Showing results for "Crack" in Literature & Fiction

The members of an elite girls swim team are the reigning queens at their South African boarding school. And then Italian student Fiamma Coronna joins their ranks. Beautiful, athletic, and suddenly commanding all the coach's attention, Fiamma is the envy of every girl on the team—until the summer she walks into the rural grasslands surrounding the school and disappears.

Part owner of the Chicago tattoo shop Inked Armor, Chris Zelter is a talented artist who decorates skin with gorgeous designs. He might look the part of the typical jacked-up, inked-up bad boy, but underneath is a fiercely loyal, complicated man. Kicked out at 16, Chris has had to fend for himself for the last 12 years, making his Inked Armor crew as much family as they are business partners. For him, it’s enough - until he meets Sarah Adamson.

In Agatha Christie’s classic mystery, The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side, a fatal dose of poison meant for a glamorous movie star fells her ardent admirer instead—and Miss Marple is there to unmask a murderer. One minute, silly Heather Babcock had been babbling on at her movie idol, the...

Crack in the Sidewalk is a horror-fiction podcast centered on children and teenagers dealing with paranormal and horrifying situations. These "Kids-On-Bikes" style tales are meant to frighten and evoke nostalgia - listener discretion is advised.Check out our social media here: https://linktr.ee/CrITS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Orpheus can't believe it's come to this. After helping his childhood friend conquer the realm by raising an army of hell-beasts, the befuddled dark sorcerer finds himself banished when the price of his magic endangers the palace. Isolated and betrayed, the feared spellcaster isn't exactly thrilled when his irritating and handsome rival keeps stepping between him and certain doom.

The Crack in the Lens tells the tale of how and WHY a young Sherlock Holmes forged himself into the Great Detective.

Crack in the Sky continues the development of the young Titus Bass as he gradually learns the lore of the mountain man. From a raucous rendezvous of trappers to a searing fight with Comanche, from a frigid winter’s chill to the angry heat of a chase with horse thieves, Titus Bass’s West comes alive in this remarkable novel—and in its final scene, Titus Bass will meet young Josiah Paddock and form the deep friendship explored in Carry the Wind.

He watched as she screamed and yelled with every strike that the man made to her face. From her mouth, she spit blood that was rolling down her face. He continued to watch the man repeatedly hit and kick the woman in the stomach, again and again."Noooo stop! Please stop!" as she yelled his closed fist went upside her head. Michael knew he had to do something to stop the man from beating the beautiful woman.

Bob Honey, the disillusioned divorcee with a penchant for murder by mallet, weaves his way toward Washington DC, for the ultimate showdown with a certain nefarious "landlord", but nothing is as it seems, and Bob will have more than just the government working against him. Part comedy and part thriller, Bob Honey Sings Jimmy Crack Corn establishes Sean Penn as a fixture of the literary landscape for years to come.

Justin Heard and Shane Lowe refuse to quit smoking literary crack. Like many addicts, they not only argue for the benefits of reading good books, but even try to convince others to get high with them! Each week, Shane Lowe and Justin Heard will update you on their latest fix (or bad trip). They also review books they read in the past and discuss different topics around everything drugs (I mean books). Tune in for some of the most passionate readers you have ever met and listen to them discuss their favorite books and authors. Embrace the rants about books they hate or tropes they loathe.

Wenn wir in den Spiegel blicken, sehen wir nur die Oberfläche, doch erst hinter Rissen erkennen wir das ganze Bild. Acht Scherben brechen das Licht, um die Abgründe und Brücken zu beleuchten, die das Leben beschreitet. Scharfkantig zerschneiden sie Verbindungen und setzen sich zu neuen Mosaiken zusammen. Begib dich mit acht Autor*innen auf eine Reise in die Un/Menschlichkeit. Aber sei gewarnt. Nicht alles, was menschlich ist, ist leicht zu ertragen. Denn immer, wenn du glaubst zu verstehen, bildet sich ein neuer Riss...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective...

Confused by Confucius? Daunted by Dante? Shook by Shakespeare? I get it! I'm Cheryl, a reader exploring the world's most influential books one episode at a time. I don't do lectures, and I can't do jargon. But we do have friendly conversations about why (and whether) these books still matter. Each episode, we tackle a great book or two—The Divine Comedy, The Canterbury Tales, The Odyssey, The Prince—unpacking the big ideas, memorable moments, and surprising ways these stories connect to life today. If you've ever thought "I should read that" but didn't know where to start, you're in the ...

Fiction podcast, read by Author Duncan MacLeod. "When Everything Cracks" is the chronicle of a young gay man in 1980s San Francisco who comes unglued during a seance and derails his mental boxcar. Told from his perspective, it is a narrative of identity-swapping, alien abduction, incarceration, and medical torture. Seen through the lens of reality, it is the chronicle of a psychotic episode and its aftermath. It is a memoir told by a very unreliable narrator. Reviews of the novel: Take a little bit of glitter, mix in punk-era San Francisco, stir with psychosis, and you have the backdrop for ...

În cele şapte povestiri cuprinse în acest volum, scrise toate la persoana întîi, Anna Gavalda aduce un elogiu celor care au puterea să-şi înfrunte vulnerabilităţile şi să-şi recunoască slăbiciunile. Povestirile ilustrează cît de important este să treci peste rănile trecutului şi să-ţi deschizi inima spre iubire, prietenie, iertare şi familie.

Este podcast está dirigido a los amantes del miedo. En este podcast vas a encontrar relatos del público, historias y creepypastas. Cuidado con lo que veas diferente, no todo termina bien. Gracias por hacer crecer este programa, también aquí queda mi canal de YouTube y ojalá que les vaya bien!

Rachaduras elenca 22 contos que falam dos dilemas do desejo em uma sociedade marcada por insatisfações, medos inconscientes, impasses sociais e pela agitação dos acasos cotidianos. Os textos da autora apresentam uma escuta ao mesmo tempo segura e experimental, tendendo ao poético, por meio de uma prosa límpida e permeada de oralidade, própria de uma expressividade inventiva e repleta de meandros significativos.

В приморском городе Ташинск происходит череда зверских убийств. Психотерапевт Ольга Сербинова подозревает в этих преступлениях одного из своих клиентов. Вместе с местным полицейским она начинает вести параллельное расследование, в ходе которого выясняется, что за всеми этими страшными событиями стоит нечто большее, чем просто человек.