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Set against the backdrop of Richmond, Virginia, and New York City in the late 19th century, this captivating tale follows Gabriella Carr, a young woman whose unwavering resilience shines through after her husband abandons her. Left to fend for herself and her two children, Gabriellas journey is one of strength, determination, and the relentless pursuit of a better life. - Summary by Nancy Halper

Enjoy a good scare? From timeless short scary story classics that have haunted generations to the blood-curdling horror stories born in the twisted minds of the new masters of horror, every week Just Chills delivers an unrelenting dose of fear designed to send chills down your spine. So turn down the lights and let the nightmare begin. Short scary stories by masters of horror like Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, E F Benson, M R James, Charles Dickens, H.G Wells, F Marion Crawford, Edith Nesbit, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Fitz James O'Brien, W F Harvey, Edith ...

Virginia seems to have it all figured out she completes finishing school, marries the first man who proposes, and dedicates her life to her family. But when each of them begins to carve out their own identities outside the home, what happens to the space she once occupied? - Summary by Stav Nisser.

Durante mucho tiempo, la literatura victoriana—y en particular, su vertiente gótica y fantástica—fue leída como un territorio casi exclusivamente masculino: poblado por nombres consagrados, firmes, autoritarios, asociados a una idea de genio literario que rara vez admitía fisuras. El gótico, lo sobrenatural y lo inquietante ofrecieron a las mujeres escritoras de la época algo que otros géneros les negaban: la posibilidad de hablar de poder, de miedo, de deseo, de opresión.

Audiolibro narrado en castellano. La señorita Randolph es contratada como enfermera por el prestigioso y carismático cirujano Roland Maradick para ocuparse de la delicada salud de su esposa. En una atmósfera de inquietud psicológica donde lo cotidiano se vuelve amenazante, nos narra la delgada frontera entre lo real y lo imaginario hasta descubrir el final desenlace.

Meet Zara Smith: 29, single and muddling her way through life as a trainee nurse in Glasgow. With 30 fast approaching, she's determined to do whatever it takes to find love - or at least someone to sext! Cheered on by best friends Ashley and Raj, Zara embarks on a string of dating escapades that are as hilarious as they are disastrous. From online dating to blind dates, hometown hook-ups to flirty bartenders, nothing is off-limits. But when Dr Tom Adams, a.k.a. Sugar Daddy, shows interest, it's a game-changing moment.

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Bella ha quindici anni e un problema enorme: non sa come sopravvivere alle mille difficoltà che affollano la sua adolescenza. Per allentare la tensione Bella ha trovato un rimedio: l'alcol. Da quel momento, per lei arriverà il momento di affrontare la realtà. Ricoverata in un centro di riabilitazione in mezzo al deserto dell'Arizona, Bella incontrerà ragazzi come lei, spaventati, a pezzi, costretti ad affrontare se stessi e le proprie paure, e a ottenere almeno una vittoria: sopravvivere.

Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow was born on 22nd April 1873, in Richmond, Virginia. She published her first novel ‘The Descendant’ anonymously in 1897, at age 24. In 1923 came her short story collection ‘The Shadowy Third & Other Stories’, which included ‘The Difference’, a classic tale of a marriage hitting a problem and the moral and realistic reaction to that. Further works followed and, in 1941, she published ‘In This Our Life’.

Shortlisted for the first ever Booker Prize 'A masterpiece' - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain 'An extraordinary novel' - Michael Magee, author of Close to Home 'It deserves its modern classic status' - The Times It’s the west of Scotland in the 1950s. New houses are going up. Factories...

Five more series of the award-winning BBC radio sitcom set in a Scots-Asian corner shop near Glasgow 'As mad as ever - and very funny' Daily Mail Ramesh Mahju and his trusty sidekick Dave Legg are back with more banter, bargains, shop-based shenanigans and over-the-counter philosophy. In these...

David Banks reads this action-packed novelisation featuring the Sixth Doctor and Peri. What links a diamond raid in 20th Century London, a secret base in the heart of the city's sewer system, a cold and desolate planet light years from Earth, and a daring plan to alter the entire course of...

This audiobook is narrated with stunning authenticity by the author, Graeme Armstrong. The Times Top Ten Bestseller A Granta Best of Young British Novelist ‘Trainspotting for a new generation’ – Independent ‘An instant Scottish classic’ – The Skinny 2005. Glasgow is named Europe’s...

È la vigilia di Natale in Scozia quando, in un paesaggio trasfigurato dalla neve e dal ghiaccio, scatta l'allarme rosso nel laboratorio farmaceutico Oxenford, vicino a Glasgow. Nonostante i sofisticatissimi sistemi di sorveglianza, qualcuno è riuscito a sottrarre dall'area protetta due fiale del micidiale virus Madoba -2, una pericolosissima variante dell'Ebola, per cui lo staff del laboratorio sta cercando un antidoto. Il dipartimento di Difesa americano, che ha fatto grossi investimenti sul progetto, non nasconde la sua preoccupazione.

Eine Farm in Wales, liebenswerte Vierbeiner und die ganz große Liebe! Die Fortsetzung des Hörbuch-Bestsellers "Der Himmel über den Black Mountains". Autorin Caitlin ist eigentlich recht zufrieden mit ihrem Leben in Glasgow: Ihre Krimis sind erfolgreich, ihre Agentin ist ihre beste Freundin und ihre Wohnung ihr ruhiger Schaffensort. Wäre da nur nicht ihr schreckliches Lampenfieber. Bei einer Lesung geht alles schief und am nächsten Tag findet sich Caitlin komplett verkatert in einem Hotelzimmer wieder mit einer Notiz eines rettenden Helfers, der sie fürsorglicherweise dorthin verfrachtet hatte.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents whose time has now come again.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of American women authors whose time has now come again.

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 is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this Century of profound change for women our Atlantic neighbours produced authors of extraordinary ability that dazzled us all with a range of ideas, characters and stories of such magnificence that literature would never be the same again. Genius is written in their names.

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 is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this decade the equality of the sexes is now law. In real life it’s patchy. Power refuses to ebb or cede. In literary terms though women are again second to none with writing that strides confidently forward addressing the issues, the characters and the stories in unique and individual ways.