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Peti the Shrew is a heartwarming and adventurous tale about a tiny but brave shrew named Peti who lives in a lively forest near a village. As she explores her surroundings, Peti meets a cast of unforgettable characters: Durm, a grumpy stray cat with a noble heart; Olaf, a beetle who believes he's the king of the forest; Rox, a cautious yet generous mouse; and Zuuu, a feared snake who hides a deeper truth. Through storms, dangers, and unexpected alliances, Peti learns that courage isn't just about being fearless—it’s about knowing who to trust, daring to forgive, and choosing friendship ...

A wonderful collection of stories from the author of My Family and Other Animals, Gerald Durrell, one of Britain's best loved authors and pioneering naturalists.

Some secrets don’t stay buried. They fight back. Sixteen-year-old Leah Cutter is a sarcastic tech prodigy living off the grid with her retired special-ops father and tribal-descended mother in the Philippine jungle. When she uncovers her grandmother’s encrypted wartime journal—filled with buried truths about espionage, trafficking networks, and erased history—she becomes the key to igniting a long-dormant failsafe designed to expose a global shadow operation. But someone’s watching. Red Hand, a black-ops unit erased from official records, is dispatched to erase Leah and everything...

I never expected to fall for the most forbidden girl in the world… Hopefully her father doesn’t murder me in the process. I’m an actor, a very well-loved one by the entire world. Now, I have taken on a role of a Motorcycle Gang leader. But to do my best, I have to learn from one. But then I met his daughter, and everything felt right. Kaia, a beautiful girl with fiery red hair and ocean blue eyes. A killer body that could bring any man to their knees but that doesn’t matter to me. As we grow closer, I just know that she is it for me.

Compilado de cuentos de ciencia ficción y terror. Vampiros sobre el expreso de Bering (novela corta de siete capítulos). En un futuro cercano, dos agentes del FBI viajan a las gélidas Islas Diómedes para investigar la desaparición de un grupo de personas en el Expreso de Bering, que cubre la distancia entre Rusia y EE.UU. sobre un puente polar. Novichok. En plena guerra fría, un grupo de astrónomos viajan a la URSS bajo permiso para seguir el derrotero de caída de un asteroide en los montes Urales. El rayo, la espada y el perro. Un sobreviviente de una batalla medieval debe ...

A Collection of Fifteen Romantic Short Stories Looking for the Rainbow The Matchmaker Her Own Private Summer Bruiser's Romance Lucky Number Two Wistful Thinking Britany's Girl Flea Market Treasure Chainsaw Jamey Lost Love Melon Romance Service with A Smile Happily Ever After Wish Off Limits The Candy Lady

Un pueblo perdido en la montaña, incomunicado, ajeno al discurso del tiempo. Sus habitantes desconocen qué sucede más allá de sus fronteras. Pero la aparición de un fantasma amenaza con descubrir los secretos más oscuros del pueblo. Spoksville no un lugar cualquiera, ni sus habitantes son personas normales. Alejados del mundanal ruido de las ciudades, sus vidas discurren como el lento goteo de una cañería rota: rutinario, inexorable, inhumano. Las relaciones entre ellos, y con los escasos extranjeros que se acercan al pueblo para algún intercambio comercial, distan mucho de ser la ...

This collection explores the theme of relationships, many of which are troubled, including those between siblings, parents, spouses, and friends. These relationships create a fertile ground for conflicts. While there are some uplifting moments and humor throughout the stories, the dominant thread revolves around angst, betrayal, heartbreak, and unhappiness. The settings and time periods vary widely, ranging from Vancouver Island hundreds of years ago to Berlin in the 1930s, France in the 1980s, and contemporary locations such as the Caribbean, New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. The ...

These are stories about people around the world, some fictional, some real. The fiction starts in Ireland. The Deaf Widow Dunphy is a woman in the town of Ballybrook whose sharp tongued, gossiping neighbor has designs on the Widow’s house until she finally gets her comeuppance. In Scared Sober a world class drinker is, well, scared sober. The Love Lamb is a love story about two shepherds who are pushed apart by a bet over sheep, but come together over a lamb. In the Caribbean, For Love of a Boat is about a woman’s intense bonding with the charter sailboat she and her husband crew, and ...

