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"The millions of readers of Amor Towles are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories set in New York City and a novella in Los Angeles. The New York stories, most of which are set around the turn of the millennium, take up everything from the death-defying acrobatics of the male ego, to the fateful consequences of brief encounters, and the delicate mechanics of comprise which operate at the heart of modern marriages. In...
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A pile of sensational bizarre blood cases, a cold silent body, what kind of crimes and secrets are hidden? A calm and wise female forensic doctor, an experienced criminal investigation captain, in the face of a paper forensic identification, one by one, the blood, violence and terror behind the dissection of the body, everything seems to have no trace, but in the bizarre doomed to the curse of the murderer
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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...
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Ce matin, moi, la petite Lithou, je ne suis pas du tout contente parce que Maman a perdu mes couettes. Alors ce serait chouette que vous m'aidiez à les retrouver ! Je ne suis pas du tout contente ! Si ça continue comme ça, je vais faire la moue à ma petite maman. Ce que je veux, c'est retrouver mes couettes ! Je ne sais pas pourquoi, elles ont disparu par magie !
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Rabbit lived with his parents in a city called Joyland. He was the only child in the family. He liked to play with his parents at home with his toys. Mummy Rabbit started to look for a nursery for Rabbit and can be happy when he plays with other children. On Rabbit's first day at nursery, he did not want to leave his mummy as nursery was new for him. It was circle time and a story to follow. The rabbit was asked to hand out snacks to his class…...
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A small book of short stories written by Abdulla Qadiri
This book contains two short stories:
• The Party of Demons
• In The Ulak
In the first story, O'sar tells his family about the party of demons he saw at night.
In the next one, Toorghon tells the story of the game of Ulak which he went to.
Ulak - is one of the traditional, national games of Central Asian peoples. The judges throw the goat (a goat or calf with its head, legs, and...
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Este libro habla de mi mismo, no concibo un libro en que el autor no se describa a sí mismo o comparta algo de su mundo interior, finalmente todo lo que somos y hacemos es lo que conforma la manera en que vemos el mundo y somos vistos. Así que este libro es mi visión acerca del color de las notas musicales, y mi audición acerca de los sonidos de cada color. Este libro es un paisaje sonoro de una mente que respira, piensa y sueña con la música...
9) Buscar
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BUSCAR es un álbum infantil para aprender a ver lo que tenemos cerca frente a la necesidad de encontrar lo que está lejos.
BUSCAR nos enseña a disfrutar de la vida y de las personas que nos rodean.
¿Te animas a BUSCAR?
10) Flop
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Flop is a spirited little rabbit who, together with his friends, goes on wonderful adventures in the woods where they live. From a bad incident to an encounter with a regal creature and chasing treasure at the end of a rainbow, the adventures provide valuable and relatable life lessons for Flop and his friends.
11) With You Always
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Sometimes, we miss someone or something so precious to us that left us wondering why they had to go. Through this story, you'll go on a journey with a character that also is missing someone very dearly. Explore how, in every step we take, our surroundings can remind us and keep us connected with whom or what we miss in a magical yet humble way.
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This book contains five beautiful and heartwarming children's stories. These stories are pure magic and wonderful for kids of all ages. Get ready, for a great adventure with such stories as, The Legend of the Ghost Bells, The Milagro at Christmas, The Frog who would be King, The Mystery of Cachucha Negra, and The Big Yellow Spaceship. by author Frank Solis. The book is now available at your favorite bookstore.
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Most parents start reading books to the children around two years of age, for the most part, the characters in the books are imaginary or fanciful to encourage good behavior such as sharing and tolerance. As I have seen in my grandchildren with improvement in reading skill, there is a tendency to move on to more advanced complicated fiction readings, supernatural mystical and space stories, less attention given to writing about our environment and...
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All the wonderful things to behold, And all the marvelous things to be told, A little family wants to explain, What is home? Written by the best-selling author, Sara Galadari, What is Home? is a heartfelt love letter for parents to read to their little ones before their slumber.
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Way down in Penguin Land lived two best friends, Clutch and Haiven. While Haiven was serious and studious, Clutch was imaginative and playful. As Clutch always imagined himself as a mighty warrior penguin, he did not always pay attention to his teacher in the classroom. One day, this got him in very serious trouble when he was out playing. The question was, could Haiven arrive in time to save his friend?
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Los cuentos de casas embrujadas ejercen una gran fascinación. Vernon Lee, H. P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, Sheridan Le Fanu, O. Henry Ambrose Bierce, Virginia Woolf, M. R. James y Arthur Machen han hecho de las casas encantadas uno de los tópicos más frecuentados no solo por la literatura fantástica sino también por el cine y por los actuales videojuegos.
Especialista en esta materia, Héctor Roque Pitt escoge dieciséis cuentos tomados exclusivamente...
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Rory loved listening to stories and he always remembered the ones that Daddy read to him at bedtime.
He wanted to know where stories came from. And he told Daddy that one day he would like to write stories.
And that was why he couldn't wait to start reading himself.
Rory didn't think that he would ever get tired of stories!
18) Beat the Beach
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A collection of short stories plus one not so short. Featuring Thai characters and/or Thai settings. A young girl wants revenge for her father's death. He was a drummer but not respected by other musicians. She steals the show with her drumsticks. She does more with blades on the Phuket's beach. A package is delivered, and an ear falls out. Then there is a tap at the door. Thailand's version of a vampire was locked in an underground room. The new...
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Set in a city where gods are omnipresent, privacy is elusive, and family defines identity, these are stories of men and women caught between their own needs and the demands of their society and culture. Psychologically rich and astonishingly acute. Arresting God in Kathmandu introduces a potent new voice in contemporary fiction.
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¿Has sentido miedo irracional?, ¿que la impotencia te supera? La salida está cerrada o nuestra mente nos hace creer que está bloqueada, pero el cerrojo está en tu esencia y la llave en tu autoconocimiento. La descarga es a veces la más sencilla herramienta y parece fácil, lo difícil es escucharla sin juzgar.
El cerebro es un músculo entrenable y redondo como un mundo, por lo que puedes hacer que tus miedos giren en espiral y, con efecto...