Short Family

Out of the Light of Darkness is a compelling collection of short stories that deal with ephemeral moments, unforgettable relationships, and death. The longest story, a novella, tells the tale of a teen trying to understand and find the good in his father. Listeners will be pulled into the story as they see Matty struggle to see light in a man who is shrouded by darkness.

Escape your everyday worries and cares. Meet unforgettable characters and share their dreams, griefs, laughs, and loves.

Listen to four stories about Rosa and her family: "A Chair for My Mother" (A Caldecott Honor Book); "Something Special for Me"; "Music, Music for Everyone"; and "A Chair for Always". This collection also includes "Cherries and Cherry Pits" and an interview with the author.

Emma Bontrager is continuing to hide her rebellious young sister, Martha. However, Emma has deep concerns about the state of her sister's health and doesn't know what to do and who to turn to. Meanwhile the handsome Englischer Jarron Williams has a huge secret that he needs to offload on someone.

Poems and short stories related to life....

Professional money manager Jim Peters believes his family's well-being and his dreams are in jeopardy, as he is being pushed out of his job by unscrupulous competition and younger tech-savvy workers. On the brink of making costly decisions, Jim is sensing that he's losing his grip on everything that is important to him, including his legacy. Jim, however, is about to discover an old way of living that will create a new way of thinking, and it will come from a most unusual place.

This is the third collection of 10 short stories for children.

Funny and enjoyable, this is a collection of 10 short stories for children.

This second collection of 10 short stories for children is just as funny and enjoyable as the first.

The death of a beloved sister initiates the career of the heiress of the Tyrone Estate. Pressured into an advantageous marriage, she finds herself residing in a spectral castle, her husband particularly forbidding her to explore the halls of the south wing.

Die Fortsetzung des Weihnachts-Bestsellers! Diesmal mit Mann und Hund. "Schon wieder Weihnachten?!" Tatsächlich will uns der charmant-verrückte Thalbach-Clan erneut in Festtagsstimmung versetzen - diesmal sogar mit Mann und Hund! Katharina Thalbach liest gemeinsam mit ihrem Bruder Pierre Besson, Tochter Anna und Enkelin Nellie besinnliche und humorvolle Texte zum Fest: Zum Beispiel von Charles Dickens, Theodor Storm, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Joachim Ringelnatz.

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.

Berührende Erzählung aus dem Leben einer Pariser Familie. Im vierten Stock eines Mehrfamilienhauses in einem Neubauviertel von Paris lebt die Familie Joyeuse. Vater Joyeuse, der tagsüber in einem Büro bei Hemmerlinge und Sohn arbeitet und seine drei Töchter. Nach dem Tod seiner Frau lebt der Witwer einzig und allein für seine Töchter und geht voll und ganz in seiner Familie auf. Herr Joyeuse besitzt eine überaus lebhafte Phantasie und gibt sich oft seinen Tagträumen hin - den schönen und den weniger schönen.

There's no doubt in my mind that Bryan Ferro is serious - if I don't sleep with him, he'll destroy me. Everything I've earned will be blown away like dust, and my life will no longer be my own. His demand for just one night rolls into days. He doesn't want me for a one-time fling, it's more than that.

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.

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.

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.

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.