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Extraordinary and diverse people inhabit this rich, ripe, occasionally raucous collection of short stories. Some are based on real people - Jeanne Duval, Baudelaire's handsome and reluctant muse who never asked to be called the Black Venus, trapped in the terminal ennui of the poet's passion, snatching at a little lifesaving respectability against all odds....

Os contos reunidos neste audiolivro nos levam a participar de uma jornada marcada pela diversidade. Convivem aí o viajante e o artesão. O interesse da narradora se fixa em assuntos e temas bem diferentes, de uma viagem a Cádiz à espera de crianças pela visita do carteiro que traz notícias do pai, este sim viajante. E uso narradora não só por ela ser Ângela, mas porque se escuta aí uma voz bem feminina.

The award-winning author of the New York Times bestselling Inspector Alan Banks novels, Peter Robinson dazzles with his first collection of short fiction, The Price of Love and Other Stories. Marked by the piercing psychological insight, brilliant characterization, and riveting suspense that are...

Tagsüber ist der Gargoyle eine steinerne Statue an der Fassade des Doms, nachts ein Wesen aus Fleisch und Blut. Für die Menschen interessiert er sich wenig, bis eines Tages ein alter Mann eine Bitte an ihn richtet: Der Gargoyle soll ihm beistehen bei seinem Übergang ins Jenseits.

If you eat while lying down, you will turn into a snake. If you don’t polish off all the rice on your plate you will marry a man full of pimples and pockmarks.Looking After the Ashes is a semi-biographical fiction of Kopi Soh’s childhood stories. Growing up in a large extended Taoist...

In this keen, meditative collection set in Southern California and Virginia, Corinna Vallianatos dramatizes the bonds of mother and child, the self-destruction of young womanhood, the thrill and bewilderment of friendship, and the power of place.

"You should be here; he's simply magnificent." These are the final words a biologist hears before his Margaret Mead-like wife dies at the hands of Godzilla. The words haunt him as he studies the kaiju (Japan's giant monsters) on an island reserve, attempting to understand the beauty his wife saw. Every story in the collection turns to the fantastic, the mysticism of the past, and the absurdities of the future to illuminate the spaces we occupy when we are at our most vulnerable."

Nestes contos de amores impossíveis, de solidão e de desencontros, tanto seus personagens quanto as coisas ao seu redor estão em permanente estado de “quase”. Os relacionamentos quase dão certo, as coisas são quase dramáticas, quase triviais. Apesar das dores, não há drama nessa linguagem que é, ao mesmo tempo, infantil e ferina, de tão lúcida. O ouvinte sente vontade de rir de certo desajeito constante, mas também percebe uma lágrima quase caindo, de tanto que as pequenas trivialidades parecem se cercar de melancolia.

Every once in a while, it's time to put yourself first...right? Except in her family she always comes last. Lauren Summers is the stable sister, the one who runs the family company while her sisters take off and travel the world. One weekend a year she hides herself away and mourns a love she lost six years ago. That weekend is now, except she's being whisked away to a mysterious island despite her protests.

Liebe ist Geschmackssache. Manche Menschen mögen's süß, manche scharf, und andere sind sowieso immer sauer. Irene Dische hat 25 Liebesgeschichten geschrieben und in drei Kapitel unterteilt: Himmel, Fegefeuer, Hölle. Sie enden traurig oder sie gehen glücklich aus - doch überraschen tun sie alle. Da ist ein glücklich verheiratetes Ehepaar, das vorzeitig auseinandergerissen wird, doch im Himmel lebt ihre Beziehung weiter.

Dieses Hörbuch vereint drei feinsinnige Erzählungen von Siegfried Lenz. Gelesen von der Schauspielerin Angela Schmid, wirkt es wie Balsam für die Ohren. Die im Nachhinein für das ZDF verfilmte Titelerzählung "Die Flut ist pünktlich" ist eine feinfühlige Geschichte über eine Dreiecksbeziehung, die für alle Beteiligten zum Verhängnis wird. Darüber hinaus beinhaltet dieses Hörbuch zwei weitere Erzählungen: "Herr und Frau S. in Erwartung ihrer Gäste" und "Die Lampen der Eskimos".

Knowing what she wants and how to get it is Kerrie's specialty. She is, after all, a lawyer. But the game plan changes when it comes to men. Losing control is never an option, so when her blind date disregards her long list of "wooing" requirements and does what he pleases, she discovers it's not only exactly what she's always desired, but also what she's always needed.

Un cammino, il percorso di una donna. Della donna. Eva.Dal Paradiso alle scelte, dall'incanto al dolore.

Since chocolate couldn't cure her broken heart, creating the finest macarons and croissants this side of Paris would have to do. Who needed love anyway? Opening up Sweet Treats could have been the answer to all her problems - except all the problems she'd run away from in Paris followed her, via a first-class ticket and wearing rugged jeans. It didn't help that he made the best chocolates she'd ever tasted, either.

„Luxus für drei Schilling“ ist eine Weihnachtsgeschichte von Johannes Epple die auf Basis eines Gesprächs mit Brigitte Mauser beruht. – Die Handlung spielt im Jahr 1949, das Weihnachtsgeld ließ auf sich warten. Bloß drei Schilling blieben für den Baum und mit Glück hätten wir auch dafür einen bekommen, doch Vater hoffte jeden Tag auf das Geld und schließlich standen wir am 24. Dezember ohne Tanne da.

„Explosive Bescherung“ ist eine Weihnachtsgeschichte von Johannes Epple die auf Basis eines Gesprächs mit Angela Pointinger beruht. – Die Handlung spielt im Jahr 1982, Weihnachten in Israel in der Stadt Tel Aviv.

„Im Kreis der Familie“ ist eine Weihnachtsgeschichte von Johannes Epple die auf Basis eines Gesprächs mit Magdalena Blum beruht. – Die zahlreiche erschienenen Familienmitglieder saßen im Kreis. Körbe, gefüllt mit Weihnachtsgebäck. In der Mitte stand ein mobiles Krankenbett mit dem Großvater darin.