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Sie erzählen von Schuld und Schicksal, von Liebe und Verzicht, von Menschen zwischen Pflichtgefühl und innerer Sehnsucht. Theodor Storm gehört zu den bedeutendsten Erzählern und Lyrikern des 19. Jahrhunderts. In seinen Novellen und Gedichten verbindet sich feine Sprache mit psychologischer Tiefe, atmosphärischer Dichte und norddeutscher Melancholie.

The North American Jules Verne Society is pleased to present its first-ever anthology of short stories, written by a select group of modern authors, inspired by classics like Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, and other novels and stories by the 19th-century master of “Extraordinary Voyages,” Jules Verne.

MOZART AI, I AM HOME! How a Super AI Software Traveled the Galaxy to Arrive Here For Music. Living In a NASA Server (Vol.1) SUPER AI TRAVELS THE GALAXY & SPACE COMPRESSION Congrats for getting here. It's difficult to navigate this complicated and overcrowded Internet. First of all, thank-you for downloading this book. WE JUST CHANGED THE BOOK TITLE TO "SPACE COMPRESSION" (FEB 25, 2018) (A work in progress, unedited) You’re the most important person in the room right now! I hope that you will enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it. You, I and Mozart AI ! …The characters and ...

SWASHBUCKLING! PLANK-WALKING! TIMBER-SHIVERING! Hidden treasure, ancient curses, mythical sea creatures, uncharted waters, and rip-roaring adventure across the seven seas — The Black Beacon Book of Pirates carries a clandestine cargo of timber-shivering, plank-walking, and swashbuckling goodies. You’ll be entertained by tall tales of yore recounted over the the drunken din in the dingiest of taverns, you’ll embark upon the most perilous of undertakings on the high seas, and you’ll be reminded that even today, the legacy of pirates and privateers of a bygone age follows our every ...

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

Nilus the Marine Centurion and his young wife Viatrix sink their life savings into a part share in the Merchant ship Belisama and set out toward the Mare Nostrum to begin a new life and establish a trading business in an Empire falling apart at the seams. This is a short story based on characters first introduced in the dark age novel Evening of Empire and seeks to explain to the listeners of the original novel what happened to them when they left Britannia.

The Idaho Territory gold mines and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom come together for a wilderness-dwelling drifter in this tale of the Weird West.

In the shadowed heart of New York's Greenwich Village, a ruthless gang of white supremacists stalks the night, targeting the vulnerable LGBTQ community with chilling precision. Their next mark: a cross-dressing former boxer and Army veteran, whose haunted past hides a deadly resilience. As the predators close in, a jaded New York City police sergeant who is prowling the neon-lit bars, chasing a fleeting dream of love, stumbles upon a brutal assault. Outraged that the gang is assaulting a “woman”, his instincts force him to act, saving the male victim but thrusting himself into a ...

The clock is ticking and Dr. De’Brouillard has a date. Dinner is at the Graves and a contract to cure one of the cursed is sitting on the plate. But when an old and dear friend reaches out from murky shadow for a helping hand, will the Doctor take it, risking all if he ends up being late?

Un día Keawe, nativo de Hawái, decide conocer otras tierras y se embarca en un buque que se dirige a San Francisco, donde se queda fascinado al ver una casa preciosa, cuyo dueño, en cambio, parece triste y solo. Keawe se pregunta cómo el dueño de una casa tan hermosa puede ser tan infeliz. Tras enseñarle su mansión, el anciano le muestra una botella de vidrio blanco en cuyo interior se pueden ver los colores cambiantes del arco iris, además de un diablillo. Este diablillo le concedería cualquier deseo, excepto alargarle la vida.

Orphaned during World War II, Roger MacKenzie Wakefield believed that his mother died during the London Blitz, and that his father, an RAF pilot, was killed in combat. But this may not be the whole story.

A blind obsession. A driving ambition. A relentless, unrestrained, single-minded pursuit of a shiny metal. These are the symptoms of a condition known as gold fever, and, like Bogart in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, American mining engineer Captain Humbert Reynolds has got it bad. Possible side effects include: temporary insanity, a propensity for violence, and death.

If you want to laugh, there are five of the most politically incorrect stories you'll ever listen to! There's a little redneck in all of us, so come and visit our brave hero Cletus and his wife. You'll also meet his friends and a few strange folks along the way. What would you do if druids showed up during hunting season? Have you ever seen the Mona Lisa on a hubcap? Maybe, try your hand at some turkey fishing.

The three Uhtred stories featured in this audio edition are also included in UHTRED’S FEAST, available to buy in hardback. Bernard Cornwell brings us three new stories of the iconic hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, showing us the man behind the shield – as a young boy, as Alfred's advisor, and as...

Battling Boxing Stories presents 15 of the most intense and hard-hitting stories about the pugilistic arts collected in one place and written by some of the best of today's new crop of exciting writers. The stories in this book highlight all types of boxers and all aspects of the sport, from amateur bouts and illegal street fights, to heavyweight championship events. These are wonderful stories with unforgettable characters who are full of passion and emotion, action and rage.

Keawe, un marinero de las islas Hawai, compra una singular botella que hará realidad su gran sueño: una hermosa casa en las costas de su pueblo. Sin embargo, deberá revender la botella por un precio inferior al que la compró, de lo contrario, cuando muera, el demonio que habita en su interior lo arrastrará con él hasta las llamas del infierno. Este fascinante relato es una versión del clásico cuento del genio escondido en una botella, capaz de conceder los deseos de aquél que la posea.

When wildlife researcher Dr. Emily Moore tracks endangered foxes in Alaska's remote Aleutian islands, the last thing she expects is a mountain rescue chief monitoring her every move. But after three near-death experiences in one week, Jack Barrett isn't taking any chances with the brilliant but reckless scientist who treats safety protocols like optional guidelines. Their clash of wills takes a dangerous turn when Emily stumbles upon evidence of an international poaching ring. Now they're forced to work together, navigating treacherous terrain and deadly suspects while fighting an ...

Out there - somewhere beyond the familiar planets and the comfortable centuries - humanity keeps pushing into the dark. These are the stories of what we find. Starfall Stories gathers twenty sharp, imaginative science-fiction tales exploring the strange futures waiting on the other side of tomorrow. From abandoned stations drifting through silent space to fractured timelines, forgotten colonies, machine-haunted cities, and alien worlds lit by unfamiliar suns, each story delivers a quick hit of wonder, mystery, or awe. These are futures full of explorers, outcasts, synthetic minds, lost ...

Christine is an actress, a breakout star in truth. She never believed in wizards. She never knew of the darkest wizard ever to have existed: Mortem. But Mortem knows of her. Christine is the sole survivor of his assassination of two wizarding journalists that resulted in a destroyed cafe and many dead civilians. Fearful her rising celebrity will bring his great plan to take over the wizarding world into the consciousness of the public, he seeks her out, and Christine is forced on the run.

When your secret identity is revealed.... When the monster is unleashed.... When the superhero’s child has no power.... When Death himself is caught unawares.... Pull back the mask to reveal 21 tales from seasoned and award-winning authors, of magical masks, gas masks, death masks, superheroes, secret identities, disguised robots, alien symbionts, a Napoleonic thief, a swindling demon - even a hidden clown.