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A thousand miles beyond the nearest outpost, deep in the far north, an isolated prospector gets an unexpected visitor: a stranger named Thomas Stevens, looking for tobacco and a place by the fire. Before the night is out, Stevens has told him why he is really there, recounting how his dog and...

„Scandal în Boemia” este o povestire polițistă scrisă de Arthur Conan Doyle, avându-l ca protagonist pe celebrul detectiv Sherlock Holmes. Acesta este angajat de regele Boemiei pentru a recupera o fotografie compromițătoare aflată în posesia inteligentei și fermecătoarei Irene...

A riveting thriller set on the windswept Alaskan tundra John Morgan and his wife can barely contain their excitement upon arriving as the new teachers in a Yup’ik Eskimo village on the Alaskan tundra. Lured north in search of adventure, the couple hope to immerse themselves in the ancient...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The Bogs of Tipperary A short story from a winter on the Loony Line, Ireland, 1990 — buses, caravans, bender tents, and horses holding their ground against the rain, the mud, and the cold. The Bogs of Tipperary follows a community of Travellers and...

A book that is number one on the New York Times bestseller list for several weeks may be forgotten a decade later. Popularity in a moment of history does not guarantee that a book will endure beyond its own time. The Prophet however, has proven time and again to quietly find its way into the...

En sen vinterkväll anländer en oväntad gäst till Hartgrove Estate. Arabella Conway blir mycket överraskad när mannen som väntar i salongen är Edward Ashburn, den blivande hertigen av Chesterford. Och han är inte där för att träffa Arabella, utan hennes bror George, då de är gamla...

Somliga straffar gud med detsamma, medan andra tycks komma undan med de mest förskräckliga brott. Men nu är tiden kommen för dem att stå sitt kast och få sitt slutliga straff...

Damiana tror att hon är precis som alla andra. En vanlig ung kvinna, dotter till ett bondepar i riket Gafámia. Men hon bär på hemligheter. Förmågor som skulle få henne bränd på bål om någon visste. Sandreon är Åskgudens son och har förberetts hela livet inför mötet med Solgudens...

Flytten till Blidviken skulle bli idylliskt för den lilla familjen. Men trakten bär på ett hemskt förflutet, en fruktansvärd händelse efter vilken något fortfarande söker hämnd...

In Reconstruction-era Baltimore, members of the city's elite keep turning up dead. When Jane Gray Wharton's husband, Ned, dies unexpectedly while overnighting at his brother's home, Jane has no reason to question the circumstances of his death. But on a visit to the same house a few weeks later, both Jane and her daughter fall gravely ill, and Jane begins to suspect foul play.

Born under the watchful eyes of the wolf star, Wolf Shadow was never meant to live an ordinary life. Named by the shaman Star Wolf and chosen by the spirits, she defied her tribe's traditions to become a warrior. She is one who walks between the living and the dead.

This book is a compilation of three zines of poetry and prose, first self-published between 2001 and 2003 —Bebop Coffee Shop, The Fabulous Adventures of Yours Truly, & Spoken Jazz & the tingg * Machine. The idea is for it to stand alone as its own work while complementing the episodic audio musical of the same name, in which this book was written. The zines were created with an early fifties portable typewriter called the Remington tingg * Machine, original black & white photography, crude sketches, glue sticks, scissors, and innumerable hours at Kinko's.

A bold collection of poems that captures the collisions of memory, history, and dream. From the turbulence of the 1970s to the dissonance of modern times, these verses move through war, solitude, fleeting love, and the strange beauty found in loss. With imagery that is at once haunting and surreal, the collection reflects on survival, disillusion, and the enduring power of art. By turns raw and tender, Land of Forgotten Fish invites readers to pause, reflect, and rediscover what remains when the world forgets.

Discover the beauty and clarity of life's final moments through Japan's haunting tradition of jisei—poems written at the edge of death. This moving collection brings together hundreds of translated death poems by Zen monks, haiku poets, and samurai warriors—many appearing in English for the first time. Compiled by renowned scholar Yoel Hoffmann, Japanese Death Poems offers more than exquisite verse: it explores Japan's deep-rooted cultural approach to mortality, impermanence, and spiritual release.

From the trials of motherhood, the appreciation of nature, and exploring romantic fantasy to embracing faith through the loss of family this is a poetic journal of survival. Embrace the power and depth of feminine feeling in this moving collection of pieces written to encourage the heart and awaken the soul. Reflect on life's most treasured moments and walk in the realm of emotions with each topic explored. Life & Introspection, Motherhood, Nature & Otherworldly Places, Romance, Faith, Grief & Loss.

Des voyageurs surpris par l'orage se réfugient chez un homme qui a autrefois passé un pacte avec le DIABLE... Repenti, il attend vainement que son pacte cesse. Or, cette nuit-là, nos voyageurs mi-goguenards mi-effrayés vont le tenter… Un récit fantastique ou SF, qui grâce à l'interprétation magistrale de Marc Deroy vous fait dresser les poils et vous donne la chair de poule !

Considerado o uns dos primeiros audiolivros que retratam a escravidão na América Latina, Sab narra sobre a realidade de Cuba no início do século 19 de tal forma que chegou a ser proibido em seu país de origem por “expressar doutrinas subversivas ao sistema”. No ano de sua publicação, em 1841, a nação caribenha contava com cerca de 400 mil escravos.

A retired London bank manager is yanked out of the suburbs by his eccentric aunt for a "cheerfully irreverent" romp across Europe (The Guardian). Now that the dullish Henry Pulling has left his job with an agreeable pension and a firm handshake, he plans to spend more time weeding his dahlias...

Jimmie works in a London call center, fielding complaints from dissatisfied travelers. Concerns range from whether compulsive itching will attract sharks in Mykonos, to the queue at the infinity pools in Maldives, to stray hairs on pillows: "the utterings of people at odds with their own...

A young Métis man searching for his missing father finds himself arguing with a dying glacier in this compelling, profane, and ultimately hopeful novel about the burdens and blessings of inheritance, from the award-winning author of A Grandmother Begins the Story. Robbie is torn: between trying...