Era Fiction

शहर में एक के बाद एक हो रही हत्याओं ने इंस्पेक्टर नितेश को उलझा के रख दिया है. वो तलाश में है उस हसीन कातिल के जिसके निशाने पर हैं नौजवान लड़के आखिर कौन है किलर और क्या है उसका मकसद... क्या नितेश इस गुत्थी को सुलझा पायेगा?

Charles Dickens, considered one of the greatest English authors of all time, wrote the essay "Sunday Under Three Heads" in 1836. It is a short piece expressing Charles Dickens' opinion on a bill being presented in the British Parliament which was meant to restrict pleasurable pursuits on Sundays. Dickens explains how this proposed act would negatively affect the poor people of Britain. Besides stating his opinion with eloquence, the essay provides a good description of life on an English Sunday in the early 19th century.

William and Lila find themselves flourishing in their newly renovated ranch on the picturesque Saddleback Ridge. As William rises through the ranks to become the vice president of the local bank, Lila continues to entertain patrons as a ‘whore for hire’ of the town bar—Faded Rose. All is well until the sudden and shocking death of the town's beloved sheriff, Robert "Bob" Brockton, throws the community into chaos.

Set in a remote district of Western Australia in the 1920s, an era which outlawed suicide, an unidentified body has been found and police are treating the death as suspicious. The story presents a chance for strangers (the listener) to peruse the very private diaries of the protagonists. Intriguingly, this is like peeping through the coin slot of a piggy bank to count the wealth inside.

Que sucederia si tu agradable vida cambia totalmente en un segundo? Que sucederia si tu entorno se convierte en una pesadilla permanente, de pronto, cuando menos te lo esperabas?

C’era una svolta sono le fiabe italiane del Terzo Millennio, una riscrittura delle celeberrime fiabe calviniane, un omaggio e una rielaborazione polemica e intelligente, in chiave contemporanea. In questa raccolta l’autore ci fa incontrare e conoscere il Mago Ogm, il Lupo Camorro, l’Orco babbo, accompagnandoci con passo leggero e deciso attraverso i temi più dibattuti del nostro presente: la mafia, l’omosessualità, la crisi economica, il precariato, l’acqua e il nucleare.

Authors Robert Toto and Richard Geschke have expanded their horizons of their original book, In Our Duffel Bags, Surviving the Vietnam Era, with a poetic interpretation of life in the army. Tracking their adventures in Germany, Panama and Vietnam, the authors wax the poetic version of what they found in their duffel bags looking deeper into the fast changing times of the Vietnam era. With Shadows of Combat the listener will sense the history of what took place in this crucial time in American history.

A través de los patchworks poéticos y el monólogo contemplativo de su protagonista, La civilización no era esto plantea una búsqueda de la belleza –que resulta ser pérdida, corrupción u oquedad. Lo realiza mediante "un acto íntimo entre la voz poética, que en este caso es un personaje, y su entorno, una ciudad mítica, poética y casi olvidada", en palabras de Aitana Monzón. Un claro homenaje a El cuarteto de Alejandría, de Lawrence Durrell, a partir de la memoria nómada del individuo frente a los rescoldos del pasado...

Discover these horror stories of the Victorian era, with Gothic tales from J. S. Lee Fanu. This definitive audio version is narrated by Jilly Bond and brings the classic horrors of old to a new audience. Ghostly Tales by J. S. Le Fanu is brought to audio for the first time. Dim the lights and listen to these unsettling tales of Victorian horror. Fanu is described as a "master of the genre" by subsequent distinguished authors such as E. F. Bleiler. Fanu's unique approach helped to usher in a new, more psychological era of dread.

Nessuno sa come né perché, dopo un violento nubifragio, il cubo di cemento della biblioteca Jacques Prévert prende il largo e si ritrova a navigare nell'oceano. A bordo il direttore, la bibliotecaria, la signora delle pulizie, una prima media al completo con il professore di tecnologia e il giovane Saïd. Gli improvvisati marinai dovranno trovare il modo per sopravvivere. Per fortuna, ad aiutarli in questa avventura, ci sono i libri della biblioteca!

Make sure your doors are locked, then draw up a chair next to the fire. Here are three atmospheric Victorian ghost stories that will bring a winter's chill to your bones. Adapted and read by much-loved and widely respected British actress Philippa Urquhart. Contents: "The Phantom Coach", by Amelia B Edwards; "The Cold Embrace", by Mary Elizabeth Braddon; and "The Ghost Child", by Bernard Capes.

यंग वारिद एक कैंसर सर्वाइवर है और अपनी कहानी बेस्ट सेलर राईटर, रूबीना से लिखवाना चाहता है. लेकिन रूबीना इंकार कर देती है...क्या वारिद का सफर अधूरा रह जाता है?

التاريخ المصري مليء بالأسرار والخبايا، التي لم يكشف عنها أحد حتى الآن، ولهذا أسباب كثيرة. لذا كانت شهادات الشخصيات الكبيرة حول الأحداث التي عاصروها وشكلوا جزءً مهمًا من ملامحها مصدرًا مهمًا من مصادر معرفتنا بالتاريخ.

Y mientras coloreaba, de vez en cuando volvía la cabeza a la izquierda, a la derecha, como esperando ver una mariposa roja o una de esas flores no sabe por qué llamadas diente de león que cuando se secan se vuelven ligeras, para que un poco de viento o un soplido permita la dispersión de sus semillas y entonces parece que las flores vuelan. Miranda no iba a verme, yo no podía dejar que me viera, pero tampoco iba a irme, ni muchísimo menos: tenía qie contarle algunas cosas.

कई बार ज़िंदगी में कुछ अनकहा, अनसुना सा रह जाता है. कुछ ऐसा ही दो दोस्तों पल्लवी और पल्लव के बीच है. वे दोनों एक बार फिर सालों बाद मिलते हैं लेकिन उनकी ज़िंदगी बहुत बदल चुकी है. ऐसे में क्या वो अपने मन की बात कह पायेंगे?

Nietzsche called homo sapien the “murderer of all murderers” when he declared that “God is dead” at the turn of the 20th century. Yet the great god Pan died nearly 2,000 years ago. Thamus, are you there? Take care. The Obsolescence of Oracles followed. All Earths’ mightiest Heroes swallowed. And what of the Poets hallowed? “Who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves?”

"Night Mission", with its burning plane, heroism, and greed, was - like the other six short stories in this collection - inspired by Clive Lodge's experiences in World War II and the decade after. "There's No Scar Now" - with its gripping opener, "I killed John James Beresford", is set in Kent and draws on his experience in the Home Guard before he enlisted in the RAF. "The Tunnel", by contrast, is set in peacetime, some years after the war, but reveals how unpunished atrocities of war can haunt a person.

Husband and wife both kept their secrets closely guarded, but it all suddenly changed when Jacob catches his cheating wife red-handed in the arms of another man!

Da uno dei più noti poeti italiani per l'infanzia, versi per sorridere e cogliere la bellezza imprevista delle parole più semplici.

La Luna che gira libera in cielo perché è "il gioco del mondo", la neve che stanca di essere bianca beve l'inchiostro, l'uomo di cenere che se ne sta contento finché non tira vento, il lento silenzio del mare. Tante poesie da ascoltare per scoprirne tutti i colori e le sorprese.

The novel is set in Los Angeles and follows a tenacious inner-city teen who is eventually a victim of many of the social evils that plague children in many low-income neighborhoods. In his once-happy family, he experienced love and grief, as well as violence, betrayal, and separation. His father's death, through a series of terrible events, becomes his breaking point, forcing him into homelessness and dangerous street life.