Showing results for "A Is for Adam" in Literature & Fiction

Becoming a teen mom at 16 was not what I expected, but then again, neither was being a single parent. Still, I wouldn't change my past because that boy is my world. Hockey is the only thing my son seems to care about, so I work two jobs to make sure he can play. I'd do anything to make sure he doesn't suffer because of the bad decisions his father made. When he won a whole summer of hockey training, I knew in my heart he was going to have an amazing time.

From autumn 1941 to the first months of 1942, the war continued to affect the lives of the Adams and Somers families. It was not so much the war, however, as a succession of tragic domestic events that brought a sad and lonely little girl called Phoebe into the care of Susie and Sammy Adams, reminding them of the entry of Rosie as a child into the lives of Boots and Emily. Much needed to be done to cure little Phoebe of her sadness, and it proved a difficult time for Susie and Sammy.

Una historia terrible y terrorífica sobre el desmoronamiento de la dignidad y la supresión absoluta de las expectativas. Durante la inquisición, un Rabino que fue torturado durante un año y que al día siguiente será llevado a la hoguera, por un giro del destino su calabozo queda mal cerrado dándole una oportunidad para escapar, una esperanza.

A lo largo de su travesía, Tse-i-La se enfrenta a desafíos sobrenaturales y conoce a personajes extraordinarios que lo guían en su camino hacia la iluminación espiritual. Con una prosa poética y evocadora, Villiers de L'Isle Adam crea un universo fascinante lleno de simbolismo y metáforas, explorando temas como la búsqueda interior, el significado de la existencia y la conexión entre el hombre y el cosmos.

Russell Fink is twenty-six years old and determined to salvage a job he hates so he can finally move out of his parents’ house for good. He's convinced he gave his twin sister cancer when they were nine years old. And his crazy fiancée refuses to accept the fact that their engagement really...

The electrifying, "cutting-edge" (USA Today) debut work of fiction from Ron Currie, author of the forethcoming novel The One-Eyed Man (March 2017) Ron Currie’s gutsy, funny book is instantly gripping: If God takes human form and dies, what would become of life as we know it? Effortlessly...

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. George Orwell once wrote of a world where abuse of power begins with an abuse of language and a bastardization of truth. Some of today's most exciting voices in speculative fiction explore the ramifications of those ideas in Ignorance Is Strength.

"Sombrío relato, narrador aún más sombrío" es una colección de cuentos del autor francés Villiers de L'Isle-Adam. En esta obra, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam presenta una serie de relatos oscuros y enigmáticos que exploran temas como el destino, la locura y lo sobrenatural. Los cuentos están imbuidos de una atmósfera sombría y melancólica, donde los personajes se enfrentan a situaciones extraordinarias que desafían su comprensión del mundo.

Véra de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam es una novela corta que explora las complejidades del amor y los celos. Ambientada en París, la historia gira en torno a un triángulo amoroso entre la narradora, Véra, y su amante. A medida que las relaciones se desmoronan, temas de pasión, traición y expectativas sociales se entrelazan hábilmente en esta exploración de las emociones humanas.

Parte de Cuentos Crueles, Amigas de pensionado es una de las mas legendarias colecciones de cuentos cortos y se la considera el origen del cuento corto de terror.

A collection of magazine writer Jon Bradshaw’s essential writings, The Ocean Is Closed rediscovers a memorable talent, and offers us a shadow reality to the established literary canon of the mid-century. With droll wit and keen intelligence, Bradshaw’s cinematic prose brings the ’70s to vibrant life.

He'd been an important part of the team putting together the International Data Bank, which would track every single move made by every single human being. As the project neared completion, he realized that no one would ever truly be free again. At the very last moment he blanked his file, changed his face, and created a back door into the system.

What if, suddenly, Jesus appeared on the streets of your city? That's the scenario of Jesus Is Here, Charles M. Sheldon's sequel to his classic novel In His Steps, the book that introduced the world to WWJW: "What would Jesus do?"

Intersigno de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam es una novela corta que invita a la reflexión y que profundiza en las complejidades de la conciencia humana y la naturaleza de la realidad. La historia sigue al protagonista, Gaston de Vérac, un joven que se obsesiona con desentrañar los misterios del universo. A través de una serie de discusiones filosóficas y reflexiones introspectivas, Gaston aborda profundas preguntas sobre la existencia, la identidad y la interconexión de todas las cosas.

Un cuento gótico que sigue a un hombre que asiste a una fiesta de aristócratas vampiros, explorando temas de decadencia, inmortalidad y la oscuridad de la alta sociedad.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that are difficult to achieve elsewhere. The City of Lights may be one of the glories of the world but for those whose three score and ten have passed it is the final resting place for some of the very finest of literary talents.

Grandpa Garnier used to say, Love is like a bucking bronco. It takes guts and determination to hang on, but it's worth the ride. If only Grandpa was around now to help Tyson Garnier out of this mess. The famous pro football player is suddenly saddled with a very public scandal—and an...

Le comte Roger d'Athol, après la mort de Véra, avec laquelle il a connu "une fusion idéale", demeure si fortement attaché à elle qu'il refuse sa disparition. Par la seule force de son amour, il nie la mort de sa "dame de volupté" et fait comme s'il vivait toujours avec elle. Mais la revenante disparaît à l'instant où il cesse de croire à sa présence et toute l'atmosphère fantastique s'évanouit sur le champ.

An alien invasion comes to one man’s doorstep in the form of a story-creature, followed by death and rebirth in a transformed Earth, in this Tor.com Original science fiction tale from Jeff VanderMeer, the New York Times bestselling author of the Southern Reach trilogy...