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First published in 2014, this tenth-anniversary edition of the award-winning collection includes three new stories.A young mother intrudes in the life of an older woman, thinking she knows what's best. An academic becomes convinced that he is haunted by his double. Two children spy on their supposedly criminal neighbours. A man enables his cousin's predatory impulses out of loyalty, and a circus performer dreams of a perfect wedding. These characters...
2) About Face
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About Face is an illustrated children's book about a dream in which ears, eyes, nose and mouth become detached from the narrator's face, taking on lives of their own.
The facial characters, free from all restrictions, delve into mischief including party music, trying to bake a pie without burning down the kitchen, eating and even dancing!
About Face is a hilarious children's story illustrated with remarkable 3D effects and fantasic visual innovation...
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¿Has sentido miedo irracional?, ¿que la impotencia te supera? La salida está cerrada o nuestra mente nos hace creer que está bloqueada, pero el cerrojo está en tu esencia y la llave en tu autoconocimiento. La descarga es a veces la más sencilla herramienta y parece fácil, lo difícil es escucharla sin juzgar.
El cerebro es un músculo entrenable y redondo como un mundo, por lo que puedes hacer que tus miedos giren en espiral y, con efecto...
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Set in a city where gods are omnipresent, privacy is elusive, and family defines identity, these are stories of men and women caught between their own needs and the demands of their society and culture. Psychologically rich and astonishingly acute. Arresting God in Kathmandu introduces a potent new voice in contemporary fiction.
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CHINA' S SEAMY UNDERSIDEKitty and her teenage friends, squatting in an empty apartment, are looking for gas to cook instant noodles. Bai Song and his wife, who live in the unit across the hallway, have a well-equipped kitchen with all the mod cons. Plus they' re old and retired, meaning they' re ripe for a bit of rough fun, Clockwork Orange-style.China at the turn of the century. Everything is upside down. Respect...
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Desde los sueños se asoma ese mundo que imaginas. Y que es posible. Gente común, desde todas las latitudes, rompe los prejuicios de que la capacidad de crear está atada a un origen o a una educación. En 1000 canciones de amor para la ciencia y el arte, la voz desafiante e irreverente de Henrryman de Perusalén nos lleva de la mano hacia la pieza del rompecabezas del universo que él creó gracias a su mente dedicada a buscar-y encontrar-belleza...
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In Life is a Story, D.A. Bennett takes readers on a captivating journey through a collection of short stories that explore the universal themes of adolescence, adulthood, and the complexities of human relationships.Set in southern Louisiana during the mediators, the initial stories follow hard-working rural families as they navigate life's challenges and opportunities. From there, the book ventures into the scandalous and confusing world of 21st century...
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In nine stories that move between nouveau riche Los Angeles and the working class East Coast, Kevin Morris explores the vicissitudes of modern life. Whether looking for creative ways to let off steam after a day in court or enduring chaperone duties on a school field trip to the nation's capital, the heroes of White Man's Problems struggle to navigate the challenges that accompany marriage, family, success, failure, growing up, and getting older....
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Inspired by the author's childhood experience in the deep countryside of his native country, the Republic of the Congo, Tales from the Great Marsh represents a collection of short stories which illustrate a complex picture of life in a contemporary African society still rooted in its traditional beliefs and practices.
Through short fictional stories, the author explores the complexity of social, cultural as well as religious, and spiritual experiences...
10) Mishandled
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In Mishandled, meet five characters forced down the path of destruction in every aspect. Their unstable lives of being ignored, outcast, and mistreated tore at the fragile human within, turning them into unrecognizable monsters. Their upside-down existence propels them to commit bloody acts against humanity.
You may ask – is it over for them? Is it too late to turn back, to heal their souls and regain their rightful place as normal, respected people...
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What does a memory look like? Often it will appear personal and sacred because we have created it ourselves with every sensual focus we brought to our experience. Then, we sprinkle our thoughts and perspectives on it. A memory will reconnect us to the past for a reimagining, a review, and a reframing. It will end up looking very much like who we are. I hope the stories on these pages will entice you to return home to your...
12) Dropped Calls
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Dropped Calls will ring like a lost phone and have you scrambling to pick up the call. Should water, food, and even the air we breathe become threatened? Providence assembles at the bugler's call. When democracy is under threat from our collective complacency, these words shall find meaning in the screaming echoes of two centuries past "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty". In this work of fiction, the resonance of truth should challenge the...
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Stanislas Yassukovich returns with another riveting collection of short stories, a worthy successor to his acclaimed Short Stories and A Cape Town Decameron. Each tale, woven from his vast experiences, spans an array of subjects, characters, and locales.
Drawing inspiration from his illustrious career as an international investment banker, Yassukovich gives readers a privileged peek into the intersections of finance, adventure, and the human spirit.
Every...
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Someone once told me, 'You should never judge a book by its cover, or by its title.' But have you ever wondered how true this is? Have you ever experienced the thrill of making a choice that defies expectations?
Consider this: have you ever read a book that stirred something deep within you, sending a rush of emotion that courses through your veins?
Think about those moments in life that have prompted deep reflection, about the things that evoke...
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Los secretos de la muerte te sumerge en un intrigante mundo de misterio que desafía los tabúes más arraigados sobre las enfermedades mentales que acechan a individuos en nuestra sociedad, consumiéndolos hasta llevarlos a la desesperación y a una vida solitaria. A través de una serie de relatos cautivadores, cada uno teje una historia única alrededor de personajes que luchan con diversas enfermedades mentales. Estos trastornos deforman sus vidas...
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'This collection blends candid and personal worlds, short stories, allegories and vignettes. The warmth of "Knight in Shining Chain Mail" moves to the chilling short story "Undertow", with its secrets, to heart-rending "The Broken Windmill". Decima does not shy away from reality, with all its twists and turns of family angst, defiant love, jealousy, betrayal, blackmail and the ache of the road not taken, balanced by the humour of light-hearted stories...
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Meet Ramone, a stoic and ruggedly handsome man searching for his destiny. Though sparing with words, Ramone's magnetic presence and insatiable thirst for life's vibrancy hints at deeper complexities within. His visionary sight is fixed on the horizon, compelled by a mysterious force to continue seeking something unknown before anyone else discovers it first.
The encounters upon Ramone's ominous journey are unspeakably chilling, enough to make one's...
18) Anonymous
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The pursuit of the vain hopes of success and the total invisibility of entire segments of the population are the two complementary visions that characterize the protagonists of this novel.Seven stories, separated in places and environments, meet only on a chronological level, leaving each immersed in anonymity, the only possible solution between an unattainable affirmation and a tragedy not consonant with the characteristics of contemporary society....
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Pushcart Prize winner Ana Menendez landed firmly in the literary landscape last year with the hardcover publication of In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd. Reviewers overwhelmingly agree that she is an important new voice in American fiction. In these linked tales about the Cuban-American experience and the immigrant experience in general, Ana Menendez has instantly established herself as a natural storyteller who probes with steady humor and astute political...
20) Jasmine
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A retired college instructor and former teacher in India meet online and decide to meet in person during COVID. They form a pact to be together forever.
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