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2382) Relatos no salvajes II
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Relatos No Salvajes II es una obra de relatos, reflexiones, historias de Domingo Flores. En estos cuentos el autor busca desarrollar la reflexion de las actividades comunes de la vida cotidiana, para encontrar en ellas mucha más significativdad e importancia, para valorar más nuestras accciones de cada día.
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¿Y si nos tomásemos los temas de actualidad con ironía y humor? ¿Es que no es la realidad la más delirante de las ficciones? Sin duda, la vida está llena de historias que de no verlas a diario no las creeríamos. Los Cuentos Absurrealistas (absurdos y surrealistas) exponen con sarcasmo temas actuales y problemáticas que siguen fustigando a la humanidad desde su propia naturaleza.
Estamos ante un libro que no dejará indiferente, compuesto por...
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Jiangming through the fantasy world, become the east wilderness south heaven heaven holy land in the history of the youngest too elder, the beginning is the king of God!
It was easy to crush everyone just by practicing.
Just wake up an intake system.
As long as you accept, you can become stronger!
So far, Jiangming chose to retire to the background, silently developing.
One day, Jiangming closed out, found himself a disciple...
2385) Spangled Ruin
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A small town postal worker knows more than the young woman at her counter, including what they share; a Chinese American boy draws on fantasy ponies to outmaneuver menace; and an outsider artist teaches an urban lover the benefits of a fish's perspective. In these stories – sexy, funny, tragic, cosmic -- Holly Morse unfurls the rainbow range of her narrative and stylistic talents. While the stories span both familiar themes (intergenerational conflict,...
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Henry James (1843-1916) was an America-born English writer whose novels, short stories and letters established the foundation of the modernist movement in twentieth century fiction and poetry. His career, one of the most significant and influential in English literature, spanned over five decades and resulted in a body of work that has had a profound impact on generations of writers. Born in New York, but educated in France, Germany, England and Switzerland,...
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Do you want a jewel worn by Cleopatra, an original Shakespeare folio, or the combined genes of Socrates and Marilyn Monroe? Dr. Zeus can make your dreams come true.
The Company, a powerful corporate entity in the twenty-fourth century, has discovered a nearly foolproof recipe for success: immortal employees and time travel. It specializes in retrieving extraordinary treasures out of the past, gathered by cybernetically enhanced workers who pass as...
2388) Twee Tales
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A collection of twelve short stories by Diane Wordsworth, three of which are totally brand new. The other nine have all been previously published in UK magazines or broadcast on BBC local radio.This book was previously published as Twee Tales by Diane Parkin
2389) Her Own House
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This collection of eight short stories explores the themes of nonconformity, self-acceptance, and transformation. Characters confront religious, racial, and moral issues, which result in overcoming some internal or external challenge. The stories are told with magical, satirical, and traditional story-telling elements. For example, "The Liberation of Mammy" is about a slave who uses her secret pancake recipe to cause a distraction that allows her...
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Gillian recognizes the drivers face: the car crash was no accident. She hovers between this world and the next, desperate for her heart broken son and husband to understand she was murdered. Is there time for her to lead them, and the police, to the man who killed her? The police are on the wrong track and Gillian's ghostly form ingeniously guides them to her journals that may reveal clues to her killer. It is a race against time as she loses strength...
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The book is a combinations of life moving stories, poetry and heartwarming quotations. It is written in a way to enticed you into reflection and emotional soul searching. Some of those stories could be your friend and acquaintance or even a family member. But I wrote them in a way to stimulate soul searching, respect without judgement and mutual understanding.
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A precocious child plays dance lesson in the back of an old trailer. Her mother watches from within. In the midst of the bittersweet scene, their lives are about to change forever, and whatever else may happen the image of an innocent child softly singing will haunt you...
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What happens when Iram the leper makes his way to the Serog? Jacob and his household collide with the threat of total annihilation when his sons slaughter all the men in the cities surrounding them. The doctors have given up on Adrianas dad. Her mum is suffering from a stroke, and the family is facing a fierce legal battle. How could everything go wrong at the same time? Sir Jonathan Halberd, a debonair bachelor in Abbotsbury has found the lady of...
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El Club de las Escarmentadas es un pequeño paquete de relatos, donde se presentan varias historias protagonizadas por mujeres que, aun agitadas por los embates del Destino, y a pesar de tener que atravesar muros de dolor en carne viva, saben salir adelante y superar los ataques del fracaso emocional a base de ánimo, valentía, y sobre todo, iniciativa. Todo ello lo llevan a cabo envueltas en un derroche de dignidad, pese a la presión que ejercen...
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If these stripped-down vignettes have anything in common, it's fading tattoos, excessive drinking and smoking, hopeless attempts at communication, unexpected violence, and untimely death-not to mention coffee, steak, and eggs. Crammed with atmosphere, quirky characters and page-turning plot, Coffee, Steak, and Eggs: 101 Stories from the Wrong Side of Nowhere is perfect for fans of deftly-written fiction with a bit of criminal activity thrown in for...
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The year is 1969, and it's only a month after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, when four teenage boys experience an adventure that would change their lives. They agree to challenge themselves by riding their bicycles to a town15 miles away. The simple bicycle excursion manifests into an endeavor that has more twists than the road itself. Early into the trip, the boys give a hitchhiker a ride. After a few miles the hitchhiker decides to go in a...
2397) Vida
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Fresh, accomplished, and fearless, Vida marks the debut of Patricia Engel, a young author of immense talent and promise. Vida follows a single narrator, Sabina, as she navigates her shifting identity as a daughter of the Colombian diaspora and struggles to find her place within and beyond the net of her strong, protective, but embattled family. In "Lucho," Sabina's family-already "foreigners in a town of blancos"-is shunned by the community when a...
2398) Bigger Than The Facts
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Bigger Than The Facts continues G. Lowell Tollefson's Portrait of America series with stories that juxtapose the pain of war with the complexities of relationships at home.
Sometimes searing, sometimes comic, these stories once again explore the human psyche and our interaction with one another, nature, and the events in our lives.
2399) Lemonade
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Peter Lemon and Aidan O'Sullivan are the proud co-owners of Grenton Groceries, a successful fruit and veg retailers in Grenton Village, Cumbria. However, commercial bliss is thrown into disarray when Aidan's brother Norris arrives at the shop, having been recently released from prison.Soon Norris begins to drive a rift between the men, and, following the advice of a neighbour, it becomes clear to one of them that there is only one solution.Lemonade...
2400) El Mundo Incinerado
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Y así, El mundo incinerado somos múltiples nosotros: la narración y su narradora, sus lectores y los que jamás la leerán. Las palabras. Los silencios. O los personajes y algún yo.
Con nuestras cordura y locura más sociales e íntimas, indisolubles o tan frágiles.
Con nuestras pertenencias siempre míseras y las sigilosas alegrías o los gritos ahogados. En búsqueda. El mundo a secas: adentro-afuera-entodaspartes.
El mundo incinerado, creado...
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