General & literary fiction Books

This collection of short stories is a mixture of humor, as in the case of "Jimmy, Johnny and Joey at Klamath Falls" "Three Suns Villa" and "The Godfather"; sadness ("John's Funeral", "Dad's Funeral"); and nostalgia, "Palali", "Two Friends". The stories...

È la storia, rapida ed essenziale, della vita di una donna, che, nel cuore di un matrimonio apparentemente felice, si risveglia all'ascolto dei propri desideri e delle proprie aspirazioni, imprimendo una serie di svolte alla propria vita. Laura pagherà...

يحكي نص أنا من الدولة الإسلامية عن الرقة؛ الحياة الإجتماعية في المدينة منذ بداية سبعينيات القرن الماضي وحتى قيام ماسمي الدولة الإسلامية على كامل أراضيها، والتي جعلت الرقة عاصمتها الأولى. يسرد الرواي تفاصيل صغيرة من خلال النص المسرحي الذي يقدمه ممثل وحيد...

En un país gobernado férreamente por un tirano, la salvación pasa por un cambio radical desde el pueblo, una revolución que nunca llega porque existen demasiados intereses nacionales e internacionales para evitarla. El pueblo sufre cada vez más los...

Prisionero de la dictadura militar uruguaya, Tomás quiere salvarse para contarle al mundo la historia de Michael Hines, el hijo de Jorge IV que rechazó la corona. Si logra salvar el honor de Michael, este lo salvará de los vejámenes y humillaciones que...

'La pata de la raposa' (1912) forma parte de su tetralogía sobre la biometría espiritual, una especie de anarquismo acrobático, en el que pretende reflejar a su protagonista en plena autoeducación estética, sumido en el pozo de la indignidad moral. Es la...

Un racconto, tra fantasia e realtà, di una giornata di Ingrid Bergman e Roberto Rossellini durante un viaggio in Italia nel 1949, che ha come sfondo un albergo di Catanzaro ed il suo piccolo mondo.

Prese la mano di Francesca. Francesca sorrise. La baciò. Disse: La relazione tra marito e moglie è sacra, eterna, assoluta.

"Non c'è bisogno che suoni la campana, perché a ogni passo, a ogni respiro, una parte della tua vita si è già consumata. E così, non stare a consultare il calendario, né a seguire le lancette del tuo orologio, perché, nell'aria che ti circonda, in ogni...

Wiccard Force is a tale of all things magical, and yet the adventure is beyond what might be first witnessed. There are many layers to its reality, like an onion. Each creature plays its role, but now is the time for Absolute Truth. This is a pivotal...

Penny A Corner A Novel by Barbara Millar was first published in 2008. The story is set in London. It concerns the murder of a London doctor who lived in Brownlow Street near Holborn London. The story is based on the Trial of Master Henry Harrison. Penny...

A rip-roaring adventure in the style of Buchan involving eccentric Victorian adventurers, spies involved in the Great Game, mystical preachers, mysterious veiled ladies and a city straight out of the Arabian Nights.The Bukhara Affair is the second novel...

When Maria stumbles into the world of gonzo journalism following a chance encounter at a party, the lure of rewriting her own history is too strong to resist. Traumatic events can be edited or deleted - nothing need ever be the same again.But even when...

When their no-good brother was killed in a gunfight with a young drifter who was just passing through, the sheriff and deputy of Vermijo, Arizona Territory, gathered a posse together and went after the killer. But they weren't interested in justice. They...

King Arthur and Queen Guinevere received the Round Table as their wedding gift and King Leodegran who was Queen Guinevere's father, was the keeper of the Round Table.The legend of the Round Table is, that although King Arthur wanted fifty knights to be...

Ibiza Scrog take a spiritual journey was with ghosts to find the true meaning of Holiday's

Non esiste una storia di vita uguale ad un'altra, ed è per questo che non ho creato un manuale per expat pronto all'uso. In mezzo a tanta disinformazione, tra un articolo che parla di una vita all'estero paradisiaca e un altro che ne distrugge ogni...

this is book talking about king of Iraq , and how the people killed him. We hope for you.

