovou estilisticamente ao mesclar poesia, prosa e diálogos.

Este libro tiene las obras completas de Emilia Pardo Bazán.

No Fallen Angels features 13 suspenseful, politically incorrect love stories from all walks of life all around the globe.

En una apartada residencia ubicada en la ladera de un monte vive un grupo de mujeres cuya existencia se consagra al cuidado y vigilancia de unos chicos. Nadie utiliza su nombre verdadero. Las relaciones entre ellos se basan en la eficacia de unas reglas que todos aceptan calladamente, y que marcan el ritmo de sus días. Hasta que, en esa atmósfera opresiva, acechante, la directora anuncia que va a llegar un preceptor y que tendrán que acogerle. Aunque no quieran.