Meet Me at the Teahouse

Meet Me at the Teahouse

A delightfully moving story of one woman’s longing for big love in a small town, and the twists and turns that life can take when you follow your heart – into the challenging world of online dating. Filled with Barbara Hannay’s trademark warmth and generosity, this wonderful new short story will charm romance readers everywhere. An exclusive sneak preview of The Grazier’s Wife is included in the back of the book.

Tom Hubbard Is Dead

Tom Hubbard Is Dead

Tom Hubbard is dead. Iraq war hero, dutiful son and brother, faithful husband. Or was he? The year is 2002, and the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars are in their infancy. The military favors policies that keep the truth under wraps: The dead return to the US in secret, while gay soldiers abide by the confines of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. In such a milieu, thirty-seven-year-old Lieutenant Tom Hubbard is killed in action and his remains are returned to the small New England town he turned his back on years earlier. Along with a flood of curious townspeople, Tom Hubbard’s extended family, boyhood friends and distant lovers gather for a memorial reception hosted by Tom’s emotionally unbalanced mother and prickly sister. Set at the Hubbard’s 200-year-old farmhouse in Newbury, Massachusetts, the drama unfolds in a single afternoon directly following Tom Hubbard’s military burial. In one day, this small town family falls apart and comes back together again in unexpected ways. Long-hidden relationships surface, family secrets are uncovered and the real Tom Hubbard is revealed. New relationships are built—relationships that could not have existed before Tom Hubbard had died and his tumultuous memorial reception had shaken his family to its core.

Persone che potresti conoscere

Persone che potresti conoscere

«Joann Sfar non è soltanto uno dei più dotati fumettisti e registi francesi, ma con questo suo nuovo romanzo si propone definitivamente anche come uno dei più acuti e profondi romanzieri europei» - Le Monde«Amare il prossimo può essere molto pericoloso, ma - ci spiega il sempre più geniale Joann Sfar - è anche l'unico modo per essere davvero artisti» - Le Magazine LittéraireIl problema è l'empatia, l'incapacità di impedire a se stessi di mettersi comunque in ascolto degli altri e del mondo. E che il mondo non sempre corrisponde all'idea che ci se ne fa. Se poi ci si è lasciati da un amore tormentato e si cerca consolazione e compagnia sui social, il rischio di cadere in una assurda e falsa trappola sentimentale è altissimo. Si comincia cliccando sulla foto profilo di una ragazza tra le «Persone che potresti conoscere» su Facebook, e ci si ritrova in una stazione di polizia. Si prosegue prendendo un cane e preoccupandosi che non mangi i propri gatti. Alla fine non si riesce a trovare pace per sei mesi. Ed è una storia vera... Un nuovo indispensabile capitolo del percorso autobiografico di Joann Sfar, scrittore dall'animo delicato ma tormentato, falsamente ingenuo e gioiosamente ipocondriaco, brillante, generoso e irresistibile come non mai. Uno straordinario romanzo sulla distanza tra realtà e rappresentazione, sull'arte, sulla creazione, sul sogno, e alla fine e soprattutto sull'amore e sul bisogno d'amore.

Conversations, Volume 1

Conversations, Volume 1

Buddhism, love, Henry James, and the tango are just a few of the topics Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina’s master writer, and extraordinary conversationalist, discusses in the first volume of the remarkable new series, Conversations. The eighty-four-year-old blind man’s wit is unending and results in lively and insightful discussions that configure a loose autobiography of a subtle, teasing mind. Borges’s favorite concepts, such as time and dreaming, are touched upon, but these dialogues are not a true memoir, they are unrestricted conversations about life at present. The Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, contributed immensely to twentieth-century literature, and more specifically to the genres of magical realism and fantasy. As he progressively lost his sight—he became completely blind by the age of fifty-five—the darkness behind his eyelids held enchanting imagery that translated into rich symbolism in his work.  The inner workings of his curious mind are seen vividly in his conversations with Ferrari, and there’s not a subject on which he doesn’t cast surprising new light. As in his tale “The Other,” where two Borgeses meet up on a bench beside the River Charles, this is a dialogue between a young poet and the elder teller of tales where all experience floats in a miracle that defies linear time.

