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The Best American Short Stories 2021 immerse the listener in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some of that power into their own lives. From a stirring portrait of Rodney King’s final days to a surreal video game set in the Middle East, with real consequences, to an indigenous boy’s gripping escape from his captors, this collection renders profoundly empathetic depictions of the variety of human experience.

Unstoppable is the fiercely honest, fearless, darkly funny autobiography of global tennis star Maria Sharapova. In the middle of the night, a father and his daughter step off a Greyhound bus in Florida and head straight to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. They ring the bell, though no-one is expecting them and they don't speak English. They have arrived from Russia with just 700 dollars and the conviction that this six-year-old girl will be the world's next great tennis star. They are right.

Set in New Orleans at the close of the 19th century, The Awakening follows Edna Pontellier, who, while vacationing with her husband and their two sons, finds liberation from her prudish behavior and repressed emotions and desires. At the coastal resort of Madame Lebrun, Edna struggles to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South.

In Art Money Success, Maria tells personal stories of her own business deals, successes, and failures while sharing unconventional wisdom that will explode your art sales. If you are interested in generating more money and success from your art, then this audiobook is for you!

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Calm by Michael Acton Smith, read by Maria Teresa Creasey. Trains delayed, kids squabbling before bedtime, endless emails filling the inbox: everyone needs more calm in their life. The evidence in favour of calmness is huge. Practices like meditation and mindfulness improve life expectancy, productivity at work, health and even personal happiness.

Goetz, un bâtard d'une famille noble, a participé à la rébellion de Worms, puis l'a trahi et a tué son frère qui la dirigeait. Désobéissant aux ordres de l'archevêque, il décide de raser la ville par simple envie de faire le Mal et de défier Dieu.

I tre racconti appartengono al periodo più felice della produzione di Grazia Deledda (Nobel Prize 1926), dal primo al secondo decennio del '900. La Martora: un ragazzino libero e ribelle incontra una donna che vive reclusa in casa, ed entrambi sono conquistati dalla bellezza e dalla dolcezza del piccolo animale, metafora dell'amore perduto.

Che cosa fa una ragazza ingenua, ambiziosa, che non si rassegna a sistemarsi con un matrimonio qualunque? che vuole evadere dal meschino mondo della provincia che ragiona per pregiudizi e condanna senza appelli una donna sulla base del sentito dire?

Verlaine n'est pas qu'un musicien du verbe. Il sait nous raconter de petits événements intimes, surgis du souvenir ou bien nous décrire un amour impossible en son exigence.

Dating to the ninth century BC, Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb Introduction that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it coexists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace.

Eine der schönsten Geschichten der Weltliteratur! In einer wunderbaren, ungekürzten Lesung von Ulrich Mühe und seiner Tochter Anna Maria Mühe. Mit musikalischer Untermalung von Jürgen Treyz.

A bicycle is a fun and efficient way to get from one place to another. But have you ever wondered what parts make up a bike? Some bikes have hand lever brakes while others do not. Riders with more experience usually set their seats a bit higher than those with less experience.

The Chair and The Valley is a raw, gut-wrenching, and amazing story about healing from trauma and starting over. It is a testament to the importance of chosen family, the restorative power of nature, and the strength it takes to build a new life in the face of fear and doubt. Banning takes listeners through his fraught relationship with his family, the mistreatment he suffered at the hospital, the lawsuit against the owners of the facility, and his desire to make sense of what happened to him. We witness Banning navigate the difficult landscape of trauma and his battle to live a normal life.

Dionysus Kostanidis, o magnata de uma família de banqueiros e CEO da maior empresa de telecomunicações norte americana, assim como seus irmãos, é um homem implacável em todas as áreas. O pai solo está decidido a manter a viuvez não por amor à falecida esposa, mas porque casamento não consta em seus planos.

Questa raccolta racchiude tre racconti che si sviluppano in un sistema di scatole cinesi, storie all’interno di altre storie, leggende riportate a voce alta o sussurrate. Per sconfiggere la paura, intrappolati in un’osteria con lo spauracchio dell’arrivo dei briganti, ci si stringe e ci si racconta, al chiaror di una candela, di saghe misteriose (più terribili dei briganti stessi!).

Das magische Meerjungfraulantis. Sonnenkatze lädt Gabby zur Funkel-Party in Meerjungfraulantis ein! Aber um zur Party zu kommen, braucht sie den blauen Kristall von Meerkatze – und ihr inneres Funkeln. Schneekreuzfahrt. Gabby und Pandi lernen allerlei über den Schnee, als sie mit einem Kreuzfahrtschiff zum Nordpol reisen, um das Regenbogen-Iglu von Eisbär Pete und Ratkatz zu bewundern.

Fäden. Rückblicke zeigen, wie Brooklynn Nachforschungen über den Dinosaurierschmuggel anstellt. Dabei kommt es zu einem Treffen mit Daniel Kon. Weil Brooklynn ständig auf Achse ist, geht ihre Beziehung mit Kenji in die Brüche. Versehentlich verrät Darius, was er wirklich fühlt. Brooklynn muss auf ihrer Suche einen herben Verlust verkraften und erhält Unterstützung von einer Person, mit der sie schon länger zusammengearbeitet hat. Kleine Planänderung. Verdeckt ermittelt Brooklynn weiter, nachdem sie Kalifornien verlassen hat. Irgendwann bricht sie den Kontakt mit einem Unterstützer ab.

Baby Box' Miauseumstag. Die Gabby-Katzen arbeiten an einem Kunstprojekt für Baby Box’ Miau-seums-Tag. Man kann auf so viele Arten Kunst schaffen – wofür werden sich die Kätzchen entscheiden? Carlita, der Eiswagen. Carlita hat sich in einen Eiswagen verwandelt. Doch bevor sie die Gabby-Katzen beliefern kann, braucht sie erst einmal Eis, eine Speisekarte und ein Lied.

Valarie Clark Miller seemed to have it all. Smart and beautiful with a wealthy, successful husband and growing family, Valarie appeared to be the picture-perfect Mormon wife. But it was all a façade. Inside, she was crumbling from the pressures of long-repressed memories of a childhood filled with sexual and physical abuse.

Claire Leccese is a romance novelist who writes happy endings for a living. Quite ironic, since she’s spent a lifetime battling demons from childhood trauma and has been anything but happy. She is plagued by self-doubt and an inability to trust people who claim to love her. Along comes Sydney Howard, a younger successful artist who rocks Claire’s world and “lit an agreeable blaze inside my belly…” However, as Sydney falls in love with the older woman, Claire’s fears overtake her and she runs away, vowing never to see Sydney again.