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"About Love" is an 1898 short story by Anton Chekhov. The third and final part of the Little Trilogy, started by "The Man in the Case" and continued by "Gooseberries". The story begins with the love affair between the cook of the house, Nikanor and servant (beautiful woman) Pelageya. Nikanor, who is a drunkard, often verbally abuses and even beats his lover Pelageya when he is drunk. So Pelageya only wants to live with him without getting married. On the other hand, Nikanor doesn't want to be with her without getting married.

In "Difficult People," Anton Chekhov focuses on the dysfunctional family of a farmer, whose son Pyotr needs money to return to college in Moscow. The father is miserly and withholding, so a fight breaks out. Pyotr stalks out in misery, then waves cheerfully at a wealthy old woman who drives by in a landau.

"O que é amor pra você? Nesta antologia, Fernanda de Castro Lima revela o que ela chama de amor e mostra que esse sentimento pode estar em todo lugar. Prepare-se para se emocionar e — por que não? — se apaixonar por histórias que mostram que o amor pode ser do jeito que você bem entender. Desde que você se abra para viver essa grande aventura."

Soon after two o'clock one night, long ago, the cook, pale and agitated, rushed unexpectedly into my study and informed me that Madame Mimotih, the old woman who owned the house next door, was sitting in her kitchen."She begs you to go in to her, sir..." said the cook, panting. "Something bad has happened about her lodger... He has shot himself or hanged himself...""What can I do?" said I. "Let her go for the doctor or for the police!""How is she to look for a doctor! She can hardly breathe, and she has huddled under the stove, she is so frightened... You had better go round, sir."

In The Doctor by Anton Chekhov we have the theme of loss, love, compassion, grief, acceptance, responsibility, selfishness and honesty. Taken from his The Collected Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning of the story it becomes clear to the reader that Chekhov may be exploring the theme of loss.

Justice finally catches up with The Big Bad Wolf as he is summoned to court to face charges for the many crimes that he committed in the past. He's a successful stock market trader on the famous Ball Street, whose only love is money. Will his victims receive the justice they deserve? Listen to this dynamic and emotive courtroom drama as we hear this self-confident, arrogant, and smart wolf argue his case and discover his fate.

Quando paramos de tentar mudar a realidade e a aceitamos como ela é, podemos encontrar novas maneiras de lidar com ela. O caminho está em trocar padrões de pensamento negativos por uma atitude criativa e curiosa, aberta a novas possibilidades e inclinada a dizer “sim” para a vida. Fenômeno editorial na Holanda, esta obra ganhou o mundo ao apresentar o conceito de flip thinking, um método de inversão de pensamento que ensina a olhar os problemas como oportunidades de mudança e inovação.

In this book, the first of its kind in the English language, Ariane Trifunovic Montemuro introduces her beloved friend, Saint Matrona the Blind of Moscow. The author not only shares her love for this Russian Orthodox Christian Saint but also reveals why she is our friend in Christ. The Lord endowed the blind Matrona with gifts of spiritual foresight and healing. In turn, this servant of God promised to never refuse anyone who sincerely asked her for help. Matrona's promise still holds true long after her death. She continues to search for the lost and bring them back to Christ.

Todos nós éramos pecadores. Somente uma coisa diferenciava um pecador: as escolhas. Saber o certo e escolher seguir pelo caminho errado em vez de fazer o que era correto. Fechei os olhos. Apesar de tudo que tinha feito naquela noite, não me arrependi. Era pecado, era perdição, mas também...