Mood - Numero 2

Mood - Numero 2

Mood è un magazine bimestrale in ebook nato dalla collaborazione tra l'agenzia letteraria Thèsis Contents e l'editore digitale goWare. Offre ai lettori digitali narrazioni dal e del mondo contemporaneo, approfondimenti critico-letterari con un occhio attento all'attualità, al costume, alla politica e all'economia al tempo dell'andata al digitale.  In questo numero 2:  “Piccolo Tony” racconto di Stefano Piedimonte;  “Ritorno” racconto di Claudio Coletta;  “How Music Works” recensione di Francesco Guerri;  “Il bidello” racconto di Stefano Caso;  “Ho visto un re… di Hilary Mantel e la trilogia sui Tudor. Il ritorno del romanzo storico” articolo di Donatella Valente;  “Vedove” racconto di Patrizia Emilitri Ruspa;  “Floating” progetto grafico di Michele Berlot;  “Non aspettarmi alzata” racconto di Davide Lisino;  “The Story of Film: an Odissey” recensione di Stefano Cipriani;  “Autore-editore: una coppia di fatto?” articolo di Mirella Francalanci;  “Il sangue del Mostrosciatto” racconto di Francesca Bonafini; “L’occhio discreto di Melonhead” recensioni di Jacopo Caneva;  “Il viaggio” documentario a episodi di Jacopo Caneva;  “In India” narrazione fotografica di Attilio Gavini;  “Reinventarsi. I contenuti hanno ancora un valore economico per gli autori?” articolo di Mario Mancini;  “Sono molto seccato, quasi offeso” racconto di Francesco Costa;  “Tutto è male” poesie di Kirill Medvedev;  “La valle degli innocenti” racconto di Rosa Ventrella;  “MoodFood” ricetta di Sara Del Moro.

El diario del ron

El diario del ron

Kemp, un joven periodista trotamundos, bebedor de ron y álter ego del autor, abandona Greenwich Village, en los años cincuenta, con destino a Puerto Rico, donde consigue un trabajo como periodista en el San Juan Daily News. Allí trabaja una variopinta fauna de personajes: misántropos, desengañados, fracasados, ambiciosos dispuestos a rehacer el mundo, todos ellos parias en busca de una existencia mejor en el trópico. Pero la paradisíaca tríada de ron, sexo y sol se convierte en prolongadas borracheras, peleas sin fin y fiestas desmelenadas de una sexualidad salvaje. Y mientras lucha contra la irrisoria libertad del aburrimiento, Kemp asiste a la lenta agonía de una isla corroída por el dinero, las ambiciones de Estados Unidos y el hipócrita compromiso de los periodistas. Esta primera novela del creador del llamado «periodismo gonzo», que brilló con todo su esplendor en Miedo y asco en Las Vegas, es la crónica mordiente de una desilusión. «Hilarante, absolutamente real y trágica... Qué fascinante e interesante hubiese sido que, en 1959, a los 22 años, Hunter S. Thompson se hubiese largado por ejemplo a Puerto Rico, se hubiera bebido su peso en ron diariamente, hubiera follado toda la noche y se hubiera sentado bajo una sombrilla a escribir una novela. Bueno, pues lo hizo. La novela permanecía enterrada y olvidada en el húmedo sótano de su fortificado rancho de Colorado, hasta que un amigo la desenterró. Se llama El diario del ron y la espera ha valido la pena... Se trata de una verdadera joya, una novela ágil y bien construida, que deja al lector inquieto y sonriente» (Scotland on Sunday). «Salvaje, agudo, visceral, cínico y sarcástico... Un libro muy divertido que hará que, en comparación, tu vida parezca sumamente aburrida» (Scene).

L'Autre Fille - Prix Nobel de Littérature 2022

L'Autre Fille - Prix Nobel de Littérature 2022

La révélation deL'Autre filleva bousculer toute l'œuvre qu'Annie Ernaux a consacrée à son enfance depuisLa Place. " Car il a bien fallu que je me débrouille avec cette mystérieuse incohérence : toi la bonne fille, la petite sainte, tu n'as pas été sauvée, moi le démon j'étais vivante. Plus que vivante, miraculée. Il fallait donc que tu meures à six ans pour que je vienne au monde et que je sois sauvée. "

The Ox and the Frog (Read To Me and Interactive)

The Ox and the Frog (Read To Me and Interactive)

This eBook has a new enhanced version of eBook with special audio, video and illustrations. This story has originated by Aesop.  Especially it has included full illustrated story scenes, narrative audio, interactive function, background sound and video for the whole story.  Can hear the voices, if touch the face of OX and the Frog in that scenes. Have fun with Read To Me and Interactive! Read To Me and Interactive is Trademark of OrangeDigit Inc.

