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Curl up by the fire with some of today’s hottest authors as they serve up enough holiday sweetness and sizzling spice to melt the frostiest heart. As the temperature drops, friends and neighbors might need to turn up the heat, and even old enemies just might get a second chance. Get ready to tingle all the way ...

From amnesiac vampire slayers to fallen angels, space vampires to cursed tattoo artists, sleep paralysis demons to ancient wish-granting entities—six stories prove that even monsters deserve a happily ever after. Treat yourself to a collection that's equal parts spooky and steamy.

"Perfect deadpan marks the opening of Ali Simpson’s The Monster'" writes Susan Merrell of The Southampton Review in her introduction to this issue of Recommended Reading.

Fasting for Ramadan is structured as a chronicle of daily meditations during two cycles of the 30-day rite of daytime abstinence required by Ramadan for purgation and prayer. Estranged in certain ways from his family’s cultural traditions when he was younger, Ali has in recent years re-embraced the Ramadan ritual, and brings to this rediscovery an extraordinary delicacy of reflection, a powerfully inquiring mind, and the linguistic precision and ardor of a superb poet.

Here is a selection of some of the best-known and best-loved tales of The Arabian Nights, including "Sinbad", "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", "Aladdin", "The Talking Bird", and the "Fisherman and the Genie". In this "treasure house of pleasant things" you will find golden palaces, gem studded caves, and breathtaking gardens.

Sabahattin Ali öyküleri, Ran Kitap ile tüm sesli kitap uygulamalarında. Türk edebiyatının en melankolik yazarından özel seçkileri, Türkiye'nin en iyi seslerinden dinleyin. Dilediğiniz zaman, istediğiniz yerde Sabahattin Ali ile zamanın sınırlarını genişletin.

Home is where the heart is this holiday season! Cozy up and unwrap the gift of romance with beloved bestselling authors. In these unforgettable short stories, second chances sparkle brighter than Christmas lights, and finding that special someone under the mistletoe feels like coming home at last.

Sixteen delightful holiday short stories by some of your favorite Soho crime authors! This captivating collection of short mysteries and crime capers - which features New York Times best-selling authors, Crime Writers Association Gold and Diamond Dagger winners, and Edgar Award nominees - contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season.

Yeni Dünya, Sabahattin Ali'nin 1936 ile 1942 yılları arasında gazete ve dergilerde yayımlanmış 13 hikâyesinden oluşmaktadır. ''O gece zor tutmuşlar. Obanın yanındaki ormanlarda sabahacak dolaşmış. Gün ağarırken Gök Büvet'e inmiş. Bakmış oralarda kimsecikler yok... Suyun yanından geçip gidermiş, bir de ne görsün, Hasan'ın dallı çevresi, koca çınarın su içindeki dallarından birine takılmış, yüzüp duruyor... Onu oradan aldığı gibi koynuna sokmuş... Dere boyunda bir aşağı, bir yukarı koşup: 'Hasanım! Ses ver de yanına varayım!' diye bağırmaya başlamış.

Nell'Italia borghese di fine Ottocento, dove disciplina e decoro sembrano dettare ogni gesto quotidiano, si fa spazio una figura femminile sorprendente: energica, indipendente, fuori dagli schemi. Quando la ginnastica diventa passione e l'amore una sfida più complicata degli esercizi alla sbarra, il quotidiano si trasforma in teatro di irresistibili equivoci.

Set primarily in Pakistan, these award-winning stories follow people living on the brink of abandonment - in their personal relationships and their place in the world.

Gli amanti: pastelli è una raccolta di racconti di Matilde Serao, pubblicata nel 1894. L'opera si compone di dodici "pastelli", ritratti letterari che esplorano le sfumature dell'amore e delle relazioni umane. Tra i racconti inclusi vi sono "L'imperfetto amante (Nino Stresa)", "Il perfetto amante (Massimo Dias)" e "Il viale degli oleandri (Mario Felice)". Serao, con la sua prosa evocativa, dipinge personaggi complessi e situazioni sentimentali variegate, offrendo al lettore un'analisi profonda delle dinamiche amorose dell'epoca.

A runaway waitress leaves her lover, grabs her dog, and hits the highway. Ali Liebegott maps her travels in a series of hilarious and heartbreaking letters to the girl she left behind, and some of the most exquisite poetry written about love, heartache, and madness.

In the stories of Havana Noir, current and former residents of the city - some international sensations such as Leonardo Padura, others exciting new voices like Yohamna Despestre - uncover crimes of violence and loveless sex, of mental cruelty and greed, of self-preservation and collective hysteria.

Karen Tei Yamashita has been honored with the American Book Award and Janet Heidinger Kafka Award. A stunning portrait of Asian Americans in 1960s and ’70s San Francisco, I Hotel is a remarkable collection of 10 related novellas. Touching on such topics as Japanese internment camps and the Marcos dictatorship, the book presents readers with characters of rich design.

Storie emergono dalle tenebre, frammenti di vite perdute in lande nebbiose tra lunghi sentieri che sconfinano nella leggenda. C'è la spietata assassina dall'oscuro passato; un cavaliere, ultimo del suo antico ordine; il mago ed il drago; eroi luminosi o campioni del male, protagonisti della Notte Eterna. Ciascun racconto è corredato di scheda del giocatore compilata in ogni dettaglio e pronta per essere ascoltata. La terra di Neir, luogo dell'ambientazione, è caratterizzata da una lunghissima e perpetua notte.

Çakıcı’nın İlk Kurşunu kitabındaki hikayeler şunlardır: O Arkadaşım (Kısa Öykü). Bir Hakikatin Hikayesi (Kısa Öykü). Barsak (Tamamlanmamış Kısa Öykü). Çakıcı’nın İlk Kurşunu (Uzun Öykü).

Este libro, en el que nos encontramos con algunos de sus mejores textos, contiene doce cuentos en los que el amor, la tristeza y, muy especialmente, los libros y los libreros son los protagonistas.

What marks life in Addis Ababa are the starkly different realities coexisting in one place. It's a growing city taking shape beneath the fraught weight of history, myth, and memory. It is a heady mix. It can also be disorienting, and it is in this space that the stories of Addis Ababa Noir reside....

An 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. In it, the narrator retells a story he heard from a bartender, Simon Wheeler, at the Angels Hotel in Angels Camp, California, about the gambler Jim Smiley.