Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Unfaithful Together is a series of connected, steamy, romance, short stories following one couple, as they pursue their sexual desires together. They are intended to be read in order. Olivia Van der Mol is conservative, and sweet. The kind of woman to take home to meet the family. Jake Johnson is thoughtful, and kind, but with a sexually adventurous side. A chance encounter leads Olivia to believe they were destined to be together. As they grow, Jake...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Welcome to Creelyville: Slick Rick was on the run. Police were on the hunt for him after a failed robbery attempt. After racing through Pidgeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee, he needed to get off the main road and followed an old, half-hidden road that led, to his surprise, to a town like nothing he had ever seen before. He might just wish that he hadn't seen this one.
The Failure: Carl Watkins was always a wannabe who never was. A...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is a story about two ways of thinking that tie us down, and prevent us from living the lives we desire. However, we all also have been inspired to let go by someone else who has walked the path before us, leading the way to freedom. In this story, our Handsome Bull Frog is tied down by who he has always been and the admiration that it gains him from others. Through the example of his new friend, The Midnight Leaper, he learns how to let go and...
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
Mit Hilfe eines experimentellen Ansatzes werden in diesem siebenten und letzten Band der Buchreihe verschiedene Variationen eines Fortbewegungsthemas im Hinblick auf Primzahlen teilweise synthetisch entwickelt. Der Hauptakteur der Erzählungen wird hierbei insbesondere anhand seiner Fortbewegungsarten charakterisiert. Es handelt sich bei dem Hauptakteur um Kriminalhauptkommissar Paul Sommerwind, der in fast existenzialistischer Art unbeirrt einem...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
First published in 2014, this tenth-anniversary edition of the award-winning collection includes three new stories.A young mother intrudes in the life of an older woman, thinking she knows what's best. An academic becomes convinced that he is haunted by his double. Two children spy on their supposedly criminal neighbours. A man enables his cousin's predatory impulses out of loyalty, and a circus performer dreams of a perfect wedding. These characters...
6) Avalanche
Author
Language
English
Description
"Things used to be easier, but even in those carefree days, the rules were in place for a reason. And that reason is: so we can all agree. So we can all have the same standard applied across the board. So there is no special treatment, which no one should receive. This is why we need the rules."
The stories in Avalanche combine humour with an earnest examination and indictment of white entitlement, guilt, shame, and disorientation in the wake of...
7) La clave
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
Clave. Emilia Pardo Bazán
Fragmento de la obra
El famoso compositor y profesor de canto y música Alejandro Redlitz se entretenía en leer sin instrumento una de las últimas páginas de su amigo Ricardo Wagner, a tiempo que el criado le anunció que estaban allí una señora y una señorita muy linda, las dos pobremente vestidas, que pedían audiencia, insistiendo en conseguirla sin tardanza.
Atusóse Redlitz las lacias greñas amarillas con...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Immerse yourself in the sinister imagination of author Joan De La Haye as she unleashes a captivating collection of 13 dark and twisted tales in her second collection. Brace yourself for a rollercoaster ride of suspense as each story explores the depths of human nature and the supernatural. Uncover the harrowing tale of a hunter turned hunted, where the line between predator and prey becomes blurred. Witness a diabolical wedding as the Devil himself...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Celebrated for her powerful short fiction, Claire Keegan now gifts us three exquisite stories together forming a brilliant examination of gender dynamics and an arc from Keegan's earliest to her most recent work. In "So Late in the Day," Cathal faces a long weekend as his mind agitates over a woman with whom he could have spent his life, had he acted differently; in "The Long and Painful Death" a writer's arrival at the seaside home of Heinrich Böll...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A workaholic splits his time between home and hotel rooms until an anonymous cryptic message arrives, setting off a wrinkle in the time continuum and slowly shredding his sanity. Elsewhere, a woman's jealousy over her spouse's connection with their only child boils over, leading her to see monsters everywhere except the mirror. University fraternity brothers discover that a cruel prank has dire consequences but the full extent of their punishment...