The Pirates' Chronicles: Greatest Sea Adventure Books & Treasure Hunt Tales

The Pirates' Chronicles: Greatest Sea Adventure Books & Treasure Hunt Tales

Enjoy the best sea adventures, treasure hunt tales and bloody battles, along with learning the truth behind the legends, the real life stories that inspired so many writers and produced so many beloved classics: History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates (Captain Charles Johnson) The Book of Buried Treasure Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight (Le Gallienne) Captain Singleton (Defoe) Gold-Bug (Edgar Allan Poe) Hearts of Three (Jack London) The Dark Frigate (C. B. Hawes) Isle of Pirate's Doom (Robert E. Howard) Swords of Red Brotherhood (Howard) Queen of Black Coast (Howard) Barbarossa—King of the Corsairs Black Vulmea (Howard) Afloat and Ashore (James F. Cooper) Homeward Bound (Cooper) Red Rover (Cooper) Facing the Flag (Jules Verne) A Pirate of the Caribbees (H. Collingwood) Pirate Gow (Daniel Defoe) The King of Pirates (Defoe) The Pirate (Walter Scott) Rose of Paradise (Howard Pyle) Captain Sharkey (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Pirate (Frederick Marryat) Three Cutters (Marryat) Madman and the Pirate (R. M. Ballantyne) The Offshore Pirate (F. Scott Fitzgerald) Coral Island (Ballantyne) Under the Waves (Ballantyne) Pirate City (Ballantyne) Captain Boldheart (Dickens) Master Key (L. Frank Baum) A Man to His Mate (J. Allan Dunn) Tales of the Fish Patrol (Jack London) Robinson Crusoe (Defoe) Peter Pan and Wendy (J. M. Barrie) Mysterious Island (Jules Verne) Count of Monte Cristo (Dumas) Ghost Pirates (W. H. Hodgson) The Pirate Island (H. Collingwood) Among Malay Pirates The Capture of Panama, 1671 The Malay Proas (James F. Cooper) The Daughter of the Great Mogul (Defoe) Morgan at Puerto Bello The Ways of the Buccaneers Narrative of the Capture of the Ship Derby, 1735 The Fight Between the Dorrill and the Moca Jaddi the Malay Pirate The Terrible Ladrones The Female Captive The Passing of Mogul Mackenzie Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean Pirates of Panama...

Lilít

Lilít

Questi racconti, scritti dal 1975 al 1981, hanno argomenti e toni diversi. Ho cercato di raggrupparli, e forzando talvolta sui termini ne ho ricavato un primo gruppo che riprende i temi di Se questo è un uomo e La tregua; un secondo che prosegue Le Storie Naturali e Vizio di forma, e un terzo i cui personaggi hanno in certa misura carne e ossa. Spero che ogni racconto adempia decorosamente al suo ufficio, che è solo quello di condensare in poche cartelle, e trasmettere al lettore, un ricordo puntuale, uno stto d'animo, o anche solo una trovata. Ce ne sono di allegri e di tristi, perché i nostri giorni sono allegri e tristi. Non ci sono, che io sappia, nè messaggi, nè profezie fondamentali; se il lettore ce li trova, è bontà sua.

One Night in New York

One Night in New York

Scandal in the city! Arriving in New York, renowned surgeon Mindy Walker is looking forward to a fresh start in the city. So she definitely doesn't expect to find herself working alongside last night's very uncharacteristic one-night stand—gorgeous resident Dr. Sam Napier! Unknowingly sleeping with his new boss is catastrophic for Sam—he's determined to become a successful pediatric surgeon on his own merit, and if this scandal gets out it could ruin both their careers! But as the fiery sparks continue to fly, resisting one another becomes practically impossible… 

Faust

Faust

Goethe’s masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here indeed is a monumental Faust, an audacious man boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experience, or knowledge can lead him to a moment he would wish to last forever. Here, in Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethe’s genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe’s characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches’ Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen’s tragic fate.This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salm’s wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe’s words.

Coming Up For Air

Coming Up For Air

I’ve loved Tom Williams for most of my life, but always in secret. He was my brother Bohdan’s best friend, and we’re the reason Boh is dead. Years have passed, but the truth about us, about what happened that night, is all still a secret. One we’ve kept from everyone. One I wish I could keep from myself. I knew Tom would be at the family reunion. I even knew we’d end up in bed. What Tom doesn’t know is that the husband he thinks waits for me at home is soon going to be my ex-husband…which means that finally, after all this time, Tom and I could have a chance to make what’s always been between us into something real. I love Tom, but I’m afraid it’s too late for us. Time can’t save a marriage. Time can’t unbreak a heart. Time can get me to the edge of the dock…but it cannot make me jump.

The Dog and the Shadow (Read To Me)

The Dog and the Shadow (Read To Me)

This eBook is new enhanced version with special audio originated from Aesop's story. And especially has included narrative audio and background sound which based on Soundtrack by Ludwig van Beethoven, Larghetto, Violin concerto in D major, Op. 61, Conducted by George Szell  ORCHESTRA  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra(Wiener Philharmoniker) VIOLIN  Bronisław Huberman  year 1934. Especially the video, "The Dog and the Shadow", waits for you!

