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"The Red Room" is a short gothic story written by H. G. Wells in 1894. It was first published in the March 1896 edition of The Idler magazine. An unnamed protagonist chooses to spend the night in an allegedly haunted room, colored bright red in Lorraine Castle. He intends to disprove the legends surrounding it. Despite vague warnings from the three infirm custodians who reside in the castle, the narrator ascends to "the Red Room" to begin his night's vigil.

Even though he is still young, Kenny has just weeks to live. Before he dies, he wants to find his childhood friend Callie Barton and thank her for the kindness she showed him. When Kenny discovers that Callie has gone missing, he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. And knowing that time is running out on him, he's prepared to do whatever it takes....

This audio edition of Paulo Coelho's Christmas Stories includes various Christmas tales written in the period between 1998-2008. The stories speak of the joy, generosity, humility, and small-yet-large miracles that we experience in our day-to-day lives.

Im Wiener Kunsthistorischen Museum bezieht jeden zweiten Vormittag der Musikphilosoph Reger Stellung. Nur an den eintrittsfreien Samstagen bleibt Reger dem Museum fern...

Lola kam aus dem Süden Rumäniens, sie wollte dem Elend mit Hilfe eines erfolgreichen Mannes entfliehen und hing eines Tages am Strick...

Affectionately known as the Chekhov of Coldsands-on-Sea, Felix Morsom enjoys writing about the thwarted hopes of genteel lives. His own existence, he reflects, is comfortable if uneventful, except for the flirtatious moments he shares with his publicist, the delicious Brenda Bodkin. Until he meets Gavin and Miriam. Suddenly he is on the run from PROD, the Parental Rights and Obligations Department, as Miriam announces he is the father of her son Ian

Россия. 2027 год. Коренной опричник Андрей Данилович Комяга просыпается у себя дома с тяжелейшим похмельем.

Autor nás zavádí do půvabné polabské krajiny kolem chatové osady v Kersku, kde od poloviny šedesátých let trávil svůj volný čas. Většina literárních postav má svůj reálný předobraz v lidech z autorova prostředí a máme tak jedinečnou možnost seznámit se s jejich zvláštními zálibami i osudy. V textu se snoubí poetično s realistickým popisem, stylizovaná nadsázka s humornou drobnokresbou, události veselé s událostmi smutnými.

" La relecture du passé avec les yeux du présent n’est pas une mince affaire. Ça me rappelle ma première paire de lunettes. Si personne ne s’était aperçu que j’étais myope, j’aurais continué à trouver le monde flou tout à fait acceptable. " Doria a déjà trente-cinq ans et elle a réussi l’exploit de ne pas perdre son humour en chemin.

Wie werden Liebe und Tod zur Erzählung, wenn auf das Leben kein Verlass ist. Julia wird in Ostberlin geboren. Sie ist acht, als ihre Mutter sie und die Schwestern in den Westen, erst ins Notaufnahmelager Marienfelde und dann nach Schleswig-Holstein mitnimmt. In dem chaotischen Bauernhaus kann die Dreizehnjährige nicht länger bleiben und zieht aus, nach Westberlin. Neben der Sozialhilfe verdient die Schülerin Geld mit Putzen, sie lernt ihren Vater kennen und verliert ihn unmittelbar, macht ihr Abitur und begegnet Stephan, ihrer großen Liebe. Wenn sie sich erinnert, ist es Gegenwart.

The remote town of Broome, the desert and the Kimberley coast - Australia's last frontier and a land of ancient beauty. Lily Barton, now 53, is beautiful, adventurous and looking for a life change. Sami, her daughter, is driving alone through the outback to finally, reluctantly confront her family roots. Together they are swept into a world where legends, myths and reality converge. They find that everyone they meet has a story to tell, from Farouz, the son of an Afghan camel driver, to Bobby, the Chinese-Aboriginal man who is tangled up in the murder of a German tourist.

Um retrato (único e cativante) de personagens sobre os quais prestamos pouca atenção. Com este seu primeiro romance, José Falero já se apresenta como um dos nomes mais relevantes da nova literatura brasileira. Ao criar um narrador culto e perspicaz — que contrasta com o dialeto a um só tempo urbano e filosófico da periferia —, o autor mostra seu talento incomum, fazendo uma verdadeira arqueologia da pobreza. Falero nos leva direto ao supermercado Fênix, na região central de Porto Alegre.

逃げて、逃げて、逃げのびたら、私はあなたの母になれるだろうか……。

Only a teenager when Delphine was born, Lucile raised two daughters largely alone. She was a former child model from a Bohemian family, younger and more glamorous than the other mothers: always in lipstick, wayward and wonderful. But as Delphine grew up, Lucile's occasional sadness gave way to overwhelming despair and delusion. She became convinced she was telepathic, in control of the Paris metro system; she gave away all her money; she was hospitalized, medicated, and released in a kind of trance.

Grey’s Anatomy meets Scrubs in this brilliant debut novel about a young doctor’s struggle to survive residency, love, and life. Having spent the last twenty-something years with her nose in a textbook, brilliant and driven Norah Kapadia has just landed the medical residency of her...

This is the story of the Honourable Guinevere Dilberne, daughter of Arnold, 11th Earl of Dilberne, Sandra Sinclair and Rita Boniface. Yes, that's right. Three parents. Or, in fact, four, if you wish to count Sandra's husband Clive. Though he played little part in it. It all begins with a loving couple, their interfering neighbour, a test tube and a turkey baster. These days, anything can happen....

Will Elliott is out of a job. The lighthouse he's been manning on Prince Albert Rock, off the wild Cornish coast, is about to become automated. So Will decides to fulfil his lifelong ambition - to sail round the coastline of Britain. Determined to continue his solitary existence, Will begins his preparations for his epic voyage. But before he has time to so much as paint his hull, he meets Amy Finn - a beautiful artist and fellow loner.

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Esilarante e stranamente tenero, l’esperimento di “ibernazione” narcotica di una giovane donna, aiutata e incoraggiata da una delle peggiori psichiatre della storia. New York, all’alba del nuovo millennio. La protagonista gode di molti privilegi, almeno in apparenza. È giovane, magra, carina, da poco laureata alla Columbia e vive, grazie a un’eredità, in un appartamento nell’Upper East Side di Manhattan. Ma c’è qualcosa che le manca, c’è un vuoto nella sua vita che non è semplicemente legato alla prematura perdita dei genitori o al modo in cui la tratta il fidanzato che lavora a Wall Street.

Ihre Tochter ist eine Reisende, unterwegs in der Ferne. Ihrem Ex-Mann schreibt sie kleine Briefe, in denen sie erzählt, wie es ihr geht, in diesem neuen Leben am Meer und im Norden. Sie richtet sich ein Haus ein, schließt vorsichtige Freundschaften, versucht eine Liebe, fragt sich, ob sie heimisch werden könnte oder ob sie weiterziehen soll. Judith Hermann erzählt von einer Frau, die vieles hinter sich lässt, Widerstandskraft entwickelt und in der intensiven Landschaft an der Küste eine andere wird. Sie erzählt von der Erinnerung.