Short Family

A story that tells the story of a woman whose father died and she was hoping to find compensation in her husband, but she found the opposite.

Junichuro Matsumato is a handsome 42-year-old man: dark-haired, wealthy, and devastated. He stares forlornly at the small glass buddha statue illuminated by the blue LED light behind it. There are thousands of the buddhas behind the glowing panes of glass, five hundred per wall. For easy identification, the light behind his wife’s buddha glows a different hue as he swipes his card to enter.

When a man marries a woman because she becomes pregnant with his child, family matters to him. Dave and Phyllis dated in high school. When she got pregnant, he knew the honorable thing to do was to marry her. As the years went on, he stayed because of their daughter, getting along with his shrew of a wife as best he could. Then Dave left for a business trip, and came home to horrifying news; his teenage daughter got pregnant, and was forced into an abortion....by her mother. Now that Phyllis has crossed too far over the line what will he do? How does one live with the woman he stayed with because of obligation to family destroying his family?

After the world crashed and civilisation crumbled, humanity descended into barbarism. Drake Qualland is a force for order. He travels the world righting wrongs and bringing justice to the people. When Drake finds a woman’s tortured body hanging from a bridge, he tightens his sword belt and determines to find her murderers.

This collection is an entertaining and heart-warming journey into the lives of ordinary people. The stories touch on the details of relationships among family members and between friends and lovers. It offers an opportunity -- sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant -- to see ourselves through the desires and decisions made by others. Each story is a quick listen with a significant message.

В книгу вошли истории про Лену Шишкину, москвичку 12 лет. Школа, каникулы в деревне и на море, театральный кружок – везде случаются смешные или опасные недоразумения, которые кажутся героине бедами и неприятностями. А на самом деле это и есть самое счастливое, безвоенное, незабываемое детство. Для младшего школьного возраста.

Humorvoll und tiefgründig erzählt Barbara Noack Alltagsgeschichten über die Kleinsten unserer Gesellschaft: Die Kinder. Dabei wirft sie einen augenzwinkernden Blick auf die Dinge, die Eltern und Großeltern tagtäglich mit den lieben Kleinen erleben können. Es geht unter anderem um Max, der dringend eine Entschuldigung für die Schule benötigt, um sie dann in aller Aufregung zuhause zu vergessen und um Daniel, der Papas Auto mit Mamas Badeanzug wäscht. Beim Lesen wird jedem klar: Das Leben mit Kindern ist toll. Einfacher ist es aber, Flöhe zu hüten.

With her Beach Café closed for the winter, Evie should be looking forward to lazy days and a happy Christmas… But her sister Ruth is coming to stay, following her marriage breakdown and her boyfriend Ed breaks the news that he's going to spend Christmas in London, for family reasons. There are still a few surprises in store for Evie though, that look set to make this Beach Café Christmas the most memorable one yet....

Questo audiolibro è composto da racconti, tutti legati tra di loro da un comune denominatore che è Flaminia. Chi è Flaminia? È una bambina che cresce e diventa giovane donna in un palazzo del cinquecento dove incontra tantissime persone straordinarie. E ha pure la fortuna di avere avuto due genitori che le narravano le gesta di nonni, parenti e umanità varie dal passato particolare, che lei non ha mai conosciuto.

From best-selling author D.L. Lane comes four more original stories featuring her beloved characters from the Cedar Point series that are sure to tug at your heartstrings and make you smile. So step into Cedar Point and fall in love all over again with When We Are One. This collection showcases Breckin and Mason from book one of the series in Ten Things. Gage and Danica from book two are in The Shape of You. Book three’s Alli and Cooper are Under the Aegean Sun, and Kasey and Caleb from book four are featured in Moondance.

పక్షవాతానికి గురైన ఓ చిన్నారి తన అనారోగ్యంతో ధైర్యంగా పోరాడిన కథ. అక్కడ మంజూర్‌ని కలిశాడు. మంజూర్ శరీరం కింది భాగం పూర్తిగా పనికిరాకుండా పోయింది. అయినప్పటికీ, అతను మొత్తం వార్డులోని ప్రతి ఒక్కరి యోగక్షేమాలను అడిగి తెలుసుకుంటాడు, అందరితో మాట్లాడుతాడు. వైద్యులు మరియు నర్సులు కూడా అతనితో చాలా సంతోషంగా వ్యవహరిస్తారు. అతని పరిస్థితిలో ఎటువంటి మెరుగుదల లేకపోయినా, అతని తల్లిదండ్రుల ఒత్తిడితో, వైద్యులు అతన్ని ఇక్కడ చేర్చారు. కానీ మంజూర్ డిశ్చార్జ్ కావడానికి ముందు రోజు రాత్రి మరణించాడు.

పద్దెనిమిది యేండ్ల వయస్సులో రామయ్యకు సంసారాభారం మీదపడింది. ఇంట్లో ఒక వితంతు సోదరి, ఒక పెళ్లికాని చెల్లి మరియు అరవై యేండ్ల ముసలి తల్లి ఉన్నారు. తండ్రి మిగిల్చిపోయిన భూమి మీద కేవలం రెండు పుట్ల ధాన్యము మాత్రమే వస్తుంది. వేరే ఆదాయమేమి లేదు.

Embark on an enchanting journey into the heart of the meadow with "The Willowduck Family: Tales of Adventure and Friendship". In this delightful collection of stories, listeners of all ages will be captivated by the charming escapades of the lovable Willowduck family – Mr. and Mrs. Willowduck and their five adorable ducklings: Daisy, Drake, Daffodil, Dewey, and Darcy.

An eclectic selection of short stories.

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883 - 1945) was a Russian and Soviet writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. The experimental Russian film Papa, Umer Ded Moroz (1991) was loosely based on this short story, "The Vampire's Family".

„Im Kreis der Familie“ ist eine Weihnachtsgeschichte von Johannes Epple die auf Basis eines Gesprächs mit Magdalena Blum beruht. – Die zahlreiche erschienenen Familienmitglieder saßen im Kreis. Körbe, gefüllt mit Weihnachtsgebäck. In der Mitte stand ein mobiles Krankenbett mit dem Großvater darin.

Two years after the death of their maverick scientist father, two brothers and their obsessive mother embark on a personal odyssey to lay his spirit to rest. An odyssey where science borders on madness, where guilt and loss drives them farther apart, and where each reaches into the boundless depths of space with only one question on their mind.

"Школьные истории" - это весёлый сборник о школе и о школьниках, о дружбе и взаимовыручке, об учителях и учениках, об интересном времени в жизни, когда всё зависит от тебя – учись и будь самым умным! Но и улыбаться не забывай, читая смешные рассказы В. Драгунского, Л. Каминского, В. Осеевой, М. Дружининой и других авторов, которые тоже ходили в школу и готовы поделиться своим опытом! Для младшего школьного возраста.

Александр Борисович Раскин (1914–1971) - писатель, сатирик, сценарист. Его забавные истории в очередной раз убеждают: замечательно, что взрослыми не рождаются, что все мы тоже были когда-то маленькими и столь похожими на своих детей. Решали те же проблемы, совершали такие же ошибки и шалости.

Cosy up for Christmas with this festive story, starring everyone's favourite Victorian foundling, Hetty Feather!An unexpected gift leads to trouble for Hetty on Christmas Day at the Foundling Hospital, and the dreaded Matron Bottomly is delighted to have an excuse to exclude Hetty from the festive celebrations. Poor Hetty is distraught - but just when it seems that all is lost, a dear friend arrives to whisk her away for a Christmas unlike any other....