The Fox and the Crow (Read To Me)

The Fox and the Crow (Read To Me)

This eBook has a new enhanced version of eBook with special audio, video and illustrations. This story has originated by Aesop.  Especially it has included narrative audio, background sound and Video for whole this story. Have fun with Read To Me! Read To Me is Trademark of OrangeDigit Inc.

Winnetou the Apache Knight

Winnetou the Apache Knight

First-person narrator Old Shatterhand encounters the Apache Winnetou, and after initial dramatic events, a true friendship arises between them; on many occasions, they give proof of great fighting skill, but also of compassion for other human beings. It portrays a belief in an innate “goodness” of mankind, albeit constantly threatened by ill-intentioned enemies. Nondogmatic Christian feelings and values play an important role, and May’s heroes are often described as German Americans. Winnetou became the chief of the tribe of the Mescalero Apaches (and of the Apaches in general, with the Navajo included) after his father Intschu-tschuna and his sister Nscho-tschi were slain by the white bandit Santer. He rode a horse called Iltschi (“Wind”) and had a famous rifle called Silberbüchse (The Silver Gun, a double-barrelled rifle whose stock and butt were decorated with silver studs). Old Shatterhand became the blood brother of Winnetou and rode the brother of Iltschi, called Hatatitla (Lightning).

Euripides I

Euripides I

Euripides I contains the plays “Alcestis,” translated by Richmond Lattimore; “Medea,” translated by Oliver Taplin; “The Children of Heracles,” translated by Mark Griffith; and “Hippolytus,” translated by David Grene.Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers. They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent classicists David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, those translations combined accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation to render the surviving masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides in an English so lively and compelling that they remain the standard translations. Today, Chicago is taking pains to ensure that our Greek tragedies remain the leading English-language versions throughout the twenty-first century.In this highly anticipated third edition, Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the ancient Greek while retaining the vibrancy for which our English versions are famous. This edition also includes brand-new translations of Euripides’ Medea, The Children of Heracles, Andromache, and Iphigenia among the Taurians, fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles’s satyr-drama The Trackers. New introductions for each play offer essential information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. In addition, each volume includes an introduction to the life and work of its tragedian, as well as notes addressing textual uncertainties and a glossary of names and places mentioned in the plays.In addition to the new content, the volumes have been reorganized both within and between volumes to reflect the most up-to-date scholarship on the order in which the plays were originally written. The result is a set of handsome paperbacks destined to introduce new generations of readers to these foundational works of Western drama, art, and life.

Baccara Gold Band 14

Baccara Gold Band 14

WIE FEUER UND EIS von MARGARET ALLISON Meredith sitzt in einer Skihütte fest: mit verstauchtem Fuß - und ihrem Ex-Lover Josh Adams, der noch immer unverschämt sexy ist! In dieser stürmischen Nacht gibt es für sie nur Liebe und brennende Leidenschaft. Die kühlt allerdings nach Joshs schockierendem Geständnis merklich ab … SO STARK UND SO ZÄRTLICH von JENNIFER GREENE "Trau dich, liebe mich", flüstert Steve ihr zu, doch Mary zögert. Wenn sie diese eiskalte Nacht in Alaska mit dem Tierforscher verbringt, wird sie ihr Herz an ihn verlieren. Aber morgen könnte alles wieder vorbei sein, wie schon einmal in Marys Leben … HEUTE NACHT GEHÖRST DU MIR von JACKIE MERRITT Wie ein Blitz aus heiterem Himmel trifft Andrea ihre Begegnung mit Shep am Weihnachtsabend. Es ist, als ob sie ihn schon lange kennt, so vertraut sind ihr seine charmante Art, sein sexy Körper. Doch ehe sie nicht den letzten Willen ihrer Mutter erfüllt hat, bleibt ihr eigentlich keine Zeit für die Liebe …

A Home for Lydia

A Home for Lydia

A Home for Lydia, the second book in a new romantic series from popular author Vannetta Chapman, centers again on the Plain community of Pebble Creek and the kind, caring people there. As they face challenges to their community from the English world, they come together to reach out to their non-Amish neighbors while still preserving their cherished Plain ways.Aaron Troyer simply wants to farm like his father and grandfather before him. But instead he finds himself overseeing the family’s small group of guest cabins nestled along the banks of Pebble Creek. That also means he must work with the cabins’ housekeeper, Lydia Fisher.Lydia is the most outspoken Amish woman Aaron has ever met, and she has strong opinions about how the guest cabins are to be run. She also desperately needs this job. Though sparks fly between boss and employee at first, when the cabins are robbed, nothing is more important to Aaron than making sure Lydia is safe.Together they work to make the vacation property profitable, but can they find out the identity of the culprit before more damage is done? And is Lydia’s dream of a home of her own more than just a wish and a prayer?