Tex Hardmen had decided this was going to be his last rodeo ride, at least for the night. He was riding the electronic bucking bronco and he'd already been dizzy from drink when he got on. At the end of the rollicking he slide right off the saddle onto the floor, someone was helping him up, and his blurry eyes focused and looked up into the face of a blonde beautiful boy...a young cowboy who was his dream come true…

A half-burnt marijuana patch. A missing sheriff’s deputy. And a discharged shotgun. It looks like an open-and-shut case of murder—until the defendant offers an out-of-this-world alibi. SPACE CASE crosses the boundaries of mystery, science fiction, and thriller stories to make some exciting reading no matter what your primary interest is. Be prepared for gripping suspense, a courtroom drama that is unusual to say the least, frequent touches of humor, and a weird alien science fiction tale set right here on Earth. And if that’s still not enough, be prepared for fast-paced action and ...

The year is 1898. Following the harrowing events that nearly destroyed London, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson set sail aboard the RMS Lucania, bound for America. A well-earned speaking tour awaits—or so they believe. But the Atlantic crossing is anything but ordinary. When a series of mysterious deaths shakes the ship’s crew, Holmes and Watson are drawn into a chilling investigation that points to something far more sinister than mere illness or accident. Whispers spread through the lower decks of strange cargo, locked holds, and shadowy figures that disappear into the night. As ...

Héctor González, Héctor Xatruch, Heriberto Pinzón Rodríguez, Isabel Burgos, Jorge Bennett, Jorge Summons, Leocadio Padilla, Lupita Bragin, Lupita Navarro, Mariana Mc Pherson, Melva R. Mong F., Vilma Calderón, Yesenia Cañate, Yolanda Ríos de Moreno El panameño no es, por mucho, genéticamente homogéneo. Imposible aplicar de manera sensata el Nacional Socialismo por estos lares—un caudillo criollo intentó imponerlo y las cosas no le salieron muy bien. Forzar un One way apresurado lleva a una historia siempre parcial y sin vida verdadera. La única herencia que deja un país de ...

Life Is not fair. For Shylaja, a young girl with no looks, no money, no friends and no future, it is downright devastating. The story of The Girl with the Scar takes you into the life of a young girl, the unlucky underdog who may be doomed to a life of misery forever, unless she can find the strength within herself to take control of her destiny. Twenty-one year old Shylaja hides behind her scar. She does not have friends, hates being stared at and lives her own little lonely life with her mother, the only person who truly loves her. Until fate calls her to do something she has never done ...

Debbie, a young woman, lives a quiet, solitary life with her little dog as her best friend. Her peace is disrupted when a rowdy neighbor arrives along with his big dog. A nasty canine encounter gets them off to a bad start. The new neighbor really wants to make amends. He’s seriously interested in something more than a neighborly relationship. When his overtures fall flat he puts together a scheme to get Debbie into his townhouse, and into a situation where she will have to submit to his desires. But when his rape attempt goes horribly wrong, Debbie is left with an even bigger problem. ...

This fictional short story that you are about to read is based, in part, on real events that occurred in the 1950’s. Two college students venture to Cuba during the early part of Fidel Castro’s revolution. In their hands is a Letter of Introduction for Ernest Hemingway, from their English professor, who happened to be a Hemingway biographer. They have hopes of meeting the iconic author and interviewing him for their college newspaper. The boys have rough encounters with Hemingway’s wife, Mary, and his housekeeper, Renee. But those become minor bumps in the road compared to what ...

Tales from The Satellite- is a rousing collection of short stories that focuses on the staff and patrons of a legendary nightclub known as The Satellite Lounge. This book is an intoxicating blend of laughter, tears and thrills. Whether you’re enjoying your favorite cocktail at happy hour, or engaging in lively bar stool conversations, the Satellite lounge is the place to be seen or unseen. Tales from The Satellite is 80 proof reading that will leave you shaken and stirred. Somethin' That'll Make Ya Do Wrong- Handsome charmer Ellis Raines befriends Johnny Lawson, an unfortunate-looking ...

Shelf Death by Mit Namzo Dive into the darkly whimsical world of Shelf Death, a gripping and imaginative eBook that transforms an ordinary supermarket into an epic battleground of sentient groceries. In the fluorescent-lit aisles of Grimley’s Supermarket, where the doors lock and the lights dim, a hidden war rages. Canned goods, fresh produce, frozen foods, and processed snacks—each faction fights for dominance, driven by survival, pride, and the cold gaze of the Algorithm, a profit-obsessed AI that tallies every move. At the heart of this chaos is Tommy the Tomato, a pacifist dreamer ...

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Un hombre entra en un bar y se fija en una hermosa chica. desilusionado de todo le cuenta su vida.