Resultados para "Elias" en Antologías y relatos breves

Heroínas es un audiolibro ideado y presentado por Juan Gómez-Jurado con catorce cuentos en torno al 8 de marzo, Día Internacional de la Mujer, escritos por Elia Barceló, Espido Freire, Luz Gabás, Arturo González-Campos, Alaitz Leceaga, Manel Loureiro, Raquel Martos, José María Merino...

Elias B. Hopkins, aka "The Parson", is a new reverend at Jackman's Gulch, a small miner village in Australia. In the local bar, swearing and blasphemies are not uncommon. That's why he decides to recite the Bible aloud for each bad word he hears. So much that he who swears is now frowned upon by his peers for breaking the atmosphere.

Books four, five, and six in the Eli Marks mystery series all in one volume. This audiobook includes: The Linking Rings, The Floating Light Bulb, and The Zombie Ball.

A cantankerous old woman is charged with aiding a young girl. A male dryad finds his place in the world. Paralyzed from the neck down, a teenage sculpting prodigy is given a new opportunity to pursue her art again. A Victorian professor journeys across England to lecture on evolution, only to walk into trouble at every turn.

To Old Pete's owner, it had always seemed that Pete would be the first to go. At 30 years of age, it even appeared likely. Now Old Pete's owner is confined to a hospital bed, though, and Old Pete is still going strong. But there might be some way that they could get together again for a last ride, prospecting up a mountain, just the two of them, who would have been together for a longer time than most married folks.

Peaches Taylor spent the last seven years slinging drinks and dodging drunks at the Starkwood Saloon. Some might call it a dead-end job, but to her it was an investment - another six months, and she’d have enough money to buy the place. Life would've been perfect if Eli hadn’t come home. Eli King is ready to settle down. He stood by his brothers when they needed him, paying the price for their freedom with his own. Now it’s time to claim his reward - the Starkwood Saloon.

Threads are converging in this collection of short stories. Sir Demitri Reyven goes toe to toe with an old friend and comrade as dragons circle overhead. Sir Bryan meets ghosts from his past and meets a horrible end...or does he? And Captain Sidonia continues to lead the caravan of orphans to Starlight Monastery while the mercenaries of the Grey Wolves, under her command, struggle to continue at under half-strength.

The trek to Starlight Monastery continues as the brave Sir Bryan leaves Lazland with his young orphaned charges. But will their luck finally hold out until the journey's end? Or will the deadly Magistrate Vonner and his daemonic allies catch up to him? Will his newfound ability to tap into the memories of the world through the magic of Chronomancy be enough to stop another daemonic incursion? Or is another Crystal War imminent and unstoppable? Sir Bryan will never be the same after these flashes of loss and redemption.

A stunning collection of stories exploring love and art, luck and loss, from the “invaluable” (George Saunders) author of How to Behave in a Crowd and The Material “These stories don’t close so much as continue inside you. They tilt the world and don’t set it back, leaving you to live...

In a galaxy on the edge of war, the line between survival and destruction is razor-thin. Humanity's fledgling spacefaring civilization faces its most terrifying enemy—an alien species with devastating technology and a thirst for domination. Against impossible odds, Earth must uncover a way to fight back or risk total annihilation. When a young scientist stumbles upon a revolutionary breakthrough, it becomes clear that humanity's survival hinges on a single, unprecedented invention.

There are very few writers who have ever written the sheer volume of epic (though not always in word count) tales, with a seemingly limitless stream of vibrant worlds, unique characters, and twisting-turning storylines that have kept thousands on the edges of their collective seats for a career spanning seven decades. But Ray Bradbury, the legend, did just that.

Despite their variety, these stories remain rooted on Moroccan soil - allowing the contributing authors to bring readers closer to the linguistic, cultural, religious, and ethnic reality of Marrakech, whether Arab, Amazigh, African, or Muslim, as well as its historic Mellah - the Jewish Quarter. Here is the capital of tourism, the city of joy and sadness, the city of simple living, the city linked to international capitals through daily flights, the city of the new European community, a winter resort for French retirees, and a refuge for immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa.

AN NPR AND NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR An exquisite new collection from a Pulitzer Prize–winning master of the short story, the culmination of a five-decade career: work that takes us beneath the placid surface of suburban life into the elusive strangeness of the everyday Here are...

The electrifying, "cutting-edge" (USA Today) debut work of fiction from Ron Currie, author of the forethcoming novel The One-Eyed Man (March 2017) Ron Currie’s gutsy, funny book is instantly gripping: If God takes human form and dies, what would become of life as we know it? Effortlessly...