Resultados para "Alice" en Antologías y relatos breves

Every nosy neighbor, gossipy friend, and meddling relative is just one good mystery away from becoming a detective. From behind locked doors or out in broad daylight, driven by chance or curiosity, amateur sleuths get in over their heads in these six hair-raising, hilarious stories.

An aspiring artist gets a seven-figure offer that could change her life forever in this provocative and surprising short story of a woman torn between saying yes and saying no. Alicia could do a lot with a million dollars. But what’s she willing to do for it? Her top client, a billionaire hedge fund manager, has made a very intimate business proposal. In the world of finance, it’s just another transaction, right? An efficient supply-demand exchange. At least that’s what Alicia tries to tell herself.

This treasury of family stories continues in the style of two previous best sellers by Alice Gray, Stories for the Heart and More Stories for the Heart, both featured on Billy Graham's national TV broadcasts. Her tender stories deliver Christian values in a captivating and wondrous way that appeals to parents, grandparents, couples, and single moms. They're ideal for families to hear together or for anyone to curl up with on the couch and listen to alone. Whenever a family needs an emotional or spiritual pick-me-up, this book is the answer.

Growing up, Violet was so busy helping others realize their dreams, she found little time to pursue her own. But five years ago, she took the chance of a lifetime, leaving the family bookshop on Brinkley’s Island, Maine, to attend culinary school in Paris. Now she’s working her dream job as a pâtissiere in an upscale Parisian restaurant—yet all she can think about is home.

All the delightful and bizarre inhabitants of Wonderland are here: the White Rabbit and the Cheshire Cat, the hooka-smoking Caterpillar and the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and the Ugly Duchess... and, of course, Alice herself - growing alternately taller and smaller, attending demented tea parties and eccentric croquet games, and observing everything with clarity and rational amazement.

Getting Micky Dolenz is a funny, touching, heartwarming story that will appeal equally to young adults, pop-culture lovers, and Monkees fans of all ages. Peppered with humor and full of heart, this is the tale of Julie Desmond - or, as she likes to call herself, Julie Desmond Dolenz, a 13-year-old living in the psychedelic '60s who is absolutely ape over drummer Micky Dolenz of the sensational made-for-TV band The Monkees.

Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson und Pater Brown treffen sich erneut in der Waltham Abbey, um über die weitere Vorgehensweise im Fall der verschwundenen Mönche zu beratschlagen. Sherlock Holmes glaubt, dass Bruder Gabriel in die mysteriösen Fälle verwickelt ist und unter dem Einfluss einer geheimen Organisation steht, der er in die Hände gefallen ist. Außerdem ziehen Sherlock Holmes und Pater Brown Parallelen zu einer internationalen Serie von Kriminalfällen aus den 1840er Jahren, bei der der international bekannte Auguste Dupin als leitender Detektiv fungierte.

Als Bruder Gabriel leise durch die Eingangshalle zurück zu seiner Klosterzelle schleicht, vernimmt er dumpfe, vertraute Stimmen, die durch die angelehnte Tür seines Labors dringen. Ein unheilvolles Gefühl überkommt ihn, und er macht sich innerlich auf eine Konfrontation mit Sherlock Holmes und Pater Brown gefasst. Als er schließlich das Labor betritt, wird er von Pater Brown auch gleich zur Rede gestellt...

“A Final Kiss” relates the wedding day of Natalie St. John, an educated young woman from a wealthy New England family who must come to terms with the fact that she’s made a life-altering mistake. As an idealistic 17-year-old, Natalie meets and falls in love with Joey Renetti, a charming young waiter at a local Italian café. From the very beginning, it is evident to Natalie that the two are a match made in heaven. But Natalie’s uppity parents are far from being in agreement with their daughter.

Reece Spencer became a monster after a Halloween party gone wrong, but instead of letting it ruin his life, he dedicated his life to monsters. After selling his portion of a successful investment firm, he funded the creation of a college for monsters just outside the monstrous little town of Screaming Woods.

Dall’invecchiamento della popolazione ai cambiamenti climatici, dall’istruzione di massa all’impatto dei social network, le storie immaginate da Liu Cixin, Xia Jia, Chen Qiufan e Wu Yan mostrano una Cina lontana dall’Occidente per costume e sensibilità, ma simile nelle realtà economico-sociali e così tecnologicamente avanzata da restituire uno sguardo sul futuro che attende il mondo intero. Una selezione di alcune delle voci più importanti della fantascienza cinese contemporanea che di certo delizieranno i lettori di tutto il mondo.

A compilation of classic tales by great American writers performed by terrific actors, with a lineup including Pulitzer Prize winners, National Book Award winners, and PEN Award winners.

Shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year Arrest Me, for I Have Run Away is a stunning short story collection on human nature and identity. Stevie Davies' latest work, it is bound to captivate and charm the listener.

"La mia mano destra intraprende un viaggio fino al suo clitoride, mentre l'altra avvolge il suo collo, facendo girare la sua testa: Voglio assaggiarla, assaporare la sua lingua, il suo odore, il suo inebriante profumo di gelsomino importato dall'India. Sono bagnata e spero lo sia anche lei." Lussuria nella Russia imperiale è ambientata nel 1915. Narra la storia di una cantante, trasportata in un mondo di sontuosa dissolutezza e delizia, quella degli zar della Russia imperiale. Lì, avrà un assaggio di un piacere che non ha mai conosciuto prima.

Drei Romane in einer Box für alle, die nicht müde werden, das Abenteuer zu suchen, die neugierig auf Überraschungen sind und das Unfassbare gar nicht für unfassbar halten, sondern für eine schöne Form des Humors.

The extraordinary range of work gathered here is united by a fascination with how everyday interactions can transform our lives in unpredictable ways. These are stories of lonely people, outcasts and misfits, and the ghosts that inhabit our intimate spaces. The result is a compelling, arresting and, at times, devastating collection – not least in the title story, which was inspired by the tragic true events of the 1943 Cavan orphanage fire.

13 lange noveller - hver af dem som en lille intens roman - af den amerikanske novellekunst suveræne mester Alice Munro. Det er fremragende portrætter af søstre, mødre, døtre, tanter, bedstemødre og veninder og af mændene i deres liv. Helt almindelige hverdagsliv, fra første verdenskrig til nutiden, hvor de store katastrofer, den store kærlighed eller det store savn, den smerte, skam - eller kedsomhed, som ethvert liv rummer, uden at vi måske lægger mærke til det eller nogensinde taler om det, belyses i glimt så præcise, at det gibber i én af genkendelse.

It's a wet and blustery day outside, but inside the old shop, Bagpuss and his friends are warm and busy. As the rain patters on the window, Madeleine, Gabriel, Professor Yaffle and the mice from the Marvellous Mechanical Mouse Organ find ways to turn a grey afternoon into something quietly magical. Originally published as a picture book by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin, Bagpuss on a Rainy Day is now released for the very first time as a gentle, immersive audiobook.

The deadliest secrets start with the smallest lie. Three couples, confident their friendship is indestructible. But sometimes people come into your life and the impact they have is way beyond your control. Chris has told Laura all about Mike. The firm's number one client, a war hero whose marriage is in tatters and whose mental state is fragile. Their comfortable existence and that of their closest friends depends on everyone making sacrifices.

With each story more terrifying than the last, Sinister Delusions is a must-listen for horror fans everywhere. Get ready to experience a journey into the darkest depths of the human psyche, where the line between reality and nightmare is thinner than ever before.