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21) Sheikha's Diary
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Sheikha and Latifa have been inseparable best friends since their kindergarten days. Despite their differences, such as Latifa's preference for playing with dolls and Sheikha's love for swinging on the monkey bars, their bond remains unbreakable. Through their unwavering support and willingness to share everything, Sheikha embarks on a journey of self-discovery, unearthing her true identity.
Sheikha's Diary is a delightfully touching and entertaining...
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How many were there? Enough. Over the centuries they had evolved to satisfy their needs with a more passive source of the nutrients they required; after all, blood was blood. But not for all. Some could not resist the ancient urge to satisfy their blood lust with the warm, flowing liquid of a living being. In those instances, errant members of the Network were tracked by the death squad known as the Shield, from whom there was no escape.
Jordan lived...
23) Shorts
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Short stories are, in my mind, just a brief snapshot of what could be a longer tale. A taster. Something in development. Fragments.Each of these collected shorts are just that. Saying something different in each one and writing each one, was a bit like trying to paint the pictures accordingly. Each story has a different personality and so they each a need little bit of something here, a little bit of that there, just like people. Some people you can't...
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Future of Errors and Other Stories is a collection of fifteen unique and magical
tales for teenagers that will inspire you like never before. Each story will transport
you to a land of fantasy and inspiration, filling your heart with hope and wonder.
These thrilling adventures, filled with humanity, convey messages of invincible
hope and resilience amid all odds. As you turn the pages and journey through the
worlds of science fiction and...
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El autor ha recopilado ocho cuentos aterradores de una manera fantástica, en los que abarca ese temeroso universo del morbo que no se detendrá ni un minuto durante el recorrido de estas páginas espantosas. Siempre existirá esa atracción por el morbo…
¿Te dan curiosidad los relatos detrás de los suicidios en los rieles, las invocaciones y los experimentos en la penumbra? Estos cuentos están destinados a aquellos que sutilmente se regocijan...
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Alejados de cualquier mirada complaciente, los relatos de esta antología abordan algunas de las caprichosas interacciones de los vínculos familiares, donde lo afectivo se ve contaminado por el inevitable mandato cultural que los atraviesan.
Roles que se confunden, ausencias notorias, presencias absolutas, reacciones intempestivas y búsquedas obsesivas de respuestas son parte de los temas que sobrevuelan estas historias. Cada texto propone la necesaria...
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En Biografía de un ocaso, el autor nos ofrece un compendio de relatos donde la muerte se erige como hilo conductor, tejiendo con maestría narrativa los destinos de sus personajes. A lo largo de estas historias, la muerte se manifiesta en diversas formas, y los personajes, meticulosamente concebidos, adoptan posturas variadas ante el inexorable fenómeno de la muerte. Cada relato se erige como un espejo literario que refleja las distintas facetas...
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The Brooklyn Dog series is about an intrepid dachshund with attitude named Nandi. Nandi faces challenges in the world--in France, on a trip to the beach and even at daycare. He proves that size does not matter, it is just courage that counts. Suitable for children at a grade 2 and 3 level. This is book 2 of the series.
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This delightful collection of 56 very short stories by Coco Legend is perfect for bedtime reading, sending your child to sleep with inspiring, happy thoughts! With separate sections for 'Magical Stories', 'Stories Set in a Zoo' and, for the final part of the year, 'Christmas Stories.' Happy reading, happy dreams!
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With the odds stacked against them, can these ten women survive... or will they succumb to the threat of revenge, fate, and death? Step through a looking glass of dark horrors with an Alice you never knew.Join Zenna in seeking the truth before she succumbs to her deadly magic.Journey with Olivia as she crosses paths with a monster of the forest and runs for her life.Watch Isobel summon the faerie to solve her problem of an unwanted husband.Shiver...
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A thrilling novelette about an orphaned crusader who was raised by the church and sworn to fight evil and a warlock who works for evil. They are destined to fall in love and struggle with the conflicting feelings that they have for each other and for their beliefs. Follow their journey of love, lust and betrayal.
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Ursula lives a good life as a high school Economics teacher. Though a beautiful young lady, Ursula believes in a love based on emotions, rather than wealth or appearances; she even rejects the advances of the obsessed Gareth Jones. Her life alters immensely when she runs into Malcolm, a man with unusual facial features. The two become friends, and as the story unfolds they eventually fall in love. Although Malcolm's mother supports their union, Ursula's...
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Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is considered one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Brazilian writers of all time. Author of "Dom Casmurro," "Memórias Póstumas de Braz Cubas," "Quincas Borba," and dozens of other unforgettable titles, Machado was a complete author, having written novels, short stories, poems, plays, critiques, chronicles, and correspondence. In the genre of short stories, Machado published over two hundred stories, always with...
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Contemporary short story collection exploring privilege, perspective, and contradiction from the celebrated author of Brighten the Corner Where You Are and A Bird on Every Tree. From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of Brighten the Corner Where You Are, A Circle on the Surface, and Purple for Sky comes the first collection of short stories since the Thomas Raddall Award–nominated A Bird on Every Tree.
Moving from a worldly insouciance...
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How do you stop evil when you've already killed it onceWhen the serial killer who's been terrorizing her small Oklahoma town captures her teen daughter, Sheriff Rosalyn Grimes shoots and kills him. The town breathes a sigh of relief-things can get back to normal now.But then, another murder takes place…this one more heinous than the others. Has the vicious serial killer been reborn into something even more depraved and unstoppable?It's Friday the...
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On the surface, farm woman who have worked alongside their men, cropping, milking, farming seem worlds apart from their city sisters. But these stories reveal all women who are on the cusp of a change are sisters underneath. A widow, an unhappy wife, a woman contemplating romance, a woman who has seized the day, these are the characters in these short stories about women of the farm. The rich midwest landscape is the backdrop of the emotional drama...
38) The Last Laugh
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In THE LAST LAUGH, an excessively overweight comedian looks back on his arduous journey through life while presently navigating his claustrophobic condominium, the building's smallish elevators, and the lobby's makeshift comic stage.
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Connected via the fictional town of St Anne's, a community along Nova Scotia's western shore, each story takes its title from the children's rhyme Counting Crows.
One for sorrow, two for joy,
three for a message, four for a boy,
five for silver, six for gold,
seven for a secret never to be told.
Within each tale an individual (often from the same family, always from the same town) will note the number of crows in their midst and recall the poem...
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A follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut "Plenary Indulgence," here are ten more stories (and a poem) from Chicago author Anne O'Brien addressing man's ongoing dilemma of attachment vs autonomy, as well as an exploration of human frailties from the sublime to the ridiculous. Uplifting, honest and hilarious, "The Grand Dame of Granville Avenue" is a must-read for all fans of short fiction.
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