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10381) A Case of Identity: A Sherlock Holmes Short Story: With Original Illustrations by Sidney Paget
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Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson investigate the curious disappearance of a young woman's fiance in this mysterious case of stolen identity.
When Mary Sutherland comes to Sherlock Holmes to request he find her missing fiance, the remarkable detective wastes no time solving the puzzling case. After being abandoned at the altar on what should've been her wedding day, Mary is convinced that the disappearance of her husband-to-be is the result of...
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Extrait : "Ce que je vais écrire est pour ceux qui, dans les cimetières, contemplant quelque fosse à peine fermée que les premiers bouquets blancs recouvrent encore, se sont sentis tenaillés jusqu'au fond et déchirés, au souvenir de petits yeux candides, éteints là sous la terre affreuse..."
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Une fouine au cri dévastateur, une mère qui tente de survivre en vendant ses maigres biens, un fer à repasser au contenu étrange, un TGV inquiétant, un auteur de haïkus, un couple en quête d'enfant, une fenêtre intrigante...
Le fer à repasser-Et autres textes courts est un ensemble formé de dix-sept «textes courts» évoquant subtilement nos angoisses, nos fantasmes, nos craintes et nos désirs.
10384) Someone New
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The truth will set you free but is knowing the truth always the way to go? Sifiso, Amanda and a few mutual friends live in a world subverted on its head with the truth until there is something or better still... someone new to restore things and order to the way they were.
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Grab hold of the ADA Anthology and dive into three thrilling stories by author Shawn P. B. Robinson! This exciting anthology includes the sci-fi novella, ADA, as well as two horror thriller short stories.ADAIn the flooded world of the future, Teran is no longer sure of anything anymore.Set to take down an ominous terrorist organization, Sigma, after his deep-cover infiltration of their ranks, Teran's underwater world is turned upside down by a vicious...
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As far as Marcus O'Connell is concerned, his situation is perfect. He's now living with the love of his life, Charlotte, and they're serving as guardians for Eva, a little girl he rescued whose mother is serving time in prison for a crime of which, in Marcus's mind, she was unfairly convicted.
But Charlotte isn't on board with Marcus's way of thinking. Because her divorce is now final, she wants-no, expects Marcus to want the same things she...
10387) À la frontière: Nouvelles
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Suivez le guide. Je vous invite à parcourir les contrées américaines.
Oh, ce n'est pas un voyage classique. Nous allons sortir des sentiers battus, explorer les bas-fonds, aborder des sujets épineux. L'Amérique veut nous montrer des sites majeurs, reflet de sa réussite. Votre guide, lui, aborde tous les thèmes. Je vous présente d'autres paysages. Des lieux de crime. Des scènes o des attentats ont été commis. Ne vous méprenez pas. Vous...
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La première saison d'un road trip déjanté à travers l'Espagne.
Mathieu voyage seul dans le sud de l'Espagne à bord de son Tourbus. Il s'arrête plusieurs mois au milieu des falaises. Dans une grotte, en bordure d'une crique, en marge de la crise espagnole, vit Sister. Une hippie, qui fut « junky, jeune et jolie ».
Rescapée puis rejetée, rebelle puis isolée. Elle vit là avec ses chiens, sa dope et ses obsessions. Sister et Mathieu apprennent...
10389) Aether's Lullaby
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Aether's LullabyEngr Dr Naila Hina Science Fiction Fantasy and Business Strategies and the limitless wonders of the Aetherium.
10390) The Ghost Lights of Marfa
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Adventures Of A Small Town Single Mom-Beamed To An Alternate Dimension. Taking off, with no money and no prospects, to a small town in the Texas desert may not be the smartest move. However, when Kristy, a down-on-her-luck single mom, loses her job and gets evicted, she follows her intuition and heads to Marfa Texas to show her five-year-old son the famous ghost lights.
