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Laura thought she’d found the one nice guy in New York City. When Ethan saves her from a crushing crowd on Brooklyn Bridge, their connection is dazzling. Worthy of a heat-filled passionate night. Laura falls pregnant from their one-night stand—a miracle considering her past fertility issues. Ethan is attentive and wonderful at first. She hopes he will be the kind of father she’d always wanted for herself. Until his attentiveness turns to obsession. His questions become demands. Why didn’t she answer her phone or respond to his messages? Why won’t she move in with him and his rich mother?

Boy (Tim Heidecker) is a dog who is tired of being held back by humans. When he wakes one morning to find his owner dead, he assumes there’s no one left to stop him from achieving his goal of being a wild and majestic wolf. Unfortunately, he’s about to meet Rebecca (Patti Harrison), a lifelong slacker who is out to prove to her roommates (Poppy Liu and Danny Pudi) that she’s not a total loser by getting a job as a dog walker for a start-up called Bow-Now.

'This is every woman’s dream revenge plot come to life.' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Are you on a date that doesn’t feel right? Can’t shake that creepy guy at the bar? Worried you’re being followed home? Message M. After one too many terrifying encounters, Millie Masters sets up a...

Plongez dans l'univers fascinant de la société parisienne du XIXe siècle avec Bel-Ami, un chef-d'œuvre de la littérature française. Suivez l'ascension fulgurante de Georges Duroy, un jeune homme ambitieux et séducteur, prêt à tout pour gravir les échelons de la société. À travers ses aventures et ses manipulations, Maupassant nous offre une critique acerbe des mœurs de son époque, tout en nous captivant par son style inimitable et ses personnages complexes.

The Complete Original Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant showcases the French master’s brilliance in storytelling, featuring over 300 tales of love, war, morality, and the human condition. Set against vivid backdrops, these stories explore themes like passion, betrayal, greed, and despair, blending realism with irony. Maupassant’s sharp observations and succinct style reveal the complexities of society and the fragility of human emotions. From dark tragedies to humorous episodes, the collection remains a timeless exploration of human nature. Summary by Dream AudioBooks

Commander Dante ist der Ordensmeister eines der edelsten und sorgenschwersten Space-Marine-Orden des Imperiums: der Blood Angels. Seit seiner Geburt in der radioaktiv verseuchten Wüste von Baal Secundus war ihm ein Leben voller ruhmreicher Kämpfe vorherbestimmt. Von seiner Aufnahme in die Scoutkompanie des Ordens über die Makropolstädte von Armageddon bis hin zu den Raumschlachten im Cryptus-System hat Dante im Laufe seines langen Lebens gegen alle Feinde des Imperiums gekämpft.

A withered, shriveled, severed human hand is kept chained in a corner. The "owner" of this morbid trophy always keeps three loaded revolvers in the same room. Nothing seems too suspicious until the hand is mysteriously reclaimed.

Eight of the nine Palm provinces of the Peninsula have been overcome by warrior sorcerers Brandin and Alberico. But the sorcerers don't know that a small band of survivors is plotting their removal. With tensions mounting, the sorcerers become increasingly at odds as each decides where his own path - and that of the land - should truly lie.

The ruling Asharites of Al-Rassan have come from the desert sands, but over centuries, seduced by the sensuous pleasures of their new land, their stern piety has eroded. The Asharite empire has splintered into decadent city-states led by warring petty kings. King Almalik of Cartada is on the ascendancy, aided always by his friend and advisor, the notorious Ammar ibn Khairan - poet, diplomat, soldier - until a summer afternoon of savage brutality changes their relationship forever.

Kieran Sullivan is broken when he arrives at Redemption Ridge. A wrongful conviction and twenty months in lockup will do that to a man. The ranch is a place for second chances and fresh starts, but for him, it's an opportunity to discover who set him up. Get in, get answers, and get out. The plan sounds easy enough until Kieran meets an equine specialist whose sunny smile could warm the coldest heart.

Du même auteur que le roman à succès Newton, la science du complot. Un suspense historique qui ne vous laissera pas pantois ! En 1632, Émile de Villars, un jeune homme dévot et sûr de sa foi en Dieu et des enseignements que lui prodiguent les Jésuites, est sur le point de terminer son noviciat et de prononcer ses vœux. Sa vie n’est plus la même depuis la mort violente et inexpliquée de son père, et par la même occasion, la boutade de sa mère, qui lui a carrément tourné le dos à la suite de ce triste événement.

Guy de Maupassant is een schrijver en journalist. Gekoppeld aan Gustave Flaubert en Emile Zola, Maupassant gemarkeerd Franse literatuur door zijn romans, "Bel Ami", en in het bijzonder als zijn nieuwe "Tallow Ball", "Tales of de houtsnip" of "Le Horla". Deze werken de aandacht trekken door hun realistische kracht, de sterke aanwezigheid van de fantasie en pessimisme dat naar voren komt het vaakst, maar ook door de stilistisch meesterschap.

Dans ce second volume, Émile Souvestre approfondit le grand partage entre les réprouvés et les élus: une fresque d’âmes confrontées à la faute, à l’injustice et à la tentation du rachat. D’une plume claire et sensible, il observe les vies quotidiennes, leurs épreuves, leurs égarements et leurs élans, et interroge ce que valent la conscience, la solidarité et la Providence lorsque tout vacille. Entre ironie discrète et compassion, s’esquisse un monde où l’honneur se gagne, se perd, se reconquiert.

Ganesha is jovial, intelligent and the youngest in the family. A foodie by heart and laid back by nature, he always looked for ways to make life easier. Despite being born to the all-powerful Shiva and Parvati, with Uncle Vishnu and aunts Lakshmi and Saraswati to back him at every point in life, he has to battle through many ups and downs to establish his individual identity, just like his accomplished brother, Skanda.

"The Horla" (French title "Le Horla") is among the most famous short stories by the French writer Guy de Maupassant. This version, published in 1887, is an expanded version of that previously published in the Paris literary periodical, Le Gil Blas, on October 26, 1886. Written as a series of private journal entries, it recounts the narrator's terrifying experience of "a strange, unknowable, and invisible being." - Summary by Louise J. Belle

Under Heaven takes listeners to Tang dynasty China, where the son of an honored general has received an unheard of gift: 250 Sardian horses. But this is a prize men would, and will, kill for.

Dans ces courts récits de la fin du XIXe siècle, François Coppée brosse des instantanés de la vie, saisis sur le vif: rencontres furtives, espoirs timides, revers discrets, petits triomphes. En quelques pages, tout un monde apparaît et s’éclipse, avec une justesse qui révèle les nuances du cœur humain.

Death by Chocolate is her favorite dessert. And those knitting needles aren't just for craft projects. To most people, Gin Bombay is an ordinary single mom. Then again, they don't know she's from a family of top-secret assassins. Somewhere between leading a Girl Scout troop for her kindergartner - would nooses count for a knot badge? - and keeping their puppy from destroying the furniture, Gin now has to take out a new target. 

Guy de Maupassant is renowned as one of the fathers of the modern short story. A protégé of Flaubert, he was celebrated for his naturalistic fiction, and wrote over 300 short stories, six novels, three travel books and one volume of verse in his short but highly productive lifetime. He died in an asylum aged just 43. This collection brings together dramatisations of some of his finest works.

First performed in a hit off-off-Broadway production, and soon to be a film starring Sigourney Weaver and Anthony LaPaglia, The Guys is a timeless drama about the surprising truths people can discover in ordinary lives, and the connections we make with others and ourselves in times of tragedy...