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11121) Trip Wires
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TRIP WIRES travels around the world, with stories, many of children, set against turbulent socio-political backdrops from Afghanistan to Syria to Columbia to America, and examines how the dilemma of isolation is a common human condition. The terrain is different in each story, but all of these young people face the dilemma of being without resources even as they try to find and maintain relationships. Accepting of tragedy and insurmountable challenges,...
11122) The Number 6, a Novella
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That last, mad dash for freedom isn't on a schedule; you either recognize opportunity when it climbs aboard the bus, or you don't.
The odd bend in Harlan Buck's left leg turned out to be an odd blessing. It had caught him a lot of grief growing up in the hot summers and bitter winters of Summit County - a lot of funny looks from the girls who would have nothing else to do with him and a lot of beatings from the boys - but it had also kept him...
11123) Holidays at Brew by Brewer
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Get ready to fall in love with the mountain men of Brew by Brewer with this three-book holiday collection!♥ Book One, SpookedA Halloween, instalove, fake relationship romanceHis sister's getting married in a spooky ceremony, so he's back in the town where he lost everything. She'd do anything for her daughter, even when it means pretending to be his girlfriend for the weekend.♥ Book Two, MerryA single mom, Christmas, instalove romance with my...
11124) Esos raros relatos nuevos
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Una chica cree que su padre está poseído y que hay que practicarle un exorcismo. Dos amigos luchan contra una sombra feroz que intenta destruirlos. Una chica y un chico viven un gran amor, prohibido y objetado por las leyes de su tiempo. Esta antología reúne siete relatos de literatura juvenil en los que hay amor, humor, fantasía, aventuras. Y también hay una realidad, a veces despiadada, que nos lleva hasta las lágrimas. No existe ningún...
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"'Is it really possible, do you suppose,' said Sherlock Holmes to me one morning, as we took breakfast together, 'that a healthy and robust man may be so stricken with terror that he drops down dead?'"
The much praised Denis O. Smith introduces twelve new Sherlockian stories in this collection, including "The Adventure of the XYZ Club," "The Secret of Shoreswood Hall," and "The Adventure of the Brown Box." Set in the late nineteenth century before...
11127) One Thousand and One Nights
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Sheri spends her days fighting zombies and her nights chained to a wall, earning her every breath by telling stories to her captor Aleksy-stories that make them both forget the ruined world. Sheri could put up with the conditions-at least she knows her sister is safe in the community Aleksy leads-until she realizes she's falling for him...even though he wants her dead.
When Aleksy allowed Sheri and her sister into his compound, he didn't know about...
11128) Jeremy's Magic Cheque
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Lack of financial literacy among children can lead to poor money management skills in adulthood.If you would like your child to learn practical tips of how money grows over time and the power of compounding, this book is here to help your child.Jeremy's Magic Cheque uses great pictures, making it more interesting and memorable for the children. The book is among a series of the Kids Financial Story Books available to help reinforce kids' understanding...
11129) Danish Folk Tales
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A collection of tales that grew out of the sprawling flatlands, the oozing fjords, the dark forests and the waves that crash on the shores of Denmark.
How a Viking ship carried a future king into Roskilde Fjord, how a mermaid's laughter brought fortunes to her fisherman host, how the people of Lolland survived a flood with waves 3m high and how a princess found her freedom in becoming a prince.
Experience the history, landscapes, stories and fairy...
11130) The Water Bus: A Short Story
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Previously published in the print anthology Star Over Bethlehem: Poems and Holiday Stories. A middle-aged widow embarks on a water bus for an isolated getaway, but en route she meets a most extraordinary man …
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Agatha Christie created magnificent works of suspense for the theater, and eight of her riveting stage dramas are collected in The Mousetrap and Other Plays-including the title piece, the longest running play in history, still a smash hit in London's West End after 60 years! On an isolated island, ten people have been brought together to be killed off. An evil old woman has a rendezvous with death in the desert heat of Jerusalem. A scheming wife testifies...
11132) Gobseck
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Extrait : "A une heure du matin, pendant l'hiver de 1829 à 1830, il se trouvait encore dans le salon de la vicomtesse de Grandlieu deux personnes étrangères à sa famille. Un jeune et joli homme sortit en entendant sonner la pendule."
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Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de qualité de grands livres de la littérature classique mais également des livres rares en partenariat avec la BNF. Beaucoup...
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This lively collection offers literary short stories founded on History, Love, Need, Excess, and Final Acts.
In History, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings sit for a revealing interview that should have happened. Anne Frank survives the Holocaust and goes on a rousing book tour in the United States, promoting her celebrated diary. An Austrian customs official defends his troubled son against warnings by a traveler from the future.
In Love, an adult...
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Audrey Miller suffered through the worst first date ever – a trip to a brightly decorated casino for hot dogs. Just one week from Christmas. So much for her stellar reputation. Then something completely unforeseen happens that changes the direction of Audrey's life.A sweet story of the magic of Christmas.
11135) Scraping Bottom
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Death consigns a young man to life aboard ship. He struggles to learn the ropes as part of a lone ship crossing the Indian Ocean. Except, is his ship alone?A strange fog stalks his ship. Sailors whisper of pirates and haunted derelicts. He must determine if the danger's real or a cruel joke on the new cabin boy.
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Méfiez-vous des détails étranges qui ont lieu autour de vous ou de certains objets, car cela pourrait mal finir...
Dans son mausolée de fer, il attendait, dans son sarcophage merveilleux et cauchemardesque, cet ultime refuge de bois précieux qu'avait sculpté à son image, empli d'une crainte respectueuse et indicible, un de ses fidèles, artiste aussi prodigieux qu'anonyme. Enfermé dans ce cercueil, Il s'était défait de sa substance, nul...
11137) Too Hot to Touch
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Warning: This collection is HOT!Their TouchThey share everything. Including her.Roman and Flynn have been looking for their forever girl for years now but no one has ever caught their eye. Not until they meet Aspen. Have they finally found their happily ever after.Her TouchThey're meant to be... if only she realized that.With one look, Lincoln is hooked. He's never wanted anything as badly as he wants Adeline. She's skittish though. Will he be able...
11138) Heart of The Story
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Everyone has a story to tell, especially the Nobility.
Cholea loves her job. She writes articles. Cholea needs her story no matter what happens.
Can Cholea get her story and learn the truth? Or will she lose the job she loves?
If you love action packed, enthralling fantasy short stories, you will love this story!
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Revelations from the dispatch box of Doctor John Watson. These seven stories previously featured in various volumes of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories and other anthologies. They come together in their own collection for the first time.
The Incident of the Absent Thieves Holmes, left alone temporarily by the newly-married Watson, narrates an early episode in his career. While living in Montague Street he is approached by the wife of a well-known...
11140) Death Rides
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What's the one thing we know about Death?
He certainly gets around.
He has to travel all over the place. He is not on a pale horse. He is on ride-share. He takes trains and trucks. He rides up escalators and down mountainsides using a double bass as a snowboard.
Death gets around.
These small, amusing stories show Death and the many ways he goes from Point A to Point B. These might be humorous or sad like a funeral. There are so many aspects to...
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