10391) Aquí empieza lo extraño
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Imposible saber qué nos espera al cruzar el umbral de cada cuento de Aquí empieza lo extraño: ¿qué sucede en las reuniones de un club de escritores? ¿podemos hacer frente a nuestros miedos?, ¿se puede amar a los noventa años? En la obra, el autor escarba en el subconsciente de sus personajes a través de episodios de intensidad memorable, poniendo al lector en jaque de principio a fin.
Aquí empieza lo extraño es una colección de narraciones...
10392) The Dark of Night
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Dark fantasy short story collection:Alien DreamsSiren BoundThe Fairy ArmyIn the Light of the Full MoonThe Rule of ThreePooka DealsThe CatThe Sea JournalNumber 37TouchThe Burning
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L'ombre inquiétante qui plane, la nuit, au-dessus de nos têtes assoupies, est de retour...
Mystérieux et charmeur, démoniaque ou candide, l'Homme-Cauchemar revient dans ce deuxième volume pour continuer à s'en prendre à l'âme humaine, en se jouant sans vergogne des défauts des personnages prisonniers de ces contes à dormir debout.
Douze nouvelles histoires, pour découvrir un peu plus en profondeur ce maître de l'illusion, qui s'immisce...
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Heeding the SignsMark Hersch enjoys a busy summer in his favorite place: with his grandparents in Hartstown, Virginia.Working, saving for college, learning to drive. Getting to know his family and himself.Then one job brings a shiver of warning.Will Mark and his Papaw recognize the danger before it's too late?A Voices through Time Story Also available in the collection Stepping Out of Reality An excerpt from The Perfect Shade of Haint Blue:Learning...
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Extrait : "On nous l'avait cependant annoncé bien longtemps à l'avance ; on nous avait fait suivre sur la carte sa marche rapide et menaçante. Le fléau voyageur n'était plus séparé de nous que par cette mer étroite qui nous ramène et nous remporte, avec la mobilité de ses flots, nos rois rétablis ou déchus."
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10396) Sleepovers: Stories
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Hailed by Lauren Groff as "fully committed to the truth no matter how dark or difficult or complicated it may be," and written with "incantatory crispness," Sleepovers, the debut short story collection by Ashleigh Bryant Phillips.
This collection takes us to a forgotten corner of the rural South, full of cemeteries, soybean fields, fishing holes, and Duck Thru gas stations. We meet a runaway teen, a mattress salesman, feral kittens, an elderly bachelorette...
10397) Tales From Across Space
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Tales from Across Space collects five stories from fantasy and science fiction writer Kate MacLeod:The science fiction novelette "Required to Assist," a mystery set on board a colony ship, where one woman alone is woken by the ship's droids to solve a murder."Sword and Tattoo," a fantasy short story where a stranger stumbles into a hidden town. He brings danger with him, but the people of the town just might be more dangerous still.The science fiction...
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FBI Special Agent Dawna Shepherd wants to know why-and how-an unknown hacker is cyber-stalking an obscure software engineer in the Bay Area. Hacking's not Dawna's specialty. But her sister Bettijean is the engineer whose life and livelihood are on the line. And nobody messes with Dawna's family.She'll use every trick in her FBI book to find who's harming Bettijean. Even so, can a low-tech Texan hope to prevail in Silicon Valley? A Derringer and Macavity...
10399) Wishing for Truths
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Vanessa considers her mother's drinking and crazy schemes her biggest problem. Until she meets a Genie. When Vanessa finds a bottle on her doorstep, the last thing she expects is a wish-granting Genie. What could go wrong with a wish for her two friends and herself? Everything. On top of that, her mother's newest scheme is starting to unravel, and the only help Vanessa can think of is the Genie. But he's refusing to come out of his bottle. Now, Vanessa...
10400) Arenas Eternas
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Arenas EternasIng Dra Naila Hina Entre las dunas cambiantes de un antiguo desierto, donde el tiempo susurraba a través de los granos de arena, una arqueóloga llamada Evelyn y un audaz aventurero llamado Rick se encontraron envueltos en un relato que trascendía los siglos.
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