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"In fall I couldn't see the trees
Or hear the rustling sound,
Of leaves in flight from lofty limbs,
Coming to rest upon the ground."
A Carpet of Violets & Clover is an ode to sensitivity and soulfulness. The multi-faceted Jenny Zimmer shares a lovely collection of short stories, personal essays and poetry. The short stories started with her fascination for flash fiction. The essays stem from personal experiences or observations. A love for...
12362) All I Want
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He taught her to trust. He taught her to love. And then he left her behind without a word. Tonight he's back. Whether for a moment or forever depends on the turn of a card. Twenty-one to win-or to lose it all. Their future hinges on her dealing him the right card...
12363) Corona mon amour
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"Corona mon amour" explore les ramifications des problèmes engendrés par la pandémie. Il s'agit avant tout d'une reconnaissance profonde envers les professionnels de la santé qui ont déployé des efforts incommensurables pour assister les patients, tout en étant soumis à un stress multiforme. C'est également un hommage poignant à notre nation et à une planète qui, plus que jamais, cherche son chemin.
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12364) Warbone
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On a deep space scalping mission, it pays to keep a roster!Security officer Jatashii is bored, but everything changes when a warbone strikes at her Meteor Inc. mining facility.Warbone is a ten minute quick read – bite-sized space opera for those on the move.Pick up Warbone today, and get a quick fix of sci-fi action and adventure! Warbone is also available in the First Verse collection of science fiction and space opera stories.
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These early works by Arthur Conan Doyle were originally published at the beginning of the twentieth century and we are now republishing them with a brand new introductory biography. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. It was between 1876 and 1881, while studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh, that he began writing short stories, and his first piece was published in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal before he was 20. In...
12367) Breaded Bliss
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A wonderful ray of reading sunshine' Heidi Swain Part four of the deliciously romantic new novel in the Cornish Cream Tea series. Available to pre-order now! The latest in the charming and heart-warming Cornish Cream Tea series, more romance and adventure from one of the best Romance writer's around and the author of the bestselling Canal Boat Cafe and The Once in a Blue Moon Guesthouse Summer Holiday meets Bake-Off — Cressy is a home-grown success...
12369) The Payment
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Short Story (20 pages + Sneak Peak chapter of ETERNITY novel)Carrie James never fit in on Earth. After killing her abusive husband, she is sentenced to spend the rest of her life in the research of the Plutonian moon, Charon.Isolation is always challenging, but 3 billion miles from Earth is more than a life sentence–it's death to everything she knows. But the payment must be made, not only by Carrie but also by Earth.
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"In the Permanent Way - And Other Stories" is a 1897 collection of short stories by Flora Annie Steel. Flora Annie Steel (1847 — 1929) was an English writer who notably lived in British India for 22 years and is best remembered for her books set or related to the sub-continent. Like most of her work, these tales are set in colonial India and offer a unique insight into what life was like at that time. The stories include: "Shub'rât", "In the Permanent...
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Fragile Things is a sterling collection of exceptional tales from Neil Gaiman, multiple award-winning (the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Newberry, and Eisner Awards, to name just a few), #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Graveyard Book, Anansi Boys, Coraline, and the groundbreaking Sandman graphic novel series. A uniquely imaginative creator of wonders whose unique storytelling genius has been acclaimed by a host of literary luminaries from Norman...
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Arbiter Veritas always gets her Truth. No matter the cost.
Sent into the heart of the space station. She must track down the strange energy signs. Before this energy becomes a danger to the thousands of lives on the station.
But is the truth as easy as it seems? And who's endangering the lives of thousands?
If you love thrilling fast-paced science fiction short stories with an addictive mystery. Then you need to read this!
12373) The Masked Magician
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One of the magicians join a TV mask singing contest where the game is murder."Hello I am the Masked Magician I am here to win the Masked Celebrity Singer contest I won't tell you how to do magic but I will enchant you with my voice," said a man in an over the top magician's outfit who looked quite handsome with his black and white tux in his hand a rosebud on a long stem on his face a mask which accentuated his good looks."Now to the show our first...
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This volume contains a brand-new collection of classic short stories for children written by Lucy Clifford (1846—1929). Clifford, also known under the pseudonym Mrs. W. K. Clifford, was an English journalist, novelist, and wife of notable philosopher and mathematician William Kingdon Clifford. Contents include: "On the Way to the Sun", "For Money - For Love", "The Sandy Cat", "The New Mother", "Writing a Book", "Over the Porridge", "Wooden Tony",...
12375) Complete Short Stories
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Immerse yourself in a magical and enchanting world with "Complete Short Stories", a fascinating collection that will captivate the hearts of young and adult readers alike! Discover the magic of bravery in "Pablo y los Colores", let tenderness envelop you with the endearing story of the "Street Dog Family", or delve into the exciting journey of "Spark and Electricity". In this unique volume, you will find captivating stories that explore fundamental...
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Boredom, loneliness, alienation, friendship, revenge, first love, violence, dreams, fractured families and broken communities. A twisted plot to exact revenge on a school bully, a teenage alcoholic who dreams of being a singer, a young girl's developing obsession with a boy from the wrong side of town, a lonely boy's attempt to collect strangers as friends, and a chilling glimpse into a future where owning seeds and growing food is banned. A unique...
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Décryptez La Parure de Guy de Maupassant avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr!
Que faut-il retenir de La Parure, une des nouvelles emblématiques du mouvement réaliste? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée.
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• Un résumé complet
• Une présentation des personnages principaux tels que Monsieur Loisel, Mathilde Loisel et Madame Forestier
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Read along with Disney! When the Evil Queen is no longer the fairest in the land, she becomes envious over the beauty of her stepdaughter, Snow White, and orders her huntsman to kill her. But she soon finds out that Snow White is alive and living in the forest. Follow along with word-for-word narration as the Evil Queen takes matters into her own hands.
12379) The Beatrix Gates
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Rachel Pollack is a sorceress, a wizard with words who spins together the spiritual, the political, and the passionate in her unique, indeed inimitable, tales. An award-winning SF and Fantasy author, she is also an esteemed Tarot Grand Master with devotees and students around the world. A progressive voice in the transgender community and a trusted guide to the ancient traditions of shamanism, she writes of shimmering and dangerous worlds, which have...
12380) Woodcall
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This collection begins with the tale of a boy with a musical talent driven on by his mother's ambition; Great Expectations always seem to end strangely don't they? Ah – England! A mecca for tourists from all over the world... and not only this one it seems. Then a different mother with the same proxy-ambitions for her talented balletic son... and he reaches breaking point too but finds relief with a little help from... well, from somewhere. Then...
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