Author
Language
English
Description
The book is a large collection of must-read, out-of-the-ordinary stories. They are unlike anything you have ever read before. Some of them will challenge your cultural view of the world. This large collection of literary works encompasses the following genres: suspense, horror, action, science fiction, literary fiction, historical fiction, erotic, and off-the-beat.
Author
Language
English
Description
Ghosts
A series of mild-mannered, malcontent, miscreants telling stories of mischief, malevolence, and murder.
"I think that there are ghosts.
I haven't seen or heard
anything. I've definitely felt
something, but it's not scary."
Robbie Williams
"I don't believe in ghosts."
Ryan Gosling
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
Christmond wurde einst der Dezember genannt. Alfred Landmesser entdeckt diesen besonderen Namen für eine besondere Zeit neu. In vielen Kurzgeschichten entführt er uns auf eine Reise durch die Weihnachtszeit und erzählt, was rund um das Weihnachtsfest alles passieren kann. Zarte Liebesbande werden geschmiedet, das Jesuskind verschwindet aus der Krippe und der geliebte Hund Felix kehrt zu seinem Frauchen zurück. Alfred Landmesser blickt auch in...
Author
Language
English
Description
Time to Choose is a collection of short stories of mystery and the supernatural. Tragedy, murder, betrayal, and revenge all haunt the pages within; a witch who uses her powers to rid herself of nuisance neighbours, a demon who terrorises a town in a race against time, a deathbed visit from the Devil himself, vengeful ghosts seeking payback from beyond the grave and the tragic ghost of an unloved, unwanted child seeking a playmate for eternity.
From...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Stories about real life told in an assured voice." - William Wall author of No Paradiso "Stories of raw truth ranging from buoyant comedy to harrowing loss written with consummate skill." - Eoin Lynam, editor of Shorter Stories "A blast of cold air blasting through a warm room. These stories will hit you hard and stay with you long after you've finished reading them." - Paradoxical Magazine "An eclectic collection which showcases McDermott's subtle...
Author
Language
English
Description
Five Ordinary Men is a collection of five stories, each focusing on a different man, though the reader may think the book title is a misnomer and question whether some or all of the men are 'ordinary' at all. One man inexplicably commits a terrible crime, and relates aspects of his life trying to explain his actions both to himself and others. Another's memories of his close friend are reawakened when shown six varied photographs of their shared lives....
Author
Language
English
Description
David Brelsford is a shameless dog lover as is evident in many of his short stories. He is currently the joint owner (with his wife) of a gentle springer spaniel but has fantasies of one day owning a Bernese mountain dog. He has undertaken charity runs to raise funds for motor neurone disease, but at 81 his running days are over. He now contents himself with being a mad keen square dancer. He has three sons and four lovely grandchildren. He also loves...
18) El conjuro
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
Escritora y periodista española, Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851- 1921), es considerada como una de las novelistas clave en el realismo y el naturalismo español del siglo XIX y principios del XX. No solo fue un referente literario, sino que su defensa de los derechos de la mujer la convirtió en una de las primeras feministas españolas.
Fue la lectura de Emile Zola uno de los impulsos decisivos para que Pardo Bazán desarrollase una fecundísima carrera...
19) Miedos
Author
Language
Español
Description
¿Aún crees en monstruos bajo la cama? ¿Te aterroriza la oscuridad? ¿Hasta dónde estarías dispuesto a llegar para no caer en el olvido? ¿Qué harías si te hubiese tocado crecer en la Ruanda de 1994? ¿Y si la desidia se hubiese apoderado de tu vida? ¿Tienes miedo a estar solo? ¿O a sentirte solo?
Miedos no es un libro de terror. Estos veintisiete relatos no pretenden que nos escondamos asustados bajo la almohada, sino más bien que nos enfrentemos...
20) Barnacle Love
Author
Language
English
Description
"Immense emotional and truthful power."- Colm Tóibín, author of Nora Webster
Anthony De Sa makes his fiction debut with this stunning collection of interlinked stories that explore the innocent dreams and bitter disappointments of the immigrant experience. Hailed as "tender and raw, morbid and surprisingly gentle" by the Vancouver Sun, Barnacle Love was a finalist for Canada's highly prestigious Giller Prize.
Moving from a small Portuguese...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request