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Hailed by The New York Times as "a marvel of storytelling", The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing. Now, three-time Emmy Award winner-Bryan Cranston, star of the hit TV series Breaking Bad, delivers an electrifying performance that walks the book’s hallucinatory line between reality and fiction and highlights the emotional power of the spoken word.

In this incredible follow-up to the New York Times and USA Today best seller FaceOff, 22 of the world's most popular thriller writers come together for an unforgettable anthology. MatchUp takes the never-before-seen best seller pairings of FaceOff and adds a delicious new twist: gender. Eleven of the world's best female thriller writers, from Diana Gabaldon to Charlaine Harris, are paired with 11 of the world's best male thriller writers.

Bacamarte funda um hospício e passa a internar nele todos aqueles que julga loucos. O procedimento leva a um desfecho inesperado. Neste audiolivro, a leitura de Rafael Cortez, que se diz "louco por Machado", é fluida, como se as palavras tivessem vivido dentro dele desde as primeiras leituras na escola. Nos momentos decisivos da obra, Rafael Cortez encontra o melhor timbre e a entonação perfeita para deixar tudo bem claro para o ouvinte.

In this epic anthology of stories in the fantasy genre, you’ll come to know more about the various characters in the stories as they struggle with life’s challenges. At times, they use magic to solve their problems, or sometimes, magic becomes the problem. Needless to say, this enormous anthology has taken the months to write, and the results show. Do yourself a favor and get caught up in a different world, a magical realm full of crazy possibilities, real dangers, and dramatic tales.

Skies darken. Sirens wail. Buildings tremble with each distant boom. You grasp your loved ones close to you. Any second could be your last. Howls from the Wreckage will push you to the edge of imminent disaster—and drown you in the heartbreak of its fallout.

Out of the shadows and meaner than ever, volume three of this award-winning horror series packs international star power. Featuring 10 brand-new stories by the legendary Guy N. Smith, the prolific Adam Millard, master of horror Nicholas Paschall, and others, this collection is certain to keep you up at night. Take care as you reach into these dark places, for the things here bite, and you may withdraw a hand short of a few fingers.

Kink is a dynamic anthology of literary fiction that opens an imaginative door into the world of desire. The stories within this collection portray love, desire, BDSM and sexual kinks in all their glory with a bold new vision. The collection includes works by renowned fiction writers and is edited by R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell.

A Storytel tem a honra de apresentar uma série original para quem está em casa, para quem está lutando, para quem enxerga além. A cada sexta-feira, cinco grandes autores terão suas histórias publicadas em áudio, ficções que trazem esperança e novos horizontes. Ouça histórias...

Redigidos com um estilo inconfundível, os textos escritos ao longo de dez anos são repletos de significado, um compilado fascinante de "reflexões que fiz enquanto percorria determinada etapa do rio de minha vida", como o próprio autor descreve. Espiritualidade, ética e filosofia são alguns dos temas abordados, convidando o ouvinte a trilhar um caminho emocionante rumo à felicidade.

J Is for Jack-o’-Lantern, the 10th book in an epic series of 26 horror anthologies. Here, you will find a collection of 13 disturbing stories from some of the most creative independent horror writers on the scene today.

Here is where the saga ends and the legend begins...You may not remember the glorious age of VHS, but that is not a prerequisite. As has been the custom in compiling these anthologies, the crème de la crème of authors and filmmakers who both lived and thrived during the period in question, like the Avengers assembled to bring you this - the last dance.

A chilling collection of supernatural horror stories from the winners of the Storytel Epigram Horror Prize. 11 fantastically written stories designed to enthral and scare!...

Os contos reunidos neste audiolivro nos levam a participar de uma jornada marcada pela diversidade. Convivem aí o viajante e o artesão. O interesse da narradora se fixa em assuntos e temas bem diferentes, de uma viagem a Cádiz à espera de crianças pela visita do carteiro que traz notícias do pai, este sim viajante. E uso narradora não só por ela ser Ângela, mas porque se escuta aí uma voz bem feminina.

When one thinks of the classic adventure-story authors of the pulp fiction era, H. Rider Haggard, Talbot Mundy, and Rafael Sabatini may come first to mind. But Arthur O. Friel's stellar contributions - particularly his stories featuring Lourenco and Pedro, two workers on a rubber-tree plantation in the Amazon Jungle. Their adventures in the Amazon's mysterious back-country certainly deserve honorable mention. Here are tales of peril and last-minute rescue, brutal savages and men of honor, snake-worshipping armies and half-ape Lost Races-and many more!

As a therapist specializing in sexual issues, psychiatrist Dr. Morgan Snow isn't easily shocked, or shaken, as readers of the popular "Butterfield Institute" novels know. There are times, however, when the need for her services leads her out of the office... and into unfamiliar worlds. In these stories, the therapist matches her wits -and her training - against three men of mystery: Jack Reacher, John Rain, and Cotton Malone.

A story about Lord Emsworth, keen that his fat pig, the Empress of Blandings, should win the 87th annual Shropshire Agricultural Show contest. Yet how he regains the appetite of his sow is truly worth listening to.

The unsettling stories in this collection will wrap themselves around the lobes of your brain and refuse to let go. Thomas O.’s twisted tales run the course from outright horror all the way to dark humor.

Shafiq-ur-Rahman (November 9, 1920-March 19, 2000) was a Pakistani humorist and a short-story writer in Urdu. He was a medical doctor by profession and served in the Pakistan Army. He received Hilal-e-Imtiaz for his military and civilian services. Rahman's work added a new dimension to humor in Urdu literature. His unforgettable characters include Razia, Shaitaan, Hukoomat Aapa, Maqsood Ghora, Buddy, Judge Sahab, Nannha, and many others.

A minister who's lost his faith begins seeing the sins of his flock etched in crimson across their foreheads. A burned-out psychiatrist is visited by a most unlikely patient. A woman finds her life reflected back at her in the form of the porcelain statuettes she collects. On a desolate farm, a man exacts revenge for the violation of his daughter. A banished demon teams up with a human detective to uncover the conspiracy that framed him for the theft of innocent souls.

Down the Road to Eternity: New & Selected Fiction is a collection of M.A.C. Farrant’s work dating from 1985 to 2009. Satiric and philosophical in approach, indelibly marked by wit, humor, irony, playfulness, a blend of parody and science fiction, irreverent analysis and comic existentialism, these stories celebrate the literary imagination as an antidote to the stranglehold the popular media now has on the public’s imagination.