Showing results for "Marina" in Short Stories

Captain Warden and Lance Corporal Goodwin are the space marines with the hard job. They have to infiltrate a Deathless base, identify and capture a senior officer and extract him from under the nose of his soldiers, preferably without dying in the process. They’re relying on Ten to watch their backs, but when he is accosted by the denizens of the jungle he’s yomping through, he has to make a tough choice between speed and humanity.

Before writing his memoir of madness, Darkness Visible, William Styron was best known for his ambitious works of fiction–including The Confessions of Nat Turner and Sophie’s Choice. Styron also created personal but no less powerful tales based on his real-life experiences as a U.S. Marine...

Sommer 1960 in Cervo. Adriano Perretti, dessen Familie eine Pension im Ort betreibt, freut sich über die Unterbrechung der ferienbedingten Langeweile: Ein geheimnisvoller Gast steigt in der "Pensione Perretti" ab, ein graumelierter Deutscher namens Schmidt, der, da ist sich Adriano sicher, nie und nimmer nur zum Wandern und "wegen der guten Luft" angereist ist. Ähnlich sehen das auch seine abenteuerlustige Cousine Nelli und sein Freund Beppe, Polizistensohn aus dem benachbarten Sant'Amato.

Who falls in love on vacation?

Lymric: When my best friend convinced me to come visit her in Wolf Valley, I thought that maybe it would be a fresh start. I thought that it would be a chance for me to find some peace and quiet. Instead, I found Camden. Or he found me. It doesn’t matter, the outcome is the same. He says that I’m his. I say that he’s crazy. But what’s crazier, is that I’m starting to believe him.

Camden: As soon as I saw Lymric in town, I knew that she was the one for me.

I haven't seen Micah in five years, and now he suddenly shows up in town. He wants me back, and I still have feelings for him...but I don't know if I can let him back into my life after he left me like that. And what will he do when he finds out my son is his?

Un viajante, vendedor de lencería, espera ansioso al volante la reaparición del hijo huido y recibe la milagrosa ayuda de un héroe del rock. El misterio de la luz de un cuadro, La lechera de Vermeer, devuelve a un escritor al regazo de la madre. Un joven cuenta su historia de amor después de fallecer en un atraco frustrado. Un músico de saxo encuentra el don de la música en la mirada de una muchacha. Una amistad fraternal entre un escolar y un maestro anarquista, que nace de la mutua curiosidad por la vida de los animales, es destrozada por la brutalidad de 1936.

Historias que reivindican el arte de narrar: una voz que nos descubre y recrea un mundo, hasta ahora, desconocido; una voz que, palabra a palabra, hila unas historias cuyos finales no dejarán de sorprender al lector porque tienen el encanto de los cuentos de hadas. Un mundo habitado por reyes, princesas, castillos, armaduras, pescadores, campesinos: personajes que nos habitan porque son tan legendarios como la vida misma.

Historias que reivindican el arte de narrar: una voz que nos descubre y recrea un mundo, hasta ahora, desconocido; una voz que, palabra a palabra, hila unas historias cuyos finales no dejarán de sorprender al lector porque tienen el encanto de los cuentos de hadas. Un mundo habitado por reyes, princesas, castillos, armaduras, pescadores, campesinos: personajes que nos habitan porque son tan legendarios como la vida misma.

What is a sensitive classical pianist doing in a sleazy WWII Parisian cabaret? Why is he keeping his Chopin sheet music inside the piano bench every night? Which two people from his past have scarred his soul forever? Winter Pale, a young beautiful foreigner, a girl with a painful past of her own, recounts his story and, with it, delves deep into her own soul.