La vera storia di Richard Ramirez, spietato serial killer, adoratore di Satana che nel 1985 terrorizzò la città di Los Angeles, attraverso una serie di brutali omicidi.

Dieses Buch enthält lediglich Fragmente: nämlich eine Sammlung von Schlusskapiteln ausgewählter belletristischer Werke deutscher Autoren des vorigen Jahrhunderts - eine Spielerei, die aus einer guten Laune heraus entstanden ist

Questi racconti sono nati in taxi, mio lavoro primario ma non trattano banalmente del lavoro di tassista, piuttosto godono di un punto di vista di osservatore della nostra società. Le storie hanno subito l'influenza del mio secondo 'lavoro' o meglio...

Colin's Shorts Volume 4 is a collection of 30 short stories, a very varied mix with something for everyone: Romance, Drama, Sci-fi, Comedy. Spoofs of the X files and Flash Gordon. Romantic Fantasy in, Portrait of a Princess. Who done it in, The Case of...

'And before you ask I had a very comprehensive background check done so yes I know all about your quirky wee ways.... so are you in or out?'but what neither Tia nor Charlie knew was that they were about to step into the unknown but would they survive to...

"We made a promise, remember? To save everyone. Back then, we were too young. When we were older, we were too weak. Now? Now there's nothing in my way and nothing left to lose."A young doctor exploring the world, a prodigy searching for her place in the...

In this 5th novel of the continuing Forensic Criminal Series, Paul M. Valliant delves into the future where mind-altering technology is used to eliminate criminal behaviour. Nano-wiring was introduced in Valliant's previous novels as a technique to save...

A feminist pioneer, writer, and patron of the arts and literature in Buenos Aires, Victoria Ocampo (1890-1979) was a larger-than-life personality of legendary vitality. A key protagonist in Argentina's rise to world-class status in the arts and sciences,...

"Allende is one of the most important novelists to emerge from Latin America in the past decade."--Boston GlobeAn enthralling tale of one man's search for love and his struggle to contend with the pain and deprivation that shaped him.Born in the Hispanic...

There is a love that flourishes only in the darkness; a passion that rises only from the grave. This anthology of all-new stories probes the shadowy meeting ground of our ancient, primal terrors -- and our deepest forbidden desires.Edited by one of...

Catherine Morland is an imaginative, seventeen year-old who has a love of reading, particularly Gothic novels. Visiting Bath for the first time, she experiences adventure in fashionable Regency society, meeting all manner of new companions and...

रोमियो और जूलियट में, शेक्सपियर एक हिंसक दुनिया बनाता है, जिसमें दो युवा प्यार में पड़ जाते हैं। यह बस नहीं है कि उनके परिवार अस्वीकृत कर दें; मोंटेग्यूस और कैपुलेट्स एक रक्त संघर्ष में लगे हुए हैं।मृत्यु से भरी इस सेटिंग में, पहली नजर में प्यार से लेकर...

Come giudicare le guerre, i rapporti storici tra Germania e Italia visti da una prospettiva italiana, quale slogan gridare nelle manifestazioni, un limite al fanatismo religioso, l'arrivo di un disco volante. Una piccola riflessione (non priva di...

"El agua es casi parte de mí, las profundidades, los peces que no diviso y que presiento, y la magia de la mar, por donde navega el amor de Carmen que me ha cogido de la mano, y me arrastra hasta su latir inmortal."Novela ganadora del I Premio Yoescribo...

After the tragic loss of both of her parents, Joanie is separated from her siblings and eventually moves to her grandparents' farm in rural Ontario. There she meets an Ojibwe boy who is scarred from experiences at a residential school. The two become...

Based on a true story, The Big Vivid stumbles with a buck reporter and his ranging philosophic mind into a small town's newspaper war, a bevy of rich characters, humour, a hot romantic bond; scandals, both political, one criminal; and a brutal murder.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

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