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In der Milchstraße schreibt man das Jahr 1469 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung - das entspricht dem Jahr 5056 christlicher Zeitrechnung. Der furchtbare, aber kurze Krieg gegen die Frequenz-Monarchie liegt inzwischen sechs Jahre zurück. Die Bewohner der Erde erholen sich langsam von den traumatischen Ereignissen. Nun hoffen die Menschen sowie die Angehörigen anderer Völker auf eine lange Zeit des Friedens. Perry Rhodan und seine unsterblichen Gefährten wollen die Einigung der Galaxis weiter voranbringen; die uralten Konflikte zwischen den Zivilisationen sollen der Vergangenheit angehören.

Bei einem gemeinsamen Dinner im Reform Club erzählt Kapitän Nemo Phileas Fogg eine Geschichte aus der Zeit, bevor sich die beiden zum ersten Mal begegnet sind. Der Ingenieur Schmidt, die Reporterin Gillian Spilett, das Fräulein Hilma Braun, der Seemann Pencroff und der Harpuniere Maatene Huatare fliehen mit einem Ballon von der Insel Naoero. Ein gefährlicher Sturm bringt sie vom Kurs ab und lässt sie auf einer scheinbar unbewohnten Insel stranden. Der Ingenieur Schmidt wird von der Gruppe getrennt und verschwindet spurlos.

El maestro irlandés, ganador del Premio Príncipe de Asturias, vuelve a sorprender con una magistral entrega de Quirke.

A selection of stories to entertain for when you have a spare 10 minutes, including "After the Race", by James Joyce; "Three Questions", by Leo Tolstoy; "The Child's Story", by Charles Dickens; and "A Transgression", by Anton Chekhov, read by Sir Michael Redgrave.

Auf der Erde schreibt man das Jahr 1551 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung, gut dreitausend Jahre vom 21. Jahrhundert alter Zeitrechnung entfernt. Nach großen Umwälzungen in der Milchstraße haben sich die Verhältnisse zwischen den unterschiedlichen Sternenreichen beruhigt; im Großen und Ganzen herrscht Frieden. Vor allem die von Menschen bewohnten Planeten und Monde streben eine positive Zukunft an. Tausende von Welten haben sich zur Liga Freier Galaktiker zusammengeschlossen, in der auch Wesen mitwirken, die man in früheren Jahren als »nichtmenschlich« bezeichnet hätte.

Si los seres humanos queremos tener armonía entre nosotros, lo primero que debemos hacer es que cada uno se preocupe por su propio desarrollo interno, para luego generar cambios positivos en el exterior. Es decir, debemos entender que algunas de las emociones mas comunes suelen, ser en gran parte las protagonistas de nuestros momentos de dolor. La envidia, la frustracion, el enojo, el odio, el miedo, la confusion y la culpa, son las emociones que causan la falta de comprension de nosotros mismnos e impiden nuestro desarrollo integral.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. Human beings are, in the main, social animals, they like to gather, to herd together, to share experiences. But some do not. Either through choice or exclusion their way forward is difficult. In this volume our authors and their characters share their stories.

Years before his marriage to Olga Knipper and his self-imposed medical exile to Yalta, years before he even began writing the seminal works of dramatic literature for which he is renowned, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, to support his financially and physically struggling family, wrote stories...many, many stories. Starting in his early 20s, living in Moscow, he made a name for himself by capturing the peculiarities of Russian life through satire, humor, pathos, and passion. Myriad influences inspired his eventual words for the stage.

This is a story from the In the Ravine and Other Stories collection.

A piano tuner called Murkin, a close-shaven man with a yellow face, with a nose stained with snuff and cotton wool in his ears, came out of his hotel room into the passage. And looking at his frightened face one might have supposed that the ceiling had fallen in on him. 'Upon my word, Semyon!' he cried, seeing the attendant running towards him. 'What is the meaning of it? I am a rheumatic, delicate man and you make me go barefoot! Why is it you don't give me my boots all this time? Where are they?'

Questo audiolibro è tratto da una famosa novella di Anton Cechov, che riprende il tema della vendita dell'anima al diavolo in cambio di favori e ricchezze; il racconto è condito da una buone dose di ironia, e con un finale a sorpresa.

South Korea, 1970. San is a lonely child, ostracised from her community. She soon finds a friend in a girl called Namae, until one afternoon changes everything. Following a moment of intimacy in a minari field, Namae violently rejects San, setting her on a troubling path. We next meet San, aged twenty-two, when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city centre. Over the course of one hazy, volatile summer, San is introduced to a curious cast of characters.

Tchékhov est un grand peintre de la société russe. Mais il a su dépasser le circonstanciel pour exprimer l'âme humaine dans ce qu'elle a de permanent. C'est pourquoi ses récits, un siècle après sa mort, continuent d'émouvoir les hommes, d'où qu'ils soient.

A straight talking (and funny!) perimenopausal primer for women navigating their changing bodies as it goes through the midlife hormonal roller coaster. Perimenopause is the time of transition leading up to menopause. It can last anywhere from 4 to 10 years and is filled with a laundry list of...

Two years after losing her daughter in a tragic accident, Hon finally returns to her home in the countryside to take care of her father. At first, her father appears withdrawn and fragile, an aging man, awkward but kind around his own daughter. Then, after stumbling upon a chest of letters, Hon discovers the truth of her father’s past and reconstructs her family history.

In these selections, an animal plays an important role in the action or plot of the story. The animals in these stories are real or are stand-ins for humans: Sredni Vashtar by Saki (H. H. Munro) Kholstomer, The Story of a Horse by Leo Tolstoy A Dark-Brown Dog by Stephen Crane Kashtanka by Anton Chekhov The Cat That Walked By Himself by Rudyard Kipling The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe The Fly by Katherine Mansfield The Boar-Pig by Saki (H. H. Munro) The Tiger Guest by Pu Songlbying Jackals and Arabs by Franz Kafka

Aragon Urrea ist der Kopf eines großen Drogenhandelsunternehmens in Südtexas. Er ist auch der Mäzen der Region - er bietet Arbeitsplätze in legalen Geschäften, Hilfe für die Hilflosen, grobe Gerechtigkeit für die Unterdrückten und eine Zukunft für ein Volk, das normalerweise wenig Hoffnung hat. Er ist kompliziert - ein nicht ganz so guter Mensch, der aus oft guten Gründen schlechte Dinge tut.

Alexandra Belarus is a struggling artist living in New York City, even though her family is rich in real estate, including a towering Gothic Gramercy Park building built by her great-great-grandfather. But the truth of her bloodline is revealed when she is attacked on the street and saved by an inhumanly powerful winged figure. A figure who knows the Belarus name....

Izdanie soderzhit povesti i rasskazy velikogo russkogo pisatelja Antona Pavlovicha Chehova, napisannye 1892-1894 gg. Chehov byl odnim iz pervyh pisatelej-klassikov, kto vsecelo oblichal poshlost', nezhelanie zhit' polnoj, nasyshhennoj zhizn'ju.

Anton Chekhov is amongst the most vaunted of authors. His tales can take a small fragment of a person’s life and turn it into a narrative of unrivalled and compelling power. This volume perfectly illustrates Chekhov and his miniature masterpieces.