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Form-defining short stories. First published in 1914, James Joyce defined what the short story could be with his collection The Dubliners. A mixture of prose and poetry, each story can be listened to independently, or as a collection. From childhood to maturity, we see what life - and ultimately death - can be, via an extraordinary cast of characters, all of whom experience an epiphany. There’s Father Flynn, the priest; Evelyn, the shop girl who dreams of escape; Mrs Mooney, the butcher’s daughter, who runs a boarding house.

Bloomsbury presents Trespasses by Louise Kennedy, read by Brid Brennan. **SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIES – COMING SOON TO CHANNEL 4** THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER (The Times), SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 'Intense, unflinchingly honest, it broke my heart a million times' MARIAN...

The first three books in Peter Rimmer's epic Brigandshaw Chronicles, the massive series that will have you gripped for months! In 1887, British ships continue to arrive at the bustling, growing port of Cape Town in South Africa. On board, one of them is a young man, Sebastian Brigandshaw, exiled from England by his abusive father.

Lose track of time in the world of Jodi Taylor with eight eclectic and hilarious short stories from St Mary's, Time Police HQ and Frogmorton Farm - collected together for the very first time. Includes two brand-new short stories, exclusively published first in this collection. --- Christmas Pie...

Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from...

A big, brilliant, spooky collection of classic and contemporary ghost stories that will make you hesitate before turning off that light.

In this romance anthology, 15 Austenesque authors assemble to sketch Darcy's character through a series of reimaginings, set in the Regency through contemporary times - from faithful narratives to the fanciful. In The Darcy Monologues, the man himself reveals his intimate thoughts, his passionate dreams, and his journey to love - all told with a previously concealed wit and enduring charm.

Der bekannte Rundfunkautor und -moderator Paul Ernst Rattelmüller liest auf unverkennbare Weise beliebte und bekannte Geschichten von Ludwig Thoma, u.a. "Die Dachserin", "Assessor Karlchen", "Monika", "Die Wilderer" und viele andere mehr. Paul Ernst Rattelmüller (* 27. März 1924 in...

Tadeusz Borowski’s concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. In spare, brutal prose he describes a world where where the will to survive overrides compassion, and prisoners eat, work, and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup, an extra blanket, or the luxury of a pair of shoes with thick soles; and where the line between normality and abnormality vanishes.

The New York Times best-selling author continues his colonial-era thriller series with eight tales of mystery, adventure, and supernatural suspense.

The author presents a collection of seven short stories set in the Outlander universe, never before published together, including two original stories and featuring beloved character Jamie Fraser.

Hailed by The New York Times as "a marvel of storytelling", The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing. Now, three-time Emmy Award winner-Bryan Cranston, star of the hit TV series Breaking Bad, delivers an electrifying performance that walks the book’s hallucinatory line between reality and fiction and highlights the emotional power of the spoken word.

What the River Kept: The Supplemental EntryBy Martin FrancomA long-buried Mississippi secret is finally coming to the surface.In late August 2026, a state bridge-survey crew operating on the Tallahatchie River pulls a rusted mid-century suitcase out of the silt. Inside is more than just decades...

Bellflower, Nevada For fifty-one weeks a year, it's just another sun-baked desert town with dusty roads, half-empty bars, cheap motels, bored locals, and the long shadow of Area 51 hanging over everything. Then August comes, and Bellflower changes. The UFO Festival brings them in by the carload...

A spellbinding winter ghost story collection from the multi-million copy bestselling author of Labyrinth 'Captivating' Irish Examiner 'Perfect for stormy winter darkness' Daily Mail 'Beautiful' Sunday Express Rooted in the elemental landscapes of Sussex, Brittany and the Languedoc, here are...

Northampton. The center of England. Twelve extraordinary characters transport you through 6,000 years of astonishing history. As Alan Moore’s place-writing masterpiece reaches its 25th anniversary, New Perspectives brings this expansive work to life through twelve immersive audio journeys.

***Includes bonus short story*** Introduces us to the life of John Shakespeare, Queen's Spy. ------------------------------------------------------- 'Sixteenth-century London comes alive in all its tawdriness' Daily Mail 'Beautifully done . . . alive and tremendously engrossing' Daily Telegraph...

Raised in Marrakech by a French mother and English father, a 17-year-old girl has learned above all to avoid mauvais ton ("bad taste" loses something in the translation). One should not ask servants to wait on one during Ramadan: they must have paid leave while one spends the holy month abroad. One must play the piano; if staying at Claridge’s, one must regrettably install a Clavinova in the suite so that the necessary hours of practice will not be inflicted on fellow guests.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that one false step can involve a lady in endless ruin. On a rainy November day in 1811, Miss Elizabeth Bennet finds herself wondering why no one ever bothered to tell her about this. A few blithe steps on a morning walk taken after a succession of rain lead to unexpected events that irrevocably change the course of Elizabeth's life, placing her fate in the hands of the haughty and conceited Mr. Darcy - the last man in the world she had ever thought to marry.

Brought to you by Penguin. Five lives overlap across two centuries. School teacher Geoffrey’s war takes him to the brink of sanity; Billy’s fortitude lifts him from the Victorian slums in London; Elena and Jeanne interrogate the notion of the soul, from opposite points of view, a century...